Chapter 431 Chu Yanluo is expelled from the Prince's Mansion
Shen Wantang didn't close her eyes all night.
Xiao Qingyuan didn't finish his grievances until dawn.
After confiding in him, he felt much better. Looking at Shen Wantang's eyes, which were faintly filled with tears, he said with guilt and gentleness, "Shen Wantang, I didn't expect you to care about me so much. I'm fine. It's nothing to suffer a little. Don't cry, or I'll feel bad too."
Shen Wantang picked up a handkerchief and wiped her eyes. Hmm? What did Xiao Qingyuan just say?
All she wanted to do was sleep; tears of exhaustion streamed down her face, and she didn't even notice what Xiao Qingyuan was saying.
She nodded haphazardly: "Your Highness, go back. You haven't slept all night, you should get some rest."
Xiao Qingyuan suddenly realized that Shen Wantang was actually quite good. She admired him, kept him in her heart, never caused trouble, and had the magnanimity and gentleness of a proper wife.
His voice softened: "Don't worry, I'll get some rest. You should get some rest too. I'll be good to you from now on... from now on."
He seemed a little embarrassed to say the last few words, so he spoke them very softly.
Shen Wantang's eyelids were drooping with sleep, and she didn't even notice what he said: "Okay, Your Highness, take care."
After she finally saw Xiao Qingyuan off, she returned to her inner room, lay down on the bed, and fell asleep.
When she woke up, it was already noon.
The heavy rain was still falling, and it was gloomy outside.
Shen Wantang thought that perhaps after lunch she could take another nap; this kind of weather was perfect for sleeping.
Unfortunately, her plan to take another nap in the afternoon was ruined.
Chu Yanluo has arrived.
She was soaking wet, her long hair was disheveled, and there was a red, swollen handprint on her face.
Shen Wantang sat down, took a sip of tea, and looked at Qin Xin.
Qin Xin immediately leaned down and whispered, "After Aunt Chu found out that she was going to be released from the manor, she argued with the young master all morning. After the young master returned to Xinghe Courtyard, he didn't get a chance to rest. Aunt Chu pointed her finger at him and called him heartless and ungrateful. In a fit of anger, the young master hit Aunt Chu."
Shen Wantang felt a little better when she heard that Xiao Qingyuan hadn't slept all morning.
That's right, she listened to him complain all night and didn't sleep a wink, and his karma came back to haunt him so quickly. Chu Yanluo is simply his nemesis!
"Aunt Chu."
Shen Wantang said calmly, "The young master has already told me that he wants to let you leave the manor. From today onwards, you will no longer be the young master's concubine, and you can no longer stay in the Ning Prince's manor. You can leave now."
Chu Yanluo's eyes were red and her voice was hoarse: "Shen Wantang, is this your doing? No matter how angry the young master is, he would never kick me out of the palace!"
"He made a solemn vow back then, saying that he would take care of me and protect me for the rest of his life, and that no matter what I did, the Prince Ning's Mansion would let me stay there forever!"
"If you hadn't sown discord in his eyes, he wouldn't have even considered kicking me out!"
"Shen Wantang, you knew perfectly well that the Yu family wanted to kill me, yet you still had the Crown Prince drive me out. You're trying to kill me! You're so ruthless; you'll surely die a horrible death!"
Upon hearing the last sentence, Granny Chai immediately stepped forward and slapped her across the face: "How dare you! Who do you think you are, to dare to yell at the Princess Consort?!"
Chu Yanlu was so badly hit that she saw stars and almost fell over.
When she finally calmed down and tried to hit Granny Chai, she was already held down by two rough-looking old women.
Her eyes were practically spitting fire: "You old hag, how dare you hit me? It seems I was too lenient with you in my past life. I shouldn't have just kicked you out of the palace; I should have sold you to Chichun Lane too! So that you, like Qinxin and the others, would be the lowest of prostitutes for all eternity!"
Qin Xin's expression changed upon hearing this. This was not the first time Chu Yanluo had mentioned selling her to Chichun Lane, and she spoke with such conviction and detail that it seemed as if it were a real past life.
If that's true, then in her previous life, she was a prostitute in the dark and hopeless Chichun Lane.
She shivered. When Chu Yanluo told her about this before, she didn't believe in any past life stories, but now, for some reason, she was starting to believe it.
Prostitutes are also divided into different classes, with the highest-class prostitutes being the girls in the Wan Hua Lou (Ten Thousand Flowers Brothel).
They receive large sums of money, wear gold and silver, are proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and have excellent looks and figures. They also have the right to choose their patrons, and can even use their temper to refuse customers when they don't want to.
The middle-class prostitutes were the girls in other brothels. They were of average looks and received average pay. Even their patrons were ordinary people from the neighborhood. But when they grew old and their beauty faded, they could use the money they had saved up over half a lifetime to redeem themselves, marry an honest man in the countryside, and live a peaceful life in their later years.
The lowest-class prostitutes were the girls in Chichun Lane.
The girls there can never be redeemed. No matter how beautiful they are, they will be beaten, scolded, and bullied. In fact, the more beautiful they are, the more they will be tortured.
Because their clients are all men from the lowest social class, most of whom are also servants to others, they suffer the most abuse on a daily basis but dare not resist, so they vent their anger and rage on the prostitutes in Chichun Lane.
Almost every day, prostitutes are tortured to death in Chichun Lane. When they die, they are covered in wounds and have no clothes to cover their bodies. They are then thrown directly into a mass grave.
No one sought justice for them, nor did anyone hold a memorial service for them, because they had already been abandoned by their parents and relatives and despised by the world during their lifetimes; they were already wandering ghosts.
Qin Xin couldn't imagine how desperate and painful she must have been there.
Actually, when she first heard that Chu Yanluo was going to be kicked out of the Prince's mansion, she felt a little sorry for her. She thought that Chu Yanluo was originally a young lady from an official family, but she ended up as a concubine in the Prince's mansion. Not only did she not receive the prince's love, but now she was going to be kicked out. The Yu family would definitely not let her go. She was really pitiful.
But now, she no longer felt sorry for Chu Yanluo; she felt she deserved it!
While Qin Xin was lost in thought, Granny Chai slapped Chu Yanluo twice more without any politeness.
Granny Chai didn't believe in the concept of a previous life, but since Chu Yanluo dared to say she was being sold to Chichun Lane, she deserved to be taught a lesson!
Anyway, Xiao Qingyuan has completely given up on Chu Yanluo, and no one is protecting her anymore. If she dares to make a scene, she should be prepared to be beaten!
Chu Yanluo's cheeks were swollen from the beating, and her mouth was full of the taste of blood, so she dared not curse anymore.
She was utterly disheveled and humiliated, but when she looked up and saw Shen Wantang, she saw her sitting calmly on the sandalwood chair at the head of the table, her slender, white fingers holding a celadon teacup, sipping her tea slowly, every movement exuding elegance and tranquility.
It was as if she was born with a life of wealth and privilege, born to enjoy a life of luxury.
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