Chapter 12 Punishment
She put the medicine in her hand behind her back and called out, "Sister Shaoyao."
"Who is your sister? Yesterday I reported it to you and you said you would give me a few taels of silver. Where is the silver?"
Li Ruanruan's face turned pale, fearing that her father had already taken the money to buy medicine for her brother's medical treatment. "Sister Shaoyao, please give me a few days, I will definitely send it to you."
"How long will I wait for you? Since you don't have any, what good thing did the prince give you as a reward? Bring it to me as a compensation."
“No, no…”
Li Runrun turned around and tried to run, but Shaoyao grabbed her hair. Shaoyao gave a look and several maids surrounded Li Runrun, pushing and beating her.
"No, this is the medicine that the prince gave me. It's my brother's life-saving medicine. I can't give it to you..."
"You owe me money and you don't want to pay it back. How can it be so easy? Hand it over."
Several maids also flattered: "Hand it over! Hand it over!"
Li Runrun was beaten and curled up on the ground. She held on to the medicine tightly, but Shaoyao still pried open her fingers one by one and snatched them away.
Shaoyao grabbed it, tossed it, opened it and smelled it, the jealousy in her eyes turned into hatred. Li Runrun, this lowly servant, was only slightly injured, yet she got such a good medicine.
It’s not that the prince loves her and gives her good things, but that the prince has nothing bad in his hands.
Shaoyao was disdainful and deliberately said to Li Ruanruan: "Although it's not a good thing and worth nothing, it can be regarded as paying back your debt. Why don't you get out of here? What are you still doing in the East Courtyard? Do you really think that the prince likes you so much? Why don't you take a piss and look at yourself!"
Li Runrun changed into a new set of clean clothes, which should be Haitang's. She had lost some weight, so the clothes were a little too big for her.
Now it was covered with shoe prints, looking dirty and messy.
She wanted to get some medicine for her injuries. "Since it's not worth anything, please return it to me. I'll find a way to pay back the money I owe you. I'll pay it back within three days..."
Before Li Ruanruan could finish her words, she was chased out by several maids under Shaoyao's orders. Someone even brought a basin of cold water and said, "If you don't leave, I'll pour it on you."
Li Runrun stood at the bottom of the stairs and looked at their faces. She clenched her fingers and finally turned and left.
The basin of water still splashed on her. Instead of being restrained by her showing weakness, the water became even more severe.
Li Runrun clenched her fists, this time her nails dug deep into her palms. She turned around and looked at the maids and Shaoyao who was standing behind them, looking at her with sarcasm and disdain.
Memorize all their faces.
Li Ruanruan turned and left.
When I returned to the outer courtyard where the servants lived, I saw my father being scolded by Nanny Song for cleaning the chamber pot.
Nanny Song glared at him with eyes that looked like she wanted to eat someone: "Where the hell has your daughter been? I haven't seen her working lately. These chamber pots are piling up and the stench is unbearable. If she doesn't want to do it, then you do it. Otherwise, what's the point of feeding you for nothing?!"
Li Da hesitantly explained, "The prince called her over last night, and she didn't mean to refuse."
Upon hearing this, Nanny Song's momentum faded, but she quickly regained her composure. "What's the point of telling such a lie? I think she's just dreaming of becoming a golden phoenix. If the prince really liked her as much as you say, why would you, an old thing, still be scrubbing chamber pots?"
Nanny Song's expression was distorted and she kicked Li Da's bad leg hard.
Li Da fell into the pile of chamber pots.
Li Ruanruan rushed over and gave Nanny Song a hard shove, pushing her into the dirty water used to wash the chamber pot. "My father didn't lie. The prince called me over last night, and this dress was given to me by the prince."
Nanny Song screamed at first, then got a little scared when she heard Li Ruanruan's words. Then, seeing Li Ruanruan's miserable appearance, she burst into laughter: "Did you climb into the prince's bed? Did you get beaten and thrown out? You got humiliated over there and come back to show off your power? Hurry up and get back to work. Don't you want to eat or get paid this month?"
Nanny Song got angry again, and Li Ruanruan washed the chamber pot with red eyes.
Tears were in her eyes, but she didn't cry.
Yes, if the prince really liked her, why would he let her wash the chamber pot here?
It's all fake, it's all fake.
Li Runrun washed the chamber pot as fast as crazy, splashing water everywhere. She was so helpless that she could only vent her anger in this way.
Nanny Song went to change her clothes while cursing, but I didn't pay any attention to her, otherwise I would have scolded her again if I had seen her.
Li Da asked with concern: "What's wrong, my daughter? Are you feeling unwell? Go and rest. Dad can do all this alone."
Don't care about her.
Li Runrun couldn't help but shed tears in the end, but she still had the best father and brother, so she had to endure it no matter how difficult it was.
She is like the grass in the cracks of bricks. She must survive tenaciously, and as long as she survives, she wins.
Can it get any worse? No, as long as you survive, you win.
West Courtyard.
After Ye Yunchu finished his meal with the Marquis’ wife, he sent someone to call Ye Shuang over.
When Ye Shuang heard that her brother was looking for her, she came over happily. You know, she admired Ye Yunchu very much.
But Ye Yunchu was too cold. Even though she was his younger sister, she didn't dare to get close to him.
Now she came over happily, pouting and acting coquettishly: "Brother, are you looking for me?"
Before he could even hold Ye Yunchu's arm, he was scolded by Ye Yunchu: "Stand there."
Ye Shuang didn't dare to get close to him. She just stood there obediently, thinking for a while and realized that she hadn't gotten into any trouble recently.
Even though she rode Zhuifeng out yesterday, it was she who almost fell, not Zhuifeng.
So he straightened his back, looking as if he had done nothing wrong and was fearless.
Ye Yunchu looked at her.
Ye Shuang was so scared that she wondered if her makeup was too thick today. She said the new rouge was too fake.
Ye Yunchu said calmly, "I see you've been feeling restless lately. Copy the Women's Rules ten times and send them to me for review."
After saying this, Ye Yunchu left.
Ye Yunchu was obviously angry just now, and Ye Shuang was so frightened by his aura that she didn't dare to breathe.
This would ensure that he was out of the yard and far away.
Then he yelled, "Why? Have I offended him in any way? Look at him, Mom, he punished me by making me copy it ten times. How can I finish it?"
The Marquis's wife calmly sipped her tea. Upon hearing this, she looked at Ye Shuang and put down the teacup gently: "Tell me, what trouble have you gotten yourself into recently?"
"I didn't cause any trouble..."
Ye Shuang paused as she suddenly remembered that she had actually done something. She was shocked: "I just taught that maid a lesson, didn't I? Brother, you punished me for that kind of person?"
The Marquis's wife didn't seem to expect this to be the reason. She was a little surprised and then asked Ye Shuang what happened.
After Ye Shuang finished speaking, she hugged Madam Hou and acted coquettishly: "Mother, please make the decision for me. What did I do wrong?"
The Marquis's wife was silent for a moment before she said, "After all, she is your brother's maid. If she does anything wrong, you should report her to your brother and let him deal with her."
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