Chapter 9 Complaint
Li Runrun ran over and saw her father and brother who were beaten half to death.
Ye Shuang seemed tired, so someone brought a chair for her and she sat on it sipping a cup of tea.
Li Da was begging desperately: "Miss, please kill this old slave. Mu Mu is still young, please spare his life. Please, just consider it as a good deed, please."
Li Da's forehead was bruised and his hair was disheveled, while Li Mutou was spitting blood and saying, "Dad, go away. This is none of your business. Go away!"
Li Mutou looked at Ye Shuang with great hatred and pushed Li Da aside, not wanting his father to protect him.
The guards beside him were still waving their whips.
Ye Shuang leaned back in her chair, her posture casual. She gently fiddled with the tea in her cup. Upon hearing this, she threw the scalding cup at Li Mutou. Her eyes suddenly turned sinister and fierce. "Then let's kill both of you. This will save you from fighting over it."
Li Ruanruan pounced forward and grabbed the whip that the guard was swinging at her. She held the whip tightly to prevent it from hitting her again, and she didn't care even though her palms were burning with pain.
Li Ruanruan knelt before Ye Shuang, pleading earnestly, her words tearful and blood-curdling, "Miss, Zhuifeng was a gift from the Emperor, so precious! My brother is just a lowly servant. Even if the steward has diarrhea, it's not his turn to feed him. There must be some injustice here. Please investigate thoroughly and don't let anyone take advantage of him."
Li Ruanruan's words were both firm and humble. She even leaned over and kowtowed to Ye Shuang: "Miss, please investigate."
"Where did you come from?"
"Li Mutou is my younger brother."
"Hey, is your family all together?"
Ye Shuang laughed.
Li Ruanruan's whole body stiffened, then she nodded: "All set."
"Then let's kill them together."
Ye Shuang laughed nonchalantly, "Does the truth matter? Killing you is as easy as crushing a few ants. If I'm in a bad mood, you all must die!"
Ye Shuang's eyes turned cold. She stood up, snatched the whip from the guard's hand, and hit Li Ruanruan hard.
Li Runrun protected her father and brother. She looked at Ye Shuang unwillingly and resentfully, then lowered her head. This was a society where slaves had no say at all.
Low-ranking servants like them can be beaten to death if their masters are unhappy.
Li Runrun hated Ye Shuang, and hated this era even more, but she could do nothing.
But she doesn't want to die yet. What should she do to avoid dying? What should she do?
The life of an ant is also a life!
Just when Li Runrun was in great pain and was still trying to save herself.
The whip stopped.
It was the Second Miss Ye Qiaoqiao who held Ye Shuang's hand. She advised, "Sister, you can't hit her. This maid is Big Brother's new concubine. Beating her to death would offend Big Brother."
Ye Shuang stared at Li Ruanruan for a while, then her eyes turned fierce: "Why can't I beat a concubine? As long as she is a maid, I can beat her. I will beat her! Humph!"
Ye Shuang aimed the whip at Li Runrun's face. If Li Runrun hadn't quickly dodged by turning her head and raising her hand to block it, her face would have been disfigured.
Ye Qiaoqiao didn't dare to speak for Li Runrun anymore, and she was anxiously picking at her fingers.
She knew that the more she talked, the more excited Ye Shuang would become. On the contrary, if she didn't say anything, Ye Shuang would know her limits.
In this mansion, no one can afford to offend the prince, as he is the crown prince's companion and a close minister to the emperor of the next dynasty.
You have to know that the Marquis has no real power, but the Crown Prince is different. Although he doesn't have an official position yet, he has already done a lot of practical things for the Prince.
He will surely become a high-ranking official in the future.
Ye Shuang was afraid of the prince after all, so after beating him for a while, she dropped the bloody whip and said, "My hands are hurting from beating him. It's so annoying."
Ye Shuang snorted again and turned away.
The guard picked up the whip, and Ye Qiaoqiao immediately put on the airs of a second young lady: "Why don't you follow the eldest young lady? If something happens, can you afford it?"
The guards did not dare to offend the prince. They immediately understood what he said and the maids and guards who followed Ye Shuang left quickly.
Ye Qiaoqiao quickly squatted down and helped Li Ruanruan up: "Are you okay?"
Then she ordered the old groom beside her: "Why are you still standing there like an idiot? Send the man back."
Then Ye Qiaoqiao glared at the manager fiercely.
The manager smiled guiltily.
But when Ye Qiaoqiao was walking away with Li Ruanruan, she spat on the ground and said, "What the hell, you're acting like a boss here?"
Everyone in the mansion knew that the Marquis' wife disliked her concubine, Aunt Zhang, very much, and Ye Qiaoqiao was the child of Aunt Zhang.
A concubine's daughter who is not favored by the Marquis' wife has a very low status.
Li Ruanruan was afraid of soiling Ye Qiaoqiao's clothes, so she quickly and politely withdrew. She bowed to Ye Qiaoqiao with a pale face and said, "Second Miss, I will always remember your kindness. If I need you in the future, please feel free to ask."
Seeing that she was already pale, with her forehead and hair wet with cold sweat, she was so fragile yet she still had to kneel down.
Ye Qiaoqiao quickly stepped forward to support her: "No, no, okay, go see your father and brother."
After watching Li Ruanruan leave, Ye Qiaoqiao's maid stepped forward and sighed, "It's only because the young lady is kind-hearted, otherwise they would all be dead today. But since she is the prince's concubine, why didn't you tell her earlier? Why did you have to tell her? Is there anything..."
The little maid looked worried.
Ye Qiaoqiao shook her head. "How could she dare to say that? I'm afraid her situation with Big Brother isn't good either. If she were really favored, she wouldn't be dressed so poorly."
"So are the rumors true? The prince hates her?"
Ye Qiaoqiao shook her head gently: "I don't know. Let's go. If we go back too late, mother will be worried."
The little maid followed Ye Qiaoqiao and gossiped softly, "But that Li Ruanruan does have a pretty face, no wonder she had the guts to try to get into the prince's bed. So now, she's lost more than she gained? Not only is she not favored, she's even disliked."
"Shh, do we think we can talk about Big Brother? Shut up."
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The carriage stopped outside the Marquis's residence, and Gu Yuanqing tried to persuade them to stay: "The Zuixianlou has invited a courtesan to perform music tonight. Why don't we go there for a drink and listen to the music?"
Ye Yunchu ignored him and got off the carriage.
Gu Yuanqing used his folding fan to open the curtain, looked at his back and said, "You have nothing to do when you go back. The chef in the mansion will make you something delicious. You won't even go to Zuixianlou."
"Go by yourself."
Ye Yunchu left.
Gu Yuanqing shouted at his back, "It's said that you have a mistress in your golden house. Is that true? What kind of beauty has bewitched our prince so much? When will you tell me? You just left? How boring."
When Gu Yuanqing saw that Ye Yunchu had disappeared, he curled his lips and lowered the curtain.
As soon as Ye Yunchu entered the Marquis' Mansion, An Ba jumped down from the roof.
He almost hit Ye Yunchu, and An Qi, who was following behind him, patted him on the head.
Ye Yunchu didn't care, he just glanced at him and asked, "What's the matter?"
In a panic.
An Ba hesitated for a while before leaning over to Ye Yunchu's ear to whisper a report.
After being hit twice by An Qi, he didn't come close. He stood still and whispered, "The eldest lady beat your maid."
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