This crazy woman, she's here to show off. For the sake of everyone here, I'd better back down.
As I walked forward, Anxiang brought Bizhu in. Bizhu's face was covered in red marks, and her lip was broken.
That's outrageous! So what if you're a princess? How can you trample on human life like this?
"Princess, teach this wicked servant a lesson. She probably won't be able to speak for the next few days." Was Anxiang being genuine or just acting? But the look on Bizhu's face was definitely not a lie.
“Well done. Now that this old servant has said that Brother Yuancheng is not letting them go, I will send him on his way.”
"Princess, you've just arrived. Have you forgotten the Queen's instructions?"
"Get down. It's not your place to speak when I'm about to kill someone."
“Princess, I’m doing this for your own good. Think about it, the Prince Consort is currently in the Northwest, on the edge of the Northern Desert. If someone around him is gossiping and he finds out that his sworn sister has been humiliated, he may not be able to get along with you peacefully in the future.”
"Pah, what sworn sister? The new sister-in-law is raised by the Ji family. Let's just say she's a little better than a servant. How can she be compared to the prince consort?"
"That's true. When the prince consort left, I heard him talking about how his sworn sister was doing in Linyang. He's still worried about her ever since he came back from Linyang."
Is this true?
“It’s absolutely true, I learned it from Wan’er.”
“That wretched maid, I beat her up last time when the prince consort returned to the Ji residence, and she actually ran to Consort Ji’s place. When I return to the palace, I will beat her up again, and then accuse her of adultery and give her a beating. The harder you beat her, the better.”
The guards Li Zhaole brought responded from outside the door. I looked at her face, which was full of youthful energy. How could she say such things, treating human life like dirt?
No wonder Consort Ji took Wan'er back to the Ji residence. I don't know if she stayed at the Ji residence or went back to Consort Ji's place. Wherever she was, it was better than staying in Heqing Palace.
"Princess, this is, after all, the Marquis's residence. We must be careful."
Hearing what Anxiang said, Li Zhaole finally sheathed her sword. "Let's go, we'll come to pay our respects to our new sister-in-law again tomorrow." Her expression showed that she didn't take me seriously at all.
With the Marquis's wife in such a predicament, the Empress must hate Xie Yuancheng to the bone and want to get rid of him as soon as possible.
After they left, I hurriedly checked Bizhu's face. Her once beautiful face had been beaten up like this.
"Butler, quickly summon the doctor!" I was so anxious that tears were about to fall. It was all because I was taking care of Xie Yuancheng that the people around me had to suffer.
"Don't worry, Madam. Anxiang didn't really hit me. The marks on my face are fake." Bizhu laughed and wiped them off with her handkerchief. The red marks and blood were all fake.
I breathed a sigh of relief: "That scared me to death. Luckily, Anxiang showed mercy."
"She's my sister, of course I wouldn't hurt her."
"you."
"Shh, Madam, just keep this in mind. Luckily, the butler arrived in time, otherwise we would have felt guilty if she had fallen."
"Madam, the princess will be coming again tomorrow. We'd better find a way to avoid her." The butler looked worried; his usually playful personality had become somber.
The wet nurse's focus was always misplaced: "I think we should have the doctor come first to check on the lady. That princess was very strong just now; it wouldn't be good if she disturbed the fetus."
The steward hurriedly ran out to fetch a doctor, and Bizhu and the wet nurse helped me to lie down on the bed.
I took Bizhu's hand: "Was Li Zhaole like this before?"
Bizhu nodded and covered me with the blanket: "She's always been like this. She'll be more restrained in the palace or on important occasions. I heard from my sister that she secretly executed some palace maids back then."
"Execute them." I held Bizhu's hand, which began to tremble.
Bizhu quickly put my hand under the blanket: "Madam, don't listen to these stories. I'll tell you slowly after you give birth to Lin'er."
"No, tell me, or I won't be able to sleep." I always thought Li Zhaole was eccentric, but I never expected her to actually execute someone.
"Actually, it all happened several years ago. Back then, the princess was very willful. When she was unhappy, she liked to have her subordinates beat up palace maids she didn't like. They would beat them until they bled and became unable to walk properly, and then they wouldn't be given medical treatment, and eventually they would die."
It's so cruel. She was probably only fourteen or fifteen years old at the time, yet she treated human life so lightly.
"Madam, please rest. I'll bring the meal in later. Don't think too much." To avoid worrying them, I pretended to be going to sleep. After they left, I felt a pang of sadness. This was ancient times—the law of the jungle. Those innocent girls had become victims of violence, with nowhere to even voice their grievances.
I lay in bed, missing Xie Yuancheng terribly. He was absolutely right; the imperial palace of Dazhao was truly a place where people were devoured without a trace.
Fortunately, Li Zhaole didn't come into the mansion for the next few days. I was wondering why, but Bizhu said that Lin Chao had led her to other places.
"Where did Master take her?"
"Don't worry, Madam. It was just a little trick. She is, after all, a princess. It was just some false information that won't harm her."
Bizhu has a kind heart, but in terms of intelligence and wit, Wan'er wins.
"That's good." I touched my belly; this morning I could actually feel the baby kicking inside me, which was both surprising and delightful. If Xie Yuancheng were here, he would be very happy too.
"Madam is thinking about the Marquis again, isn't she? When he left, he told us that if you miss him, you should go out for a walk, and that it would make you feel better."
I also want to go out for a walk, but I've been feeling particularly tired lately: "I went to bed early last night, but I'm sleepy again now."
The wet nurse came over and gave me a glass of milk: "These are all normal. Pregnant women are heavy and easily get sleepy."
I smelled the aroma in the cup and didn't like it, but for the sake of my child, I closed my eyes and drank it.
The weather is getting hotter and hotter. It's almost the end of summer, so why is it still so hot?
I held a thin fan in my hand. It's been five months already. I'm counting down the days; there are only four more months until I'm better. Xie Yuancheng has been writing very little since then, and I don't know how he's doing now. One night I dreamt that he suddenly came back, but when I opened my eyes, I realized it was just a dream.
“Madam, I just received a notification that the Emperor is summoning the imperial son-in-law back to court.” I sat in my chair, looking at the document that Bizhu handed me.
I'm five months pregnant now, and I'm worried something might go wrong if I force myself to go back to the original position. Although the doctor said everything is normal and told me to continue, I'm still worried about the effects of the medications on the fetus.
"Why would they suddenly call me back?"
"It must be that the princess secretly conspired with the empress. Last time, Lin Chao led the princess to the western suburbs, and later she actually led her people to the northwest."
"Has the princess of Chequ Kingdom been granted a marriage?"
"No, but that princess is quite remarkable; she actually became a lady-in-waiting in the capital."
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