The next morning.
Qingmei, the maid in Concubine Xiao's palace, came again early.
The servants in Zhuangyuan's Mansion all had tense faces, but they could only be angry but not say anything, because she was the imperial concubine after all.
In the Great Jin Dynasty, if a woman was caught doing something wrong, the Imperial Concubine could punish the ladies of the imperial court.
Although they were dissatisfied, they did not dare to show it so that others could find fault with them. They were only worried about the lady, and they did not know how she would be embarrassed when she entered the palace today.
Su Li followed him into the palace calmly.
It was just a harmless show of force, much lighter than Princess Rongfu's plan to kill her.
However, she couldn't just wait for half a day like she did yesterday.
"When the time comes, just do as I say, remember?"
Xiao Ye and Xiao Wu nodded repeatedly: "I will remember this."
Xiao Wu was even more eager to try and said, "I drank a lot of water before going out. When the time comes, I will make the loudest noise."
Su Li burst out laughing.
It’s true, Xiaowu and Xiaosanzi, the brother and sister, seem to be particularly excited whenever they are asked to do something unreasonable.
The master, his two servants, got off the carriage at the palace gate as they did yesterday, and then walked to Yaohua Palace.
Qingmei asked her to wait at the door just like she did yesterday. She went in to report to Concubine Xiao, and still never came out.
Gradually, more and more palace servants pretending to be passing by appeared not far away and whispered to each other.
"Who is that?"
"I heard that the young lady of the Duke of Ji's mansion was there yesterday as well."
"What's going on?"
"What could possibly happen? Being left out in the cold must have offended the Imperial Concubine."
"Isn't this Imperial Concubine usually the most tolerant and kindhearted? I heard she doesn't even have the heart to punish her servants when they make mistakes. Why is she trying to make things difficult for them now?"
"Besides, she is the young lady of the Duke's Mansion after all, and will be the Duke's wife in the future. Your Majesty, please consider the Buddha's favor instead of the monk's. You are being so difficult to her. You are not giving face to the Duke's Mansion."
"Hush! Keep your voice down. Your Highness, are you going to die?"
"Hey, no one can hear us talking here."
"I heard that this young lady comes from the countryside and is not worthy of being the young lady of the Duke of Ji's mansion. This position of young lady will have to be replaced sooner or later."
"No wonder the Imperial Concubine is so ruthless. This is not the future Duke's wife at all..."
"That's right. Now, let's go and tell our queen."
"Okay, okay, Your Majesty will definitely like to hear it..."
At this moment, Su Li fell to the ground and lost consciousness without any warning.
"lady!"
"Madam, what's wrong with you, madam, wake up, madam!"
Xiao Ye and Xiao Wu were filled with anxiety, and Xiao Wu even yelled at the top of his lungs, "Help! Is there anyone here? Please save my wife!"
Then he shouted at the gate of Yaohua Palace: "My Lady, my wife has fainted. Please save my wife, my Lady!"
At this time, more and more people came to watch the fun.
Of course, after all, the imperial concubine had such a high status, most of the people who came to watch the fun were just whispering from a distance and didn't dare to get close.
But that's enough.
In the original novel, Concubine Xiao loved to emulate the kindness and generosity of the late Empress Renxuan, and she always maintained this image in front of the emperor and concubines in the harem.
Therefore, over the years, no matter how many new favorites he had, the emperor still valued and trusted her the most.
Otherwise, the power to manage the harem would not be given to her. After all, she is not the only one with a prince, and she is not the only one who is a noble concubine.
Su Li didn't believe that she would not care about the image she had cultivated over the years.
As for her, she is not from a noble family, so she doesn't care about these images.
Sure enough, Xiao Wu just shouted a few words and people from Yaohua Palace came out hurriedly.
This time it was no longer Qingmei who came out, but a nanny with gray hair and a serious face, followed by two maids.
Nanny Wen said with a look of surprise, "Your Highness, it's disgraceful to make such a commotion in front of the palace gate!"
Xiao Wu was not afraid at all. He just said anxiously, "Madam, please forgive me. I am also worried about my wife. Please save my wife. Please, Madam, please save my wife..."
A trifle!
Nanny Wen sneered, "It's just a faint. Just wake him up."
As he spoke, he raised his hand, pulled out the sharp hairpin in his hair, and walked towards Su Li.
The two maids who followed her had smug looks on their faces as if they were enjoying a good show. When the queen wanted to punish someone, no one could escape.
Given Nanny Wen's methods, no one dared to act pretentiously in front of her.
"Mammy, what are you doing?" Xiaowu pretended to be terrified.
Xiao Ye, who was half-holding Su Li, was well prepared. She calmly turned her wrist, bent her fingers, and with a "whoosh", a stone hit Nanny Wen's left knee accurately and hard.
“Ouch!”
"ah!"
Nanny Wen bent her knees in pain, suddenly fell to the ground, and then let out a scream.
"Mammy!"
"Mammy, what's wrong with you?"
The two palace maids were startled and quickly helped Nanny Wen up.
"Ah! Bitch, don't touch me!"
Following another scream, everyone realized that when Nanny Wen fell to the ground, the hairpin in her hand had somehow pierced her chest.
It looks like it's quite deep.
Nanny Wen was half-lying on the ground, grimacing in pain and gasping for breath.
The two maids looked panicked: "Mammy! How are you?"
The palace servants who were watching the excitement not far away were also surprised.
"Madam Wen, did you stab yourself?"
"Oh my God! That's right, that's right at the chest. Someone could die!" he whispered in a low and gloating tone.
"You can even stab yourself with this? Tsk tsk!"
"Ouch! Serves you right, hehe!"
Another palace maid said in a low voice.
Most of these palace maids were maids in the palaces of various concubines.
Concubine Xiao holds the power to manage the harem and appears to be kind to others, but only those concubines who have been secretly bullied by her know what kind of person she is and how her maids take advantage of her power to bully others.
Especially Nanny Wen, the most trusted housekeeper of Concubine Xiao, was not a good person at all. The concubines and maids in all the palaces hated her to the core.
Now that she failed in her attempt to bully others and ended up hurting herself, isn't she gloating over her misfortune?
It would be best if the hairpin pierced my heart and I died!
Xiao Ye was still half-holding Su Li, who was pretending to be unconscious, and kept an eye on his surroundings, fearing that someone would hurt her.
Xiao Wu raised his eyebrows calmly, thinking to himself: You wanted to stab my wife with a hairpin, you deserve it!
Then he shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, please tell me what my wife has done to deserve such punishment from you. Please forgive my wife..."
On one side, there was a person fainting on the ground, on one side, there was a maid crying for mercy, and on one side, there was a nanny stabbing herself.
There was chaos at the entrance of Yaohua Palace.
Nanny Wen was stabbed by herself. She was in pain but didn't dare to move. Even if she wanted to stop it, she was powerless.
She gasped and endured the pain and ordered: "Go and report to the queen!"
“Yes, yes, yes!”
The maid ran into Yaohua Palace in a hurry.
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