Chapter 40 Encountering a Deadly Enemy
When some unexpected troubles arose in the original plan, Zhong Min was not discouraged at all. She quickly hid again, looking outside the small garden while quickly thinking of a solution.
Good things take time. It seems that she needs to add another stick. After thinking about it, she looked for a suitable stick nearby and wanted to modify it immediately. She hoped that such a modification would not take too long. She also hoped that the guards who were changing shifts in front of the small garden would not come so soon, and that others would not pass by and disturb her at this time.
Luckily, she found another suitable stick in a short while, reshaped the rope, and tried it a few times with her hands. She thought it should be fine this time. Just as she was about to get up and start again, she looked up and saw someone coming towards the small garden.
She cried out inwardly, "Oh no!" and naturally, she immediately stopped herself from taking any more rash actions. Crouching there, she peeked a few more times and realized that the group seemed to be heading towards the small garden. With no other choice, she sighed and quickly hid her belongings behind a pile of thorns in the left corner of the wall. It seemed there was no hope today; she had to find another opportunity.
As luck would have it, Zhong Min hadn't anticipated that the person who would suddenly come to ruin her plans would be the first hostile person she'd encountered since arriving in this dimension: Zheng Ruyu. Of course, she had a good conscience and didn't necessarily mean to treat anyone as an enemy, but Zheng Ruyu's constant hatred of her was why she had blacklisted him.
It seems that today the time, place and people are not in her favor. She has to give up her escape temporarily and think about how to get out of this situation. After all, Zheng Ruyu is not someone who is easy to talk to.
At this moment, Zheng Ruyu was walking towards the small garden with Xier and the nanny. Although it was winter and the scenery in the small garden was not very nice, for Zheng Ruyu, who had been under house arrest for two months, she just wanted to walk around and relieve the anger that had been pent up in her heart for so long.
"Your Majesty, it's almost time for dinner. Why don't we go back first?" Xi'er supported Zheng Ruyu and carefully advised as they walked, "Your Majesty must be tired after walking for so long."
"Why are you in such a hurry? I've been holding it in for so long. Do I have to listen to your nagging just to get some fresh air?" Zheng Ruyu said fiercely, with the same bad temper as before. It was obvious that she had not come to her senses after being confined for two months.
"I dare not, I dare not!" Xi'er said nothing more immediately. The nanny beside her didn't pay much attention to it, but just looked into the small garden, as if she had just seen something there.
"Who's there?" The nanny suddenly shouted over there, startling Zheng Ruyu and Xier, and they quickly looked in the direction the nanny was looking.
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhong Min slowly stood up and walked out.
"It's you!" Zheng Ruyu hadn't expected to be here, to run into the little bitch who had caused her punishment on the first day of her release from confinement. All her old and new hatreds suddenly flooded her heart. "You little bitch, what are you doing sneaking around here? What bad things are you planning to do?"
Seeing this scene, the nanny also looked like her master hating Zhong Min to the core, while Xier couldn't help but move slightly behind Zheng Ruyu, obviously not wanting to accidentally get involved in this dispute.
Seeing this, Zhong Min was neither nervous nor worried. She symbolically bowed to Zheng Ruyu and said with a smile, "Hello, Your Majesty! I almost forgot that today is two months later."
She and Zheng Ruyu had already become sworn enemies that day, so Zhong Min naturally didn't need to pretend to be her grandson.
Zheng Ruyu was furious to see Zhong Min's continued arrogance, directly mentioning her two-month shame. However, she also felt somewhat cautious about Zhong Min. Not to mention this damned maid's fearless nature, the most important thing was that this bitch had actually gone to work at Mo Garden.
As the saying goes, you have to look at the owner before you beat the dog, so even if Zheng Ruyu hated Zhong Min now, she didn't dare to do it like before. She had never taken advantage of Zhong Min before, let alone now.
"Don't change the subject. I'm asking you what bad things you're doing here?" Zheng Ruyu said gloomily, "Don't think that just because you're working at Mo Garden, I won't dare touch you. If you can't explain yourself clearly, I'll still have the guards come and tie you up and bring you before the prince!"
As Zheng Ruyu spoke, the guards guarding the small garden had indeed returned to their posts. Zhong Min silently sighed, "What a shame!" She felt even more disgusted with Zheng Ruyu, who had deliberately troubled her and ruined her plans. "Your Majesty, your imagination is rather overbearing. I'm not being sneaky at all. I was just passing by and happened to see a cute little rabbit. I chased after it, but it disappeared in an instant. I was looking for it when Your Majesty arrived."
"Looking for rabbits? You're even freer than the master. You actually have time to chase rabbits at this hour!" Zheng Ruyu said mockingly, "Do you think I would believe that?"
Seeing this, Zhong Min spread her hands nonchalantly and then said sarcastically, "Believe it or not, but Your Majesty is right. I really must return to my duties. If Your Majesty wants to cause trouble, I'm sorry, but I don't have time for you. If you're not willing to accept this, you can report it directly to the prince. Anyway, I have nothing to fear from the shadow of my own conscience. Please do as you please."
After that, Zhong Minli didn't bother pretending anymore and just walked away. Zheng Ruyu was already furious and her face turned pale. She gritted her teeth and looked like she wanted to step forward to stop Zhong Min, but was stopped by the nanny beside her.
"Your Majesty, please calm down. Don't take this bitch too seriously, or you might end up making a big mistake." The nanny quickly advised Zheng Ruyu not to escalate the situation.
Zheng Ruyu had just been released from confinement today. If she was punished again because of something that happened to Zhong Min, it would be too not worth it. It would be a waste of time for those other vixens in the back garden.
During the two months of house arrest, Zheng Ruyu hadn't even seen the prince once, let alone slept with him. Therefore, the nanny had warned Zheng Ruyu early in the morning that the most important thing right now was to get the prince to spend the night with her as soon as possible. Restoring the prince's favor was the most important thing. So, upon hearing the nanny's words, Zheng Ruyu immediately suppressed her anger, lest she let that bitch ruin her plans in a moment of impulse.
Zhong Min had already calculated that Zheng Ruyu would not dare to go too far at this time, so he left without any scruples. He thought that Concubine Zheng was really the unlucky star in his life. Nothing good would happen if he met her, and even if there was a good thing, it would be ruined.
She was heartbroken. If it weren't for this woman, she might have already escaped. Now she didn't know when she would have the right time to escape again. Just thinking about it made her want to vomit blood.
Shortly after returning to Mo Garden, the kitchen staff brought the food over. Zhong Min and Uncle Li carried up four or five food boxes of different sizes and filled the large round table on the east side of the study. Seeing those two people eating such a large table of food, they felt it was a shameful waste.
It's really like the rich are feasting and drinking, while the poor are freezing to death on the streets! She secretly despised them. She was already upset about having almost escaped, and now she had to stand by with an empty stomach, pouring wine for these two decent-looking bastards, watching them eat so happily while she could only sigh at the table full of mouth-watering delicacies. For a moment, she was even more depressed.
"Zhong Min, you dropped something." Luo Xing suddenly stopped eating, looked up at Zhong Min, looked like he wanted to laugh, and his tone was full of joking.
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