readytorunbook Chapter 104 Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace 31
Chapter 104 Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace 31
"My lord, to learn a lesson, one must suffer some hardship!"
Rong Pei was feeling great after venting her anger; she certainly wouldn't have dared to do that with any other concubine.
However, since Nara has already been disliked by the Emperor and is imprisoned in Yanxi Palace, she has little chance of leaving in the future, so what is there to be afraid of?
On the contrary, she herself is an extremely upright person, but because she didn't have money to bribe the person in charge, she was assigned to such a godforsaken place.
She wasted her prime years and had no future. Not only did she have to work in the entire Yanxi Palace every day, but she also had to listen to Ruyi reminisce about the old days. This was the real injustice.
Ling Yunche, standing outside the door, was furious, wishing he could crawl through the crack in the door: "You're just a lowly palace maid, how dare you slap the young mistress?"
Rong Pei slapped Ruyi, and seeing that Ruyi only glared at her without retaliating, she became even more arrogant: "This servant is just trying to teach Master a lesson so that she doesn't forget her place."
He then looked at Ling Yunche and said, "You are just a lowly guard. Yet you showed no restraint when you saw the young mistress, sitting down on the ground and chatting away. If this gets out, you'll probably lose ten heads."
Ling Yunche choked, realizing his earlier mistake. He looked at Ruyi and saw her covering her cheeks in grievance. His eyes were filled with restraint and heartache.
He's so useless! Nara is now fallen from grace, being bullied by a mere servant girl, and he can't do anything about it, he can only stand outside the door and watch her get beaten.
A surge of heroic spirit suddenly rose in Ling Yunche's chest. He pointed at Rong Pei and said, "Rong Pei, you are just a lowly servant. If you continue to be disrespectful to a concubine, I will tell the steward of the Imperial Household Department to teach you a lesson."
Ruyi was surprised that Ling Yunche would speak up for her, and in the blink of an eye, the tears she had been holding back fell down.
Rong Pei wasn't angry unless the person in charge was mentioned, but as soon as the person in charge was mentioned, she remembered the ten lashes from before, and her anger flared up. Seeing Ruyi crying on the side, she raised her hand and slapped her again: "Nara, why are you crying on such a good day? Are you cursing someone?"
Ruyi was able to calmly retort to Fucha Langhua's accusations because she believed that Fucha Langhua's ascension to the throne was illegitimate, having stolen the Empress's position from her. Therefore, she was full of confidence in front of Fucha Langhua.
But apart from Empress Fucha Langhua, she was polite to everyone else, even those of lower rank. I don't know why.
Just like now, when Rong Pei slapped her in the face, she only felt wronged and didn't even think about retaliating. She just covered her face with a wronged expression.
"Although I am only a concubine now, I am still a master. What right do you have to hit me?"
Rong Pei snorted coldly: "There are only the two of us left in Yanxi Palace. You have promised Your Highness, and I am now the head maid of Yanxi Palace. If there is anything inappropriate on your part, I will correct it. Is there anything wrong with that?"
Rong Pei casually appointed herself as a head palace maid without any hesitation. Upon hearing this, Ruyi realized that the person opposite her was a brazen troublemaker, and dared not say anything more, fearing that she would be attacked again. She turned around and went back to her bedchamber, where she hugged her pillow and cried for half the night.
Ling Yunche sighed helplessly, glared at Rong Pei a few times, and turned away angrily, refusing to look inside any further.
Seeing the two of them like this, Rong Pei, like a victorious general, went back into the house with her chest out and head held high.
He thought to himself: If I had known that Nara was such a coward, I wouldn't have been so angry for so many days. I would have just given her a good beating and felt better.
Overnight, the matter concerning Yanxi Palace was presented to Hongli.
Hongli rubbed his eyes and looked at the words on the screen again in disbelief.
Ruyi was chatting with the palace guards through a door? Later, she was slapped twice by her maid.
What?What?
What does it say on this?
Ruyi was a concubine, yet she was slapped twice by a palace maid and didn't dare to utter a word before going back to her room.
Why don't you fight back?
What are you afraid of, Rong Pei, a mere palace maid?
Show the same spirit you had when you teamed up with the Empress Dowager to poison your aunt back then, and who would dare bully you?
Or rather...
Does she like this?
Otherwise, this phenomenon cannot be explained!
A noblewoman from a prominent family, pampered since childhood, with a high status and a deep-rooted sense of hierarchy, she would never allow a servant to slap her face, even if she were now down on her luck.
Now that Rong Pei has slapped her twice, instead of punishing Rong Pei with the demeanor of a master, she turns around and goes back to sleep.
Going back to sleep...
Hongli couldn't understand it, he really couldn't understand it. After thinking it over, he decided to observe it for a while longer.
Perhaps they needed to express their emotions in this way after experiencing a setback!
"Nara agreed, well, let's leave it like that for now! Don't worry about it for now, just have someone keep an eye on it, and report anything that happens immediately."
"As for that guard, give him thirty lashes, throw him out of the palace, and never employ him again."
Hongli gave an order, then stopped paying attention to them, clearing his mind of distractions to continue reviewing memorials.
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Yanxi Palace
Ever since Rong Pei slapped Ruyi that day, it's like she's unlocked her full potential. She stopped doing any work and just followed Ruyi around all day. If she felt uncomfortable, she would slap her and then say something about 'rules' and 'propriety,' and Ruyi would reluctantly accept it.
Seeing that Ruyi was so gentle and wouldn't fight back or complain, and that there were only the two of them in the palace with no one to help, Rong Pei became even more demanding and completely used Ruyi as a punching bag.
Even so, Ruyi still maintained a "decent" demeanor every day, and even had to plant flowers and grow grass. Rongpei got angry at this and felt that Ruyi was just idle and started making Ruyi do chores.
At first, she only asked Ruyi to do light tasks such as wiping tables and sweeping floors. Later, seeing that Ruyi did not refuse, she simply pushed all the work onto Ruyi, while she herself became the supervisor. Whenever Ruyi rested for a while, she would go up and beat her.
Ruyi didn't know what she was thinking. She didn't resist at all and just silently shed tears, which made Rong Pei feel very unlucky. She couldn't help but slap her. It was as if their identities were completely reversed.
Rong Pei became the master, while Ruyi became the servant.
Rong Pei ate and drank with Ruyi's rations every day, while Ruyi had endless chores to do and had to endure Rong Pei's possible beatings and scoldings at any time.
Finally, when she was doing laundry again, Rong Pei thought that her swaying fingers was very pretentious, so she rushed over and cut off all of Rong Pei's carefully maintained nails and even broke off her nail guards.
Armor was Ruyi's dignity, and now that her dignity is gone, how can she bear it?
Ruyi could no longer tolerate it. Losing control of her emotions, she abandoned all the demeanor of a young lady from a prominent family and charged at Rong Pei with bared teeth and claws. Rong Pei then pinned her to the ground and gave her a severe beating.
There was nothing Ruyi could do; how could she possibly defeat the strong and robust Rong Pei?
Ruyi was beaten so badly by Rong Pei that she was bedridden for several days.
Still thinking of his former master, after learning the news, he bribed the gatekeeper to bring her some medicine for her injuries.
Ruyi could no longer bear Rongpei's beatings and scoldings. Leaning against the door, she peeked out from the crack and instructed Suxin, "Suxin, go find Jiang Yubin and ask him for some arsenic. I need it."
Su Xin was horrified: "Master, what do you need arsenic for? Do you mean to poison Rong Pei?"
"I don't want the arsenic to poison Rong Pei, but to eat it myself. I also want to use this method to attract the Emperor's attention."
Ruyi smiled wisely, but the upward curve of her lips accidentally aggravated the injury at the corner of her mouth, causing her to hiss and gasp twice in pain.
"The more desolate the place, the more likely there is to be a chance of survival!" Ruyi said meaningfully.
Su Xin was truly blindly loyal. Even with Ruyi's outrageous request, she only hesitated slightly before agreeing and went directly to the Imperial Hospital to find Jiang Yubin and ask him for arsenic.
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