C38

The north wind had covered the side yard with a layer of frost. In just one night, the leaves on the ground had already been covered with a layer of frost, bringing a refreshing feeling to the room. Under the magnificent exterior of the vast palace walls was a prison with a shadow on the door, a hell where one could not go out of the door.

The weak sunlight, once it was basked in the faint glow of morning light, was accompanied by a few traces of beauty. It was reflected through the window, and two faint rays of light fell on the floor, fluttering along with the wind, blue and white muslin.

The woman on the bed slowly opened her hazy and loose eyes. Her fair body was filled with eye-piercing red marks, and there were scars all over her body from being ruthlessly ravaged. Waves of aching pain were spreading from her waist, and her lower body was in so much pain that she was unable to move.

Luo Shang held onto the huge bed with both of her hands as the blanket slowly slid down from her shoulders, revealing her alluring white shoulders. The slight chill in the air caused her to blink her hazy eyes, the memories of last night slowly resurrected in her mind.

Looking at the fragments and messy clothes on the floor, she tightly closed her eyes. The man from last night had forcefully pushed her against the cold table …

The feeling of humiliation slowly spread throughout her heart.

She propped up her sore body and carefully moved her blanket away from the bed. Biting her lips, she struggled to bend down and pick up the clothes that Leng Shaoyu had ripped off on the ground. She reluctantly picked up the clothes that she could still wear and carefully put them on. She tied the ribbon around her waist to cover up her perfect and alluring body.

Luo Shang was born with a noble face, exquisite phoenix eyes and exquisite nose, red cherry lips, and creamy skin. It was just that right now, her face was pale white, bringing along a trace of pain and exhaustion.

She sat in front of the mirror and roughly combed her beautiful black hair that was as long as flowing water. Afterwards, she got up and cleaned up the Aurora shard that the man on the ground broke last night before leaving the room.

There was not a single person in the side courtyard. Other than the two servants guarding the gate, it was so quiet that not even the chirping of cicadas could be heard.

"Greetings, consort!" The guards at the entrance still respectfully bowed to her. Perhaps because they guarded the side courtyard all day, they stayed far away from the other courtyards and didn't move. They didn't know how poor this unreal wangfei was to be so respectful to her.

Luo Shang forced out a smile, and then slowly walked out of the courtyard. Her gentle smile was simply too beautiful to behold. It caused the two souls of the guards to fly away. They watched as the woman left until she disappeared from their sight.

He had only heard of the beauty of the wangfei, but after witnessing it with his own eyes, he realized that no one could match her beauty.

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The morning wind brought with it a cool breeze, blowing Luo Shang's clothes, causing her entire body to feel cold. She slowly walked back to the Purple Gold Pavilion with difficult steps.

The two sides of this path were filled with deep shrubs and forests. Vines wrapped around the straight tree trunk as they climbed upwards, occasionally bringing with them a few budding flowers with a few drops of dew still on them. A faint, delicate fragrance assaulted the nostrils as it lingered on this path, wrapping itself around the woman walking on this path.

"Wuuu …" "Wuuu …."

Was someone crying?

Luo Shang stopped in her tracks, listening to the sudden cry, she slowly crept towards the depths of the forest, the tall trees blocking the sunlight, leaving behind a cold darkness and wetness.

A shadowy figure crouched between two trees in the gloom. She was curled up, her head between her legs, looking helpless.

Luo Shang walked over to her, and half-knelt by her side. With a gentle and gentle voice, she asked: "What happened that made you cry so bitterly?"

Hearing the voice above her, the servant girl suddenly raised her head, feeling a little panicked and stunned, her hands tightly gripped the corner of her clothes as she quickly knelt down below Luo Shang's feet, crying even harder than before.

"Esteemed wangfei, save me. Esteemed wangfei, you must save me … I don't want to die. I don't want to die yet. " The maid looked to be around twenty years old. Her eyes were slightly red as she kowtowed and begged for help.

Luo Shang was kind, she could not stand to see anyone acting like this, so she quickly extended her hand to help her up, but the servant refused to get up no matter what, and said: "Esteemed wangfei, you must save me, only you can save this servant."

"You get up first."

"No. If you don't agree to my request, I will kneel here the entire time. I do not wish to die. I do not wish to die yet." The servant girl kept shaking her head and repeating the same words that she did not want to die yet.

Luo Shang lightly patted her shoulder, and placed his hand on her right shoulder. Then she sighed and said softly, "I promise you."

"Really?" The servant girl looked up in disbelief, her bright eyes staring at the woman in front of her as she asked with some doubt.

Luo Shang smiled, nodded her head, and then helped her up.

"It's time to tell me what happened."

Next month is the ancestral worship ceremony of the Prince Jin Palace. Aunt Nanny Ma specially instructed me to take care of those scriptures that were copied by the thousands of Treasure Hua Temple Mages with my own hands. I was too reckless to know that the water in the bucket had soaked the scripture, and the thousands of scriptures had all been turned into black ink. If Nanny Ma found out, she would definitely not spare this lowly slave, she would definitely let Sister Yun Xiu throw me into the well. "I don't want to die yet, I still have my family to take care of —" The maid wiped away her tears, crying sorrowfully.

"Princess Luo, only you know of this matter. If you refuse to help me, then this servant will die."

Luo Shang understood what she meant. She was very clear on Nanny Ma and Yun Xiu's methods. Leng Shaoyu valued kinship, so he could not be sloppy about this kind of ancestral worship ceremony. If the matter was messed up, then according to that man's temperament, the entire Duke Palaces would be in trouble.

Much less a servant with no backing at all, Nanny Ma would never let her off lightly.

"What's your name?"

The servant girl tremblingly replied: "This servant is Bin Er."

"Bin Er, from now on, this matter has nothing to do with you. You don't have to worry. They won't take your life. " Luo Shang looked at her with certainty in her eyes. She did not hesitate at all.

With that, she lightly smiled, turned around, and walked towards the exit of the hidden path.

Looking at Luo Shang's departing figure and what she had just said to him, Bin Er bit his lips and wanted to call out to her, but she managed to endure it in the end.

The figure walked with desolation, with decisiveness.

Bin Er stood where she was, watching without moving until her figure blurred bit by bit, until she disappeared into the light of the forest.

"Bin Er, you did well."

After Luo Shang left, a complacent voice sounded from behind the thick and sturdy tree trunk. Bin Er turned around and saw Yun Xiu, who was dressed in a green muslin, walk over. She had always been standing behind this tree, so she had clearly heard Bin Er and his conversation.

Yun Xiu really did not expect that such a smart and intelligent woman like Luo Shang would have a moment of error in her plans. It seems that this person was really stupid once her kind heart was exposed.

Bin Er's head was lowered, and her eyes sunk. Actually from the moment Luo Shang had promised her, she had already felt that wangfei was so kind. She had originally wanted to stop her from speaking out the truth, but she didn't dare to.

"Take it!" You deserve it. " Yun Xiu threw a bag of silver taels onto the ground contemptuously. The kind of charity and disdain was exactly the same as her master's.

Bin Er lowered her body and picked up the silver from the ground. She looked at Yun Xiu turning around, wanting to say something but stopped herself from doing so. The prince treated the wangfei worse than even his servants. The wangfei bore the blame for her this time, the prince definitely wouldn't let her off. She also didn't want to see the wangfei in trouble because of her, let alone such a big matter as offering sacrifices to the ancestors. She was different from Yun Xiu and the others, she would feel guilty.

"Sister Yun Xiu..." Bin Er suddenly called out to her.

Yun Xiu turned around with disdain, her fingers holding the handkerchief as she pretended to stir up something, as if she was driving away something.

"What else is there?"

"I... I... "I don't want this silver. Can you let me go?" Bin Er's voice was very soft at the end. The space here wasn't very big, and Yun Xiu could just barely hear her.

Hearing her words, Yun Xiu's face immediately darkened, that face was truly terrifying, a pair of evil and malicious eyes wished that they could kill the girl in front of him.

"What did you say?" Yun Xiu walked towards her step by step, and coldly laughed in front of her.

"Could it be that you've softened your heart to that Luo Family woman? Let me tell you, Bin Er, even if you want to regret it, it's too late. The scripture was personally destroyed by you, so if you don't want to blame it on the princess, when the king blames you, your life will be dragged into the fields to be fed to the dogs. Do you want to taste the feeling of being bitten by livestock? " Yun Xiu purposely spoke out, seeing how the servant in front of him was trembling, beads of sweat rolling down her forehead, and the tears in her eyes flowing uncontrollably.

Bin Er shook her head hard.

"That's right. Now that things have come to this, you've done what you shouldn't have done. When we've succeeded in moving out the wangfei, you'll have your own benefits." Even if you don't think about yourself, you should think about that old man of yours. " Yun Xiu snorted, patted on the right side of Bin Er's face, who had her eyes wide open, and smiled sinisterly, then left.

Bin Er squatted on the ground with tears flowing down her face. Although Yun Xiu was the one who ordered her to do this, with Nanny Ma supporting her, Yun Xiu would naturally be fine. At that time, the one who would be suffering would be herself again. If this matter was exposed, the King would definitely not spare her. At that time, if it was really as Yun Xiu had said, she would drag her out into the wild to feed the wild dogs. No... No... Bin Er held his head and shook it vigorously.

Wangfei, in that case, I can only let you down.