C75

The next day, when the sun had just risen, the magpie under the eaves could no longer restrain the joy in his heart as it chirped.

"So noisy —" A dancer who slept closer to the window grabbed the clothes beside the pillow and threw them into the window. The magpie flapped its wings in fright and quickly flew away.

Luo Shang was fully focused on her clothes. She rarely wore such high necked clothes, which were a little light colored, and were wrapped in white gauze. She got up and walked towards the dressing table.

The hem of the skirt was like moonlight flowing lightly on the ground, the gait was graceful and beautiful, the hair was tied up with a ribbon, leaving only a strand of hair hanging down her chest. It was a thin makeup that only added color, and her cheeks were faintly red, like snow or ice, high and clean, beautiful, and beautiful.

Someone shouted from outside, "Is in there? Aunt wants you to go to her room immediately. There's something you need to discuss. "

Luo Shang put down the clothes in her hands, then opened the door and walked out. She asked the maidservant who had come to report: "What important matter does Aunt have to do in her room?"

"How would this servant know about this? I'm just a little girl reporting back and forth." The maid impatiently mumbled something and turned around to leave without even looking back.

Even though Luo Shang felt that it was a bit inappropriate, she couldn't find any reason to reject her offer. She still followed her back, following her to the courtyard in Zi Hui Garden, where the Manager Shen resided.

As for Su Qing, who was leaning on the side of the door, no one knew what she was thinking, but she quietly watched Luo Shang's back as she left. A complicated expression flashed across her face, but she did not say a single word nor did she make any movements.

Qing Ning and the rest could not help but laugh out loud, thinking that Luo Shang was feeling much better now.

"Hey ~ Su Qing, why aren't you stopping her?" Qing Ning intentionally brought out the tea, and carefully savored it, speaking sarcastically to Su Qing.

Su Qing shot her a glance, did not say a word, and turned to leave.

In the backyard, there was no difference from the other courtyards. If there was a difference, it would have to be the crabapple blossoms planted in the courtyard, and it would be because of the beauty that did not exist elsewhere. Luo Shang raised her head and looked at the tightly shut door.

"Luo Shang, you can go in, Manager Shen will be back soon, she wants you to wait for her inside." The maid left as soon as she finished speaking. She seemed to be in a hurry to do the next thing.

After she left, Luo Shang gently pushed open the door. The interior of the house was not too different from the rooms where normal dancers lived.

She looked around her surroundings, only to see that the picture scroll on the table beside the house had caught her eye. She walked over.

It was a woman with elegant makeup. She was very beautiful and carried a tiny baby in her arms. However, there were two tears stains on her face and sadness in her eyes.

The ink had not dried yet, and it looked like it was made from a new painting. Below the picture were many similar pictures. All of them depicted the woman and her baby in her arms. Sometimes she smiled, and sometimes she looked sad.

Suddenly, a shadow flashed through the gap in the window, and a black light flashed, sliding across the paper.

"Who is it?" Luo Shang hurriedly walked towards the window, pushed it open, and saw that the person before him was dressed entirely in black, with a face covered from afar. His speed was extremely fast, and her movements were extremely good.

Luo Shang had originally wanted to walk out, but the moment she pushed open the door, she saw Shen Changqing standing outside the door. When she saw Luo Shang, she couldn't help but be shocked, and her eyeballs couldn't help but jump out at this moment.

She pushed Luo Shang away and immediately entered the room. Looking at the things in the room, her gaze was locked onto the books on the shelves, seeing that the books were still intact, she took a breath of air.

He turned his head and asked with a gloomy face, "Who let you in here? Luo Shang, you truly have big balls! Could it be that no one told you where my aunt was staying, and no one was allowed to approach her? "

"It's not aunt you …" Luo Shang did not continue. She knew that she had fallen into a trap set up by someone else, if she continued, it would be useless.

"Is it because I've been too lenient towards you recently? What, do you want to replace me with you?" Shen Changqing's face did not look good, it could be said that he looked bad, like a stone pot that was black and stiff.

From start to finish, Luo Shang did not offer a single explanation.

"Someone, come." Shen Changqing bellowed out the door and a few girls immediately walked over.

"We servants greet Aunt."

Bring Luo Shang down to the ground and make her kneel in front of Luo Zitang, you are not allowed to get up without my order, keep an eye on her. If you are even the slightest bit careless, I will use you all to ask, do you hear me?

The servants had never seen Manager Shen so angry before, but this Luo Shang really wanted to die, to actually dare enter Aunt's room.

Just like this, Luo Shang was dragged to the great hall stage in front of Zi Luo Hall. She knelt on the boiling hot stone surface, surrounded by a large crowd of dancers, all of them pointing and discussing.

In the backyard, other than the Jade Pillar, there was only one other place with the densest crowd, it was Zi Luo Tang. Shen Changqing making her kneel there and take the punishment was another example.

On Luo Shang's calm and elegant face, there was no hint of complaint, only the image of a few paintings appearing in front of him from time to time.

After kneeling for an unknown period of time, the people who were passing by had all scattered. Luo Shang pursed her lips, her throat was somewhat thirsty.

"Sister Qing Ning — —" The two maidservants by the side respectfully bowed towards the woman who was walking over.

Qing Ning made a gesture, indicating for them to withdraw.

The two maidservants looked at him and replied, "Yes." Then, they bowed and retreated to the side.

Her hair was tied up in a high bun. In the middle of her hair was a pure gold hairpin that weighed quite a bit. She was worthy of being the daughter of Lord Qinghai, one of the richest men in Jiangnan. If it was anyone else, they would not have the fortune to wear such clothes.

Qing Ning walked to the woman kneeling in the middle of the stage step by step. She stopped beside Luo Shang, turned her head, let out a cold laugh, and said: "Luo Shang, oh Luo Shang, what do you want to do that isn't good, you must offend our respected Manager Shen. Sisters, I, am truly worried for you."

She pretended to be sad as she waved her sleeves. In reality, she was trying to hide the sarcastic smile on her face.

Luo Shang turned her face away.

"Oh, look at your cracked lips. You must be thirsty. Someone, get me a bowl of water." Qing Ning ordered the servant standing by the side.

The servant girl lowered her head and replied softly, "Sister Qing Ning, aunty has instructed the servants not to give her water to drink."

It looks like Manager Shen was truly angry this time, when Qing Ning thought of this, she could not help but laugh out loud. She coughed lightly a few times, and continued to speak: "You guys go ahead, if anything happens, leave it to me."

Hearing that, the servants seemed to understand her thoughts, they smiled and nodded, and very quickly, a bowl of water was brought over and handed to Qing Ning.

Qing Ning took the bowl as if she despised it, looked at it, used the handkerchief to blow the smell that came from her nostrils, and laughed maliciously.

"Luo Shang, since you are thirsty, drink it." As she spoke, she handed the bowl over to Luo Shang.

The bowl of water was filled with many filth the size of grains floating around. At the bottom of the water, there were even some murky sediments, and the water was very turbid, as if it was mixed with a lot of loess. Even with a few palms of distance between them, Luo Shang could smell the disgusting and fishy stench coming from the water.

Seeing that Luo Shang did not move, and did not look at him, Qing Ning raised her eyelids, and continued to speak with a low voice: "Do you lack strength? "In that case, I'll feed it to you."

The spectators were growing more and more numerous, and everyone was clear about what was going on in the water, as well as what Qing Ning was thinking. Everyone was well aware, but no one wanted to get into the muddy water, afraid that they would offend her.

In order to let Luo Shang drink it, Qing Ning had grabbed her lower jaw and forced her to open her mouth to drink.

Luo Shang struggled to resist, but seeing that she was unable to force her, Qing Ning immediately gave a meaningful look to the two dancers behind him, they grabbed her arms, wrists and jaws, in case she decided to retaliate.

Seeing such a helpless Luo Shang, Qing Ning was obviously pleased beyond belief. She stepped closer with the bowl in her hands and laughed: "Don't disappoint big sister's good intentions."

Luo Shang shook her head, but Qing Ning had made up her mind to make her drink the dirty water that was specially prepared for her.

Unexpectedly, Luo Shang extended her leg and kicked fiercely towards the bowl of water. Without any warning, Qing Ning splashed a bowl of dirty water on her face, ruining her painstakingly painted makeup and also dirtying her luxurious clothes.

"You — —" Qing Ning's face was drenched in sweat but she did not say it. It was even dirtier.

Luo Shang only let out a light laugh, and the sound of everyone laughing could be heard from the long corridor. This made Qing Ning even more furious, and she shouted out loud towards the group of people. All of you, shut up. Those who wish to live, scram away from here! "

Then, she turned around to the two maidservants at the side and said, "Aunty only wanted her to kneel here and not be punished. Wouldn't it be too good of a deal for this woman? Furthermore, you two must give me an explanation."

When the servant girl heard this, she weakly asked, "Sister Qing Ning, do you mean …"

"Push her mouth for me. I want to see how far she can go." Qing Ning stared at Luo Shang and she snorted. With the help of a few dancers, she left.

The maidservants loosened their fingers, stretched their arms, and found a few more girls to come over, pressing down on Luo Shang's shoulders, so that she could obediently kneel on the ground.

"Pa ~ ~ ~"

The resounding slapping sounds continued to ring in the backyard, causing everyone to shiver. Everyone shook their heads, sighing for Luo Shang.

The slapping sound lasted for at least an hour before it stopped. The girls felt their hands ache from the slapping, so they sat to the side to rest. They even found some ice cubes to put on their hands.

There was blood at the corner of Luo Shang's mouth and her face was frighteningly swollen. There were even clear handprints on it and she felt as if her entire face was on fire.

"Rumble ~ ~ ~ ~"

A loud sound pierced the sky.