When the Princess Jiahe saw Song Wanchu, she glared at her viciously.
Song Wanchu didn't expect that after being imprisoned for a few days, the Princess Jiahe would change her attitude towards her.
This extremely face - conscious "royal relative" wouldn't feel the slightest bit of guilt for wrongly accusing her.
On the contrary, the Princess Jiahe would only hate that she hadn't really caught Song Wanchu having an affair.
Song Wanchu didn't care what the Princess Jiahe thought at all. She tightly clutched the despairing notice in her hand and looked at Liang Yuzhou sadly.
"Second Master, the Supreme Court—"
"Let's talk about it when I get back."
Liang Yuzhou just left this hasty sentence and then mounted his horse.
It seemed that there was something urgent that required his immediate presence.
Song Wanchu was stunned.
What was so urgent that he didn't even have the time to listen to her finish a sentence?
The darkness soon swallowed Liang Yuzhou's figure, and like a ferocious beast with a wide - open mouth, it rushed towards her menacingly.
She stood there stiffly, feeling helpless and desperate as if she was about to be devoured. She felt cold all over.
Liang Yuzhou had asked her to trust him, but he left her at a critical moment...
Nanny Gao, who had escorted the Princess Jiahe out, looked down on Song Wanchu as always. She sneered and said, "Concubine Song, why are you so ignorant? Something terrible has happened to the Yu family. It's a matter of life and death. Do you think you can stop the Second Master?"
"The Yu family?" Song Wanchu was in a daze.
Nanny Gao sneered, "The eldest son of the Yu family was sentenced to exile three thousand miles away. His step - mother, Mrs. Feng, came up with a stupid idea. She wanted to marry Miss Yu to a fifty - year - old escort official as his second wife in order to get the eldest son taken care of on the way to exile. Lord Yu, out of love for his son, was temporarily muddled and actually agreed. But Miss Yu would rather die than obey. She hanged herself. By the time they found her, she had almost no breath left. She's half - dead!
Everyone knows that Miss Yu is the apple of the Second Master's eye. If the Second Master doesn't step in to protect her, who else can? You're just a concubine. You'd better recognize your own position. Don't think that just because the Second Master dotes on you a little from time to time, you can be compared with Miss Yu!"
Song Wanchu's heart felt as if it was being cut into pieces, bleeding and in great pain.
Yes, what did she have to compare with Yu Huiyan? The person Liang Yuzhou cared about the most had never been her.
Those promises, those comforts, were all based on the premise that Yu Huiyan was safe and sound.
Once something happened to Yu Huiyan, Liang Yuzhou's promises to her were like ashes, so light that they could be ignored.
Her chest ached dully again and again. She felt stuffy, and even breathing was a pain.
"Miss, are you okay?" Nanzhi and Suyue were worried that the miss's heart disease was about to flare up again!
"Concubine Song, I advise you—"
"Slap—Slap—Slap—"
Nanny Gao's sermon was interrupted by three resounding slaps.
Song Wanchu, Nanzhi, and Suyue were all stunned.
Yaoguang twisted her wrist, her eyes full of hostility. "Try calling the mistress 'concubine' again?"
Nanny Gao was stunned by the slaps and couldn't say a word for a long time. Blood was flowing down the corner of her mouth.
"How dare you! Where did you come from, you stinky girl? How dare you hit me?"
Nanny Gao, who served the Princess Jiahe, thought highly of herself and even looked down on the people in the Fuan Hall.
Being slapped three times by a maid was simply a great humiliation to her!
Yaoguang looked at Nanny Gao coldly and disdainfully curled her lips. "By the order of the Second Master, anyone who dares to call the mistress by the wrong title will be rewarded with as many slaps as the number of wrong titles."
Although Nanzhi and Suyue didn't like Yaoguang very much, they couldn't help but admire her.
Yaoguang had done something they had always wanted to do. It was really satisfying!
Nanny Gao glared at Yaoguang angrily and shrank her neck, trying to walk back.
"Stop! Apologize to the mistress."
Although she was just a maid, the words she said carried a lot of weight, making Nanny Gao feel out of breath.
She was old and couldn't withstand the slaps of someone with deep internal strength. Several of her teeth were loose.
Maybe out of fear of losing her teeth completely, Nanny Gao covered her cheek and bowed repeatedly to Song Wanchu. "Please forgive this old servant, mistress. I won't dare to do it again."
Suyue's look at Yaoguang completely changed. It was full of admiration.
Song Wanchu had no intention of punishing Nanny Gao at this moment.
She felt the invitation in her sleeve, and her eyes gradually became firm.
Since Yu Huiyan had an accident, Liang Yuzhou had no intention of helping her anymore.
From now on, the only person she could rely on was herself.
She must rescue her uncle from prison!
"Go to the Princess Dowager's Mansion."
Nanzhi and Suyue helped Song Wanchu get back into the carriage.
Suyue looked back and for the first time spoke to Yaoguang kindly. "Well, do you want to come in and sit with us?"
Neither she nor Nanzhi noticed when Yaoguang had appeared, because the miss hadn't brought Yaoguang with her when she went back to her natal family these days.
This person was really elusive!
Thinking about how they had been on guard against Yaoguang before, it was simply a joke!
Yaoguang smiled and shook her head. "The carriage is small. I won't take up the mistress's space. Don't worry about me. I can walk fast and keep up with the carriage."
Suyue pouted. "You just want to show off your good lightness skills!"
The carriage had just left when Song Wanchu heard a voice outside.
"Sister - in - law, are you going out so late?"
Song Wanchu lifted the curtain and recognized the speaker as Liang Yuchuan.
His vocal cords seemed to be damaged, and his voice was extremely hoarse.
"The Princess Dowager invited me. I'm going to a night banquet."
Song Wanchu didn't want to talk to him much.
Liang Yuchuan didn't say anything else and just nodded politely.
After the carriage had gone far away, the servant beside Liang Yuchuan murmured, "My lord, it's not in line with the rules of the Duke's Mansion for the Second Mistress to attend a banquet alone at night, is it?"
Liang Yuchuan's eyes became a bit deeper, and he murmured, "Walking into the Princess Dowager's Mansion alone, she's like a lamb walking into a tiger's den."
She might never come back.
"Prepare the carriage and horses. I'm going to the Crown Prince's Palace."
...
The Princess Dowager's Mansion was as bright as day. The main hall was resplendent, like a fairyland on earth.
There were fine wines and delicious food. People were clinking glasses, laughing and chatting.
Song Wanchu was like a little bird that had accidentally flown in, breaking the happy and intoxicating atmosphere.
Compared with the people in gorgeous clothes and elaborate costumes, she had neither a formal dress nor makeup on, looking dull.
But still, countless men's eyes were fixed on her, eager, longing, amazed, and lecherous.
"I pay my respects to the Princess Dowager."
She knelt down.
The Princess Dowager was sitting on the phoenix - carved chair and lazily lifted her eyelids.
"Why are you late?"
"Something happened at home, so I'm late. Please punish me, Princess Dowager."
"No one has ever dared to be late for my banquet. You really should be punished."
The Princess Dowager scanned the men lined up below. "Tell me, how should I punish her?"
All the people she had invited to the banquet today were men, and Song Wanchu was the only woman.
As soon as she finished speaking, all the men burst out into lecherous laughter in unison.
Stared at by a group of strange men, Song Wanchu was like a little rabbit caught in a pack of wolves. She tried her best to suppress her panic, clenching her fists so hard that her nails dug deeply into her flesh.
She knew that this was the Princess Dowager's humiliation of her.
"Princess Dowager, why don't you let her toast each of us. Three cups for each person. When she gets drunk on someone, let this lucky guy..."
"The Crown Prince is here!"
A sharp and solemn shout drowned out the man's voice.
The lewd smiles on everyone's faces disappeared instantly.