diskusbooks Chapter 279: Secret Revealed
Chapter 279: Secret Revealed
Yin Ruyi, kneeling on the ground, felt her heart beating like a small drum, and a look of nervousness appeared on her pale face.
At this time, Aunt Yao spoke up,
"My Lady, is it time for you to have lunch?"
"Well, let's go!"
Concubine Xiao dropped the scissors in her hand with a "bang", scaring Yin Ruyi, who was kneeling on the ground, so much that she shuddered.
"My Lady, please slow down."
The head palace maid Chunhua stepped forward and helped Concubine Xiao walk step by step to the dining hall.
When Aunt Yao followed him out, she suddenly stopped and scolded him coldly,
"Concubine Yin, please kneel down here obediently! Think about what you have done to make the Imperial Concubine angry!"
After saying this, she hurried out.
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Yin Ruyi's face turned pale, her mind was a mess, and her heart was in a mess. She closed her eyes tightly, lowered her head, and waited quietly to be punished.
I do not know how long it has been,
Yin Ruyi knelt on the ground without daring to move, and suffered new injuries before his old injuries healed.
The longer the time went on, the more my numb knees became uncomfortable from the coldness of the floor tiles. Just when I was shivering and about to give up,
Finally, I heard some movement outside the hall.
This feeling of being ignored was very unpleasant. She breathed a sigh of relief.
He moved his body slightly.
Suddenly, I heard Aunt Yao yelling at the door.
"How dare you, Concubine Yin, for being disrespectful in front of the palace? Qiu Shi stepped forward and slapped her in the face."
"Yes, Aunt Yao."
Qiushi, the senior palace maid who obeyed Madam Yao, strode forward and swung her big palm towards Yin Ruyi's face with two loud slaps.
"The royal concubine?"
Yin Ruyi screamed in surprise. The slapping of her cheeks caused her to lose her balance and she fell to the ground.
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Feeling aggrieved, she gritted her teeth, struggled to straighten up, knelt down, wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, kowtowed and begged for mercy.
"Please have mercy, Madam Imperial Concubine."
"Humph! Concubine Yin has lost her manners in front of the palace. Keep slapping her."
Nanny Yao supported Concubine Xiao as she walked in and said something vicious again.
Yin Ruyi was already frightened out of her wits.
Immediately afterwards, there were two crisp "pa pa" sounds, and the head palace maid Qiushi slapped her hard on the face twice.
Suddenly, her cheeks became red and swollen, and stars appeared in front of her eyes. Yin Ruyi kowtowed to Concubine Xiao and begged for mercy.
"Please have mercy, Madam Concubine. Please calm down, Madam Concubine. My knees are injured and I can't stand the cold. I didn't mean to be disrespectful to you. Please calm down, Madam Concubine."
Upon hearing this, Aunt Yao said angrily,
"You mean the Imperial Concubine treated you harshly?"
"I don't dare."
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"cough cough"
At this time, Concubine Xiao, who had seen enough of the show, coughed twice as if unintentionally, and then asked Yin Ruyi on the ground,
"Do you know why I summoned you here?"
"Reporting to the Imperial Concubine, I have no idea."
"Hehehe..., you don't know? I heard that you are in charge of the household affairs of the Rui Palace very well, and you are well-informed about rewarding servants! How dare you fool me here and say you don't know?"
Yin Ruyi was shocked when she heard this, and knew that she could not hide anything from Concubine Xiao.
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She was frightened for a moment, and after knocking her head several times, she explained in a trembling voice,
"Please forgive me, Your Majesty. I know I was wrong. I know I was wrong!"
When Concubine Xiao heard this, she stopped beating around the bush and scolded her,
"I didn't know you were a two-faced person who could please both sides?!
My son gave you the power to run the family, not so that you can buy good people everywhere again and again?!
Why, is it comfortable to spend the money of the Rui Palace to buy it?"
Yin Ruyi closed her eyes, knowing that the matter of sending food to Fang Qingge could not be resolved peacefully, but this was all a secret that she had to obey the orders of King Rui in private, and she could not reveal any of it.
Cold sweat instantly broke out on her forehead.
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"Your Highness, please understand. I am on good terms with Concubine Fang Liangdi. Seeing her difficult situation in the Eastern Palace, I could not bear it and reported it to the prince.
The prince also said that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had just left, and this kind of situation should not have occurred in the inner courtyard of the Eastern Palace.
Therefore, the prince did not stop me from helping Fang Liangdi. I dare not do it again. I have only sent three times in total, including this time. "
Yin Ruyi spoke uneasily, with guilt in her voice.
Hearing this, Concubine Xiao was so angry that she laughed. She laughed and said,
"Tell me the truth! Do you know my son better than I do?"
Aunt Yao was even more angry.
"Concubine Yin, I have not used private punishment on you for the sake of Prince Rui.
What, you are so bold, you think you can even deceive the Imperial Concubine?
Tell the truth quickly and beg the imperial concubine to forgive you.
Otherwise, do you think that if you don't tell the truth, you can honestly return to the Rui Palace and continue to be your concubine? Don't dream. If you don't tell the truth today, think about whether you can bear the consequences! "
After Madam Yao finished her threats, she turned to Concubine Xiao and said,
"My Lady, I think your precious green peony is still lacking fertilizer!"
Nanny Yao's sinister words exploded in Yin Ruyi's ears, scaring her so much that her face turned pale and beads of sweat the size of beans fell like raindrops.
Then she thought of King Rui pinching her chin and warning her not to reveal even a hint of intimidation to anyone.
Yin Ruyi's head was buzzing and she almost wet her pants out of nervousness.
Thinking that death was the only option, she chose to surrender and give it a try, and had no choice but to betray King Rui.
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"Bang, bang, bang!" Yin Ruyi kowtowed like crazy, begging for mercy.
"Please, Madam Concubine, spare my life. I will tell you, I will tell you. Please, Madam Concubine, dismiss them."
"Hehehe..., now that I know you've told me, I don't want to listen. You're such a traitor who easily betrays me, do you think I will let you continue to stay with Prince Rui and stay in Prince Rui's mansion?
Come, lock him up in the woodshed and wait for your punishment."
"Yes, Madam Concubine."
The two senior palace maids, Qiushi and Chunhua, had long been unhappy with Yin Ruyi. They walked up to her, twisted her arms, and dragged her away without saying a word.
"No, don't. My Lady Concubine, I have a secret to tell you. Otherwise, you won't be able to guess what the King of Rui is thinking. My Lady Concubine, My Lady Concubine, I didn't lie to you!"
"Pull it back."
Yin Ruyi, who had been dragged to the palace gate, was stopped again by Concubine Xiao.
The two senior palace maids dragged the person back again. Concubine Xiao waved her hand at them.
"You two get out."
"Here."
The two senior palace maids went out quietly and closed the door.
Yin Ruyi was crying so hard that she couldn't control herself. She didn't want to die. She couldn't die.
"Please spare my life, Madam Concubine. From now on, I will be your dog. As long as I can do something, I will do it for you even if it costs my life."
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