Capítulo 1996: Chapter 137: The Fall Guy and Finale Announcents
Chang Ruchun slipped quietly out of Yao Hanai’s main courtyard, and as soon as she stepped outside, she was greeted by Mo Zhu with a fake smile plastered on her face.
Oh, not anymore—now she should be called Maternal Aunt Liang.
Mo Zhu, whose last na is Liang, climbed into the bed of the Second Prince, after which Tang Ruyan promoted her to the status of Maternal Aunt, and everyone started calling her Maternal Aunt Liang.
“An actor is just an actor, no matter how high she climbs, she can’t change her ingrained lowliness!”
Truly, she was just like her master; even the words she spoke were strikingly similar. If she hadn’t known that Mo Zhu wasn’t present earlier, Chang Ruchun might have thought this woman had been eavesdropping the whole ti.
She didn’t dare defy Yao Hanai, but when it ca to Mo Zhu, who was also a concubine, she had fewer reservations.
“So what if I’m an actor? At least I’ve never stooped to serve anyone! No matter what, I’m far better than you, a maid crawling up to beco a concubine!”
An actor and a maid, when the two of them were together, naturally there wasn’t much to say other than mutual disdain.
Having her past wounds exposed, Mo Zhu felt montarily uneasy, but she soon beca at ease.
Smoothing her sleeves, Mo Zhu laughed lightly: “So what if I’m a maid? I am as pure as the driven snow, who knows if you, this actor, had been sleeped by n before entering the mansion! Tsk tsk, how generous the concubine is, to actually welco you into the mansion; alas, if it weren’t for the concubine’s generosity, you’d still be an insignificant actor with no reputation or status.”
Saying this, Mo Zhu swayed her hips and sauntered down the path, laughing wantonly as she walked: “How about Master Chang, ranked in the top ten in the Capital city? Frankly, just an actor who’s available to everyone! No wonder she isn’t favored!”
Not favored?
Chang Ruchun furrowed her brows; though there weren’t many won in the mansion, the Second Prince spent half of his ti here over the course of ten days, so why was there talk of being unfavored?
If she had heard these words on an ordinary day, Chang Ruchun would surely have thought Mo Zhu was deliberately trying to provoke her. But today, she had suffered too many blows, and the words actually sank into her heart.
Not favored?
Indeed, although she had the most opportunity to accompany him at night, each ti she had to drink that dark, pungent contraception soup—did Mo Zhu not have to drink it?
Furthermore, every ti the Second Prince gave rewards, hers were never as good as those of Mo Zhu, who was also a concubine.
Could it be that she was indeed unfavored? Did the Second Prince not truly cherish her, but was rely infatuated with her body?
The more she thought about it, the more puzzled Chang Ruchun beca, delving deeper into her thoughts.
It was all because of Tang Ruyan, who decided to send her into the Wang Mansion. Now, her good reputation was lost, and she handed her beloved man to her rival.
In the Wang Mansion, her life was not as good as she had imagined.
What was she doing?
Truly, she was courting disaster!
Walking back, Chang Ruchun glanced towards the courtyard where Tang Ruyan lived, which was three tis larger than hers, decorated a hundred tis more luxuriously, and its mistress was pregnant.
Why?
Why could she be pregnant while Chang Ruchun had to drink contraception soup every day?
No! She absolutely couldn’t let her get her way!
Three days later, while Tang Ruyan was having lunch, she suddenly experienced excruciating abdominal pain. Before the imperial physician arrived, a considerable amount of blood had already flowed from her.
Zhao Hongsheng happened to be dining with her, witnessing the entire event firsthand, experiencing the ordeal of watching his first child die before his eyes.
Needless to say, it was a terrible feeling.
Summoning the imperial physician was too late, and the mansion’s physicians were unreliable. By the ti the imperial physician arrived, Tang Ruyan’s child could no longer be saved.
Infuriated, Zhao Hongsheng imdiately ordered a thorough investigation, which eventually led to a bowl of ginseng soup delivered by the kitchen earlier in the day.
According to the kitchen staff, the soup had once been handled by a maid, who happened to be a rough maid from Chang Ruchun’s courtyard.
Consequently, Zhao Hongsheng imdiately had Chang Ruyi brought over from Chang Ruchun’s courtyard, where she was under house arrest, and discovered a significant amount of safflower in the maid’s room that hadn’t been disposed of yet.
The maid confessed after being slapped a few tis, admitting that Chang Ruyi ordered her to put safflower in the concubine’s ginseng soup.
Thus, the matter was considered resolved.
Zhao Hongsheng, furious, imdiately planned to order Chang Ruchun to be beaten to death on the spot.
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