Chapter 64 Beat the Dog Before the Lion. (2/2)
They looked domineering and fierce when arguing with Lin Mengya. But now they became docile sheep and looked at these guards who suddenly appeared with fear.
”Princess, my name is Qiu Ming. Pay respect to you.”
Lin Mengya had been ready to fight with these servants but these guards suddenly appeared and upset her plan.
Looking at this square black-skinned face, Lin Mengya suddenly felt that she had seen him before.
”Nobel people had short memories. I once had the privilege of working for you in the teahouse.”
Qiu Ming said with a shy grin. But then he looked at the petite and pretty Princess standing in front of him in awed silence.
He could still remember the four good-for-nothings who had been tortured by the Princess.
He was afraid that the Princess would become a synonym for evil for the four men for a long time.
”Oh! I see!. It's you.”
Lin Mengya finally remembered that she once met this guard called Qiu Ming when she was blackmailed on the street.
Lin Mengya was not afraid of them despite that they had numerical superiority over her. In fact, she and Baishao who was high-spirited and daring had a strong fighting capacity. She believed that they would be matched in strength with the four servant girls. And the fight would be fierce.
But the guards suddenly appeared and she'd love to ask them to deal with Jiang Ruqin and the servant girls.
”Who are you? How dare you intrude into the internal courtyard!”
Jiang Ruqin's face had turned purple with rage. She thought that her victory was guaranteed but she didn't expect that this rude guard suddenly appeared and upset her plan.
She yelled at the top of her voice. But she forgot that Lin Mengya was the true hostess of Prince Yu's Mansion.
”This is our family affairs. It's none of your business! Qiu Ming! These four servant girls tried to offend the Princess. Please tie them up and the Princess will deal with them later!”
Baishao seized the opportunity and asked the guards to tie the four servant girls up. She stared at them with her hands on her hip. Baishao was bold and vigorous and looked like a pretty servant girl called Qingwen in A Dream in Red Mansions.
Lin Mengya looked cold and stood aside. They were just guests and how dare they hit the master! She had to give these shameless and impolite servant girls a hard lesson.
Qiu Ming also followed her orders quickly. He waved his hand and the four delicate servant girls were tied up by the guards.
”Lin Mengya, they are the servants of our Jiang family! You have no right to punish them!”
Jiang Ruqin was furious and nearly wanted to bit Lin Mengya. The fine make-up on her face was in a mess and she looked hideous as if she wanted to skin Lin Mengya alive.
”Servants of the Jiang family? What do you think you are? Come on! Throw these four servant girls into the pond.”
Jiang Ruqin didn't expect that Lin Mengya was so merciless and vicious.
The guards followed her order and the four girls were thrown into the water with a splash.
Their arms and legs were tied up and these four girls sank to the bottom without any struggle.
The bubbles and ripples in the pond gradually disappeared and Jiang Ruqin's face was ghostly pale with fright.
”According to the law of the Jin state, a man can only have one legal wife and all the others who get married to him are concubines. Concubines are at the mercy of the legal wife. The highest-ranking concubines are still concubines. Miss Jiang, you are our guest, so I help you to get rid of several ungrateful and shameless servant girls. You'd better find a way to protect yourself before becoming the vice Princess of Prince Yu.”
Lin Mengya's voice was soft but what she said was horrible.
The title of Princess Yu was conferred on her by the Empress. Even the Empress didn't have the right to depose her, let alone Jiang Ruqin whose mother was just a concubine.
Jiang Ruqin's face was ghostly pale and she stared at Lin Mengya with fear and anger. But she dared not offend or contradict her.
She looked at Lin Mengya with resentment as if she was her arch enemy. She stamped her foot, turned her head, and disappeared.
”Master! You're amazing! Miss Jiang must be afraid of you! Even if she gets married to the Prince one day, she would be thrown out by you sooner or later.”
Baishao looked at Lin Mengya with a smile and her eyes were full of admiration.
”I'm just threatening her. The vice Princesses of the prince all have seal patents and the legal wife can't kill them for no reason. We are different from ordinary people.”
Lin Mengya shook her head. The royal family was different from ordinary families.
If the imperial concubines were at the mercy of the Empress, Concubine De might have already been killed by the Empress and the current situation would be completely different.
”What? I'm also deceived by you! Master, you're good at telling lies!”
Lin Mengya smiled and could understand why Baishao and Jiang Ruqin were deceived by her.
They were trapped in their homes and knew little about the law.
But the real Lin Mengya always read various historical records and ancient books in her father's study room. She was a dull-witted girl but she was gifted with an extraordinary retentive memory.
She was well-read and others could always gain enlightenment from her words.
”Princess, is there anything else I can do for you? I need to leave now.”
Qiu Ming made a bow with hands folded in front and said to Lin Mengya respectfully.
The master could punish the servants at will if the servants offended them. These four servant girls made a mistake and should be punished.
”Alright. You can leave now. Thank you. I'll tell the truth to the Prince some other day.”
The guards left the covered corridor in an orderly row.
Looking at the guards who were wearing neat clothes, Lin Mengya was absorbed in thought. It seemed that there were more guards in the mansion now.