C29 (2/2)

”In the end, it was still Princess Hua-Yang's fault for letting these two fight to the end. In this palace, the only person who can be doted on and respected by the Prince is Princess Hua-Yang.”

Along with the flattering voice, the sound of footsteps became softer and softer.

Qi Qi finally opened her eyes after she could not hear anything at all. She first observed her surroundings through the slit of her eyes. Seeing that there really was no one in the room, she abruptly sat up.

She rubbed her aching arms as she thought back to the plot. At the same time, she lifted her sleeves and unintentionally looked down. Unexpectedly, her tender white arms were covered with black and blue.

Qi Qi Qi quickly lowered her head and opened up her clothes, examining her from top to bottom. Soon after, she saw Wu Qing on her knee. From the looks of it, this injury must have been caused by her kneeling down.

Qi Qi shook her head and sighed. This was really a fight between gods and mortals. If the two masters of this department didn't fight, the original owner, as the East Branch disciple, would naturally be targeted by the West Branch disciple.

The pitiful thing was that the original owner had always thought it was his backer, the princess of his benefactor. In reality, it was actually another blade hidden in the shadows.

This was truly a dilemma between wolves in front and tigers in the back!

Now, it should be when the original owner was just pregnant. She remembered that in the plot, the original owner must have had a period of comfort due to his pregnancy, and she didn't know if this prince was sick or not because of it. There were so many women in the backyard, and he was already in his early thirties, but he actually didn't have a single child under his knees, including his daughter.

Even if it was for the sake of his son, he would still have to give up the original owner. Qiqi remembered that in the plot, the wangfei's scheme had succeeded, and the original owner had repeatedly told him to complain to the prince about it, so when the prince was angry, he did imprison the one in the west yard for half a month. During this half month, the wangfei had sent many beauties to the prince's side, and she had really taken away a lot of love from the west yard.

After understanding her environment and knowing that she was not in any danger, Qi Qi finally relaxed herself. She stood up, put on the embroidered shoes on her feet before she went to bed, and slowly walked around the room.

At this time, she had already become the seventh concubine of the prince's house. Although she was a servant of the prince's house who had signed the death contract, she was after all still nominally part of the prince's confidante, and was well-liked by the prince. The prince would always stay in her room for three to four nights a month, and although it didn't sound like much, the prince was very busy with his affairs, so he didn't have much time in the back of the house.

This was also the reason why the West Branch's Pang Biao Concubine was always against her. Of course, there was also the reason why she was against Princess Hua-Yang. However, at the root of it all, being pampered was the most important.

If it were anyone else, their tails would have perked up because of this favor. Not only was the room full of gold and silver, but there were also those given out by the prince, as well as those that were treated with filial respect by the mothers.

He looked around the room. Apart from a few large items placed on the table, there was not a single piece of jewelry in the jewelry box. The original owner didn't dare to stay any longer, so he handed it over to Princess Hua-Yang.

Because of her poor family, the original owner was sold to the manor for one tael of silver. Because she was young and small, coupled with the fact that she didn't have any background in the manor, she naturally became the plaything for the slightly nodding children. If the older children asked her to head east, she would definitely attract a beating if she went west.

At first, she would quietly hide away and cry, but as time passed, she became numb and only hoped that she would grow up. In front of her master, she could ask for a favor and find a good citizen to marry her. It didn't matter if the other party was ugly or lame, old or young, it was fine.

However, the heavens did not obey her wishes. During a chance encounter in the garden, she chanced upon the god-like existence of Prince Chen.

At that time, Prince Chen was drunk and his eyes were three times more beautiful than normal. Coupled with the fact that Huang Qiqi was born a delicate and pretty girl, although he couldn't be considered a beauty, the Prince Chen who was used to eating big fish and big meat felt that this little girl's beauty made him itch in his heart.

In the past sixteen years, the biggest official she had ever seen was the mother of the steward of the Second Order. She never expected that someone would send out in the middle of the night to clean up the broken flowers, allowing her to meet the greatest lord in the Prince's Mansion.

Panicking, she threw down the flower basket and ran out, leaving the drunk Prince Chen with no way to catch up.

As the saying goes, what can't be obtained is the best. After Prince Chen had awakened from his drunken state, he still couldn't forget about that little beauty under the moon. He only felt that her panicked gaze, the slender figure escaping in fright, was everywhere to his appetite.

Although it was a normal occurrence that the dignified Prince actually liked the mansion's maidservants, it was still rather unpleasant to hear about it. Thus, Prince Chen secretly ordered his trusted aides to search the entire mansion for Huang Qide, yet on the surface, they refused to reveal anything.

However, before Prince Chen's men could find Huang Qide, the news had already spread to the ears of the wangfei that he had caught sight of the maid who was cleaning up the broken flowers in the middle of the night. After all, the wangfei was in charge of the backyard, and it was much more convenient for her people to enter the house than it was for the prince's trusted aides.

Kneeling in the main hall, Huang QIqi was trembling with fear. He had always thought that if he were to run into someone important that night, he would have a bad ending tonight.

However, contrary to Huang Qide's expectations, when the wangfei came out, not only did she not blame him, but she personally helped him up and gently pulled her hand. When she saw the gaping wound left on her hand by the manual labor, she hastily ordered her mother to apply some good medicine on her.