"Your Highness, Li the steward may have been too busy with household matters to attend to me, and it's also understandable. However, Li the steward's negligence still needs to be punished, I think this matter is minor, but if he's careless in major matters, how can we trust him? So, I suggest giving Li the steward twenty slaps as a warning. Does Li accept?"
Li An said, "It's all good!" He had thought that the oil-rich pipe was not well-protected and would be light, so he was already lucky with the current disposal.
"Your Highness, what do you think?"
King Ling stopped watching the play, laughing with great pleasure. "Consort Ce is kind-hearted, how can I be a bad person? Let's do as Consort Ce says." He then ordered Xiao Yang to take the two of them down to receive their punishment.
"The king thinks that the Yunyan Pavilion is a bit small, so tomorrow the concubine will move to the Qianqiu Pavilion." After finishing speaking, he got up and walked out, Chu Lianruo hurriedly got up, accompanied by two maids behind her, "The concubine pays respects to Your Highness."
After the person left, she pressed her hand to her chest and let Si Wei support her to lie down on the couch in the inner room for a while. This body can't withstand any disturbance at all. It seems that her rebirth still has a price to pay.
She had just sat down on the couch, and Si Wei poured her a cup of tea and massaged her shoulders. She took a deep breath and smiled, "You did great." Today was originally an act with a purpose.
She pulled out the jade bangle from her hand and gave it to Si Wei. After receiving the bangle, Si Wei was overjoyed. "Thank you, Consort Chu! I will definitely serve you well from now on!" She had originally thought that as a lowly maid accompanying the consort of Chu, she would have a hard life, but unexpectedly, this young mistress seemed to have undergone a transformation since that night, and it made her feel deeply moved.
Chu Lian's lips curled up in a faint smile as she thought of her former maid, Green Luo, who had grown up with her and followed her to the position of Empress. She had treated Green Luo well, but it turned out that Green Luo had joined forces with Shi Yu Yin to frame her, claiming that she, the Empress, had ordered Green Luo to poison Gu Yu Yin, causing her miscarriage. The night before she was banished to the Cold Palace, Green Luo knelt before her, saying she had no choice, and tried to brush off their years of master-servant relationship with a single phrase "having no choice", which left Chu Lian feeling both chilled and amused.
And Lu Luo, it is said that after being demoted to the Cold Palace, she soon gained favor with that person and rose to prominence.
These people, who treated her as a doormat, trampled on her, slandered her and bullied her. When midnight strikes, will they have nightmares? She used to think that there was no justice in this world, but now she believes it, because heaven has given her the opportunity to make them pay a terrible price for their wrongdoings.
Qianqiu Pavilion is located by the Mirror Lake, and from its windows, you can appreciate the different colors of the lake at various times of day and night, whether it's sunny or rainy. The pavilion itself is spacious and elegant, making it a great place to stay within the compound.
The next morning, Chu Lianruo and others had just finished their meal when they saw Feng Shi from the Li An family, accompanied by a group of servants, respectfully smiling at Chu Lianruo and saying that Qianqiu Pavilion was already tidy and waiting for her to move in. Chu Lianruo asked Si Wei and Si Yu to pack some small items and had Feng Shi's servants move other things. The group headed towards Qianqiu Pavilion. Chu Lianruo didn't have much dowry, but what she had was still quite substantial. After sealing the wooden chests, it took Feng Shi and the servants several trips to finish moving everything. Chu Lianruo ordered Si Wei to help Feng Shi, and together with Si Yu, they entered the inner room of Qianqiu Pavilion.