Chapter 129 She Was an Abandoned Child

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  Qing Jin changed into a new set of clothes and brought Yuanyang out of Liuyun Hall, heading towards the main hall where Princess Wang Muren resided.

  All the way, those servants who usually came to greet Qingjin with a smile and courtesy, now deliberately avoided her. When they saw Qingjin approaching from afar, they pretended not to see her and quickly left. If they couldn't avoid her, they would stiffen their faces, slightly bow, and quickly run away before Qingjin could even speak, fearing that she might talk to them.

  Another little maid saw Qing Jin as a fierce beast, and after paying her respects, she wanted to run away. The mandarin duck next to her couldn't help but scold the little maid, saying: "How dare you, is this how you treat your master?"

  That little maid heard Yuanyang's scolding and was so frightened that she knelt down, facing Qingjin and shouting: "Concubine Gu please spare my life, I know I'm wrong, please forgive me..." Her voice was really shrill, the surrounding servants couldn't help but stop and watch, but they didn't dare to come forward because of Concubine Qingjin's presence, they just stood aside and pointed at her.

  "Ah, isn't that Xiao Chun? How pitiful. Getting entangled with Consort Gu at this time is truly unlucky..."

  "Shh, keep your voice down. The master entered Concubine Gu's quarters a few days ago and left without staying overnight. I heard he was still fuming when he came out. He must have been provoked by Concubine Gu and has grown tired of her. Haven't you heard that the master is planning to take another concubine? From now on, Concubine Gu's days will be numbered for sure. She'll definitely look for someone to vent her anger on. And Xiao Chun just happened to run into her at this time... it doesn't look good!"

  "Yes, yes, I heard that Consort Gu was very arrogant and domineering even when she was in the inner chambers. She even used a whip to beat someone to death! How vicious! When she's in a bad mood, she takes it out on her servants. No wonder Master doesn't like her. Even if she's beautiful and charming, she's still a venomous woman. Luckily, Master saw through her true nature, otherwise, once she gained favor, we servants would be the ones to suffer..."

  A crowd of servants had gathered around. It was unclear who among them had spoken, but Yuanyang overheard the whispers and looked around, her anger trembling with rage. She addressed the surrounding servants: "What are you people saying? This little servant girl disrespected our master, and I, as the senior servant of our master, merely reprimanded her a few times. In the Jing Wang Fu, when did it become unacceptable to hold accountable a servant who disrespects their master? After all, our master is the highest-ranking concubine in the Jing Wang Fu, second only to the Wang Fei."

  "...A concubine? They've all been disliked by the prince, yet they think they're high and mighty as concubines. The prince's real concubine hasn't even entered the door yet!" Someone in the crowd whispered after hearing Yuanyang's words, which was fortunately heard by everyone around them.

  The originally timid servant who wanted to leave was no longer in a hurry to leave, and instead showed a mocking expression towards Qing Jin and her maid.

  "Gu Ce Fei, you... sir has a lot of anger, please spare the servant's life. The servant really didn't bump into you. The servant is kowtowing to you..." As she spoke, she started kowtowing loudly in front of Qing Jin.

  "...Look, it's really about wanting to find someone to vent on. I'll say it, Xiaochun this servant has always been obedient, how could she be disrespectful to her master? It's clearly some people who don't value the lives of their slaves, wanting to trample our lowly lives..." A voice with obvious inciting meaning rose up in anger from the crowd.

  "Madam, spare my life, I know I was wrong, please spare me...". The maid kneeling in front of Qingjin, called Xiaochun by the crowd, heard the words from the people and turned her eyes to plead for mercy.

  "You this cheap servant girl, what nonsense are you spouting? Who said you bumped into our master?" Yuyang heard the crowd's words and saw this little maid with a wronged expression, speaking as if she was being framed. She was furious and couldn't help but step forward to slap the little maid who kept kowtowing to Qingjin.

  Qing Jin heard the words of Yuanyang's atmosphere, and knew what Yuanyang wanted to do. She timely stopped Yuanyang's footsteps that were about to move forward, and sighed in her heart. Yuanyang's loyalty to her was not to be questioned, but such a Yuanyang was not suitable for survival in the backyard of the palace. Just like her previous life, she herself was still the same, they were not suitable for survival in this kind of backyard.

  Let's talk about her first. Although she was a reborn soul, due to having the memories of a modern person, she had an extremely high self-esteem. After crossing over, she thought she was the female lead and believed in the "female lead invincibility law" where all good things should belong to the female lead. She had only put effort into learning some useless poetry, songs, and literature that would be of no use after getting married. As for the complex schemes and struggles within the inner palace, she hadn't learned any of those. Moreover, her birthplace, the Anji Marquis Manor, didn't have such intricate inner palace power struggles either.

  Mother Jun's family, before she got married, because her maternal grandmother passed away and her maternal grandfather did not remarry, was the eldest daughter of the Jun family. From Mother Jun's usual tone of speech, Qing Jin could easily tell that Mother Jun was absolutely a spoiled mistress under her maternal grandfather's indulgence when she was in the boudoir. This can be seen from the fact that Mother Jun had never privately taught her any experience of harem struggles in her previous life. Of course, their relationship was not good in her previous life, and with the addition of her brother's troubles, it is not ruled out that Jun's previous life was due to various reasons and did not take care of her.

  After rebirth, she also discovered that her mother, Jun Shi, was not someone who didn't understand anything. Although it can be said that Jun Shi had a lot of heart and mind, she hadn't seen it before. However, in the Anji Hou Fu, her grandmother and father's attitude towards her mother, Jun Shi, was indeed very respectful, even tolerant. For a long time, Qing Jin couldn't understand the key to this, until after her marriage and meeting Emperor Ming, Qing Jin finally understood that her mother, Jun Shi's absolute status and existence in Anji Hou Fu was due to her mother's maiden family, which was also her maternal grandfather's family, the Jun family.

  Lian Mingdi was still in awe of the Jun family, and was the greatest reliance of his mother, Madame Jun. Therefore, Madame Jun had an absolute position and power in the Anji Marquis's mansion.

  At this thought, Qingjin suddenly came to a realization. Mingdi and Junjia were like two players in a game of chess, with Mingdi clearly having the upper hand. Junjia could only hold on, unable to counterattack. And she was supposed to be the key to balancing the situation. It was really like this. Having figured all this out, Qingjin suddenly felt a chill run down her spine.

  She tried to control her emotions and calm down, scanning the kneeling maid beside her and the crowd around her with a calculating gaze. Scheming was not something that came naturally to anyone, but after experiencing such a miserable life, Gu Qingchen was not stupid enough to understand nothing. But why did she have to become a schemer for these people? Were they worth it?

  Thinking of what she had just realized, Qingjin's expression turned cold and her mood was terrible. Her gaze filtered through the small servant girl Xiaochun who was kneeling down beside her, and looked towards a woman in the crowd. Her sharp and cold eyes stared straight at that woman, "You say I'm ruthless?"