The two side consorts were more or less the same age as Ruan Fang Fei’s mother, but you’re someone going to fight over the ‘rice bowl’ with them, so the other party won’t be like your mother, shielding you in all regards, considering for you on all things. On the contrary, if possible, they would definitely want to stomp you to death with one foot.
Wait, two side consorts…………….
Finally coming to realization in hindsight.
Ruan Old Madam raised an eyebrow, but aside from this, she didn’t have any other reaction. Right now, rather than saying Ruan Fang Fei was her daughter, it was better to say that she was her subordinate. This was just something she ought to face herself. As a ‘superior’, even concern was out of the question, let alone helping her scheme. Besides, the things regarding the rear court, she also had long taught her. If she were to still be easily stepped on like this, then such a useless idiot, even if she dies, it was still nothing to pity over.
Ruan Fang Fei didn’t wear her veil. That ugly scar on her face just casually penetrated into the eyes of everyone that saw her. Regardless of who, first it was being exceptionally shocked, then when looking to her, they just carried a peculiar look, don’t know if it was having more hatred, or more pity. However, there was one thing that didn’t need to be doubted, Ruan Fang Fei’s luck was extremely terrible, best to stay far away.
As the saying goes, ‘not going crazy won’t do’. Ruan Fang Fei right now was thoroughly unconcerned, that spirit of hers appearing even better than before. However, because everyone would just glance at her once, before hurriedly averting their eyes, as such, they really didn’t notice that her entire person was actually overflowing with a seductive air. Prior to her mother calling her out, she was in the middle of ‘playing’ with her newly obtained ‘beautiful servant girl’.
Ruan Old Madam glanced at her, “Restrain yourself a little. Right now, if something were to happen to your father, it won’t be good for you.”
Ruan Fang Fei pretended to not hear, but her posture returned to being like that of a young lady from a prestigious family, dignified, reserved, and gentle.
Ruan Old Madam had the invitation handed to her, “Take care of it on your own, and if there’s nothing else, just go back then.”
Ruan Fang Fei let out a ‘pfft’, “Mother really is heartless with the turn of one’s face.” Prior to yesterday, she was still the meat of her heart, but now, she just became an existence that she can summon at a call and dismiss with a wave. Her face although was smiling, but in her heart, in the end, there was still an extremely big sense of disparity. Just like a former noble daughter wanting to fall from grace and become loose, even if one was mentally prepared, but to thoroughly accept it from the body to the heart, one still needed a process. This process was destined to not be known by anyone and will certainly be painful.
Ruan Old Madam’s expression didn’t even change once, “If you want to blame, then just blame your own fate for being bad, unable to be that upper class noble daughter.”
Ruan Fang Fei coldly tugged the corner of her mouth, “Don’t worry, the people that have caused me to become like this today, I won’t let a single one of them off.” As long as one wasn’t someone that was debauch by nature, how many women won’t choose to properly conduct themselves and live clean.
The next day, Ruan Fang Fei appropriately tidied up. Going out as a guest, the bearing one must maintain, one still needed to have. Imitating Sun Yi Jia’s look, Ruan Fang Fei also drew one for herself. However, the style was one that defeated its purpose. Because her paint material were far incomparable to Jing Wan’s, the colors to choose from was limited, and moreover, she also didn’t know that some things actually can’t be used on the face. She actually didn’t go great lengths to cover up that black scar, instead using it as a foundation. Should say, Ruan Fang Fei really was a relatively well-rounded in talent noble daughter. The final result was very good, covering up that refined elegance of a floating lotus, and instead presenting a kind of alluring charm.
Ruan Fang Fei hooked her dark red lips into a smile. So what if her beauty was ruined, men similarly won’t be able to escape from her palm. Two already old and faded women, how can they compare with her?
However, have to say, the things Ruan Fang Fei have experienced were still too little.
Behind the open invitation, there may not necessarily not be a trap.
After learning that the person behind the scenes was Li Hong Yuan, she should have had sufficient vigilance.
However, Li Hong Yuan has already lived through several decades in his past life, and in this life, he has long made arrangements, knowing Ruan Fang Fei’s actions and conduct. Already at this level, yet still unable to sort out a young lady of the boudoir, then he didn’t need to count on his great ambition and grand scheme either, and further don’t need to mention changing the heavens and altering fate.
In the end, it was just that Ruan Fang Fei didn’t understand Li Hong Yuan, not knowing how great his abilities were. If she understood, she won’t be more careful and cautious, but rather thoroughly withdraw in her shell and won’t further try to provoke him. That was just ‘an ant trying to shake a tree’, the disparity in strength truly too big, completely incomparable.
Ruan Fang Fei was led into the rear court of Zhong Qinwang’s residence. Afterwards, Ruan Fang Fei saw in the pavilion, Zhong Qinwang with a beauty in each arm. If one were to still not come to realization, then that was really just stupid beyond saving. She subconsciously retreated a step, and immediately realized something, turning her head to look. As expected, the people she brought along all got ‘invited’ away, and three steps away from her, wasn’t strong looking old servant women, but rather blade carrying bodyguards.
Ruan Fang Fei tightly clenched her fist. Because her spirit recently haven’t been well at all, she naturally wasted away quite a bit, her joints distinct, and her skin also appearing very thin as if transparent. As such, this caused the blue veins on the back of her hand to appear even more prominent. Knowing that right now, she was unable to walk away, she deeply inhaled a breath and walked towards Zhong Qinwang step by step………………
She won’t know that what she was talking towards was actually hell.
That night that was just like a nightmare, that moment that she never want to recall, will play out once again in broad daylight. Compared to that time, where one wasn’t able to see anything, everything under the daylight all completely reflected into her eyes, carving into her heart, every person’s expression, and everyone person’s movement. And she, like a masochist, was unwilling to close her eyes from beginning to end.
Even if her makeup was exquisite, no one gave her the opportunity to display herself. Moreover, in Zhong Qinwang’s eyes, that alluring makeup was extraordinarily unpleasant to the eyes. Already his person, yet who did she still want to seduce?
A bucket of water down, the makeup faded, yet didn’t wash away cleanly, mixing together instead, just like a wave of disgusting sewage water.
However, this also made Zhong Qinwang see her true appearance under that makeup. What was this hideous appearance? Although the capital’s number one beauty has always been disputed, there were quite a few people that acknowledged Ruan Fang Fei. And now, becoming this ugly, Zhong Qinwang’s anger rose some more.
Even if it was becoming depraved for one’s desire, but self-willingly sinking into depravity was a kind of pleasure, while getting violently forced was a kind of torment. That wasn’t just on the body, but also on the soul. Unexpectedly, she recalled that sensation from the very beginning, those coarse palms. Yet, those lowly peasants that defiled her were still living perfectly fine in a place she couldn’t see. Don’t mind at all? Leave to play with slowly? That was nothing more than trying to console herself after failing to take revenge.
In the end, when Ruan Fang Fei was finally released, she was limp on the ground, her body slightly twitching, just feeling all cut up inside.
“Someone come, have Miss Ruan taken down and properly wash up.”
Ruan Fang Fei got dragged down by two old servant women.
After getting neatly washed clean, without looking at that withered appearance, she seemingly was still that pampered young miss that was cupped in the palm.
At this time, from when Ruan Fang Fei entered this courtyard, about an hour has passed. It was the same as that previous time, all having propriety in their actions. Even if there were injuries on her body, it was all just some minor injuries. After putting on the clothes, one was completely unable to tell.
At this time, Ruan Fang Fei didn’t hysterically scream and shout either, instead appearing very quiet. In fact, in her eyes, there wasn’t even the hatred towards the people that disgraced her. No matter who saw, all would feel it was strange and out of place.
Zhong Qinwang looked to her, and after confirming that she didn’t become a fool from taking too big of a blow, he just sneered, “In the past, the people outside had you held that high, to the point where even numerous old gentlemen have all heard of you. It really was clean and lofty, yet turns out, beneath the surface, it was ‘anyone can be your husband’. It can be seen, these rumors, regardless of good or bad, all may not necessarily be trustworthy.”
Ruan Fang Fei lifted her head to look at him, her eyes a pool of dead water, “Wangye, may this subject ask why?”
Surprisingly, Zhong Qinwang immediately understood her meaning, coldly sneering, “A woman that’s even less than those girls of a brothel, getting played with is just that. You asking why is just like asking those men, who frequently sleep with prostitutes, why sleep with women that others have slept with before, similarly laughable. Besides, this prince playing around in one’s own home, could it be that someone will even spread it out?”
Ruan Fang Fei repeatedly told herself, don’t get angry, don’t get angry. Revealing a trace of fragility and helplessness, “Wangye, where do these words come from? Even if this subject once had skin to skin intimacy with wangye, this subject has never once been tainted by other men before. Why must wangye’s words be this hurtful? And the things you’ve done, this, this……………” Her tears silently tumbled down.
A man’s weakness was naturally being unable to stand seeing women like this. Just, Ruan Fang Fei’s face was ruined, so the effect was greatly reduced. In addition to Zhong Qinwang already knowing the cause and effect of the whole matter, not only did he not pity, instead, because at this time she was still putting on an act, he was unable to restrain his anger, waving a slap over. “Slut………….”
Ruan Fang Fei this while already didn’t have any strength to begin with, so this slap directly overturned her.
Zhong Qinwang grabbed her by the hair, having her pulled up, leaning in closer to her ear, “Running out on your own in the middle of the night to meet with a man, but in the end got slept with by a bunch of men, and afterwards, schemed against this prince, letting this prince become the scapegoat. You still dare to say that you having nothing to do with other? Just with you like this still daring to have delusions of climbing on this prince, comfortably continuing to live a life of luxury? You thought quite beautifully. If you’re obedient, this prince will still leave you a bowl of rice, if not, directly have you thrown to the brothels.”
“Who did wangye hear these from, slandering this subject in such a way, this subject didn’t, really didn’t……………….” Ruan Fang Fei uncontrollably cried. On the surface she was as such, but on the inside, she endlessly hated. She painstakingly schemed for the sake of picking the lighter of the two harms, but in the end, she was still exposed? Why, why, why must the heavens continuously go against her?
“Still daring to make excuses?” Everyone all knew, the situation at the time was fishy. Zhong Qinwang also deeply hated himself for falling into a trap that easily. After learning the whole story, he really hated that he can’t have this slut slapped to death.
That’s why, for men, after getting schemed against, it was mostly just getting ashamed into anger, and not reflecting upon oneself.
