C117 Rumor Has It

As soon as she stepped out of the door, Xiangyi could not help but shout loudly, "What is wrong with the Royal Highness? He treated his wife like this for the sake of a foreign woman? !" It was unknown who he was talking to.

Lingyue saw that there was no movement in the courtyard and heaved a sigh of relief, "Speak less. If you are heard, the Princess will not be able to save you."

Mei checked Mu Ruqing's injuries and only saw that her skin was slightly torn. There was only a red dot on her neck and there was a bloody wound on her finger. Mu Ruqing did not have any expression and just walked like that.

"I am just angry. What is that white lotus thing that dares to flaunt in front of the Princess!" Xiangyi said and spat towards the courtyard that only saw the courtyard wall.

"Yeah, I am also not used to it!" Mu Ruqing suddenly smiled again. Her eyes were as cold as a ghost at night. It was unknown whether she was talking about Yu Longchen or the white lotus.

Xiangyi felt a chill on her back when she was cold by Mu Ruqing. She did not know where her anger had gone. She looked at Mei and followed behind silently.

Lingyue went forward to support her and only saw her blood-red eyes. She asked softly, "What is the Empress going to do?"

"I am a kind person." Mu Ruqing turned her blood red eyes and stared at Lingyue. Lingyue had goosebumps all over her body. She did not dare to meet Mu Ruqing's eyes and walked with her head down. Mu Ruqing looked at her appearance. She stopped and closed her eyes. When she opened her eyes, she had already recovered her gentle demeanor. "Gengci." He laughed and looked at the three people who were shocked. He stuck out his tongue mischievously and said, "Let's go back and teach you how to gamble."

"This..." Mei was first shocked. She had yet to fully understand Mu Ruqing's character. Whenever she encountered anything, she would always ask Lingyue and Xiangyi.

Seeing Lingyue and Xiangyi happily agree, she also followed suit.

Changxu knew that Mu Ruqing was injured and sent the skincare cream. He was the one who went to find Imperial Physician Gu. If he smeared it on the wound, it would not leave a scar. Mu Ruqing wanted to keep him. He rushed back to Yu Longchen's place, saying that he had sneaked out. Since that was the case, it was not convenient to force him to stay.

The lights in Mu Ruqing's courtyard continued until the third hour. Lingyue and the rest only yawned and counted the silver taels as they walked out of the room.

The next day, everyone slept until the afternoon. Lingyue and the rest were naturally permitted by Mu Ruqing. It was just that Yu Longchen called again servant girl, who was assigned to Mu Ruqing's room. She was already somewhat unconvinced. Now that White Lotus came, he treated her well. She only wanted to tell the white lotus all of Mu Ruqing's movements and wipe the water that was used to water the flowers. She looked at Mu Ruqing's house a few times and confirmed that she was not awake. Then he ran out.

When he came back, he was so happy that his eyes were gone. He kept touching his bulging waist pouch. In fact, White Lotus had told her that she should not have told her Mu Ruqing's whereabouts. In case others suspected that she had ulterior motives. Secondly, she should be loyal to the master and serve Mu Ruqing. She should not have said that she could not raise her head because she had come from both sides. In the end, he still rewarded her with silver. First, he gave her a slap before giving her a sweet date.

White Lotus was quite generous in her actions, only because she was doted on by Yu Longchen. She put a lot of rare treasures in the warehouse in her room, and her monthly record was the same as Mu Ruqing's. It could be said that her life was even more impressive than Mu Ruqing's, but White Lotus rejected it again and again. She did not want those dead things, as long as it was the same monthly record as servant girl's.

These words had already spread among the servants. servant girl, who was in the mansion, liked the white lotus more and more because she knew when to advance and when to retreat. She also sympathized with them. She was not like that high and mighty princess who made others unhappy when they saw her.

Therefore, apart from the three servant girl who accompanied her to the Imperial Residence, there were also the personal guards of Yu Longchen in the Imperial Residence. All of them had spread bad rumors about Mu Ruqing in private. If one were to say who spread the rumors, it would be hard to find out who it was.

And the reputation of the white lotus was getting better and better day by day. Slowly, it spread out. One day, it would only be a matter of time before Yu Longchen would support her to that position.

Lingyue had heard some of these words by chance, but she did not dare to tell Xiangyi and the others. Afraid that Xiangyi would speak too much, she also did not tell Mu Ruqing. She knew that Mu Ruqing would not do anything after she knew. It was better to not say it as it would only cause more trouble.

After a day or two, he heard servant girl who loved to gossip say. White Lotus reprimanded servant girl, who Yu Longchen had arranged to serve her. There were four or five of them in total. After being scolded by her, she cried. In the end, she also cried. She cried that servant girl was speaking nonsense behind her back and spreading slanderous words to her.

The words that slandered her were naturally those that praised her. She even cried to Yu Longchen, saying that she didn't want a single servant girl. Back then, she stayed because she was sick. Now that she had recovered, she wanted to send those servant girl away.

Yu Longchen asked her the reason, but only said that she was a vulgar person. She didn't deserve such treatment. Yu Longchen did not comply with her, and servant girl was still one of them. He let her do whatever she wanted. Only then did White Lotus have the courage to belittle servant girl and do rough work.

Seeing that there was no servant in White Lotus room, Yu Longchen picked two from Mu Ruqing's room. White Lotus declined again and finally Mu Ruqing came to comfort her before reluctantly accepting it.

But one day, something happened again. The white lotus directly brought the person to Mu Ruqing's place and knelt down together with the two newly picked servant girl.

Xiangyi did not want to see the white lotus and randomly found an excuse to go down. When she passed by the white lotus, she stomped heavily on the ground and splashed the stones on her body. The white lotus did not make a sound and accepted it well.

Mu Ruqing went up to support her and patted her clothes. "What happened to the lady? But these two servant girl offended you?"

"Princess, these two servant girl's white lotus can't be bothered. And because they are part of the Princess, they dare not punish. We can only hand them over to the Wang Fei to deal with. " As White Lotus spoke, she felt wronged again, and her tears seemed to be free. As they slide down the corner of her eyes, her gaze and tone are firm and unyielding.

"Since I have given it to you, you are their master. If you do anything wrong, just punish me." White Lotus's delicate yet strong appearance indeed made people unable to help but to care for her. Mu Ruqing held her hand in comfort.

"The Princess is the mistress of the Imperial Residence and these two are serving you. It will only take half a day to go to my place. They cannot be counted as people in my courtyard." White Lotus said a few more words. Perhaps it was because the speaker had no intention of listening.

Mu Ruqing smelled the spiciness of sarcasm, these few words were very interesting. There was a problem at your place in less than half a day, and now it has been delivered to you in a big way. Is it that my discipline is not strict and I am not qualified to be a mistress? Or was it that Yu Longchen had arranged for it to be sent over because I had used it before? If you dislike it, you can't be counted as one of your people?

Mu Ruqing did not answer her and instead scolded the two servant girl, "When you were in this consort's courtyard, you were well-behaved. Why did you start to look down on others the moment you went out? Tell me, how did you offend the lady? If you can't say it out loud... Just call twenty boards. In the future, you will only be in charge of cleaning the toilet utensils (convenient wooden barrels)!"

"Princess, this servant did not offend the lady." This punishment was not considered heavy. It was just a delicate and spoiled person. How could she bear to wash such dirty things?

"This servant only said a few rumors that I heard..." The two servant girl raise their heads from time to time to spy on Mu Ruqing. It was neither right nor wrong to say it.

"Tell me about it. This wangfei also wants to know what kind of rumors it is." Mu Ruqing tilted her head to look at the white lotus and smiled innocently.

"Princess, let the white lotus handle these two servant girl." Seeing that servant girl was about to speak, the white lotus quickly bowed.

"Hehe." Mu Ruqing smiled and walked a few steps before turning back to look at the white lotus. She mocked, "Why is the lady so fickle? She was unwilling just now, but now she is fighting for it again. Fine, bring it back. I also want some peace and quiet. "

It was a little out of White Lotus's expectation. She had thought of many possibilities but did not expect Mu Ruqing to be so straightforward. She could not help but bow gratefully, "Thank you, Princess."

Mu Ruqing nodded and sent them off.

The circle of servants became more and more secretive, saying that Mu Ruqing was vicious. Bai Lian respected her as the Princess and sent her to be dealt with. Mu Ruqing was even mocked by her and wanted to beat up two servant girl. Bai Lian could not bear to save the two servant girl...