When Ruyi woke up the next day, she was still lying on the ground in an extremely ugly posture. Her body was particularly sore after sleeping on the ground all night.

But there seemed to be one place that hurt more.

Ruyi raised her hand, spread her fingers, and stared at it in disbelief. Where was her armor? Where were her nails?

"what!"

Ruyi let out another sharp explosion.

"Lingzhi! Lingzhi! Come quickly, come in."

When Lingzhi, who was waiting outside the hall, came in, she saw her master's lower body lying on the ground with his upper body raised up, his hands raised high, and armor scattered on the ground.

Ruyi opened her mouth and raised her hand for Lingzhi to see.

"Ah! Lingzhi, A Ruo took off my armor last night. She really came!"

Lingzhi came over quickly and helped Ruyi up as if she was in a state of panic. Ruyi pouted and held her waist, with a dark circle under her eyes.

"My dear, you fell down last night. There are no ghosts in this world. Please get up quickly. I will help you wash up."

Ruyi sat in front of the bronze mirror in a daze. For a moment, she actually mistook Lingzhi's face for A'ruo. She turned around in horror and her face turned back to Lingzhi's.

Lingzhi carefully wiped Ruyi's nails. It was not noticeable because her master usually wore armor, but there was a yellow mark on her fingernails. She didn't know when the mark was left.

Ruyi looked at her broken nails and felt heartbroken for a while. Now all ten of her fingers were going to be bald again.

She began to miss Rong Pei. If Rong Pei was by her side, she would help her fight A Ruo's ghost.

Rong Pei had been kneeling on the palace road for two days. He had already cracked all the melon seeds that Jinzhong had brought. He moved a soft stool to sit against the wall and took a nap.

The clacking sounds of high-heeled shoes made Jinzhong open his eyes. In front of him was Wei Yanwan, who was wearing a light purple cloak embroidered with flowers and butterflies. Her eyes were clear, yet contained a vague sense of nostalgia and sadness, which made Jinzhong stunned.

Then he stood up and bowed respectfully: "Your servant greets the Concubine Jia and the noble lady. May both masters be well."

Yanwan's eyes never left Jinzhong. Seeing Jinzhong being blown by the wind all night, she felt a little distressed and motioned Chunchan to take out a purse of silver.

"Jinzhong, keep this money for a cup of tea. You've been guarding here for a day. Go back and sort things out. Concubine Jia and I are watching here. If the emperor asks, just tell him the truth."

Everyone else called Jinzhong Eunuch, except Yanwan, who always called him Jinzhong and gave him rewards every time she saw him.

Over time, Jinzhong also discovered that Ling Guiren was particularly good to him. In his heart, Ling Guiren was the greatest good person.

Now that the good people asked him to avoid it, he would naturally avoid it.

Jinzhong thanked them again, "I thank you two masters. Please help me take care of this Rong Pei."

When Jinzhong left, he would occasionally look back and his eyes would meet Yanwan's.

Jin Yuyan looked at Yanwan and Jinzhong. She seemed to understand something from their eyes. She had looked at the prince in this way during countless days in the Yu family.

Thinking of her previous obsession with the heartless and ungrateful prince, Jin Yuyan couldn't help but worry about Yanwan. But looking at the two of them now, they were very well-behaved, acting out of emotion but restrained by propriety. She thought that Yanwan was also a person who had lived a new life and knew what she could and could not do.

Jin Yuyan and Wei Yanwan walked up to Rong Pei. Rong Pei still had her neck stiff and her chin raised. When she saw Jin Yuyan, she instinctively showed disdain.

Rong Pei thought that yesterday, in front of the Emperor, Concubine Jia was trying to sow discord between the Emperor and his master. She heard it all.

There is also Concubine Ling, a palace maid who was eloquent and had achieved the position of a concubine. Her master said that Concubine Ling was greedy for fame and fortune and had abandoned her childhood sweetheart.

Although she also hated Ling Yunche, she hated heartless and ungrateful people even more.

Jin Yuyan and Wei Yanwan approached Rong Pei step by step, and Yuyan sneered:

"Rong Pei, this palace and your noble lady passed by here, and saw you kneeling as punishment, so we specially sent some rewards over. Why don't you greet us?"

Rong Pei raised her head and looked up at the two women whom she looked down upon.

"I am the servant of Concubine Xian. Now the Emperor has ordered me to kneel down. Neither of these two masters asked me to greet the concubines who came and went, so I naturally dared not do it."

She looked at Wei Yanwan again, "Besides, your lady is just a lady, and my master is Concubine Xian. It is not your turn to give me a reward."

Rong Pei's words were still so harsh, but Wei Yanwan was not in a hurry. They came here today to treat Rong Pei's illness.

"Really? Then you are very knowledgeable about the rules. I have just been promoted to the position of concubine. When I see a servant who knows the rules, I want to give her something as a reward. I will give this pair of earrings to you, my loyal servant. Is it proper for a concubine to give something to a servant who is a concubine? Zhenshu, put them on Rong."

Although Zhenshu didn't know why her master asked her to find such large and heavy carnelian earrings for Rong Pei, she believed that her master must have her reasons for giving her the order.

Rong Pei widened her eyes again, "Madam Jiafei, these earrings are so thick and heavy, my ears can't bear it. You are venting your anger, I don't accept it."

She glared at Yan Wan again, "My Lady, you came here today to laugh at me. My master is Concubine Xian, and you are being disrespectful to her."

As she said this, Rong Pei started to struggle to get up and even stretched out her hand to attack.

Zhenshu ignored Rongpei's struggle, pressed Rongpei's ears, and pushed the thick silver hook on the earring through Rongpei's ear hole.

The silver hook was thicker than the ear hole, and Rong Pei grimaced in pain. Her face was ferocious, and she was about to push Zhenshu away, but she was held down by Li Xin and Chun Chan beside her, and the silver hook was forced to pass through.

Yan Wan kept smiling sweetly, her fingers tightly clenched, and she kept saying in her heart: "Hurry her to death, hurt her to death, hurt her to death."

Jin Yuyan turned around and looked at the excited Yan Wan. Today she came not only to take revenge, but also to make Yan Wan happy. She heard Yan Wan say that this Rong Pei had tortured her a lot in her previous life.

Rong Pei screamed in pain, and Zhenshu moved to the other ear. This time she was even rougher and pushed it right in.

A drop of blood flowed out from her ear hole and fell on her still stiff neck.

"Empress Jia, what are you doing? The palace rules are strict.

Jin Yuyan pinched her chin and made Rong Pei look into her eyes.

"Rong Pei, do these earrings look good? These red chalcedony are as red as your blood."

Rong Pei stared at Jin Yuyan fiercely but said nothing.

Jin Yuyan clenched her hands even tighter, and her knuckles turned white.

"I ask you a question, and you need to answer it."

Rong Pei was frightened by the burning hatred in Concubine Jia's red eyes. She looked at Concubine Ling again. Concubine Ling also had red eyes, and looked at her with hatred and disdain.

This kind of look reminded her of A'ruo in the Ministry of Punishment. A'ruo had the same look when she talked about her master.

Rong Pei shuddered and said tremblingly, "It looks good."

Jin Yuyan shook Rong Pei's head away, took the handkerchief brought by Li Xin and wiped her hands, then pulled Yan Wan from behind to the front.

She leaned forward slightly and looked at Rong Pei, like a god, asking the question she wanted to ask the most in her two lives...

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