Chapter Twelve: The Peony Banquet (Part 2)

  At this moment, although the jade pendant has been found, the queen feels that her anger is about to erupt and immediately asks "Whose body was it searched from?"

  The queen's maid was found on a girl named Songzhi. The palace maid replied respectfully.

  "How dare you steal, whose maid are you?" The empress's anger soared to the sky.

  The two kneeling on the ground were even more frightened, and Pang Luoyu was also shocked. How could it be on Song Zhi's body? It should have been on Xue Er's body. At this time, Pang Luoyu prayed in his heart that he hoped Song Zhi would say she was Xue Er's maid.

  Song Zhi was even more surprised, this thing was clearly on the second young lady's body, and the eldest young lady was King Gui Fei's own aunt, so she must help her. She said, "I am a maid of the eldest young lady of the Peng State" and then knelt down on the ground, not daring to speak.

  "Very well," said the Queen.

  "Sister, it's probably the maid's idea, I don't think it has anything to do with Eldest Miss. Sister..." Before Wang Guifei could finish speaking, she heard the Empress Dowager slam down her embroidery and shout at Pang Luoyu "Shut up!"

  The Queen Wang was startled and didn't dare speak again. This was still the Empress's domain, and for now, she couldn't afford to be her enemy.

  "Indeed, a good master and servant. Thanks to you, Pang Luoyu, who was born in the Pang Guo Gong's house, although she is a concubine daughter, she wouldn't be so ignorant as to reach this state, can't even tell peonies and paeonias apart?" The Empress said angrily, peony being the king of flowers, paeonia being the minister of flowers. She was hinting that Ben Gong was not the queen but a concubine. If she wasn't... Hmph, indeed, this niece is truly vicious.

  Pang Luo Yu jumped down, yesterday returned too late and didn't take a closer look. Moreover, the peony and paeonia in the lady's courtyard are also said to be painted peony pictures, how can they be paeonia? Is it Pang Luoxue who is framing me? She hadn't even had time to loudly proclaim her innocence. Pang Luoxue stepped forward and said "Your Majesty, please don't blame my sister, this picture..."

  Seeing Pang Luo Xue come out to beg for mercy, Pang Luo Yu knew that things were not going well. If the Empress found out that this embroidery was not done by her, it would be a crime of deceiving the Emperor. So she said "It's all my daughter's fault, I hope Your Majesty will calm down," and gave Pang Luo Xue a stern glance. She quickly took responsibility for the crime.

  Pang Luo Xue looked at Pang Luo Yu with a pitiful expression, not daring to say a word. Humph, if I don't give you a push, how can you properly admit it?

  The queen was furious to the extreme. "Well, since you've admitted it, I can rest assured that there's no injustice done to you master and servant."

  Pan Lu's heart skipped a beat as she looked at Wang Guifei in shock, and when she saw her turn her head away, her heart sank to the bottom of the valley.

  "Then reward you and your servant with a beating." The empress raised a smile, thinking that I was easy to bully. Killing the chicken to scare the monkey, the emperor naturally understood the empress's meaning. A concubine, although she was the niece of the noble consort, involved the empress's dignity, and the emperor couldn't say anything either.

  Before long, someone came over with the torture instruments. Pang Luoyu was so scared that her face turned pale, and Song Zhi wasn't much better off. The palace servants put the instruments on the two women and pulled hard, causing a piercing pain to shoot through their limbs. "Ah... ah... Your Majesty, please spare our lives!" the two women cried out in agony, but unfortunately, the Empress had made up her mind to assert her authority. The palace servants continued to torture them several times, and both women fainted multiple times. Seeing that the Empress did not order them to stop, they poured cold water on them and started again. By then, their fingers were severely deformed. Only then did the Empress order them to stop and had them dragged away.

  The queen looked at me and smiled: But you were frightened, it's not that I'm cruel, but your sister's mistake, I will definitely not implicate you. Look, your little face is all pale. Come here to me quickly.

  I walked away with my head down, knowing that the Empress was showing favor to me because of my father's influence. After all, he is a pillar of the state and holds great power. If she were to hurt one daughter, she would have to give face to another daughter in order not to offend the old minister's heart. The Empress truly lives up to her name, playing the game of politics with such finesse.

  I walked up to the Queen and bowed respectfully, saying: "Your humble servant thanks Your Majesty. I hope you won't be angry with my sister again. Please take care of your body, it's important."

  The queen saw my sister's deep feelings and sighed: "Your sister may not have such a deep sisterly love, just now seeing you plead, I really think Snow is a girl who values emotions and righteousness. I only have one son under my knees, today I will take you as my adopted daughter, so I also have someone to accompany me. What do you think, Your Majesty?

  The Emperor didn't know that the Empress had given her a slap and then a date, so he smiled and said: "I also think this is a good thing, let's make her the Snow County Princess."

  Xue Er thanks Your Majesties the Emperor and Empress

  The queen smiled with satisfaction, pulling my hand and saying, you must come to see the empress mother often in the future, now the empress mother also has a confidant little cotton-padded jacket.

  The queen dowager had only one son, the Prince of Yu, who ultimately died at the hands of the King of Jin. The queen dowager did not have a daughter, and although the Prince of Yu was filial, he must not have had a daughter to dote on. I saw the queen dowager's eyes reveal a hint of genuine emotion, and I immediately became emotional and said: Mother, rest assured that Xue'er will definitely come to visit you often and keep you company. Only then did the queen dowager nod in satisfaction and let me go back.

  When I came, the heavy rain was pouring down, and my heart was filled with worries about harming me. But now, I can only bear the consequences myself. There is bitterness that cannot be expressed. After the peony banquet, I helped Lotus Leaf and Lotus Root onto the carriage, instructing people to carry Heavy Rain onto my horse-drawn carriage. At this time, Heavy Rain was still unconscious, with tightly closed eyes and blood-stained hands, which were truly frightening to look at - it seemed that her hand might be crippled. Although in my past life I had my hand crippled, Heavy Rain did not become the empress dowager's adopted daughter. In this life, since I have a connection with the empress dowager, I hope she will meet a good end, and I also rely heavily on her.

  Pang Luo Yu: The pain of my past life, you've also experienced it in this life. Don't worry, this is just the beginning. We still have many scores to settle.

  Turning to Lian Ye, he said: Go back, sister needs to be treated as soon as possible, otherwise I'm afraid her hand will be crippled. What a pity, sister's pair of skilled hands, if she wakes up and finds out... how can that be good? Hurry back.

  Lotus leaf nodded, and then a large group of people went their separate ways again.

  I'm also eager to know, Pang Luoyu, what kind of situation you'll face when you wake up with your clever tricks. And your ruthless birth mother, although she's venomous and cruel, is extremely doting on Pang Luoyu. The two women are truly a pair of snakes in the same nest. I really can't wait to see what expression your mother will have. In my past life as Yang Shi, I was heartbroken to death, and to this day, I still remember my mother's red and swollen eyes from crying. Even though I knew I was being wronged, there was nothing I could do about it. My father couldn't refute the imperial edict, and with Wang Jieyu's pillow talk and Pang Luoyu's hypocritical behavior, the rift between me and my father grew bigger and bigger. Pang Luoyu, in this life, I will make you pay back everything.

  The horse carriage jolted along the way, and soon arrived at the mansion. I lifted the curtain to see my mother and aunties already waiting outside the window. Seeing my mother's anxious face, while Aunt Wang had a smiling face, I immediately had a plan in mind. So I let the carriage slow down, and let Lotus Leaf come over to whisper something in her ear. Lotus Leaf nodded and got off the carriage to ride a horse back to the mansion quickly to report. Aunt Wang, your smile is too piercing, don't blame Xue Er later.