Chapter 10

"Ah? Catch me!"

I'm a retard. I'm a retard. Just go on, Jun Xue. Just go on. Don't bother the two.

I entered my original abode and guess what welcomed me? My dear lovely handmaid. Baba.

"You retard! Why are you here?! The Grand Empress Dowager still hasn't left. Get out!"

I just tilted my head, smiling.

"Home! Home!"

"Useless anim—"

She gasped loudly, staring behind my back. I suppose she did not see them since we're five meters apart and they cannot be seen due to the numerous bamboo and these vines.

"Greetings to the Grand Empress Dowager and the Second Prince!"

Baba bowed lowly.

"Grand Empress Dowager, this Second Prince would request that since you've seen such an unsightly place, this Prince will immediately escort you back."

"Very well."

Hooray. My dear brother, I'm actually grateful. It is not like I'm expecting the Grand Empress Dowager to help me even if it is just a little. Well, a tiny weenie little bit. Humans tend to hope even a little bit. I still have that little itsie-bitsie bit of light. But all hopes can crash, this one is no exemption.

Indeed, I was quite disappointed. It's shameless that I acted in a debaucheries scene in hopes, even if it is a dot she would see the truth of Li Jia Ying's difficulty, not me as Jun Xue but, it's really nothing. Even the Grand Empress herself will not help her granddaughter's difficulty with no gain. This kind of family is unsightly. It makes me think back on my harmonious and crazy family. Even if we always argue, but at the end of the day it's like nothing happened or the issue is resolved even without saying it.

These people are all hopeless.

"Brainless woman, get inside!"

"En."

That's what I am heading any—"Ah! Don't pull Li Jia Ying's hair! Pain! Pain!"

My maids are full of energy, aiyo.

"You're a disgrace. There's even nothing to take in this courtyard. If you were dead during the search that would've been better. No, you should have been assaulted first! Ha!"

Hey, hey! Now you are trying to scratch my face with those untrimmed nails?!

"No pain! No pain!"

I avoided her nails shielding my face as she tries to pull my arms away. She's really hard-bent on doing this!

"You deserve pain! This face should be destroyed. Your waist should have burns, this servant shall cut off your breasts. These legs would be used in brandishing my knives. The soles of your feet would be a great feast for the hawks once I hung it on that tree behind you!"

Psycho! Your sonnet is not lovable at all!

"Ack. No, don't pull, drag Li Jia Ying."

This madwoman, now she is pulling me somewhere, just?

Wait...

This is not the part where I should be heading to the innermost of my courtyard. It is going to the...the Maid's quarter!

I have a bad feeling about this.

"Hanxie! Call your sisters and play with this retard."

"But didn't the Second Prince order us to not touch her?"

That boy? Since when?

"He will not come these following days. He'll be accompanying the Grand Empress Dowager."

"Oh."

"Now take her. Whenever I look at this fool, I always feel furious. You can do whatever you want with her."

"Ah. Is that so?"

I turned my head sideways, enduring to not break my character, and seeing a male servant coming up to us from one of the maid's rooms with a lewd smile devouring me with his lustful eyes.

All the swearing words I could think of are running inside my head with no way to vent out. This is....damnable.

"Just don't show too much vigor."

This head maid surely hates me to the core. Look, it is not my fault that you were sent as a maid to me!

"Why not? The Grand Empress Dowager didn't even put this retard in her eyes."

"Just don't."

"Fine."

The male servant turned to the maid who was holding me. "After you play with her, take her to us."

"Huh, you found a new amusement already?"

Both of them cackled. I could not help but narrow my eyes. I'm 100% sure I'll be abused badly. To think, these lowlifes are bold enough to fvck me.

Abominable.

"Play? No. Li Jia Ying likes to sleep. Li Jia Ying is tired. Play after sleep."

"Hmp. You will sleep with them after coming to us! You won't be alone like you used to be. Isn't that right?"

The maid grinned. A grin I so loathe that I want to gauge her eyes out.

I guess there is no helping it. If I slump here, I'll be beaten. The loss would be too much even if I promised myself that Li Jia Ying's face would be sullied, but I do not want it to be done so badly. This body and face should not be beaten and kicked so severely, nor should I run lest the Baba will have more ways to punish me. There is no other option but to follow this maid while seeking a way to escape.

This is also a good opportunity for me to know the overall population of the maids in this courtyard. The male servants, let us think about what should I do later.

I obediently followed them inside, looking at my surroundings and trying to remember all the things that I can see which might be important. To be honest, this does not look like a maid's quarter. It's far cleaner, and the deeper we enter the more lavish the room is filled with porcelain and ceramic valuables present on the sides of the walls.

Passing by some rooms, even their bed were made from a high-grade fabric that is only seen within the Son of Heaven and his children's place. Of course, gold accessories are also clear. The room that we just passed by had a maid combing her hair and putting on a golden clip, admiring herself.

Soft giggles are heard as they watched me pass by her room, she even waved a jade ornament in front of me. You guys...

They are all disgusting. Proud thieves too.

The label 'eschew' on the top of my head is not effective enough with these types of douchebags.

"Sit here."

"..."

"Why are you just looking at me?"

You want me to sit like an obedient dog?

"Sit!"

"Tehee!"

Sorry, I'll sit on this wooden chair! What is a 'ground' anyway? What is a 'floor'? Huh? Sorry, I do not know that.

"You fool!"

Ack! Seriously, why do girls love to pull another girl's hair?

"Nay! Nay!"

"That's my seat. You dare sit?!"

Now you are angrily rhyming? What is up with you?

"Sister said sit, so Li Jia Ying is here. Sit. Chair. Sit."

"You..."

*slap*

I want to laugh in pleasure. No, it is not because I'm becoming a masochist it's just that her face is just so funny!

"If you don't sit here, then you'll receive more slaps!"

I blankly cupped my face.

"Look at me!"

*slap*

"..."

"Move!"

*slap* *slap*

"Hurts..."

"What did you say you whore?"

"..."

Um.

"Hurts."

"Make it loud you fool!"

For some reason, I felt calm. So calm that I felt I want to punch this motherfvcker. Was my anger subsided but my intention to exact revenge boiled fiercely? I don't know anymore. It is not like I can impose my revenge. It'll be buried from the deepest parts of my heart.

"Make it loud!"

Smiling ruefully, I stand up, lowering my head.

"Li Jia Ying said—"

"This Prince just ignored her for a short time and you dare go beyond the line this Prince has commanded?"

"..."

"Greetings to the Seco—"

"Kneel."

"Everyone kneel."

I heard shuffling, but I have no energy to look up. The slaps are really painful this time.

But why is he here? To save me? Ha.

"You also dare to let her be accompanied by those lowly male servants."

"Beat them to death."

Eight guards emerge from behind him, pulling all the maids outside. Li Jing, on the other hand, clasped his hand with mine. It made me feel conflicted.

He held my hand even until we reached my dilapidated chamber, then closed it. This had me even more confused. What private talk would he tell a muddleheaded person alone? Did he have to lock it and have two guards stand outside? It's impossible for a spy to watch over us or even the maids.

"Elder sister is really beautiful, isn't she?"

Li Jing asked with a stoic expression, his hand outstretched to tenderly caress my cheeks.

This had me on edge. Hold up, isn't this moving too fast? Are there any other prerequisites prior to this? Could you explain why the pace is so quick? There should be a few signs around here!

"What is it that makes Elder Sister so captivating?"

Maybe because of the genes that's why I'm born like this. You're handsome too, bro.

No, why are you also leaning close?! You're making me shiver!

I just goofily smiled at him.

But Li Jing's hands did not stop and traveled down to the nape of my neck as he suddenly carried me like a bag of sacks tossing me at my stone-like bed.

Keep calm.

"Brother?"

"Brother, what play?"

Yet he just gazed at me.

Why?! Why are you just silently gazing at me? Have you been infected by that old grandma's style of just silently staring at people?

I stiffened as he untangles the braids of my hair and expertly removed my outer clothes.

"First Princess wants to be happy, right?"

Happy? Oh. Is this about those passionate servants?

Hey man, this isn't that type of happiness!