Su Ruotang sneered disdainfully from the bottom of his heart and stretched out his right hand: "Back to your Majesty, I am feeling unwell and have gone out to find medicine."
Only then did everyone see that her fingers were dripping with blood and she was holding a medicinal herb.
"You are a weak woman who goes out to look for medicine at night. I really admire your courage."
Listening to the Queen's meaningful words, Su Ruotang's eyes flashed with chills.
The original owner was ugly due to poisoning and had extremely low self-esteem since he was a child.
When she attended a palace banquet, she was bullied by other noble ladies. After Mo Xiaoya came to her rescue, she fell in love with Mo Xiaoya.
The original owner's maternal grandfather was from the Huang Shang Tan family, who was extremely wealthy and doted on her, the only granddaughter.
The queen obviously hated the original owner, but for the sake of Tan Mansion's financial resources, she still asked the emperor to grant a marriage between the original owner and the fifth prince Mo Xiaoya.
Su Ruotang's voice became softer and softer: "After my mother died, my mother said that the family was in dire straits, so my daughter could only learn medicine by herself to find medicine to treat her illness."
As she spoke, she swayed and fell to the ground, exposing her wrists covered with bruises.
Everyone gasped when they saw the scars on Su Ruotang's wrist.
Su Ruotang's biological mother is the only young lady in Tan Mansion and the most beautiful woman in Dongqi.
After marrying Su Xu, she was held in the palm of Su Xu's hand and became the envy of many noble ladies in the capital.
Later, she died of illness, and Su Xu took her concubine Zhang Lan as her equal wife.
It is said that Zhang Lan loves Su Ruotang very much, but now it seems that this is not the case.
Thinking of this, everyone couldn't help but started talking in low voices.
"Ms. Zhang often takes Su Muyao to buy the latest clothes and jewelry from Yingcuilou. She doesn't look like she is living in poverty."
"Isn't that right? Just one dress in Yingcui Lou costs hundreds of taels, which is enough for ordinary people to live without worries for a lifetime."
"But Su Ruotang was granted a marriage by the Holy Emperor to the fifth prince, and Zhang is not afraid of being beheaded when he abuses the future wife of the royal family?"
"The fifth prince falls in love with Su Muyao and wishes to kill Su Ruotang. Zhang's doing this is more in line with his wishes."
"Tsk, tsk, I really can't believe that Mrs. Zhang, who is usually reluctant to step on an ant, can be so vicious."
Listening to everyone's whispers, Su Muyao squeezed the silk handkerchief in her hand and looked at Su Ruotang with a cold murderous intent.
This idiot, why did his mind suddenly become brighter today?
As if frightened by her gaze, Su Ruotang trembled even more and spoke with choked sobs.
"Your Majesty, my daughter has been frail since she was a child and has always been accompanied by medicine. After my mother passed away, I was ungrateful and broke the hearts of my grandfather's family, causing them to cut off their relationship with me.
No one in the family knew how to do business. My mother said that the income from my mother’s dowry shop was getting less and less, and life in the family was becoming more and more difficult. "
As she said that, she looked at Zhang Lan with fear, turned pale and cried: "Mother, my daughter knows she was wrong. Please stop letting her compete with the black dog in the house for food.
"The black dog's bite is really painful. My daughter knows she was wrong..."
Hearing this, everyone looked at Zhang Lan even more wrongly.
Co-author, the legitimate daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion was reduced to fighting with dogs for food.
The more the queen heard, the uglier her face became.
Su Ruotang was extremely ugly. Just looking at him made her eyes irritate.
She originally planned to use the Tan Mansion behind her to pave the way for her son to seize the throne.
But she didn't expect that Zhang Lan's idiot actually made Tanfu break off the relationship with Su Ruotang, which made her so angry!
Zhang Lan's expression changed slightly, and she glared at Su Ruotang secretly. She bowed and said, "Your Majesty, my wife hired a doctor for her, but she doesn't want to. She has to learn medical skills and collect herbs by herself..."
Before he finished speaking, a woman's high-pitched scream suddenly came from the room, and then everything became quiet.
The queen's face was ashen and she said: "Drag the people in the house out for me!"
Not long after, a man and a woman were thrown into the courtyard like garbage.
"Hey, isn't this sister's personal maid?" Su Ruotang's voice was full of surprise, but there was a dark look in her eyes.
In ancient times, a maid from a wealthy family was more noble than a maid from a small family.
They follow their own ladies, and their knowledge and experience are not comparable to those of the legitimate daughters of small families.
Therefore, many people would rather marry a maid from a large family than a legitimate daughter from a small family.
In the same way, if a personal maid makes a mistake, she will also bring harm to her master.
Su Muyao looked at the naked maid and forced out a sentence.
"In the evening, I saw that my sister looked pale, so I asked He Xiang to bring her some soup and medicine."
Speaking of this, she burst into tears.
"He Xiang and I grew up together. I know my sister has never liked me, but if you want to hit or scold me, just come at me. Why did you want to hurt He Xiang?"
Listening to her confusing words, Su Ruotang smiled coldly in his heart, bit his lower lip, and shed more tears than Su Muyao.
"Sister, after the prayers in the main hall were over, I went to the back mountain to look for medicine. I didn't even have time to eat..."
Halfway through her words, she fell limply to the ground, covering her heart and breathing hard, as if she might faint at any time.
Su Muyao was stunned for a moment when she saw that she was completely out of line with common sense.
At this moment, Hexiang woke up.
When his eyes fell on Su Ruotang, he became ferocious, "Su Ruotang, how dare you harm me!"
With that said, she struggled to get up and threw herself at Su Ruotang.
Su Ruotang's eyes flashed with sarcasm, and he dragged his body back in horror, "Mother, mother, help me..."
"Mom? Even if the King of Heaven comes here today, I can't save you! See if I don't beat you to death, you little bitch!"
He Xiang looked ferocious and raised her hand to slap Su Ruotang in the face.
"How outrageous!" Nanny Liu shouted angrily.
The fragrance of lotus was like cold water pouring on your head, and you woke up instantly. There was a stinging pain in your wrist, and it dropped weakly.
She ignored the strangeness on her wrist and turned her head stiffly. When she saw the empress in a phoenix robe with a livid face, her ferocious expression turned into fear. She knelt on the ground tremblingly, "Slave...serve, I pay my respects to the empress." ......"[1]
The queen stared at He Xiang coldly: "You have a private meeting with someone in the middle of the night and insult the concubine. You maid really opened my eyes."
Su Muyao's eyes darkened, and her silver teeth almost shattered.
If the personal maid insults, beats, and scolds the real lady, and hangs out with men in the temple, everyone will only think that she, a young lady, has no good moral character.
Not to mention the nobles and nobles, even ordinary people are not willing to marry a woman with bad moral character.
He Xiang's face was full of horror, and she subconsciously looked at Su Muyao.
But when he saw the hairpin flashing in Su Muyao's hand, his face turned ashen and he kowtowed.
"Your Majesty, this slave couldn't bear the loneliness and invited a man to come to the temple in an attempt to frame the second young lady.
My young lady treats the slave like a sister. The slave is jealous that the second young lady can get the love from the young lady. She beats and scolds the second young lady when no one is around.
Secretly detaining the second lady's silver and medicinal materials, forcing her to collect medicines and sell them for money. My young lady and my wife did not know what the slave did.
This servant is willing to die to apologize, and I beg your empress not to anger my young lady. "
After saying that, she got up and bumped into the stone table in the courtyard.
Su Ruotang didn't miss Su Muyao's little move, and saw He Xiang crashed to death.
She moved her fingertips slightly, and under the cover of night, a silver needle penetrated the man's acupuncture point.
The middle-aged man slowly opened his eyes, his eyes were impartial, and he collided with Su Ruotang for a moment.
No one noticed that the man stiffened slightly and his eyes were blank for a moment.
The look in Su Ruotang's eyes dimmed a bit and she couldn't help but frown.
This body was really too weak, but the little soul-obsessing spell nearly exhausted her mental strength.
"Do you know her?" the queen pointed at He Xiang's body and said coldly.
The man nodded with a dull expression: "I know her. She gave me five taels of silver and asked me to quietly come to the backyard of Qingling Temple to find her at night."
After his words fell, Su Muyao secretly breathed a sigh of relief, glad that she had brought Hexiang's mother's hairpin and let Hexiang take over everything.
"Your Majesty, your discipline is not strict and it disturbs the purity of Buddhism. Please punish me."
The queen was livid and said in a cold voice: "That's all. I hope you don't know about it, so I won't punish you this time. When you go back, you should discipline your servants well. I will never be lenient next time."
Su Muyao's face was pale, she hid the unwillingness in her eyes and whispered: "Yes, empress."
Although she was far superior to Su Ruotang in appearance and talent, the queen would rather let her son marry Su Ruotang than marry her.
"Mother, what happened?"
A clear male voice came, and Su Ruotang frowned.
