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Chapter 242: Cruelty and Injustice

In the early morning of Qingyu Palace, a dozen graceful maids, under the supervision of a leading maid, rushed into the large bedroom to wash and put on their makeup.

Suddenly, Yangyang didn't understand whether he had entered a fantasy world, wandering in the curling mist.

Yangyang couldn't help sneezing when she smelled the faint fragrance wafting from the red sandalwood tripod. A maid who was supervising beside her immediately instructed, "Replace the incense. The princess doesn't like the smell!"

"Hey!" Yangyang stopped the maid holding the incense, "Don't bother, it's not that I don't like it!"

"It's a big mistake to offend the princess!" The maid who was in charge ignored Yangyang's explanation and shouted at the maid who was changing the incense, "If you don't know the rules, drag her out and punish her ten feet!"

"Punish her ten feet?" Yangyang heard this and waved away the two maids who were helping her dress and said to the maid who was supervising her, "She didn't make any mistakes, why should she be punished!"

"And you two." The supervising maid not only ignored Yangyang's protest, but even more resolutely reprimanded the two maids who helped Yangyang dress, "You didn't help the princess dress well, get out too, each of you will be fined ten feet!"

"Yes! Aunt Xi!"

"Yes! Aunt Xi!"

It turns out that the supervisor's maid is called Aunt Xi! This name has absolutely nothing to do with the person.

Yangyang grabbed the two maids who were helping her change clothes and looked into Aunt Xi's cold eyes, "Aunt Xi, these maids did nothing wrong, please don't punish them!"

"I am here to take care of Her Royal Highness the Princess under the order of the King. If I cannot teach a maid the rules, then I am the one who should be punished!" Aunt Xi's explanation seemed to be submissive, but in fact she was warning Yangyang that she only followed the instructions of King Rong. She raised her eyebrows and asked, "Does the Princess think that I should be punished?"

What a good move of retreating to advance! I had no idea that the royal palace of Rong country had such a powerful aunt in charge.

Before Yangyang could think of a way to respond, she heard the maid who was changing the incense being caned in the outer court. The heavy board hit the maid's back with a tearing sound, which was almost life-threatening!

"This is crazy!" Yangyang lifted her heavy skirt, bypassed several maids and rushed to the outer court, "Stop!"

The palace servant who was beating Yangyang did not stop beating her. She only heard the voice of Aunt Xi approaching from behind, "The princess should not watch this scene. Please invite the princess into the house!"

"How dare you!" Yangyang endured it again and again. In fact, seeing the blood on the maid's back, she couldn't help but think of Biluo. She ignored Aunt Xi's obstruction and quickly walked to the maid being punished. She grabbed the board that was about to fall and said, "Didn't you hear what I said? If you hit me again, I will beat you to death!"

The palace maid held the board tightly and did not dare to let go. Instead, she looked at Aunt Xi behind Yangyang.

Yangyang didn't give any explanation, snatched the board away, and slammed it hard on the ground, "This princess said, I won't beat you anymore, don't you understand?"

Upon seeing this, the palace maid immediately knelt on the ground, trembling, and cried, "Aunt Xi, please spare me, Aunt Xi, please spare me!"

Yangyang didn't understand what was going on. She turned around and looked at Aunt Xi, who was still standing still. She waved her hand calmly, and several palace guards appeared out of nowhere and dragged the palace maid away. The palace maid cried with tears running down her face, "Aunt Xi, spare my life!"

Yangyang was unable to react in time, and looked at the maid beside him whose back was oozing with blood. She had died with blood in her eyes!

This was the first time that Yangyang felt what it meant to treat human life as worthless.

Only then did she realize that she was not helping them, but was killing them by her self-righteousness!

Yangyang couldn't help but tremble in her legs. She looked at Aunt Xi's hideous face again. It was as frightening as if she saw a bloodthirsty vampire!

"Hurry up and help the princess back to her bedroom!"

In a trance, Yangyang was helped back to the palace by several maids. At this moment, she didn't dare to make any more movements, for fear that she would accidentally harm someone's life!

After an hour of preparation, Yangyang, wearing a jewel-studded hair crown and seven or eight layers of gold brocade clothes, was surrounded by the crowd and helped onto the carriage to Xiaojintai.

Aunt Xi followed beside her and gave instructions, "Today is the Princess's coronation banquet when she returns to the palace. The King is hosting a banquet for all officials at Xiaojin Terrace. Princess, remember, you must do whatever I tell you to do later!"

Yangyang gritted her teeth, and tried to wake herself up quickly from what had just happened. Now was not the time for her to be sad. She should think carefully about how to respond to Aunt Xi's words "you should do whatever she says"!

Otherwise, it wouldn’t just be the two people from Qingyu Palace who lost their lives at her hands today.

Thinking of this, Yangyang smiled stiffly, "This princess understands!"

"The princess is a smart person!" Aunt Xi nodded slightly. Although she was walking on the ground and was shorter than Yangyang by a man, her raised chin seemed to be looking down on everything.

The palace servants carried the sedan chair to the bottom of the Xiaojin Terrace. Just like the day before, Yangyang had to get off the sedan chair and walk up to the ninth level of the Xiaojin Terrace.

It would be fine in the past, but now summer has not yet passed, and Yangyang is wearing such a heavy crown and such heavy clothes. When she climbs to the ninth floor, she will be soaked! She might even get a heat stroke because of the heat!

Yangyang looked up at the towering Xiaojintai, and her eyes went dark! Wasn't this Aunt Xi deliberately making things difficult for her?

You have to know that except for herself, the other maids and palace servants were wearing very thin clothes.

It’s fine for other people, even Aunt Xi was wearing the thin and breathable Yunyan brocade!

Seeing that Yangyang was slow to move, Aunt Xi reminded her, "Princess, hurry up! Don't keep the king waiting!"

Yangyang took a long breath in her heart, lifted the heavy brocade, and began to walk upwards, but every step today made Yangyang feel heavy.

What was heavy wasn't just the worldly things on her body, but more importantly the atmosphere, which made her feel depressed.

Yangyang counted the distance to the nine-story building step by step, and climbed it step by step. Even if she was sweating profusely, she had to move forward calmly.

Until he reached the top of the nine heavens, he heard the words "the princess has arrived", and the splendor in the hall was not the honor of victory, but a floor full of officials with their heads trembling in fear and their hats bowed in front of him.

A bean-sized bean of sweat dripped from Yangyang's brow into her eyes. The makeup mixed in it made Yangyang feel as if there was sand in her eyes. She seemed to want to reach out and rub it, but she couldn't. Yu Guangzhong's Aunt Xi was monitoring her every word and action. Yangyang was not afraid of her own death. She was only afraid that her every move would give Aunt Xi an excuse to punish the other maids.

"rise……"

As soon as Yangyang said this, Aunt Xi instructed, "Before the king arrives, let them all kneel like this! Princess, don't pay any attention to them, just take your seat!"

"Yes! Aunt Xi!" Yangyang gritted her teeth and said these four words!