"Punishment?" Princess Jiahe listened to her words, smacked the word, and seemed to be thinking about something, but she saw that she really wanted to punish her.
"Folk girl..."
"What? You have despised my princess' imperial authority, so I can't punish you? You don't admit it?" There was no anger on Princess Jiahe's face. Instead, she looked at the person kneeling on the ground with a look like a cat playing with a mouse.
girl.
Seeing Qiao Yuning's haggard appearance, many noble ladies quietly turned their faces away, but some of them looked at it leisurely, and even discussed in whispers.
Qiao Yuning faced the ground and felt millions of ants crawling slowly across her back. For a moment, she couldn't tell whether she felt uncomfortable physically or mentally.
She had never been humiliated like this before. If she had known this, she shouldn't have come to this miserable place today.
"No! People's daughters don't dare. It's the people's fault. People's daughters are willing to be punished."
Hearing these words, Princess Jiahe seemed to be very satisfied, "So that's it. I think you also feel that you have offended me, so be it! I won't make it too difficult for you, so just go and kneel in the pavilion over there.
Let’s take half an hour!
The sun doesn't get much sunlight there, and it doesn't last more than half an hour. It's just enough of a small punishment and a big warning to make you remember and don't make such a mistake next time."
Qiao Yuning's tears fell to the ground one by one, but she still had to hold back and did not dare to speak out for fear of causing Princess Jiahe's displeasure again.
I had to bow to Princess Jiahe and thank her for her magnanimity and not fussing with me too much. Then I held the maid's hand and stumbled to the pavilion to kneel down.
But when I got there, I frowned when I saw the bare marble floor.
"How can we girls kneel on such a hard floor?!" Chenxing saw Qiao Yuning's look and knew what she was thinking. Although she did not dare to confront Princess Jiahe, she still mustered up the courage to speak, with a hint of complaint in her tone.
The palace maid who followed seemed to have heard some funny joke, "I have been working in the palace for so many years, and this is the first time I have seen someone picky about receiving a punishment. Why don't you girls go tell our princess?
, I would like to ask if it is better to use a gold futon or a silver futon."
Qiao Yuning was so angry that she trembled all over, but this time she gritted her teeth to prevent tears from falling, and knelt down with her back straight.
This garden is full of noble ladies who came to celebrate their birthdays today. In the past, every time they attended an event, they would often play together. Although she was not a star at that time.
However, with her good looks, soft temper and good talent, she was very comfortable in public with these people, and many people liked to associate with her.
But today...
She was kneeling here, but those people stood beside her and pointed at her, and she could almost hear their whispers.
They're just adding insult to injury, these empty-headed idiots!
And Princess Jiahe!
Qiao Yuning's nails were deeply embedded in the flesh of her palms. Is the princess so great? Apart from giving birth to a good child, what else does she have to be proud of?
How can she truly compare to herself?
Qiao Yuning felt unwilling and angry intertwined in her heart, but she had to hold it back down her throat.
In the future, when she becomes rich, she must make these people look good.
As for how she could make Princess Jiahe look good, Qiao Yuning didn't have any plans, but she already hated this person in her heart.
She didn't know if the resentment in her mind was too much, but suddenly there was a ray of clarity in her mind, which made her immediately think of her letter.
Her letter to Wen Liang!
Qiao Yuning suddenly felt her head buzzing, and she couldn't care less about her anger for a moment. All she could think about was the letter. She didn't know if the little maid had delivered the letter.
If it was delivered and Wen Liang came as promised, would she still be shameless after seeing her in such a miserable state?
Even if he didn't see it, if he asked another girl to bump into him, either there would be rumors or his gentle image would be damaged.
Thinking of this, she didn't even care about the pain in her knees and quickly raised her head, "Morning Star!"
As Qiao Yuning's personal maid, Chenxing definitely didn't have a girl kneeling. Instead, she was standing aside. Now she was kneeling next to her. When she heard her words, she quickly looked over and said, "Girl!"
"Ahem..."
The palace maid who was leisurely eating melon seeds at the side immediately glanced over and said, "Miss Qiao, you really don't know how to learn the rules! This princess asked you to kneel here, and you can still whisper to each other. Is it possible?
Is it just for fun? Or do you feel in your heart that you did nothing wrong at all and that our princess punished you wrongly?"
Qiao Yuning immediately did not dare to speak anymore and just looked at the palace maid angrily.
It's a pity that the palace maid didn't care at all about her look like this. She just said slowly in a cool tone: "I advise Miss Qiao to be more honest! There are many people like you in the palace who refuse to accept punishment.
, most of them don’t end well. Of course, this is outside the palace and cannot be judged by what happens inside the palace. I’m just giving you a heads up.”
Qiao Yuning knew that she was a threat, but there was nothing she could do in the face of such a threat. Who knew whether it would really happen, and how far that Princess Jiahe would go?
It's just that the worries in my heart are getting heavier and heavier as time goes by, and I can only helplessly hope that time will pass as soon as possible.
Not far away, Qiao Yuyan and Song Yuwei were still sitting on chairs talking, but they were not interested in talking at the moment.
Song Yuwei glanced at the pavilion out of the corner of her eye and whispered: "You, a concubine, are really... I don't know what to say. I just don't know how she offended Princess Jiahe. Speaking of which, Princess Jiahe
Although he has a bad temper, he rarely makes things difficult for others."
Qiao Yuyan handed her two grapes and said, "Some people may be born to get into more trouble than others. During this period, my family has been in a state of chaos."
Just this sentence was enough, and Song Yuwei immediately lost any sympathy for Qiao Yuning, "It's very difficult to have a house disturber in the family. For example, now, she is kneeling down there for punishment, and you don't go up and say a few nice words,
It gives people a reason to accuse you of being mean, but when you have to step forward to intercede on her behalf, you feel so embarrassed that you don't even say a word about it."
Qiao Yuyan knew that she was comforting herself, so she smiled and said: "She and I are not the same person, and I don't care about the false reputations outside. I am responsible for the troubles I cause. Even if my father and grandmother knew about it, they wouldn't say anything."
, you should understand now that my third sister doesn’t want to come forward at all.”
Song Yuwei was a little surprised, but she felt that Qiao Yuyan was frank, and she liked her even more.
Watching Qiao Yuning kneel down, not only the girls who were busy coming and going in the garden, but also another person standing under the bushes also had a clear look.