GBP Chapter 1188 The Sickly Child Who Was Schemed Against 2
Chapter 1188 The Sickly Child Who Was Schemed Against 2
"Very good, very good indeed. It seems I have indeed raised a good son who is a romantic." After saying this, Prince Cheng turned and left.
Of course, Prince Cheng knew that his son was not telling the truth, but his son was determined not to tell the truth, so what could Prince Cheng do?
After all, he was his own son. Prince Cheng didn't know his son 100% but he had a pretty good understanding of his son's personality. Since his son refused to tell the truth, there was no point in forcing him.
"What's going on between you and that maid named Mei'er?" Princess Cheng asked her son with a sharp look in her eyes. "Don't try to fool me. I'm not your father, and you can't just fool me like that."
"You'd better tell me the truth, or don't blame me for disposing of that maid."
“Mother, what nonsense are you talking about?” Song Zhende would never admit it. “Forget it, I’m not talking to you anymore. Think whatever you want! Anyway, Mei’er and I have nothing. If you want to get rid of that maid, then do as you please.”
Princess Cheng frowned as she looked at her son.
Could it be that she's overthinking things?
Song Zhende pretended to be extremely calm and let his mother look him over. He knew his mother's temperament very well, so he couldn't let her know about him and Mei'er, otherwise Mei'er would probably be in big trouble.
When Jiang Chunxi returned to her courtyard, Liu Meier was kneeling in front of her.
Jiang Chunxi let Liu Meier kneel. After Caiyi and the others served her breakfast, she held a teacup and looked at Liu Meier kneeling on the ground: "Meier, it seems you really don't respect me as your master! Or perhaps, my punishment for you last night wasn't severe enough. Do you want to kneel outside for a few more hours?"
"Your Highness, Mei'er was wrong," Liu Mei'er quickly kowtowed. "Mei'er was just thinking of you too much, afraid that your relationship with the Crown Prince would be strained. That's why I dared to overstep my bounds and advise you. Please forgive Mei'er this time, considering my loyalty to you!"
“I’ll spare you,” Jiang Chunxi took a sip of tea, put down the teacup, and sighed softly. “You’ve taken advantage of my kind heart, which is why you’ve become so unscrupulous, even daring to be so disrespectful in front of the Princess.”
"Fine, from now on you can just serve outside, you don't need to come inside to serve. After all, I really can't afford to use a servant like you. If it weren't for your mother's sake, I would have sold you off directly."
Jiang Chunxi's words were tantamount to demoting Liu Meier from a first-class maid to a lowly maid. After all, she couldn't enter the house to serve, so she was just a lowly maid.
"Your Highness, I truly know I was wrong. Please don't despise me. Please give me another chance!" Liu Meier was filled with resentment, but tears streamed down her face.
"The Crown Princess has already been forgiving enough, but you are still not satisfied," Caiyi said angrily. "Crown Princess, in my opinion, you should send Mei'er back to the Jiang family! Otherwise, it would be bad if she really caused you any trouble one day."
“That’s right,” Caiyu chimed in. “Mei’er has no sense of hierarchy at all. If we let her stay in Prince Cheng’s residence, who knows what trouble she’ll cause? Most importantly, the Princess Consort is clearly very dissatisfied with her. If you don’t deal with Mei’er, Princess Consort might hold a grudge.”
“You…” Liu Meier looked at Caiyu and Caiyi with immense grief and indignation, “How could you kick me when I’m down like this? No matter what, we’ve served the Crown Princess since we were little. I’ve always treated you like my own sisters, but I never expected you to treat me like this.”
“Mei’er,” it was Cai Tang’s voice, “Don’t blame Cai Yu and Cai Yi for not pleading for you. It’s just that your behavior today was really too much. It’s one thing to have no respect for the Crown Princess, but I didn’t expect you to overstep your bounds in front of the Princess. With you like this, how can the Crown Princess dare to keep you by her side to serve her?”
"Alright, that's enough," Jiang Chunxi said. "Mei'er, if you want to stay, you can only be a lowly maid. Otherwise, you can go back to the Jiang family!"
“This servant is willing to stay and serve as a maid,” Liu Mei’er said, wiping away her tears. “I have served you since I was a child. My greatest wish in this life is to serve the Crown Princess for the rest of my life. If I am not allowed to serve you, I would rather die.”
"Waaah! As long as I can continue to serve by the Crown Princess's side, I would be happy to be a lowly maid. I just beg the Crown Princess not to abandon me."
"Sigh!" Jiang Chunxi sighed wearily, then waved her hand to let Liu Meier leave.
Liu Meier naturally dared not say anything more, and hurriedly got up and walked outside, but the hatred in her eyes was as if she had been poisoned.
Jiang Chunxi, you shameless woman, you really are something else! Just you wait, I will make you pay back a thousandfold for the humiliation you suffered today.
“Give a word to the head maid outside,” Jiang Chunxi said with a faint sneer. “Since you’ve been demoted to a lowly maid, you’ll have to do more of the menial work.”
“Miss, don’t worry!” Caiyu pouted and said, “Liu Mei’er has been very arrogant and domineering towards the maids over the years, relying on her favor with you. She doesn’t even respect the head maid. Her arrogant and domineering manner has long aroused public anger.”
"So, seeing that she has lost power, who among those who have been bullied by her wouldn't want to kick her while she's down? Therefore, there's no need for any special instructions; the head housekeeper outside will naturally give her a hard time."
"Heh!" Jiang Chunxi shifted to a languid sitting posture and chuckled lightly. "By the way, hurry up and tell those three maids to dress up nicely. They are all so beautiful and charming. I'm afraid Song Zhende will be overwhelmed with choices tonight."
To be fair, Liu Meier is truly remarkable. In the original owner's previous life, she managed to make Song Zhende devoted to her. He remained completely unmoved by the three beautiful maids that the original owner had prepared for him.
"Bang!" That was the sound of a flowerpot falling.
"Slap!" That was the sound of Liu Mama, the head housekeeper, slapping Liu Meier across the face. "How do you work? You can't even move a flowerpot without breaking it! These are peonies that the young master planted for the young princess. Every single one of them is a priceless treasure to the young princess."
"But you actually broke the flowers," Granny Liu said, getting angrier as she scolded. "Someone! Go and get me a rattan cane. I'm going to teach this wretched maid a lesson today."
"Pah! What a thing! Does she think she's some kind of first-class maid who's favored by her master? What kind of airs is she putting on with me? If I don't teach her a lesson today, do you think I'm made of clay?"