Chapter 36: Chapter 36: Will the Concubine Be Willing to Save Him? Chapter 36: Chapter 36: Will the Concubine Be Willing to Save Him? Lin Fuying was also startled before settling down. She frowned and said, “How did sister come to know such vulgar words? Although sister did come from the marketplace…”
Chu Nanli interrupted her mid-spell, “Oh, I almost forgot that Lin Concubine is such a good person.”
Lin Fuying felt a bad premonition in her heart and before she could speak, she heard Chu Nanli say, “How about this? I know Lin Concubine cares about them, so if Lin Concubine is willing to pay one thousand taels of silver to buy them from my hands, then I won’t sell them to the brothel.”
One thousand taels?!
The expression on Lin Fuying’s face was almost impossible to maintain.
She currently had only six hundred taels of silver on hand, and this despicable woman was obviously jealous of how generous the Prince was to her, so she contrived to take back the money the Prince had given her.
“Sister, these servants are innocent. How can you…”
“It seems the Concubine is not at all willing to spend the money,” Chu Nanli interrupted her, saying to the kneeling servants, “Go, beg Lin Concubine and see if she is willing to save you.”
Lin Fuying clenched her teeth. Of course, she didn’t want to spend such undeserved money! Especially on these worthless servants. They didn’t deserve it!
However, those servants didn’t know what she was thinking. Upon hearing Chu Nanli’s words, they completely saw her as a Bodhisattva.
“Concubine, please save us!”
“Concubine, you have the kindest heart in the house. The maid once saw you accidentally step on an ant and you cried for a long time. I believe you would never stand by and watch someone die.”
Lin Fuying was put in an awkward position by everyone’s words, unable to refuse nor willing to agree, and her face gradually lost its composure.
Chu Nanli watched calmly from the side and added fuel to the fire.
“Lin Concubine’s face looks a bit unpleasant. Could it be that you are not happy to help?”
Lin Fuying could not admit that, she said through gritted teeth, “Of course not, it’s just… sister is asking for one thousand taels of silver, which is surely asking too much.”
Seeing their mistress speak up, Xiaoyun and Dong Yue, the two lapdogs, quickly chimed in.
“Exactly, the Princess Consort doesn’t want to let these servants go, just say it. There’s no need to make things difficult for our lady.”
Upon hearing this, the faces of the servants changed, obviously transferring all their anger and resentment onto Chu Nanli.
Chu Nanli could hardly fail to notice their mood and promptly met their tactics with her sarcasm.
“Tsk, I didn’t expect that a Concubine so favored by the Prince, who just got six hundred taels of silver from the Prince as pocket money today, on top of previous rewards, would be so wealthy yet refuse to spare some silver to save people. Does this not prove that you, Concubine, don’t truly want to save anyone?”
Lin Fuying’s face turned pale.
Chu Nanli then said to the servants, “You show disrespect towards me, and I have the right to sell you. However, I still have a shred of mercy in my heart, so I give you a way out. The outcome rests in your hands.”
After saying that, she pulled over a chair and casually sat down, leaning lazily to watch the drama unfold.
As she expected, this group of servants now clung to the only escape she had offered them, not caring to harbor hatred toward her, and all rushed toward Lin Fuying like starving wolves.
“Concubine, one thousand taels of silver is just a small amount for you, but it could save our lives. Please, show us your mercy.”
“Yes, I will work like an ox or horse for you in the future to repay you!”
Surrounded by a crowd of servants, Lin Fuying’s complexion turned from green to white, the anger in her eyes about to materialize. Wanting to lash out but considering the image she had painstakingly curated, she forcibly held back.
Overwhelmed by anger and wishing to escape the situation, she quickly touched her forehead, showing a pained expression, and said, “Sister, how can you take the lives of the servants so lightly? You’ve greatly disappointed Yingying.”
After finishing, she slumped down as if she had fainted from Chu Nanli’s anger.
“My lady!”
Xiaoyun and Dong Yue looked terribly alarmed as they quickly held her up, then fiercely warned Chu Nanli, “Princess Consort, when the Prince learns you’ve bullied our lady like this, he will not let you off!”
Finished speaking, one of them put Lin Fuying’s arm around her shoulder, and since they were small and not very strong, they practically half-dragged her away.
Chu Nanli, with a keen eye, saw Lin Fuying’s feet being dragged on the ground lift up slightly and said to the kneeling servants, “Oh look, the Concubine can still lift her feet even after she has fainted.”
The three who had already left the courtyard probably did not hear this, but all the servants inside heard it and hurriedly glanced over, just in time to see Lin Fuying’s agile and strong feet. Their faces instantly each became more spectacular than the next.
In the courtyard, only Yanyan was trying to hold back her laughter.