Chapter 229 Baizhi Suffered Torture
Lin Mengya prided herself for her kind treatment towards her servants in the courtyard, but little did she expect that there would still be a spy and traitor among them.
Nevertheless, she had to continue with her act. She would come back to settle debts in future.
The commotion in the house eventually died down.
The onlookers outside the house dispersed.
In a while, a small head popped out of the door of the main hall.
Baiji scanned the surrounding for a moment and went back into the main hall.
“Master, there’s no one left outside the house. What’s the next step?”
As they circ.u.mvented the broken pieces of ceramic the mirror, they found it quite a distressing sight although Lin Mengya had kept the more valuable items beforehand.
Lin Mengya pondered for a moment, took a sip of tea and said, “For our next step, we shall wait for them to come to us. Why do you think I made such a scene?”
Lin Mengya narrowed her eyes and she pondered. She gathered from Baiji that lately, Yunruo had been staying by Concubine De’s side all the time.
However, from Lin Mengya’s observation today, she seemed to have faded into the background. In fact, she seemed to be deliberately trying to stay inconspicuous in front of people so as to stay as invisible as possible.
Nevertheless, Lin Mengya was able to pick up the scent of the same species.
She had a hard time getting rid of Jiang Ruqin, and now what was she to do with this Yun Ruo?
“Baisu, go and protect Baizhi for now. Bear in mind not to make any move unless her life is endangered, do you understand?”
Immediately Baisu nodded in response. Having spend a considerable time with Lin Mengya, Baisu had definitely picked up Lin Mengya’s wittiness.
“What are you thinking about, Xiaoyu?” asked Lin Mengya when she turned to see Lin Zhongyu.
He was almost a full grown demon by now, yet he was increasingly gentle and mild.
She had been so busy with her own affairs that it seemed that this unbending young man who only knew how to guard her by standing in front of her, had transformed into an outstanding youth.
Standing by the window and looking contemplative, there was a tinge of femininity on his handsome profile.
The pair of long, narrow eyes of his seemed to be exude powerful light waves which gave people a suffocatingly attractive feeling.
His lean and tall figure was cladded in a plain robe and he was wearing a white, jade lily crown on his head. His long, black hair fell on both sides of his cheeks. There was this charm about him which attracted both female and male to him.
Compared to the flirtatious Mr. Rosa Multiflora, Xiaoyu’s countenance was much more delicate and elegant.
Nevertheless, the two men exuberated a similar alluring attraction.
Perhaps it ran in their family.
“Nothing, I just thought that your room was almost empty and I want to get something to fill up the void.”
Lin Zhongyu turned around, wearing a friendly smile on his red lips.
Lin Mengya suddenly felt that Xiaoyu was still the same Xiaoyu she had known. Although he had matured, his smile was a definite sign of their intimate relationship.
However, the eaglet would one day soar into the sky when it grew up.
However, Lin Mengya could not shake off the feeling of guilt towards him.
She was the one who pulled him out of Willow Gang so he left behind a life making a living through extortion.
Little did she expect the life without having to worry about food and shelter which she provided for him turned out to be an even more precarious one.
“It’s alright. In a few days, I would like to bring on a trip to the Lin Family. I’d like my father to make you his G.o.d son, so you can become part of the Lin Family genealogy. What do you think?”
She had been thinking over this matter for a long time.
Although the people in the prince’s mansion were not aware of his real ident.i.ty, thinking that Xiaoyu was Lin Mengya’s cousin, Xiaoyu was after all not any regular person.
It would make things easier if he had an ident.i.ty which he could reveal to the public.
“But I…” Xiaoyu was about to say something but eventually stopped himself after seeing the suspicious look in Lin Mengya’s eyes. He swallowed his words and nodded in agreement.
“How about a.s.signing me a suitable ident.i.ty as well? I dress up as a woman on a lot of occasions. Although I do look very beautiful as a woman, wouldn’t my magnificent style be obscured?”
It was Qinghu again, joining in the fun, as he acted coquettishly.
“You?” Lin Mengya looked at him from his head to his toes repeatedly and said, “Alright, I will put my request across to my father to let you be his sworn brother. That way, you will be my second uncle, old man!”
Lin Mengya rolled her eyes at Qinghu, perplexed how such a grown man refused to behave seriously.
Nonetheless, Qinghu’s ident.i.ty as the person in charge of the guards in the inner courts remained important so as not to attract unnecessary attention.
They continued arguing for a while more until the voice of a maid sounded from outside.
“Your Highness, the princess, Aunt Jingyue from the Art Courtyard is here. She wants to see you over some urgent matters.”
Immediately silence ensued in the room. Everyone took their position for the act they were about to put up.
“Please let her come in,” said Lin Mengya.
Her voice sounded chilly yet it also sounded as if she was trying to suppress her rage, which was all ready to explode.
Standing outside, Jingyue took a deep breath as she supposed the princess also had a temper.
Nanny Jingyue, who was wearing a navy blue dress stepped into the prince’s main hall, looking down.
The broken pieces from those expensive breakables were evidence that there was a wild storm a moment ago.
Lin Mengya was lying on her side on her princess bed, resting, while Baiji was kneeling before her with her head bowed while ma.s.saging the princess’ calf.
“Why? Are you going to follow the footsteps of that lowly maid and disregards my instructions?”
Lin Mengya’s voice may sound gentle but the sharpness in it made Jingyue lower her head further.
Princess Yu usually doted on her maidservants. Apparently, she had really lost it this time.
“Never would I dare to defy you! Please forgive me, Master!”
Baiji’s voice quivered, as if she was truly fearful of Lin Mengya.
No matter how kind and gracious a master could be, Jingyue supposed Lin Mengya still turned merciless given the circ.u.mstance she met with.
The princess would not give special concession.
“Greetings of peace to Princess Yu.”
Lin Mengya opened her eyes at that instant, as if she just realized that Jingyue had come.
“The servants in my courtyard had been negligent. Please come and take a seat Nanny Jingyue,” Lin Mengya said immediately.
Jingyue greeted Lin Mengya with a bow and smiling, she said, ” It’s alright. I’m just here to pa.s.s a message from Concubine De although she had initially given Your Highness three days to gather evidence, it is no longer necessary. Baizhi had confessed and told us where she got the silver from. Concubine De had gone to her and had instructed me to come to invite Your Highness over.”
Apparently, Concubine De had taken the bait. However, Lin Mengya maintained a look of indifference on her face.
Frowning, she said, “Really? This maidservant of mine was indeed clever enough not to implicate me and had made her confession. I want to know how she had kept this from me. Let’s go and see.”
With Jingyue leading the way, Lin Mengya and Baiji trailed behind her all the way to the mansion’s backyard.
The shed where the firewood was kept was usually quiet but now it was crowded with people. Lin Mengya furrowed her brows and looked frustrated and impatient.
“The princess is here.”
Nanny Jingyue’s voice immediately attracted the attention of most people present.
Lin Mengya wondered, did Jingyue not say that Concubine De had already arrived at the wood shed?
However, all she saw was Jinsu. Even Yun Ruo who was always by Concubine De’s side was nowhere to be seen.
“Finally you’re here, Master Princess. This la.s.s had finally confessed and it would be up to you how you want to punish her!”
Jinsu walked up to Lin Mengya, forcing a smile on her face. A sense of dread befell Lin Mengya the moment Jinsu opened her mouth to speak.
However, Lin Mengya did not even glance at this accomplice to the evildoers.
She simply looked at Baizhi with deeply furrowed brows.
Lin Mengya clenched her fist quietly.
She had hardly been back in her courtyard for long and these people had already started torturing Baizhi into confessing.
Baizhi’s lovely face was at the moment red and swollen.
The veins on her face were clearly visible and the sight broke Lin Mengya’s heart.
She could tell that they had used a tape as thick as a palm to whip her.
Baizhi’s face may not have been disfigured, but her teeth would have come loose from the beating.
Baizhi had no other interest than eating. What would she if her teeth had come loose?
She regretted a little after a while. She had no other choice if she wanted to nip the problem in the bud.
How was she going to repay what she owed all these people and when would she fully repay them?
Baizhi’s cheeks were so swollen that she was totally unable to speak.
The onlookers were there to watch a show and no one mention anything about giving her some medical a.s.sistance.
It showed how heartless man could be.
Lin Mengya held back the pain in her heart and pretended not to care. However, she also did not try to look friendly to Jinsu.
“I thought Concubine De had employed some clever method to bring about Baizhi’s confession. Who knew she had resorted to torture to force a confession. I had thought too highly of her. How could there be any truth in a forced confession under great torture?”
Everyone fell silent at Lin Mengya’s words.
She was after all the mistress of the prince’s mansion. This was an unchanging reality.
“Your Highness, you are mistaken. Concubine De was not the one who did this, and it’s… Forget it, let this maid explain it to Your Highness personally.”
When Jinsu finished speaking, she pushed a dejected-looking maid forward from behind her.
Lin Mengya glanced at her and recognized her as one of the inconspicuous maids who swept the floor in her Liuxin Courtyard.
It was said that she and Baishao came from the same hometown.
The maid started to tremble like a leaf the moment she saw Lin Mengya.
She knelt down and kowtowed, saying, “Please spare my life, princess! Please spare my life! Someone put a spell on me, which was why I did this silly thing! Please do not be angry with me and forgive me!”
Lin Mengya glanced at the maid and a cold smile appeared on her face.
“Out with the truth, otherwise you’ll be thrown out of here!”