Zhaozhao, or perhaps she could also be called Ruan Zhaoxue, was a servant who was very restless in the eyes of her masters. Many people even disdained her. Bai Suyan had initially thought of her as a young girl with a bit of ambition, but she still didn't like her. Especially after Jing Jing was used as a comparison, she disliked her even more.
Occasionally, when Ruan Zhaoxue was mentioned, Bai Suyan would ask herself if she had been wrong in the beginning. Even though she hadn't treated her badly, in her arguments with Jing Jing, she had always sided with Jing Jing and wasn't very willing to be with her. If she hadn't been like this, would Ruan Zhaoxue have ended up like this?
However, there were no ifs. Luoshuanga naturally wouldn't spend too much effort on a servant and left it to Bai Suyan to deal with herself.
Si Zhengsi's prison cell.
Si Zhengsi had received Bai Suyan's bribe in advance and was given special treatment to help Ruan Zhaoxue wash up and change. Bai Suyan only brought Green Waist, and Green Waist carried a food box in her hand.
Ruan Zhaoxue was a person who knew how to dress herself. Under these limited conditions, she used a few straws to comb herself into a bun. She used a burned twig and used it to draw her eyebrows in a basin of dirty water.
Bai Suyan didn't interrupt her when she came in. She had people set up a table and took out the food box to spread it out. Ruan Zhaoxue put down the twig and asked with a smile: "Niangniang has personally come to send off this servant?"
Bai Suyan said coldly: "After you die, the palace will not blame your family. Not only will they ask your family to take your ashes back, they will also give you a pension."
"Then this servant should thank niangniang for her grace," Although she said this, Ruan Zhaoxue didn't have any intention of rising to bow, "This meal looks pretty good. It's a pity that this is the only meal I'll have in my life. If niangniang doesn't feel tired of eating, would it be possible to sit down and have a meal with this servant?"
Bai Suyan looked away and said, "Don't play any tricks at a time like this."
Ruan Zhaoxue used her chopsticks to poke at the side dishes in her bowl and said: "This servant is already Sun Wukong in Niangniang's hands. What other tricks can this servant play? This servant just feels that in the end, this servant wants to find someone to listen to this servant's words."
Seeing that Bai Suyan was still standing, Ruan Zhaoxue didn't go forward to force her to sit down. Instead, she continued, "A person like niang niang must hate a servant like me, right? In your eyes, I'm not doing my duty, being disloyal and unjust. But Your Highness, have you ever thought about it? You've lived a life of luxury since you were young, being served by others as you grew up. But because my luck was bad, I was born into a servant's womb. So I'll be a servant for life, and my child will also be a servant. Do you think this is fair?
In the beginning, I only wanted to properly serve Eldest Miss and ask her to arrange a marriage for me. That way, I could escape my status as a servant and be able to hold my head up high. My son could also participate in the imperial examinations and become a high official in the future, becoming a person above others! But over time, I could tell that Eldest Miss didn't like me. No matter what I did, she would always have a look of disdain on her face.
But I still endured it because she was chosen as a harem candidate. Once she entered the palace, the people she would come into contact with would naturally be different. If I was lucky enough to be chosen by a noble, I would be able to escape this sea of suffering! "
Bai Suyan frowned and asked: "This is the reason why you killed Jing Jing and betrayed Consort Xian?"
"Whether you believe it or not, I didn't want to do it in the beginning!" Ruan Zhaoxue suddenly shouted herself hoarse, "It's because you didn't want to give me a chance, so I had no choice but to do it!"
Bai Suyan said: "You probably don't know, right? Everyone in Falling Pearl Hall is His Majesty's people. Consort Xian and your every move is under His Majesty's control. Why do you think that Consort Xian, who didn't trust you at all, left you alone in the palace that day to look after her? Falling Pearl Hall is surrounded by water on all sides and is incomparably spacious. Even the slightest movement would be infinitely magnified and spread far away. Do you really think that no one knew what you did that day? "
Ruan Zhaoxue was stunned. She lowered her head and ate a few mouthfuls of food. After swallowing it, she said: "As expected, it's for nobles. Even the rice is better than what we eat."
Bai Suyan saw that Ruan Zhaoxue had always felt inferior about her past and felt very helpless. In a sense, Ruan Zhaoxue was already crazy. She turned her back and said: "Ben gong doesn't care if you believe it or not. Originally, if you had obediently presented the things, Consort Xian was prepared to use this as an excuse to exempt your entire family from slavery and give you a sum of money to let you leave the palace to reunite with your family."
Ruan Zhaoxue raised her eyes to look at her in disbelief. She suddenly smashed the bowl and chopsticks in her hand and said sharply: "That's it? She sent me away like a beggar and then wanted me to kneel three times and kowtow nine times to Mu Guiyi and be deeply grateful? Do I have to go back and offer her a long life plaque and pray for three incense sticks in the morning and evening? "
Bai Suyan was rarely angry. She replied angrily: "If not, what else do you want? What are you worthy of? Do you think that you can survive in the inner palace just because you have a family background? If it's just based on family background, which part of the deceased wang pin is not better than you? She was born noble, her father and brother were prominent, and there was the Empress Dowager who was her aunt in the palace. But in the end? Do you think you can be better than her? "
Ruan Zhaoxue suddenly stood and shouted: "Qin Yi was originally just a female doctor, how much better is she than me? What is wrong with me wanting to live a better life? "
Bai Suyan's previous apology to her completely disappeared. She smiled coldly and said: "So, you are greedy but push all the blame onto others? You feel that everyone forced you, but if you didn't have bad intentions and always care about gains and losses when you do things, to put it bluntly, at that time, everyone was serving others. Who was more noble than who? You had to act like you were different and disdainful of other servant girls. Then what right do you have to blame others for isolating you?
Don't you feel that you are contradictory? On one hand, you disdain your status as a servant, but on the other hand, you want to blend into the crowd you hate and want everyone to accept you. What do you think you have? Even the merciful and compassionate Guanyin Bodhisattva has people calling her a hypocrite behind her back. Can you be more likable than the Bodhisattva? "
Ruan Zhaoxue suddenly closed her eyes. A line of tears fell. It was unknown who she was crying for. Bai Suyan ignored her, "It's about time, you should be on your way." Finishing, she turned to leave.
"There's something in the wall," Ruan Zhaoxue suddenly said, "Something has been built into the wall!" Bai Suyan paused and then nodded imperceptibly.
Ruan Zhaoxue instantly slumped. She leaned against the bars of the prison and murmured: "In any case, I'm a greedy woman. Niangniang, please give me more to bury with me so I can take care of things along the way and reincarnate into a better body in my next life … … actually, Father and Mother loved me very much."
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