Grudge Breaker

Chapter 260: Serpents and Scorpions
"Clang!"

The sound of teacups and teapots breaking to the ground came from the dark side hall of the Venerable Mansion, breaking the quiet night.

Unlike other places, because the eldest princess was coming, the entire Venerable Mansion was brightly lit, except for this one room.

The moon was originally hanging in the sky, bright and clear, but at this moment it seemed to be frightened by the sound, and hid in the misty clouds beside it, appearing dim and unclear.

"Crack!!"

There was another sound of a vase falling to the ground. The maids who were responsible for serving in the Venerable's Mansion looked at each other. The maid led by Bai Lu paced around the door anxiously for several times. She wanted to knock on the door to ask but was afraid that it was inappropriate, so she raised her hand and put it down again.

There was another clang, and this time it sounded like a dressing screen had fallen over. Bai Lu could no longer hold back and raised her hand to knock on the door.

"Mrs. Ruan, are you okay? Do you need my help?"

"Bang!"

No one spoke, instead there was a dull thud of the copper incense burner hitting something and then falling to the ground.

About three cups of tea later, the voice of Ruan Mianmian's new personal maid Du Juan was faintly heard in the room. Her voice had a heavy nasal tone, and seemed to carry the sound of crying that she had tried hard to suppress.

"Miss Bailu, please come in and remember to close the door."

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Bai Lu felt a little flustered for some reason. She turned to look at another maid nearby and whispered to her,

"I'll go in and take a look at the situation. You guys wait outside. Don't go in unless I tell you to. Also, don't alarm the Tingfeng Mansion unless it's absolutely necessary."

She stood at the door, closed her eyes, calmed herself down, raised her hand, pushed the door open and walked in.
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"Crack."

The room was pitch black and she couldn't see anything. She had just walked a few steps into the room when she stepped on some porcelain fragments. As luck would have it, the sharp cut pierced her soft-soled embroidered shoes and a little bit of it pierced into the sole of her foot.

If it was the porcelain usually used in the Venerable's Mansion, it might not have such "lethal power", but in order to welcome the arrival of the Princess, the Mansion specially replaced all the tea sets and tableware, and all of them used the finest celadon from Ru Kiln.

The value of this Ru porcelain lies not only in its artistic value, but also in the particularity of its production materials and its special firing technology. It is for this reason that the hardness and sharpness of Ru porcelain fragments are far higher than those of other porcelains.

"hiss……"

Bai Lu couldn't help but let out a slight cry of pain, but the side hall was dark and it was impossible to avoid the debris under her feet. She endured the pain and asked carefully.

"Lady Ruan, there are so many pieces of debris on the ground. Please be careful not to hurt yourself. Can I light a candle and clean it up?"

"Snapped!"

A teacup flew in from nowhere and hit Bai Lu directly on the head. It fell to the ground with a clang and broke into several pieces. Fortunately, the edge of the teacup was round, so it only hurt Bai Lu's cheekbone and there was no extra wound. Otherwise, she would have had a scar on her face.

"You're the only one who talks too much!"

"You people from Sichen Mansion are all sharp-tongued and good at turning death into life and white into black! What? Even you want to learn from that bitch from Tingfeng Mansion and ride on my head?!"

……

In the darkness, Ruan Mianmian's voice sounded harsh and sharp, extremely piercing. Bai Lu didn't dare to make a sound. She broke out in a thin sweat. There was an itchy spot on her lower back that she wanted to scratch but didn't dare to move.

"What? Either you keep nagging me or you don't say a word. You are all deliberately going against me, right? You are all bastards, bastards!"

“Bang, bang!”

There were several consecutive "crying" sounds of porcelain cups falling to the ground. In the darkness, several teacups came towards Bai Lu from the left front. She subconsciously stretched out her hand to block them, but because of the unstable center of gravity of the leg that had pierced the sole of her foot, her body tilted to the right and her hand hit the ground.

The force of the fall and the sharpness of the broken porcelain pieces made Bai Lu only know that her palm and right thigh were pierced by many small pieces, some of which seemed to be quite deep. In the darkness, the feeling of wetness and stickiness on her hands was extremely clear. But she didn't dare to cry.

An extremely unfamiliar feeling of fear and humiliation swept over her body. It was a feeling that Bai Lu had never experienced since she entered Si Chen's mansion, but she didn't dare to cry.

Bai Lu suddenly understood where Dujuan's suppressed nasal tone came from. She had only been in the room for half an incense stick of time and she was already in such a mess. She couldn't imagine how Dujuan must be.

She deeply regretted ever stepping into this room.
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"Listen to me you two bitches!"

In the darkness, one could hear Ruan Mianmian sitting down on the bed. She had finally exhausted herself.

"Listen carefully. No lights are allowed. Kneel down in the dark and clean the floor with your hands. You're done when you're completely clean. If I wake up tomorrow morning and find any crumbs on the floor, you must lick them clean and eat them!"

"I'm going to rest now. If you dare to make any noise and wake me up, there's no guarantee that I will do anything."

"Also, if you dare to tell anyone about what happened here tonight, you'll be prepared to never speak again. Do you understand?!"

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"Yes, Your Excellency, I understand."

Bailu and Dujuan responded timidly, and each began to grope carefully in the darkness to pick up the remaining debris.

The window frames of the side hall were tightly closed, and the window paper was a newly replaced double-layer Korean paper. This kind of paper was made of cotton cocoons and mulberry bark, and had excellent light-blocking properties. In this dark night, not a single ray of moonlight could shine in, and it was so dark that you couldn't see your hand in front of you.

Bai Lu took out a handkerchief and wrapped her palms around it, then pulled up her skirt to make a pocket and carefully searched for the debris on the ground and put it into the pocket.

But even so, within a stick of incense, her knees were already covered in scars from the unexpected broken porcelain. In addition, she had to kneel down and repeatedly feel for the fragments. By the time the sky turned pale, her knees were already a bloody mess, and there were many bloodstains on the ground.

Bai Lu was finally able to see Du Juan clearly. With just one glance, the tears that had been held back all night flowed silently.

Du Juan was frighteningly thin, with messy hair and a faint scalp visible in one place, as if someone had plucked a tuft of hair out of her. The corner of her mouth was cracked and bleeding, and her left eye was bruised and swollen, obviously from being beaten.

Her left eye had long been closed, so she could only squint and grope on the ground with her right eye, so the wounds on her hands, knees and legs were far more numerous than Bai Lu's, and her skirt pockets and mid-skirt were covered in blood.

Seeing Bai Lu looking at her, Du Juan first lowered her eyes, then raised her head and forced a smile at Bai Lu - it was more sad than crying.

Bai Lu was extremely dazed for a moment, wondering if she had been brought to a completely unfamiliar place by evil magic at some point. This was a deep prison, not the Venerable's residence at all.
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Ruan Mianmian was lying on the bed, staring at the ceiling with her eyes open, her nails digging into her palms. She was not asleep at all.

Everything that happened in Tingfeng Mansion during the day was like a thorn covered with barbs, growing into her internal organs and tearing at them.

How dare this lowly musician of unknown origin slap her in the face? !
How dare she? !

He really is relying on Mo Tingfeng's temporary favor and is totally lawless!
Mo Tingfeng was the same. He actually asked that bitch directly when she was going to get married without giving her any respect in front of her? !
If he dares to marry her, he has to see if she is lucky enough to marry him! !
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Ruan Mianmian's eyes and eye whites were all red, like a ghost possessed by an evil spirit. She would never give away something she couldn't get, even if she had to destroy it ten thousand times! !

"Mr. Mo, you'd better just say it casually to satisfy your eloquence. Otherwise, what I, Ruan Mianmian, can't get will only rot and grow maggots in the hell of hell!"

She was secretly furious in her heart.

All the previous gentle disguises were torn off at this moment. If malice and jealousy had a form, at this moment one would definitely see a fierce ghost with a black body, a bulging belly, thin limbs and long black nails squatting on her belly and gnawing at her heart bit by bit.

She dug her nails into her palm, and a few traces of blood oozed out. However, Ruan Mianmian, who usually cared about her the most, was completely unaware of it at this moment.

She carefully recalled everything that happened during the day. Sang Pu had slapped her with her right hand. That was great. She must chop her right hand, bones and flesh, into paste and feed it to the dog! Then she would destroy her whole body bit by bit, section by section, inch by inch!

"Bitch, I will make you suffer so much that you will beg me to die. I will make sure you die without knowing how to die!"