Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
After the madam finished slapping the beautiful lady, she glanced at Chu Qingchuan, who stood in the corner. In a cold voice, she said, “In this castle, if someone dares use their beauty to seduce the master, I will absolutely make them regret living on this Earth.”
Chu Qingchuan instinctively shuddered. She always felt like the madam was talking about her.
The madam then slowly walked up the ladies and randomly pointed a few pretty ones out. Then, she ordered them to be dragged out and taught a lesson.
Soon enough, the sounds of anguished cries were heard not too far from the other ladies.
Chu Qingchuan sneaked a peak to her right and noticed the slender figures of seven ladies in the distance. Their skin was fair, and they looked rather pretty. However, in that very moment, they were bound to stools and struck by wooden sticks one after the other.
Chu Qingchuan’s hands and feet felt ice cold and her body trembled uncontrollably. The envy in the madam’s heart was strong. Chu Qingchuan was more beautiful than those seven ladies. Would it be her turn one day?
The madam glanced viciously at Chu Qingchuan, then spoke to the people serving out punishments. “Have you not eaten? Slap these wenches harder!”
The two servants, who carried out the punishments, suddenly raised their thick arms high and viciously struck the ladies with the sticks.
“Ah! Ahhh…” The lady bound to the stools shrieked in anguish and tightly clutched onto the stools until her hands turned white. The cold sweat from their faces dripped endlessly onto the stools. By the time twenty strikes were over, the lady’s bottom was covered in blood. Her face was drained of color. It was obvious just how hard each hit was.
Chu Qingchuan sneaked a glance and was left so scared that her teeth chattered. She really didn’t want to stay in the castle for another second longer.
Whilst the madam heard the blood-curdling screams, she examined the ladies’ appearances. In the very end, she walked up to Chu Qingchuan.
Although Chu Qingchuan’s heart trembled in fear, she didn’t dare move an inch to give anyone the chance to pick her flaws.
The madam only shot Chu Qingchuan a few cold glances, then turned her heels to leave.
‘This wench! I’ll deal with her after she’s lost his favor.’
Afterward, the madam tested several ladies on their house rules before allowing them all to leave.
After Chu Qingchuan stepped out of the courtyard, her body trembled. She blanked out for a long time, and accidentally bumped into a lady.
“Ah!” The lady immediately fell forward, but fortunately, a maid helped hold her or she would have fallen to the ground.
Chu Qingchuan wanted to apologize to the lady, when Sui’er quickly covered Chu Qingchuan’s mouth. “No matter what you do, don’t say it.”
Chu Qingchuan obediently shut her mouth, as she watched the lady with the bloody bottom stagger to her feet. Then, she continued to with her maid in hand like she didn’t mind being touched at all.
The next second, Chu Qingchuan turned her head towards Sui’er, revealing the dumbfounded look on her face and asked, “Why can’t I say anything?”
Sui’er removed her hand from Chu Qingchuan’s mouth, then looked at her and said with good intentions, “Concubine Ninety-Nine, head back and read through the house rules and you’ll know that ladies cannot speak to one another. Let alone touch each other. Otherwise, they’ll definitely get beaten if Madam finds out.”
Chu Qinhchuan was frightened as can be, “Then… Then when I touched her earlier…”
Sui’er turned her head and looked all around. It seemed like there was no one around, so she exhaled and said, “Concubine Ninety-Nine, from now on, just be careful. No matter what, you mustn’t touch the other ladies. This rule was established very early on. I remember Concubine Twenty-Nine accidentally tripped and touched three ladies in the madam’s courtyard. In the end, Concubine Twenty-Nine was punished with fifty strikes and almost had her legs broken. The other three ladies were punished with twenty strikes.”
Chu Qingchuan clutched her chest and fearfully replied, “Luckily no one noticed… Luckily no one noticed…”