In the third month of spring, peach blossoms were in full bloom.
A delicate fragrance drifted in through the window, seeping into the heart and spleen.
Chu Yunfei, dressed in a scarlet skirt, sat before the dressing table, staring blankly at her own face in the mirror. It was fair and delicate, full of bright, youthful vitality.
It seemed as if she had been reborn...
Bang!
The door was pushed open without warning.
A maidservant walked in with a haughty air and slapped a letter of divorce onto the dressing table with a smack: "Your Ladyship, this is the letter of divorce the Prince has given you. Please take a look!"
"A letter of divorce?" Baochan, the maidservant standing on the left, turned pale. She looked at her mistress in disbelief, "Everything was fine, why would the Prince give the Princess Consort a letter of divorce? What did the Princess Consort do wrong?"
Sheng Xia, the maidservant standing on the right, frowned and said stiffly, "The Prince must have taken the wrong medicine."
The Prince and the Princess Consort were a loving couple, as everyone in the estate knew. How could the Prince possibly write a letter of divorce?
"Enough nonsense." The maidservant who delivered the letter looked at them with disdain and impatience, "The Prince has ordered that you are to roll out of the Prince's Estate as soon as you finish breakfast. Don't cling on and refuse to leave, lest everyone loses face!"
Having dropped these words, she turned to leave.
Chu Yunfei regained her senses and spoke coldly, "Where is Rong Cang?"
The maidservant turned her head, showing disdain, "Your Ladyship had better be sensible. The Prince does not want to see you—"
"I asked you, where is Rong Cang?" Chu Yunfei stared at her, her voice bone-chillingly cold, "A mere servant, and you dare to speak to me like this?"
The maidservant met her cold gaze, her heart skipped a beat, and she subconsciously took two steps back: "The Prince... he is in the study room..."
Chu Yunfei grabbed the letter of divorce from the table, got up, and walked outwards.
"Your Ladyship! Your Ladyship! You cannot go." The maidservant chased after her, continuing to shout, "The Prince has already divorced you. You are no longer the Mistress of this Prince's Estate. What right do you have to step into the Prince's study room?"
"Sheng Xia."
"This servant is here!"
"Yinqiao is insulting a superior and is disrespectful to this Princess Consort. Give her twenty slaps to the mouth!" After instructing, Chu Yunfei added coldly, "Beat her until she cannot speak."
"Yes!"
Sheng Xia walked over, grabbed Yinqiao by the collar, and dragged her toward the corner of the wall.
Yinqiao was anxious and afraid: "What are you doing? I came under the Prince's orders, you dare... ah!"
Sheng Xia raised a foot and kicked Yinqiao, forcing her to kneel on the ground. Ignoring her screams, she raised her hand and began to slap her mouth repeatedly.
The movements were as fluid as flowing water, without the slightest hesitation.
"Ah! You... you are... mmph, presumptuous!"
"You are the one being presumptuous!" Sheng Xia slapped her across the face, her expression filled with killing intent, "You wicked slave, you have quite some nerve! You don't even look at who my mistress is. A little wench like you who serves others dares to shout at the Princess Consort? It is only because my mistress is benevolent and wants to accumulate blessings for the Little Master in her womb that she hasn't beaten you to death. Do you really think you have a charmed life? Bah!"
Sheng Xia scolded as she struck, swinging her hands left and right. The rapid-fire slaps fell incessantly, leaving Yinqiao with black spots dancing before her eyes. Her mouth quickly split open, and her entire face swelled up like a pig's head.
The twenty slaps were finished quickly, without any delay.
Sheng Xia shook her hands and turned to follow her mistress, leaving behind Yinqiao, whose face was beaten beyond recognition and who was left in a messy state, in too much pain to even utter a word.
"Your Ladyship." Sheng Xia hurried to catch up with her mistress, "Please slow down, watch out for the Little Master in your womb—"
Bang!
Chu Yunfei kicked open the door to the study room, creating a thunderous sound.
The two people standing in an embrace inside the study room were startled and turned their heads in unison.
Chu Yunfei naturally saw the scene inside the study room as well.
The master of this Prince's Estate—the husband whom Chu Yunfei had married and bowed to heaven and earth with, the Great Chu God of War Prince Rong Cang, was currently holding another woman's hand, standing before the desk, not knowing whether he was writing poetry or painting.
The scene before her eyes looked truly beautiful and harmonious, so much like a loving husband and wife in perfect accord.
Seeing her arrive, he showed absolutely no sign of a guilty conscience.
"The Prince has such refined interests, are you teaching your Younger Sister how to write?" Chu Yunfei leaned against the door frame, her expression indifferent, yet a mocking arc curled at the corner of her lips, "But when did Younger Sister come to the Prince's Estate? Why didn't I know?"
The woman was named Chu Yun Jiao, who was indeed Chu Yunfei's younger concubine sister, the concubine's daughter of the Vice Minister of Revenue.
Seeing Chu Yunfei arrive, a flash of jealousy quickly crossed Chu Yun Jiao's eyes. She then pulled her hand away from Rong Cang, walked over, and asked for forgiveness: "Is Elder Sister angry? It is my fault for not informing you beforehand. I hope Elder Sister will calm down."
"Inform me beforehand?" Chu Yunfei's eyes turned cold, and she raised her hand and slapped her across the face, "Inform you of what? That you and the Prince are having a tryst in the study room, and inform me to come and catch you in the act?"
The crisp sound of the slap rang out, making one's heart jump.
Chu Yun Jiao was struck and turned her head to the side, a clear five-finger print quickly appearing on her fair face.
Slowly raising her eyes, she covered her face in disbelief, her eyes filled with obvious shock: "Elder Sister, you hit me?"
"What, I cannot hit you?" Chu Yunfei looked at her coldly, "As the Legitimate Sister, I have the right to discipline you, my concubine sister. I can hit you if I want to, and scold you if I want to. As the Head Madam of Prince Zhan's Estate, I have even more right to discipline a shameless wench who seduces the Prince!"
As the words fell, the atmosphere in the study room dropped to freezing point.
Chu Yun Jiao's complexion turned pale, she bit her lip hard, and her eyes were filled with deep humiliation and resentment.
Damn Chu Yunfei, she actually dared to humiliate her like this.
Once she returned home, she would definitely tell her Father and have him punish her properly.
However...
Chu Yun Jiao could not help but complain in her heart, why hadn't the Prince come over to speak up for her yet?
Didn't he say he was going to divorce Chu Yunfei?
Chu Yun Jiao turned to look at Rong Cang, her face pale and her eyes reddened: "Prince."
She spoke in a pitiful tone, as if she had suffered a thousand injustices.
"Chu Yunfei." Rong Cang finally opened his mouth, his attitude extremely cold, "This Prince has already given you the letter of divorce. Hurry up and pack your things to leave the Prince's Estate."
A letter of divorce?
Chu Yunfei slowly lifted her feet and walked over, stopping in front of Rong Cang: "Is the Prince certain?"
"Of course I am certain." Rong Cang's tone was icy, "Do not be shameless—"
Slap!
Chu Yunfei slapped him without mercy. The sound was crisp, scaring Chu Yun Jiao into freezing on the spot.
"Prince!" Chu Yun Jiao exclaimed, hurrying over and raising her hand to stroke Rong Cang's face, her expression full of heartache, "Does it hurt, Prince? Why is Elder Sister so overbearing?"
Chu Yunfei ignored Chu Yun Jiao, her eyes fixed tightly on Rong Cang: "Is the Prince still certain?"
"Of course I am certain." Rong Cang gritted his teeth in fury, "Get out of here immediately—"
Slap!
Chu Yunfei backhanded him with another slap, the sound even crisper and louder, with even greater force.
Chu Yun Jiao was about to go crazy.
She could not believe that Chu Yunfei was so arrogant, daring to slap the Prince twice in her presence.
What did she want to do? Was she trying to rebel?
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