Chapter 359: The Cold Tyrant & the Scheming Concubine 3
After passing through various palaces, a palace called 'Cuiwei Palace' appeared in front of them. Lu Fu's tense expression relaxed instantly and he glared at her: "Wait until you see the young lady, and see how arrogant you can be."

When the two entered the courtyard, they saw a eunuch coming out of the main hall. Another senior palace maid, Lu Ru, who was beside Lin Xiruo, respectfully saw him off and said, "Eunuch, your servant will take you there."

The eunuch said, "No need, you go back and take care of the queen. We just came to inform you that His Majesty will come to listen to music in the evening, so please make sure the queen is ready." After saying that, he left.

Lu Ru sent them to the door and came back, looking at them: "Are you there? Come in, the Queen is waiting." She turned and went into the house.

Lin Zhi entered the main hall. Gold and jade were placed everywhere in the room. Warm fragrance wafted from the incense burner. A beautiful woman in palace dress sat on a stool with a distorted expression. Her ten fingers were wrapped in cloth. She angrily swept the teacup on the table to the ground: "My hands are like this, and you still want me to continue playing!"

The three palace maids beside her comforted her: "My queen, please be careful not to touch the wound."

"We have written back to the mansion. Madam said she has found a way to help you. Once she arrives, we will see if she looks like the person she is portraying. If she does, you won't have to suffer in the future!" Turning around, he happened to see three people entering the room and immediately said, "Look, they're here."

Lin Zhi thought, it seems that the Shangshu's wife had already told her daughter about this plan.

Concubine Yi turned around and happened to see Lin Zhi. Disgust flashed in her eyes, but she quickly hid it: "Sister? What are you doing here?" She looked at her and said, "I haven't invited you to the palace since you married into the palace. Now you look more and more beautiful. I'm sure that Prince Rui treats you very well."

Several palace maids in the room smiled softly with their hands covering their lips.

This was a mockery. If Prince Rui really treated her well, why would he be willing to let her exchange identities with Lin Xiruo, and let his concubine exchange identities with the emperor's concubine?

Lin Zhi recalled that in the original owner's memory, Lin Xiruo pretended to be gentle and generous on the surface, but was actually cruel and ruthless, and would deliberately poke people wherever it hurts.

The original owner was only eleven years old at the time. She and her aunt worked hard to make embroidery work and took it out to sell. When she came back, she ran into Lin Xiruo and several rich girls and boys playing in the yard.

That was also the first time the two met. They were wearing gold and silver and luxurious clothes, while the original owner was wearing shabby clothes and was not even as good as a maid.

But they have similar faces.

Those young ladies and gentlemen were extremely curious and asked about her identity. Lin Xieruo smiled and said, "I am a concubine's daughter in the family. I didn't dare to be seen by the elders, so I ran away secretly."

Then she asked her maid to take the original owner away, but what she brought back was her own yard.

When she came back at night, she asked the maid beside her to whip the original owner, while she went to the study to practice the piano. The sound of the piano drowned out the original owner's painful cries. It was not until Aunt Li saw that the original owner was late in coming back and went out to look for her that she found the original owner covered in blood by the lake and hurriedly carried her back.

Afterwards, the Shangshu's wife sent people to their courtyard to burn all the embroidery in the yard and overturn the boiled medicine, warning them that this would be the fate if they dared to go out again.

Since then, their yard has been almost locked up, and life has become increasingly difficult.

"Sister, why don't you speak? Does King Rui dislike your crudeness and treat you badly?"

Lin Zhi lowered her head: "Prince Rui naturally looks down on my sister." She handed over the letter, "Sister, this is a letter from the lady to you." At this time, the room was full of her personal maids. Among them, Lu Ru and Lu Qi were the maids who had entered the palace with her. Their families were also in the mansion, and their fate was in her hands. As for the remaining two, although they came later, they also had to be trusted by Lin Xiruo.

Lin Xiruo had her hands bandaged and could not bear to look at it, so she asked the palace maid to open it. The more she looked at it, the bigger her smile became. Finally, she asked Lu Ru to take the letter. She looked at Lin Zhi and suddenly looked apologetic: "Sister, I'm really sorry. I thought Prince Rui was a humble person and treated everyone well. Since you became his concubine, he must love you very much. I didn't expect that he would do this for me..."

Lin Zhi lowered her head, pursed her lips and said nothing.

Lin Xieruo asked, "Sister, you blame me. The prince and I did... but the prince couldn't bear to see me suffer." She stretched out her bloodstained hand and said helplessly, "Look at my hand. His Majesty has a violent temper and always finds ways to torment me. Prince Rui couldn't bear to see me suffer, so he came up with this idea."

"My mother is the same. She can't bear to see me being tortured in the palace. Please don't blame them, sister. They just feel too sorry for me."

She frowned as she said this, which made me feel pity for her. However, Lin Zhi almost vomited. She really hadn't smelled such a strong green tea flavor for a long time.

They couldn't bear to see her suffer, so the original owner was enjoying a good life in the palace? They were deliberately trying to disgust her.

He smiled and looked at Lin Xieruo: "Don't worry, sister, I understand."

Lin Xiruo smiled slowly: "I'm glad my sister is not unwilling. Don't worry, you are in the palace, and my mother and I will take good care of you and will not let her suffer any grievances." She nodded, "That's what mother said."

It was a vague threat that if she didn't obey, her life in the mansion would not be easy.

It is obvious that this is how the Shangshu's wife taught her daughter to threaten her in the letter.

Lin Zhi looked uneasy: "Sister knows, but what if we are discovered?" Haven't they thought about the consequences? The emperor is not a good person if they replace people privately. If they are discovered, one will die.

The smile on Lin Xieruo's face faded: "It depends on your ability. If His Majesty finds out, your aunt will go before us... But my sister has been smart since she was a child. I think she can do this little thing." Looking at her, "What do you think?"

Lin Zhi lowered her eyelids, "I will try my best."

Lin Xieruo laughed, but the smile on her face fell in the next second. She turned around and said coldly to the palace maids, "Hurry up and take the third sister in to change her clothes. Don't make any mistakes in her makeup."

Several palace maids immediately took Linzhi behind a screen and took off the concubine's clothes, revealing the undershirt that was washed so white and rubbed with hair. They immediately laughed at her. Linzhi lowered her eyes and said nothing. After she changed her clothes and sat in front of the mirror to put on makeup, she saw the original owner's appearance.

She does look a lot like Lin Xiruo.

However, Lin Xieruo was more charming, with unrestrained eyes and eyebrows, but after entering the palace, she deliberately suppressed this kind of publicity, and her makeup was gentle and dignified.

The original owner had been bullied for years, and she kept her head down and looked timid and weak, looking pitiful. Now, she raised her eyes like autumn water, and with the blue palace makeup on her body, she looked like a gentle and elegant palace concubine.

The palace maids who had just finished putting on their makeup were all stunned for a moment.


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