Too high to reach

Chapter 279 Knowing the Power
"You dare to hit me?"

Mo Yuan was more shocked than in pain.

No sooner had he finished speaking than he was struck again with a "smack".

Haitang smiled and said, "Yes. I dare to hit you."

This was quite forceful, and Mo Yuan's face visibly swelled up, with blood even appearing at the corner of her mouth.

Her eyes widened in disbelief. She'd never suffered such a loss before. She truly never imagined she'd encounter something like this...

The maids around Consort Zhang were all giggling and commenting...

This made Mo Yuan even more ashamed and indignant. She felt her brain and heart pounding wildly, and she wished she could jump up and scratch Consort Zhang's face.

However, despite struggling, he couldn't get up at all, and his knees ached terribly.

She's ruthless too, and refuses to beg for mercy.

Seeing this, Haitang raised her arm again.

"Stop!" A loud shout rang out, and the woman rushing over was the Crown Princess's maid.

"Your Highness, what's wrong?" the old nanny asked as she approached, her tone rather unfriendly.

Consort Zhang retorted angrily, "Who are you talking to? I'm disciplining a concubine, what right do you, a mere servant, have to ask questions?"

The old woman insisted, "Even if she made a mistake, in the Crown Prince's residence, only the Crown Princess has the right to discipline her. The concubine has no power to manage the household, and her rank is not much higher than Madam Mo's, so where does she get the right to punish her?"

Upon seeing the newcomers, Mo Yuan struggled and screamed, "We're all concubines, what's the difference between you and me? You're not qualified, so you rely on your numbers, how shameless! You've assaulted a court lady without cause, I'm not finished with you!"

This infuriated Consort Zhang.

In the past, she had beaten so many people, and they all cried and begged for mercy.

This one is quite something... She looks delicate and frail, but she's actually a tough nut to crack!
"Well...you've got guts!" Consort Zhang's face contorted with rage.

"Your Highness, the Crown Prince's residence has always been known for its integrity and impartiality, and cannot tolerate the abuse of private punishment. If this matter were to spread, wouldn't it tarnish His Highness's reputation?" the nanny said in a somewhat lecturing tone.

Consort Zhang looked at the Crown Princess's lackey before her, and thought, "This is really something..."

Once she got pregnant, this old woman, who would never dare to fart even if she were furious, started jumping around and yelling at me.

If we keep enduring this, we'll probably never get ahead...

"I'm going to use my own methods, what can you do about it?!" Consort Zhang said, pulling a hairpin from her hair.

He turned to stare at Mo Yuan: Today, I'll smear the Crown Princess's face by slashing her cheeks...

Mo Yuan was shocked. What was she going to do?
“You surnamed Zhang… I swear, if you dare to harm me, I will absolutely kill you…” In despair, a fierce determination rose within Mo Yuan.

She's usually very good at flattering people, shameless, and can easily spout sweet words, but today, her eyes are wide open, her face contorted with rage, and she's defiant.

"Ha!" Consort Zhang sneered, "Then I'll see what you're capable of..." She then raised her hand.

It was clear that the tip of the hairpin was about to strike Mo Yuan's face.

There was a loud clang...

Consort Zhang exclaimed "Ah!" and the hairpin slipped from her hand.

Everyone turned around in shock and saw the Crown Princess being helped in.

Only then did the pain return to her hand. Consort Zhang looked down and saw that her hand was swollen, but not bleeding...

However, the hairpin and pearl ornaments were broken on the ground.

She was a little stunned, then turned to look at the Crown Princess. She was still surrounded by her usual maids. There was still some distance... were any of them skilled in martial arts?

I understand: It's normal for the Crown Princess to have maids who know kung fu, given that she comes from a military family.

I never would have thought of that before...

"What are you doing?" The Crown Princess's face was colder than ever before.

Mo Yuan felt like she had escaped death...

As soon as the Crown Princess arrived, the people holding her released her. She scrambled to the Crown Princess, crying, "Your Majesty, save me! Your Majesty..."

Half of her face was flushed and swollen... she looked panicked and helpless. Thinking of her usual cheerful and witty self, the Crown Princess's heart softened. "Alright! It's alright now. Where's your maid... quickly help her sit on a stool. Immediately call the royal physician!"

At this moment, Chunhua shook off the person who was holding her, ran over and helped Moyuan up, her eyes red.

With the help of two maids, Mo Yuan managed to walk to the stone bench next to her and sit down. It felt like a nightmare.

Consort Zhang watched all this with a cold laugh. She wanted to see what the Crown Princess could do!
"Guards... Zhang, as a concubine, has disregarded the rules of the Crown Prince's residence and abused her power against a court lady. Take her to the main courtyard gate and make her kneel there until the Crown Prince returns to the residence, at which point she will be dealt with!" The Crown Princess did not question her at all, but instead issued the order in a gentle manner.

"You dare?!" Consort Zhang sneered. "Isn't this an abuse of power? You're far from capable of punishing me..."

The old woman ordered the servants, "Why aren't you doing it yet?!"

Two maids immediately went to pull Consort Zhang away.

Consort Zhang's attendants were also formidable, and they came to protect their mistress. It was clear that the two sides were locked in a struggle.

A seemingly insignificant maidservant beside the Crown Princess moved with lightning speed, striking down one of them with a palm and kicking the other away. The two women fell silent...

Consort Zhang's arrogance was immediately extinguished. Mo Yuan sat on the stool, her eyes blazing with anger, "They deserve it, beat them to death..." she muttered.

Consort Zhang panicked and lunged forward herself, shouting, "Let's see who dares to touch me..."

result……

The little girl grabbed her outstretched arm, twisted it behind her back, and made Consort Zhang wince and scream in pain.

Then, they escorted her to the main courtyard.

The other two girls were dumbfounded; it was the first time they had ever encountered something like this.

“Your Majesty…” Mo Yuan cried, pointing at Haitang: “This dog servant hit me, look…” She spoke in the tone of a child complaining to their parent, pointing to her own face, “If she is not punished, I will not live…” She then sobbed.

The Crown Princess glanced at Haitang indifferently.

Haitang immediately knelt down and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, this servant... this servant was only following the orders of the Consort. Please spare this servant..."

"You decide on the punishment. I can't say anything harsh right now..." the Crown Princess said to the nanny, gently stroking her lower abdomen.

"Your Majesty, please rest assured, you should go and rest!"

The Crown Princess turned to Mo Yuan and said, "Let's go back to the room and have the doctor take a look and apply some medicine. We don't want it to leave a scar."

Mo Yuan struggled to get her maid to help her up, then knelt before the Crown Princess, saying, "Your Majesty, I will never forget your life-saving grace."

She was genuinely terrified; her voice was trembling.

"Mm," the Crown Princess responded, and was helped back to her courtyard by the maids.

Mo Yuan didn't leave; she waited to see how the nanny would punish her...

The old woman already had a good impression of Mo Yuan because of the Crown Princess's attitude.

Today, she even gave Consort Zhang a chance to punish her, allowing the Empress to vent her anger.

He walked over and said to Mo Yuan in a friendly manner, "Madam, how would you like to punish her?"

"Madam! I'm so sorry, I was wrong, I'll never do it again." Haitang slapped her own face, sobbing uncontrollably, "Please forgive me..."

"Chop off her hand!" Mo Yuan screamed, wishing she could chop it off herself when she thought about what had just happened.

The old woman said to the servant beside her, "Then let's listen to the madam! Drag her away and chop her up, but don't let her dirty the garden!"

"Ah?! No! Your Highness, have mercy!" Haitang exclaimed in shock, but was dragged away in the blink of an eye.

"You all have no respect for hierarchy! These few, each of you, will receive twenty strokes of the cane!"

When the Crown Princess returned, Consort Zhang was forced to kneel in the courtyard by a maid.

She wasn't about to back down. She cursed and threatened him.

As the Crown Princess passed by, she said softly, "If you speak rudely again, I will have to resort to family discipline and have you punished with a cane..."

"Go ahead and kill me if you dare!" Consort Zhang retorted.

The Crown Princess smiled slightly: "In a little while, several young men and women will come to pay their respects. If you want to be beaten in front of them... I will grant your wish."

Consort Zhang blushed deeply. If her sons saw this, they would be terrified.

Can I still survive?

"So, all your virtue and gentleness were just an act... Now that you're pregnant, you can't keep up the act anymore? Who knows if you'll give birth to another girl, or even if you'll be able to give birth at all!"

Without the Crown Princess even needing to give any orders, the little maid slapped her hard across the face.

Her strength was different from Haitang's. With one slap, Consort Zhang was bent over.

The Crown Princess entered the room, and the maids helped her sit down and poured her some warm water.

"Your Majesty, we servants all feel wonderful today!"

"Sigh... In truth, why would I want it to be this way?"

The Crown Princess sighed softly. The Crown Prince seemed to be in a stable position, but who knew what might happen before he actually sat on that throne?
Now, everyone in the manor is fighting over it so fiercely; if things were to succeed one day... it would probably be even more intense than it is now!
How tragic it is that one's heart can never find peace...

Consort Zhang lay unconscious on the ground, and no one paid her any attention.

After a while, she woke up, but was forced to kneel down again.

At this moment, she was reminded of the anxiety she felt when she first entered the manor...

The ordeal that the Crown Princess was expected to give did not come.

Then, as things went smoothly for her, she gradually came to believe that she could do whatever she wanted.

They even used methods they themselves hadn't experienced on others...

It turns out that as long as you're not in that position, you can still be trampled on at any time...

Mo Yuan returned to her room and was examined by the royal physician, who applied a dark-colored medicine.

She sent all the maids away and sat there alone, not crying.

No one knows what she's thinking...