After rebirth, I cried and criticized the prince

Chapter 129 Transgression

"I pay my respects to my mother, and wish her a long and blessed life."

"My son, please give my regards to my mother and concubine."

"Sit down, sit down." The old princess looked at Princess Mengnan with a loving look in her eyes. Aunt Cui also stood aside with a faint smile on her lips. Seeing the two of them coming to pay their respects, the old princess exchanged glances with her and patted Aunt Cui's hand. The smile on Aunt Cui's lips became more unrestrained. She was thinking about what reward the old princess would give her.

After a while, Qi Didi also arrived. She would come to visit the old princess every morning and evening, and she would always come at this time. She didn't dare to arrive early or late. Every time after serving tea, the old princess would take her aside and ignore her, waiting for the old princess to remember her and ask her to leave before she could leave.

Whenever she thought of this...she wished the old princess would die sooner.

When Qi Didi came in, she found that Gu Shicheng and Princess Mengnan were both there. They were sitting together. She looked at Gu Shicheng, but Gu Shicheng didn't look at her, with a cold look between his brows.

When she went forward to pay her respects and offer tea, the old princess waved to Princess Mengnan and asked her to sit next to her, ignoring Qi Didi. Qi Didi stood there holding a cup of hot tea, looking at the old princess's face that made her smile so sick, and she lowered her head.

Gu Shicheng's voice echoed behind them, and the majesty it brought froze the faces of those present. "Mother, Di'er is serving tea."

The old princess' smile froze for a moment. She chuckled and ordered Aunt Cui to take the tea from Qi Didi's hand. Aunt Cui stretched out her hand to take the tea with a hint of disdain on her face. "Princess, please sit over there. The old princess doesn't want to drink tea."

Originally, she also wanted to keep the peace and let it go, but when Gu Shicheng urged the old princess to serve tea, she felt more confident. Normally, this filthy thing relied on the old princess to boss her around, so today she had to teach her a lesson.

Qi Didi let the tea cup fall to the ground. Panic spread across her face, and she immediately knelt on the ground, picking up the broken pieces of the cup. "Aunt Cui, I was wrong. I didn't hold it steady."

Aunt Cui frowned as if it was a habit...

Princess Mengnan wasn't at all shocked by the scene before her. Having lived in the imperial palace before, she had seen countless such petty tricks. She also felt that Aunt Cui had gone too far, overstepping the bounds. When she was about to see how Gu Shicheng would react, Aunt Cui had already been kicked aside by Gu Shicheng, her mouth full of blood, and she stared at the prince in shock.

You can see how powerful this kick was...

Aunt Cui felt dizzy. She glared at Qi Didi angrily, then curled up into a ball and knelt on the ground. She crawled over step by step, looking at the old princess and Gu Shicheng with a pitiful expression, and said in a trembling voice, "Your Highness...what is this? But what did I do?" She gritted her teeth and glared at Qi Didi, "Normally, I respect my princess. Today, she let go of the tea and it fell to the ground. It was not my malicious intention! I have been in the palace for many years, how could I do such a thing? I am very loyal to the old princess..."

Aunt Cui's mournful cries echoed throughout the entire room.

The old princess recovered from her shock. With a grim expression, she stared at Qi Didi, who was kneeling on the ground, and coughed softly. "Cheng'er, you've done it this time! Aunt Cui has been by my side for many years. Although she's just a servant, she's seen you grow up and always considered the best of the palace. Yet, you resorted to such cruel means?" Her face grew increasingly ferocious. "I think... you've been bewitched by this snake demon. Ever since she entered the palace, there's been no peace. And today, she's even playing tricks right under my nose. Are you a dog abusing your power? You've become lawless?"

Qi Didi immediately lowered her head and sobbed softly, "I was wrong... I shouldn't have lost my composure..." She tugged at the hem of Gu Shicheng's clothes and advised, "Your Highness, please spare Aunt Cui. Although Aunt Cui is usually a bit harsh on me, it's for my own good. She's an old woman, please spare her."

Gu Shicheng's face suddenly showed a hint of pity, and he said coldly, "Zhufeng, drag him out and give him two hundred lashes. If you survive, you'll be considered lucky and thrown out of the city."

When Aunt Cui heard Erbai's face turn pale, she rushed over and grabbed the old princess's clothes, crying, "Old princess, I did all this for you. You can't let this old slave be beaten to death like this!"

The old princess was moved, her heart choking. She clutched her chest and glared at Qi Didi. She kicked her and cursed, "It's all your fault. You snake demon has caused no peace in our palace."

Qi Didi fell to the ground, still sobbing softly, "It's my fault... Your Majesty, please don't punish Aunt Cui, okay? Otherwise... my life will be very difficult..."

The old princess panicked and said to Gu Shicheng, "Cheng'er, for your mother's sake, please spare Aunt Cui this time. She didn't do anything serious. If this gets out, it won't look good."

Gu Shicheng felt a pang of pain, like a needle piercing his heart. He wondered what would happen if it was Helan Xuenuo kneeling there? Even need he think about it? She would have gritted her teeth and fought against them, but every time, he had helped the old princess and her friends do what they wanted to her.

The pain she had endured was a thousand times greater than what she was experiencing now.

When the Helan Mansion was destroyed, he saved Helan and Xiaozhu. At that moment, he did it from the heart. He didn't want her to die and didn't want her to leave. The excuse was to keep her so that he could torture her...

He smiled, feeling so ridiculous! Was it from that time that he had already developed feelings for her, but he was unwilling to admit that he had her in his heart. In his eyes, Helan was just a person who used despicable means to seduce him...

But she was obviously a girl from a wealthy family and had never suffered hardship since childhood, but she was willing to make some nourishing soup by herself every night and bring it to his study. Although he poured it away a lot, he eventually got used to drinking the nourishing soup.

He also watched her bandaging the wound of a fallen bird. After caring for it for a few days, the bird died, and she buried the bird in tears.

Was she also very sad and miserable at that time? She felt like a bird trapped in the palace by him.

She clearly still wanted to live, but he caught her again and again, cutting off all her chances of survival.

And during those days and nights, he heard Aunt Cui and the old princess criticize her more than once, and he hated her even more in his heart!

Gu Shicheng's face gradually turned pale, his lips bloodless. He stared at Aunt Cui, who was kneeling on the ground begging for mercy, and gritted his teeth and said, "You deserved to die! You deserve to die a thousand times over for drugging me yesterday! You didn't recognize my identity and instigated the master to persecute me, you deserve to die even more! You repeatedly framed and tortured the master, you deserve to die a thousand times!"

Gu Shicheng shouted angrily, "Drag him out!"

Aunt Cui was completely bewildered. How could this be possible? Two hundred lashes of the cane would have been enough to pulverize her flesh, and yet she still wanted to live? She tried to break free, but was dragged out. She screamed, "Old Princess, save me! Have you forgotten all the things I've done for you? And you won't protect me? What the old Taoist priest told me to do..."

Before Aunt Cui could say anything, the old princess stuffed a balled-up handkerchief into her mouth. Her eyes widened and she gradually lost the strength to struggle.

She had served the old princess for many years and should have understood that this mistress had a bad heart...

The old princess stopped pleading. The muffled shouts coming from outside the courtyard made her feel uneasy. She was only afraid that the cloth in Aunt Cui's mouth would fall and she would reveal what she had done!

Aunt Cui had done nothing today, yet Qi Didi had harmed her so terribly! If her son knew she had given Qi Didi a drug that would kill her, he would go mad! He would definitely let Qi Didi drive a wedge between them. She couldn't let this vicious woman succeed!

Princess Mengnan's face was haggard. Was today's incident a warning from Gu Shicheng? A warning not to overstep the bounds and resort to any shady tactics? It made her wonder what would have happened to her if she had been the one to administer the drug? Looking at the people who had been punished today, she knew the outcome would be dire!

This concubine also made her think twice. Ever since she tried to drug her and the Second Prince last time, she should have known that Qi Didi was ruthless! If she could do such a thing today, it must not be a coincidence!

Qi Didi was still kneeling on the ground, without a trace of fear on her face, and every sound of the board made her feel happy.

Today, she had someone gather information from Princess Mengnan and learned about the drugging incident. That's why she took this gamble, leaving Aunt Cui with no way out! Fortunately, her gamble was right; the old woman should have died long ago!