GTB Chapter 100

Chapter 100: Who Hates Her So Much?

Chapter 100: Who Hates Her So Much?

A small palace maid bowed to Jiang Jiuchu and placed a small dish of pastries and a cup of tea on the table in front of her from the tray.

“What is this?” Jiang Jiuchu asked, looking at the dark purple tea in the cup.

“Reporting to you, my lady, this is black wolfberry, a specialty of the Yuna border region. It nourishes the kidneys and improves eyesight. Our Consort Yao specifically brought it out today to entertain all the ladies.”

After the little palace maid finished speaking, she bowed again and turned to leave for the others.

“Are you hungry? Want a piece?” Jiang Jiuchu picked up a pastry and offered it to Lu Luo.

“Princess, this servant is not hungry,” Lu Luo politely declined, bowing her head.

“Eat it! No one will notice you,” Jiang Jiuchu stuffed the pastry into Lu Luo’s hand. “If you don’t eat now, you’ll have to stand on an empty stomach until we return to the residence later at the banquet.”

“Yes,” Lu Luo thought for a moment and took the pastry from Jiang Jiuchu’s hand.

Jiang Jiuchu picked up the black wolfberry tea in front of her and took a few sips, feeling the taste was average. She still preferred green tea.

At this time, a small palace maid carrying a teapot, adding tea and water everywhere, was paying attention to Jiang Jiuchu’s movements. Feeling the time was right, she headed towards Jiang Jiuchu.

“Ah…!”

As the little palace maid approached Jiang Jiuchu, she tripped over something and fell towards Jiang Jiuchu.

Lu Luo was shocked and quickly supported the little palace maid who was falling towards her mistress.

Jiang Jiuchu was also startled and quickly stood up. However, she was still splashed on her chest by the tea that spilled from the pot due to inertia.

After the little palace maid regained her balance, her face changed drastically, and she quickly knelt on the ground and kowtowed, “Please spare me, my lady. This servant did not do it on purpose. Please spare me.”

“Get up!” Jiang Jiuchu said to the trembling little palace maid kneeling on the ground, frowning as she looked at the large patch of dark purple on her chest, thinking that she had not brought a spare dress today.

Upon hearing this, the little palace maid immediately stood up and said, “Thank you, my lady, for not blaming me. Did my lady bring a spare dress? This servant will take you to change.”

While Lu Luo took out a handkerchief to help Jiang Jiuchu wipe, she said, “Our Seventh Princess Consort did not bring a spare dress. Are there any guest rooms nearby? Take us to clean up.”

The little palace maid seemed to only now realize Jiang Jiuchu’s identity, and her expression became even more frightened. She stammered, “Yes, yes, this servant will take you there. Princess, don’t worry. The sun is strong today, and your outer garment is thin. If we wash it clean, it will definitely dry before the banquet.”

As she spoke, the little palace maid quickly led Jiang Jiuchu and Lu Luo around a few paths to a nearby side hall.

This side hall was a place for the ladies attending the banquet to tidy their clothes, but few people came here, so there were very few people along the way.

The little palace maid led Jiang Jiuchu into the lastxiāngfáng – wing room, and without a moment’s delay, picked up a carved copper basin from the shelf, and bowed to Jiang Jiuchu, “Please wait a moment, Princess. This servant will take this sister to fetch water.”

She said, looking at Lu Luo, “Please, sister, come with me to fetch water. I have to rush back after I lead you to fetch water, otherwise, the chiefmómó – governess will definitely not spare me if she finds out I’m not here.”

“Okay, take me there quickly!” Lu Luo didn’t dare to delay, fearing that cleaning up late would prevent her mistress’s clothes from drying.

Seeing the two of them leave, Jiang Jiuchu closed the door, walked to the table, took off her outer garment, and took a handkerchief to dab at the tea in the cup, wiping away the purple on her inner garment little by little.

After slightly fading the purple on her chest, she looked at the outer garment she had taken off on the side, thinking that it was a good thing that the silk gauze was thin and the sun was strong, otherwise, it would not be able to dry even if it was cleaned.

It seemed that next time she would have to be prepared for emergencies and bring a spare garment.

However, why was it so hot today? She lifted her chest with her small hand and loosened it, trying to let some cool air in.

Was the well in this side hall very far? Why hadn’t Lu Luo returned after fetching water? Jiang Jiuchu seemed a little irritable from the heat, picked up the outer garment hanging on the back of the chair, put it back on, and planned to open the door to take a look.

As a result, before she could walk to the door, the door was kicked open from the outside, and then two men in guards’ uniforms strode in.

Jiang Jiuchu was shocked by the sudden sound of the door and took a step back in an instant, looking at the two guards who broke in with horror.

Seeing that the expressions on their faces seemed wrong, a sense of danger swept over her instantly. She immediately put on a stern face and shouted angrily, “How dare you, who allowed you to come in? Get out quickly.”

As she spoke, Jiang Jiuchu stepped back while tidying up the outer garment on her body.

The two looked at each other, and one of the guards pushed the door bolt that had been kicked loose back into place with force, while the other guard looked at Jiang Jiuchu, approaching with a lecherous expression.

“Little beauty, no, great beauty, a celestial beauty,” the weasel-eyed guard looked Jiang Jiuchu up and down, exclaiming:

“Heaven is really treating us brothers well, allowing us to kiss a fairy before we die.”

Jiang Jiuchu’s face turned pale instantly. How could she not understand what was happening in this situation? She had been framed by that little palace maid.

As she retreated, she asked, “Who sent you here? Do you know who I am? If you touch me today, your whole family will not be able to escape.”

The other guard, who looked a little more upright, bolted the door: “Who cares who you are? We have no relatives or reason, and this life is no longer our own. Even if you are the Empress, we brothers are not afraid.”

Jiang Jiuchu was frightened. These two were not even afraid of death. Looking at the two people approaching her step by step, she felt extremely desperate.

She couldn’t imagine who hated her so much. She had very few people she came into contact with, and she had never had any quarrels or conflicts of interest with anyone. She had never thought that the dark side of this palace would come to her.

But what made her even more desperate was that her body seemed to be very abnormal. A hot feeling with a slight itch was spreading in her body, and it was getting more and more intense.

Could it be that she had been drugged? She swallowed hard in fear and quickly retreated behind the round table, looking at the two guards staring at her, trying to persuade them.

“As long as you let me go and tell me who is behind this, your lives will be saved. Seventh Prince can definitely protect you, and in the future… there will be plenty of women.”

After Jiang Jiuchu finished speaking, she glanced at the hidden weapon ring on her finger in a panic. Her eyes lit up, but then dimmed again in an instant. The soft muscle powder on it had already been washed away by her.

Suddenly, she remembered that Green Willow had brought her a kingfisher phoenix hairpin this morning, which seemed to be the one Brother Fu had given her.

Thinking of this, she immediately raised her hand to pull out the hairpin on her head. Seeing that it was indeed the hidden weapon hairpin Brother Fu had given her, a glimmer of hope instantly ignited in her eyes.

The two guards looked at each other, seemingly moved by Jiang Jiuchu’s words.

But the expressions on their faces were only slightly stunned for a moment, and then the medicine in their bodies and the fragrance in the room had already merged, masking their reason. Looking at Jiang Jiuchu, their eyes were full of greedy lust.

Seeing her pull out the hairpin on her head, one of the guards said, “Beauty, don’t do anything stupid. Although you can play with a dead person, it’s not as exciting as playing with a living one.”

As they spoke, the two began to attack from both sides of the round table, pouncing towards Jiang Jiuchu.