Peach Blossom.

"Let me out! Let me out!" Tao Ye struggled in the sack for a while, and felt as if he was thrown into a car, and then he heard the sound of wheels rolling over the ground.

Intuitively, this should be a carriage, and a very fast one. Tao Ye and the sack were lying flat in the carriage, swaying and bumping around uncontrollably, and she felt so much pain all over.

Who could have kidnapped her?

Tao Ye had already guessed that in this strange ancient time, apart from Princess Si Yao, who else could have such a deep hatred for her?

She felt a little regretful. If she had known this, she might as well have followed Wang Ao back to Wang's house! Even if she met Si Yao, at least everyone was in the open!

Now, where will Si Yao take her?

When a woman hates another woman very much, the place where she can feel the most pleasure of revenge and torture people the most should be - a brothel?

The more Tao Ye thought about it, the more scared she became. According to her knowledge, girls who were sold to brothels had no personal freedom. If no one came to redeem them, they would have to stay there forever. How could she continue to perform her delivery mission? How could she return to her own era? Could she expect those prostitutes to be willing to eat the extremely unpalatable meals she sent them?

Just as she was daydreaming, it seemed as if the carriage ran over a huge rock, which immediately bounced Tao Ye up. Suddenly, the carriage hit another huge rock, and Tao Ye fell down again. Her head hit something hard, and she fainted all of a sudden.

She felt drowsy and when she opened her eyes again, she found herself in a place full of flowers and beautiful women. In front of her was an old brothel owner who was staring at her with wide eyes.

She was lying on her side on the ground, tied up with ropes, like an exhibit.

The madam stared at her for a long time, then nodded with satisfaction: "She's not bad looking! How much do you want?"

"Not a penny!" The person who answered was behind Tao Ye and sounded a bit effeminate.

Tao Ye felt the voice sounded familiar to her, so she quickly turned her body and looked back, and unexpectedly she saw Zhao Si, the kitchen manager who had been in the princess's mansion a long time ago!

The madam was surprised and delighted: "For free? How can such a good thing happen in the world?"

Zhao Si waved his folding fan like a local tycoon, and showed the madam a gold ingot: "Not only am I giving it to you for free, I'm paying for it! As long as you find some filthy customers in the future and ask her to serve you, I guarantee that you will have a mountain of gold and silver here!"

When Tao Ye heard this, she was so scared that she yelled, "Zhao Si! You damn eunuch!"

When Zhao Si heard the words "dead eunuch", he was furious: "Take her away! Go immediately!"

The madam was very attentive. While trying to persuade Zhao Si, she asked someone to take Tao Ye away.

Just as Zhao Si instructed, Tao Ye met an extremely filthy guest, who was extremely ugly and dirty from head to toe. She could smell his stench even from a distance!

Tao Ye vomited before she could even shout for help!

The guest came closer to Tao Ye, and Tao Ye saw that he had lice on his head, boogers sticking out of his nostrils, red and green streaks in the gaps between his teeth, and his gray nails were almost longer than his fingers. This reminded Tao Ye of the top customer in the nightclub in the movie "The King of Comedy".

Seeing the guest rushing towards her, Tao Ye couldn't help but close her eyes and howl, "Help! Wang Jing, save me!"

She woke up to the shouting and found herself still in the sack. She could hear the carriage still swaying as it moved, and then she realized that it was all a dream!

She couldn't help but smile bitterly, and silently asked herself in her heart: "Wang Jing, will he still save me? Will he still care about me?"

The carriage finally stopped. Tao Ye felt two people carrying her down. They seemed to have carried her for quite a distance, and then they suddenly threw her to the ground, causing her to fall again and it hurt a lot.

Then, she heard Princess Si Yao's voice: "Greetings to my brother, and to Concubine Zhou!"

Tao Ye had heard more than once when she was in the Wang family that Zhou Yunniang had an elder sister named Zhou Yu Niang, who was the most favored concubine at that time and ranked as a concubine.

At this moment, she realized that she was taken to the palace.

Soon, she heard Emperor Si Yu's voice again: "What do you mean, sister? What's in the sack?"

"It's the maid that my prince liked before but she pretended to be sick and ran away!" Si Yao personally untied the rope on the sack.

Tao Ye finally saw the light of day. She was surprised to find that the night outside had already turned into day. She had actually slept in a sack all night!

Out of curiosity, Tao Ye glanced at the woman behind the emperor. She looked somewhat like Zhou Yunniang, so she must be Concubine Zhou!

Concubine Zhou's appearance was indeed much better than Zhou Yunniang's, and her hairpins, rings, and dresses were all gorgeous and brightly colored. Compared with Zhou Yunniang, who always dressed in simple and dark clothes on weekdays, she looked younger.

Si Yu came over and saw Tao Ye half exposed from the sack, with a dirty face and slightly disheveled hair. He knew that she had been in the sack for quite some time and could not help but blame Si Yao: "You are a princess, and you put people in a sack. This is too outrageous!"

Si Yao was clearly not convinced: "She first pretended to be sick and ran away, forcing me to replace her with Zhang Cairen, and then she disguised herself as Man Tang Jiao and sneaked into the Wang family, making my life uneasy. I just kept her in a sack for one night, which was a bargain for her!"

Si Yu was completely confused.

Tao Ye hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty, I did not pretend to be sick and run away. I was indeed sick at the time, and was driven out of the palace by the princess!"

Si Yao immediately retorted: "That's nonsense! I just asked someone to send you out of the house to recuperate. When did I ever chase you away?"

"Stop making noise!" Si Yu shouted, "It makes me upset!"

Si Yao and Tao Ye both shut up.

Zhou Jieyu, who had been listening in for half a day, walked lightly to Si Yu's side and took Si Yu's arm: "Your Majesty, calm down. I think the princess must have suffered some kind of injustice, so she had to bother her brother!"

Si Yu sneered: "With her personality, I'm afraid she's been praised to the sky by her in-laws. Who dares to let her down?"

After hearing this, Si Yao immediately became proud again: "If my royal brother always favors others without knowing right from wrong, I think we can only ask our mother to judge the matter!"

"You..." Si Yu stared at Si Yao for a while, and finally said helplessly: "Okay! Tell me how you feel wronged? I will do justice for you!"

Si Yao changed to a coquettish tone again: "I dare not deceive my brother. I am not sure whether Tao Ye was really sick or pretending to be sick. But I did not chase her away. I was just afraid that her illness would be bad for my brother. I did not want my brother to be disappointed, so I had to send Zhang Cairen to the palace! I didn't expect that my brother would be angry with me for a long time because of this matter... I can't tell you how sad I am..."

Si Yao seemed to get sadder as he spoke, and was about to use a handkerchief to wipe his tears.

Si Yu was upset again and waved his hand to interrupt Si Yao: "Alright, alright! How long has it been since this happened? Don't mention it!"

Concubine Zhou looked at Tao Ye coldly and said with a smile: "I have always been puzzled. Zhang Cairen is also a rare beauty, gentle and virtuous, why can't she please the emperor? Today, after meeting this Miss Tao Ye, I finally understand. It is really true that the light of a firefly cannot compete with the sun and the moon."

Tao Ye vaguely felt that what Concubine Zhou said was a bit sour. She felt that it would be best for her not to speak at this time. Even if she spoke, she should flatter Concubine Zhou or please the emperor a little bit...

However, she couldn't hold back her curiosity and asked, "Who is Zhang Cairen?"

Si Yu, Si Yao, and Concubine Zhou all looked at Tao Ye in astonishment.

Si Yu continued Tao Ye's words: "I remember...you and Zhang Xiaowan, weren't you very familiar with each other?"

"Ah? So Xiaowan's last name is Zhang?" Tao Ye was surprised and smiled inadvertently.

Si Yu, Si Yao, and Concubine Zhou were once again stunned.

Tao Ye recovered and understood something in an instant: "You mean to say that Xiao Wan entered the palace in my place? But she is not..."

Tao Ye stopped talking here. She clearly remembered that Xiao Wan had a crush on Chen Ji, but since Xiao Wan had already been conferred the title of Talented Lady, it would be better not to mention this matter.

She was just feeling lucky that she didn't say something she shouldn't have, when she suddenly looked up and found Si Yu and Si Yao were both staring at her in a daze.

Zhou Jieyu held Si Yu's arm and couldn't help but smile: "This Miss Taoye is really interesting!"

Si Yao felt that the tone of the conversation seemed to be changing, and hurriedly said, "No... Royal brother, I haven't finished my complaint yet!"

Si Yu had to ask: "What else?"

"Ever since she fell ill and left the princess's mansion, I thought she was missing! Unexpectedly, she disguised herself as Mantangjiao and conspired with Chen Ji to make me look bad at the wedding. She also begged the Grand Marshal to bring her into the palace, and put on one good show after another in front of my brother and mother, and finally sneaked into the Wang family! Wang Jing thought she was Mantangjiao, and protected her in every way. I don't know how many times she bullied me! Yesterday she lied to Wang Jing, saying that Mantangjiao was dead and that I sent someone to kill her. I... I am really going to be wronged to death by her. How can I face Wang Jing?" Si Yao said, and wanted to pretend to wipe away tears.

"You mean to say that the sister-in-law who was brought into the palace by the Grand Marshal last time, the eloquent woman - was actually Tao Ye?" Si Yu seemed to have only heard one key point.

"Yes..." Although Si Yao responded, he felt something was even more wrong.

Si Yu was surprised and delighted. He clapped Zhou Jieyu's hand and exclaimed, "My beloved concubine is right. It's interesting! It's really interesting!"

Si Yaomeng looked at Si Yu in a circle.

Concubine Zhou reminded Si Yu briefly: "My lord, the princess is filing a complaint with the emperor!"

"Oh... yes, yes!" Si Yu quickly put on a serious look and asked Tao Ye, "Do you admit what the princess just said?"

Tao Ye thought for a moment and replied, "Admit half of it!"

Si Yu was very curious: "How can you admit half of it?"

Tao Ye could see where the emperor was going, so she simply acted silly: "I... I am an orphan, pretending to be Man Tang Jiao just to have a place to live and eat. As for bullying the princess..."

Tao Ye raised her face and looked at Si Yu, half aggrieved and half silly smile: "The emperor knows your sister best. Even if I have the intention, I don't have the ability!"

"That makes sense!" Si Yu looked at Tao Ye and nodded solemnly.

"Brother!" Si Yao couldn't help but roar, "Didn't you say you would do justice for me?"

"Of course! I... will definitely punish her!" Si Yu was symbolically serious for a moment, looked at Tao Ye, and began to give orders: "How dare a little commoner girl pretend to be an official's wife? How audacious! From now on, she will be made a palace maid as a punishment!"

Tao Ye widened her eyes in shock. Does this mean that she will be locked within the high walls of the imperial palace from now on?

Although staying in the palace is at least better than a brothel, if she wants to continue her delivery mission in the palace, it would probably be no less difficult than in a brothel, right?

Concubine Zhou had already seen through Si Yu's thoughts, so she decided to do him a favor and follow his lead: "Your Majesty is wise. I am in need of someone to entertain my concubines in the palace. I wonder if Your Majesty would grant Sister Taoye to me as a companion?"

Tao Ye was stunned. Just now she called her "Miss Tao Ye", but now she called her "Sister Tao Ye". It seems that Zhou Jieyu and Zhou Yunniang are indeed sisters!

Si Yu was obviously very satisfied with Concubine Zhou's tacit cooperation: "Since my beloved concubine has spoken, how can I refuse your respect?"

Si Yao was about to speak again, but Si Yu spoke first: "I guess the emperor's sister also wants to give the concubine some face!"

Si Yao was suddenly speechless!