The Self-cultivation of a Salted Fish Concubine

Jiang Baobao stared at Xie Run with gloomy eyes, "Are you mocking this concubine?!"

Xie Run just smiled and said nothing.

Concubine Jiang angrily said, "Mrs. Xie has no respect for her elders and is disrespectful to me..."

Her gaze moved downwards to Xie Run's bulging belly, and she sneered.

"Since you are pregnant, I will not punish you."

Concubine Jiang's eyes suddenly became sharp, and her gaze fell on Dan Tao who was standing beside her. "Let your maid take the punishment for you."

She shouted, "Litchi, give me twenty slaps!"

Dan Tao opened her eyes wide, unable to hide the shock on her face.

Since she entered the mansion, she had never seen such an arrogant and overbearing person.

Even the original Concubine Ning would never slap people around other concubines.

The maidservant beside Concubine Jiang seemed to have a lot of experience in aiding and abetting evil. There was no trace of surprise on her face. She rushed forward and was about to slap Dan Tao.

Xie Run was rarely angry, "Zihu! Stop them!"

Zihu, who had been acting as if she was invisible, suddenly stepped forward and stopped the two maids.

Jiang Baobao was furious when he saw this. "Xie Shufei, you actually committed a crime for a maid?!"

"You two, master and servant, are truly outrageous!"

Concubine Jiang pulled out the whip from her waist.

This whip was probably made of special material, and it made a crisp sound when it fell to the ground.

The listener's scalp tingled.

Jiang Baobao said, "Whoever dares to stop me, don't blame me for being blind with my whip!"

Xie Run said coldly: "Zihu, go ahead and stop me!"

"You stopped Concubine Jiang to protect the master. I will protect you with my own life."

"If the prince and princess want to blame me later, I, as the master, will take the blame first!"

Everyone in Songyayuan was shocked.

I never expected that Concubine Xie, who has always been gentle, would be such a tough nut to crack.

Jiang Baobao said that the more powerful Xie Run became, the more he was slapping her in the face.

How could she not be angry? !

"Are they all dead?!" Jiang Baobao said angrily, "If your master can't even move a maid, won't the people in the backyard laugh at her?!"

Xie Run glanced coldly at the person behind Concubine Jiang. After living a life of luxury for many days, he had become more imposing.

"Concubine Jiang is so noble that she cannot be touched. You are not that noble!"

"If you disturb the baby in my belly in the slightest, you and your family will be punished for it!!"

Xie Run's words really scared quite a few people.

There were only four maids and a mother who entered the mansion with Concubine Jiang.

The mother didn't come today, and only two maids came. The others were arranged by the palace.

Naturally, these people don't have the courage to commit crimes against their superiors.

Seeing that the people around him were frightened, Jiang Baobao glared at them, "Who do you think you are? You dare to threaten the people around me!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the whip in his hand lashed towards Xie Run cunningly.

Everyone present gasped.

Dan Tao and Zi Hu stood in front at the same time.

Zihu held the whip in one hand and hit her arm with the tail of the whip. A blood mark appeared instantly, which looked quite shocking.

Zihu said coldly: "Master, you go first!"

Xie Run nodded, "Chunjuan, take two people to help your sister Zihu, don't let her suffer any grievances."

Xie Run is pregnant now and doesn't dare to take the risk of staying where she is.

Seeing Xie Run was about to leave, Jiang Baobao became even angrier, "What a bunch of idiots!"

"Catch up with him now!"

Zihu moved his arm and pulled the whip around Jiang Baobao's neck, trapping him in front of his chest.

Jiang Baobao screamed, "How outrageous!"

"You lowly slave, who gave you the courage to rebel against your superiors?"

"Of course it was given by the king!"

A cold and deep male voice suddenly came from the room, like a gust of cold wind blowing into everyone's bones.

When the maids and servants present saw King Jing, they all knelt down and saluted.

When Jiang Baobao saw Prince Jing, his eyes reddened, "Your Highness, Concubine Xie is committing treason. This is truly despicable!"

She wanted to run to King Jing to complain, but Zihu had no intention of letting go.

She was furious and complained to King Jing, "Your Majesty, look how presumptuous this girl is. She actually bullied me in front of you!"

At this time, Xie Run had already brought his men back to Chunshan Courtyard and even closed the gate.

Naturally, I don’t know what’s happening outside.

King Jing glanced at Zihu and said, "Let go."

Zihu let go honestly.

Unexpectedly, when Jiang Baobao heard this, he immediately smiled happily, thinking that King Jing was protecting him.

As soon as she was free, she slapped Zihu in the face.

The crisp sound of the slap echoed in the snow, and even the newly planted green plum blossoms seemed to be shocked.

King Jing's eyes were dark and terrifying, and the aura he exuded was so oppressive that it was hard to breathe.

King Jing: "How outrageous!"

Zihu squatted down and saluted with an expressionless face.

Jiang Baobao was not afraid at all. She complained to King Jing in a wronged tone, "Your Highness, this maid is really insolent!"

"She actually relied on Concubine Xie's power to bully me. In my opinion, even death is not enough to atone for her crime!"

King Jing looked at her indifferently, "Why? Concubine Jiang often orders slaves to be executed when she's at home?"

Jiang Baobao only then realized that something was wrong and quickly said, "Of course not."

She softened her voice and said coquettishly to King Jing, "There is no such arrogant servant in my family."

Prince Jing said calmly, "I think Concubine Jiang is so arrogant because she thinks both the prince and the princess are dead."

Jiang Baobao's face changed slightly, his body stiffened slightly, and he squatted down to salute, "I dare not."

"I think you're very brave." King Jing's voice suddenly turned cold, and his eyes were sharp: "You should be thankful that Concubine Xie and my child are safe."

"Otherwise, your role as a concubine will be over!"

Jiang Baobao's body softened, and she looked at King Jing in disbelief: "Your Highness, it is clearly Concubine Xie who is disrespecting me and committing an insubordination..."

"What is it about you that is worthy of respect?"

King Jing looked down at Jiang Baobao condescendingly, and when his gaze fell on the five-tailed phoenix hairpin on her head, the disgust in his eyes became even stronger.

"Who allowed you to use the phoenix hairpin that only princesses can wear?!"

Jiang Baobao was so scared by him that he almost cried.

Just as he was about to explain, King Jing said coldly, "Shi'an, take off the phoenix hairpin and send it to Qingsong Courtyard for the princess to deal with."

"Yes!"

Eunuch Shi'an immediately stepped forward and swiftly took the phoenix hairpin from Congjiang Baobao's head.

Shi'an's actions were not rude, and he did not deliberately embarrass Concubine Jiang.

But Baby Jiang's face turned red.

He felt that he had been humiliated like never before, and his teeth were chattering slightly.

King Jing continued, "Since you are so ignorant of the rules, you should be locked up in the courtyard to learn the rules for three months."

After saying that, he glanced at the maid behind Concubine Jiang and asked, "Were you the ones who attacked Concubine Xie just now?"

Litchi and Cherry quickly knelt down and begged for mercy.

King Jing ignored the two of them and said coldly, "I'm afraid he has been doing a lot of evil things while following your master."

"Each of you will be punished with thirty lashes, and then sent back to where you came from!"

"If it were in this prince's palace, I'm afraid she would continue to follow her master and stir up trouble!"

King Jing sneered, "Kneel here and be punished. Let everyone in the backyard see the consequences of ignoring the palace rules!"

When King Jing heard that Concubine Jiang had brought people to Chunshan Courtyard to cause trouble, he was both angry and shocked.

No matter what the internal strife in the palace is, it is all done in secret.

On the surface, everyone in the backyard still has to follow the rules.

King Jing himself also attaches great importance to rules.

There has never been anyone like Jiang Baobao who came to his backyard to cause trouble.

It is common in the emperor's harem.

However, King Jing despised the behavior of the emperor's concubines the most, and often secretly disliked the emperor's lust and debauchery and the queen's weakness and incompetence.

How could King Jing not be angry when the thing he hated the most happened in his own backyard?

If Jiang Baobao had not just entered the palace, and had not been personally awarded by the emperor for her meritorious service in disaster relief, King Jing would have demoted her directly!

Although she has not been demoted, King Jing no longer favors her at all.

Upon hearing King Jing's punishment, Jiang Baobao widened his eyes in disbelief.

She cried out, "My Lord, I am innocent!"

"It's obvious that Concubine Xie is arrogant because of her favor and has no respect for her superior..."

"You must have listened to her people's instigation and misunderstood me!"