Demoted from wife to concubine? Reborn, the mistress of a noble family plots another high-status mar

Chapter 785

"Your Majesty, I didn't mean it. How much is this jade bracelet? We'll have the Chu family send you the money later."

Chu Xinyi's round face turned deathly pale with fright; she never imagined that going to the palace would result in her being beaten to death.

She didn't even touch the bracelet, so what does it have to do with her if it breaks?

But before she entered the palace, her stepmother repeatedly told her not to cause trouble and not to offend the nobles in the palace.

Especially Consort Pei.

Therefore, she didn't dare to talk back as unruly as she usually did.

"Pay? Can you afford to pay? What a country bumpkin. This is a gift from the Emperor. Even if you sold yourself, you couldn't afford to pay for it." Pei Fang looked at her arrogantly, her expression full of disdain.

“To break a gift bestowed by the emperor is a capital offense.”

Chu Xinyi panicked instantly and burst into tears, "I didn't break your jade bracelet."

Snapped!

"No manners!" Pei Fang gave a signal, and the maid beside her stepped forward and immediately slapped her across the face.

Chu Xinyi turned her head to the side, blood trickling from the corner of her mouth and her ears ringing.

"Drag her away and give her fifty lashes!" Pei Fang stared at her with resentment.

He wasn't as pretty as her, and his social status was low.

Why should a woman like her marry Leng Yan?

The board slammed down on Chu Xinyi.

Her maid knelt on the ground and cried.

"Please, please stop hitting them, please stop hitting them!"

"stop!"

When Yun Xiyue arrived with her men to stop her, Chu Xinyi was already on the verge of death, her body covered in blood.

"Hmph!" Pei Fang's expression changed instantly, and she snorted, "She broke my..."

Snapped!

Yun Xiyue's eyes flashed sharply, and without even listening to her explanation, she slapped her across the face.

"You're utterly lawless! Do you think the harem is a place for you to run wild?"

"Or do you think you can just walk away from it even after you've killed someone?"

Pei Fang screamed in pain, and just as she was about to get angry, she was slapped again.

"You dare to hit me?"

"I'm not done with you yet."

The people from Fanghua Palace quickly pulled her away.

Yun Xiyue sneered, "Why did you do this?"

"It's not because of regret or jealousy, is it?"

Pei Fang covered her swollen face, her eyes filled with malice and resentment. "Why would I regret it? Jealousy? Do you think I would be jealous of a country bumpkin?"

As she spoke, she glared at Chu Xinyi.

"Then why did you cause her trouble and even try to kill her?"

"Do you know that Chu Xinyi is General Chu's daughter and Leng Yan's fiancée? If anything happens to her, how can you explain it?"

Pei Fang said, "I only had her beaten fifty times."

"Fifty strokes of the cane?" Yun Xiyue sneered.

She felt guilty and avoided eye contact.

"Who told her to break my most beloved jade bracelet?"

"Xinyi!"

At that moment, Leng Yan arrived.

"Brother Leng..." Chu Xinyi looked up at him once and then fainted.

Leng Yan picked her up, his eyes sharp as he stared at Pei Fang. "Xin Yi broke your bracelet, and you want to kill her?"

"I..." Pei Fang panicked. She had never seen Leng Yan look at her like that before; it was a look of anger and disappointment.