Rebirth and Marriage: I am the Mistress of the Palace

Chapter 579 Blackmail

After hearing what she said, Shen Wantang suddenly laughed and could hardly stop laughing.

Shen Mingxuan got goose bumps all over her body because of her laughter. She looked a little ugly: "Why are you laughing for no reason?!"

"Of course I laughed because I found it funny. Sister picked up a maid that I didn't want anymore, how come you treat her like a treasure? Prince Xiao sent me four maids, I kept three and only drove this one away. Aren't you curious about why I drove her away? Don't you think it's weird that I didn't even give Prince Xiao face and directly drove this maid away?"

After hearing what she said, Shen Mingxuan finally realized that something was wrong.

She looked at Hua Yi: "Tell me! Why were you driven away?"

Huayi's face was filled with fear: "Miss, I don't know why I was driven away by the Second Miss. I served the Second Miss and kept watch for her at night, but I don't know how I angered her and she drove me away today."

Shen Mingxuan looked at Shen Wantang suspiciously: "Why did you drive Huayi away?"

Shen Wantang stood up: "I won't tell you."

After she finished speaking, she walked out with her maid.

Shen Mingxuan yelled, "Shen Wantang, come back here! I'm asking you a question, why did you drive Huayi away? Aren't you afraid that the prince will be angry? I took Huayi in for your own good, otherwise you won't be able to explain to the prince in the future!"

Shen Wantang turned around and looked at her sarcastically: "Sister, why do you have to speak so high-soundingly? Aren't you just trying to get close to the prince through Hua Yi? You can try and see if this maid is really useful."

"Don't blame me for not reminding you. This maid is not simple. She ran away secretly early this morning, wanting to return to the palace to live a rich life. Now she blames me and says that I drove her away."

"She can betray me and bite me back now, and she can betray you and bite you back in the future."

After Shen Wantang finished speaking, he walked out of the yard.

Shen Mingxuan's eyes fell on Huayi's face, her eyes flickering: "Huayi, you won't betray me in the future, right?"

Huayi immediately knelt down and said, "Hualyi will never betray the eldest lady! Huayi has never betrayed the second lady either. All of this is a false accusation by the second lady. If the eldest lady believes it, she will fall into her trap!"

"Really? Humph, that bitch is really good at lying and framing others!"

Although Shen Mingxuan was cursing Shen Wantang, she was still affected in her heart and was no longer enthusiastic about Huayi.

Because she didn't understand Huayi, but she and Shen Wantang grew up together and she knew Shen Wantang's temperament very well. Shen Wantang didn't like to cause trouble, nor did she like to be in the spotlight and offend people, but she drove Huayi away, which was very unreasonable.

After all, Huayi was sent by Xiao Qingyuan himself. To drive Huayi away would be to slap Xiao Qingyuan in the face, and even to slap the face of Prince Ning's Mansion.

The wound on her back began to hurt like a needle again. She was sweating profusely after standing for a while: "Luo Yan, why doesn't your medicine work? It hurts so much!"

A trace of relief appeared on Chu Yanluo's face, but it was fleeting. She personally went to support Shen Mingxuan: "I only used a small amount of medicine just now. The young lady was injured too badly, so the effect of the medicine wore off quickly."

Shen Mingxuan was helped to sit down by her, but soon she couldn't even sit still: "Then what are you waiting for? Hurry up and give me more secret medicine! Quick!"

"Miss, you don't know that this secret medicine of mine is made from more than a dozen rare and expensive medicinal herbs. The herbs are too expensive and I can no longer afford them. The ones I just gave you are the last bit of medicine I have left."

"Can't afford the herbs? Why didn't you tell me earlier? I have money! Shaoyao, quickly give my money to Luo Yan, go buy the herbs, and make me a secret medicine!"

Shen Mingxuan's face turned pale with pain. After experiencing the feeling of no pain, feeling this kind of intense pain again was like falling from heaven to hell!

Shaoyao hesitated for a moment, then made up her mind and gave two taels of silver to Chu Yanluo.

Chu Yanluo shook his head: "Why only two taels? This is not enough to buy one herb. My secret medicine requires eighteen kinds of herbs."

Shaoyao was shocked: "What?! What kind of medicinal material costs so much silver?"

Chu Yanluo sneered in his heart. This Shen family is really poor!

No wonder after Shen Wantang married into Prince Ning's Mansion in her previous life, she clung to Xiao Qingyuan tightly. She even endured Xiao Qingyuan's refusal to consummate the marriage with her and was determined not to divorce.

After living a hard life in the Shen family for so many years, she finally entered a wealthy family, so of course she was unwilling to leave.

If it were her, she would not divorce Xiao Qingyuan!

Chu Yanluo hid the disdain in his eyes and acted like a good person: "Forget it if you don't have money. It doesn't matter if I don't make my secret medicine. It's nothing."

"Alas, it's pitiful, young lady. You have to endure the pain for seven more days and nights. If you don't use my secret medicine, you will be left with scars on your back."

"But it's nothing. No one can see it on weekdays, except... on the wedding night, the young lady's husband can see it. Don't worry, young lady, it's actually not a big deal. I'm sure the young lady's husband won't be such a superficial person, right?"

Shen Mingxuan was already unable to hold back when she heard her say that she would have to endure the pain for seven days and seven nights, and when she heard her say that it would leave scars, she instantly broke down!

She screamed, "Peony, take out all the money I have! Give it all to her! I can't leave a scar on my back, absolutely not!"

She also wanted to marry Xiao Qingyuan and become the Crown Prince's Consort of Prince Ning's Mansion. She didn't want Xiao Qingyuan to see her back covered with scars on the wedding night!

Shaoyao had no choice but to take out the other box where she had hidden it. Even after pouring out all the silver in the two boxes, there was only thirty taels.

Chu Yanluo weighed the silver in his hand and said, "These are not enough. If I don't have enough silver, I can't buy herbs of sufficient age. I can only buy inferior ones, and the efficacy will not be as good as before."

Shen Mingxuan gritted her teeth and said, "Peony, give her my gold hairpin! Pawn it!"

"Miss, this is the only golden hairpin you have! What will you wear when you go out after you become a princess?"

"Stop talking nonsense. If I lose this one, my mother will buy me a new one! The most important thing right now is that my injury heals!"

Shaoyao had no choice but to take out her gold hairpin and hand it to Chu Yanluo.

Chu Yanluo weighed the golden hairpin and finally felt a little satisfied.

She took the silver, the gold hairpin, and the painting and went out to buy medicinal herbs.

Of course, it wouldn't cost so much money to buy medicinal herbs. She just took the opportunity to extort some money from Shen Mingxuan.

Of course, this was not her main purpose for coming to the Shen family. The medicine she gave Shen Mingxuan was called Wuxiang Paste. The main ingredient was not some rare medicinal material, but opium, which could numb pain and make people addicted.