Chapter 885: The Peasant Girl’s Splendid Manor
Chapter 885: A Slap Leads to a Grudge (Part 3)
If it weren’t for the fear of being accused of bullying others and damaging her father’s reputation, Mo Yan would have already dealt with this arrogant woman.
Sure enough, as soon as Mo Yan finished speaking, the surrounding crowd began to murmur:
"The County Princess is truly the gracious County Princess appointed by the emperor, so generous and magnanimous! But this maid really should be punished, or next time, if someone less forgiving encounters such behavior, this lady might not be so lucky."
"Still, I don’t think the lady is willing, just look at how fierce her gaze is, she must be hating the County Princess deep inside!"
"Hmph, ungrateful! Just because they have a little power, they think they can bully others. Fortunately, it’s the County Princess; if it were anyone else, who knows how she’d be tortured!"
"..."
Listening to the surrounding discussions, Fan Meijiao was furious. She didn’t think she had done anything wrong, and she wasn’t willing to punish her personal maid for slapping her in the face. Hmph, it’s all this woman’s fault! If she hadn’t insisted on making trouble, she wouldn’t have been humiliated like this.
Just wait! That bitch will pay for this in the future!
Fan Meijiao’s heart was filled with hatred, and her face betrayed it. The smile she had so carefully faked earlier completely disappeared as she glared at Mo Yan and gritted her teeth, asking, "Why are you bothering with a maid, Your Highness? When I return home, I’ll teach her a good lesson."
"So, Madam is unwilling to punish this maid?" Mo Yan, far from being angry, looked at Fan Meijiao with a touched expression and said, "I didn’t expect you to care so much for this maid, it truly shows how deep the bond is between mistress and servant. It must be even stronger than the bond between sisters! I’m really moved."
In noble families, there was never a close bond between a lady and her maid. If someone were to praise it like this, it wasn’t a compliment about the lady’s kindness; it was mocking her for not acting like a proper lady and mingling with lowly servants. This lowering of one’s status would only invite scorn and cause people to look down on her.
Mo Yan didn’t care about status, but she said this on purpose to irritate Fan Meijiao. If she cared about face so much, then she should lose all her dignity!
Sure enough, Fan Meijiao was trembling with anger, her finger shaking as she pointed at Mo Yan, hissing, "You... You shut up!"
Fan Meijiao came from a merchant family. Although her family had plenty of money, her status was always something she felt ashamed of. Raised in the Zhao family, she had been doted on by the old matriarch, eating well, dressing well, and being pampered—she was even treated better than the legitimate daughters of the Zhao family.
Despite her attempts to pass herself off as a Zhao family lady, she still carried a deep sense of inferiority about her merchant background and was extremely sensitive about her status. When Mo Yan publicly humiliated her, it hit a raw nerve, and she couldn’t help but shout at Mo Yan.
Seeing the finger almost poking her nose, Mo Yan’s smile faded, and an air of authority surrounded her, making it clear that she was not to be trifled with: "If Madam continues to speak ill of me, don’t blame me for charging you with disrespecting your superior."
Fan Meijiao suddenly snapped back to reality, realizing that the person before her was a high-ranking County Princess, someone she could not easily provoke. She wasn’t someone a mere merchant’s daughter could challenge!
Realizing this, Fan Meijiao’s face turned ugly, but her defiance remained as she unwillingly said, "Then what do you want?"
Mo Yan smiled faintly and pointed to the trembling maid in green hiding behind her, "Since this mouth caused trouble for Madam, let her be slapped twenty times!"
Slapped twenty times?
The maid in green was terrified, shaking uncontrollably, her eyes filled with dread. She grabbed onto Fan Meijiao’s sleeve, pleading, "Miss, please, please save me! I’ll never do it again, I swear!"
[End of Chapter]
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