Chapter 450: Mustn’t Fight For Affection
Substitute Bride Phoenix, The Tyrant's Pampered Demon Empress
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Suiâer saw just how frightened Chu Qingchuan looked and grinned. âConcubine Ninety-Nine, donât be afraid. In the castle, as long as you know youâre safer the further away you are from the master, and that you mustnât talk back to the madam, then nothing will basically happen to you.â
Chu Qingchuan nodded repeatedly. âG... got it. The further away I stay from the master, the better, and I cannot talk back to the madam.â
Suiâer nodded in satisfaction. The best quality about this concubine was that she was obedient.
Suiâer noticed the swollen, red cheek on one side of Chu Qingchuanâs face, then slightly furrowed her brows. âDid the master slap you just now?â
Chu Qingchuan thought back to how hard Yu Wuxia had slapped her and suddenly started crying extremely tragically. âWhy couldnât we just have a good talk? Why did he have to hit me? Waaahhh wahhh...â
Suiâer twitched the corner of her mouth speechlessly. âConcubine Ninety-Nine, donât cry. Heâs already gone and hit you, so what use is there crying about it? Just remember that you can never speak out of line in front of the Master ever again. That way, you can avoid ever getting hit by him again.â
âB... but how should I know what I should and should not say?â Chu Qingchuan cried with a slightly choked up voice.
Suiâer had a look on her face as if she didnât care about Chu Qingchuanâs life or death, and reluctantly made a point. âThatâs up to what you think you should or shouldnât say. If youâre not good at talking, then donât. Just pretend to be mute.â
Chu Qingchuan also heard the half-heartedness in Suiâerâs reply but she still sincerely took note of what she had said. âThink of it myself... donât speak if Iâm not good at it... pretend to be mute,â she whispered.
Suiâer saw the look of serious contemplation on Chu Qingchuanâs face, then smiled lightly.
âThis concubine looks very stupid. If I give too many pointers, whoâs to say that it might lead to her demise, then I may as well have not given any at all.â
Suiâer tried her hardest to dress Chu Qingchuan completely from head to toe.
Thereafter, Chu Qingchuan and Suiâer repeated their short morning walk to the main courtyard and pay their respects to the madam of the castle.
Inside the building, the madam was sitting at the dressing table, allowing her personal maid Lingâer to do her hair.
âMadam, I hear that Concubine Ninety-Nine laid with the master all night last night. However, Concubine Ninety-Nine left crying in the end,â said LingâEr, who was dressed in green attire.
The madamâs eyes were completely frosty and her smile was cold. âConcubine Ninety-Nine really has her ways. She was actually able to stay over at the masterâs quarters. Even I, the madam of the castle, have only been with the master a few times.â
With that said, Lingâer carefully and meticulously helped the madam get dressed in silence.
Outside the building, Chu Qingchuan stood in the corner, restlessly waiting for the madam to come out.
âHeavenly father, please watch over me this morning. Better yet, please suddenly kill that damn madam. Amen, Amen...â she quietly prayed.
Suiâer lightly touched Chu Qingchuanâs back to signal her to stop talking.
Chu Qingchuanâs body tensed up, she suddenly shut her mouth, then stopped quietly praying.
Just in that moment, Madam walked out of the building, beautifully dressed as usual with her arrogant and vicious air.
She scanned the courtyard of ladies, who were dressed colorfully and gorgeously.
âI pay my respects to you, Madam.â The concubines curtsied in unison.
The madamâs complexion looked even frostier than yesterday. She walked right up to a rather pretty lady and started to slap her with no explanation at all.
That lady in the pink dress didnât dare move an inch and accepted the intense pain on her cheek until blood poured from the corner of her mouth. The madam didnât stop until her cheek was so swollen that one couldnât tell that she was beautiful to begin with.
Chu Qingchuan counted in her head. The madam had slapped that concubine a total of seventeen times. Chu Qingchuan gulped fearfully and her body shuddered uncontrollably.