Dugu Jingyao is reborn as Li Chu's beloved

Chapter 511 Tinglan is punished

Gu Shiyi and Dugu Jingyao were completely different people. As the legal wife, Dugu Jingyao was quite tolerant towards the other concubines, only requiring them to come and pay their respects on the first and fifteenth day of each month. However, Gu Shiyi was completely different. She had finally achieved her status as a phoenix, so naturally she wanted to enjoy the rights that came with being the legal wife.

Putting aside other matters, Gu Shiyi was far more strict than Dugu Jingyao when it came to paying respects. Except for the period of confinement, she would have Song Yan and Ting Lan come to pay respects every day. Song Yan didn't mind this, after all, she was Gu Shiyi's maid and was used to this kind of thing. But Ting Lan was different. She came into the mansion later, and although she also came from a slave family, she was now favored by the Li family and naturally didn't want to have to face Gu Shiyi's face.

What was even worse was that every time she paid her respects, Gu Shiyi would always take the opportunity to ridicule Tinglan. Tinglan was naturally unhappy, but she was only a concubine after all, so she did not dare to resist openly and could only endure it silently.

Today's greetings made Tinglan feel even more humiliated, because just yesterday, she had kidnapped Li Xi. This made Gu Shiyi's anger burn fiercely, but she couldn't lose her temper with Li Xi, so she could only vent her resentment on Tinglan, making things difficult for her in every way.

After everyone was seated, Gu Shiyi glanced at Tinglan and said, "You're doing very well! His Highness was supposed to come see the Prince yesterday, but you flirted with him and called him away halfway. Are you really that lonely?"

Tinglan thought, "Isn't it all about ability when it comes to competing for favor? But this just gives her a better opportunity to make Li Xi and Gu Shiyi suspicious of each other. It was Gu Shiyi who wanted to push Li Xi away, so she can't be blamed."

So she stood up and bowed, saying, "I just happened to meet Your Highness while admiring the plum blossoms. I didn't mean to ask Your Highness to come to my place."

Gu Shiyi became even angrier. She slammed the table and said, "How dare you quibble?"

Tinglan still said respectfully, "I am wronged. I am just telling the truth. It can't be considered as quibbling, right?"

Song Yan listened to Tinglan's reply and thought to herself, "It's really different with His Highness backing me up. But now that His Highness is gone, how could Gu Shiyi let her go with her temper?"

Before Song Yan could recover, she heard Gu Shiyi, who was sitting at the top of the table, shout angrily, "You're such a traitor! How dare you, a concubine, contradict me! Someone, come! Tinglan, you're committing treason! Give me a slap in the face!"

When Song Yan came to her senses, two maids had already stepped forward, one holding Tinglan down, while the other was ready to slap her in the face.

Song Yan wanted to help Tinglan, perhaps she would remember her kindness, so she mustered up the courage to stand up and salute, saying, "Princess, wait a minute!"

Gu Shiyi didn't expect Song Yan to actually stand up, so she said, "If you want to say anything, wait until she's punished!"

Song Yan knelt down and said, "Princess, it will be too late to say anything after the fight."

Gu Shiyi looked at her suspiciously and asked, "If you have anything to say, just tell me now. Tinglan will be punished in the palace today!"

Song Yan said, "Princess, I want to say that Tinglan is favored by His Highness right now. If she had a wound on her face right now, I would inevitably feel bad and blame Her Highness for not giving His Highness face."

After hearing this, Gu Shiyi thought for a moment and felt that Song Yan had some truth in what she said. After all, she had finally managed to ease her relationship with Li Xi, and she couldn't let it get soured because of such a bitch. But she was unwilling to accept it, so she said, "Although what you said makes sense, she contradicted me first, so shouldn't she be punished?"

After Song Yan was appointed as a concubine, the newly promoted maid saw Gu Shiyi's reluctance and wanted to show her willingness, so she bowed and said, "Princess, I have an idea."

Gu Shiyi glanced at the maid and said, "Oh? What's your solution? Tell me."

The maid said, "Princess, Concubine Song is right. It's not appropriate to leave any injuries on her body right now. However, there are some ways to torture her without leaving any marks..."

Before she finished speaking, Gu Shiyi understood what the maid meant. She showed a satisfied look on her face and said, "Okay, then go and get ready."

Song Yan originally wanted to save Tinglan by giving her a mild punishment like copying books or house arrest, which His Highness could easily help her remove. However, she didn't expect the opposite to happen.

After Gu Shiyi asked Song Yan to get up, she looked at Tinglan with some apology.

Tinglan also saw that Song Yan might want to help her, but she didn't expect that there were ruthless people around Gu Shiyi. However, in this way, Tinglan found that Song Yan might be a useful person. As long as Gu Shiyi and the people around her were alienated, it would be over sooner or later, and she wouldn't even need to take action.

Soon, the torture instruments were brought up, and then two maids prepared to tie Tinglan to the torture instruments. Although Tinglan struggled hard, Gu Shiyi called two more people.

Tinglan was no match for the four, so she was tied up and tortured. It was so painful that she couldn't help but scream. Gu Shiyi was annoyed and asked someone to gag her. Song Yan couldn't bear to watch.

After Gu Shiyi's anger had mostly subsided, she ordered the men to stop, saying, "This is the consequence of contradicting me. If this happens again, I will punish you severely."

The others present were terrified and knelt down, saying, "I (the servant) understand."

Gu Shiyi felt bored and asked them to disperse. Although Song Yan felt sorry for Tinglan, she didn't dare to stay for long. She just glanced at Tinglan when she passed by, with sympathy in her eyes.

Tinglan caught her gaze and became more certain of her guess. After everyone left, Xiuer dared to step forward and help Tinglan up, asking, "Auntie Lan, are you okay?"

Tinglan smiled weakly and said, "Don't worry, I'm fine. Let's go back."

Tinglan helped Xiu'er stand up with difficulty and slowly moved out of Yuhetang.

After returning to Yalan Garden, Tinglan lay on the couch and said to Xiu'er, "I want to rest for a while, you go down first."

Xiu'er nodded and said, "Then Madam, if you have anything to say, please call me."

Tinglan nodded and closed her eyes. Xiuer tucked the corners of the quilt for her and went out.

After confirming that Xiu'er had gone out, Tinglan slowly got up, dragged her aching body to the desk, picked up a pen and wrote a letter. After finishing the letter and putting it away, she returned to the couch to rest.