I just want to live a happy life

Chapter 264: Startling Steps - 4 Fu Jin 10

She didn't want to get involved, she just wanted to be an outsider and watch the fun.

Now that she knew Zhang Xiao had arrived in this world, she could implement the preparations she had made before.

At night, in the Eighth Prince's mansion, a room was brightly lit by candles.

Zhang Xiao, now known as Ruoxi, sat cross-legged on the bed, fanning herself quickly with a fan in her hand, saying, "It's so hot, so hot."

Qiaohui quickly handed the water to Ruoxi, who took it and drank it.

After she drank the water, suddenly, she felt dizzy for a few seconds, but it was gone quickly, as if nothing had happened.

Ruoxi fanned herself and asked curiously, "Qiaohui, who was that man on horseback when we went out today? Judging from his clothes and his temperament, he is obviously not an ordinary person."

Qiaohui: "It's the Fourth Master, the Emperor's fourth son."

Ruoxi murmured, "Fourth Master?"

Emperor Kangxi's Fourth Master, the future Emperor Yongzheng Yinzhen, is finished. Seeing the way he looked at her today, she knew that she had offended the Fourth Master. What should she do? What should she do?

Ruoxi was very distressed. She was still reckless today.

What should she do? Ruoxi thought about it and felt that the only way was to avoid him. He was a prince, and the Eighth Prince was already so busy, so how could the Fourth Prince have an easy time? Maybe after some time he would forget about her.

Just do it.

She won't go out these days, and if she does, she must be well prepared.

Thinking of the Eighth Concubine, Ruoxi snorted coldly. She could see that the Eighth Concubine was not a good person. She just went out and nothing happened. Everyone has their own consequences. Why did she let people beat up the people who served her?

She was just venting her anger on her sister. She must be jealous that her sister was favored by the Eighth Prince and she hated her sister. And since she was her sister's younger sister, she must have hated her.

Whenever Ruoxi thought of her elder sister, her face was filled with disappointment. Even the Eighth Lady had beaten her, but her sister didn't resist. All she did was recite scriptures all day long. What's the use?

How could she be so cowardly that she just let the Eighth Lady bully her?

She couldn't stand staying here for even a day. The Eighth Prince would have a bad future, the Eighth Lady was arrogant and domineering, and her sister was cowardly and incompetent. She was almost suffocated staying here. There was no freedom here at all.

Ruoxi was quiet for a few days. She thought that these few days were enough for the Fourth Master to forget about her, so she quietly left the house again.

This time she came out alone, without Qiaohui following her.

Ruoxi walked around the street, and when she heard the sound of a horse running, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. Then she turned around, opened her hands, closed her eyes and waited for the horse to hit her.

However, she waited for a long time but nothing happened. The originally bustling street became silent.

How is this going?

When Ruoxi opened her eyes, she saw the Fourth Prince sitting on his horse with a grim look on his face. Next to him was another horse, on which sat the Thirteenth Prince, who looked confused.

Ruoxi was startled and then her face turned bitter. She was really unlucky. Why was it the Fourth Prince again this time?

She performed a weird salute, which Yinzhen saw as a lack of respect for him.

Yinzhen asked in a deep voice: "Who are you?"

Ruoxi lowered her head and whispered, "I am from the Eighth Prince's Mansion, from the Eighth Prince's Mansion, and I am the sister of the Eighth Prince's concubine."

Yinzhen's face was full of emotion and he said, "I just happened to have something to ask my eighth brother, so you can come with us."

Ruoxi panicked and looked a little unnatural: "I don't want to trouble you two masters. I still have things to buy. I can go back by myself later."

If she really lets these two gentlemen take her back to the Eighth Prince's Mansion, then the fact that she left the mansion without permission will certainly be revealed. Her sister won't blame her, but the Eighth Lady will definitely not let her go.

She didn't want to see the Eighth Lady.

Yinzhen would not allow her to escape. He had let her go last time. He had already spared her once, and he would not let it go so easily this time.

He said without question: "Let's go."

Ruoxi was afraid of making him angry, so she could only follow him back to the Eighth Prince's Mansion, thinking about how to avoid being punished as she walked.

When they arrived at the Eighth Prince's residence, the Eighth Prince and the Eighth Lady were both there because they had known that he would come.

Looking at Ruoxi walking behind Yinzhen and Yinxiang, the Eighth Prince's eyes flashed with deep thought, while the Eighth Lady's face darkened.

Yinzhen was fed up with Ruoxi's ignorance and he would not give her any face, so he told her the whole story.

After hearing this, the Eighth Prince showed no strange expression on his face, but his slightly moving fingers showed that he was upset. Of course he was angry, angry because he lost face in front of Yinzhen because of Ruoxi.

The Eighth Concubine looked very unhappy. She had always been proud and had never lost face before, but now, because of Maertai Ruoxi, she had completely lost face.

After the Eighth Prince took Yinzhen and Yinxiang to the study to deal with some matters, Ruoxi was left in the hall.

The Eighth Lady looked at Ruoxi expressionlessly: "You are so brave, Maertai Ruoxi, do you still remember that you are a concubine?"

"I was kind enough to let you live in the Prince's Mansion, but not only did you not learn the rules, you even dared to go out without permission."

"You want to die, right? If you want to die, I won't stop you. There are many ways to die, and all of them are good. Are you stupid or brainless to actually think of running into a horse in the street to commit suicide?"

"You have brought shame to the Prince's Mansion today."

"Someone, lock up Maertai Ruoxi for me and let her learn the rules."

As soon as Ruolan came in, she heard Fu Jin's words. She immediately knelt in front of Fu Jin and said, "Fu Jin, I don't know what Ruolan did wrong. Ruoxi is still young and doesn't understand. If you want to punish her, Fu Jin, please punish me."

The Eighth Lady was already angry with Ruoxi, and she became even angrier when she saw Ruolan, the woman who stole her husband's heart. She laughed in anger, "Well, you came at the right time. As her elder sister, you allowed her to be so unruly and didn't teach her the rules. You are also wrong, and you should be punished."

Although her elder sister was cowardly, she was still good to her. Ruoxi couldn't bear it when she saw her sister kneeling in front of the concubine and begging her humbly.

Ruoxi stood in front of the Eighth Lady and said loudly, "It is my fault for going out without permission. Everyone has their own responsibility. If you want to punish someone, just punish me. Why do you want to punish my sister? She knows nothing."

Ruolan didn't expect Ruoxi to be so reckless. She hurriedly pulled Ruoxi and asked her to kneel down, but Ruoxi didn't listen. Not only did she not kneel, she stood straight and looked at the Eighth Lady with a fearless face.

The Eighth Lady's fingers were shaking with anger: "You, you..."

Ruolan was afraid that Fu Jin would get angry and do something bad, so she quickly pleaded guilty: "Fu Jin, it's all Ruolan's fault. Ruolan is willing to be punished."

Seeing her sister's tired face, Ruoxi realized belatedly that she had gone too far today. She pouted her lips and said nothing more.