Lingzhi was not shut in the firewood room as was customary of a person who committed a crime. Rather, Concubine Yuan had put her in one of the rooms in Lady Fang’s courtyard.
"Did you deliver all of the tea and food?" Concubine Yuan asked after she returned.
The servants hesitated slightly.
"Concubine, this servant girl, you’re treating her like this?" one older maidservant couldn’t help but ask. "She angered Young Lady. Young Lady said she would sell her."
Concubine Yuan smiled.
"But she is someone our young master likes. This is the first time he’s taken such a liking to something since he got older. How could we sell her?"
Indeed.
The servants exchanged glances.
"But she invoked Young Lady’s wrath," said Concubine Su. "I know that she has Young Master’s… favor, but it was all Young Lady’s work."
Concubine Su couldn’t say certain words because of her uprightness.
But everyone understood what she meant.
