Concubine Jing watched Mu Xingrou kneel down. This time, instead of helping her up, she just quietly stared at the kneeling woman.
Mu Xingrou didn't mind this. After kneeling, she looked at Concubine Jing pitifully. "Xingrou is so bold as to ask Concubine Jing to help me." As she said this, Mu Xingrou gave a solid kowtow to Concubine Jing.
It had to be said that in some aspects, Mu Xingrou could really put aside her pride. However, Concubine Jing looked at her with a troubled expression.
"Lady Mu, this makes it difficult for this palace to help you. You should be clear that your mother and younger brother once offended this palace." Concubine Jing frowned and looked at Mu Xingrou with an unpleasant expression.
"Xingrou knows. It was wrong of my mother and younger brother. Please, Concubine Jing, be magnanimous and forgive them." As soon as she mentioned this, Mu Xingrou couldn't help but resent Lady Kong and Mu Rendong. They couldn't do anything to help her, but instead dragged her down. In the end, they even asked her for help.
Mu Xingrou was almost furious. But now, Lady Kong and Mu Rendong couldn't die, at least not at her hands.
Seeing that Concubine Jing still showed no sign of moving, Mu Xingrou continued, "Please, Concubine Jing, help Xingrou. For Xingrou's sake, save my younger brother. In the future, Xingrou will surely be your servant to repay your great kindness."
After Mu Xingrou said this, Concubine Jing sneered inwardly. For your sake? What face do you have for me to consider? How self - important. But...
"Since Lady Mu has said so, if this palace doesn't agree, it would seem ungrateful." As soon as Concubine Jing finished this sentence, Mu Xingrou immediately raised her head. Her eyes sparkled as she looked at Concubine Jing.
"However, this palace can only lend you money. I can't help with other things." Concubine Jing said as she stared into the distance.
"Okay. Thank you, Concubine Jing." Lending her money was already great. As long as she got the money, she could rescue Mu Rendong. This time, she must teach Mu Rendong a lesson.
In the future, if there was such a thing again, she wouldn't help him. Whoever wanted to help could do so.
She didn't expect that Concubine Jing was so soft - hearted. She agreed so quickly. She thought she would have to spend more time persuading her. If she had known it was so easy, she would have asked for more.
"Lady Mu, this palace can lend you the money, but you have to write an IOU for this palace." Otherwise, if Mu Xingrou defaulted in the future, wouldn't Fengqie lose four hundred taels? No, no. This wouldn't do.
"Your Ladyship?" Mu Xingrou was a bit surprised. She didn't expect that Concubine Jing would ask her to write an IOU. With such a high rank, couldn't she even afford four hundred taels? And she still wanted her to pay it back?
This Concubine Jing was so stingy. For a moment, Mu Xingrou's face looked a bit unpleasant. She originally thought that Concubine Jing was a kind - hearted person who could be controlled by her. She didn't expect that this Concubine Jing was not so easy to deceive. Just thinking about having to pay back the four hundred taels in the future made Mu Xingrou feel as if she had eaten a fly.
Concubine Jing looked at Mu Xingrou's face that was changing colors like a color palette and found it quite amusing. Did she really think she was naive? Didn't she think that if she were naive, she could have survived in this man - eating imperial palace for so long? What a stupid woman.
"What? Does Lady Mu plan to get something for nothing and not pay back the four hundred taels to this palace in the future?" Concubine Jing stared at Mu Xingrou meaningfully, as if she would leave immediately if Mu Xingrou said yes.
Being asked this, Mu Xingrou immediately came back to her senses and shook her head. "How could I? Xingrou is not such a person. I will surely pay back the four hundred taels to Concubine Jing."
"That's good. I was afraid Lady Mu didn't plan to pay back." Then she told Xiaocui to prepare the writing brush, ink, paper, and inkstone.
Mu Xingrou actually didn't plan to pay back at first. But she didn't expect that Concubine Jing was so stingy. If she had other choices, she definitely wouldn't have asked Concubine Jing for help. What a stingy woman.
After Xiaocui prepared the writing tools, Concubine Jing wrote a full page on the paper. Finally, she put the paper in front of Mu Xingrou. "Lady Mu, take a look."
Mu Xingrou looked at the tiny words and felt her head was about to explode. She didn't know many characters, so she just pretended to look and then wrote her name on the paper and pressed her red fingerprint.
"Your Ladyship, I'm done." Mu Xingrou looked at Concubine Jing, waiting for the four - hundred - tael silver note.
Concubine Jing looked at Mu Xingrou's handwriting. It was really indescribable. Didn't they say that one's handwriting was like one's personality? Mu Xingrou was at least a bit good - looking. Why did her handwriting look like a dog's scratches?
Mu Xingrou saw Concubine Jing's indescribable expression and her body stiffened. She remembered her handwriting. Of course, it couldn't be compared with those ladies who had been living in the inner chambers. This Concubine Jing must be laughing at her in her heart.
Mu Xingrou tightened her fists as she thought. One day, she would surpass all of them and make them kneel on the ground and kowtow to her! A determined light flashed in Mu Xingrou's eyes.
"Okay, Xiaocui, go back and get the four - hundred - tael silver note to lend to Lady Mu." Concubine Jing didn't look at Mu Xingrou's handwriting anymore after one glance. She was afraid it would hurt her eyes.
"Yes, this servant will go right away." Xiaocui curtsied, told the people around to take good care of Concubine Jing, and then hurried away.
"Your Ladyship, from now on, Xingrou is your person. If you have any matters in the future, just tell Xingrou. Xingrou will surely get them done for you." Although she had to pay back the money in the future, at least Lady Kong's situation was temporarily stabilized.
Concubine Jing looked at Mu Xingrou and said calmly, "If this palace asks you to die, would you be willing?"
Mu Xingrou immediately froze. She didn't expect Concubine Jing to say such a thing. "Your... Your Ladyship is really good at joking." Mu Xingrou was so scared that her face turned pale.
"How boring. You're scared like this." Then Concubine Jing stood up as if she was really bored and quietly stared at the pond below, showing no emotion at all.
Mu Xingrou came behind Concubine Jing and looked at the absent - minded woman. As long as she quietly pushed her down from here, she would have one less competitor. Mu Xingrou looked around and found that the maids had their heads down and no one was looking at them.
Just as Mu Xingrou was about to take action, Concubine Jing suddenly turned around. Mu Xingrou quickly withdrew her out - stretched hand and pretended nothing had happened as she smoothed her hair.
She didn't know if it was just her illusion, but she felt that when Concubine Jing turned around and looked at her just now, it was as if she was looking at a dead person. When Mu Xingrou looked again, she found that Concubine Jing's gaze at her was as calm as could be...