Chapter 4 of Volume 1: Unknowing Past

  Han Caiwei's place was just behind the ancestral hall, not far away. Outside the courtyard, there was a withered and broken lotus pond emitting a foul smell. Han Caiwei could smell it even when she was sitting in her room. (Ha 18 pure text) At this moment, she curled up her lips and asked Duan Er, who was busy treating her wound and changing her clothes: "Have I always lived in such a broken place?"

  "Miss, you really don't remember anything?"

  Jian Han saw Cai Wei shake her head, and Shuang'er slightly pursed her lips: "Hm, Miss has been staying here since she entered the manor, and——"

  Through the words of Shuang Er, Han Caiwei roughly knew some things about her former master. The family had declined and because she was proficient in all four arts - zither, chess, calligraphy and painting - she was sent to the palace to ensure a warm meal for the whole family. However, this Han lady was only one of the lowest-ranking concubines in the palace, with a weak temperament, and things like being bullied just now had been happening for more than six years since entering the palace.

  Han Caiwei furrowed her brow and let out a long sigh, was this really a lucky transmigration? A lowly status, bullied by others, the king's concubine, what kind of luck was this?!

  "Who just hit me?" Han Caiwei knew that being sad and angry was useless, since she had come here, she might as well be at ease. She first needed to figure out her current situation.

  Han Caiwei asked, and Shuang'er only then realized that she had truly forgotten everything. Her eyes reddened but she didn't cry, and she replied in a hoarse voice: "That's the concubine of the Third Prince, Pang Shi, who is also the daughter of a merchant family just like Miss. However, she relies on her maternal relatives being officials in the imperial court to bully Miss," As she spoke, she was filled with indignation, "Yet they are still of the same status, so who is more noble than whom?"

  "Merchant's daughter?" In ancient times, merchant families were considered a lowly class, she knew this. Han Caiwei slightly furrowed her brow, "The Third Prince doesn't favor her? Then, has the Third Prince come to this estate before?"

  "Miss, since Miss was sent to the Wang Mansion, she only saw Master Wang on the night of their wedding and moved to this separate courtyard the next day. Master Wang said that Miss offended the spirit of Concubine Ying, and this is a temple built by the Emperor to honor Concubine Ying's family. Miss has been living here for over six years now. That woman, Pang Shi, only arrived recently. In a few days, it will be Concubine Ying's death anniversary, and it was Madame Wang who asked her to come here to pay respects. As for favoritism, Master Wang treats all the women in the mansion the same, without showing particular favor to any one of them."

  How dare that Pan family be so arrogant? Han Caiwei hesitated for a moment, thinking of Shuang'er's words, and suddenly raised her eyes to ask: "Why do I have to kneel in the ancestral hall for two hours?"

  Shuang'er remained silent for half a day, and Han Caiwei kept staring at her, waiting for her to speak. Seeing that she couldn't avoid it, she finally replied: "Miss, I don't know this either. This was decided by the prince on the day you moved out of the mansion. You yourself have forgotten the reason, how would I know? However, Miss, in these six years, you have never stopped going to the ancestral hall to kneel for two hours, regardless of wind or rain."

  "That Third Prince," Han Caiwei fell silent for a moment before asking, "Has that Third Prince come to see me in the past few years?"

  Shuang'er felt a pang in her heart as she brought this up, feeling that her own master was not worthy: "The third prince has never come once, and the people in the mansion have never come either, it's as if there is no such person as the young lady. The only thing is that things are still sent over according to the rules for a concubine, but they're all useless things. The young lady has always been soft-hearted, whatever the mansion gives her she uses, and she never argues. Today's incident was sudden, but I'm happy for the young lady! At least it lets those people know that the young lady is not someone to be trifled with! ...But, miss, that woman will definitely go to the prince to tattle, this crime of offending one's superior is no light matter, you must think of a way to deal with it!"

  "What's the point? Han Caiwei sneered coldly: "Shuang'er, she won't go, and even if she did, it would be a waste of time."

  There must be some unknown connection between Han Caiwei and Third Prince in the past, otherwise why would he suddenly appear after six years of no news?

  For someone who is self-sufficient and independent, Pangzi will definitely not go out of his way to make things difficult for them.

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