Empress’ Game: Make-up Master Chapter 7 - Truly Foolish or Pretending to Be Foolish

Concubine Meng frowned.

“Wu Sheyue hit someone?”

“Yes.”

This fool had suddenly behaved abnormally. Could someone be using her to deal with their second branch? A thought moved in Concubine Meng’s mind.

“I understand. Go in and help Second Miss wash.”

Wu Jinghua washed for nearly two hours, all the way until the sky was turning dark. After washing, she wrapped herself in a quilt and cried, refusing even dinner.

When Concubine Meng heard that she had finally finished washing, she hurried over and asked,
“Tell Mother. What exactly happened?”

Wu Jinghua poked her head out. Both her eyes were swollen from crying.

“Mother, it was Wu Sheyue. She… she actually forced me to eat flies! Hurry and ask Grandmother to kill her!”

Concubine Meng froze.

“She forced you to eat flies?”

“Yes!” Wu Jinghua wailed.

“She’s disgusting! That fool! That ugly freak! Her mother deserved to die!”

“Rebel , rebel . She actually dared-”

Concubine Meng was furious, but after thinking, she asked,

“Who did you go with today? How would Wu Sheyue have the nerve to make you eat flies? With Mother here, I absolutely won’t let you suffer this kind of grievance!”

“Really, it really was her who forced me! She hit me too, and stuffed sour food into my mouth-”

As Wu Jinghua spoke, she remembered the taste of the sour food and suddenly bent over the bedside to dry-heave.

Concubine Meng patted her back in distress.

“Oh, Mother’s heart is breaking for you! Hurry and say it. Who else went to the West Courtyard?”

“It really was Wu Sheyue by herself!”

Wu Jinghua hysterically beat at the bedding. Her hand went crooked and struck the bed frame, making her scream in pain.

Concubine Meng quickly held her.

“Yes, yes. Mother believes it was that fool Wu Sheyue. But we have to make the Old Madam believe it too. Wu Sheyue has always been foolish beyond help. She doesn’t even know who treats her well or badly. How could she suddenly have the courage to bully you? Could someone have instructed her to do what she did today?”

Wu Jinghua paused.

“Now that Mother says that, I think so too. The moment I entered the mourning hall today, I felt she was acting strangely. Chuntao also said that fool was not right today and even hit people. Could someone really be borrowing the fool’s hand to do something to me?”

Concubine Meng’s eyes turned cold.

“If that’s the case, then you and I will be busy. It seems the rear courtyard of the Chancellor’s Estate will never be peaceful easily.”

A sudden thought flashed through Wu Jinghua’s mind, and she asked through tears,

“The West Courtyard mourning hall has been handled by First Madam these two days. And didn’t they say Wu Ziqi will return in two months? Do you think First Madam might want to-”

“Shut your mouth!”

Concubine Meng quickly cut off Wu Jinghua’s words.

“The Old Madam values the sons of our estate most. If you don’t have ironclad proof, you cannot speak of the young master’s mistakes. Otherwise, if you fail to take them down and instead make the Old Madam dislike you, what then?”

“Yes, yes.”

Wu Jinghua quickly wiped her tears and shut her mouth.

“Rest properly. Mother will investigate this matter first. No matter who instructed it, they can forget about ending well. Since Wu Sheyue dared to stuff flies into your mouth, Mother will make her eat it back tenfold, a hundredfold!”

When Concubine Meng thought of her daughter being treated that way, her heart churned violently.

“Don’t go tell the Old Madam yet either. Let Mother test the waters first. Even if Wu Sheyue really went mad on her own, crushing her is as simple as crushing an ant.”

Wu Jinghua cried until she could hardly breathe.

“All right… Mother, you must help me get revenge.”

“Rest assured. No one will escape.”

Concubine Meng’s expression was cold. She called,

“Qingxing, come here.”

A little maid waiting outside the door immediately entered.

“Yes, Second Madam.”

Concubine Meng changed her face into a smile.

“Tonight, if you have nothing to do, go take a walk to Lotus Leaf Pavilion and chat with Queqin there. Say that today you heard Third Miss curse Eldest Miss in the mourning hall. She cursed terribly, and who knows what kind of madness came over her.”

Although Qingxing was somewhat surprised, she immediately agreed.

After Qingxing left, Wu Jinghua asked blankly,

“Why go to Lotus Pavilion and say that? If you want Wu Liuyun to know, shouldn’t you go to Star Courtyard? Would Wu Lixiang really go inform Wu Liuyun if she heard someone cursing her?”

“You child…”

Concubine Meng sighed. Her daughter still did not understand the art of innerhouse politics.

“It is simple enough for us to control Wu Sheyue. She’s only a useless fool. The Chancellor probably wishes she would die quietly. But now we need to see who instructed that fool to humiliate you. Wu Yin’er definitely doesn’t have that ability. Only Wu Liuyun and Wu Lixiang are restless. Just wait.”

Wu Jinghua understood a little and nodded repeatedly.

Late at night, Ning’er again brought stolen food to visit Wu Sheyue. As soon as she came closer, she could not help crying out,

“Miss, what is that smell?”

Wu Sheyue accepted the cold buns and said casually,

“Someone vomited in the mourning hall.”

“Ah?”

“That Second Sister.”

Ning’er’s eyes widened.

“You mean Second Miss?”

“Mm. She brought me cabbage stir-fried with flies. I invited her to eat with me.”

After Wu Sheyue finished speaking, she took a big bite of the bun.

“Ah-”

Ning’er said that word again. She almost collapsed to the ground. Her dumbfounded expression was nearly the same as Wu Jinghua’s.

“What?”

Ning’er was worried.

“T-Third Miss, this… they will come make trouble for you.”

(To be continued)