A Mistaken Marriage Match: Mysteries in the Imperial Harem

Chapter 5: Deliberately Creating Difficulties

Pain.

It was the Qing Feng's only feeling.

After the guards threw her into this simple and crude shack, they did not appear again. She too, did not have enough strength to look at where is she at. Qing Feng lay on the cold stone floors motionlessly. Her hands were numb with pain that there was no feeling if no one touched it. Her chest felt as though there was a thousand jin (1 jin = 0.5kg) of stones weighting it down, causing her to have difficulty in breathing and constantly drift off. With tears flowing down from her thin cheeks to the stone floor, she hated herself at this point of time. As she though of dying like this so that she can return to her parents side and no longer be alone in this cold world.

Qing Feng wearily closed her eyes and drifted to sleep. Her head was filled with images of her parents, sisters beside her, their family finally got back together again. Just as she wanted to be fully indulged in it, a "PA" sounded by her ears and her family disappeared in a flash. Qing Feng fearfully open her eyes, to only see blue clothes being thrown in her face.

"Wake up and quickly change your clothes." Qing Feng turn her head with great difficulty and saw a over forty year old fat mama impatiently continued, "Quickly wake up and don't dawdle about."

From the half opened doors, the first glimmer of light can be seen. After much urging from the mama, she finally came forward and drag her out by her shoulders and reached out to undress her.

Qing Feng woke up at that moment. Mama was strong, causing her right hand and shoulders immovable and she could only struggle. Qing Feng's left hand was holding on to her collar and her legs kept kicking while she shouted loudly, "I will do it myself!"

As Qing Feng was struggling for her life, the mama was being kicked by her several times. Finally she released her hands after much toleration and scolded, "You better be quick, if you dawdle, don't blame me for being impolite!" Mama then left the room after scolding.

The clothes on her back was already in shreds and tatters, Qing Feng grabbed the clothes on the floor and wore them piece by piece. Because of the inconvenience caused by her right hands, she took a long time to get fully dressed before exiting the room. The impatient mama looked down at her and sneered, "You are now the lowest grade of all palace maids, don't think that you are still a Beauty. Now is not the past, is there a need for grooming before leaving the room?"

Feeling bouts of pain at her chest, Qing Feng did not bother about mama's cynicism and mama also stopped nagging and lead Qing Feng through many corridors and turns before reaching a familiar courtyard. Mama swept away her mean stance and solicitously shouted through the half open door, "Xu Gonggong, the person you wanted is here."

Qing Feng lifted her head slowly, surveyed her surroundings and immediately thought. This place is the... Imperial Kitchens!

Xu Ji slowly walked out of the hall and with a look of delight, he glance at Qing Feng who was behind the Mama and with a undisguised contempt in his eyes, Xu Ji taunted, "Ze ze (sound of tongue clicking), this one heard yesterday that Miss was awarded a Beauty title and wanted to congratulate Miss. But just a night, how did Miss reduce to such a state?" He previously said that this arrogant woman will not last long!

It really is true that enemies run into each other frequently! Qing Feng coldly hurmph as she tilted her head. No matter how far she fall, it was also not a eunuch turn to mock her.

Even at this time, Qing Feng still has a proud and arrogant look, which did not even place any importance to Xu Ji. Xu Ji frowned and the mama beside immediately pushed Qing Feng's shoulder and snapped, "Gonggong was speaking to you! Don't think that you are still a mistress!"