Chapter 49 - 49
Shen Qingqiu had always kept himself at a respectful distance when it came to the tussles and catfights between the female characters. But when he saw what was happening, he felt the gap between his expectations and reality was too great, so he hurriedly followed to continue spectating.
Qin Wanyue held back her tears: "I'm sorry, I neglected my duty and did not stop the Little Palace Mistress..."
Sha Hualing immediately interrupted her: "It was your fault in the first place! I heard that women of the human realm are particularly modest and moral, but how many times have you failed to seduce the lord yet still refuse to leave? If you don't leave that's fine, but you're incapable of looking after even a single person. Her cultivation isn't even as high as yours. You're her senior martial sister. You didn't stop her early and didn't stop her late. All you did was to let her make this unreasonable scene in front of the lord. Who are you putting on this pitiful and wronged appearance for?"
Hearing Sha Hualing point out all her weaknesses in front of her face, Qin Wanyue was so ashamed she wanted to die. Back in the original novel, Sha Hualing held an extreme hatred for Qin Wanyue and always found ways to quarrel with her. It seemed that although the two had not entered the harem together this time, their relationship had not improved by the slightest. Sha Hualing turned away and changed the expression on her face, now looking at the Little Palace Mistress with a face full of smiles: "The Little Palace Mistress has been living a life of luxury all these years just like before. Aside from being occasionally grounded, it seems you have never suffered any mistreatment, right? Why are you now so aggrieved?"
The Little Palace Mistress ferociously replied: "And what the hell are you? A seductive wild fox of a demon who came from who-knows-where, actually daring to talk to me like this in the Huan Hua Palace?! What's the difference between how he treats me and how he'd raise a pig?!"
Sha Hualing stuck out her lip: "Then why doesn't the Little Palace Mistress tell us: besides eating and sleeping like the animal you mentioned, what else can you do?"
Qin Wanyue wept: "Little Palace Mistress, let's hurry and leave. Everything... has long since changed..."
The Little Palace Mistress became completely hysterical: "Why should I leave?! This is my Huan Hua Palace, mine! All of you, get lost! Everything's reversed from how it should be!"
The scene was one of utter turmoil and warfare. Shen Qingqiu had discovered an incredibly shocking fact. He used his fingers to carefully calculate:
Sha Hualing: Not received as a wife, but as a subordinate instead. Slaving away, working herself to death with all the overtime. Her salary and working conditions were also inhumane. The boss's attitude suggests that he does not want to engage in office romance ×
Liu Mingyan: Even the love token sword tassels were not exchanged ×