Chapter 28 A Head-on Blow (Part One)


    Just when Harper was about to fall asleep, she heard the mor outside. Not knowing what happened,


    she turned over and covered her head with the quilt, trying to sleep. Yet the outside noise continued to


    disrupt her sleep. Finally, she was forced to get up. She pushed the door open and yelled, "Why are


    you screaming so early in the morning? Mourning? I''m still alive!"


    In an instant, the courtyard fell silent. Ruby stared at Harper as if she had seen a ghost. It seemed that


    she did not expect Harper to be at home. And then, she even quickly nced at Enya.


    "My Lady, Nanny Ruby insisted oning in and said Lady Sue is waiting for you at her ce," Nina


    replied hurriedly.


    "Mother wants to see me?" Harper rolled her eyes upwards. "What''s up?"


    Ruby took a deep breath and calmed down before she replied, "Lady Sue said Lady Hailey would be


    back today. So she wants you to wait for her there, My Lady."


    "Nina, give her a p!" Harper looked at Nina and yelled out angrily. No sooner did Harper finish her


    words than Nina turned around and pped Ruby in the face. It happened so fast that Ruby could not


    even do anything for her self-defense. She was left aghast.


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    "You bitch! How dare you hit me! Even Lady Sue has never hit me. How dare you! I''ll kill you!" Ruby


    red up in rage and rushed to retaliate with a fiercer blow on Nina.


    Harper sneered, "Nanny Ruby, I am surprised to see your audacity. I''m the daughter of Father''s legal


    wife. How dare you ask me to wait for a concubine''s daughter!"


    Upon hearing this, Ruby retorted immediately, "My Lady, you''re the daughter of Prime Minister Charles''


    wife, but so is Lady Hailey. Moreover, she is working at the Imperial Academy of Medicine. It''s normal


    for you to greet your sister!"


    "Huh? Are you insane?" Harper smirked at Ruby. "Nanny Ruby, don''t you know thews of the


    country? Once a concubine, always a concubine. Even though my father honored Lady Sue to be the


    hostess, she is still a concubine on the official records. And since she is a concubine, Hailey is a


    concubine''s daughter. You want to vite thew?"


    Ruby was left dumbfounded in front of the strong logic given by Harper. Her face turned pale as she


    looked at Harper, who was standing in the attic with a frozen expression on her face. Ruby opened her


    mouth to say something, but couldn''t utter a single word to refute her. What Harper said was true. And


    it was also true that Sue was a concubine even though Charles treated her as a wife. In this country,


    the stature and respect that were given to the wife could never be given to a concubine. Thews


    aimed at protecting the status of the wife and her children.


    "My Lady, aren''t you afraid that you might offend Lady Sue by saying that?" Ruby gritted her teeth and


    asked vengefully.


    Harper turned to Ruby at once and said coldly, "Nina, give her twenty ps to teach her a lesson.


    Nanny Ruby needs to learn how to respect me. My father is the prime minister of the country and


    knows thews very well. And I am sure he can''t ept such an unreasonable and uncourteous


    nanny. Mother manages the mansion because my father thinks highly of her. But she might not be


    aware that this old maid just pretends toply on the face but opposes in the heart. She doesn''t


    respect me!"


    "Yes, My Lady." Ruby was appalled by Harper''s words. Though she wanted to resist, she ended up


    standing like a stone as Nina approached her.


    "Nanny Ruby, you''d better not run. Otherwise, if I go to the Ministry of Rites and use Lady Sue, a


    concubine, of abusing me, and ask Father to marry a legal wife, do you think Lady Sue will let you go?"


    Nina used both of her hands to p Ruby in the face twenty times. Ruby stood there with her face


    completely swollen up. Harper changed her clothes and came out of her room. She cast a nce at


    Ruby, who was standing in front of her with blood oozing from the corner of her lips. Harper then patted


    Nina''s shoulder and said, "Let''s go to Peony House to visit to Grandma."


    As soon as Harper left, Ruby''s eyes were zing with hatred. She had been Sue''s wet nurse. In all


    these years, no one ever dared to show disrespect to her, but Harper even had the nerve to humiliate


    her like that!


    Anabel nced at Ruby and said, "Enya, Elsie, why don''t you see Nanny Ruby off? Lady Harper will


    come back for breakfast very soon. It''s time to prepare the meal."


    Enya and Elsie exchanged looks with each other and said, "Nanny Ruby, please."


    Ruby rolled her eyes at Enya. She got to her feet and staggered out of the yard. After she got out, she


    gave a ferocious nce at the Emerald House. ''Harper, wait and see. You will pay for what you have


    done to me today, '' she cursed inwardly before leaving the ce.


    Harper reached the Peony House earlier than usual. Mavis hadn''t woken up yet. Harper entered the


    bedroom and helped Mavis get up.


    "What makes youe here so early today?" Mavis asked Harper curiously.


    "I couldn''t fall asleep, so I got up early. Then I came to see you, Grandma."


    "It is not that Lady Harper couldn''t fall asleep. It''s because of someone..." Nina started to exin.


    "Shut up!" Harper stopped Nina. She then turned to Mavis and said, "Grandma, this girl is too blunt.


    Please don''t listen to her."


    "Tell me, what happened?" Mavis looked at Nina and urged.


    "My Lady, Lady Sue''s wet nurse Ruby broke into the Emerald House even before the sunrise. She


    asked Lady Harper to get up immediately and wait at gate for Lady Hailey. She said Lady Hailey was a


    daughter of Prime Minister Charles'' wife and working in Imperial Academy of Medicine, so Lady Harper


    should greet her at the door. Lady Harper argued with Nanny Ruby. Then she insulted Lady Harper and


    called her bitch. Lady Harper was so angry that she asked me to p her."


    Nina walked on her knees towards Mavis. "My Lady, please help Lady Harper. She is the daughter of


    Prime Minister Charles'' legal wife. Even a nanny can insult her like this! It''s unfair to her."


    "Nina, Nanny Ruby was the wet nurse of Mother and gained her respect. She stands for Mother.


    Mother loves Hailey a lot. It''s only too normal for her to ask me to wee Hailey," Harper reproached


    Nina. "Grandma, please don''t pay attention to what Nina said just now. Hailey is working hard. She is


    earning glory for our n. Naturally, Mother loves her so much."


    "Humph! Does she think she is Charles'' wife?" Mavis snorted. She was willing to turn a blind eye to


    everything only because her son liked that woman. She had said that Harper would be the emperor''s


    concubine, but Sue still didn''t learn how to behave. Mavis really loathed Sue!


    "Grandma, what are you talking about? Mother is the hostess of the n, and it''s natural for her to


    manage the household affairs. It''s just that Hailey is now working in Imperial Academy of Medicine and


    serving the distinguisheddies in the Imperial Pce. Why does shee back today?" Harper


    asked, looking confused.


    Mavis thought of Hailey, and immediately the stern expression on her face gave way to a more


    mellowed and soft look. "Maybe she misses home."


    "All right. Even I haven''t seen Hailey for a long time. I don''t know how she is doing at Imperial Academy


    of Medicine. I hope she has not been bullied by anybody," Harper observed with an anxious look on her


    face.