[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-a-foodie-transmigrated-into-the-palace":3,"chapter-a-foodie-transmigrated-into-the-palace-a-foodie-transmigrated-into-the-palace-chapter-951":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","A Foodie Transmigrated into the Palace",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},410982,676,"Chapter 951: Beat Them for Me","a-foodie-transmigrated-into-the-palace-chapter-951",951,"\u003Cp>Xia Ruyi was momentarily taken aback by the words, and gradually her face darkened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What? What are you saying? Can’t do it?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She slowly rose to her feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Walking over to the embroideresses, she bent down and circled around them several times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, she sneered coldly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fine! You can’t do it, is that right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Pan Zhu, call the broker over. This miss doesn’t keep idlers!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The well-rounded maid hastily stepped forward to respond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, miss!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After speaking, she swayed her plump hips as she walked away, her face wearing the smug smile of a petty person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The few embroideresses began to feel panicked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The broker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To all servants, she is an absolutely terrifying presence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how dignified you were in the master’s house before, once you’re sold to the broker, your life is as good as ruined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once out, who would want them?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which prominent family would accept servants sold by a previous owner?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All their efforts in the first half of their life would be wasted, and they’d lose hope for the second half entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At their age, they couldn’t possibly go to a brothel to make a living.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That would be less dignified than dying outright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking this way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their faces turned pale one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Things always have a way of turning around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A mere young girl can’t cause a stir in the domain of the Hou Mansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This mansion, after all, is not one she can rule over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pan Zhu hadn’t been gone long before she returned crestfallen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Followed by an Old Sister.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This person was sent here by Ni Manxue, surname Bai, commonly known as Sister Bai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because many servants from the Hou Mansion were transferred to this auxiliary estate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Ni was contemplating:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having no steward wouldn’t do, so she brought Sister Bai over to manage all the servants in the estate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, she said it’s for: making sure they follow rules and serve the master well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But actually... it was to ensure they held onto the power tightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the powers of this auxiliary estate must not fall into the hands of outsiders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sister Bai, upon entering, saw the embroideresses kneeling on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without pausing to think, she immediately put on a smile and rushed forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh dear, who has angered our third miss? Speak up, and I’ll punish them for you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Ruyi looked at Sister Bai’s smiling face and unceremoniously sneered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, isn’t this Sister Bai? What kind of wind has blown you here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sister Bai maintained a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This servant wouldn’t dare, I greet the third miss!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though she called herself a servant, her manners were neither obsequious nor arrogant, showing not a hint of servitude.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This left Xia Ruyi quite dissatisfied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hm, this old thing pretending, acting all high and mighty? Why not just become the master if she’s so capable? Why act like a servant?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Ruyi quickly sidestepped as she saw Sister Bai attempt a courtesy, her tone dripping with sarcasm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sister Bai, please rise, I can’t bear such courtesies from you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After all, I’m not the legitimate master here. It’s only right that I lack authority!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sister Bai, being an experienced Old Sister.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, her expression didn’t change as she went forward with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Third miss, what are you talking about?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"These people were sent by Lady Hou, all out of her good intentions!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you don’t like them, send them back, and Lady will send you replacements!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Xia Ruyi sneered coldly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Replacements?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sister Bai, you’re of age, you should know the rules!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the Capital City... what’s the punishment for offending the master? Surely you know!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"These folks claim to be embroideresses but refuse to make clothes for me, asking me to find someone else, well, how bold and principled they are!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If they were so principled, why come in the first place? They should have refused outright!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Growing more frustrated, Xia Ruyi finally threw something at them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sister Bai, I, at least, am the legitimate lady of the Xia Family!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I disgrace myself, that’s one thing, but if I disgrace the Xia Family, who among you could bear it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These words spoke with righteousness, causing all the embroideresses below to bow their heads silently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sister Bai also laughed and said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Third miss, it’s their ignorance, I’ll discipline them well later!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please, calm yourself!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s not worth it to get upset over a few servants!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Ruyi sneered again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Discipline later? Why not now?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sister Bai finally couldn’t hold it in anymore, her face slightly cooled, she asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then... how would the third miss like to discipline them now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Ruyi’s expression finally softened, carrying a smug smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No need to trouble Sister Bai with this!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They serve me, they are my servants!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll discipline them as I see fit!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You...!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sister Bai was rendered speechless, her face unable to maintain composure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She immediately sneered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fine!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since the third miss insists, do as you wish!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"However, there’s something I must tell you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Their indentures aren’t with you, dismissing them is not yours to decide!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After speaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without waiting for Xia Ruyi to react, she strode away, her face not looking pleasant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the lady’s intentions, there shouldn’t be so much effort wasted on the third miss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally just lodging here, even begging wouldn’t send her away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why bother squandering so much eloquence?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was willing to show some favor, that was already much face given, wasn’t it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fine! They weren’t interested.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why should she humiliate herself, sticking her old face into their cold backside?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So be it, let’s see what she’ll do!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Sister Bai left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Ruyi watched the embroideresses with a triumphant look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Look at you all!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Weren’t you all quite proud before? Asking me to find someone else, huh?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What now! Keep being proud!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Ruyi took a deep breath and continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Rest assured! I can’t sell you, but I have plenty of means to torment you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As long as you stay here one day, I’ll torment you that day!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I’m not well, none of you will be either!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course, if you reconsider now, and decide to serve me properly, I might consider letting you off the hook!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How about it?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These words caused the embroideresses to tremble with fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally thinking she was just a young girl of about ten.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The madam said not to pay her heed, so they genuinely ignored her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unexpectedly, people from a small place are not easy to push over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, it seems they’ve learned their lesson!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But, making them submit to her and serve her was still impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So after glancing at each other, they continued their silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Ruyi was furious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fine!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’ve got guts!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Pan Zhu! Go and call someone to bring things over, give each of them twenty lashes! I refuse to believe this!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pan Zhu regained her smugness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, miss!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After saying this, she truly went to gather some people to bring over benches and sticks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the sticks, the embroideresses were not afraid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just a beating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if they were beaten to death, they wouldn’t serve such a woman!\u003C\u002Fp>",1195,"2026-05-30T07:41:24.511Z","2026-06-01T04:30:40.316Z",1,"novelbin.me","39c4deb631227b9928cb5796fe27825c406dfb7702863565608cbd51e34b3276","a-foodie-transmigrated-into-the-palace-chapter-952","a-foodie-transmigrated-into-the-palace-chapter-600",1204,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fa-foodie-transmigrated-into-the-palace-cover.jpg"]