Chapter 17: Beaten in the Yard
"Miss, your body is just fine." Lian Xin hesitated.
Xiao Jiuyue walked towards the main courtyard. Lianxin saw her determination and said, "The main courtyard is a branch of the Xiao family, a branch of the old master's cousin. Your cousin Xiao Song and his family are currently living there."
"What did grandma say?" Xiao Jiuyue walked towards the main courtyard, thinking in his heart, grandpa said that he had not returned to the old house for more than ten years, and he didn't know how far away the side branches were.
"The old lady said, please do as you wish, Miss." Lianxin replied immediately.
Xiao Jiuyue lowered her eyes and knew what was going on. Before she even entered the main courtyard, she saw Xiao Yurong standing at the door in panic with tears in her eyes.
"Yurong? Why are you here?" Xiao Jiuyue looked at Xiao Yurong's red and swollen eyes. It was true that the Xiao family loved to cry.
"Sister." When Xiao Yurong saw Xiao Jiuyue, it was like she had found her lifesaver, like she had grabbed the last straw. She choked up and said, "They took Shuiyun away, and he even said he wanted to take her as a concubine."
Shui Yun has been with her since she was a child. If it weren't for Shui Yun and her support along the way, she would not have made it to Hongdu.
"Sister, Shuiyun doesn't want to be a concubine." Xiao Yurong looked at Xiao Jiuyue with sobs. Her father was arrested and her mother left. She was left alone. She was so useless that she couldn't even protect her own maid.
"Don't cry, what's the use of crying?" Xiao Jiuyue got a headache when he heard about crying, but crying couldn't solve the problem.
She turned around and said, "Lianxin, call Jinwen and Jinwu over."
"Yes." Lianxin responded, turned around and ran to the front yard to find Jinwen Jinwu.
"Tell me the details first." Xiao Jiuyue led her to the main courtyard. Xiao Yurong spoke quickly. After arriving in Hongdu, she also fell ill during the days when Xiao Jiuyue was ill. After a lot of effort, she felt better in the past two days, so Xiao Yurong took Shuiyun out for a walk.
This departure caused trouble!
When the fourth young master Xiao Wenping saw Shui Yun, he asked her for her and wanted to make her his concubine.
Xiao Yurong was naturally unwilling. Shuiyun had grown up with her and would marry with her in the future. Shuiyun didn't want to be a concubine. Xiao Yurong thought she would be fine as long as she hid in the yard, but when Shuiyun went to the kitchen, Xiao Wenping abducted her back to the yard.
"Sister, why haven't Jin Wen and Jin Wu come yet? I hope Shui Yun won't be in trouble!" Xiao Yurong's face turned pale. Her heart tightened at the thought of this possibility.
Xiao Jiuyue looked at this delicate cousin and said, "Since you are worried, what are you waiting for? Lead the way?"
"It's right here, in the west wing of the main courtyard. I saw it with my own eyes." Xiao Yurong said excitedly.
As soon as Xiao Jiuyue stepped into the main courtyard, he was stopped by someone.
"Who are you?" A mean-looking old woman stopped them and said, "My wife is taking a nap and can't see you."
Xiao Jiuyue didn't bother to pay attention to her. The old woman stretched out her hand to stop her, but Xiao Jiuyue turned her hand into a knife and hit the old woman's arm hard. The old woman felt so much pain that she gave way.
"Tell your wife that the main courtyard of the Xiao family is not the place for her to live. If she doesn't move out, the ancestors of the Xiao family will never let her go." Xiao Jiuyue's eyes were cold and her aura was strong. Even if she was alone with Xiao Yurong, she seemed to have the momentum of thousands of troops.
The old woman's arrogance suddenly weakened.
"Shui Yun." Xiao Yurong heard Shui Yun's crying coming from the west wing, and ran in holding up her skirt.
Xiao Jiuyue hurriedly followed. The situation in the room was worse than she had imagined. Shui Yun had taken out a pair of scissors from somewhere and was holding it against Xiao Wenping's neck, and they were in a stalemate. Xiao Wenping's arm was dripping with blood, probably because he was scratched by Shui Yun.
"Miss." Shui Yun saw Xiao Yurong coming and ran towards her.
Xiao Yurong hugged Shui Yun tightly, looking like a sister in distress.
Xiao Jiuyue took off her cloak and put it on Shuiyun. She looked at Xiao Wenping coldly. There was a mole at the corner of her mouth, and she looked at him as a playboy. She said coldly: "How can you humiliate the maid of the Xiao family at will?"
"It is her blessing to be able to serve my fourth young master. This bitch, I must kill her!" Xiao Wenping covered the wound on his arm. The moment he saw Xiao Jiuyue's face, his eyes lit up. The cold and aloof Xiao Jiuyue, dressed in plain clothes, looked like a Tianshan snow lotus blooming in the snow.
"Are you from the Xiao family?" Xiao Wenping thought of his mother's recent advice that his relatives from Shengjing were coming back and asked him to be careful.
If the woman in front of me wasn't a member of the Xiao family...
"Sister is the eldest daughter of the Xiao family, the apple of my grandfather and uncle's eye." Xiao Yurong helped Shui Yun stand up, walked to Xiao Jiuyue's side worriedly, and looked around, but they were all Xiao Wenping's people.
"Miss?" Xiao Wenping sneered, "The Xiao family is ruined, what's the big deal? You look good, so I'll introduce you to my brother as a concubine. We'll still be rich and prosperous then. How about that?"
"You can try and see if you can live to see that day." Xiao Jiuyue's eyes were calm and her words were light, but they were chilling. Xiao Wenping was frightened by her eyes.
"Come, come here." Xiao Wenping shouted, "There's no reason for the eldest lady to interfere in my affairs. She is already mine."
Several servants ran in. Shui Yun clutched her cloak tightly and looked at Xiao Wenping with a look of determination. She said, "I'd rather die than be your concubine!"
"What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and bring her to me." Xiao Wenping said, "Don't touch the two young ladies of the Xiao family. A maid is nothing."
"No." Xiao Yurong held Shui Yun tightly and looked at Xiao Jiuyue worriedly. She was so panicked that she didn't know what to do.
Xiao Jiuyue stood there calmly and said coldly, "You dare!" Her eyes were cold and she was counting silently in her heart. The reinforcements that Lianxin had called for should have arrived.
"Miss!" The voice of Manager Jin rang out.
Lian Xin ran over and stood by Xiao Jiuyue's side: "Miss, are you okay?"
"Not only Jin Wen and Jin Wu, but also Chief Steward Jin and ten guards were brought here." Lian Xin said in a low voice.
Xiao Jiuyue nodded slightly and said in a cold voice: "Manager Jin, take him to the yard and beat him with fifty strokes of the cane!"
"Yes." Manager Jin walked towards Xiao Wenping, who was frightened and yelled, "Get out of here! Don't touch me!"
"You good-for-nothings, you..." Xiao Wenping looked up and saw that all his servants had been subdued and were lying on the ground.
"Today, I'll let you see what rules are!" Xiao Jiuyue turned around quickly.
Manager Jin grabbed Xiao Wenping with one hand, like dragging a chicken. Xiao Wenping had no power to resist. He shouted in panic, "Mom, save me!"
When Gan Li heard Mother Mi mention Xiao Jiuyue, she thought to herself that something was wrong. Sure enough, when she came out of the toilet, she saw them escorting Xiao Wenping out.
"Stop it!" Gan Li's face darkened as she angrily said, "Miss Xiao, our master guards the old house for the Xiao family. Even if he has no merit, he has worked hard. Miss Xiao, you come here and bully my son like this. Isn't that inappropriate?"
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