"Young...Young Miss?"
In the Plum Blossom Garden, Wu An saw the "Blood Purple Crape Myrtle" and exclaimed in surprise.
"Wu'an?"
"Blood Purple Rose" raised her phoenix eyes, looked the person in front of her up and down, and immediately recognized him.
According to the book, when the heroine's mother, Wang Shuqing, married into the family from Jiangnan, she brought two people with her: Wu An, the accountant, and Wei Yun, Wu An's wife, who was part of Wang Shuqing's dowry.
Both were over forty years old. Wu An was originally an accountant, but after Princess Huaiyin, Mu Xue'er, entered the mansion, she falsely accused Wu An of stealing the mansion's property. Despite Wu An's desperate protests, no one believed him.
For this, Wu An was ordered to be beaten to death. In order to protect Wu An, Wei Yun confessed that she had stolen it, and for this, she lost her life.
Nevertheless, Wu'an still suffered a broken leg.
The most shameless thing is that Mu Xue'er was so brazen that she instigated Han Bingmo to take half of Wang Shuqing's dowry before the matter was considered closed.
As for the maids Hongxia and Caiyun, they were later bought into the household by Wang Shuqing in order to share Wu'an's workload and prevent him from being too tired.
The two maids were relatively loyal to Wang Shuqing, and thus stayed on. According to the book, the two maids also met a tragic end, tortured to death by one of Princess Huaiyin's cousins.
Thinking of these things, a cold glint appeared in "Blood Purple Rose's" eyes.
"Yes, this old servant. The young lady has returned. Why didn't she inform the madam? This old servant will go in and report right away."
Wu An was extremely respectful, but from his furrowed brows and emotionless voice, "Blood Purple Rose" could still tell that he didn't particularly like the original owner of the body.
No wonder, considering the original owner was such an incompetent fool who did so many terrible things and broke the hearts of all his relatives!
"Uncle Wu, your legs are weak, so I'll go in by myself!"
"Blood Purple Rose" suddenly spoke, and Wu An's body stiffened, instinctively turning around.
"What does the young lady call this old servant?"
"Uncle Wu! You were brought from my mother's hometown, and you're not much younger than her. Is it right for me to call you uncle?"
"Blood Purple Rose" was a matter of course, but Wu An's eyes welled up with tears. In the past, the young lady always called him "the cripple".
Sometimes, when the second young lady deliberately made things difficult for her, she would take advantage of the situation and help the second young lady bully her, a servant.
"Madam is in the inner room, Miss, please go in by yourself!"
With a choked voice filled with the weariness of life, Wu An pointed to the end of the corridor. "Blood Rose" smiled.
"Lily, let's go."
"yes."
Lily agreed and followed closely behind "Blood Purple Rose." As she passed Wu An, he suddenly grabbed her arm.
"Miss Lily, is the young lady alright?"
"It's nothing! I think the young lady seems to have become bolder now. She just pushed the second madam at the door, hit the master, and even beat up that arrogant Ding Er. It was so satisfying."
Baihe spoke lightly, her eyes filled with adoration for "Blood Purple Rose," while Wu An was so astonished he couldn't close his jaw.
"You...you're saying the young lady just hit the master? This...how is that possible?"
"Yes! The young lady complains that the master favors his concubine over his wife."
Seeing her young mistress walk away, Lily said a few words and quickly chased after her.
Even after "Blood Purple Rose" disappeared around the corner, Wu An still couldn't believe his ears.
Led by Lily, "Blood Purple Rose" quickly arrived at the door of the original owner's mother's room. Inside, Wang Shuqing was coughing violently, and there was also the sound of a young boy trying to persuade her.
“Mother, let’s go back to our maternal grandparents’ place in Jiangnan! Father doesn’t like us and won’t let the family doctor examine you. If this continues, you will die.”
"No... Mother... Mother can't leave. Your sister married into the Longxuan Prince's mansion. We don't know what will happen to her. If the Longxuan Prince dies, your sister will definitely be buried with him. We must find a way to redeem her."
Wang Shuqing spoke intermittently. Although her daughter had broken her heart, she still couldn't bring herself to abandon her. This is motherly love.
“Mother, she treats you like this, why should you care about her? When you were being flogged, she didn’t say a word for you. All you want is to elope with that cowherd, and the only people you trust are that heartless mother and daughter next door.”
The boy's voice carried a hint of disappointed resentment, as well as a suppressed pain. Perhaps he had said too much, for he suddenly coughed violently.
"Cough cough..."
"Young Master, you've vomited blood."
When "Blood Purple Rose" pushed open the door, she saw a maid feeding Wang Shuqing medicine, while another was patting a young man's back to help him catch his breath.
The boy's face was pale, and his lips had a faint bluish-purple tinge. A guess surfaced in "Blood Purple Rose's" mind.
"The boy has been poisoned."
"Ruobin, are you alright?"
At this moment, everyone in the room was looking at the boy and didn't notice "Blood Purple Rose" coming in at all.
“It’s an old ailment, Mother, don’t worry.”
The boy is at most ten years old, yet he has the maturity of a young man. The book records that the heroine's younger brother has been frail and sickly since childhood, which seems to have a hidden story.
"Give him this to drink."
"Blood Purple Rose" suddenly spoke, startling everyone in the room. Their expressions then varied, and the maids Hongxia and Caiyun hurriedly bowed.
"Young...Young Miss."
Only Wang Shuqing's expression held a hint of joy.
"Ziwei, you're back. How is Prince Longxuan? Did you sneak out?"
The younger brother, Han Ruobin, however, remained indifferent, staring at the water glass handed to him, and said coldly,
"What? Are you planning to be buried with King Longxuan and drag me, your younger brother, down with you?"
"Han Ziwei, you are a beast! Not only do you disregard your mother's life, but you also acknowledge that vile woman as your mother and even attempted to murder your own brother! Why doesn't Heaven punish you?"
"Ruobin, don't talk nonsense, she is your sister."
The mother, Wang Shuqing, angrily rebuked him, followed by another bout of violent coughing.
"Cough cough cough..."
"Madam, Madam, wake up, wake up..."
Perhaps due to excessive excitement, Wang Shuqing's eyes rolled back and she fainted.
"Mother……"
Han Ruobin let out a hoarse cry of exhaustion, slid off his wheelchair, and began to crawl toward Wang Shuqing's bed.
"Young Master."
The maid Caiyun rushed forward and tried to help Han Ruobin up, but because Han Ruobin was uncooperative, she was unable to help him up even after several attempts.
"Mother, sob... You can't be hurt. What will I do if you die? Sob..."
After all, he was just a ten-year-old child. Seeing his mother close her eyes and start to cry, the room was in chaos. Wu An heard the commotion and dragged himself in.
"lady……"
"Young Master..."
...
For a moment, I didn't know who to save first, or how to save them.
Hongxia, being the quick-witted one, shouted out,
"Wu'an, you've come at the right time. The lady has fainted. Quickly go and fetch the royal physician."
"The imperial physician? But the Second Madam has confined us to 'Meilan Garden'! Forget about calling the imperial physician, even leaving 'Meilan Garden' will result in being beaten to death."
Wu An was so anxious that he stamped his feet, but there was nothing he could do.
"Uncle Wu, come here and help Caiyun lift Ruobin up and give him this bowl of medicine."
As for my mother, I will treat her.
After saying this, "Blood Purple Rose" forced a bowl of water mixed with her blood into Wu An's hand. Her blood could cure all poisons.
Wu An stared at the bowl in his hand, momentarily unsure whether he should listen to "Xue Ziwei." After all, the young lady had tormented the young master quite a bit in the past, and had even forced him to take medicine, causing him to suffer from severe abdominal pain for three days and three nights without being able to sleep.
Seeing Wu An hesitate, the maid Baihe snatched it away.
"Let me do it! I trust Miss and know she won't harm the young master."
"Han Ziwei, if you dare to harm me, I will haunt you even as a ghost."
Han Ruobin, who was being forcibly given the drug, struggled and uttered some harsh words.
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