Chapter 92 New Bud
Just as Li's mother had finished resting with Madam Xiao, she heard the news of Caihe's death, and her right eyelid twitched involuntarily.
What's wrong?
She pressed her eyelids down, feeling a pang of sadness. Caihe was also a servant girl, and although she was sometimes a bit arrogant, she had watched her grow up, so she had some affection for her.
Even the stern expression on Li's mother's face softened at this moment, and she finally sighed:
"I understand. Go find two strong servants and quietly carry them out through the back door. Be careful not to offend the masters."
She then took two small silver coins from her purse:
“Caihe died such an inglorious death that her masters wouldn’t give her any funeral expenses. Give this to her family to offer some comfort.”
Bi Sui accepted it with a sorrowful expression and returned to the woodshed.
Xinrui had acted impulsively just now, which led her to stay in the woodshed, facing a corpse and a madman. Now that she had come to her senses, she was also a little scared.
She tilted her head and looked towards the door, but Bihui did not appear for a long time.
"Where did Bihui go? Why hasn't she come back yet?"
Xinrui muttered to herself unconsciously, and Chunwen heard her and suddenly smiled dreamily:
"Hibiscus is gone, Caihe is dead, and I'll be next soon. There'll be no one to help Fourth Miss with her work, hehe."
"What did you say?"
Xinrui suddenly heard this and turned around sharply to look at her.
"Chunwen, what did you say?"
Chunwen's mental state had been poor ever since she left the Shenxing Division. If other people who occasionally came to collect firewood heard her, they would just think she was talking nonsense.
"Those two deserve to die a horrible death! One is wicked and the other is stupid. I was just doing a job for money, why should I be used as a scapegoat!"
Xinrui was shocked when she first heard this.
"What did you just say? Say it again."
Xinrui rushed forward and pressed down on Chunwen's shoulder.
"What do you mean by 'you do things for money'?"
Chunwen stopped talking and just stared blankly ahead.
"Hmph, Caihe is one thing, out of respect for the dead, I won't say anything. But Fifth Miss has always treated her servants well, and has she ever made you suffer any grievances? Yet you are so shameless, holding a grudge against Fifth Miss for the sake of two maids borrowed by the Princess!"
Xinrui felt somewhat indignant when she thought about this.
Now that things have come to this, it's clear to everyone that Fifth Miss has gotten close to the Eldest Princess, and Lanting Pavilion is the perfect place for her. Yet Chunwen doesn't appreciate it and is vying for favor with the two maids.
After reading the testimony sent from the palace, the lady slammed her fist on the table in anger and said to leave the two maids to their fate.
Li's mother picked up the discarded testimony and, without trying to hide it from Xinrui, told it to her confidante exactly as it was written, which was also a way of giving Xinrui a warning.
"What?"
Chunwen seemed to have snapped out of her madness and looked at Xinrui in disbelief.
She and Caihe spent the entire night in a place like the Shenxing Division, where they spilled everything that should and shouldn't have been said, but she never mentioned anything about harboring resentment towards the Fifth Miss because of Qin Yuan and Cheng Yan.
The testimony clearly states that it should be the Fourth Sister...
Chunwen patted her head hard, which was still foggy from the pain. She was already in this situation, so why was she still worried about these things?
In short, the Xiao family mansion is already completely rotten. Let them run wild; the more chaotic, the better.
"Isn't that right? It's all clearly written in black and white in the testimony, and now you're pretending to be crazy and stupid!"
Xinrui's emotions were stirred up, and she no longer felt afraid, so she rattled off a string of words:
"What a blind and heartless person! Fifth Miss actually cares about whether you live or die, sending Bihui to deliver medicine and food to you. In my opinion, you should be kept alive in this state for three to five years, so that you won't die a quick death!"
"Fifth Sister..." Chunwen murmured.
"What is Fifth Miss? She's someone who came back halfway through her life. Even the Xiao family doesn't care about her. When the Princess is in a good mood, she treats her like a cat or a dog, but when she's not, she kicks her aside. What future can she have?"
Xinrui was speechless; this person was truly stubborn and inflexible.
She didn't want to say anything more, so she turned her head to look outside and saw Bihui leading the way.
The two servants didn't want to do the job either, and they looked rather unwilling.
"Is he inside?"
One of them asked.
Bi Sui nodded, her eyes slightly red: "Indeed, please be careful, so as not to disturb them..."
Another servant looked disgusted:
“Caihe deserved to die. Now that she’s gone, what’s there to be careful about? Just pack up and throw her away.”
The two wanted to finish the task as soon as possible, and also felt it was unlucky, so they carried Caihe very roughly.
"Smack—"
With a soft thud, something fell off Caihe.
"What's this?"
Xinrui stepped forward and picked it up.
Bihui also came closer to look, and when her gaze fell upon the object wrapped in the handkerchief, she hesitated and said:
"Why is there a character 'Yao' on this?"
Xinrui and she exchanged a glance, both seeing surprise and uncertainty in each other's eyes.
Bi Sui put it in herself, so she knew exactly what it was. The girl had brought it back from the girls' school one day, saying it might be useful in the future, and told her to keep it safe.
Xinrui had a bad feeling. This was something Caihe kept close to her body. If those two servants hadn't been so careless and rude, it wouldn't have fallen out.
But for some reason, she no longer had the courage to open it and see what was inside.
No, Bihui doesn't seem like someone who can make decisions. We still need to go find Mother Li.
She gripped what she was holding tightly and said:
"I'm going to find Aunt Li. You stay here and watch over the person until I get back."
Bi Sui nodded firmly.
The two servants looked at each other, bewildered.
But after Xinrui left, Bihui moved a chair over, slowly sat down, and didn't forget to explain:
"Brothers, this is the first time I've ever seen a dead person. I'm a little scared, and my legs are still weak..."
Main courtyard.
"Bang--"
Xiao Su slammed his large hand heavily on the rosewood table, causing the cups and saucers on it to shake violently, and the tea in the cups to spill out.
He hadn't yet changed out of his official robes as a second-rank official, and his face was so dark it seemed to drip water. His gaze was fixed on the young man kneeling upright in the hall, and he was practically cursing through gritted teeth:
"Xiao Jue! Have you gone mad? Yu Yao is your sister!"
Xiao Jue was not afraid at all. There were no Dai family members here anymore, and he was not afraid that Yu Yao would be sought revenge by the Dai family. He explained confidently:
"Father, Mother, Yuyao is only my sister in name, isn't she?"
“We grew up together. When I learned that we were not related by blood, I vowed to take care of her for the rest of my life. She is so kind and gentle. Now that she is no longer the daughter of the Xiao family, what kind of man can she marry? Even if she does marry, how can other families treat her like their own daughter and cherish her like our family does, so that she will not suffer any grievances?”
Now that Yuyao's letters have been leaked, and he can't wait for Yuyao to come of age, he might as well admit it now.
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