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Jinshang Hall.
When Wanruo saw the Xie family's carriage parked in front of the store, she guessed that Xie Xiuzhu had come again. She was about to ask someone to prepare tea for her, but suddenly she saw a dignified and respectable lady get off the carriage.
It’s the eldest lady.
Wanruo paused for a moment. Sure enough, what was coming would come, and there was no way to escape it.
The eldest lady came in surrounded by her maids and servants, and Wanruo greeted her: "Eldest lady."
The eldest lady looked at her coldly: "You still recognize me."
Wan Ruo felt bitter in her heart, but she still smiled: "The eldest lady has been very kind to me, so of course I recognize her."
"What did you tell me back then? You'll never return to the capital again. What are you doing now?"
Wanruo lowered her eyes, unable to answer.
She had known this day would come, and had anticipated it since she returned to Yanjing City.
She didn't care about either Jiang Xuejun or the Third Madam. She just felt that her death was not thorough enough, so she would just plot her return.
But the only person she least wanted to see was the eldest lady.
After meeting the eldest lady, he seemed to have thrown away even the last bit of his dignity.
It was she who begged to leave Beijing in the first place, and now that she has returned to Beijing, she is still the one who is entangled with Xie Xianyu, but what can she do?
The eldest lady's face was gloomy. "I don't have to bother with you about the past. Since Xian'er likes you, you should just be quiet from now on. It's not that I can't tolerate you. But if you open this shop outside and show your face in public, won't it embarrass the Xie family?"
"Which concubine is as unruly as you? You should stay in the inner courtyard and serve your master wholeheartedly!"
Wanruo felt extremely embarrassed after hearing these lessons, but she refused to accept them. She raised her head and looked at the eldest lady, her voice hoarse: "I am not a concubine of the Xie family."
The eldest lady was stunned for a moment, her face darkening again. "I'm coming to your house to ask you to be my concubine now. I'm giving you face. Do you think it's glorious to be a mistress outside? You can afford to lose face, but the Xie family can't!"
"I'm not..."
The words were on my throat, but I couldn't say them.
Everyone knew about her relationship with Xie Xianyu. Even after returning to Beijing, she tried her best to keep a distance from him, but it was just an attempt to cover up the truth.
As long as she is here, she belongs to him. If she lives in Xie's house, she is his concubine. If she doesn't live in Xie's house, she is his mistress.
The eldest lady's eyes were a little sharper: "You are so ambitious, could it be that you want to be the young lady of the Xie family?"
Wanruo froze: "I didn't."
"The Xie family is the head of the Xie family, not one of those families without rules. Since you are back, I am not denying you a chance, but you must know the rules and know your limits. If you violate the ancestral rules of the Xie family, even Xian'er can't protect you."
The eldest lady spoke in a warning tone.
Wanruo lowered her head and replied, "Yes."
The eldest lady then turned and left.
Wanruo still stood there stiffly, unable to move, her eyes dull.
"Miss Qi."
She looked up in a daze and saw Li Jingzhao. She hurriedly wiped the moisture from the corners of her eyes with the back of her hand and forced herself to calm down: "Why are you here?"
Li Jingzhao sat in a wheelchair and looked at her gravely: "Have you been bullied?"
"No." Wan Ruo was a little impatient to deal with him, "Is there something wrong?"
"I was abrupt last time. You moved so fast that I didn't have time to speak, so I thought I'd come and apologize to you in person."
"I didn't take it to heart."
Li Jingzhao said seriously, "I was indeed wrong last time. In my heart, the young lady is my lifesaver, and I cannot repay her with just a thousand taels of silver. I also hope to do something for her."
"I don't need any help from you."
"But you were clearly bullied just now. Did the Xie family force you to be a concubine? I heard everything, and you didn't want to, right? How could a woman as capable as you be confined to the inner courtyard to serve a man? And how could you, a woman all alone, resist such power?"
Wanruo lowered her eyes. Yes, she couldn't resist it.
Whether it was Xie Xianyu or the eldest lady, she could not resist anyone. The eldest lady came today just to teach her to be more obedient, to be a concubine in the mansion, to accept training and to restrain her edge.
If Xie Xianyu doesn't let go, she will have to enter the Xie Mansion sooner or later.
Li Jingzhao looked around the shop and said regretfully, "Others may not know, but I know that the young lady is a great doctor and a good businessman. If she can rely on herself, she will definitely make a name for herself."
Wanruo collected her thoughts and spoke in a more distant voice, "This has nothing to do with you."
"How can it be unrelated? I want to help you!"
Li Jingzhao said anxiously: "The Xie family is powerful. If you stay in Western Zhou, you will definitely not be able to escape. But I have been traveling between Western Zhou and Northern Liang for many years. I have a way to take you there and also let the girl live in peace!"
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