Jinzhu was locked in the woodshed, while the two old women guarded outside the woodshed.
It was already late at night, and the two old women soon became sleepy and sat down on the doorstep to doze off.
Su Xuening led Bihe around to the back of the woodshed. Through the crack in the window at the back of the woodshed, the two saw that Jinzhu was tied up and gagged with a strip of cloth.
The window was bolted and couldn't be opened, so Su Xuening could only gently knock on the window, trying to startle Jinzhu.
In the woodshed, Jinzhu indeed heard the noise, struggled to get up from the ground, hopped step by step to the window, and used her head to pry open the window latch.
Outside, Bihe immediately opened the window.
Upon seeing Su Xuening and Bihe outside the window, Jinzhu was overjoyed and sobbed as she pleaded for their help.
Su Xuening removed the gag from Jinzhu's mouth, gestured for her to be quiet, and pointed to the door of the woodshed across the street.
Jinzhu was terrified and dared not make a sound. She turned her back and placed her bound hands on the window.
Su Xuening and Bihe worked together to untie the knot for her.
With her hands free, Jinzhu quickly untied the ropes binding her feet and, with the help of Su Xuening and Bihe, climbed out of the window.
The three of them ran a long way and disappeared into a bamboo forest.
Before she could even catch her breath, Jinzhu knelt down in front of Su Xuening with a thud, panting, "Thank you so much for saving me, Miss!"
Su Xuening stared at her closely and saw that she did indeed have some of her mother's charm in her brows.
She really admired that Zhong woman, who hated her mother to the extreme while sending one woman after another who resembled her mother to Su Renyi's side.
Seeing Jinzhu's flushed face, Su Xuening immediately guessed what was wrong: "You've been drugged?"
Jinzhu looked at Su Xuening in surprise, then nodded breathlessly, "Yes. Second Miss, use me to test the medicine."
"It's Drunken Acacia!" Su Xuening was very surprised, not expecting that the matter had started because of her: "You should know that only men can cure Drunken Acacia."
Jinzhu felt extremely unwell, vaguely sensing the effects of the Drunken Harmony: "This servant knows..."
"You don't know!" Su Xuening interrupted Jinzhu before she could finish speaking: "With Zui Hehuan and a man involved, do you think you can still keep the baby in your belly?"
Jinzhu was completely stunned; no one had ever told her that she was pregnant.
Now not only does the Second Madam know, but even the Eldest Miss knows!
Bihe was also extremely shocked. Jinzhu was the Second Master's concubine, so the child in her belly was not the Second Master's. Keeping the child without permission, no wonder the Second Madam wanted to punish her.
"Does Miss have any other solutions?" Jinzhu gently stroked her belly and looked at Su Xuening pleadingly.
"You only have one way to survive." Su Xuening couldn't give her any hope. If there were a way to cure the Drunken Joyful Union, she wouldn't be in this situation.
The light of hope in Jinzhu's eyes was instantly extinguished. She suddenly knelt up and kowtowed to Su Xuening: "Miss, I will definitely repay your life-saving grace today!"
After kowtowing, Jinzhu stood up and resolutely left.
Looking at Jinzhu, who seemed like a completely different person, Su Xuening spoke again: "So much has happened tonight, Su Renyi probably won't be in the mood to go to the backyard, he should be staying in the study."
Jinzhu paused, as if remembering something, and turned to say, "Miss, be careful of Green Lotus."
After saying that, Jinzhu turned and left.
After a while, Su Xuening returned to Jingxue Pavilion with Bihe.
"Why did you save Jinzhu, Miss?" Bihe couldn't help but ask as soon as they returned to their room.
Su Xuening loosened her cloak and said calmly, "Since they can bribe my people, shouldn't I retaliate?"
Jinzhu is intelligent and a useful person.
"Is Green Lotus really the Second Miss's spy?" Bihe asked, still unwilling to give up, after taking the cloak.
Su Xuening remained silent with a sullen face, and Bihe understood everything. She gritted her teeth and cursed, "How dare she!"
Su Xuening remained calm: "People die for money, birds die for food. Now that the eldest branch of the family has fallen into decline, it is understandable that she would seek a better match elsewhere."
Bihe glared angrily, her eyes wide: "That damned Green Lotus, could it be that Miss's disappearance tonight is also related to her?"
Su Xuening narrowed her eyes slightly: "She drugged me and had Su Feiling and the others take me to the dilapidated temple."
Su Feiling had tried to drug her more than once before, but had never succeeded, so she bribed the maidservant beside her.
The medicine was no longer ordinary; it was now the "Drunken Acacia" medicine. With the selection of concubines imminent, she had to ruin her reputation.
Bihe was instantly stunned and looked at Su Xuening nervously: "Miss, you haven't been tricked by them, have you?"
Seeing Bihe's worried expression, Su Xuening downplayed the issue, saying, "I'm fine, it's Su Yuxin who's in trouble."
Su Xuening briefly recounted what happened at the dilapidated temple that evening to Bihe.
After hearing this, Bihe felt both relieved and terrified, and her teeth itched with hatred: "That Green Lotus, how dare she conspire with the Second Miss and the others to harm you like this, how can you still plan to keep her alive!"
"She's still useful."
In her past life, she killed Green Lotus as soon as she returned, but she let her die so quietly, which benefited both Green Lotus and Su Feiling.
Su Xuening beckoned to Bihe with her finger, and Bihe leaned close to her ear: "Go get some silver from the box and go to Green Lotus's house..."
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