Su Xuening opened the box and took out several indentures, looking at them one by one: "Wow, quite a few, Zhao Shugen, Li Zhaodi, Zhao Dalong, Zhao Erhu..."
Hearing those familiar names, Green Lotus was completely stunned: "Miss..."
"Weren't you concerned about the indenture? I've got them all for you. See if you're satisfied?" Su Xuening glanced at Lülian, slapped the indentures on her face, and released her hand.
Green Lotus took the contracts of indenture with trembling hands and quickly flipped through them one by one.
Although she was illiterate, she recognized what a contract of indenture looked like, and she also recognized those familiar names.
Seeing their entire family, all of them listed on these indentures, Green Lotus felt nothing but despair.
She looked up, staring blankly at Su Xuening and Bihe.
It turns out that Bihe didn't take leave to go home these past two days at all, but instead went to her home and had her family sign these indentures.
Seeing her astonished gaze, Bihe suddenly felt very pleased and smugly snatched the contract of servitude from her hand: "Now your whole family are the young lady's servants. If you sell out your master for personal gain, your whole family will have to be buried with you!"
Bihe's words startled Lülian, who immediately kowtowed to Su Xuening: "Miss, I really know I was wrong. Please spare my family. They are innocent."
"Innocent?" Su Xuening laughed. "Have I ever harmed you? Have I ever harmed them? And what right do you have to harm me? And Yun An, he's only seven years old, what did he do wrong? Why are you harming him? Who isn't innocent?"
Su Xuening's words filled Lülian with shame. She knelt on the ground and begged, "I was wrong. I deserve to die. I shouldn't have betrayed my master for personal gain and agreed to help the Second Miss and the Second Madam harm you and the young master. I will never dare to do it again. Please, Miss, give me and my family a way out for our past relationship."
"How dare you mention our past relationship? Miss treated you so well, yet you dare to conspire with outsiders to harm her like this! I'll beat you to death, you bitch!" Seeing that she still had the nerve to say such things, Bihe was so angry that she hit her again.
Green Lotus was beaten so badly that she didn't dare to utter a sound, let alone fight back.
Su Xuening looked at Green Lotus leisurely, then suddenly said, "Give me a reason to spare your life!"
Green Lotus instantly grasped at a lifeline, grabbing onto Su Xuening's skirt as she said, "This servant...this servant can help you harm the Second Madam and the Second Miss. They trust this servant now. If you spare this servant's life, this servant will definitely be of use to you."
"Can someone who sells out his master for personal gain be trusted?" Su Xuening stared at Green Lotus's hand gripping her skirt and said sarcastically.
Green Lotus immediately and obsequiously released Su Xuening's skirt: "My family's indentures are all in Miss's hands. How dare I do such a thing as selling my master for personal gain? I only beg Miss to give me another chance and believe me one last time."
Su Xuening's lips curled up slightly: "I'm a soft-hearted person. Considering you've served me for so many years, I can give you one last chance."
Before Green Lotus could even feel happy, a pill rolled to her feet.
"Eat it, and I will spare your life."
Su Xuening's silent voice came through. Green Lotus stared intently at the pill, feeling extremely resistant, but she knew she couldn't resist it.
Green Lotus picked up the pills from the ground and obediently swallowed them under Su Xuening's watchful eye.
The pill melted in her mouth, its bitterness causing Green Lotus to scrunch up in anguish.
"Thank you, Miss." Green Lotus, her eyes red, kowtowed to Su Xuening.
"This is a deadly poison. You need to collect the antidote once a month. If you dare to betray your master again, you should know what your fate will be."
Hearing Su Xuening's cold warning, Green Lotus hurriedly shook her head: "This servant will never dare to do it again."
"Go kneel outside the door and do not get up without my order."
Without saying a word, Green Lotus immediately got up and went out, kneeling at the door.
When the maids and servants in the courtyard saw Green Lotus kneeling in such a disheveled state, they all pointed and whispered among themselves.
No matter what they said, Green Lotus remained kneeling obediently, not daring to move an inch.
Having dealt with Green Lotus, Su Xuening was a little tired and sat down on the chaise lounge.
“Miss, your face…” Bihe looked at Su Xuening’s once stunningly beautiful face, now burned like this, and her eyes reddened with heartache again. She gritted her teeth and said, “You shouldn’t have spared her life!”
Su Xuening glanced at the door: "Let's keep her for now. Killing her like this won't quell my hatred!"
If she hadn't harmed Yun'an, perhaps she would have suffered less, but now she would never let her go.
"Let me apply some medicine for you."
Bihe found some burn ointment and wanted to apply it to Su Xuening, but Su Xuening refused, saying, "No need, this wound should be left."
The lawsuit failed, and the Zhong family went unpunished, so the matter was not over, and their injuries could not be healed.
Su Xuening looked at Bihe: "Go get Yun'an something to eat. He hasn't eaten all day. He has injuries on his face, so get him something light."
After Lingxiao Pavilion was destroyed, Su Xuening brought Su Yun'an back to Jingxuexuan and they lived in the east room.
"Yes," Bihe replied, and then went to take care of Su Yun'an.
Yalan Garden.
The mother and daughter, Zhong and Su Feiling, got together again.
"Who exactly sent the message to Xuanyuan Yu last night?" Zhong Shi was furious when she talked about it. If Xuanyuan Yu hadn't interfered, her plan might have succeeded.
"They sent someone to investigate, and they said it was a servant," Su Feiling guessed. "It might be one of the servants from the eldest branch of the family."
"They really dared to bring people here, even Xuan Yuan Yu!" Zhong said through gritted teeth, her face turning green with anger. "The fire last night was so big, but it didn't burn Su Xue Ning and Su Yun An to death. They actually managed to hold out until Xuan Yuan Yu came. No matter what we did, we couldn't kill them. Those two bastards are really tough!"
Su Feiling wasn't angry: "Su Xuening's face is ruined, right? If she doesn't have that face, will Xuanyuan Yu still love her?"
Although the result was not satisfactory, she still achieved her goal.
God knows how jealous she was of Su Xuening's face. Now that Su Xuening's face is ruined, she will never be her match again.
Madam Zhong smiled and looked at Su Feiling with affection: "The selection banquet for the imperial concubines is coming soon. She probably won't be able to attend this time. The position of the principal wife of Xuanyuan Yu will definitely be yours."
Su Feiling's eyes shimmered slightly as she leaned closer to Madam Zhong: "Just in case, you need to do one more thing..."
Late at night, in the bamboo forest.
Two figures entered the bamboo forest one after the other.
"Young Miss." Jin Zhu bowed to Su Xuening as soon as she saw her.
Su Xuening helped Jinzhu up and asked, "You were the one who went to find Xuanyuan Yu, weren't you?"
She had asked Qing Shi, and Qing Shi had not gone to see Xuan Yuan Yu. Besides her, she couldn't think of anyone else in the Yong'an Marquis's mansion who would help her.
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