“Grandmother, we can’t listen to her,” Xie Xiangxiang said. “Five maids, at most one, one from our courtyard, one from Second Aunt’s courtyard, and two more from the other concubines’ courtyards. Five is enough.”
Xie Zhaozhao sternly refused: "I will not send either Yuanyuan or Manman. We should rush out immediately and fight the bandits to the death. We will not serve the bandits with our lives."
The bandits outside were shouting that if they didn't send the women soon, they would rush in.
The old lady closed her eyes and said to Taxue, "Taxue, I'm sorry..."
Ta Xue knelt before her, weeping, and said, "Madam, I've been with you since I was little, you can't abandon me! Madam, perhaps you could let my concubine go..."
The concubines immediately retorted angrily, "We are all the master's women! How dare you, a lowly servant, bring shame upon him?"
"Ta Xue, I had no choice. I have to consider the bigger picture. You go..."
The old lady also cried.
The bandits outside were shouting even louder.
Ta Xue cried and pleaded in vain. In despair, she glanced at the old lady, who turned her gaze away and dared not meet her eyes.
Left with no other choice, Lady Lu sent Siqin, who also wept uncontrollably and ultimately had no choice but to go.
Guan Yingying didn't want to ask Yan Ke and Nian Ke to go, but due to the circumstances, she said to Yan Ke, "Yan Ke, I'm sorry, you go."
Nianke and Yanke were stunned.
Yan Ke cried and said, "Aunt Yue, you said that all people are born equal. They are bandits, and I do not want to be violated by them."
Guan Yingying gritted her teeth and said, "But there's no other way now. Yan Ke, it's just sleeping with someone, it doesn't matter who she sleeps with, it's really not that big of a deal..."
Nianke suddenly said, "This servant will go with my sister."
"You don't need to go, Yan Ke can go alone."
“No, this servant wants to stay with my sister,” Nianke said coldly.
Yan Ke, Nian Ke, Taxue, Siqin, and Quanling'er, five maids, went out from the main room.
The bandits shouted excitedly.
"Sister, run!" Nianke went out the door, grabbed her sister's hand, and immediately ran into the cemetery and woods.
Yan Ke followed her sister, running for her life!
Ta Xue, Si Qin, and Quan Ling'er were instantly swallowed up by the bandits...
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