Chapter 11 Zheng Caiyi Died Tragically
Shen Junheng glanced at him and said casually, "You know I love to eat, but you only brought this little. How stingy!"
Xiao Lingyu smiled slyly: "I'll bring you some more tomorrow night."
Shen Junheng really wanted to slap himself. His expression changed immediately and he said hurriedly, "That's enough. Don't do it again."
"Don't you really want to see me?" Xiao Lingyu smiled indifferently, glanced at her, concealed the concern and reluctance in his eyes, and stood up and left.
After watching him leave, Shen Junheng opened the pottery jar and ate another candied fruit.
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Shen Junheng lay in bed for several days like she was in confinement. The cold she caught from falling into the water had long since healed. If she lay there any longer, she would get moldy.
Without a cell phone or a TV, she could only read some storybooks to pass the time. However, Liu Xiaodie took the storybooks away after she had read for a while. She protested and knelt down to accept the punishment, but the storybooks were not given to her.
She thought the medicine was bitter and didn't want to drink it, so she knelt down and kowtowed to her, begging her to drink the medicine.
Shen Junheng couldn't help but complain in his heart, what kind of maid is this? She actually dares to control the boss. Isn't she afraid that she will deduct her salary?
Ahhhh, her mind was about to fade out!
The setting sun was shining outside the window, and there was a gentle breeze. In her previous life, in order to avoid getting tanned, she would not go out as long as there was a little sunshine. But now, she felt like Kuafu, wanting to follow the sun.
"I remember running under the sunset that day. That was my lost youth." Thinking of this, this line emerged in Shen Junheng's mind.
Oh, she started complaining without any reason.
"Miss, the doctor said you need to rest and you can't go out." As soon as Shen Junheng's feet touched the ground, Liu Xiaodie hurried forward to stop him.
"It's okay, I'll just take a walk in the yard." Shen Junheng insisted on getting out of bed and walked towards the door.
"Miss, please go to bed and rest quickly. If anything happens to you again, I will die." Liu Xiaodie couldn't stop her. She immediately pulled the corner of her pants and knelt down, crying.
The Shen family attached great importance to her illness. Even He Pingzhi had to visit her in the courtyard as a routine after returning home from court every day. As her personal maid, Liu Xiaodie naturally had a heavy responsibility. If something really happened to her again, she might really not survive.
However, everyone has their own destiny, including hers. Even if she was concerned about her, she couldn't always do what she wanted just to understand her because she cared about her.
Shen Junheng lifted his leg with force, pulled the trouser leg away from her hand, and said in an unquestionable tone: "Get up and change my clothes for me."
Liu Xiaodie looked up and saw that she was acting like a lady. She was stunned. Then she stood up, wiped away her tears quickly, and went to get her clothes.
When Shen Junheng looked at her again, there were no traces of tears on her face, and her expression was calm. He just focused on carefully changing her clothes.
After changing clothes, Liu Xiaodie helped Shen Junheng walk slowly into the yard.
When the servants saw her come out, they all looked heavy-hearted as if they were facing a great enemy. They put down their work and followed her, ready to be on standby at any time.
"Go do what you should do and don't follow me." Shen Junheng acted like a superior and said with great imposingness.
Upon hearing this, the servants bowed to her and dispersed.
It’s not that she likes to order them around in a condescending manner, but in Tangchao, where the hierarchy is strict, if she doesn’t display the majesty of a young lady, how can these people obey her?
She has a 21st century worldview of equality for all in her mind. She does not approve of the cannibalistic ethics of feudal society, but she knows that she has no ability to change the rules of this society, nor does she want to live a twisted and incompatible life.
If she can't be self-consistent, she will only fall into endless pain, just like Ruoxi in "Scarlet Heart", who is gradually assimilated without realizing it. So when she finally realizes that she is Wu Sidao, she collapses. She tried to change history, but became a part of pushing history forward, and eventually died of depression.
In this book world, everyone has a predetermined ending, but her arrival is also a variable.
She just wanted to live a comfortable and relaxed life so that this journey through time would not be in vain.
Shen Junheng saw that the pond in the yard had been renovated. The shore was surrounded by a wooden fence. In the middle of the pond stood an arch bridge for people to watch the fish, and fences were also built on both sides of the arch bridge.
"Whose idea was it to build so many fences?" Shen Junheng found it a little funny and turned to ask Liu Xiaodie.
"The workers were hired by Keji. This should be his idea." Liu Xiaodie carefully looked at Shen Junheng's face. Seeing that she didn't look displeased, she added, "I think this is a good idea."
Shen Junheng remained silent as she walked onto the arch bridge. She watched the setting sun cast a shadow over the water, half of the pond shimmering with green and half red, a truly beautiful sight. Koi fish swam leisurely in the pond, and upon seeing her approach, they all swam towards her.
Shen Junheng thought, if the pond was made deeper and wider, would these koi live more comfortably?
Even though it has become deeper and wider, it is still a pond and cannot be compared with a river. But then again, if they were really put into a river, I am afraid they would not be as comfortable as in this pond.
"Miss, do you want to feed the fish?" The maid who looked at the pond came over and asked softly with her head down.
Shen Junheng nodded, and she raised the jade plate containing fish food above her head with both hands.
Shen Junheng took the jade plate and sprinkled a handful of fish food on the koi.
The koi fish scrambled for food actively, causing ripples in the pond.
Shen Junheng was very pleased to see the koi fish, and her mood also became cheerful.
She poured all the fish food into the pond, then handed the jade plate to the maid and waved her hand to signal her to leave.
After the maid had gone far away, Shen Junheng asked Liu Xiaodie softly, "How is Zheng Caiyi doing?"
Liu Xiaodie's eyes dimmed slightly. After a moment's silence, she said in a deep voice, "I was just about to report this to the young lady, but the person who was secretly watching over her just came to report that she was dead."
"Dead?" Shen Junheng was shocked. He gripped the fence tightly with both hands, frowning deeply. "How did he die?"
"She was sold to a brothel and tortured to death by a group of evil men." Liu Xiaodie spoke with difficulty, her expression gloomy and complicated.
Shen Junheng's body swayed, and he almost fell down, his face pale.
Liu Xiaodie quickly supported her and advised, "Miss, you should go back to your room and rest."
Shen Junheng no longer had any interest in strolling around and nodded.
Shen Junheng let Liu Xiaodie help him back to the room. He half lay on the bed, dismissed the other maids, and left only Liu Xiaodie.
She slowly asked, "Didn't we give her money and medicine, and assign someone to look after her? How could she still be sold to a brothel?"
Liu Xiaodie lowered her head and said, "She was captured by a group of people. The people we sent out were helpless."
"Who harmed her?"
"Our people said that when he sneaked into the brothel, he saw the prince's men coming out of the room where Zheng Caiyi was imprisoned."
"Are you sure?"
"We have secretly investigated and confirmed that those people are the prince's men."
How could he still be so careless in doing things even though her people knew that those people were his subordinates?
Xiao Lingyu?
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