Chapter 54: Cruel means?
But she didn't expect that her aunt would go to Jianjiayuan early the next morning?
When she woke up again, only Xiaotao was by her side.
Her face turned pale and she ran over quickly, but it was too late. When Qi heard her aunt say that she wanted to embroider the butterfly and peony, she directly detained her aunt until she finished the embroidery. She wanted to give this picture as a birthday gift to Old Madam Qi.
However, she also got the opportunity to leave the house.
When it comes to embroidery, she inherited her aunt's good skills and started embroidering at the age of three. It has been fourteen years. Although she is not the best, she is not worse than her aunt. She is even better than her aunt in terms of techniques and color matching.
However, she had discussed with her aunt that this matter must not be known to Qi and that they had to keep it secret.
Thinking of this, Lin Qingjun secretly felt fortunate for her original choice. She even did not reveal it when Lin Yingxue pretended to be kind to them. Otherwise, she would have ended up like her aunt.
However, Qi and Lin Yingxue also knew that the embroidery thread she bought was better than others. Therefore, when the aunt suggested that she buy the silver thread this time, Qi agreed without thinking.
She came out of Jianjia Courtyard in a daze, feeling extremely heavy-hearted.
She felt as if there was an invisible object pressing her down. She had only just left a small house, but the price she paid was so high. Her fingertips dug deeply into her palms, filled with hatred. She hated the Qi family, but she also hated her own incompetence.
She looked at Xiaotao, but Xiaotao felt guilty and didn't dare to look her in the eye.
"Xiao Tao, are you blaming me for being so ruthless yesterday?"
So, today she cooperated with her aunt and didn't tell her?
"Or do you have a mental block? Do you think that Big Peach will be your Little Peach's future?"
"Do you even think that your name, Little Peach, was given because of Big Peach?"
So, that's why she did this?
She has been the mistress of the Xiao Mansion for three years, building herself up from nothing to a stable position. If it was in her previous life, she would never speak to Xiao Tao like this, but this is not her previous life, and she did not kill Da Tao in her previous life.
Now, she didn't dare to gamble, she didn't dare to gamble on Xiaotao's heart. She really couldn't afford to lose. It didn't matter if she died, but her aunt must not be in any danger.
Xiao Tao hesitated to ask, "Then, Miss, is there any connection between this big peach and my name?"
Yes, Xiaotao saw the whole process yesterday. First, the most well-behaved young lady stabbed Datao, and then the concubine who usually didn't even dare to step on an ant stabbed Datao again. It was the first time she saw such a horrible scene, and it really scared her. She didn't sleep all night yesterday, and her eyes were blue and purple.
It would be a lie to say I'm not afraid.
Lin Qingjun laughed, "If I say that your name has nothing to do with hers, would you believe it?"
Xiaotao was shocked and looked up suddenly. What does it mean?
Lin Qingjun gently touched Xiaotao's tender little face. She was three years younger than her, only fourteen years old. There was still childishness between her eyebrows and eyes, and baby fat on her face.
But don't underestimate her because she is so young. She is very smart and alert. Most of the news in Qijun Courtyard is found out by her.
But, she is really just Xiaotao, just herself, and has nothing to do with others.
Lin Qingjun said that Xiaotao was the little servant girl rescued by her aunt back then. She was only six years old at that time. The little girl was carrying a vegetable basket that was bigger than her. The basket seemed to be crushing the little girl to death. The people in the kitchen didn't feel any sympathy at all. They only cared about their own happiness and didn't care about the life or death of the little girl.
In the end, the basket fell heavily on her and she vomited blood.
The kitchen manager thought she was a fish and was about to throw her out, but at that moment, the aunt came into the kitchen to ask for hot water. She saw that her chest was still rising and falling and she was still breathing, so she thought she could still be saved, so she asked the kitchen manager to call a doctor.
But how could the steward possibly listen to her? She said that even if she called in a doctor, she couldn't be saved in her current state, so why bother with all that effort? What's more, the doctor didn't want any money, the medicine didn't want any money, and she even had to arrange for a servant to serve her?
The steward refused to save the child and even teased the aunt, saying that if she was so kind, she might as well take the child back and save him herself.
At that time, there were only her and her concubine in Qijunyuan, and their life was even more difficult than that of the servants in the mansion. How could they afford to feed more people or buy more medicine? The steward saw this point and ridiculed them.
But she didn't expect that her aunt actually picked her up.
"It was Auntie who sold the pair of silver bracelets she had and found the doctor who prescribed the medicine."
The pair of bracelets were the only valuable thing on Auntie's body. She originally wanted to keep them to add to her makeup, but for Xiaotao, she didn't want the bracelets anymore.
Xiao Tao said, "Yes, my life was saved by my aunt."
So, when the eldest lady asked her why she was so loyal to her aunt and the young lady, it was because they were her adoptive parents.
Lin Qingjun continued, "Perhaps you forgot. After you woke up, you forgot your own name. I wanted to call you by your real name, but there was only a "grass" on the indenture."
Even her name was so humble and casual, and she didn't even have her parents' surnames, which showed that she was looked down upon.
"When I rescued you, the peach tree in the yard was full of big red and white peaches. As soon as you woke up, you drooled at the peaches on the tree."
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but laugh.
Her aunt picked more than twenty peaches for her, but she still felt it was not enough. She was afraid that she would get indigestion, so she didn't dare give her any more. So she only allowed her to eat three peaches a day.
"My aunt said that since you love Tao'er so much, you should call her Xiao Tao."
"I also hope that your future life will be as sweet as the peaches on this tree."
So, the name Xiaotao was not actually given by them, but was given to herself by Xiaotao.
When Xiaotao heard this, she fell to her knees.
"Please punish me, young lady. It's my fault. I shouldn't have thought that way and even doubted you."
"Miss, please punish me. Xiaotao knows she is wrong."
Lin Qingjun sighed softly, "The one you should apologize to the most is not me, but Auntie. You know very well that Auntie's life in Jianjia Courtyard is not easy, especially since she has to embroider the peony painting, which is very strenuous. Auntie's fingers are crippled, so how do you expect her to live like this?"
"Xiao Tao, I'm so disappointed in you. It was your aunt who saved your life, but now you let her die."
After hearing this, Xiaotao burst into tears and kowtowed.
"Xiao Tao knows she's wrong, Xiao Tao knows she's wrong, Miss, please go and save my aunt, I will never do this again."
How easy is it to save my aunt?
but.
"Sister, why are you here?"
At this moment, Lin Yingxue came over with a beaming smile and endless pride on her face. She came to show off.
"Sister, it's such a pity that you didn't go to the palace banquet yesterday. I heard that the Crown Prince chose not only one principal wife but also two concubines, and each of them is extremely beautiful."
"However, in my opinion, those two concubines are not even half as pretty as my sister."
"What a pity! If I had gone yesterday, maybe there would still be a place for me as a concubine."
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