Xiao Qingwan and the original owner, Bai Shu, look alike, but unlike Tong Su who always goes out without makeup, she usually wears heavy makeup and rarely shows her face without it.
Her eyebrows were painted with distant mountain-like strokes, and her lips were adorned with cherry-red rouge. Her oval face was made delicate and white with powder, and her luxurious dress accentuated her slender figure, creating a striking contrast with her plain coarse linen clothes.
Xiao Qingwan feigned wiping away tears: "I finally managed to beg my brother to agree to let you go back. Promise to be good when you get back and never disobey me again, then I'll take you away so you won't suffer here anymore, understand?"
Tongsu calmly put down the bucket.
If it were the original owner of this body, she would definitely throw down the bucket at this moment, regard her sister as her savior, and beg for forgiveness and apology in a pitiful manner, asking her sister to take her back to the Xiao manor and not stay in the manor to suffer anymore.
but.
Tong Su lowered her eyes timidly, behaving obediently, but spoke with a firm attitude.
"Sister, I'm not going back."
"What? You're not going back?" Xiao Qingwan frowned instinctively. "Why aren't you going back?"
"Sister, Bai Shu doesn't know what mistake he made or why he was banished to the manor."
Tongsu looked up, her little face full of confusion and grievance. She nervously twisted her hands, her thin shoulders trembling, like a frail seedling about to be broken by the wind. She looked at the sky before the storm with fear and helplessness.
Xiao Qingwan's face darkened, her voice carrying an obvious warning and reprimand: "Bai Shu, didn't I say before that if I said you made a mistake, then you made a mistake? Are you going to disobey me?"
"Bai Shu wouldn't dare!" Tong Su quickly shook her head. Xiao Qingwan's rebuke made her eyes red and teary-eyed, on the verge of tears.
"It's good that you don't dare. Bai Shu, don't forget, your sister is very strict. Anyone who dares to lie to her will be punished! Do you understand?"
Xiao Qingwan shouted loudly, and looking at Xiao Baishu's timid and cowardly appearance, a malicious satisfaction slowly rose in her heart.
In her past life, she was a majestic and noble empress, the one who stood on the high steps and accepted her humble kneeling worship. Now, she has become a pitiful little thing that she can knead and mold at will!
"Will they definitely be punished? Sister, they lied to you, why don't you punish them?"
Tongsu suddenly spoke, pointing behind her and landing on several old women in the corner who were clearly gloating and watching the show.
The old woman, confused, pointed to herself: "Us?"
Tongsu said, "Sister, they're lying to you—they say you deliberately brought me here. That way, when you rescue me, I'll believe that only you, sister, will take care of me, and I can only trust you."
Xiao Qingwan's eyes, sharp as poisoned ice swords, immediately glared fiercely at the old women!
"What nonsense are you spouting?!"
The old woman trembled with fright, her face turning ashen. She knelt on the ground with a thud, crying out, "Injustice! How dare we! Miss, how could we say such a thing? We wouldn't dare even if we had the courage of a hundred men! You specifically instructed us to take good care of the Second Miss, how could we dare to humiliate her like this?"
Tongsu said coolly from the side, "You're lying to your sister again. She said that with her protecting me, no one can bully me. But you just forced me to fetch water, didn't give me food, and locked me in the woodshed all night..."
Several old women knelt on the ground, their faces flushed red.
This was originally the young lady's order!
They were following the eldest daughter's orders, so how did the second daughter's words turn them into treacherous servants who deceived their master?
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