Chapter 712: Strategy for the Blind Villain (8)
"You are such a stubborn guy. Butler, come in." Master Qu shouted.
The butler, who had run to the rooftop to avoid suspicion, listened several times before he was sure that the master was calling him. Fearing that the young master's eavesdropping would be exposed, he deliberately moved the young master to a place where he could not be seen.
"Find a doctor to treat the young lady's injuries." Master Qu thought he was too slow, so he gave him a look and raised his voice.
"Dad, if I really wait for the doctor to come, I will have bled out." Under the gaze of the two men, Shi Yi tore off the hem of her skirt and pressed it on her wrist, tying a knot hastily.
"You are just sincerely trying to make me, your father, suffer!" Master Qu couldn't bear to look at her wound and closed his eyes tightly.
"Dad, I mean what I say. If you don't want to lose me as your daughter, you'd better not have any thoughts about your brother." Shi Yi grimaced in pain, but she did not forget to "warn" her father.
"Tell me, why are you doing this? Your body and hair are given by your parents, why do you have to hurt yourself?" Master Qu sighed again and again, and finally walked to his daughter.
Shi Yi smiled foolishly, "I'm just afraid that Daddy will do something stupid."
"Stupid thing!" Master Qu bent his fingers and prepared to hit her head. Looking at the blood soaked from the cloth on her wrist, he couldn't bear to look away, "I think you are the real fool!"
"My dad still loves me the most. I am satisfied." Shi Yi held his arm with her right hand.
Master Qu snorted from her nose, "You are not too stupid. You know to keep your right hand."
"Dad, look at what you said. I still have to eat." Shi Yi leaned her head on his shoulder, and the shadows of the father and daughter stretched back.
The housekeeper behind the two of them was very pleased. It was rare to see the master and the young lady have such a loving father and filial son.
Qu Jingrong walked to the gate by instinct. Master Qu and his daughter walked out one after the other and saw him standing under the lantern at a glance. Master Qu waved to the housekeeper and said, "Take the young master back. It's late tonight and he should rest."
"I'll take my brother back." Shi Yi stood in front of the boy and volunteered.
Master Qu's eyes were fixed on his daughter again and again, and finally he nodded as a tacit consent.
"Dad, you should rest early after your official duties." Shi Yi winked at him mischievously, "My brother and I will leave first."
Before he could respond, he saw his daughter, who had just cut her wrist and injured herself, dragging the boy with her intact right hand and disappearing into the vast night. He suddenly thought that there were still too few lanterns in this mansion.
On the way back, Qu Jingrong was very quiet. Shi Yi didn't care. After sending him to the side yard, he gave him a few more instructions and then left slowly.
What she didn't know was that after she walked a long way out, the fourteen-year-old boy was still standing in the darkness, silently seeing her off, his clothes wet with tears.
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The next day, Shi Yi found that Qu Jingrong had changed a little.
He actually took the initiative to come to her yard in order to have breakfast with her.
Come on, it saves her the trouble of going to the side yard to find him.
She immediately asked the nanny to serve the dishes. The nanny looked at her left hand wrapped in gauze with distress, remembering that her hand had been bleeding since she came back last night, and it was only with a folk remedy that the bleeding stopped. Because she had the accident after coming back from the study, the nanny didn't have a good face for Qu Jingrong at all.
Shi Yi looked at the nanny who glared at Qu Jingrong several times without disguising, thinking that it was a good thing he couldn't see it. This nanny really loved her as her own daughter. When she saw her injury last night, she was moved to tears.
"Come, have a piece of fried small yellow croaker, it has no bones, it's suitable for you to eat and grow."
"Sister, I can do it myself."
"That's right." The nanny said sarcastically, "The young master's hands are good, so there's nothing wrong with picking up anything."
"Ahem," Shi Yi immediately winked at the nanny and gestured with his mouth, "Stop talking."
"Miss, you have lost weight recently. You should eat more meat to replenish your body." The nanny lowered her eyebrows and couldn't understand why the relationship between the young lady and the young master was so good now.
Shi Yi was afraid that if she stayed here, she would not be able to eat this meal, so she thought of a way to get her out of the way, "Mammy, I want to drink milk, please go to the kitchen for me."
The nanny knew what she was thinking, and shook her rough palm, "Pour a bowl for the young master too?"
"Yeah."
Qu Jingrong chewed the food in his mouth silently.
In the past, he thought she was bad, hypocritical, and inconsistent, but what happened last night completely changed his view.
She was good to him because she treated him as her own brother; she was not good to him because his existence caused her to lose her mother. She was always struggling, being pulled by emotions, so she was sometimes good to him and sometimes bad to him, being good to him behind everyone's back and being bad to him in front of everyone.
No matter what, she was always kind.
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After the morning court, Taifu Qu took the initiative to follow the eunuch beside the emperor to the Dongsheng Hall.
Before he could stand firmly, the emperor shouted at him, "Qu Mingzhu, what do I think of you? Why haven't you done anything about what I told you to do?"
"Your Majesty, I can't do it." He knelt on the ground with grief in his eyes, "He is a living being. He is my son."
"Your son?" The emperor raised an eyebrow, "Isn't it rumored that the Grand Tutor doesn't care much about his two children. Why is the Grand Tutor worried about his blind son now?"
"Your Majesty. I know that no matter how you explain, you will not change your mind. But no matter what decision you make, I will not change my mind. You can sentence Qu Jingrong to death, but before you do, please sentence all fifteen people in my Qu family to death first!"
"The Grand Tutor is going to use the lives of everyone in the mansion to protect a blind man." The emperor laughed as if he thought this was too ridiculous, "You and I both know that the existence of this child is just a mistake, why are you so determined to go against me!"
"Your Majesty, I am determined." An engraved pen appeared in the hand of Master Qu, and he poked it at his neck, "Qu Jingrong, I have already protected him once fourteen years ago. He has lived in the Qu Mansion for fourteen years, and my daughter knows that he is a member of my Qu family. Mingzhu must not ignore his life."
"Hehe, I want to see your determination." The emperor snorted coldly, "If you don't want to do this, there are people who can solve it for me. You go to hell."
"Your Majesty, Mingzhu's thirty-four years of friendship with you..." Master Qu closed his eyes and said slowly, "It ends from now on."
(End of this chapter)
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