Gu Yunran ordered Ruizhu: "Help her up."
"yes."
Ruizhu walked over and helped Qiuyue up. Qiuyue wiped her tears and said, "Second Madam, I was wrong."
"I will send someone to rescue your brother and mother." Gu Yunran said and winked at Ruizhu. Ruizhu turned and went into the house. She came out after a while with a wooden box in her hand and put it on the table.
"Second Madam."
Gu Yunran took out the key and unlocked the wooden box, then took out a personal indenture from inside and gave it to Qiuyue.
"This is your indenture. I'm returning it to you now. From now on, you're no longer a maid in the Mu Mansion."
She also gave Qiuyue the monthly salary: "After this month, you can leave at the end of the month."
There are still two days left, which is just enough time to rescue Qiuyue's mother and brother.
Qiuyue crawled in front of Gu Yunran, hugged her legs and cried bitterly: "Second Madam, I was really wrong, please don't chase me away."
Gu Yunran asked Ruizhu to pull Qiuyue away, "Ruizhu, don't beg me anymore. I won't agree to keep you."
She sighed and continued, "If you had confessed to me right after you came back, I would have kept you."
"But you chose to conceal it and really poisoned me. I know you are kind-hearted and ultimately couldn't bring yourself to do it. However, this shows that you have already fallen in love with me. It was just out of your momentary kindness and indecision."
"Your will is not strong. I will not keep such a danger around."
After saying this, Gu Yunran waved his hand and asked Ruizhu to take the person away.
Qiuyue cried hard, but knowing Gu Yunran, he would not change his mind once he made a decision.
"Qiuyue, wait until your mother and brother come back, then you can go back to the countryside. It's the best place for you."
Ruizhu said to her, "Don't worry, you are no longer useful to me now that you are not in the shogunate. Princess Pingyang will not take action against you."
Qiuyue nodded and sniffed: "Thank you, Sister Ruizhu!"
Ruizhu slipped a jade pendant from her waist into Qiuyue's hand. "I remember you came to the Mufu when you were eleven. At that time, the eldest lady had just passed away. I was her personal maid, and I grew up with her. Now that she's gone, I have no friends. You're the only maid in the Mufu who's willing to talk to me."
"I treated you as a friend until just now."
"I told you that you can tell me anything and I will help you make a choice, but..."
Ruizhu closed her eyes to suppress the thoughts in her mind, and when she opened her eyes again, her eyes were calm.
"This jade pendant is for you. If you have any difficulties, remember to take the jade pendant and come to me at the shogunate. I will repay the favor we have shown you."
Qiu clutched the jade pendant tightly in her hand, tears streaming down her face. She knew she was wrong, but there was no medicine for regret in this world.
"Thank you, Sister Ruizhu!"
"Okay," Ruizhu said, "Go back to your room and clean up. You'll be able to see your mother and brother tomorrow."
After Ruizhu finished speaking, she left without looking back. As soon as she left, Zhuye came over.
Her eyes were red as she glared at Qiuyue angrily: "I told you when we came back that if you have any problems, tell Second Grandma and she will help you solve them. Why do you keep it in your heart?"
Zhuye was very disappointed with Qiuyue. Her experience was similar to Qiuyue's, so the two of them sympathized with each other and became friends. She was very disappointed with Qiuyue.
Qiuyue wiped her tears: "I, I'm scared."
As she spoke, she lay on the bed and sobbed. She cried and said, "My mother and brother are in the hands of Princess Pingyang. I am worried that Second Madam will not be able to rescue them... Sob..."
Zhuye reached out and hugged her, holding her in his arms: "Second Madam is not allowed, but Lord Mu is allowed. Don't forget that Lord Mu is behind my lady."
"The Qianli Guards have already gone to Princess Pingyang's residence to ask for her. Don't worry, they will be fine."
"Second Madam has also prepared some new clothes for you and sent a carriage to take you back."
Qiuyue was very touched: "Sister Zhuye, thank Second Grandma for me."
──
Qianli and Taohua went to Princess Pingyang's mansion together.
Princess Pingyang was feeding the fish by the pond, but most of the fish were hibernating at this time and did not eat any food.
"Princess, the guards from a thousand miles away request an audience."
Princess Pingyang paused with her hand holding the fish food and frowned.
"What's he doing here?"
"I don't know." Qiu Shuang pursed her lips and said, "Or I can say you're not feeling well and can't see guests, and send him away."
"No need." Princess Pingyang threw the fish food in her hand into the fish plate beside her. "I will go meet him."
The maidservant waiting nearby came over with a copper basin. Princess Pingyang put her slender hands in it to wash them. Another palace maid came forward with a handkerchief to wipe the water stains off her hands.
Princess Pingyang went to change her clothes again. Qianli waited in the front hall for half an incense stick of time. He was so anxious that he jumped up and down, but he couldn't get angry.
He knew that Princess Pingyang did this on purpose and was jealous of her master, but she didn't dare say a harsh word in front of her master, as she was taking her anger out on him.
Taohua was standing aside, her face expressionless. However, she frowned when she saw Qianli's impatience. "You've been serving your master for so many years since you were a child, and yet you're still so impetuous?"
Qianli: "How could I have been following the master since I was a child? I only met the master by chance when I was twelve, and he saved me."
Taohua was slightly surprised: "You, were you rescued by Master Mu when you were twelve?"
She didn't know why, so she casually asked, "How old are you this year?"
" nineteen."
"Nineteen?" Taohua murmured in her heart. She had an older brother who was her childhood sweetheart. According to their ages, he should be nineteen this year.
Sadly, he probably didn't live to this day.
He did it for her brother...
Thinking of this, Taohua choked up and her eyes turned red unconsciously.
"Princess Pingyang has arrived!"
The eunuch's shrill voice shouted, and Taohua suppressed her thoughts. When Princess Pingyang came over, she pulled Qianli to kneel on the ground and saluted: "Greetings, Princess!"
"Meet the Princess!"
Princess Pingyang sat in the main seat and raised her hand gently: "Everyone, get up!"
Taohua and Qianli stood up, and Qianli said directly, "I am here today to ask for help from Princess Pingyang."
Princess Pingyang's hand holding the cup lid twitched, but soon returned to normal. She looked at Qianli and said, "I don't know what you're talking about!"
Qianli: "Your Highness is a smart person and knows what summer vacation is talking about."
"Princess, please have your servants take the person back. The maid you bribed has been exposed."
Princess Pingyang's body stiffened slightly, but she still said stubbornly, "This princess is stupid and really doesn't understand what you are talking about."
She rubbed her brows, looking like she had an unbearable headache. "I have a headache, so I can't see you two. Please go back."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
