Chapter 52: Caught in an Affair
In a blink of an eye, it was night. Su Yue was lying on the bed, and just as she was drifting into sleep, she heard low sobbing coming from the deserted yard in the backyard.
In this dark winter night, there is a chilling feeling.
Su Yue plucked up his courage, put on a fox fur cloak, and headed towards the backyard.
The backyard on Su Yue's side has always been abandoned. It's not because the servants in the Prime Minister's Mansion are lazy, but because a maid was drowned in a well in the backyard. Later, the well was sealed and the yard was abandoned.
After all, someone has died, and everyone is very sensitive about it.
I saw two dark shadows huddled together in the dry grass as tall as a person. Judging from their body shapes, they should be a man and a woman.
Su Yue was not very close, and from a distance she could only see the woman lying in the man's arms, sobbing softly, while the man put one hand on the woman's shoulder and patted her back gently with the other hand to comfort her.
Judging from the way these two people are dressed, they should be servants in the mansion.
It is not uncommon for servants in a wealthy family to fall in love and have an affair, but usually no one pays special attention to this aspect.
"Brother Bao, I really can't stand it anymore. Why don't you take me away?" As soon as the woman opened her mouth, Su Yue knew it was Su Xin's personal maid Xiaoduo.
Thinking about what happened today, it is likely that Xiaoduo was tortured by Su Xin who woke up.
"Duo, hold on a little longer. When I have saved enough money to redeem our slavery, I will take you away. We will find a piece of land in the countryside. Then we can be self-sufficient and never suffer here again."
They were too far away, so Su Yue couldn't see the man's expression clearly, but from his tone, she could tell that he cared about Xiaoduo quite a bit.
"Brother Bao, you don't know. Today, the young lady was like a possessed person in the palace. If I hadn't tried my best to stop her, she would have taken off all her clothes. Even so, the young lady was still not satisfied. When she woke up just now, she...she..."
Xiaoduo felt more and more aggrieved as she spoke. Others only saw the eldest daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion as being weak and timid wherever she went. She seemed so delicate that she wouldn't even dare to crush an ant to death.
In fact, in private, the eldest lady is the best at torturing others. Her back, thighs, and any place covered by clothes are all covered with new and old wounds. There are few healthy pieces of meat. Sometimes the eldest lady even pricks herself with a needle.
Thinking of this devilish master, Xiaoduo cried even more miserably.
If they weren't seeing it right in front of their eyes, just hearing the crying would probably scare many people to death.
"Ah..." The man's sigh was heard, which contained so much helplessness. As slaves, what ability do they have to resist?
"You want to get rid of your slavery, right?" A clear voice came from not far away, scaring the two men so much that they quickly separated.
As she was talking, the person had already walked closer. She lifted the cloak on her head, revealing a childish face. Her big eyes stared intently at the couple in front of her. Who else could it be but Su Yue?
"Miss...Miss Second, why are you here?" When the two men saw that it was Su Yue, they were so scared that their legs went limp. You know, if servants have a secret meeting with each other and are caught by their master, they will be thrown into a pig cage.
"Oh? If not me, who else could it be?" Su Yue pretended to be confused and deliberately lengthened her tone so that people couldn't guess what she was thinking at the moment.
"Second Miss, this has nothing to do with Xiaoduo. I was the one who forced Xiaoduo to do this. If you want to beat or kill someone, come at me alone." The servant called Brother Bao became ruthless at this moment. He looked up and looked at Su Yue, taking responsibility for everything.
Only then did Su Yue see the face of this 'Brother Bao' clearly. She felt that he was very familiar, but she couldn't remember whether she had seen him in her previous life or in this life as a child.
"What's your name?" Su Yue asked with a doubtful look on her face.
Anyway, this 'Brother Bao' himself is indeed familiar.
"My name is Xiaobao, and I work in the Prime Minister's courtyard. Because of my humble status, it is normal that the Second Miss has never seen me." Xiaobao knelt on the ground and buried his head deeply in the ground.
"Second Miss, if you want to arrest someone, arrest me. I was the one who asked Brother Bao to come here." Su Yue was about to say something when she saw Xiaoduo kneeling next to Xiaobao, crying and begging.
"Xiaoduo, can you please stop being so stubborn? Second Miss, this is my fault alone! You can punish me, and I'll accept it!" Xiaobao felt his heart broken as he watched Xiaoduo burst into tears.
"No, baby..."
"Okay, when did I say I would punish you? Don't you remember what I just asked you?" Su Yue interrupted the two impatiently, her tone full of helplessness.
"The Second Miss... the Second Miss asked... asked us if we wanted to get rid of our slavery." In the end, Xiaoduo reacted faster and replied to Su Yue stutteringly.
"You react quickly." Su Yue looked at Xiaoduo, thinking that she was the first one to rush forward and press down Su Xin during the day, which prevented Su Xin from completely taking off her clothes.
"I can pretend that I didn't see what happened today. If you want to escape from slavery, I can even help you..."
"Thank you, Second Miss. Thank you, Second Miss." Hearing Su Yue say that she would not tell anyone and would help them, Xiao Bao kowtowed in gratitude.
"Miss, do you need me to do anything for you?" Xiaoduo had been with Su Xin for a long time, and she had become very skilled at observing people's expressions and words.
She knew that there was no free lunch in this world.
Su Yue looked at Xiaoduo's cleverness and felt very satisfied, and nodded secretly.
His tone softened a little, "As you know, the Prime Minister's Mansion will not tolerate this kind of private exchange between servants. If I tell anyone, your lives will definitely be in danger.
Only if I don’t tell anyone, can you two save your lives, which means…” Su Yue looked at the two people who had been kneeling on the ground, and squatted down without paying much attention to the mud on the ground.
He looked at Xiaoduo and the other person at eye level, with a hint of threat in his eyes: "In other words, your lives are now in my hands. And I'm not the good guy you think I am. I will only spare your lives if you are useful to me."
These words made Xiaoduo feel relieved. The second young lady spoke frankly and said that she saved them just to use them to do things.
As for being freed from slavery, she still didn't dare to ask for it.
For some reason, Xiaoduo suddenly thought of Xiaohe. Xiaohe was always bullied before, and she had seen it all. But since Xiaohe followed the second young lady, not only did no one dare to bully her, but she even had her own room to live in.
"Second Miss, from tonight on, I am yours." Xiaoduo thought of this with a determined look in her eyes. After all, the eldest lady was not nice to her, so why should she be so humble and be a loyal servant?
Besides, maybe if he followed the second young lady, his life would be better.
"Second Miss, I am the same as Xiaoduo." Xiaobao can't speak, so he just says whatever Xiaoduo says.
"Well, very good, get up, the ground is cold. But let me be frank with you, if you have any ill intentions towards me, you two will lose your lives." Su Yue nodded with satisfaction. It would be much more convenient for her to have such a pair of eyes on Su Xin.
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