When Ren Yaoqi and Ren Yaohua heard about this, the news had already spread among the servants of the Ren family.
Ren Yaoqi called over Madam Zhou and asked, "Who is the maid they are talking about?"
Nanny Zhou was also extremely worried about this matter. She had assisted Li in managing the inner courtyard of the Third House for over a decade and was familiar with all these people and personnel. She immediately replied, "It must be a third-class maid named Meihong who worked in the courtyard before the Third Young Lady and the Madam went to the farm."
When Nanny Zhou mentioned it, Ren Yaohua also remembered and frowned, "Meihong? Is it her?"
Ren Yaoqi had no recollection of the name. What happened two years ago in their eyes was already over a decade ago for her, and she was still a third-class maid who had never served anyone personally. There were four masters in Ziwei Courtyard, and there were at least twenty or thirty second- and third-class maids combined, with several batches released every few years.
"Third sister remembers her?"
Ren Yaohua thought for a moment, "Originally, she was a third-class maid who didn't serve me closely, so she had no business being around me. But she always liked to get close to me, no matter what. At first, I thought she was just being industrious and trying to please me, her mistress. But one time, the other maids in the courtyard saw her being attentive to Concubine Fang, and I felt disgusted. So I found an excuse and asked the steward to sell her off."
The maids were divided into different levels and had different tasks. Normally, a third-level maid could not get close to her master without special circumstances. Mei Hong's overly active behavior had already attracted Ren Yaohua's attention. Later, she had contact with Concubine Fang, so Ren Yaohua thought she was Concubine Fang's person.
Everyone knows that the person Third Miss Ren Yaohua hates the most is Aunt Fang, but anyone who dares to get involved with Aunt Fang will suffer in Ren Yaohua's eyes.
Ren Yaoqi shook his head. "I think you were being reckless. Concubine Fang is the most cautious person. If Meihong was really hers, how could she have been seen interacting with someone? And how could she have been seen by several people? I think this maid is indeed cunning, but she may not be trying to curry favor with Concubine Fang."
Madam Zhou sighed and said, "This old servant had advised the Third Young Lady before. Meihong, a third-class maid, is constantly trying to show off in front of the masters. She even managed to draw the Third Young Lady's attention. This might arouse the jealousy of the other third-class maids in the courtyard, and it's not impossible that she might be framed. After all, everyone knows that the Third Young Lady hates traitors the most."
Thinking back now, Ren Yaohua felt that she had acted a little rashly. She had just suffered a setback in front of Aunt Fang, and she and Ren Yaoqi were quarreling every few days, so Mei Hong just happened to fall into her trap.
"I thought at the time that it would be better to kill the wrong person than to let him go, just as a warning to the monkeys. But was that woman really Mei Hong? Madam, do you know where Mei Hong was sold to?"
Nanny Zhou thought carefully and said, "The maids sent away from the mansion are all handed over to the matchmaker. They are generally not sold to nearby counties or prefectures. As for where they are sold specifically, we can only ask the matchmaker who sold them. However, because Meihong has not committed any serious crimes, the madam is worried that you, the third young lady, have wronged a good person, so she asked the matchmaker to try to sell her to a good family as a maid."
So, after being driven out, where a maid would be sold to was closely tied to her previous master's household. If the former master, out of respect for their past, made such an offer, the maid's fate would be much better. For example, Chun'er, who had previously spilled wine on Ren Yaoqi's skirt, was not so lucky. When Nanny Zhou learned the whole story, she became furious and instructed the matchmaker to sell her to a bitter cold land, where she would suffer.
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