Chapter 192 Shuanghong's Family

After Lu Lingyun heard about what happened at Xiaoheyuan, Du Ruo cried for half the night yesterday.

Early in the morning, Du Ruo came to her with red eyes that had not yet faded, and said that she wanted to stay at her parents' home for a while.

Lu Lingyun nodded in agreement. When Du Ruo left her yard, her back looked vaguely familiar.

"Why do I feel that Aunt Du looks a little pitiful like this?" Xiaowei said while holding the fruit.

"What's so pitiful? Have you forgotten how arrogant she was before? She didn't even take our mistress seriously and bullied Aunt Qiu and Aunt Ling in the backyard all the time."

"That's right. She relied on the prince's favor and dared not do anything. She made so much noise that the sky was about to turn upside down. If you ask me, she deserves it!"

"Don't mention it. That's her temper. She even dared to take a knife and try to commit suicide yesterday!"

"She's really crazy."

A few people were chattering, and Chun Xing came out of the house. "If you ask me, she is still relying on the prince's favor. You can see which concubine is like her. She is so confused!"

She raised her eyebrows with disdain.

This was a marquisate, and it was an era of strict rules, so the power given to women was pitifully small.

As a concubine, one has to be cautious and make a living under the careful management of the mistress and master.

The fact that Du Ruo could act so noisy was because he was relying on the emperor's favor.

You can never see the reality clearly, you can never see your own identity and status clearly, and you always yearn for something illusory.

When she is in power, she becomes arrogant and wishes everyone could see her glory.

Now that he has fallen out of favor and is in dire straits, he can't help but be scolded as having deserved it!

Lu Lingyun listened to the discussions below and sighed softly.

"Send some gifts to Du Ruo's aunt later, saying that it is the aunt who is coming back to visit her parents, and send this snuff bottle to her as well."

Lu Lingyun gave Du Ruo some face and told her not to look so embarrassed when she returned.

She was willing to give some benefits to anyone who had no conflict of interest with her. Life was not easy for women in that era, and she was already in a high position, so she was unwilling to make things difficult for them.

After Lu Lingyun finished speaking, Chun Xing came over and agreed, "Yes, Madam."

Only then did she realize that she hadn't seen Shuanghong all morning.

Not only did I not see Shuanghong this morning, I haven't seen her for the past few days.

"Where's Shuanghong?"

"Sister Shuanghong has been very busy these days!" Xiaowei joked in the yard.

"What is she busy with?"

"Busy drinking tea!"

Lu Lingyun frowned slightly, very puzzled, "Where are we going for tea?"

"Captain Qian has invited her to drink tea several times in the past few days!"

At this time, a coquettish and shy voice sounded outside the courtyard, "What nonsense are you talking about, you poor little girls!"

Shuanghong's ears turned red, and she ran in quickly, "Young Madam, don't listen to their nonsense! I didn't go for tea."

Lu Lingyun: "......"

Seeing Shuanghong's hurried look, she smiled and teased, "So what have you been busy with these days?"

Shuanghong bowed in front of Lu Lingyun and explained, "Young Madam, some people came from my hometown, and I have been settling them down these days."

"Your old family?"

Lu Lingyun was instantly attacked by a wave of old memories, and a feeling of disgust and resistance arose from the bottom of her heart.

Shuang Hong didn't notice the change in Lu Lingyun's expression. She looked happy and said, "Yes!"

"My sister came here first. I have been looking for a place for them to live these days. My sister heard that I am now working in the Marquis's Mansion, and she wanted to come and see the mansion. Madam, I was bold today and brought her here. Can I ask her to come in and take a look?"

Shuanghong looked at Lu Lingjun with anticipation. As she spoke, a voice came from outside the courtyard.

"Sister, can I come in?"

As he said this, a little girl wearing coarse linen clothes and a hairpin with flowers on her head walked to the gate of the yard. She stared inside with curiosity.

Lu Lingjun looked at the face that was exactly the same as in the previous life, and memories came flooding back.

Shuanghong is the eldest maid whom she can trust the most besides Zhiran. In her previous life, she had guarded her diligently all her life and protected her from disasters time and time again. When she had a difficult childbirth in the Li family, she cried and begged the Li family to keep her safe in the rainy day. Later, when she encountered several crises in Jiangnan, Shuanghong was extremely reliable and trustworthy in helping her through the difficulties. Even more, when she had no money, Shuanghong embroidered flowers and handkerchiefs day and night to sell the money to subsidize her.

She has always trusted and loved Shuanghong and wanted Shuanghong to live a better life, but Shuanghong never got married in her previous life because she was harmed by her good sister and the people in that family!

Shuanghong was sold by her family when she was young. It was said that her father owed a lot of gambling debts and wanted to sell both daughters. Her mother tried her best to take her and her sister to escape, but they were still discovered by her vicious grandmother. At the critical moment, Shuanghong stood up and covered for her mother and sister, allowing them to escape.

Afterwards, she was sold out by her family, and her mother and sister's whereabouts were unknown.

In her previous life, when Lu Lingyun was in Jiangnan, her sister came to find her, but she did not come alone. She brought her father, grandmother, younger brother and the whole family with her.

That group of people took advantage of the fact that Shuanghong was sold to a wealthy family as a maid and demanded a lot from her. Shuanghong originally hated her parents' family, but her sister was actually close to them.

Shuanghong felt so sorry for her sister that she took advantage of her and forced her to use her own money to suck the family away.

When Lu Lingyun found out in her previous life, Shuanghong had already been sucked dry. That family even came to Lu Lingyun and begged him to let Shuanghong go home and get married.

Lu Lingjun originally planned to let her get married, but she didn't trust that group of people, so she privately investigated the family her parents found for her.

Where is the good family?

Her parents received a lot of money from others a long time ago, and then sold her out again!

The man in that family is a beastly old gambler who beats women!

His previous wife asked him to pay the dowry, then she beat and scolded him every day and finally sold him to a brothel!

When Lu Lingyun found out, he was furious and called Shuanghong to let her see everything clearly. Shuanghong was so angry that she fell seriously ill.

Lu Lingyun held on to Shuanghong's indenture contract and drove all of Shuanghong's family members away. That group of people even spread rumors in Jiangnan that she abused her servants and refused to let them get married.

Afterwards, when Shuanghong found out that they were spreading rumors, she broke off all ties with them and even swore in public that she would never marry again in order to save Lu Lingyun's reputation.

Lu Lingyun didn't want Shuanghong to waste her life like this, and tried to find a good family for her several times, but Shuanghong refused.

Lu Lingyun never thought that in this life, she would actually meet Shuanghong's family.

And it is more than a year earlier than the previous life.

She looked at the innocent little girl in front of her as she walked in, as if she had figured something out.

How could they have come here more than a year in advance? It was obvious from her appearance that she had already found out where Shuanghong was sold to. Their whole family was looking for her everywhere just to find Shuanghong!