Defile her
Inside the study.
Sunlight streamed through the window, casting dappled patterns on the girl's face. Her skin was fair, radiant, and glowing, possessing a captivating beauty.
Yinxing entered the study, placed a bowl of crystal cake and a pot of pre-rain Longjing tea on the table, and said to Fu Zhiqiao, "Miss, have some snacks."
"Let's put it there for now!" Fu Zhi Qiao sat at her desk, diligently practicing calligraphy.
Yinxing's gaze fell on her slender hands.
Fu Zhiqiao held a calligraphy brush and wrote and drew on the paper. Her fingers were well-defined, fair and slender, and her nails were pink and had a faint luster.
Yinxing's gaze shifted to her face, and she couldn't help but be captivated: "Girl, you're so beautiful!"
Fu Zhi Qiao smiled but didn't say anything. She finished writing the last ten characters in one go, put away the calligraphy she had just copied, put down her pen, and rubbed her wrist.
She practiced calligraphy for an hour today. In this era with few forms of entertainment, she had nothing to do except read and practice calligraphy.
The writing system of the Great Wei Dynasty emphasizes the precision and stability of the brushstrokes. The original owner of this body wrote very well, but her specialty was the small regular script with floral patterns. Although she had the original owner's memories, she could not imitate the handwriting exactly.
To avoid giving herself away, Fu Zhiqiao switched to practicing the Slender Gold style of calligraphy, which she was more familiar with.
There are no shortcuts to changing the font, and it can't be done in a day or two. In order not to be exposed, Fu Zhi Qiao could only practice her handwriting honestly. Fortunately, she had practiced calligraphy with her grandfather in her previous life and had a certain foundation in calligraphy. So she could write the new font quite well.
Besides this, Fu Zhiqiao has another worry.
Yu Roulan was still immersed in the joy of her daughter's recovery and hadn't realized that she was no longer the original Fu Zhiqiao. Once she did, she would probably notice something was wrong with herself.
For Yu Roulan now, her daughter is her only hope for survival. If she knew that the daughter she had raised for more than ten years was gone, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Thinking of this, Fu Zhiqiao frowned even more.
Are you suggesting she imitate the original owner's habits? But a fake is a fake, and it's bound to slip up eventually.
In fact, Fu Zhi Qiao's worries were completely unnecessary. During this period, Yu Rou Lan had been watching her changes closely. After her husband passed away, she devoted all her attention to her daughter. No one knows a child better than their mother, and even the slightest change could not escape her eyes.
However, Yu Roulan didn't think much of it. She just felt that the reason Fu Zhiqiao's personality changed so drastically was because Fu Changyue's death had hit her too hard. It wasn't surprising that her personality changed so much at such a young age.
Unbeknownst to her, Yu Roulan gradually accepted the changes in Fu Zhiqiao.
*
The next day, Fu Zhiqiao took Yinxing for a walk in the garden as usual. Ever since she started exercising, she would walk in the garden for half an hour every day.
The morning mist had not yet dissipated, and there was no one else in the garden. The master and servant walked leisurely along the pebble path.
Halfway there, Yinxing suddenly had a stomachache and needed to relieve herself. Her face flushed, she wanted to take Fu Zhiqiao back to the courtyard first.
Fu Zhi Qiao looked at her flushed face and smiled: "No need, you can go ahead without worry, I'll just wander around here."
With no one to accompany her, Fu Zhiqiao wandered around the small garden alone. She followed the pebble path to the hanging flower gate, and as soon as she stepped through the gate, she sensed that something was wrong.
In the blink of an eye, two dark figures suddenly darted out from behind the hanging flower gate. Before Fu Zhi Qiao could even open her mouth, her mouth and nose were covered.
She immediately held her breath, but still inhaled two breaths, closed her eyes, and fainted.
Two masked men grabbed her arms and left, not noticing in their haste that one of her earrings had fallen off.
The masked men carried Fu Zhiqiao through a maze of turns to a secluded courtyard. One of them hesitated, "Are we really going to do this? She's the young lady of the house. What if we're discovered..."
"Don't worry! What can the young lady do? The second master is in charge of the manor now. The madam said that there will be a great reward if this matter is handled well."
As he spoke, he instructed another masked man: "I'll stand guard at the door. You go and tell the lady that we've got the man."
The two walked out of the woodshed, closed the door, and locked it.
Because she hadn't inhaled much of the drug, Fu Zhi Qiao regained consciousness soon after. She tried to control her breathing rhythm to make sure there were no other breathing sounds around her.
After a few breaths, once she was sure she was alone in the room, she opened her eyes.
Looking around, the house was very simple, with bits of dry firewood scattered all over the floor and cobwebs in the corners.
Clearly, this is an abandoned woodshed.
I wonder if Yinxing has noticed that she is missing. Fu Zhiqiao's eyes are cold and deep. She wonders to herself, if someone has the ability to kidnap her in the Fu mansion without alerting anyone, is it the second or third branch of the family that did it?
Her hands and feet were bound, and she could only move her fingers. She struggled on the ground trying to untie the rope, but apart from exhausting her strength and her wrists being rubbed raw, the rope did not loosen at all.
Suddenly, hurried footsteps sounded outside the door, and Fu Zhi Qiao immediately lay back down on the ground, pretending to be unconscious.
She clenched her fists nervously, her heart pounding. Using her hair as a cover, she squinted slightly, trying to see who was approaching, but because she was lying on the ground, she could only see the other person's footsteps getting closer and closer.
The man slowly extended his hand...
Fu Zhiqiao suddenly opened her eyes, her sharp gaze fixed on the newcomer, and asked in a stern voice, "Who are you?"
Before her stood a flustered young man, who was astonished to see her awake: "Young Miss? Young Miss, it really is you!"
Fu Zhi Qiao looked at him warily, unsure whether the newcomer was friend or foe.
Seeing her wary expression, the man quickly explained, "I... my name is Wenjiang, I'm a guard at Tingxuetang, do you remember me, Miss?"
Fu Zhi Qiao carefully examined him and then nodded; she recognized the face. The honest-looking man in front of her was named Wen Jiang, and he had an older brother named Wen Shan. Both of them were guards at Ting Xue Tang.
"What are you doing here? Who brought me here?"
"I didn't know, this is the woodshed in the side courtyard..."
As Wenjiang untied her ropes, he explained that when he and his brother were changing shifts that morning, they happened to see two men carrying a woman furtively out of the courtyard. The two brothers assumed that the two men wanted to harass the maids in Tingxuetang's courtyard, and as guards, they couldn't tolerate such a thing happening, so they secretly followed them. They never expected that the person being kidnapped was actually the young lady.
Wenjiang was filled with lingering fear, but thankfully they caught up.
"Brother has lured them away, Miss, come with me quickly!"
Fu Zhi Qiao didn't say anything more and followed him out.
In the woodshed, the masked man finally managed to shake off Wenshan, but when he returned, all he saw was a broken rope on the ground.
Oh no! The young lady has run away!
He immediately reported the matter to Zhao Xialan.
“The young lady has guards with her, so we dare not make a move directly!” the masked man said, bowing his head.
They managed to get away!
Zhao Xialan's face darkened. Her original intention was to find someone to ruin Fu Zhiqiao's reputation so that the marriage between the Fu family and the Zhao family would not happen.
"Have you been recognized?" If so, these two cannot stay any longer.
The masked man's heart tightened, and he quickly replied, "Replying to Madam, I have been wearing a mask the whole time."
Zhao Xialan crumpled the handkerchief in her hand into a ball. If this plan failed, Fu Zhiqiao would definitely be on guard, and it would be difficult to seize another opportunity.
"Keep your mouth shut, if anyone dares to leak even a single piece of information..." Zhao Xialan said, a ruthless glint flashing in her eyes.
"Yes." The masked men quickly agreed. Although they had followed orders to abduct the young lady to the woodshed, they dared not actually violate her. Everyone knew that the young lady was frail, and if someone died, no one could save them.
Money is not as important as life.
In the remote area, with no one guarding them along the way, Fu Zhiqiao and Wen Jiang returned to Tingxue Hall without alerting anyone.
As soon as I entered, I saw Ginkgo rushing over.
Yinxing's face turned deathly pale. She broke out in a cold sweat after not seeing Fu Zhiqiao after using the restroom. She frantically searched the garden twice, crying, "Miss, where did you go? You scared me to death, waaaah..."
Fu Zhiqiao comforted Yinxing with a few words, then returned to her room, drank a cup of tea to calm down, and carefully thought about what had just happened, finding that something was wrong with everything.
Wenshan, who went to chase the masked man, also returned. According to him, the masked man was very agile and familiar with the mansion. He managed to shake him off with a turn.
Fu Zhiqiao asked, "Did you get a good look at his face?"
"No, they were masked the whole time, only their eyes were showing, so I couldn't recognize them."
They know the terrain very well? Then they must be someone from the manor.
Fu Zhiqiao seemed to be deep in thought. The scheme she had suffered today was definitely related to the second branch of the family. But how could the second branch know so accurately when she was strolling in the garden?
Garden reconnaissance, Ginkgo's stomach ache, drugging, woodshed, masked... Fu Zhiqiao carefully reviewed the events of the day, and after piecing them together, she couldn't help but shudder.
The actions were so thorough, leaving no trace, that someone in Tingxuetang must have been bribed.
Only by bribing the servants could they conspire with them to plot against her. Ginkgo's sudden abdominal pain was probably due to being drugged beforehand.
She was really too careless, thinking she would be safe in her own garden.
After drugging himself, he took him to a secluded woodshed; his purpose was self-evident.
They actually came up with a scheme to ruin her reputation! Luckily, Wenshan and Wenjiang discovered it in time, otherwise...
Fu Zhiqiao felt disgusted and slammed her fist hard on the table.
Once they succeed, the second wife's family can use this to completely control the first wife's family. If the first wife's family does not cooperate, they will expose the news that Fu Zhi Qiao's innocence has been ruined.
In this era, a woman's reputation was as valuable as her life. If word got out that she had been kidnapped to the woodshed, Fu Mingjie would surely punish her for the sake of the Fu family's reputation. At best, she would be beheaded and sent to become a nun; at worst, she would be drowned.
This move could kill her!
Fu Zhi Qiao was filled with anger but had nowhere to vent it. Firstly, she had no direct evidence to prove that the second wife was responsible, and secondly, she could not reveal the fact that she had been kidnapped. She could only pretend that nothing had happened and silently suffer this loss.
After all, no one would believe that she could retain her chastity after being abducted to the woodshed.
Public opinion is a fearsome thing; putting everything else aside, the destruction of her reputation alone is enough to make her lose everything...
What a clever scheme!
This could both ruin her and use the incident to completely crush the first wife's family, leaving them with no chance of recovery.
Today she kidnapped someone and ruined her reputation, what tricks will she use tomorrow?
It seems I can't stay in the Fu residence for long.
Fu Zhi Qiao's eyes instantly blazed with anger. She was determined to avenge Fu Chang Yue, but she was currently outnumbered and outmatched, so she could only try to protect herself and her mother first.
She gradually calmed down. The Fu residence was not a place to stay for long. She couldn't be blinded by the current peaceful life, nor could she allow herself to become a piece of meat on a chopping block, at the mercy of others...
Rather than living under someone else's roof, it's better to take a chance.
The original owner of this body was a delicate and precious flower carefully nurtured indoors, but she is not.
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