Chapter 1098 The loyal maid promoted to concubine (18)
When Shi Chu heard what Ren Dong Niang said, he was stunned. My goodness, there is actually such a man. He was disloyal and ran away with his fiancée who was in trouble. In the end, he also wanted his abandoned fiancée to remain virgin for him? How could he be so shameless?
"Fortunately, you didn't marry him in advance. This kind of man will obviously run away when disaster strikes. Rendong, you don't have to think about him in the future. Just treat him as dead." Shi Chu said to Rendong.
Honeysuckle nodded and said softly, "Yeah."
"What are your plans for the future?" Shi Chu asked the three of them. Although she bought them and they were supposed to be her own slaves, Shi Chu did not plan to keep them as slaves. First, Ren Dong was the good sister of the original owner. If she treated her good sister and her parents as slaves, what difference would there be between her and Gui Yunlai? Second, Shi Chu did not need any slaves. She lived alone now, free and easy, and did not need anyone to serve her. Moreover, Ren Dong was still simple, but her parents might not be. Shi Chu did not want any accidents to happen in her life.
"Du Xiang, I don't know what to do. I have been serving the young lady since I was a child. Now that the young lady has been exiled, I, I really don't know what to do..." Ren Dong said worriedly, "I only know how to serve people..."
At this time, Ren Dong's father and mother looked at Du Xiang hesitantly and said, "Du Xiang, if you buy our family, won't we be your slaves?"
Although Shichu was a slave of Guiyun like them before, she has now redeemed herself as a commoner and bought herself. Rendong's father and mother have no objection to being Shichu's slave.
"Uncle Wang and Aunt Wang, I am just an ordinary citizen now. I sell buns on the street to make a living and can barely support myself. The money I just used to buy you was given to me by the Crown Princess when she redeemed me. So I can't afford slaves now. Uncle Wang and Aunt Wang, you really think too highly of me..." Shi Chu said with a wry smile.
Ren Dong's father and mother looked at each other, and Ren Dong's mother said tentatively: "Our family of three still has some relatives and friends in the Crown Prince's wife's family. If we go back and beg them, maybe we can find some way out..."
Shi Chu was relieved and said happily, "That's great! Uncle Wang and Aunt Wang, I was worried that I had delayed you, but I didn't expect you to be able to return home. This is great. I will return your indentures to you now. After the storm has passed, in two or three years, you can go to the government to cancel your slavery. By then, no one will care about you."
After Shi Chu finished speaking, he took out the indentures of the three of them and stuffed it into Rendong's mother's hand.
Rendong's mother initially tried to refuse, saying, "How can this be possible?" In the end, she could not "reject" Shichu's kindness and accepted the indenture contract.
Rendong wanted to say something, but her father stopped her, so she had to keep silent. Finally, Rendong's mother took back her family's indentures and quickly said goodbye to Shichu, saying that she was going home to find someone who could help.
Shi Chu naturally sent them away happily. She saved them because Rendong had handled the original owner's funeral in the original world, but she had no intention of supporting their family. After all, a little kindness is always followed by a grudge, and repaying a favor too much is as bad as not repaying it enough.
What's more, Rendong's parents trusted their relatives and friends back home more, so naturally they were eager to give this hot potato away.
As for whether those who returned home would help them? This was not something Shi Chu needed to worry about. The old servants who had been working in wealthy families for decades and were still alive and well were not short of scheming and tricks.
When the three of them were saying goodbye to Shi Chu, Rendong looked at Shi Chu with an expression as if she wanted to say something but was hesitant, but Shi Chu pretended not to notice. In the end, Rendong was dragged away by her parents before she could say anything.
"Mother, why don't you let me ask about the young lady? I wonder if the young lady is on the road to exile now?" Rendong said worriedly. In the absence of a conflict of interest, Gui Yunlai always behaved well in front of the servants to win their hearts. Rendong, the naive girl, really thought that she was the best master in the world, so she still wanted to know her situation.
Honeysuckle's mother, however, looked very disappointed with her. She glared at Honeysuckle and said, "Miss! She is no longer a young lady, but a criminal! You are no longer her maid, so why are you still thinking about her? You are such a silly girl!"
Her father also sighed and said, "Honeysuckle, we are no longer her slaves. There is no need to worry about her. Alas, it is all our fault that we raised you to be too naive. Your personality is still too simple."
Ren Dong seemed to feel that her parents had changed. She was stunned when she heard these cold and ruthless words. She said blankly: "But, Mom and Dad, didn't you tell me before that the master is so good to us, and we must repay the master with our lives?"
Mother Honeysuckle rolled her eyes and said, "I think you are really stupid. She was our master at that time, so of course we could only say this. These words are just words, how can we take them seriously? Don't think that your master is so good. Is she really that good that she can control her husband tightly and refuse to let her have children even though she can't have children herself? She is very scheming and cunning. Even the old lady of the Marquis of Anding couldn't bring her down. You are stupid. You really think she is kind and tolerant..."
"Isn't it because the master and the prince have such a good relationship that the prince doesn't want other women?" Rendong asked in a daze.
Honeysuckle's mother glanced at her husband and said, "Old Wang, it seems that our daughter needs to be taught well, otherwise she will be too stupid."
Lao Wang nodded: "We can't let her continue to be so naive, otherwise she won't even be able to compare to Du Xiang."
Honeysuckle's mother sneered and said, "Don't underestimate Du Xiang. If our daughter can learn half of her skills, she can live a good life. She is now a good citizen and can sell buns by herself. In the future, she can find an obedient and honest husband, have a few children, and slowly her life will get better. And have you forgotten why she redeemed herself and left the Anding Marquis' Mansion?"
When Honeysuckle heard her mother's words, she immediately interrupted and said, "It's because she was infected with the plague and her face was disfigured."
Just as she finished speaking, she suddenly opened her eyes wide and said in astonishment, "But today Du Xiang's face is white and clean, without a single scar. Her face has healed!"
Honeysuckle's mother sighed a few times and said with emotion: "Look, this is her ability. If her disfigurement was real, her face has been healed in the past few months. This shows that she is luckier than others. She met a good doctor who restored her appearance. After all, there are so many disfigured people in the capital, but they are helpless with the scars on their faces and bodies."
(End of this chapter)
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