Chapter 32: Keep a low profile

"Grandma, please eat this. It's delicious."

Early in the morning, Xie Zhuoning came to Ci'an Hall to pay his respects to Old Madam Xie and brought some breakfast made with basil.

Mrs. Xie took a sip and praised it endlessly, "Not bad, not bad, did you make it?"

"How could I have that ability? Grandma, you know I'm not a good cook, yet you still tease me on purpose." Xie Zhuoning put his hands on his hips and pretended to be angry.

This made Old Lady Xie laugh out loud, "Look, you're getting angry after just a few words."

Even the nanny beside her started laughing, "The old lady hasn't laughed like this in a long time."

As soon as these words came out, the smile on Mrs. Xie's face faded a lot.

During this period, the Xie family has been in trouble here and there, so how can she smile?

Xie Zhuoning also lowered his head, his expression suddenly becoming depressed.

Old Madam Xie asked curiously, "What's wrong, little girl Zhuoning? Are you feeling unwell?"

Her eyes were slightly red and her voice was choked with sobs. "Grandma, I dreamed of my mother last night. I want to go to Fu'an Temple to burn incense for her."

Thinking about how she lost her mother at a young age and had to live under someone else's roof, she originally thought that Liang was a good person, but she actually harbored evil intentions. This girl must have suffered a lot behind the scenes over the years, and Madam Xie felt very uncomfortable.

She touched Xie Zhuoning's head and said, "Good boy, you have been wronged. Go and burn some incense for your mother."

It just so happened that during this period of time, Mr. Xie seemed to have encountered an evil spirit, so he went to a Buddhist temple to get rid of the evil spirit.

He even specially ordered people to arrange guards and a carriage for her.

Xie Zhuoning brought two personal maids with him when he went out, one of whom was Fuling, who always served him.

The other one, wearing Xiaju's clothes, kept her head down from the moment she walked out of the hospital, and did not raise it until she got on the carriage.

After leaving the city, Xie Zhuoning stopped the carriage and said he had to go to the toilet.

The guards didn't dare to get too close, only her two personal maids followed.

When they reached a place where no one could see them, a figure suddenly jumped down from the tree, scaring Xie Zhuoning.

She touched her chest and said angrily, "Xia Ju, can you be more low-key next time you go out?"

It's so hard to live, it would be so frustrating if you were scared to death like this.

Xia Ju lowered her head, looking guilty, "Next time, I won't do that."

The maid who was wearing Xiaju's clothes with Fuling raised her head and found that it was Jinxiu, Liang's personal maid!

The charred body in the woodshed yesterday was just an unclaimed beggar's body that Xia Ju found in the charity house.

Xie Zhuoning winked at Fuling and asked her to give the things to Jinxiu.

"Here are two hundred taels of silver and a new jade certificate of identity. Take it and go far away with your family. Never return to the capital again."

Jinxiu held the things with a complicated look on her face. After thinking for a long time, she asked, "Before I leave, I just want to ask you, Miss. How did you know that Liang had never sent money home for me?"

Xie Zhuoning looked at her meaningfully, "In fact, even if I didn't tell you, you would have known it sooner or later."

Liang was good at winning people's hearts, especially Jinxiu. She often gave her gifts and was very dependent on her.

Knowing that Jinxiu's hometown was far away and that she had come to Beijing to sell herself as a slave to make a living, he told her that he had a cousin who traveled far and wide and could send money back home for her so that her parents could enjoy the happiness at home.

Jinxiu had no doubts and took out all her savings every time.

Although she was just a maid with a monthly salary of five cents, the rewards she received from her masters on weekdays amounted to several dozen taels every year, which was not a small amount.

Of course, no matter how greedy Liang was, she would not be short of a few taels of silver for a little maid.

The reason why she was greedy with the money that Jinxiu sent back home was simply because she didn't want Jinxiu's family to raise enough money to redeem Jinxiu, and it would be inconvenient for her to do without a maid she was used to!

In her previous life, Jinxiu found that her loving family had not come to redeem her for a long time, so she became suspicious and asked others to ask. Only then did she realize that she had been kept in the dark for so many years.

She had a big fight with Liang, but ended up being beaten and thrown out of the house while she was dying.

She did return home, but her legs and face became lame and it would be difficult for her to find a good family in the future.

When Xie Zhuoning was reborn, he knew that Jinxiu was definitely the key to his overthrow of the Liang family.

So at that time I told her everything that Liang had done to her.

She is suspicious and will try every possible means to find out.

Once she knows the result, she will naturally stand on her side.

"No matter what, I am grateful to the young lady for giving me a new life."

Jinxiu knelt down, kowtowed to Xie Zhuoning, took off her clothes, and left without looking back.

She had longed to go home for so many years, and finally her wish came true in this life.

Xia Ju changed her clothes, and Xie Zhuoning took the two of them back into the carriage.

A guard scratched his head, feeling strange, "Hey, don't you think that the maid in green clothes has suddenly grown a lot taller?"

But he was interrupted by another person impatiently, "Where is it high? Are you dazzled?"

The carriage wobbled toward Fu'an Temple.

Although the main purpose of this trip is to send Jinxiu out of the city, the show still needs to be done to its full potential.

When the car reached the foot of the mountain, Fuling opened the car curtain and said, "Miss, Fu'an Temple is just ahead."

Xie Zhuoning nodded, and when he turned around, he saw Xia Ju, who was eating the meat pie with great relish, suddenly stopped moving.

She asked curiously, "What's wrong? The meat pie doesn't taste good?"

Xia Ju shook her head. "A big monk who eats meat is very fierce and will beat people!"

"How do you know that the monks in the meat-eating temples would beat people? Have you ever been beaten?"

"Yeah." Xia Ju nodded, "Big monk, very powerful!"

She was eating chicken under the incense table, but was discovered by the big monk, who chased her across three mountains and almost caught her.

This girl ran into someone else's temple to steal chickens, how could she not be beaten?

"Then how did you run away?" Xie Zhuoning supported his chin with both hands and listened with great interest.

Xia Ju said: "Take off your clothes."

As soon as she took off her clothes, the monks didn't dare to look at her, so she took the opportunity to run away.

Xie Zhuoning: "..."

It must be said that this does sound like her style.

As they were talking, they had already arrived at the gate of Fu'an Temple.

Fuling opened the car curtain and helped Xie Zhuoning get out of the car.

There were 108 white marble steps in front of the Buddhist temple. Xie Zhuoning walked up slowly. After she had taken a few steps, a woman suddenly rushed over and bumped into her!

The man came suddenly and with great force, as if he had rushed over on purpose.

If Xia Ju hadn't been quick enough to grab Xie Zhuoning, she would have missed her step and rolled down the stairs.

"Miss, are you okay?" Fuling and Xiaju both looked nervous.

Xie Zhuoning waved his hands but didn't have time to say anything.

Unexpectedly, the woman put her hands on her hips and looked arrogant.

"Don't you know if there is a noble driver here? Why don't you get out of the way quickly? Good dogs don't block the road!"