Qiuzhi was about to go out with her dress and basket on her shoulder. As soon as she walked out of Hexiang Garden, she met Jiang Mengli coming towards her.
She pretended to be surprised, then bowed respectfully, "This servant greets Miss Jiang."
Jiang Mengli's face was not very good, and he asked directly: "Did you see my maid Lingqiao come in? Tell the truth!"
The cold voice startled her, and she quickly responded, "This servant has indeed not seen her appear. Yun Jian has already asked many servants before. Miss Jiang, please go look somewhere else."
"My young lady hasn't returned home yet. I'm about to go out and look for her. Why don't I go out with you and help you look for her?"
He kept his head down while speaking, not daring to look up at anyone.
Although I have made enough excuses, I still feel a little guilty.
Jiang Mengli did not agree, but said coldly: "If I can find it outside, why would I return? I will look for it myself in the mansion."
After saying that, he walked towards Hexiang Garden. Seeing this, Qiuzhi hurriedly followed him.
She knew that Jiang Mengli didn't trust her and was a little suspicious of her.
"Miss Jiang, this Lotus Fragrance Garden is not big. There are only two servants cleaning it right now. There is no sign of Sister Lingqiao."
Jiang Mengli ignored her words and continued to go inside. "Are you scared?"
"How could that be?" Qiu Zhi forced a faint smile. "I was just worried that you'd waste too much time looking for her. There's no reason for her to be in Hexiang Garden, right? If Miss Jiang doesn't believe me, go and see for yourself. I'll be leaving now."
After saying that, he didn't follow and chose to turn around and leave.
After Jiang Mengli entered Hexiang Garden, she looked around. There were not many rooms in total, and there were only two servants working. There was indeed no agile figure.
Qiu Zhi didn't really leave, but hid not far away and secretly watched her come out.
She did not leave the mansion, but walked towards the backyard, which scared Qiu Zhi so much that her legs and feet became weak.
"It's over, it's over. I hope Qingmei has dealt with it properly..." Qiuzhi could only clasp her hands together and pray to God.
Inside the woodshed, Lingqiao was still trying her best to call for help, but her strength was fading and her voice was getting smaller and smaller.
“Help…Help, help…”
Her throat was dry and sore. She saw that her clothes were wet, so she bit a corner of the clothes with difficulty and absorbed the moisture inside.
After repeating this several times, my throat felt a little better.
After looking around, she saw a wooden stake on the wall. She raised her tied hands and held onto the stake to gain leverage to stand up, so that she could be closer to the window.
"Is anyone there? Help... Help..."
Outside, Qingmei's expression changed when she heard this. She didn't expect that she still had the energy to shout at this moment, so she turned around and went back to clean up.
Just as she turned around, Jiang Mengli's voice suddenly came, "Lingqiao, where are you? Lingqiao...!"
Lingqiao in the woodshed also heard it, and a look of joy appeared on her face. "Miss, I am here, Miss..."
In order to make Jiang Mengli hear her, she used all her strength.
Jiang Mengli had good hearing and soon heard her voice faintly. He then quickened his pace and ran inside. The voice became clearer and clearer.
He soon discovered that her voice came from the woodshed, and his face instantly darkened. "Damn it! I'm locked up in the woodshed!"
When she reached the door, she kicked it with a gloomy face. With a loud "bang", the door was kicked open.
As soon as I entered, I saw Lingqiao with his hands and feet tied. Not only was he wet, but there was also a lot of blood. He looked very miserable.
The bound hands had the most blood on them, and they were shaking, seemingly because they were in pain.
"Wuwu...Miss..." He crawled towards her nimbly and with difficulty.
She was distressed and walked over a few meters away. "Don't move, I'll untie it for you. Who did this?"
“Yes…” Lingqiao wanted to say, but her eyes suddenly turned horrified, “Miss, get out of the way!”
Behind him was Qingmei, who was holding a thick wooden stick in her hand and smashing it towards Jiang Mengli's head with a vicious smile in her eyes.
Just as the stick was about to fall, it was suddenly grabbed by Jiang Mengli with his backhand.
Her eyes widened in surprise, and before she could react, Jiang Mengli turned around, pulled her hard, and then kicked her in the stomach.
ah……
Qingmei flew backwards, her back hit the wall, and she rolled and fell to the ground.
Puff...cough cough...
She spat out a mouthful of blood and covered her stomach in pain.
I thought I could take him down by surprise, but I didn't expect him to react so quickly.
"You...you can't kill me." She stood up with difficulty and slowly retreated towards the door. "I was just following orders. The prince asked me to do this."
Jiang Mengli narrowed his eyes and stepped closer. "Really? Then tell me, what is the reason why the prince did this? If you can't explain it clearly, I will make you die miserably!"
The terrifying murderous intent was suffocating. Qingmei retreated while making up an excuse: "Why? Just because she is your maid, he wants to eliminate everyone you care about one by one, leaving you in agony."
Having stayed in Prince Yu's Mansion for a short period of time, he naturally learned some things from Su Yujiao.
It is perfectly normal to do this to the daughter of your enemy.
Jiang Mengli's eyes grew more and more angry when he heard this. "So you're working for him? No wonder the servants in the entire mansion are helping to cover for him. You can go to hell now!"
As he said this, he threw away the stick in his hand, took out the whip and attacked her.
As a secret guard, Qingmei naturally had some skills. She gritted her teeth, took out the soft sword from her waist, and endured the pain to deal with the whip.
The fight became more and more intense, and they went straight to the roof. Qingmei always used hidden weapons, but fortunately Jiang Mengli avoided them safely.
The roof tiles were smashed into pieces, and the servants who were working immediately screamed and ran away in all directions. Some of them were hit on the head by the broken tiles.
The commotion here quickly alarmed Wen Mohan.
A servant went to Ya Ting Yuan to report the matter, "Your Majesty, this is bad!"
Yun Jian frowned and stopped the servant from entering the study. "What's wrong?"
The servant gasped, "The princess is fighting with... with someone in the backyard!"
As soon as the words fell, the study door was quickly opened and a white shadow flashed past their eyes.
Seeing this, Yun Jian immediately closed the door and left.
A row of roofs in the backyard were destroyed beyond recognition. Jiang Mengli found the right opportunity, made a fake move, and successfully swung the whip hard on Qingmei's thigh.
ah……
Qingmei screamed, her legs went limp, and she rolled down the roof along with the tiles, falling heavily to the ground.
She ignored the pain, struggled to get up, and walked out dragging her injured leg.
Jiang Mengli had no intention of letting her go, and jumped down with the whip in hand, "Don't even think about running away until you're dead!"
Suddenly, Wen Mohan jumped down and landed between the two of them. "Stop, what's going on?!"
Jiang Mengli said angrily: "Why are you pretending to be stupid? Get out of the way!"
As she said that, she quickly pushed him away and chased after the fleeing Qingmei.
Qingmei's legs were covered in wounds, and she couldn't run fast at all, with blood all over the ground.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
