Chapter 199 Fool
Mu Jianjian was completely caught off guard. She instinctively lunged forward and shielded the woman from the blow.
"Yuanyuan?" Yun Rong murmured in disbelief as she stared at the figure blocking her way, a dark light lurking in her eyes.
The two servants who arrived stood outside the door at a loss, looking at the scene inside. Seeing the girl's forehead bleeding from being hit by a porcelain bottle, they hurriedly went into the room one after the other, trying to pull her out.
Are you out of your mind?!
Everyone knows that what Young Master Baili hates most is being disturbed when he is "doing things". If he goes in like this, not only will she lose her head, but the two guards will also be held accountable!
"I, the young master, ordered you to guard the gate, and you just let an ugly woman in like that?" Baili Yicheng's eyes were icy cold. When he saw the wound on the girl's forehead that had been torn by the porcelain bottle, he showed no sympathy. Instead, he looked at the two servants who were about to enter the door.
"We were careless and allowed this lowly maid to come in and disturb your good time, young master. We beg your punishment." The two servants hurriedly knelt down, too frightened to move.
"What use are you to me?" Baili Yicheng's icy voice echoed in everyone's ears in the room. "You can't even guard the gate properly, you're not even as good as two dogs. Go back to the manor and receive your punishment at the criminal court."
Criminal Court!
Once you go in, you'll be half-dead, and even if you manage to get out, you'll probably be paralyzed...
The two servants, after kneeling in gratitude, harbored resentment.
It's all the fault of this ugly woman in front of me!
If it weren't for her, the young master wouldn't have thrown them into the prison.
It's really strange. They're both Foundation Establishment cultivators, yet they couldn't even stop a lowly maid from the Red Chamber...
Mu Jianjian, covering her bleeding forehead, was completely unaware that she was being resented.
Although Baili Yicheng didn't use his full strength, he probably used half of it. The shards of porcelain that splashed out almost seeped into Mu Jianjian's forehead, and it hurt when she covered it with her hand.
Thinking this, she was glad that she had taken the blow for her beautiful sister. After all, it wouldn't be difficult to take medicine to recuperate after the matter was over.
Mu Jianjian tried to focus her gaze on Baili Yicheng, who was reprimanding two servants.
The man was dressed in red and had a handsome and dashing face. Upon closer inspection, one could easily see the dark circles around his eyes and his unsteady gait.
It is exactly the same as the description in the book.
"Yuanyuan, are you alright?" Yunrong helped the girl's frail body into her arms and finally saw the full extent of the wound on the girl's forehead.
The gaping maw foreshadowed the brutality and horror of what had just happened, and the pain she was currently experiencing.
This reminded Yun Rong Muran of the moment when Shan Chuxue told her to "hurry up and leave," and how the person who had always been loyal to him suddenly felt sympathy for an outsider.
Yunrong's eyes reflected the red of the wound.
"It's nothing." Mu Jianjian felt a little heavy-headed, but she knew she couldn't faint yet, so she forced herself to stand up with Yun Rong's help.
"Take this ugly woman who barged in and behead her." Baili Yicheng looked at the "sisterly affection" in front of him with disgust, not understanding why Yun Rong's taste was so bad. He waved his hand to signal the two servants who were about to push her out.
"Young Master Baili, I..." Mu Jianjian thought of Baili Yicheng's character setting in the original book, and felt no panic. She simply put her hand to her chest and spoke in a weak manner.
She was naturally able to barge in, and she had already figured out how to deal with Baili Yicheng, that idiot.
But to her surprise, Yun Rong didn't give her a chance to speak.
"This is my newly accepted disciple. I hope Young Master Baili can spare her for my sake." Yun Rong immediately reached out and grasped Mu Jianjian's palm, pulling her back before looking up at Baili Yicheng with neither servility nor arrogance.
"Disciple?" Baili Yicheng smacked his lips as he spoke those two words, narrowing his eyes before finally focusing his gaze on the girl, scrutinizing her intently. "Raise your head for me."
Mu Jianjian's face, with her head bowed, showed no shyness, only calmness and indifference. Upon hearing the man's words, she slowly raised her head and lowered her eyes.
Seeing that the girl's heavily made-up face still revealed her fair skin beneath the thick powder, Baili Yicheng became interested and reached out to lift her fair chin.
He originally thought she was just a lowly maid whom Yun Rong had casually saved, like before, but he never expected that they were master and disciple. Therefore, the girl's true appearance must be extraordinary.
He finds it disgusting to bother ugly women, but if they were beautiful, it would be a different story.
When Mu Jianjian saw the man's groping hand, she pretended to slip away and fall to the ground, but unexpectedly, the woman behind her pulled her into her arms with great force.
She raised an eyebrow in surprise, not expecting that the usually slender and beautiful older sister would have such great strength, and was momentarily stunned.
Yun Rong lowered his cold, dark eyes and saw the bewildered expression on the girl in his arms, which made him feel irritated.
According to the plan, this shouldn't have happened, but before he could even think it through, his body did the opposite of what he was thinking.
“Young Master Baili, Yuanyuan is a newcomer in the backyard and has not yet entered the frontyard,” Yun Rong said softly.
The implication was that Baili Yicheng should let Mu Jianjian go.
"Yunrong, in the entire Duyunfang, there is nothing that I, the young master, cannot obtain." Baili Yicheng sneered, his already pale face now showing an even more ferocious expression. "She is nothing but a lowly servant girl. Even if I, the young master, want her dead, she cannot utter a single word against it."
Mu Jianjian vowed that once the seal on her true energy was lifted, she would definitely slap this bastard in front of her to death.
"However, if Rong'er comes begging me, perhaps this young master will be happy and let her go." Young Master Baili's evil gaze swept over Yun Rong's body, and he sneered.
Yun Rong remained silent, slowly focusing his gaze on the candlelight on the sandalwood table as he calculated the time, until the hand that the girl had hooked was gently shaken.
He looked down and saw the girl slowly shaking her head with a firm expression.
This is Jianjian telling him not to wrong himself for her sake.
Fool.
"Knock knock knock—"
A knock came from the wooden door, accompanied by a soft "Young Master".
"Get lost." Baili Yicheng looked impatiently towards the door. "I told you not to bother me."
"Young Master," the man at the door paused for a moment, but still spoke, "it's news from the sect leader."
"Didn't that old man come looking for me a few days ago? What's the matter this time!" Baili Yicheng kicked the table in front of him, and the porcelain plates and cups on it were instantly overturned to the ground, making a loud noise.
"The shopkeeper said this matter is urgent and that the young master must go to the shop in person."
Baili Yicheng looked disdainful after hearing this. He stood with his hands on his hips for a moment, then his gaze swept over the two women embracing each other in the corner before shifting to Yun Rong.
"Rong'er, you should think about this carefully."
After making his point, Baili Yicheng strode out, and the two servants quickly followed and disappeared from the sight of the two people in the room.
Silence finally returned, but before Yun Rong could ask about Mu Jianjian's injuries, footsteps sounded outside the door again. A woman in a floral dress appeared at the door, her chin held high, glancing at them after sweeping over the mess on the floor.
This is the woman Mu Jianjian met in Yingzhou Kyoto.
I thought I wouldn't see her again after entering the Red Mansion on the first day, but I didn't expect her to appear here again.
The woman covered her mouth with her sleeve and chuckled softly at Mu Jianjian's heavy makeup. "Yunrong, I thought you would come up with some kind of scheme, but I didn't expect you to come up with a trick to pique his interest. I hope you don't end up losing more than you gain."
"Yuanyuan, let's go. I'll take you back to the hospital to heal your wounds first." Yunrong seemed to have completely ignored the woman's sarcasm, and carefully helped the girl up as she walked out of the house.
"To put it nicely, you're a courtesan; to put it bluntly, you're nothing more than a lowly concubine," the woman's dismissive attitude annoyed the older woman. She took a small step forward. "The Red Chamber raised you from childhood to become their face; don't forget your place, okay?"
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