Not long after, Xiaoyu slowly woke up. Seeing Ling Xiang, she anxiously grabbed her hand and said, "Third Miss, wuwu, how are you? Did they hurt you?"
"I'm fine." Ling Xiang pressed her down on the bed, preventing her from moving around and disturbing the wound. "What's wrong with your injury?"
Xiaoyu desperately shook her head, causing her wound to tug at the pain, but she didn't care at all and hurriedly said, "Third Miss, leave me alone and leave!"
Ling Xiang sighed: "This is my home. Now you are injured like this, where can I go? Tell me first, who hurt you like this?"
Xiaoyu was extremely anxious. She looked around and saw that there was no one around. Then she said, "They want to hurt you!"
Ling Xiang patted her and said, "Don't be anxious, speak slowly."
Xiaoyu then told the whole story while crying.
Master Ling and Madam Ling discussed taking Ling Xiang to Prince Qin's Mansion and letting her lose her virginity to the Prince of Qin, so that the Prince of Qin's Mansion would help Master Ling inherit the title of Marquis Zhenguo.
Xiaoyu heard about this and was severely beaten by Mrs. Ling's order. If she hadn't been worried that Xiaoyu's sudden death would cause trouble on Ling Xiang's side and affect their plans, she would probably have beaten Xiaoyu to death on the spot.
But they would not let Xiaoyu live, so they locked her in the room, not giving her food or water, and not treating her illness, waiting for her to die from her injuries.
Anyway, in their plan, by the time Ling Xiang found out about all this, the matter would have already been settled.
In fact, if Ling Xiang had not been replaced by someone else, their plan would have been successful.
By attempting to take someone's life, Mr. Ling and his wife have crossed Ling Xiang's bottom line.
She settled Xiaoyu down, gave her self-defense powder, sprinkled the powder around the room, and told Xiaoyu not to get out of bed and wait for her to come back.
Then she went to the accounting office to withdraw the money.
Originally, Mr. Ling had instructed this morning that when Ling Xiang came to collect the silver today, all the money should be given to her as long as it was not too excessive.
However, they never expected that Ling Xiang would ask for one thousand taels right away.
"Miss Third, this is too much silver. I can't make the decision," Zhang Sui, the accountant, said in embarrassment. "How about you take the 100 taels first?"
Ling Xiang glanced at him and said, "If I remember correctly, the entire Zhenguohou Mansion's assets belong to my father, right? I'm his only descendant, so shouldn't all this money be mine? I'm here to withdraw the money, not to discuss it with you."
This was indeed the case, but everyone in the entire Zhenguo Marquis Mansion tacitly accepted that Second Master Ling was the head of the family, and no one took the always weak and vulnerable Ling Xiang seriously.
In fact, if Mr. Ling had not given the order this morning, Zhang Sui would not have paid any attention to Ling Xiang at all, let alone giving her one hundred taels, he would not even give her one tael of silver.
"Miss San, why don't you ask the Second Master? As long as he agrees..."
Ling Xiang's face suddenly darkened. "Don't you understand what I'm saying? Everything in the Zhenguo Marquisate was left by my father. Anyone else who dares to interfere is coveting my father's property. If this gets reported to the authorities, they'll go to jail. Zhang, the accountant, are you sure you want to stop me?"
Zhang Sui, as the brother of Madam Ling Er, managed the accounts of the Zhenguohou Mansion. Everyone in the mansion was polite to him. Except for Master Ling Er and his wife, he never had to listen to anyone's orders. How could he tolerate Ling Xiang, a little girl, threatening him?
"Miss Third, all expenditures in the mansion exceeding one hundred taels of silver must be decided by my sister. It's no use for you to embarrass me here. Why don't you go and beg my sister?"
Ling Xiang raised her eyebrows: "So you are determined not to give me the money?"
Zhang Sui secretly rolled his eyes: "I'm sorry, I can't obey you!"
"If I don't see one thousand taels today, I will ask for ten thousand taels someday." Ling Xiang turned and left.
Seeing Ling Xiang walk out of his sight, Zhang Sui said, "What a joke! You're still asking for ten thousand taels, but don't you even consider your own weight?"
Huamei received an order from the Second Madam and, as usual, came to see if Xiaoyu was dead. If she was not dead, she would help her.
When he opened the door, the strong smell of blood was gone from the room, and Xiaoyu's bed sheets had been changed.
Huamei frowned and walked to the bedside, patting Xiaoyu's face: "Hey, wake up!"
Xiaoyu opened her eyes drowsily and saw Huamei. She subconsciously leaned closer to the bed and asked, "What are you doing here?"
"You can clean the room now. Stop lying down pretending to be sick. Get up and work!" Huamei pulled Xiaoyu up without saying a word.
Xiaoyu's wound was pulled, and the little color on her face quickly faded. Her eyebrows and eyes wrinkled in pain, and she begged, "Sister Huamei, please don't pull me, I can go by myself."
Huamei didn't care about that. She came here to torture Xiaoyu to death. She dragged her out and strode out: "Clean the yard inside and out, then go get some water and fill all the water tanks. Otherwise, you won't be allowed to eat!"
Xiaoyu hasn't eaten or drunk anything for several days. Ling Xiang only fed her a little today. She has difficulty walking in this state. If she really finishes all these tasks, she will either die of exhaustion or die of pain from the rupture of her wounds.
"Sister Huamei..." Xiaoyu kept begging, just asking Huamei to leave her some chance to survive.
Huamei not only refused to listen, she also threw Xiaoyu to the ground and stomped hard on her bloody back: "You, a lowly bitch, dare to negotiate with me?"
"Ah!" Xiaoyu screamed and fainted.
Huamei smiled triumphantly and bent down to feel her breath.
Suddenly, everything went dark and she fainted.
After returning from the accounting office, Ling Xiang went straight to find Xiaoyu and saw two maids lying at the door.
Xiaoyu's wound was completely torn open, and her back was covered in blood. Ling Xiang quickly carried her back to the bed and treated her wound again.
Xiaoyu woke up in pain, and when she saw Ling Xiang, tears fell down: "Wow, Third Miss, it's Xiaoyu who is useless..."
"Next time someone comes in, no matter who it is, just use the powder I gave you to deal with them. I'll take responsibility if anything goes wrong."
After settling Xiaoyu down, Ling Xiang increased the dosage of the medicine powder, but it takes time for the medicine to take effect. No matter how large the dosage is, she can't let someone fall down as soon as they come in. Xiaoyu has to protect herself for a while.
After Xiaoyu fell asleep again, Ling Xiang walked to the door and hung Huamei, who had been drugged, upside down on a tree in the yard with a rope.
Huamei woke up, and the discomfort in her body made her struggle immediately: "Help!"
Ling Xiang sat in the yard, watching Huamei struggling quietly, and did not stop her from calling for help.
Soon someone heard the noise and came running. Seeing the situation in the yard, he immediately rushed over.
The rope in Ling Xiang's hand slammed to the ground with a "snap". "I want to save her. Have you asked her master for permission?"
No one dared to step forward, and the sharp-eyed maid immediately ran to ask the second lady to come.
Soon, Mrs. Ling came over and without saying a word, she immediately ordered someone to put Huamei down.
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