Hearing this deep and powerful voice, the maid suddenly woke up and looked up to see Mu Chenshuang sitting upright.
A wave of panic washed over her, and she instinctively tried to get out of bed to pay her respects. But as soon as she moved, the large movement aggravated her wound, causing her to grit her teeth in pain.
"Your injuries are serious. We just applied medicine, so you should lie down and not move."
She had an imposing presence, but her words showed concern for her; after all, it was indirectly caused by her that the maid was so badly injured.
The maid was shocked to hear this. She never expected that the princess would care so much about a servant like her and even save her.
A sudden, indescribable feeling of being moved welled up inside me.
Everyone says that the princess is arrogant and domineering, and although she seems more powerful and terrifying than the third young lady, seeing her protect her servants so much that day was such an honor for the servants.
Unlike them, who served the Third Miss with trepidation every day.
After the initial shock, the maid, enduring the pain, lowered her head and said, "This servant thanks the princess for saving my life."
Mu Chenshuang asked, "Do you still have family?"
Lu Wei left her to fend for herself, naturally not wanting her to go back to serve Mu Yazhi.
Now, the only option is to send her out of the mansion.
Upon hearing this, a trace of sadness appeared in the maid's eyes, and she replied weakly, "My parents died in this year's floods... I have no family left." As she said this, the maid's expression became somewhat agitated, and she gritted her teeth and got out of bed, enduring the pain.
"what you do?"
Mu Chenshuang grabbed her arm.
"Please, Your Highness, take me in. I have nowhere else to go. I am willing to serve Your Highness like a slave."
At that moment, Linglong walked in.
Mu Chenshuang asked Linglong to help her lie down on the bed.
Linglong pleaded, "Miss, why don't you keep her? It would be good to have another person to take care of you in the inner courtyard."
Although there were servants in the outer courtyard, Linglong was the only one in the inner courtyard who took care of cleaning and tidying up. She was also in charge of preparing the daily meals. There were indeed many things to do every day. Although Chengli could do odd jobs, there were some things that were not suitable for a boy like him to do.
Mu Chenshuang stared intently at the maid lying on the bed. Judging from her expression just now, she didn't seem to be lying. Now that she was all alone and had injuries, leaving the manor would only mean certain death.
Alone and abandoned by Lu Wei, with extra whip marks on her body, she must have been beaten and scolded by Mu Yazhi a lot. Since there weren't many people in the Marquis's mansion, keeping her around wasn't a bad idea.
"May I have your name?"
The maid was overjoyed. "My name is Honghua."
Mu Chenshuang ultimately kept the red flower.
"Once you recover, you will work for Linglong. Since you are my person, you can only be loyal to me from now on. I will guarantee your life and safety, but if you dare to have any disloyalty, I will show you no mercy."
Honghua's eyes were firm as she hurriedly said, "This servant... would never betray the princess."
Mu Chenshuang didn't say anything more, "Linglong, you take good care of her first."
"yes."
Honghua's indenture is definitely in Lu Wei's hands. If she wants Honghua to work by her side, she needs her indenture.
It remains to be seen whether Lu Wei will come to beg her or go to someone else.
Mu Chenshuang instructed Qi Ye to go to Mu Yazhi's courtyard to check on the situation.
now.
Mu Yazhi's face started acting up again, it was both painful and itchy, as if countless ants were gnawing at her face.
Her heartbreaking cries could be heard throughout the courtyard, and Mu Yazhi even felt like banging her head against a wall and dying.
Lu Wei was extremely anxious. She ordered someone to go to Doctor Li's pharmacy and to invite him over no matter how much it cost.
"Mom, I can't take it anymore, I'm in so much pain, so much pain." She tried to reach out and grab her, but her hands were tied with rope.
The tears she shed intensely irritated the skin on her face.
Lu Wei waited anxiously for news, but the person she sent out returned to tell her that Dr. Li could not come back now.
Lu Wei was furious. Unfortunately, he was not there at that moment. What a coincidence! Mu Chenshuang went to him and he was able to arrive immediately. Thinking back to the time when she treated the Empress Dowager at Cining Palace, if it weren't for Doctor Li, Mu Chenshuang would never have had the opportunity to step on her.
The anger and hatred in her heart were directed at Doctor Li, making her increasingly suspicious that Doctor Li had long been in cahoots with Mu Chenshuang.
Ya'er was harmed like this; besides Mu Chenshuang, who else could be so vicious?
She must have the antidote.
But today, not only did they fail to find the antidote, they almost landed her in jail.
At this moment.
Mu Yazhi's desperate and painful voice came again.
Seeing her daughter's pained state, Lu Wei had no other choice but to have Yao Si knock her unconscious.
"Take good care of Ya'er and wait for me to come back," Lu Wei instructed.
Yao looked at Lu Wei and said, "Madam, are you going to find that official?"
"Now, besides going to him, am I supposed to go begging to Mu Chenshuang?"
Absolutely impossible.
Yao seemed to remind her, "Madam, if you go to him for such a small matter, won't that make the master think that you are not handling things well? It will definitely make him unhappy, and you will only be scolded. Do those who are destined for great things have to be afraid of being wronged and humiliated? What's wrong with going to see the princess?"
Lu Wei's face was gloomy.
Yao's words were not without reason.
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