Chapter 6 His Mercy
Nanny Wang first noticed the wound on Pei Jingxu's back. She frowned, then remembered Madam's instructions and bluffed, "Who, who knows if this wound on your back was caused by Madam's playfulness? It's just for show!"
Hongyao turned around to retort, but immediately fell silent when she saw the person coming.
As if she had noticed something, Nanny Wang suddenly turned around and followed Hongyao's gaze!
I saw a man in a black robe, standing in the light and shadow, his eyes cold and calm.
The moment she saw Rong Jianxue, Nanny Wang hurriedly bowed her head and said, "This old servant greets the eldest young master."
The gaze from above her head was like a sharp weapon, which prevented her from getting up for a long time, and Nanny Wang began to feel guilty.
"Jiang Hui." The man spoke.
Behind him, Jiang Hui clasped his fists and said, "Here."
"Go and get the doctor."
"yes."
He stepped into the ancestral hall and walked to Pei Jingxu in three or two steps.
Pei Jingxu smelled the scent of agarwood from the temple, mixed with the complex and heavy sound of bells and chimes, cold and abstinent.
She fell into Hongyao's arms, opened her eyes with difficulty, and the moment she saw Rong Jianxue, she knew that she had won.
She took advantage of Rong Jianxue's "mercy" and gambled her life and death to win the game.
From then on, Rong Jianxue's pity became her bargaining chip for pressing forward.
"My Lord..." Pei Jingxu's face was pale, and she looked a little guilty. "Why do I always cause you trouble..."
As he got closer, Rong Jianxue smelled a stronger smell of blood.
His handsome eyebrows slightly lowered, and his voice was calm: "You could have told me just now."
There was no regret or heartache in his tone, he was just stating a fact.
Pei Jingxu keenly caught this and said in a weak voice: "I thought it was just a minor injury and didn't want to embarrass you."
"I won't be embarrassed by this," Rong Jianxue explained, "If you're injured, you need to be treated. If you make a mistake, you need to be punished. There's nothing to be embarrassed about."
Upon hearing this, Pei Jingxu lowered his eyelids slightly and said nothing more.
Rong Jianxue didn't want to delve into the matter. He looked at Hongyao and said, "Go and help her back to the west courtyard. The doctor will be here soon."
"Thank you, young master!"
Hongyao thanked him profusely, supported Pei Jingxu, and walked unsteadily towards the west courtyard.
Nanny Wang widened her eyes and looked at the two people leaving, wanting to say something.
She hurriedly looked at Rong Jianxue, who hadn't left, and kowtowed to the ground, "Master! I didn't know Second Madam was so badly injured! It's, it's Second Madam who's so angry that she's bedridden, so I want her to reflect on her mistakes!"
After watching the two of them leave, Rong Jianxue's gaze slowly fell on Nanny Wang.
"If I heard correctly, she just explained that she went to the Burning Lamp Temple these days."
Nanny Wang wiped the sweat from her forehead and rolled her eyes. "But, but Second Madam is a habitual liar. I thought, I thought she—"
"Ms. Pei is living in the Rong family, but Nanny Wang is disrespectful to her mistress and treats her life like worthless. The Rong family is a family of scholars and scholars, and they can't keep someone like you."
Nanny Wang looked up and stared at Rong Jianxue with wide eyes, thinking she had misheard.
Rong Jianxue said solemnly, "Madam, you'd better leave the house as soon as possible."
Nanny Wang was so frightened that she knelt down and tried to grab Rong Jianxue's clothes. Rong Jianxue took a few steps back and barely avoided it.
He turned around, took a stick of incense from the side, lit it, and inserted it into the incense burner calmly and politely.
After doing this, he turned around and left without lingering any longer.
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The play performed in the ancestral hall had exhausted Pei Jingxu's energy.
After she was taken back to the bedroom in the west courtyard by Hongyao, she fainted and lost consciousness.
When he regained consciousness, Pei Jingxu's gaze swept across the bedroom calmly.
Hongyao had been watching over her. When she saw her wake up, she hurried forward to serve her: "Miss, you are finally awake!"
Pei Jingxu took the medicine handed over by Hongyao and said in a slightly cold tone: "Rong Jianxue didn't come?"
Hongyao nodded and whispered, "The eldest master only sent the doctor to see you and prescribe medicine, and he has never been to the West Courtyard."
After a pause, Hongyao continued, "But the guard Jiang Hui who is with the eldest master came over and said that if the young lady still feels unwell, she can tell him."
Pei Jingxu narrowed his eyes and drank the bowl of bitter medicine in one gulp.
He is truly a gentleman, never overstepping the boundaries.
Hongyao asked softly, "Girl, what should we do next?"
Pei Jingxu asked nonchalantly, "How's Nanny Wang?"
"Ah?" Hongyao didn't understand why the young lady was asking about Nanny Wang. She snorted, looking relieved. "Young lady, you certainly can't imagine that the eldest master punished Nanny Wang and kicked her out of the house!"
Pei Jingxu curled his lips and revealed an expected smile.
——She guessed it.
Rong Jianxue in the story is upright and incorruptible, and he cannot tolerate any sand in his eyes. Even if Pei Jingxu is not a good person in the eyes of others, since he has seen something unfair, he will deal with it impartially.
Even though Nanny Wang offended her master, Rong Jianxue would never consider the old lady's face and treat her with care.
This style of behavior is an advantage that Pei Jingxu can take advantage of.
"The dowry I brought from the Rong family has been registered under the old lady's name for many years and managed by Nanny Wang. Now that Nanny Wang has been expelled from the Rong Mansion, my dowry should be returned to its original owner."
Pei Jingxu sneered, a calculating look flashing in his eyes.
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East courtyard, study.
Because he took a day off to go to the Randeng Temple, Rong Jianxue had a lot of official business piled up on his desk.
He held a white jade wolf hair brush and worked at his desk.
When Jiang Hui arrived at the study, he clasped his fists towards him and said, "Young Master, I've already seen Nanny Wang packing her bags and leaving."
Rong Jianxue responded without looking up: "How is the situation at the Pei family?"
"I just asked the servants, and they said he's awake."
The man said nothing more and continued to handle his official business.
Jiang Hui scratched his head: "Sir, the old lady is over there..."
"After court tomorrow, I will explain this to my mother."
Jiang Hui was still a little puzzled. "Sir, there's no need to kick Nanny Wang out of the house. She's the old lady's personal maid. If you do this, the old lady will definitely be angry."
Rong Jianxue: "If you do something wrong, you should be punished. She was disrespectful to the master first, and then she was indiscriminate. She should be punished."
Jiang Hui said, "What I mean is that you don't need to offend the old lady just for the sake of Rong Er Niang and make her unhappy."
"Mrs. Rong Er often kneels in the ancestral hall to reflect on her actions. It's her bad behavior, so it's no wonder others don't believe her."
Rong Jianxue stopped writing.
He raised his eyes and looked at Jiang Hui.
Meeting Rong Jianxue's gaze, Jiang Hui hurriedly bowed his head and admitted his mistake: "It was my fault for speaking out of turn. Please punish me, sir!"
"Fine half a month's salary, and don't do it again."
"yes."
Rong Jianxue punished Nanny Wang today, not because he felt guilty or sympathetic towards Pei Jingxu, but simply because Nanny Wang did something wrong. As the eldest son of the Rong family, he should uphold the family tradition, that's all.
"Go down."
Rong Jianxue gave an order.
Before Jiang Hui could accept the order and leave, he heard a soft female voice coming from outside the door.
"My Lord, are you asleep?"
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