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The Qin's and Shen Muyun rarely rested for a while, and Shen Qingru especially cherished this rare period of tranquility. Thus, besides going to her grandmother's place, she would stay in her room every day to read and practice, play the zither and draw.

There were too many things she needed to learn, and Shen Qingru was now deeply experiencing the value of time. In her previous life, when she faced the Shen Muyun who was radiating such dazzling light, the self-abased her chose to be willing to be mediocre. In this life, she would never repeat the same path as before.

Shen Qingru retreated a step without showing any expression, and her gaze landed on the servant girl on the ground. The maidservant looked unfamiliar and did not seem to be the two maidservants that Fifth Sister was used to.

"Which room's maid are you from, why are you so unruly!" When the girl rushed out of the house, she almost bumped into her own girl. She was very displeased with the girl.

"This servant is Hong Lou, who is at Fifth Miss's side," The servant girl lowered her head and replied timidly.

Shen Qingru's sharp senses noticed that a trace of nervousness flashed across Hong Lou's face, but she remained calm and collected: "Oh, what's wrong with Fifth sister?"

Being stared at by Shen Qingru's sharp gaze, Hong Lou's back was already drenched in cold sweat, and she hurriedly said. Madam has sent a message today to deliver Fifth Miss to the manor outside. "

She raised her eyes and looked at Shen Qingru secretly. Seeing that she was still expressionless, she bit her lips and pinched herself hard.

"Fifth Miss still has the Old Mistress and the Aunt Chu in his residence to look after him. If he were to send it to the manor, how could those high and mighty servants take good care of him? There's only death in Fifth Miss. " Hong Lou cried with sincere emotion, as she kowtowed heavily to Shen Qingru.

"Please save our Fifth Miss, Eldest Miss."

Shen Qingru's eyes would naturally not let go of what Hong Lou had done a moment ago. Was the Qin's going to take action against him again? What kind of evil scheme was this?

"You should be looking for the madame, not me." Shen Qingru said indifferently, she turned and left with Zi Ji.

Hong Lou could no longer hold it in, she was crying so miserably, shouldn't Eldest Young Miss be merciful and follow her to see the Fifth Miss?

"First Miss, wait a moment, Eldest Miss," Shen Qingru turned a deaf ear and continued to walk.

Hong Lou became anxious: "Is young miss actually treating her own sister this way? Fifth Miss was still delirious from the illness and was still thinking of the young miss, hence she sent this servant to find the young miss. Who would have known that the young miss would be so heartless and did not care about her sisters' feelings at all.

Hong Lou did not dare to retort again, she stubbornly stared at the Purple Aster with her eyes wide open.

Seeing that, Shen Qingru laughed: You are truly loyal to Fifth sister.

Hong Lou rolled her eyes and snorted, "This is my duty."

"When did you start serving Fifth sister?"

When Shen Qingru realized that she had asked this question, her expression clearly stiffened. She forced a smile and said, "This slave has already been with Fifth Miss for three months."

"Three months? To be able to be so loyal in just three months is truly rare. "

Hong Lou's smile froze on her face, and she stuttered: "Fifth Miss treats this servant very well, and does not care about master's arrogance, this servant is definitely loyal to the Fifth Miss."

"Since that's the case, then let's follow Hong Lou to the Fifth sister's place." She really wanted to see what kind of move Qin's would think of this time.

Aster still wanted to stop her, but Shen Qingru gave her a look. She glanced at the corner of her mouth and no longer said a word.

Shen Huiyu lived in a small, unremarkable house in the northwest corner of Prime Minister's Estate.

The yard was overgrown with weeds that had grown past the knees, but no one was clearing them. There was not a single shadow of a servant girl in the courtyard, only the chirping of trees.

In this place, even the servants of the Prime Minister's Estate would not be willing to stay here.

The moment Shen Qingru stepped into the room, a strong smell of Chinese medicine assaulted her nose.

A slim girl was feeding a bowl of medicine to Shen Huiyu who was lying on the bed. Shen Huiyu's small face was knitted into a ball, and the taste of the medicine must be terrible to drink. The lady was extremely patient as she coaxed Shen Huiyu, her voice extremely gentle.

Shen Huiyu saw Shen Qingru standing at the door and said excitedly: "Big sister, are you here to see me?"

The lady also saw Shen Qingru at the door, and immediately put down the medicine bowl, bowing down: "Greetings, young miss."

As she bowed, Shen Qingru observed her. She was young, in her twenties. Although her appearance could not be considered very beautiful, her features were deep and profound, giving her a unique charm.

This Aunt Chu was Shen Huiyu's mother and was the concubine that the second master of the Shen family doted on the most when he was still alive. She came from a brothel, and was rumored to have once been the number one courtesan in the capital. The brothel girl should have been uninterested, but she fell in love with the second master of the Shen family at first sight.

At that time, Second Master Shen had already married Lady Wang, but still wanted to marry Aunt Chu as his official wife. It made the Old Mistress angry to the point that she scolded Second Master for making a fool of himself.

Lady Chu was also infatuated with him, and did not take money as a big benefactor. She wholeheartedly followed Second Master Shen, a scholar with no achievements, and the two of them were deeply in love.

This was also the reason why the Wang family had treated the Chu family's mother and daughter harshly after Second Master Shen's death. The old lady was well aware of this, but she also sympathized with the Wang family's past. Thus, she turned a blind eye to it.

The Chu Family seemed to have lost all their mental support after the Shen Clan's Second Master died. They brought their daughter, Shen Huiyu, to live with her in this remote Fang Grass Courtyard.

Shen Qingru smiled and sat down beside Shen Huiyu, touching her small face that was originally chubby but had become much thinner: "Little sister has become a lot skinnier."

"Did the food from the kitchen taste good?" Shen Qingru looked at Shen Huiyu tenderly. Just as Shen Huiyu wanted to speak, Aunt Chu suddenly spoke: "The food is very good, thank you for your concern, Young Miss."

Shen Qingru looked at the obviously sickly Shen Huiyu, on the table, was the food box sent over to him by the kitchen, in the box, there was still the half plate of stir-fried vegetables, the half plate of stir-fried West Blue Flower and the half plate of small steamed buns. The dishes were all vegetarian, not even a bit of meat was found. Steamed Bun was really ugly, how could such a dish be good?

She thought for a moment, then quietly said to Shen Huiyu: "Wait for you to arrive, big sister will bring you to Fuyuan Tower to eat. The smell of the elbow there is soft and sticky, and the smell of meat assails the nostrils. I guarantee that you'll want to eat more after you've eaten. "

Shen Huiyu, the little foodie, heard her words and her eyes lit up. Swallowing her saliva, he nodded continuously: "Alright, alright, I will be alright tomorrow.

A look of helplessness flashed past Aunt Chu's eyes, but she felt more pain in her heart.

Who would have thought that the young lady of the Prime Minister's estate, the Prime Minister's niece, would be so greedy for her elbow?

Poor Yu'er, if it wasn't for her, how could she have ended up like this?

This time, for Yu'er's future, she had to do this. Even if Eldest Miss was innocent, she couldn't care less.

Eldest Miss, I can only let you down. If there's a next life, then let me, Chu Ruoxi, tie the knot again and repay you for being an ox or a horse.

"How is Fifth sister sick? Why haven't you recovered after being raised for so long? " Shen Qingru turned to look at Aunt Chu.

Aunt Chu hurriedly retracted her mind and replied with a lowered head, "I caught a cold from the wind half a month ago and caught a cold. Fifth Miss is young, and does not like to drink medicine.

Shen Qingru couldn't help but stroke her head: "Fifth sister, the more difficult it is to drink, the faster your sickness will heal."

"But I've already been drinking for half a month, and I haven't seen any progress either." Shen Huiyu lowered his head, looking depressed.

"I asked the kitchen to make some medicinal food for Fifth sister, so that Fifth Sister wouldn't lose her appetite after drinking the medicine." Shen Qingru said to the Aunt Chu.

Aunt Chu's body trembled as she smiled: "Thank you, big miss."

"Madam said that the plague is rife outside and suspected that Yu'er was infected with the plague. She said that she had to send Yu'er out of the house because she was afraid that the other masters of the house would be infected." A string of tears rolled down Aunt Chu's face.

Plague? She had seen plague patients in her previous life, so this symptom of Shen Huiyu was definitely not one that could be infected by plague.

After listening to Aunt Chu's explanation, Shen Qingru realized that the room did indeed have a strange smell, it was just that she did not notice it due to the dense medicinal smell.

Her gaze fell onto a stack of clothes that looked very new that were placed on the bed.

"Is that Fifth sister's clothes?"

"It was sent by the Second Madam the day before yesterday. She said that each of the ladies in the mansion had made three sets of new clothes." Aunt Chu did not understand.

Shen Qingru ordered Zhi Zun to retrieve a bamboo pole and stood far away to use it to lift up the pile of clothes. The set of clothes with gold thread lining the bottom did indeed have several dark yellow marks on it!

"Eh, it's obviously a new set of clothes, how could it be dirty?" Aunt Chu was puzzled, she extended her hand, wanting to take a closer look at the clothes.

"Let go! It's a pestilential stain. " Shen Qingru's eyes were gloomy.