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When she looked at Lian Ruyue, it was the first time that she realized how terrifying her eyes could be. They were as sharp as knives, stabbing her body into pieces. Her skin was not whole, and she was much scarier than Madam and Third Miss.

"Don't make a sound if the young miss doesn't ask you. If the young miss asks you, just answer truthfully, or else the bugs will bite you to death!" With how scared she was, Xiuzhu did not dare to say anything else.

"Xiu Zhu, you're almost 20 this year, right?" Lian Ruyue suddenly asked.

Xiuzhu raised her head and looked at Lian Ruyue with fear and doubt, "Eldest Miss, yes, your servant will be 20 in three months. I should leave the manor now …"

"When you were eight years old, both your parents died, and your brother doted on you, but he took a fierce sister-in-law who beat you up and scolded you day after day behind your brother's back. Your body was riddled with wounds, and then she sold you for ten taels of silver to an old man in his sixties as a concubine. You were disgraced, you ran away many times, but each time you got caught and beat yourself up. It wasn't until you were thirteen and the old man died that you took the opportunity to sneak away. After that, you saw the Prime Minister's notice to buy a maidservant, so you decided to sell yourself to the Prime Minister's residence. At that time, Senior Servant Zhen, who was in charge of buying servants, found out that you were married.

In the end, she made a condition that you give her half of the monthly money you received until you left the Prime Minister's Palace at the age of twenty to help you conceal your marriage, which you had no choice but to agree to.

Counting the time, in three months, you will be leaving the clan. All these years, the money and master's rewards have all been taken away by Senior Servant Zhen under various names, so you probably won't have much money on you anymore. Your brother is also severely ill, so where will you go after you leave the clan?

"..." "Eldest Miss, so you actually know everything …" Lian Ruoyue's words evoked the deepest hidden pain and secret in Xiuzhu's heart, causing her to listen attentively.

"Let me show you something." Lian Ruyue glanced at Qing Dai, who took out a insole.

"I embroidered this for my big brother, how did it end up in the hands of the young miss?" Soo Zhu looked at the insole in her hands and couldn't help crying. Her brother was the only family she had in this world.

That was why she had sent someone to observe Xiuzhu's every move from the shadows. She had discovered that every time Xiuzhu had received a job offer, she would give half of it to Senior Servant Zhen and only after searching for her brother would she find out everything about herself.

"Your brother wrote this to you." Lian Ruyue took out a letter and Xiuzhu quickly took it. She hurriedly opened it and saw the words written on it. Her tears fell down …

His brother could not read at all, he could only write "Bead", which was a crooked "Bead".

"Xiuzhu, you were playing a trick in front of Eldest Miss, if Eldest Miss doesn't immediately break her arms and legs, and feed her some aphrodisiac, it would be a huge boon for you. Right now, there is only one road in front of you, listen to Eldest Miss, she is the most fond of the head's servant, if you listen, Eldest Miss will definitely not treat you unfairly. But if you don't go to the good side yourself, I'll give you all this meat worm. " Qing Dai said from the side.

"Yeah, in the past, everything you did was restricted by Senior Servant Zhen and you couldn't make your own choice." Yeah, in the past, everything you did was restricted by Senior Servant Zhen and you couldn't make your own choice. Drunken Fragrance also said on the side.

Soo Zhu kneeled on the ground, looking at the insole. Finally, as if she had made her final decision, she said —

"I will listen to whatever Eldest Miss says. Eldest Miss, please give me a chance at survival so that I can reunite with my brother."

"That's right." Lian Ruyue smiled lightly, but her eyes were filled with a trace of coldness.

She gestured for Qing Dai to give the antidote to Xiuzhu. A smile appeared on her face, but it was as intoxicating as poison, causing one to be unable to extricate themselves from it.

Looking at the departing figure of Xiuzhu, she was a bit worried, "Miss, do you really think Xiuzhu is trustworthy? After all, she has always been by the side of the Third Miss and the others. "

That's why I had you all drink that medicine, and before she left the Prime Minister's Residence, don't give her the full antidote. If she is obedient, she will give her the antidote on the day she left the house, give her enough money, and let her reunite with her brother. If she still has any other thoughts, then she will be courting death, no one can help her!

"After all that, this time it really is poor young master who suffered such a heavy injury, it's all because of that damned crow." At this time, Shuxiang Xiang said indignantly, "Speaking of which, it's strange. Our Immortal Lotus Courtyard is fine, how could there be a crow?"

"What did you say?" Even the [Consecutive] Incantation was injured? " Lian Ruyue was startled as she said.

"Oh, this servant forgot that Eldest Miss just returned, so she shouldn't know about young master's injury. Young master found out that Eldest Miss was locked up in the palace by the emperor, so he went to the palace to look for the emperor. Later, he didn't know why, but he was beaten thirty times before he was finally released to the palace."

Lian Ruyue remembered that when she was outside, she did not make a single sound even after she had walked for such a long distance with her legs crossed.

She suddenly realized that she had overlooked something. She quickly stood up and ordered, "Follow me to Wen Hua Yuan."

When she arrived at the entrance of Wen Hua Yuan, she stood at the entrance of the courtyard and stopped in her tracks because she saw Lian Fu shuffling step by step towards the inside of the house.

She had once said that in her rebirth, she must use all her strength to protect this youth from any harm that might come to her. But now, because of her, he had suffered a physical injury once again!

Her fists slowly clenched as her eyes slightly squinted, revealing an ice-cold intent.

Lian Shiya, Xiao Clan, Xiao Zhenhai, from now on, I will settle this score with you all and send you all to hell as soon as possible!

She turned abruptly and walked back.

Geng Di and Xia Xiang were stunned for a moment before hurriedly following. Why didn't the young miss enter again?

That night, Lian Yue didn't sleep at all. She kept thinking about how she had been injured by the [Consecutive Spell]. The desolate scene from her previous life was still lingering in her mind.

In the morning, not long after she had woken up, someone came to report that the direct daughter of Shang Shu Manor, Lady Liu, had come to visit.

Now that the enmity between her and Liu Xiren had been resolved and their relationship had grown closer, Liu Xiren went to visit her at the Prime Minister's Mansion on leave from her grandmother after hearing about her.

She even took a hundred years' worth of ginseng to give to Lian Xiangyue. As the two chatted, Liu Xiren suddenly asked in a low voice, "Is your wife, the Xiao Clan, unable to bear children?"

Lian Ruyue was about to lower her head and drink her tea, but when she heard Liu Xi Ren's question, she was immediately startled and asked, "What do you mean by that?"

"That day at the Xiao manor, your county governor, who had always been silent with me, suddenly asked me if my mother had some sort of secret recipe for a child when she was forty years old. Seeing her so secretive, I asked her a few more questions, but she wouldn't say anything, so she pestered me to go to my mother for the secret recipe, saying that silver was not a problem. "I thought to myself, since Shiya is still young, she wouldn't need this kind of recipe before she gets married. Then, only her own mother would be left."