Soft and crispy waist

Chapter 146 The Maid's Sympathy for the Maid

A few days ago, Yang Xun had already brought back news about the Lin family.

Lin Rongrong did not lie. Her mother had passed away at a young age.

Lin Rongrong died of illness when she was three years old. Not long after, Lin's father remarried. Because Lin Rongrong's biological mother was not of high status, she was rarely mentioned to the outside world. Everyone naturally thought that the current Mrs. Lin was the original wife, and Lin Rongrong was born to Mrs. Lin.

But although Lin Rongrong was a legitimate daughter, her life was actually worse than that of a maidservant of higher status.

She was sent to the farm when she was four years old. She was not taken back until two months ago when Mrs. Lin attended a banquet hosted by the emperor. After that, she entered the mansion.

This provides a reasonable explanation for why Lin Rongrong, despite being a legitimate daughter, is not very knowledgeable about etiquette and acts in a chaotic and timid manner.

Because she had never learned it at all. She was brought back from the farm and temporarily studied for a month or two in order to enter the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion.

Xia Zheng also checked the things she brought into the house. There were very few things, and she only had one maid named Que'er.

Just by hearing the name, you can tell that she was probably just a little maid in the Lin Mansion before.

At this time, Que'er came here, and Lin Rongrong was alone.

Even though Lin Rongrong was not welcome in the Lin family, she was a concubine in the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, and nothing could happen to her during her tenure.

Handing Ruanruan to Shuangjiang, Xia Zheng stood up and took two steps forward to ask, "Did Concubine Lin send you to look for me?"

Que'er panted and nodded, "Yes... yes... the concubine sent... this servant to find you... to... to save him. There's a fight going on. Xue Shenyi has been beaten."

Xue Shenyi?

Xue Rui!

Xue Wuyang’s sister!

Xue Rui has been very quiet since she came in. Apart from greeting Tao Yurong, she spends most of her time in her room and doesn't interact with other people, as if she doesn't exist.

Why did you get into a fight with someone today?

"Where did the fight start? What was it about?" Xia Zheng asked vigilantly.

"In the small garden, I...I don't know...Qiao Shenyuan had invited everyone to the garden, but my concubine arrived a little late. As soon as we arrived, we saw they were arguing. I couldn't stop them, so I hurriedly asked me to come and get Su Rong."

Xia Zheng heard in the morning that Qiao Shenyuan had invited people to visit the garden and asked for tea sets, tables and chairs from the Internal Affairs Office, saying that they wanted to use them to enjoy the flowers and drink tea.

After Zhou Lin's incident, the rest of the people became well-behaved. After Tao Yurong closed the door and stopped seeing people, they had nowhere to go and could not see Gu Yizi. However, there was no competition for favor between them, and they often played together to kill time.

Lin Rongrong had no power, but she was the highest-ranking among those who entered the house with her, higher than Xia Zheng. Naturally, she was called along every time to prevent Xia Zheng from having a reason to blame them.

But Shu Rui never participates in such things, so why would she go today?

"Chef Yang, ask the court doctor to rush to the small garden. Shuangjiang, take Ruanruan and the wet nurse back first." Xia Zheng gave the instructions and took Shuangxue towards the small garden.

The distance is not far, just across two courtyards.

But before I even entered the door, I heard loud cursing.

"You're just a pretentious lackey. You act like you don't care about anyone. Do you think that will make the fire-stoking maid think you're a good person? What a jerk! You're even speaking up for her. Are you the only one who understands things?"

"Exactly. Do you think you're the judge? Don't forget that your sister once poisoned Xia Zheng and tried to kill her and her daughter. So, will she let it go just because you're speaking up for her?"

"You bastard, you can't tell north from south. You said we said one thing to our faces and another behind our backs. You're not like that. I'm telling you, that fire-stoking maid won't tolerate you. Now that she's in power, she'll be the first to attack you. Don't even think she can stand up for you today. Even if we beat you to death, she'll help throw you out."

"Give sympathy to maids, they are all lowly creatures."

"Concubine!" Que'er saw Lin Rongrong falling to the ground from the Gongyue Gate. She shouted and rushed in first to help Lin Rongrong up from the ground.

Everyone heard the voice and turned around to see Xia Zheng standing outside the Gongyue Gate. They were so frightened that their faces turned pale. They hurriedly put down their things and stood in a row behind her, saluting Xia Zheng. "Xia...Xia Surong."

Xia Zheng stepped into the small garden and glanced at the mess on the ground.

Apparently, the quarrel started while they were sipping tea.

Picking up a broken, blood-stained teacup on the ground, Xia Zheng stood up and asked, "Why don't you sisters continue talking? Who can't I tolerate?"

Several people were stiff and didn't dare to look into Xia Zheng's eyes.

"No...no...we didn't say anything."

"Yeah...we were just joking around."

"Really? You'll bleed just by joking?" Xia Zheng turned the broken teacup in her hand, revealing the bloody side to everyone.

Their faces became even uglier, and they lowered their heads and dared not say anything.

"Still don't get out of the way!"

Xia Zheng let out a light sigh, and several people trembled all over. Without even thinking, they instinctively stepped aside, revealing Xue Rui lying on the ground behind them.

Her clothes were ripped and torn several times, revealing large areas of her shoulders covered in bruises.

In such a short time, even if you twist it harder, it won't be this deep. This is a previous injury.

The bun on her head was torn open, covering her face in a messy manner, but through the gap one could still see the glaring red liquid inside, which was continuously flowing down from her head. Her face was also beaten red and swollen.

"Su... Su..." He tried to stand up and salute Xia Zheng, but just as he raised his head a little, before he could finish his words, he fell down again and was motionless.

"She was just pretending! We didn't even try hard!"

"Yes, I just pulled her a few times."

"Su Rong is clear and conspicuous. She often pretends to be dead like this."

Fearing that someone might die, several people were busy trying to shirk responsibility.

"The court doctor is here." Shuangxue whispered a reminder beside Xia Zheng.

Looking back at the court physician who was hurriedly brought over by Chef Yang, Xia Zheng grabbed a cloak that belonged to someone on the chair, took two quick steps, and covered Shu Rui with the leather cloak, covering her exposed skin before standing up and calling the court physician over.

Seeing blood gushing from Shu Rui's head, the court doctor's face changed. He quickly put down his medicine box to check the wound. After taking her pulse, he said, "Su Rong, this wound is on the top of her head, a vital part. She is weak and has been beaten for a long time. She has internal and external injuries. She is now half dead."

Being beaten for a long time?

Xia Zheng glanced coldly at the guilty people and asked the court doctor, "Can they be saved?"

"Yes, I do, but I need to remove all the hair from the wound, boil the needle with strong liquor, and then sew it up with cotton thread. Then I need to use medicine to slowly heal it. I can't let it get cold. Su Rong, what do you think I should do?"

The hair on your body is given by your parents, especially for women. You should not cut your hair easily, otherwise you will curse your husband.

But if such a large wound is not sutured, it will be fatal if it becomes infected.

"Treat her as you said. Her house is too far away. Let's take her back to Yinlin Courtyard first."