Mingyu's face was right in front of her, Mingyu's voice was right next to her ears, and the knife that Mingyu held on her neck was flashing a dazzling cold light under her eyelids. The night at the end of July was not cold, but Luo Lingxiu felt as if she had fallen into an ice cellar and her whole body wanted to shiver.
Mingyu was satisfied with Luo Lingxiu's reaction, and she smiled and said softly, "In fact, our relationship doesn't need to be so awkward, right? You take your maid away, and I take mine away, and I can forget about what happened that day. If you insist on using these despicable means to humiliate me, don't blame me for telling others the secret in my heart."
"You dare?" Luo Lingxiu gritted her teeth, "Aunt and the others won't believe your lies. Ruining the reputation of our mansion and letting you die in confusion is no big deal!"
Mingyu shook her head regretfully. "You have pushed me to this point and want to harm my only maid. What else do I have to be afraid of? I was afraid before and didn't dare to say it, but now it's not necessarily the case. It doesn't matter if my aunt and the others don't believe it. The servants will definitely believe the romantic gossip between the masters, and the common people will also believe it. Then, people will point fingers at you wherever you go..." Mingyu laughed, her eyes sparkling in the dark night.
"Just die!" Mingyu sighed, "I'll be killed by you sooner or later. I can drag you down with me before I die, and I can get back a little bit of my money."
Luo Lingxiu clenched her fists and gritted her teeth, "You really won't tell me?"
Mingyu shook her head. "It won't do me any good to tell you. As long as you don't cause me any trouble, we can live in peace."
After a long while, Luo Lingxiu nodded, "Okay."
Mingyu threw the knife to the ground. In the silent night, the knife and the bluestone floor made a sharp collision sound, which made people feel frightened. Finally, Mingyu looked at Yingrong meaningfully, as if she was also involved in this matter.
"Lixiang, let's go." Mingyu pulled Lixiang away without looking back, and smiled at the nanny who was locking the door, "Something delayed us tonight, please come and lock the door again, nanny."
The nanny who locked the door had already been frightened by the ferocity of Mingyu's knife on her neck. It took her a long time to realize that Mingyu was talking to her. She nodded hurriedly, "You're welcome, you're welcome."
Hong Xian and Hong Xi were surprised to see Ming Yu and Li Xiang walk away in such a grand manner. They ran to Luo Ling Xiu and asked, "Big aunt, are you just letting them go like this?"
Luo Lingxiu glared at the two of them with a sullen face, making the two maids feel uneasy. Suddenly, Luo Lingxiu stretched out her hand and slapped each of them, gritting her teeth and shouting, "What useless things! Can't several people handle one person?!"
The two maids covered their faces in grievance and stood behind Luo Lingxiu. Who could have thought that Second Madam, such a delicate little girl, would be so cruel as to chop her own neck with a knife? If anything really happened to Second Madam, they couldn't afford to pay for it even if they had a hundred of them.
Luo Lingxiu glanced gloomily at the three maids who were involved in the matter, whispered a few words to Hong Xian, called a few maids, and locked the three maids in the woodshed first. She would try to find out what the lady had to say tomorrow.
Yingrong walked on the road in a daze. What flashed through her mind was still the ruthless look of Second Grandma with a knife at her neck, and the look in her eyes when she left. Her heart was as if several buckets were hanging in the air, and she was very nervous.
When they got back to the courtyard, the nanny locked the door. Mingyu let out a sigh of relief and sat down on the ground dejectedly. Lixiang burst into tears and took a handkerchief, dipped it in water, and wiped the blood on Mingyu's neck. The blood had already scabbed over and looked like a thin red line.
"Why are you crying?" Mingyu smiled and touched her neck. It really hurt a little. "How could I bear to really cut myself? It's just a little skin broken."
Li Xiang covered her face and sobbed, and after a long while she choked up and said, "It's all my fault, I was stupid... I went as soon as I was called, and I got Second Grandma into trouble..."
Mingyu silently stroked Lixiang's shoulder and whispered, "It's my fault that you got implicated. If you were not my maid, how could you have been harmed by them?" She thought that if she didn't go to find Lixiang tonight, or went too late, Lixiang might have died quietly in some dark room, and she would never see her again.
Why did Luo Lingxiu have such a deep hatred for her that she wanted to drive her to death bit by bit? It was simply because she was lonely and empty-hearted, and Master Bao, because of his eldest brother's face and ethics, refused to have an affair with her, so he took out his anger on an innocent person like her.
After hearing Mingyu's words, Lixiang just cried and shook her head. After a while, she gradually stopped crying and asked, "Second Grandma, where did you get the machete? When I saw it, I was so scared that my heart couldn't even beat. I was afraid that you would accidentally cut yourself."
"Well..." Mingyu laughed, "Actually, I wanted to go to the kitchen to get a kitchen knife, which is lighter anyway. But when I got to the kitchen, I found that the kitchen door was locked, and the door of the woodshed next door was ajar. I kicked it open and saw a knife for chopping wood, so I took it out and used it."
Seeing Lixiang about to cry, Mingyu quickly comforted her, "Actually, a machete is better than a kitchen knife. A kitchen knife is used to chop meat and vegetables every day, and it's covered in mud and oil. It's so dirty. A machete has only been used to chop wood, so it's much cleaner than a kitchen knife..."
After hearing this, Lixiang cried even louder.
The next day, Mingyu got up at daybreak, took Lixiang with him, and waited at the gate of the yard, waiting for the nanny to come and unlock the door. Then the two of them went out, which surprised the nanny.
When they arrived at the gate of Miao's yard, the outer lock of Miao's yard had been opened, but there was no movement inside the yard, obviously the people inside had not yet gotten up.
Mingyu didn't care about anything else. She knelt straight outside Miao's yard with Lixiang. After a while, there were some noises in the yard. The gatekeeper inside yawned and opened the door sleepily. She glanced at the ground out of the corner of her eye, which immediately frightened her so much that she lost all her sleepiness and stared at Mingyu with wide eyes.
Mingyu raised her head, looked at the old woman pitifully, and said respectfully, "Please inform Madam that Mingyu wants to see Madam to apologize."
Coincidentally, Marquis Sima Qing also rested in Miao's yard last night. He went to Aunt Yu's place more often, and the rain and dew were not distributed evenly. The wife of the first house would be dissatisfied.
"What are you doing?" Miao was shocked and angry. She didn't know what others would think of him kneeling at the gate of her yard so early in the morning.
When Mingyu raised her head again, her big, dark eyes were filled with tears. Whenever she thought of Luo Lingxiu's cruel methods and how Lixiang almost died, Mingyu couldn't help crying. "Madam..." Mingyu choked up, "Mingyu did something wrong last night in an impulsive manner. Please punish me, Madam."
Sima Qing put on his clothes and came out of the inner room. He saw this scene. Miao stood there with a dignified manner, and the poor young wife knelt on the ground, tears streaming down her face. He couldn't help but frowned, "What's going on?"
Mingyu saw Sima Qing was present and felt relieved. When it was time to complain, she would not be polite.
"Last night, Meizi, the maid in the kitchen, went to look for Lixiang. I waited for a long time but Lixiang didn't come back. It was almost time to lock the door, so I went to the kitchen to look for Lixiang. I didn't expect..." Mingyu sobbed, "I didn't expect to see a group of maids surrounding Lixiang and beating her. They wanted to lock her up, regardless of whether she lived or died..."
Miao's eyebrows jumped. There were many conflicts among the maids. There were many cases of them pinching each other. They were nothing more than trivial matters. As long as it didn't get out of hand, she didn't bother to care. Then she looked at Lixiang who was kneeling behind Mingyu. Her cheeks were red and swollen. It was obvious that she had been slapped last night.
"The servants are rude and disrespectful, just scold them." Miao was quite impatient. She had a lot of things to do as a housekeeper, so how could she have the time to listen to the grievances of a maid who was beaten.
Mingyu shook her head. "I asked them to release her, but they refused. They wanted to lock Lixiang up and take me back. I told you that I would report this to you, Madam, but they said that my aunt could handle it... I really had no choice but to go to the woodshed and get a knife to put on my neck. Only then did I get Lixiang back."
"What?!" Sima Qing was shocked and angry, "Who gave these maids the courage to rebel against their master?" He even threatened the wife of the first wife to commit suicide.
Miao was also furious. She looked down on Mingyu, but that didn't mean she could tolerate servants bullying Mingyu. After all, Mingyu was also the legitimate master of the Marquis's mansion. Bullying the master was a slap in her face. What was the meaning of those maids? The mistress was more useful than her as a wife? She still had the final say in this family!
At last, Mingyu kowtowed twice to the ground, "Madam, Master, Mingyu lost her composure last night and brought shame to the Marquisate, but they falsely accused Lixiang of stealing. Lixiang has been keeping my things, and she has never lost a penny in the past few years. Mingyu dares to guarantee with her life that she will never do anything against her conscience! Even if this is true, I will report it to Madam the next day and ask Madam to punish Lixiang. But why don't they let Lixiang go back? They have to lock Lixiang up. Can Lixiang run away? They also want to forcibly send me back to Yiqing Courtyard. It's obvious that they have something to hide!"
As soon as Luo Lingxiu stepped into Miao's yard, she heard an angry shout from her father-in-law Sima Qing inside the house, which frightened her. There were also two female voices crying miserably in the house. Luo Lingxiu was immediately panicked. Could it be that this little girl had gone to the master and the mistress and said something wrong first
Thinking of this, Luo Lingxiu's calves began to tremble, her teeth began to chatter unconsciously, and her palms were sweaty. When she went in, she saw Miao with a stern face, and the look she gave her was not very friendly, while Sima Qing had an angry look on his face.
"Stop crying!" Miao shouted, "Which maids committed the crime last night? Tell me and I'll beat them to death!"
Mingyu was startled and gradually stopped crying. Just as she was about to speak, Luo Lingxiu beside her asked in a trembling voice, "Madam, what, what is going on?"
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