There were crisp noises coming from the room one after another, and the maids carried the broken porcelain pieces out of the room one after another.
Ling Chuchu was so angry that she almost blew the roof off.
"Miss, please don't be angry. It's not worth it if you get sick from anger." Caixia was worried and hurried to comfort Ling Chuchu. "Maybe the second young lady really has no ill intentions. The emperor wants to reward her, and it would be bad for her not to take it."
As she spoke, Caixia stepped forward to support Ling Chuchu, but was kicked away by Ling Chuchu.
"Ah!" Caixia fell to the ground, her body firmly pressed on a pair of broken porcelain pieces. Caixia felt pain and couldn't help but screaming.
Ling Chuchu looked annoyed, and seeing Caixia was about to get up, she raised her foot and stepped hard on Caixia's hand.
"Miss! I was wrong! Please let me go!" Caixia cried and begged for mercy.
The broken pieces of porcelain embedded themselves into the palm of Caixia's hand, causing her excruciating pain.
The other maids in the room were terrified, fearing that they would be the next. Several little girls stood timidly in the corner, shivering uncontrollably.
"What's wrong?" Ling Chuchu looked down at Caixia and questioned her sternly.
"I shouldn't have thought I was right in advising you and shouldn't have disturbed you." Caixia choked up.
The pain in the palm of her hand quickly spread throughout her body, and Caixia felt that her entire left hand was about to be disabled.
"You were wrong to speak for Ling Qingwan." Ling Chuchu gritted her teeth. When she mentioned Ling Qingwan, she became even angrier and the force of her foot increased.
Caixia didn't dare to scream anymore. If someone outside heard her and caused trouble for Ling Chuchu, she would definitely die today. As a last resort, Caixia could only grit her teeth and let her lips be bitten and blood flow down the corner of her mouth.
That night.
Ling Qingwan finished washing up, and the faint scent of pear blossoms emanated from her body. She walked to the cage and squatted down to tease Hongdou.
Ever since Hongdou threw a tantrum at the last family dinner and overturned several tables, Ling Qingwan has kept it in a cage every day. It has been quite some time.
Finally, when she was about to go back to the side room to rest, she heard a knock on the door.
"Miss, Caixia wants to see you." Qiaoer reported softly.
Caixia? Wasn't she the maid who served Ling Chuchu? Ling Qingwan remembered Caixia.
She finally met him.
As soon as Caixia stepped into the house, she knelt down heavily, which scared Qiaoer.
"Second Miss, please save me." Caixia choked with sobs, her eyes red.
Ling Qingwan was puzzled and looked Caixia up and down.
Could it be that Ling Chuchu has come up with some evil idea to plot against her again
"Save you? Why should I save you?" Ling Qingwan stared at Caixia closely, and it seemed that Caixia didn't have any special thoughts.
Caixia stretched out her left hand and spread it out, only to see that her palm was covered with wounds and blood.
Qiao'er was surprised and quickly covered her mouth.
"If I continue to work for the eldest lady, I will lose my life sooner or later. Most of the young ladies in other rooms are afraid of the eldest lady's status as a legitimate daughter and dare not accept me. I have no choice but to come to you." Caixia explained to Ling Qingwan.
Ling Qingwan frowned and looked down at Caixia's hand.
"Then why are you so sure that I will save you?" Ling Qingwan raised her eyebrows. "You should know that if I send you back to the young lady now, you will die faster."
Caixia was horrified when she saw this and kowtowed to Ling Chuchu several times.
"I know that you and the young lady have a bad relationship, and now you are the only one in the whole backyard who dares to argue with the young lady openly. I thought that asking you for help would at least give me a glimmer of hope." Caixia's face was filled with tears, and she looked up at Ling Qingwan eagerly. "I have something to tell you."
"Tell me about it." Ling Qingwan took a sip of tea slowly.
How could Ling Qingwan not listen to the news that she had come to her door? She was really curious about what method Ling Chuchu would come up with to frame her next.
"These days, the news about you, the Crown Prince, and the Seventh Prince has spread like wildfire. The eldest lady is jealous and has secretly asked someone to investigate whether you have had an affair with other men in the countryside over the years. She has also found a villager from your hometown to testify for her." Caixia told Ling Qingwan. "Maybe there will be some action in the next few days."
Ling Qingwan chuckled.
She was indeed sold to the countryside and served as a child bride for more than ten years. Ling Chuchu must have laughed like crazy when she heard the news. How could Wei Xun and Song Zhiqing not care about something that ordinary men could not accept
If it were to be spread that the current Crown Princess or Princess had been someone else's child bride, it would be a disgrace to the royal family. Even if Wei Xun and Song Zhiqing didn't care, the emperor couldn't get over it.
"Do you have other relatives outside?" Ling Qingwan asked softly.
"I have a brother who found a disciple who sells meat in Luoan City." Caixia answered truthfully.
"How is the relationship between you two siblings?"
"My brother and I are very good friends, but one is in Tokyo City and the other is in Luoan. We can only see each other at the end of the year." Perhaps thinking of her only relative in the world, Caixia couldn't stop crying.
Ling Qingwan's heart softened.
Caixia could understand her feelings. When she was tortured in the Prince's Mansion and bullied by Song Zhiqing and Ling Chuchu, she missed Ling Xiao very much. She only hoped to see Ling Xiao every day.
If her brother were here, he would never watch her suffer.
"Qiao'er, call someone you trust to bring Caixia's brother to Tokyo City and take Caixia away." Ling Qingwan immediately ordered Qiao'er.
"Second Miss..." Caixia was surprised and shocked. She originally thought that Ling Qingwan would at most bring her to work with him, so that she would suffer less in the future. She didn't expect Ling Qingwan to help her to this extent.
"Don't worry about the rest, I will take care of it." Ling Qingwan comforted Caixia.
When the two left the room, Ling Qingwan did not forget to remind Qiao'er to find a doctor to treat the wound on Caixia's hand first.
The lack of a servant in the mansion did not cause any commotion, and even Ling Chuchu did not care. Life went on as usual until a few days later, when a couple found the mansion.
"Second Miss! Second Miss!" The maid in lotus root powder clothes ran to the yard in two or three steps, still panting as she spoke to Ling Qingwan. "The master and his wife asked you to go to the hall."
At that time, Ling Qingwan was reading a storybook with great interest. She was a little unhappy to be interrupted.
"Okay." Ling Qingwan agreed, quickly put down what she was doing, and followed the maid to the hall.
After passing through several pavilions and corridors and the flower gate, they arrived at the main hall of the Marquis' Mansion. Ling Feng and Ling Shen were sitting in the main seats. When Ling Qingwan arrived, Ling Xiao just happened to come from the other side, and the two of them went up the stairs together.
"Wanwan." Ling Shenshi looked worried and stood up to greet Ling Qingwan.
Ling Feng glared at Ling Shen fiercely.
"Daddy, why did you rush to find me here?" Ling Qingwan looked at Ling Feng coldly.
Next to them, a middle-aged couple was kneeling on the ground. When they saw Ling Qingwan, they immediately showed excitement on their faces.
"Yingying! Tell Master Ling quickly! Who are we to you?"