Lan Bai's mind was blank, and the moment the stick fell, he seemed to have forgotten where he was.
All that remained in his eyes was the rapidly falling wooden stick.
Is she... really going to be lame
It's just that the wooden stick didn't fall on her leg, and the servant's arm was pinched by a strong hand at the right time. The person who came came put his hand hard and broke his palm outward. The servant suffered from pain and hissed. Get up, "Let go, let go, let go, it hurts!" It's just that the visitor didn't seem to hear it, and he kicked hard, and the tall and burly servant was kicked away a few feet away, and hit the wall hard. He tilted his head and passed out.
The faces of the people in the ancestral hall changed drastically, and Ruan Zhen was even more frightened and angry, and suddenly raised her head: "You..."
It's just that when he saw who was coming, his face changed slightly, and his tone immediately changed, "Third, third prince, why... is it you?"
Lou Qingwu stepped in from outside the threshold with a sullen face, her lips were almost drawn into a line, and the scene before her was still the scene she saw from a distance just now, Lan Bai was bound like meat on a chopping board at will. If that stick goes down, she can't imagine what earth-shaking changes will happen to Lan Bai's life in the future.
And all of this happened when she was not in the mansion.
That scene seemed to bring her back to her previous life. Her dark eyes were like glazed grapes, but there was a little bit of blood in them, which was inexplicable and terrifying.
Ruan Zhen glanced at it inadvertently, and a chill ran down her back, but she still suppressed it.
Even if she finds out, so what, this matter is allowed by the master, can she still blame the master? Even if the master is wrong, she is a woman and the master is a father, then she will have to suffer this boring loss! Ruan Zhen raised the corners of her mouth triumphantly, and smiled towards Lou Qingwu, as if deliberately annoyed her, with a caring voice: "Qingwu, why did you come back so soon? You brought the third prince to the ancestral hall , This is more than reasonable, we are punishing a lowly maid here, Qing Wu, do you want to watch it with your own eyes?"
Lou Qingwu gritted her molars and didn't say a word.
Walk over and put Lan Bai's legs down.
Lan Bai felt that his legs were on the ground again, and they were intact.
Only then did I let go of my heart.
It was only after I relaxed that I realized that my whole body was drenched in cold sweat.
She couldn't imagine that if the master came one step later, she would become one-legged Lan or legless Lan in the future.
"Hmm..." Shaking her sweaty head, she opened her blurry eyes and waited until she saw Lou Qingwu's expression clearly, then she called out soothingly, but her mouth was blocked and she couldn't speak.
Lou Qingwu stood behind her, helped her upper body up, took out the gag from her mouth, threw it on the ground, and was about to untie the rope for her.
Xia Houqing stepped forward to help, but was rejected by Lou Qingwu, "Third prince, today's affairs are all housework of my Loufu, you just stand aside and watch."
Xia Houqing looked around, shrugged, and stepped back. A tall figure stood on the threshold, like a door god.
He didn't speak, but inexplicably made the atmosphere in the entire ancestral hall oppressive.
Lou Qufeng was caught by his daughter, and he couldn't bear his old face, but then he thought something was wrong, he was guilty, and slammed the table: "Qingwu, don't let go of this maidservant! Deceitful things, just should be severely punished."
Lou Qingwu didn't seem to hear what he said, and still untied the rope on Lan Bai's body.
He helped her up and took her pulse. After confirming that her body was just an ordinary drug, her complexion improved a little. She took out a medicine bottle from her arms, poured out a medicine, and handed it to Lan Bai, " Can you swallow it?"
Lan Bai's mouth was sore from the cloth ball just now, and he nodded, "Well, don't worry, master, I'm fine."
He took the pill and threw it directly into his mouth, it melted in his mouth, and a burst of sweetness made his limbs feel comfortable.
Lou Qingwu's indifference caused Lou Qu's chest to heave violently, pointing at her and wanting to curse, but he glanced at the third prince who was leaning on the door frame with his arms crossed, and forcibly endured it. What's more, the opponent is the third prince who holds the military power.
As soon as Lou Qingwu appeared, Fourth Madam Hao Meier and Lou Yuner were like frightened mice, huddling there as invisible persons.
Lan Bai's body began to regain strength, and Lou Qingwu slowly raised her head, and glanced around the crowd expressionlessly. It was obviously the same face, but it looked like a bully bun in the past. It gave people a sense of uneasy fear. The sudden coercive aura emanating from the inside out made Hao Meier somewhat regret listening to the Second Madam's words to punish this maidservant.
It's just a maidservant, so it's fine for her to bear it, but this time she was caught by the eldest lady.
"That... miss, we are..."
"Fourth aunt." Lou Qingwu looked over lazily, but with a slight glance, Hao Meier seemed to be frozen, "What, what's wrong?"
"Our account will be settled later. Fourth Aunt, it's better not to talk now."
Otherwise, she was afraid that she would not be able to resist.
Hao Meier heard the threat from Lou Qingwu's voice despite her light tone, she swallowed her saliva, thinking of Lou Lianxin's fate, she finally didn't dare to speak out. If the second wife hadn't made a promise that she would never let the young lady know, she would never have made her debut.
Silently shrinking back, she hugged Lou Yun'er tightly in her arms.
"Qingwu, what do you mean? How did you talk to your fourth aunt? Do you still want to disobey your father because of a maid?"
Lou Qufeng frowned when he heard Lou Qingwu's sloppy tone, why did he feel that the current Qingwu was very different from what he had always thought
Lou Qingwu took two steps towards Lou Qufeng, her eyes were clear, but her straight back gave an inexplicable sense of oppression.
"Father, who told you that she belonged to a handmaid?"
"Is not it?"
"Lan Bai was invited back by me. First, she was not sold to the Lou Mansion, and second father did not have her deed of sale, so why did the maid say that? Why did father make such a big deal of lynching?"
As soon as the word "lynching" came out, Lou Qufeng's face sank.
In Dongyu Country, masters and servants are classified into distinct levels, and masters are completely free to punish servants or maidservants who make mistakes.
But if it wasn't for this relationship, then once a lynching was committed, it would be a felony in Dong Yu Country.
Lou Qufeng looked at Ruan Zhen suddenly, "Second Madam, what Qing Wu said is true, did this maidservant sell herself to my Loufu?"
Ruan Zhen tightened her hand holding the handkerchief, and scolded Lou Qingwu countless times in her heart. Originally, today's plan was flawless, but how could Lou Qingwu, who had already left with the third prince, come back again? It just happened to grab this handle. But I have to answer the master's words, otherwise, let the master know that she did all this on purpose, then her position in the master's heart will definitely drop in the future.