I'm already a concubine, who wants to fight with you?

Chapter 58 Who is crying?
Su Lu was silent for a long time before she said, "My dear, you are too kind."

She looked inside Huiming Hall and saw that the fire had been brought under control. She then said, "I have many things to do today, so let's have breakfast first."

In Qiong Yu Garden, Xiao Shirong woke up quietly.

"What's the commotion outside?"

Mother Tang came to serve and said, "Madam, Miss Xie set fire to Huiming Hall!"

"What?" Xiao Shirong frowned, feeling like she was still sleepy.

Mother Tang quickly told the whole story, and Xiao Shirong was also shocked.

"Is Xie Fei really so rebellious?"

Mother Tang urged, "Madam, Miss Xie is a disaster! She always offended you before, and now she has even harmed the old lady! If you don't deal with her, she will climb over your head and act arrogantly in the future!"

After hearing this, Xiao Shirong just sneered.

She took the tea brought by the maid, rinsed her mouth and said, "She was brought back by my aunt. My aunt wants to use her, so let them go and live happily together."

She won't wade into this muddy water!
The Pei Mansion is very large, and Xie Fei only discovered this today.

Although the Xie family was not very wealthy, their house was large. The Pei Mansion was more than ten times larger than the Xie family's. She had been wandering around for the whole morning and had not even finished one-third of it.

Logically speaking, Pei Yuan has no official position and does not have much care from the Marquis's Mansion, so how could he live in such a large courtyard?

She told Sulu about her doubts and Sulu explained.

"Although the master is unemployed, the court has received many favors. In the past, the general made great contributions to the court, and the royal family always took extra care of him."

Part of the Pei Mansion's current fortune was acquired from the division of the Marquis Mansion.

Another part was earned for his son by General Pei through his past achievements.

Xie Fei knew very little about her father-in-law, General Pei, Pei Yuan's father.

All we know is that this man has great military talent and is a rare general in a century. He helped Dajing recover lost territory and pacify the border. He has made great military achievements and is quite prestigious among civil and military officials.

She remembered that when she was still in the boudoir, one year she received the news that General Pei had died in battle. Even her father was like a widower whose wife had died. He was absent-minded all day long and his face looked as ugly as a dead man.

Su Lu also said that most of the shops and farms owned by the Pei Mansion today were acquired when General Pei was still in power.

However, after the general died and Pei Yuan became the lord, much of the family property was either swallowed up by other families or sold off due to insufficient income.

Xie Fei said playfully, "Then again, how could a great general raise such a son who is as useless as mud?"

"Thank you, little lady," Su Lu said in a deeper tone, "Master, you are the master after all."

Xie Fei said innocently: "I just spoke out of my feelings. When Miss Su Lu complains, please don't exaggerate and ruin my reputation."

For a moment, Su Lu didn't know what to say.

Fortunately, Xie Fei didn't take it to heart. He turned around and saw a row of rather inconspicuous houses behind the bamboo forest.

"Is that where the servants live?"

Su Lu's eyes flickered slightly, "Yes, the servants who manage the bamboo forest all live there."

After a pause, she continued, "I should go to the kitchen to supervise the food preparation. Please follow me."

Xie Fei stood still, looking at the swaying bamboos, and said with interest: "This bamboo is growing really well, lush and green, like a bamboo sea, I'll go over and take a look first."

She started to walk away. Su Lu's face changed slightly, but she had no excuse to stop her.

Arriving at the bamboo forest, Xie Fei dug up fallen leaves at the roots of the bamboos and said, "Miss Sulu, do you think bamboo shoots will grow here in early spring next year?"

Su Lu said: "It should be possible. Girl, you'd better not get your hands dirty. Let's go to the kitchen first." "It's okay, just wash it." As soon as the voice fell, Xie Fei stopped picking up the food.

Su Lu pretended to be confused, "What's wrong, little girl?"

"Did you hear someone crying?"

In the bamboo forest with swaying green shadows, besides the rustling sound of bamboo leaves, there is also the faint sound of crying.

Xie Fei followed the sound and came to the earthen house.

One of the doors was half-open, and the sound came from it.

Xie Fei walked straight in and saw a person lying on the wooden bed.

The man was crying weakly, his voice as thin and thin as a dying kitten, and his cries were intermittent and he was almost out of breath.

When Xie Fei stepped forward, he found that the person lying there in a daze was actually Li Die'er.

Lidie'er was covered in wounds, the wounds from being whipped were still oozing fester, and her back and buttocks from being beaten with a stick were bloody and horrible. A bloody smell filled the room.

Although she changed into a clean set of coarse cloth clothes, she still did not receive the proper care. The scabbed wounds stuck to the fabric of the clothes and grew together, which was horrible to look at.

You can imagine how much pain she was in. Even in her coma, she was still murmured unconsciously.

Xie Fei asked in surprise: "Why is she here?"

Su Lu said, "Miss Li's face was injured and her legs were broken. The master disliked her and had her moved away."

Xiao Shirong and the old lady ignored her and left Li Die'er to fend for herself.

Sulu originally wanted to ask a doctor to treat Lidie'er, but Miao believed that her miscarriage was caused by Lidie'er and ordered Sulu to throw Lidie'er out of the house.

Anyway, she is just a lowly concubine, it doesn’t matter if she rots on the roadside.

After all, Kelide'er was just a little girl of eleven or twelve years old. When she worked as a maid for Miao, she was always gentle and honest.

She was shy and stuttered when she met everyone, but she liked Sulu the most and would follow her around and call her "sister".

Su Lu couldn't bear to throw the person away, so she secretly moved her to this place, bought some medicine, and secretly applied it on Li Die'er's wound.

She didn't expect that Xie Fei would actually come over here and accidentally discover Li Die'er.

"Thank you, little lady. Li Die'er is seriously injured. If left alone, she will die sooner or later. You don't have to bother with her. It's almost noon, let's go to the kitchen."

Su Lu was determined to take Xie Fei away and find a way to cover up the matter.

Xie Fei was puzzled and asked, "Why should I bother with her?"

Su Lu opened her mouth, wanting to say something but stopped herself.

Xie Fei was also involved in Miao's miscarriage. Although he knew who was the mastermind behind it, he could only let it go.

Since he couldn't do anything to Xiao Shirong, shouldn't he vent his anger on Li Die'er?
Xie Fei approached the bamboo bed and touched the thin bedding underneath.

"This is cold and hard, just like the ones on the farm. Sick people hate to catch a cold. Go get a better quilt."

Su Lu was a smart and capable person, and he was stunned when he heard this.

Xie Fei lifted Li Die'er's hair again and put the back of his hand on her forehead to test the temperature.

"Look, he really has a fever. And he's covered in wounds. Wow, he's lucky to still be alive."

Xie Fei checked and gave a simple instruction: "In addition to the quilt, go find some white wine, silver needles, cotton thread, and small scissors. I will write you a prescription and pick up some medicine by the way."

(End of this chapter)