Ning Dao Covered with Snow

Chapter 18 Disregarding human life
At this time, Yan Ciwan had already helped Luhua back to Tingfeng Courtyard.

With the help of the other two maids, Luhua changed into clean clothes and drank a bowl of hot ginger soup. Finally, some color returned to her face.

She held Yan Ciwan's hand tightly and burst into tears.

"If you hadn't saved me today, I would have lost my life."

Yan Ci Wan held her cold little hand in return, calming her down while asking about the whole story.

Luhua recounted her entire experience from beginning to end.

It turned out that not long after Yan Ciwan left, Luhua returned to the pavilion with tea and snacks, but found the pavilion empty and Yan Ciwan was nowhere to be seen.

Luhua was very anxious. She suspected that Yan Ciwan had gone to Songtao Pavilion, so she immediately put down her tea and snacks and wanted to go to Songtao Pavilion to look for someone.

But he happened to run into Chao Yue.

Chao Yue was a man who acted in an absurd and reckless manner and had an unpredictable personality. Sometimes he would be smiling one moment and suddenly turn hostile the next. He often punished and beat the servants in his home for no reason, and was extremely cruel.

Everyone in the mansion was afraid of him, and Luhua was no exception.

She wanted to avoid Chao Yue, but Chao Yue discovered her first.

Chao Yue asked her, where did Chao Lu go?
Luhua knelt on the ground, full of fear and anxiety, and said she didn't know.

Chao Yue didn't believe it. He thought she was deliberately fooling him, so he ordered his men to push her into the lotus pond and press her head into the water as a punishment for her.

Recalling the pain of being pressed into the water and almost suffocated, Luhua still felt a lingering fear and her body kept shaking.

Yan Ciwan gently stroked her back: "Don't be afraid, it's okay now."

Lu Hua was in a state of panic, choking with sobs, "Although you saved me this time, what will happen next? If the young master catches me again, I will definitely be finished!"

Yan Ciwan couldn't do anything about this.

She is not the real Chao Er Niang, so she will not stay here for long and cannot protect Luhua all the time.

She wanted Luhua to ask Liu for help, but seeing Chaoyue's contemptuous attitude that didn't take Liu seriously at all, she knew that Liu couldn't control him. "Why not ask Chao Canjun for help?"

Although Chao Yuanzhi was not a good person, he was an official appointed by the imperial court after all. According to the laws of Daye, even maids and slaves could not be executed at will, and violators would be punished with caning.

Even if it's just for the sake of his own career, Chao Yuanzhi should still keep an eye on his son.

Luhua cried and shook her head: "It's useless. Dalang once beat a maid to death. When the master found out, he just gave Dalang a few words of criticism and gave money to comfort the maid's family. Then the matter was forgotten."

Yan Ciwan frowned: "This is taking human life lightly. Chao Yuanzhi is an official appointed by the court, but he actually broke the law knowingly?!"

Luhua quickly covered her mouth and told her to stop talking.

"Such words cannot be heard by others. If they get to our master's ears, he will not let us off easily."

Having said that, Luhua pursed her lips, feeling very annoyed.

Just now she was so busy worrying about her future that she blurted out the private matters of her family. If Ning Ci spread this matter, she would be in big trouble.

Yan Ci Wan saw the uneasiness in her heart, took her hand away, and promised seriously.

"Don't worry, I'm not the kind of person who gossips. Go find Madam and tell her what happened today. She might be able to send you somewhere else to hide. Also, please ask Madam to come over. I have something to discuss with her."

Luhua wiped her tears and responded in a crying voice.

"Ah."

After Luhua left, the room became silent.

Yan Ciwan quickly packed his bags and prepared to leave the palace early.

Originally, she planned to leave tomorrow, but today she had offended Chao Yuanzhi and Chao Yue successively, and her life would not be easy from now on.

Instead of waiting for death, it is better to leave as soon as possible.

(End of this chapter)