Red apricots make spring

Chapter 228
Lu Ce turned around and fixed Qing Ru with indifferent eyes.

Qingru felt uneasy when he saw her, she lowered her head, but she didn't say anything, but there was also an element of stubbornness in her temperament, now that she has come to this point, she can't just give up, right?She bit her lip, stretched out her hand to untie the belt of Lu Ce's coat, and then slipped that hand into his shirt, moving inside with a slight trembling, seeing that Lu Ce didn't say no, oh With an exhortation, he raised his face slightly and leaned over.

Lu Ce didn't reach out to hold her in his arms, but still looked at her with clear eyes.

Qing Ru didn't dare to raise her eyes, but she intuitively felt Lu Ce's indifference, and her cheeks that were already hot suddenly became hotter, not emotionally, but embarrassingly embarrassing.Just when she didn't know whether to hug Lu Ce further, or to retreat immediately, Lu Ce made a wrong step, stepped aside, and pulled out of Qing Ru's cuddle lightly and delicately.

"Is that enough?" Lu Ce's voice was as indifferent as before, no different from usual, but Qing Ru, who lost her support and fell in front of Lu Ce's bed, felt great grief for some reason, and had no face to face it. Lu Ce simply sat on the ground covering his face and sobbing.

"You have been staying at the Lu family for a long time. I think you have a sense of what you should do and what you shouldn't do, so I don't need to say more." Lu Ce looked away from Qingru, After letting her cry for a while, she said: "It's getting late, you can go back to your room and rest, you don't need to serve here."

Qing Ru choked up, unable to answer a word, looked up at Lu Ce, knowing that there was no room for change, so she got up from the ground, covered her face and went straight out.

Xizhu rested next to Lu Ce's house, sleeping soundly, heard the woman crying, didn't know what had happened, immediately turned over from the bed, didn't even have time to put on her outer clothes, and ran out with only her middle clothes on, just happened to see Qing The figure who was going all the way away felt uneasy and didn't have time to think about it. He hurried into the room to look at Lu Ce, but saw that he had just taken off his coat and didn't look back. Sent to serve elsewhere."

Xizhu didn't dare to ask any more questions, so he agreed, and then he heard Lu Ce continue: "Remember to ask her again, if you are interested in someone, and you are willing to marry out of the house, then prepare a dowry for her, anyway, she is hard to serve for all these years."

Xizhu's heart was clear at the moment, knowing that Qingru must have done something that offended Lu Ce, so he asked softly, "If she doesn't want to leave the house to marry?"

"Then let her live there, and when she wants to marry someone, let me know, and the mansion will even return her deed of sale." After Lu Ce finished speaking, he waved his hand and put the bedside table on the bed. The light was turned off, and the room immediately became dark and silent.

Xi Zhu gently closed the door for him, turned around and went back to the room.
In the early morning of the next day, Wen Rou got up and was washing her hands, when she heard the maidservants outside the door whispering, because their voices were so low that they couldn't hear the words clearly, but they could obviously feel the surprise and faint excitement in their tone, Out of curiosity, he raised his voice and asked, "What happened?"

"Madam got up? Why didn't you call us in to serve?" One of the maidservants opened the door and came in with a worried look on her face.

Rourou smiled slightly at the mirror and said: "It's just dressing and combing hair, I can do it myself."

Another maid forced a smile and said: "Nothing happened, but there was a sister who couldn't think about it, so she committed suicide and was rescued."

Gentle stopped the hand holding her hair, turned her head in surprise and said: "Is there any problem?"

"No... I've been relieved, and I'll be fine after a few days..."

Seeing the servant girl answering in a cover-up and flustered way, Wen Rou felt suspicious, thought for a while, and asked, "Is there anything you can't tell me?"

The younger maid answered honestly: "It's Qing..."

Before she could finish her sentence, she was interrupted by another maid who was slightly older.

"Where did Madam go, it's okay..." After the maid finished speaking, she saw the gentle and contemplative expression, and when she thought of her identity, she felt uneasy again, and finally she lowered her head and said anxiously: "Forget it, I dare not lie to Madam, It's just that if the maidservant mentions this... Madam, don't be angry..."

After listening to the two maidservants, Rou Rou knew more clearly that the matter must have something to do with her, so she had some vague guesses in her heart, nodded immediately, and urged them to speak quickly.

"The servant girl also listened to what other people said, so I don't know whether it is true or not..." The older maid hesitated and said, "It is said that someone saw Sister Qingru running out of the yard crying last night, and got up early today. I just... threw myself into the well, and was bumped into by a boy who got up to carry water, and then shouted, and rescued her..."

The young maid couldn't help answering, "It was the master who rescued me."

As soon as she finished speaking, she was glared at by the older maid again, complaining that she was talking too much.

After listening to these words gently, she bowed her head for a while and remained silent.She never dreamed that Qing Ru would commit suicide by throwing herself into a well the next day!You only have one life, so why would you want to take such a dead end?Is it because she can't be Lu Ce's maid?That would be so confusing!
Seeing that she was silent, the two maidservants dared not speak any more, they just stood aside anxiously, deeply regretting their talkativeness.

I didn't mention the tender feeling in my heart, just said that Lu Ce changed his wet clothes here, and when he got out of the bath, he heard Xi Zhu say: "Master, I have asked someone to invite a doctor for Qing Ru, and prescribed two doses of calming the nerves and warding off the cold. prescription."

"Hmm." Lu Ce nodded and had nothing else to say.

Xizhu couldn't help but said: "Master, why did you save Qingru yourself? You know that what she did would hurt others and not benefit yourself... I never thought that after leaving the mansion for a year, she would become what she is now. She was as clever as before. It is not used in the right way.”

Lu Ce shook his head slightly and said, "You also know that she is hurting others by doing this, how can I just watch?"

Hearing the words, Xi Zhu lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then suddenly understood, nodded and stopped asking further questions.

At this time, a servant hurriedly rushed in from outside the door, saw Lu Ce bowed and said, "Master, Master said..."

He was interrupted by Lu Ce before he finished speaking, "I see, I'll go see him now."

Lu Ce tied up his hair calmly, and followed the young man into the study room, but when he stepped into the door, he saw Lu Fenglin grabbing a sword and slashing at him, saying angrily: " Sinister! You can do this thing of forcing a maidservant to death?"

Lu Ce didn't tell the difference, and stepped aside, dodging the sword.

Lu Fenglin was still waiting to stab again, but Lu Ce said helplessly, "Father, do you really believe this?"

"It's spread all over the house early in the morning, and it's so vivid, can I not believe it?" Lu Fenglin raised his sword and stabbed again, "Qing Ru has served you for a few years anyway, and you are so cruel?"

"That's right! Ce'er is your own after all, you have the heart to do such a cruel thing?" Lu Chenzhou was in a good mood today, and he came out to eat and drink. The son taught his grandson a lesson, so he couldn't help but came out and complained.

"Father, you don't know about this, so don't worry about it." Lu Fenglin finally regained his confidence.

"I don't know?" Lu Chenzhou smiled, "I'm not too old yet! My ears are good! You'd better ask this matter clearly first, and then draw conclusions!

"Don't understand enough?" Lu Chenzhou pointed at Lu Ce angrily and said, "It's all because of this kid's lust!"

"I see that you are pretending to be confused!" Lu Chenzhou snatched the sword from Lu Fenglin's hand, and shouted: "Even though you know what's going on, you still want to do wrong and show off your prestige as a father!"

"Son, I don't understand your words..." Lu Fenglin stared at the gleaming sword point, and searched for the best escape route out of the corner of his eye.

"You don't understand? Are you pretending to be a fool and still bring the old man with you?" Lu Chenzhou shook the tip of his sword and said, "If you want to jump into the well, you can't jump in the middle of the night? Can't you jump when there is no one around? You choose to get up early and everyone is busy. Jumping in the water, it is clear that you want to be seen by others, and you will be punished!"

"Who would make fun of his own life?" Lu Fenglin argued, "How do you know that Qing Ru didn't cry all night and got up early to be determined to die?"

"You are arrogant!"

Lu Fenglin bowed his head: "What you said may not be reasonable..."

"You still dare to talk back?" Lu Chenzhou stabbed his son with a sword.

"Father, don't hit..." Lu Fenglin rushed out the door quickly.

Lu Ce only said one word from the moment he entered the door, and stood there watching his father and grandfather start from a disagreement, which developed into an extremely lively fight, and then chased after him from the study room. Going to the backyard, he couldn't help showing a wry smile and shaking his head.
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(End of this chapter)