concubines are respected

Chapter 44 Returning to the Palace
"What! Ghost."

Lin Zhilan's sudden cry made everyone gasp in shock, and they all looked up to the outside of the main hall, and they saw Lin Suxian's hair in a messy bun, her clothes burnt to pieces, and she strode into the main hall, "Ah!" I don't know which maid made a scream, adding to the weird atmosphere in the empty hall.

The eldest lady felt her scalp tingling, and her back felt chilly. After taking a few steps back, she finally stood firm with the support of Hu's mother, and asked in a trembling voice, "You. Are you a human or a ghost. "

"Mother, how could Qian'er be a ghost? Qian'er finally escaped from the dead, how could you mistake Qian'er for a ghost!" Suxian walked to the center and stood still, speaking coldly, her eyes flickering, Ling Zhilan, who was pale, swept away.

Looking at it, Lin Zhilan's whole body was cold, "No, no, no!" Lin Zhilan lost her composure and quickly hid behind the eldest lady, and said in panic, "Mother, there is no tile left on the top floor of the lamp building, second sister She hasn't come down from the top of the building, how could she escape so easily, she must have turned into a ghost and returned to report."

Before Lin Zhilan finished speaking, the eldest lady pulled Lin Zhilan suddenly, "Shut up, it's a good thing that your second sister is back, Laner, you were frightened by the fire, why are you talking nonsense!" The eldest lady's expression changed suddenly , shouted at Lin Zhilan angrily.Fortunately, everyone was in shock and didn't understand the meaning of Lin Zhilan's words, but Suxian heard the truth, a flash of hatred flashed in her eyes, but she remained calm as if she hadn't heard it.

After being reprimanded by the eldest lady, Lin Zhilan seemed to come back to her senses, and she immediately fell silent and stared at Suxian in a daze with complicated eyes. It was obvious that she hadn't recovered from the shock, and she didn't believe the fact that Suxian had returned safely.

The light in the main hall was bright, and under the light, Su Xian's slender figure was clearly projected on the bluestone floor. Some servant exclaimed in surprise, "Second Miss is not dead, there is a shadow, Second Miss is not a ghost."

As soon as these words came out, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and Mother Yue also hurriedly said to the old lady who passed by, "Old lady, wake up quickly, the second young lady is back safe and sound. Old lady, wake up quickly."

"What's wrong with grandma?" Seeing this, Suxian rushed forward, ignoring the pain all over her body, holding the old lady's slightly cold palm tightly, and cried out worriedly.

"Huh." The dazed old lady heard Suxian's voice, and let out a heavy breath, Shi Shiran woke up, looked up and saw Suxian standing in front of her, feeling sad and happy He called out at the same time, "Xian'er, you are finally back." While speaking, he raised his hand and stroked Suxian's face to confirm that it was not a hallucination, and then he was relieved.

"Old madam, take a sip of hot tea." Seeing that the old madam woke up, Mother Yue immediately took the teacup beside her and passed it to the old lady's lips, waited for the old lady to take a sip, then helped the old lady to sit up straight, Only then did the high-hanging heart relax.

"Xian'er, since you are all right, why don't you come back earlier to make the old lady worry about it." The lady frowned and looked at Suxian, with a hint of resentment in her tone.

Just as Suxian was about to speak, there were soft footsteps outside the hall, followed by Vanilla's voice, "Second Miss, Cuiya is back, it was the messenger who sent her to the gate of the residence."

Suxian was overjoyed, and strode forward to meet her, only to see Cui Ya, who was limping with disheveled clothes and face covered in gray stains, entered the main hall with the help of Xiangcao.

"Second Miss!" Seeing Suxian, Cuiya rushed up regardless of the inconvenience of her legs and feet, holding Suxian's hand tightly and kept looking up and down, crying, "Second Miss, are you okay?"

"I'm fine, don't worry." Suxian comforted in a calm voice, then turned around and said to the lady, "Mom, when Qian'er was watching the lantern on the top floor, suddenly the cabin in the lantern building caught fire. In horror, Er ran downstairs with the flow of people, but got lost with Cui Ya. Qian Er had not recovered from a long illness, and passed out as soon as he reached the corner of the stairs at the bottom of the stairs. Until Master Zhou led the messenger to kill It was because of the fire that Qian'er was rescued from the corner of the ladder. Otherwise, Qian'er might not be able to come back."

While speaking, Suxian saw a strange color flashing in Cuiya's eyes, and immediately pulled Cuiya's dress to hint.Cui Ya was slightly stunned, and immediately took the words to say, "Yes, Da Furen, the servant girl and the second young lady got lost and were crowded onto the street. The servant girl was looking for the second young lady on the street until I met Xiangcao and the second young lady at the intersection just now. Master poor, I heard that the second young lady has already returned to the mansion first, so the servant hastily rushed back."

After Suxian's master and servant finished singing together, the eldest lady looked at Lin Zhilan inadvertently, her eyes were full of doubts, and then the suspicion was fleeting, and she immediately changed into a smiling face, and said softly, "Since It's good to be back. Now the old lady can sleep peacefully."

Suxian stepped forward to give the old lady a deep blessing, "Xian'er made grandma worry, now she is fine, please go back to the room to rest quickly, if grandma is exhausted, how can Qian'er feel at ease."

The old lady saw that although Suxian was in a bit of a panic, she was not injured, so she walked to Fushouju with peace of mind under the care of her mother-in-law.Everyone was so sleepy that they stopped talking and scattered back to their rooms.

Back at Yixiangju, Xi'er hurriedly fetched water for Suxian to wash, and Suxian told her to go back to her room early to rest.Leave Cui Ya in the room, and let Vanilla fetch the burn ointment and apply it on the burnt ankle.

"Hey. Take it easy, it hurts. The second lady's servant doesn't quite understand." Cui Ya whimpered softly, and asked Suxian puzzledly, "My servant doesn't understand, obviously someone saved us, why didn't you say clearly, Claiming we escaped?"

Suxian leaned tiredly on the soft pillow on the couch, and said softly, "It is true that we were rescued by others, but I don't know where these people came from right now. Think about it, Cuiya, when we Trapped in the cabin, when our lives were at stake, the group of people broke in and took us to the fourth floor and jumped down without hurting anything. It must be unusual for someone with such skill. If I Telling the truth to Da Furen, maybe there will be some troubles. If she accuses me of having an affair with a man of unknown origin, wouldn't she be asking for trouble?"

As she said that, Suxian's face became more and more serious, and her voice was lowered, "Besides, this fire must not be an accident. How could the door of the good-looking cabin be locked from the outside, and how could those two servants No trace? And after I came back just now, the terrified look of the eldest sister told me that her mother and daughter must be inseparable from this matter. It is impossible to kill me now. If you find out that we were rescued by a group of strange men, you Do you think she would easily turn over this page, and not take the opportunity to tell lies? If in the future, it is rumored in Kangzhou that I, Lin Suxian, have an affair with a strange man. Help, how much better do you think my end will be than death?"

"Miss Er is right. You must not tell others about the fact that you were rescued today. Even Xi'er can't tell." Xiang Cao finished applying the medicine for Cui Ya, put the ointment back into the medicine box, and turned to Cui Ya sternly speak.Then he said to Suxian very curiously, "But Second Miss, who is the person who saved you? Second Miss really has no idea in her heart?"

Suxian tried her best to recall the scene at that time, and said slowly, "It was too chaotic at that time, I was almost fainted by the thick smoke, how could I tell what the person looked like, I just vaguely remembered that there seemed to be three or four Everyone, and all of them were wearing dark gray uniforms. They seemed to have seen that figure somewhere, but they couldn't remember it for a while. And from the beginning to the end, they didn't say a word, they just sent us to a safe place , and left without a sound. At that time, there were so many people in a mess, I was crushed by the crowd and hit my head on the doorpost, and then passed out. It was not until the officials came to block the lamp building and found me in time that I was taken away. Wake up."

"It's really strange, what is the origin of this group of people, and they are so extraordinary that they can lead people to jump from the fourth floor without getting hurt. What are they saving the second lady for?" Vanilla couldn't think Its solution.The Lin family has been an official for generations, and has never had any contact with people in the Jianghu. Now that Suxian is rescued by a group of extremely skilled people, it is not known whether it is a disaster or a blessing.

"Second miss, I feel that the body shapes of those people are very similar to those we met in Juxian Pavilion." Cui Ya thought hard for a while, then patted her forehead and said.

"That's right, Cuiya, what you said, I also feel a bit similar. Although I can't see their faces clearly in the chaos, but recalling it now, the color of their underwear is exactly the same." He murmured, "Hey. But. Why did they save me?"

Xiang Cao was not aware of the dispute over the private room in Juxian Pavilion, so she immediately asked confusedly, "What about this group of people, that group of people, the second lady, the servants don't understand."

Suxian couldn't think clearly for a moment, so she lay down lazily, "It's a long story, I'll let Cui Ya tell you about it later. I'm really tired, and you guys are too tired, so go back and rest first." Bar."

At this time when she was getting close to being ugly, Xiangcao didn't ask any more questions, she helped Cuiya to say good night to Suxian, and then retreated.

After the fire that day, the old lady was worried that Cui Ya's legs and feet would be inconvenient, and there would be fewer people to serve in Yixiang Pavilion. She wanted to send two more maids to serve in the garden, but Su Xian politely declined.From her point of view, all the maids and women in the mansion are inextricably linked to the Da Furen, who is in the hands of the Da Furen, she is not clear for a while, if the Da Furen's wife is accidentally killed Ren'an entered the Yixiang Pavilion, wouldn't it be the same as putting a cold arrow beside him, making people hard to guard against.

Take the incident of hiding poison in the charcoal stove a while ago, whether it has anything to do with Xi'er is impossible to prove, and on the day of the fire, the two servants who went upstairs with him were also working hard in the front yard on weekdays. I can't see anything wrong with the work, who knows that they will actually help the tyrant and help the lady to harm herself.

People's hearts are so sinister, how could Suxian dare to add people to Yixiang Pavilion so easily, even if the manpower was really not enough, she had to barely deal with it.

Moreover, the two servants never appeared in the mansion afterwards. Xiang Cao went to the front yard to inquire, but the news she got was that the two servants were nowhere to be seen on the day of the fire. Finding people is just two young servants. If you go to Renyazi's place to buy and sell, it is only worth a few taels of silver. The eldest lady said that if you lose two young servants, it is all a matter of losing a few taels of silver. This matter is over.

In a blink of an eye, nearly ten days away from the fire, Suxian survived this catastrophe. The old lady thanked the Bodhisattva for her blessing, and asked Suxian to go to Fushoujuli to worship the Buddha every day to thank God.Suxian was very moved by the old lady's sincere worries that day, so she was naturally happy to go to Fushouju to accompany her. After lunch every day, she would go to Fushoujuli to pay respects to the Buddha on time.

On this day, Suxian came back from Fushou Residence, when passing by the front yard, she heard a few maids whispering, "It's really pitiful, I heard that the little girl's parents died, she is an orphan."

"Isn't that right? The concierge's mother Zhang is really cruel. The little girl was sheltering from the cold in front of the house. It's fine if she doesn't take her in. She insisted on driving her away. You didn't see how the girl cried just now. I can't bear to look at it, hey." Another maid took the words.

Suxian stopped and asked, "What's going on, what are you talking about?"

"Uh, back to the second miss, there is a homeless orphan girl in front of the mansion. These days, she is sheltering from the cold under the eaves of the mansion, but Mrs. Zhang, the concierge, said that she was tired and huddled in front of the mansion. The servant went to drive her away. The slave girl thought that the orphan girl was very pitiful, she was so thin that she had only a handful of bones left, if she was driven away in this cold day, she would definitely freeze to death outside." Da, who seemed to have just entered the mansion, mentioned the orphan girl with pity in his tone.

"Oh, what's the matter? Let's take a look at Xiangcao." Suxian said softly to Xiangcao, then strode towards the porter.

(End of this chapter)