Maid's Counterattack

Chapter 20
"Ziluo, come here."

Ziluo was folding clothes, when she heard Fang Xin calling her, she put down the clothes in her hands, came to the yard, and saw Fang Xin was watering the flowers.

"You take this to the master."

I saw Fang Xin took out a purse from her cuff and handed it to Ziluo. This was probably embroidered by her two days ago. The patterns are so complicated that she embroidered for many days.

"Yes, ma'am."

Although Zi Luo didn't understand what he meant, he didn't dare to ask further questions, and stepped back with his purse in his hand.

Master Zhao spends most of his time in the study during the day, Zi Luo decided to go to the study first, but the distance from Yuexiuxuan to the study is relatively long.

As he was walking, he suddenly saw a group of people in front of him, and the servants passing by in all directions went to check it out curiously.

"How could this be? The third young master has made a big mistake."

"Must be out of breath."

"The eldest lady must be angry."

The servants and maids were discussing in one go.

Zi Luo leaned forward, the scene in front of her startled her, the third son's cheeks were slightly red, he must have been drinking, he was being pressed to the ground by the eldest son, Rou Tong's face was pale, there was blood on his forehead and corners of his mouth, and his clothes were messy Lying on the ground, eyes closed and motionless, pearl hairpins were scattered beside her.

"Third Brother, if you hate me, come to me. If you simply want to bully women, there are plenty in Yanyulou, why do you bully your sister-in-law? What enmity does she have with you? Don't you care about ethics and your parents' face?"

The eldest son's face was flushed with anger, and even twisted a little, he raised his hand and clenched his fist to punch the third son.

"I, I, no..."

The third son was probably a little drunk, and he couldn't speak clearly. Where did the eldest son hear his explanation, he slapped him a few more times.

"If you don't live up to it, I will teach you a lesson for daddy today."

The eldest son roared, the veins on his head burst out, and the third son who hit him was bleeding from his nose, his eyes were bruised, and he stopped his hand.

The third young master was paralyzed on the ground, unable to move, unable to speak, short of breath, almost fainted.

"Let's go, let's go, the doctor is here."

Someone shouted that the doctor was coming.

The eldest son was hugging Routong and crying her name, when he heard the doctor came, he yelled suddenly.

"Doctor, doctor, save my wife."

The eldest son's eyes were red and swollen from crying, and his body trembled slightly, as if he was on the verge of collapse.

The doctor first covered Rou Tong's wrist with a silk scarf, put two fingers on it, and then placed one finger under Rou Tong's nose, then suddenly stepped back and kowtowed.

"I also ask the eldest son to express my condolences."

The doctor's voice was extremely low, but it was like a bell ringing in Ziluo's ears, and it lingered for a long time.

"Everyone make room, the master is here, and the eldest lady is here."

A servant shouted loudly.

Everyone gave way, and the eldest lady followed Master Zhao with a solemn expression. When she saw Routong and the third young master on the ground, she couldn't help but take a step back with a handkerchief covering her nose and mouth.

"You two hurry up and buy a coffin and come back, you two take the third son to the confinement room, you go to find some mages, you all remember that Rou Tong died suddenly of a sudden illness, if I find someone chewing their tongues , I will make his life worse than death."

Master Zhao only glanced at it before making a quick decision.

Seeing Master Zhao's ugly face, everyone bowed and dispersed, leaving only Ziluo wondering what to do, Fang Xin handed her the purse, whether she would give it or not, Master Zhao was angry, and would he take it out on her.

Just when everyone was about to leave, Zi Luo made a decision, she was not going to give the purse to Master Zhao, and went back to Yuexiuxuan to explain the situation to Fang Xin.

When Ziluo returned to Yuexiuxuan, Fang Xin was practicing writing. Although she could read, she was not very good at writing.

"You are back, have you sent it?"

Fang Xin didn't look up at her, and asked while writing.

"Return to madam, due to unexpected circumstances, the slaves could not be delivered."

Ziluo took out her purse, put it in her palm and knelt down.

"Put it on the table, get up and answer, what's the emergency?"

Fang Xin still didn't look up at her, and was concentrating on writing the word "nin".

Zi Luo recounted exactly what he saw and said to Mr. Zhao just now.

"Third Young Master is really disappointing, is this trying to piss his mother off!"

Fang Xin put down the pen and took the purse in his hand.

"You have also been frightened a lot. Our yard is small and there is nothing to do. You should go back to the house and rest for a while."

Fang Xin looked at Zi Luo and said.

"Mrs. Xie."

Ziluo saluted and withdrew.

"Actually, I asked Da Furen to ask you to be my personal servant girl. I think you are a smart girl."

Fang Xin said this at the moment when Zi Luo was about to leave the room.

"Madam won the prize."

Ziluo turned around to salute again, then left and went back to her own room.

She closed the door and sat down on the bed, recalling what happened just now, still feeling terrified.

"Did Routong really get murdered by the third son?"

Ziluo's mind went blank, but he said this sentence.

"You are a smart girl", "Zi Luo", Fang Xin's voice and Rou Tong's voice echoed in her mind alternately, she had to cover her ears with her hands and kept shaking her head, trying to get rid of this curse-like voice sound.

"Rou Tong."

Zi Luo suddenly called out, remembering the handkerchief Rou Tong gave her, so she rummaged through it and found the handkerchief embroidered with peonies.

The moment she saw the handkerchief, Ziluo burst into tears, and Routong's thin figure appeared in the clip of her memories.

"Hey, this feels weird to the touch."

Ziluo was repeatedly touching the protruding peony flower with her hands, and she always felt that it was hard, not like the hardness of normal cloth and thread. She took out another handkerchief embroidered with patterns for comparison.

"It's too prominent."

Zi Luojue's protrusion was too obvious, so he picked up two horns to observe.

"Could there be something else embroidered on it?"

Mumbling like this, Zi Luo suddenly found a shadow under the peony.

She took scissors and cut open the handkerchief, and a small ball of paper fell out, and when she opened it, there were words written on it.

The content of the note is: If one day I die, it must be related to Qingxuan.

Although the characters are small, they can be clearly seen. Zi Luo sits there motionless like a stone statue. For a moment, she thinks that she is dazzled. Suddenly, her hand holding the paper can't stop shaking. Why?Why is it related to Qingxuan, Qingxuan is her husband, is there a typo, it should be Qingjun, why did she pass this note to me?
Until there was movement in the yard, probably because Canruo and Sudie came back from fetching water, Ziluo hurriedly hid the note and burned the handkerchief.

Ziluo calmed down, she decided to investigate secretly, even if it was none of her business.Now that Youyuan knows the secret, he will do his best to avenge her.

"I'm an ant. I'm alone. I will die faster. Since you believe in me, I will live up to you."

When Zi Luo said these words, it seemed that Rou Tong was right in front of her eyes, staring straight ahead.

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