Yusui Chang'an

Chapter 1200: Former Master and Servant
Zhou Yuexue looked carefully and recognized that the woman was indeed Dong'er, who had served her in the Lin family many years ago. When she heard that she had escaped from the second branch of the Lin family, her eyes flashed and she immediately smiled as if they were reunited. She looked distressed and asked Shun'er to help her up.

Looking at the dirty Dong'er, Zhou Yuexue suppressed her disgust and enthusiastically reminisced about the past. Then, under the pretext of concern, she ordered the servants to take Dong'er to wash and change clothes, and bring him back again after he had eaten and drunk enough.

After sending the servants away, Zhou Yuexue asked about Dong'er's past.

At that time, Zhou Yuexue and Lin Jinyun were hugging each other and were caught by Lin Yanqing. In a rage, he not only beat Lin Jinyun with a stick, but also sent Zhou Yuexue back to her hometown.

The book boy and Dong'er who served them were also demoted to menial servants and sent to Zhuangzi to do rough labor.

Before she could be sent there, Lin Jinyan was assassinated and her life was in danger. The Lin residence was in chaos and no one had time to send anyone to the farm, so Dong'er stayed in the Lin residence temporarily.

After Lin Jinyan was sent to Cangsheng Mountain for treatment, Lin Song also had time to deal with Dong'er.

"I was originally going to be sent to the farm. At that time, the injury from the beating by the young master had just healed enough to get out of bed. I was delivering washed clothes to Gu Momo and happened to meet the young master, so I asked him for mercy.

The eldest young master thought of my loyalty to my cousin and the princess, so he asked the old lady to bring me to serve him. We could have gotten by, but the second lady...because I had served you, she either beat or scolded me.

Less than half a month after I went to the Second House, the Second Madam found a fault with me and punished me to do menial work. Seeing that I was not liked by the master, the servants flattered me and looked down on me. They threw everyone's clothes to me to wash. I almost froze to death several times in the cold winter."

Watching Dong'er wiping her tears, Zhou Yuexue felt impatient, but was secretly glad that she had just sent the servants away. Otherwise, if they heard that Lin Jinyun treated her differently, they would probably gossip about her. What if it got to the ears of His Highness... What happened back then was a scandal for Zhou Yuexue. She couldn't even hope that others would forget it, so how could she take the initiative to mention it? Therefore, after returning to Beijing, she never thought of Dong'er at all.

"When I first arrived in Kyoto, the maid who had served me since childhood died of acclimatization during the journey, so my aunt assigned you to me. During those two years, you took care of me, and I have always been grateful to you and have been thinking about you all these years.

After returning to Beijing, I also asked my aunt about your whereabouts, but she didn't allow me to mention the past, so I couldn't ask again. Plus, I couldn't be the head of the Lin family... I'm sorry for making you suffer."

After saying some heartbreaking words, Zhou Yuexue told Dong'er not to talk about herself and Lin Jinyun anymore.

Zhou Yuexue is now the Princess of Jin, so Dong'er naturally knew what she meant. She hurriedly agreed and promised not to talk nonsense.

After hearing Zhou Yuexue say that she had inquired about him and wanted him to serve her again, although Dong'er knew it might be a lie, he was desperate and still regarded this as a life-saving straw and talked about the purpose of coming to find her this time.

In recent years, the relationship between Liu Yunxiang and Lin Jinyun has been strained. Liu Yunxiang took her anger out on Zhou Yuexue. When Zhou Yuexue returned to her hometown, she couldn't deal with it, so she started to bully Dong'er.

Not only did he make her do the most tiring and rough work, but two years ago he also forced her to be married to a minor steward. Not only was the steward violent, he was also a drunkard and a gambler. Whenever he lost a bet and got drunk, he would beat Dong'er to vent his anger.

Dong'er's death contract is in Liu Yunxiang's hands. No one can help her, and she has been living a miserable life these years.