After three years of slavery, the entire mansion begged me for forgiveness

Qiao Nian's former yard was called the Fallen Plum Courtyard.

The yard was full of various plum blossoms. Since the beginning of winter, the plum blossoms in the Fallen Plum Courtyard will bloom and will not wither until early spring.

Those plum blossoms were personally sent by Lord Lin from all over Jingguo, because Qiao Nian once said when he was young that plum blossoms were his favorite in his life.

The Marquisate spends hundreds of taels of silver on the maintenance of those plum blossoms every year.

But when Lin Yuan came back that year, she only said that the plum blossoms in her sister's yard were so beautiful, and then the Fallen Plum Courtyard became Lin Yuan's.

Qiao Nian was full of resentment at the time, but now she doesn't have any emotions when she thinks about it.

Lin Yuan is the real daughter of the Marquisate. Whether it is the things or the people in this house, they are naturally Lin Yuan's.

And she is just an outsider who has occupied the magpie's nest.

The maid leading the way was enthusiastic, "The maid who served the young lady before has married. Madam asked me to follow the young lady in the future. My name is Ningshuang. If the young lady has anything to do, just tell me."

Ningshuang had a baby face with chubby cheeks. Qiao Nian saw that she looked familiar, so she asked, "Are you from the young marquis's courtyard?"

Ningshuang seemed a little surprised, "Young lady still remembers me?"

Qiao Nian nodded slightly. She used to go to Lin Ye's courtyard to play, so she naturally had an impression of the people in Lin Ye's courtyard.

But she didn't understand why Lin Ye arranged his people around her.

Thinking of Lin Ye's misunderstanding that she was going to harm Lin Yuan several times three years ago, Qiao Nian thought again that he should have sent Ningshuang to monitor him!

Fanghe Garden is not big. You can see a lotus pond when you enter the courtyard. In summer, the lotus flowers in the pond are blooming. Except for the many mosquitoes, it is also beautiful.

However, the lotus flowers had already withered in this season, and only some remaining dead branches were left swaying on the frozen water. Such a desolate scene made the Fanghe Garden look much colder than the outside.

Fortunately, the house was warm.

There was a fire in the house, and the servants had already prepared hot water. Ningshuang was about to come forward to help Qiao Nian bathe, but Qiao Nian held her wrist.

"No, I can do it myself."

Ningshuang looked surprised, "How can this be done? How can you let the young lady come by herself?"

"I will do it myself." Qiao Nian repeated, his tone was light, and he could not hear too much emotion, but he had an unyielding momentum.

Ningshuang had to put down the clothes in her hand, "Then, I will serve outside, and if the young lady needs anything, just call me."

"Okay." Qiao Nian responded softly and stopped talking until he saw Ningshuang walk out of the house and close the door.

She then walked behind the screen and took off her clothes bit by bit...

An hour later, Qiao Nian finally arrived at the old lady's yard.

But she was stopped by Lin Ye as soon as she entered the door.

"Why didn't you change your clothes?" Lin Ye's face was filled with anger and impatience, and he looked at Qiao Nian with a bit of disgust, "You want grandma to see you dressed like a palace maid, so you feel sorry for you, right?"

Qiao Nian opened her mouth to explain, but Lin Ye didn't give her a chance, and pushed her out with his hand, "I warn you, grandma is not feeling well and can't be stimulated, so put away your shameful little thoughts! If you make grandma uncomfortable, I will never forgive you!"

Qiao Nian was pushed out of the yard by him. She had already twisted her foot today, and he pushed her several times in a row. She felt a sharp pain in her ankle, and she fell to the ground without standing firmly.

This scene happened to be seen by Madam Lin who was walking here.

"Ye'er, stop it!"

Mrs. Lin came hurriedly and saw that Qiao Nian couldn't get up for a while, so she asked the maids beside her to help her up.

Lin Ye looked coldly, "Mother, don't blame me, it's her bad intentions! You clearly bought her new clothes, but she still wore this one to see grandma. Isn't this trying to force grandma to death?"

Hearing this, Mrs. Lin noticed that Qiao Nian was still wearing the clothes of a palace maid.

She couldn't help but sigh, but still said softly, "Nian Nian, your grandmother's health has become worse in the three years since you were away from home. Your brother should never have hit you, but he is also worried about your grandmother's health. You should change your clothes!"

Qiao Nian raised her eyes to look at Mrs. Lin, then looked at Lin Yuan beside her, and finally spoke, "The clothes are too small."

The new clothes that Mrs. Lin prepared for her were probably prepared according to Lin Yuan's body shape.

But she was half a head taller than Lin Yuan, and those clothes didn't fit her at all.

Mrs. Lin was immediately filled with guilt, "So that's why, it was my fault. I'll have someone buy you a new one."

Unexpectedly, Lin Ye became even angrier, "How can it not fit? You're just a little taller than Yuan'er, how can you not wear it? You've been a palace maid for three years, and you've become more and more hypocritical!"

Qiao Nian took a deep breath, thinking that Lin Ye's temper would always wrong people, so she finally lifted her sleeves in front of everyone.

"It's not that I can't wear it, it's that I can't cover it."

As soon as the words fell, there was a gasp from all around.

I saw that Qiao Nian's hands were bruised, red and swollen, with a lot of frostbite, and some places even had broken skin, which looked extremely ugly.

But the ugliest thing was the wound on her arm.

I don't know if it was caused by a whip or a bamboo whip, one by one, new and old wounds, red and black, intertwined together, like a broken net spreading from the arm to the back of the hand.

Lin Ye finally understood what it meant to be unable to cover.

If the clothes don’t fit, the sleeves will definitely be shorter. Then when she bows to her grandmother, these wounds will be exposed. How uncomfortable will her grandmother be when she sees them?

Madam Lin also understood.

Tears fell immediately, and she stepped forward and held Qiao Nian’s hands, feeling distressed.

“Mother thought you didn’t let me touch you because you had a grudge in your heart, but I didn’t expect that it was…I hurt you, right?”

Qiao Nian didn’t say anything, nor did she take back her hands, and let Madam Lin hold them like this.

On the side, Ning Shuang’s eyes were already red, “No wonder the young lady didn’t let me serve her, is the young lady covered in wounds?”

Covered in wounds?

The scars on her arm alone were shocking. If they were all over her body...

Mrs. Lin's breathing became disordered. "Quick, call the doctor!"

A maid left in response, and Lin Yuan, who was standing by, was already in tears. "How could they do this to my sister?"

In fact, it would have been better if Lin Yuan hadn't said this. As soon as she said it, Qiao Nian's heart was filled with malice that was difficult to conceal.

She looked at Lin Yuan and said lightly, "Of course, it was the princess's order. Anyone who bullies me can ask for a reward from the princess. The more you bully me, the more reward you get. Who told me... I broke the princess's glass bowl?"

Hearing this, Lin Yuan's body suddenly stiffened, her eyes wide open, staring at Qiao Nian, and big tears fell one after another.

It was as if she was the one who had been bullied for three years.

The maid behind her lowered her head and said nothing.

Three years later, the maid who had wronged her was still standing beside Lin Yuan, so Mrs. Lin's constant complaints of heartache were just ridiculous to Qiao Nian.

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