There are no less than ten kinds of plum trees in the plum garden.
It was a Qiantai Cinnabar plant, with flowers hanging tremblingly on the branches, as if they had been nourished by special care. The other plum blossoms had withered, but this one was still in full bloom, with pink petals. It is particularly bright and eye-catching against the blue sky.
However, Yu Xiang was not as excited as Du Ruo expected. Instead, he looked directly at her with a frown and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? I think you had a dream at night. Stop scaring yourself."
After saying that, he left without looking back.
Du Ruo stood there blankly, not expecting Yu Xiang to react like this.
She just wanted someone to help her deliver a message to her family.
Although the eighth girl hasn't come to settle accounts with her yet, sooner or later, she will feel that she can no longer stay in this house. When she thinks about the cruelty of the eighth girl, she is so frightened that she can't sleep day and night, and she doesn't want to stay for a moment. Here it is.
Behind her, Yu Xiang, who had walked far away, stopped, his eyes lingering under the plum tree with thousands of cinnabars for a long time, and then he lowered his gaze and left.
In the evening, Mu Yan was ready to rest, and the little girl came over to report: "Girl, Yu Xiang from the Plum Garden is here to give you plum branches."
Pu Cao raised his eyebrows and said, "It's so late. Why don't you give me plum branches?"
Just as she was about to send the person away, Mu Yan said, "Let the person come in."
Pu Cao was startled, "Did the girl ask her to come?"
Mu Yan shook her head, "Yu Xiang was originally the person who served Bamei, and then was sent to Meiyuan as an errand. She came to me late at night. She must have something to say."
Yu Xiang entered the room, lowering her eyes in a very polite manner, "My slave, please pay your respects to Miss Seven."
"Get up."
Mu Yan looked at the plum branches she held in her hands and said with a smile: "It's rare for plum blossoms to bloom so well this month."
Yu Xiang turned her head and looked around. Seeing that there were only cattails and willows in the room, she turned around and closed the door, then said, "This is a plum blossom nourished by my slave sister's flesh and blood. Naturally, it blooms better than the plum blossoms next to it."
Mu Yan was stunned for a moment, thinking she had heard wrong. She glanced at the two girls Pu Cao Pu Liu and saw their expressions changed drastically, and then she confirmed that she had heard right.
"Your sister..."
Yu Xiang knelt in front of Mu Yan and said, "My sister was silenced by the eighth girl."
"Silent? Why?"
"It's a long story. Please give me some time, and please make sure you're prepared, girl."
Mu Yan's expression condensed, and she intuitively felt that what Yu Xiang wanted to tell her was definitely not a trivial matter. She looked at Yu Xiang carefully in silence, and then said, "Go ahead."
Yu Xiang adjusted her thoughts slightly and spoke slowly, "You and the eighth girl are twin sisters, but they have different looks and different temperaments. You have liked to stick to your wife since you were a child, but the eighth girl likes to stick to the third master."
Mu Yan nodded, "Yes. Later, my father went away to war with his grandfather and was not at home often, so the eighth sister turned to her mother."
"It was also at that time that the eighth girl began to intensify her efforts to snatch things from you and your wife's love, right?"
Mu Yan didn't expect Yu Xiang to remember it so clearly, so she nodded doubtfully, "Does this have anything to do with your sister's death?"
Yu Xiang smiled bitterly and said: "Four years ago, I was still the first-class maidservant serving the Eighth Girl. At that time, you and the Eighth Girl were only ten years old. The Third Master went on an expedition for the first time. The Eighth Girl made a fuss and refused to let the Third Master leave. , he went to the third master’s study every day to get angry. The day before the third master left home, he sent all the slaves out and left the eighth girl alone to talk..."
Yu Xiang remembered clearly that the first light snowfall of winter had just fallen that day, and the eighth girl Mu Wan made a fuss because her father was leaving home. Yu Xiang and Yu Yi tried to persuade her to no avail, so he had to accompany her to find the third master.
The third master always loved the eighth girl very much. Seeing that his daughter was not willing to give up her troubles, he sent the two of them outside, saying that he had something to tell the eighth girl.
After the two went out, Yuyi said that the eighth girl was not easy to deal with, and the third master would probably have to put some effort into it. She would go back to the yard to cook a bowl of sweet porridge for the eighth girl, and wait for the eighth girl to come out later, which would be enough to drink.
Yuyi left and Yuxiang stayed outside to guard. After a while, the little girl came over and reported that the old lady asked the third master to go to Changqingyuan.
Because the third master was leaving home the next day, the old lady called him over at this juncture. She must have something to tell her. Yu Xiang did not dare to delay, so she sent the little girl and went inside to report something.
She didn't realize at the time that the third master was not comforting the eighth girl, but was telling a secret that no one else could hear.
She was about to knock on the door when she heard the faint voice of the third master coming from inside.
"Wan'er, Qing Niang and Ru Niang are the people left by your biological mother to protect you. If something happens, you tell them to take care of it. You have been smart since you were a child, so you must understand the key points involved. You must not offend your mother. Never let her discover your life experience."
Then came the trembling voice of the eighth girl, "It turns out that I am not my mother's daughter. No wonder I look nothing like my mother..."
The third master chuckled and said, "Wan'er looks like her father, doesn't she? Everyone says that you and your father are carved from the same mold."
"Then where is my biological mother now? Is it possible that I am actually a lowly concubine?"
"Of course not. Your mother's status is noble, and your status is naturally also very noble. It's just that she is far away now and we can't see her easily. When there is a chance in the future, your father will take you to meet your biological mother."
Yu Xiang came to her senses after hearing this and did not dare to listen any more carefully. Not knowing what they said next, she quietly retreated from the door and stood far away.
But she was afraid that she would be exposed in front of the third master, so after thinking about it, she ran to Changqingyuan, trying to make an excuse to reply to the old lady and prove that she was not outside, so she would not be able to hear what they said.
Even if she reveals something strange, Miss Eight will not doubt her.
But she never expected that Yuyi would leave and come back so quickly.
"Yuyi must have heard something, otherwise, the third master would not suddenly say that Yuyi deliberately seduced him. Yuyi had never planned to be a concubine, so how could he seduce the third master! Things happened very quickly, and the slave was returning When I got to the study, I heard that Yuyi had been beaten and kicked out of the house!"
When Yu Xiang said this, Mu Yan was so shocked that she couldn't speak.
Pu Liu asked: "Since Yuyi was kicked out of the house, why did you say she was dead?"
"The slave was replying to the old lady in the Evergreen Courtyard. When I was leaving, I happened to meet someone who went to report the matter to the old lady. I ran to the third master's study, but it was already too late. The slave didn't even see Yuyi's face. Arrive. Afterwards, I tried my best to find someone but found nothing, so I suspected that Yuyi was silenced by the third master, but I have never been able to get a definite answer."
"Is it because of this incident that you were sent to Meiyuan?"
Yu Xiang said: "Something happened to Yu Yi, and the eighth girl was inevitably on guard against the slave. Not long after the incident, she deliberately caught the slave at fault and sent her to Meiyuan to work as a rough girl. For several years, the slave has been keeping a close eye on the eighth girl. Every move of this slave girl is the same as yours, and even what kind of person she is. But this slave girl still doesn’t know what the end of Yuyi will be, or in other words, how she will die. To this day, she is also sent to Meiyuan by the third lady. Du Ruo wanted to ask me for help, so she told me that she had seen Eight Girls and Qing Niang Ru Niang dragging Yu Yi's corpse to the plum tree and melting it into corpse water..."
After hearing this, Mu Yan subconsciously looked at the plum blossoms in Yu Xiang's arms, and goosebumps suddenly appeared on her arms.
"I really didn't expect that, even if I tried hard, I couldn't imagine that she is not my twin sister at all... Then what does my father mean by saying that her mother has a noble status?"
Mu Yan couldn't help but feel a little annoyed during the play.
His father seemed to have a deep admiration for Mu Wan's biological mother, and even kept his attitude low, calling her "noble".
Yu Xiang shook his head, "I don't know."
After the initial shock, Mu Yan began to gnash her teeth, "She knew she was not her mother's daughter, but she still wanted to compete with me for her mother's favor! Besides, my mother is my father's wife. Since she was not born to her, So what if she’s not a concubine! No matter how noble her mother is, she’s still a concubine! She’s also a lowly concubine!”
Pu Cao hesitated: "What do you plan to tell Madam?"
Mu Yan hesitated, "If mother knew, I'm afraid she would be very sad. Moreover, these are just Yu Xiang's words. Mother may not believe it. She may think that Yu Xiang made up these statements to avenge Yu Yi."
She looked at Yu Xiang, "Then why are you telling me this?"
"Because I feel that Miss Seventh, you are the one who knows Miss Eight best. Miss Eight has done you a lot of harm this time. You must be extremely disgusted with Miss Eight, but because she is your twin sister, you don't want to hurt Mrs. Three. , so you can't do anything to her, but now you know that she is basically deceiving you and the third lady, can you still tolerate her? The slave admits that she wants to seek justice for her sister, but the position of the slave and the girl are not the same. Do not conflict."
Mu Yan looked at her, remained silent for a long time, and said, "Go back first and let me think about it."
Yu Xiang did not try to persuade her, but resigned obediently: "That slave will go back first."
As soon as she left, Pu Cao couldn't help but said: "Girl, do you believe what she said?"
Mu Yan said: "Although what she said is too unbelievable, what happened four years ago is really unforgettable. Because my father was going to war, my eighth sister made many troubles. I remember that after my father had a long talk with her, , the eighth sister stopped making trouble, and that time something happened to the older girl next to her, and she immediately picked up the second-class girl next to her. The matter was neither big nor small, I remember it quite clearly. What Yu Xiang just said , which matches my memory."
Pu Liu said: "Pu Cao was younger at the time, so I may not remember much, but I still remember it. After the third master left home, the eighth girl tried every means to take the madam's favor as her own. The madam probably thought she was missing her. The Third Master has transferred his dependence on the Third Master to her, so he is extra tolerant to her. Even when the girl was made angry by the Eighth Girl several times, the Madam said, please give in to the Eighth Girl."
