At the beginning of the day, I walked to the back door of the Marquis Anding's Mansion and said to Lao Wang, the gatekeeper: "Uncle Wang, I have recovered from my illness and will come back to serve the master. Please open the door for me quickly and let me in."
"Who are you?" Lao Wang, the gatekeeper, saw a face full of scars in front of him, with his true face almost unrecognizable. He was startled and thought he had seen a ghost. After a while, he realized that it was a living person. He asked angrily.
"Uncle Wang, I am Du Xiang next to the Crown Princess." Shi Chu showed her disfigured face in front of Old Wang without any care.
"Are you Du Xiang?!" Lao Wang was so shocked that his voice was so loud that people not far away heard him and came over to watch the fun.
"Why have you become like this now? You are disfigured. What should I do? You are still young and not married yet. Alas..." Old Wang had seen the maid who was by the concubine's side in the past. Du Xiang's, now seeing her disfigured, suddenly sighed with extreme regret.
"Old Wang, do you think this is Du Xiang? Du Xiang, the first-class maid next to the Crown Princess?" A burly servant next to her shouted in a sharp tone, "Du Xiang is so beautiful, how could she become like this?"
"I heard that she was infected with the epidemic before. Now that she has recovered, the scars on her face cannot be cured. Doesn't that mean she is disfigured?" Another servant woman gloated, "It's also pitiful, but Du Xiang, you are like this now. With such a ghostly appearance, it is impossible to return to serve the Crown Princess. It is possible to pour night incense instead, but even if you go to pour night incense, you have to cover your face with a cloth first, otherwise you will scare passers-by. , that would be a crime, haha..."
"From the Chen family, you are going too far when you talk like this!" Lao Wang couldn't bear to hear it. He glared at the servant girl and said, and then comforted Shi Chu: "Du Xiang, don't listen to her nonsense. You are with the imperial concubine. I have been serving you for so long, and even if there is no credit, there is still hard work, and the Crown Princess will definitely not treat you badly."
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Shichu nodded: "I feel the same way, that's why I came back. What? Mother Chen, do you think that the Crown Princess is a heartless and unjust master who doesn't care about any affection? She has been with you for more than ten years. Are you going to abandon the maid who is young?"
"I didn't think so! Don't talk nonsense! I can't admire the generosity and kindness of the imperial concubine the most!" Mother Chen turned pale with fright and hurriedly retorted, if the imperial concubine heard what Shi Chu said, what else could she gain? good? Mother Chen didn't think that the Crown Princess would be merciful to her.
Shichu snorted softly and stopped caring about her. This mother Chen wanted to marry the original owner to her son. After all, the original owner was the eldest maid of the Crown Princess at that time and had a promising future. Mother Chen Don't you just want her to be your daughter-in-law?
But the original owner had no intention of getting married at all, so he rejected Mother Chen without hesitation. Of course, even if the original owner had the intention of getting married, he still looked down upon his fat son who had everything he needed to eat, drink, buy tickets, and gamble.
Mother Chen felt that the original owner was ignorant of good and evil, so she held a grudge against the original owner. This time when she saw Shi Chu's disfigured face, didn't she rush to add insult to injury? I just didn't expect to be counterattacked unceremoniously by Shichu.
Lao Wang felt pity for Shi Chu and knew that she had recovered and was no longer contagious, so he let Shi Chu in.
Shichu walked to Guiyunlai's courtyard without stopping at all. Along the way, she met many servants coming and going from Andinghou's mansion. Everyone who saw her face was startled. , everyone also knew that Du Xiang, the first-class maid next to the Crown Princess, was disfigured.
When Shi Chu asked for an audience outside the courtyard where Gui Yunlai came, the maid guarding the door saw her and didn't dare to recognize her at all. It was still Shi Chu who proved her identity to her again and again, and then the maid went to report to the people in the inner courtyard with a look of being in a state of ecstasy. The fragrance is back.
Lonicera was so excited when she heard that Du Xiang was back that her eyes were red. Gui Yunlai was also beaming with joy and quickly asked people to bring Du Xiang in.
Shichu's face was not covered with a cloth, and the scars on her face were exposed, so the old friends of the original owner soon knew about her disfigurement.
"Du Xiang? How did you become like this?!" Liao Dong asked in disbelief as soon as he saw Shi Chu, and his eyes were filled with tears.
Guiyun came to see the terrifying Shi Chu and was shocked, but she quickly regained her composure and looked at Shi Chu with a distressed look on her face and said, "Du Xiang, you have suffered, but fortunately you have recovered now." , otherwise I would always feel uneasy."
"Thanks to you, Master, I have recovered from my illness. Although there are scars on my face, my life is safe and I can still work. As soon as I recovered from my illness, I hurried back to my home. I want to continue to serve my master..."
The expression on Gui Yunlai's face suddenly stiffened. She changed the subject and said, "Didn't you ask a doctor to treat the scar on your face? What did the doctor say?"
"The doctor said that it is normal to leave scars, but it is impossible to completely cure these scars. At most, they can only be slightly relieved. Unless you can find a miracle doctor or get lucky, it is possible to restore your appearance." Shichu He replied with enthusiasm and disappointment, saying that while he was destined to be disfigured, he also did not forget to leave an excuse in advance for himself to heal the scars in the future.
"Du Xiang, what will you do in the future? Why are you so miserable?" Liao Dong said to Shi Chu sadly. She was the only one who truly sympathized with Shi Chu.
Shi Chu smiled bitterly and comforted her: "Lonicera, don't be sad. I'm very grateful to have one life left, and I don't dare to expect anything else."
Ling Dong watched Gui Yunlai helplessly. She hoped that her master could give Shi Chu a guarantee so that she would not be too miserable in the future.
Gui Yunlai had a headache. She did feel that he was loyal to her at the beginning, easy to control, and very popular with her, but that was before she was disfigured.
Now, she only felt that her disfigured appearance was abominable, because she was in a dilemma. She didn't want to see a maid with a horrible appearance next to her. She was the Crown Princess, and she had all the slaves she wanted. There was no need to Want a disfigured person.
But if she abandoned Shichu without mercy, what would others think of her? He would definitely think that she was a cold-blooded person who could even abandon the maid who had been with him for more than ten to twenty years, and was cold-blooded.
Therefore, Shichu posed a problem for her.
"Du Xiang, what are your plans? Do you want to come back to serve me?" Gui Yun said with some embarrassment, "Of course I want to keep you by my side. After all, you have won my heart the most over the years. I'm not used to not having you around at all..."
Lonicera saw her master in trouble and wanted to say something, but when she saw the disfigured look on her face when she regarded him as a sister, she held back what she wanted to say.
