"Master, I can't bear to leave you. It's just that my face has changed like this. I can't stay by your side as a maid anymore. Otherwise, wouldn't it be a disgrace to you?" Shichu said, "I know it." I don't deserve to stay with my master." He looked disappointed and wiped the tears from his eyes.
"Du Xiang, you...well, I know you are a good person. We have grown up together. When I was a child, I was tortured by the Huang family. It was you and Liandong who worked hard to protect me. Now that you've become like this, how can I leave you?" Gui Yunlai looked nostalgic and lamented. Who wouldn't praise her for her love and righteousness and caring so much for her slaves?
At least Lonicera was very touched by the "deep master-servant love" with the Crown Princess and Du Xiang after hearing this.
"Master! I knew you were a good person!" Shichu also looked moved to tears.
Gui Yunlai smiled and said: "I thought about it. The scar on your face is not healed yet. Lonicera and I don't care, but sometimes I have to meet those noble people. If you show up, In front of them, those nobles may be angry with you - you know, although I am now the Crown Princess of the Marquis of Anding, my status seems noble, but there are many nobler people than me. Sometimes I get angry myself. You have to endure it, so those noble people are bullying you, and I'm afraid I can't protect you."
She sighed as she spoke, looked at Shi Chu apologetically, and finally said with an unbearable look: "Now, I can only provide you with two ways out for you to choose. One is that you go to my dowry village to be a steward and help I manage the affairs of Zhuangzi, so that you don’t have to worry about your appearance; the other is that I return your deed of betrayal to you and give you your freedom, so that you no longer have to be a slave in the future, but become a You are a good citizen... Both of these paths have pros and cons, Du Xiang, please think about it carefully."
Ling Dong immediately winked at Shi Chu, suggesting that she choose the first option. In this case, Shi Chu would still be a slave from Guiyun, protected by her, and being a good citizen sounds nice, but now it would be difficult for a good citizen without any background. Worse than a servant of a wealthy family, once there is any natural or man-made disaster, even if he survives, he will probably end up betraying himself.
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However, Shichu only thought about it for a while and then said firmly to Guiyun: "Your concubine, I will choose the second option."
"What? Du Xiang, are you crazy?" Lonicera said in disbelief, "What's wrong with staying in Zhuangzi? At least you'll have enough food and clothing, and enjoy the protection of your master."
Gui Yunlai was also very surprised, because she, like Liandong, felt that Shi Chu would choose the first way out without hesitation, and the second way would allow Shi Chu to regain his freedom, but she said it to show her respect for her subordinates. Tolerant and kind-hearted, I didn't expect that I would choose this one at the beginning.
"Du Xiang, why did you choose the second option? Wouldn't it be good to help me manage the affairs of Zhuangzi? No one would dare to bully you there, and the work is not difficult. It is easier than the good people who are working hard to make a living outside. I feel much more comfortable." Gui Yunlai asked Shichu doubtfully.
Shi Chu smiled bitterly and said: "Master, I just want to understand some things. Before, I was too simple. I thought that as long as the master didn't mind the disfigurement of the slave, it would be fine, but I didn't consider the situation of the master. The slave has been disfigured. If I stay like this, the master will only be humiliated because of me. Then other people will laugh at the master for having a slave as ugly as a yaksha. How can the slave let the master bear these undue insults?
Therefore, whether it is for the sake of yourself or the master, I can no longer stay with you, Crown Princess. I hope that the Crown Princess will live a happy life without your slave by your side in the future, and that your slave will be able to rest in peace even if she dies. "
"Du Xiang! What nonsense are you talking about? What about immortality? We can all live well." Gui Yunlai also said with red eyes, "Since you have chosen the second path, I can't stop you. If you encounter any difficulties outside in the future, come back to me, and don’t stop coming just because you don’t want to trouble me, do you understand?”
"Okay, I remember this, I will repay the imperial concubine's great kindness. I can only repay you by working as a cow or a horse in my next life..." Shichu said with tears in her eyes and was very moved, but in fact, she had nothing in her heart. Bo Lan, after leaving, she will never come back to her old master who is kind and cruel. Gui Yun must have just said something polite to show his kindness.
"Liandong, go and give Du Xiang the deed of sale to her, and take another two hundred taels of silver. Du Xiang ran away and needs money. She has been with me for more than ten years, so I can only give her some money." Money..." Gui Yunlai said with a melancholy look on his face.
Liao Dong held back tears and answered, then went in to find the deed of betrayal and the money from Shichu.
Gui Yunlai kindly told Shichu some things that she needed to pay attention to when living alone outside, and Shichu also acted very grateful to her. The acting skills of both master and servant were very good, but in fact, he was really immersed in this scene. The only person who was moved in the play was Lonicera, a simple maid.
When Shichu took over his renunciation contract from Lonicera, he felt relieved immediately, as if the confinement in this body had completely disappeared. It seems that the original owner also hoped that he could return to the poisonous couple Zhang Qishan and Gui Yunlai. , Bridges return to bridges, there is no connection anymore.
Shichu said goodbye to Guiyunlai again, and Guiyunlai asked Rendong to send Shichu out. Rendong has not stopped crying since she knew that Shichu was leaving. Even now that the deed of betrayal has been returned to Shichu, she still holds her in her arms. A trace of hope asked Shichu: "Du Xiang, are you really going to leave us?"
Shichu nodded: "Really, Lonicera, I have become like this and it is impossible to stay anymore."
"B-but the Crown Princess clearly said that you can stay in her dowry village as a steward..." Lonicera said anxiously, "Wouldn't that be great?"
Shichu shook his head and said: "Lonicera, I was sold by my parents when I was four or five years old and returned home. I grew up next to the imperial concubine. I only know how to serve people. How can I manage Zhuangzi? I will go there then." If you go to Zhuangzi, you will just end up being deceived. Instead of ruining Zhuangzi and ruining the affairs of the imperial concubine, it is better to retain the friendship with the imperial concubine now, so that you can live a better life in the future... …”
Liandong obviously did not expect this. She was stunned for a while, then stamped her feet and said: "But you have the support of the Crown Princess, how can the people in Zhuangzi dare to deceive you?"
"Liandong, the Crown Princess has so many things to do every day, how can she only pay attention to the little things in Zhuangzi? There are so many things that can be done here. You are so naive and you won't understand." Shichu sighed and said.
