After all, just a servant girl.
There wasn’t much to speak of regarding her life.
"Alright then. But if you’re dissatisfied with anything, have someone send a message to me, and I will send another servant girl over to you," said Shen Cuiru.
"What’s there to thank, I am your mother," Shen Cuiru said indulgently.
But your heart is biased.
Shen Cuiru spent the whole morning with Xie Ruotong.
She left the Song Residence.
Xie Ruotong got up from her bed.
The first day out of bed was inevitably more uncomfortable than she imagined.
She carefully walked around her room,
Trying her best not to pull at her wounds.
After half an incense stick of time had passed.
Xie Ruotong sat on the soft couch, and commanded the new servant girl Fei Cui, "Go and see if your young master is at home. If he is, please ask him to come here, say I have something to discuss with him."
"Yes," Fei Cui promptly responded.
Fei Cui left Xie Ruotong’s room.
But she did not go straight to Song Yanqing.
Instead, she went directly to Xie Ruilin’s quarters.
Xie Ruilin was currently being served chicken soup.
She asked Fei Cui nonchalantly, "How is your mistress doing today?"
"Replying to aunt, the young madam is already able to walk around today, just walked around the room for half an incense stick’s time," Fei Cui quickly reported.
"Indeed a strong life force," Xie Ruilin said through clenched teeth.
Back when she learned Xie Ruotong hadn’t died, she was so angry she wished she could stab Xie Ruotong to death herself with another blow.
"Just now, the young madam asked me to invite the young master to her room, saying she has something she needs to discuss with him," Fei Cui reported again.
Xie Ruilin’s expression grew even uglier.
Xie Ruotong wants to play what tricks this time.
"She didn’t mention what business she had with Song Yanqing?" Xie Ruilin inquired.
"No, the servant did not dare to ask, fearing to arouse the young madam’s suspicion," Fei Cui hastened to say.
Xie Ruilin gave a slight nod.
She gave a sign to a servant girl beside her.
Chun Tao naturally couldn’t serve her now.
That slap from Xie Ruotong a few days ago had left Chun Tao bedridden, even now unable to walk.
Xie Ruilin’s servant girl quickly understood the cue. She took out a pouch from her sleeve and whispered, "You know what to do, right?!"
"Aunt can rest assured, Fei Cui knows what to do."
Fei Cui left in haste.
After departing, she found Song Yanqing in the study and then followed him to Xie Ruotong’s room.
When Song Yanqing saw Xie Ruotong, she was sitting on the soft couch.
Her complexion was still poor.
But being able to sit up, she naturally looked more spirited than usual.
"You had something to tell me?" Song Yanqing asked.
At that moment of nodding, she instructed, "Everyone, leave us."
All the servant girls attending to her left.
Fei Cui naturally had to leave as well.
But upon leaving, she doubled back and hid behind a door, eavesdropping on their conversation.
Xie Ruotong was aware of it.
Without even thinking, she knew that with Qiao’er’s death and Ming Yufang assigning new servant girls to her, Xie Ruilin would naturally bribe some of them to spy for her.
"My lord," Xie Ruotong began with ease, as if unaware of Fei Cui’s presence.
"The matter of Mu Dong stabbing me," Xie Ruotong looked at Song Yanqing, "I do not wish to let it go just ."
Song Yanqing pursed his lips.
Three days had passed.
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During their conversation that day.
It seemed like she meant she would let it go.
Whether actively or passively, it all seemed to be forgiven and forgotten.
Now she’s bringing it up suddenly...
"Otherwise, I won’t have any status in this family," Xie Ruotong said clearly.
If she didn’t pursue the matter,
Even the servants might climb over her head in the future.
"Fine," Song Yanqing agreed immediately.
"Is corporal punishment of twenty strokes too much?" asked Xie Ruotong.
"Not much," Song Yanqing replied. "Mu Dong stabbed you and endangered your life. Twenty strokes can only be considered a light punishment."
"However, Mu Dong has been frail since childhood, and these twenty strokes could prove fatal," Song Yanqing added.
Xie Ruotong smiled faintly.
Song Yanqing still isn’t willing to punish his servant.
Just how deep could his guilt towards her be?
In this way, it’s even easier for her to see clearly, to understand her place in Song Yanqing’s heart.
She is even less than a servant to him.
She said, "Then let’s follow my lord’s wishes, just a slight punishment will do."
If we can’t impose a harsh punishment,
"Fine," Song Yanqing agreed without hesitation. "Ten lashes for Mu Dong. I will take the other ten lashes on behalf of Mu Dong."
Xie Ruotong’s eyes shifted slightly.
"It was my order," Song Yanqing said. "I should be the one to take the punishment."
Xie Ruotong pursed her lips.
She did not expect Song Yanqing to volunteer for punishment.
Most people actually couldn’t withstand it.
"If you do this, your parents will blame me..." she said.
"They won’t," Song Yanqing stated. "It will only serve to deter everyone in the Song Family from disrespecting you."
If the Song Family’s eldest young master is willing to be punished for the young madam,
Who would dare to bully her again?!
Xie Ruotong fell silent.
Silence, in fact, meant tacit consent.
She now needed to have a status in the Song Family.
She could do more things.
And to make Xie Ruilin,