"How are you? Youd better tell me." Liu Chuans hand finally came down, he looked at Peony with disdain, her face flushed red with fear and anger, and then looked at her eyes that were frantically darting around in panic, suddenly feeling a little amused.

  A faint and timid voice came from outside the door: "Young... Young Madam? Sir, Master?"

  Got it, the master and servant were both tongue-tied. Liu Chongs mood was better than ever before, he waved his sleeve and turned to leave.

  "See you off, young master!" Yuhua neatly rolled up the curtain and also smartened up her mouth.

  Liu Chong gave her a cold glance and squeezed out a sentence from his lips: "Do you believe it or not, one day the young master will also take you in!"

  Tears burst forth from Yu Hes big eyes, followed by a stream of clear snot from her nose. She didnt wipe it away, instead sniffled loudly and looked at Liu Chuan with a pitiful expression, wanting to cry but not daring to, tugging at the hem of her clothes as she stammered: "I... my mother will kill me."

  Everyone knows that Yuhes mother is Madame Hes concubine, a rough and violent woman who is good at sword fighting, with incredible strength. When she gets angry, even Madame He cant scold her into submission. She has been taught many times but never changes, yet Madame He cannot do without her. When Yuhe first arrived, Madame He had promised not to make her a concubine or a servant girl, and would let her go when she came of age. If she really got involved with Yuhe, that rough woman might really come knocking on the door, and its not worth causing a big stir in the city for an ordinary-looking little maid.

  Liu Chang was deep in thought when Yu He let out a loud sniffle. Liu Chang looked at her shiny nose and felt nauseous, almost fleeing in panic.

  Yu He immediately wiped away her tears, cleaned up her face, and furrowed her brow as she entered the inner room.

  The peony continued its previous action, tiptoeing and stretching out its arm to reach the Wei Zi outside the window.

  "Madam, why must you be so stubborn!" Yuhe squatted down to pick up the embroidered shoe from the ground and put it on her bare foot. In the past, when Madam was ill, she had hoped that Young Master would come visit her often; after she recovered, she looked forward to him coming to her room every day to consummate their marriage, but he refused to come. She had cried and begged, only to humiliate herself. Now, without needing to cry or beg, Young Master was willing to come, yet she wanted to push him away - what kind of reasoning was this?

  Finally, Peony let out a gentle breath, one hand lightly grasping the leaves of the Weizi branch, and the other hand taking the silver hairpin from her head, carefully removing the small insect hidden in the flowers center. The insect spat out silk, wrapping itself around and refusing to leave, Peony extremely carefully plucked it out, fearing she might hurt the flower.

  Yu He and others did not wait for her to answer, and said: "Since the young lady is so fond of it, why not go around and choose, but instead came here to choose, which will also hurt the flower stem."

  "None," Peony smiled. "Im being very careful. Ill just stretch a bit and loosen my waist." This body is quite weak, it wont do if I dont exercise a bit.

  Yu He saw her smile and couldnt help but say: "What are you thinking about? Now that your body is better, you cant let others trample on your head anymore. You should hurry up and give birth to a little prince!"

  The peony does not ask for yes or no, is this kind of cheap man worthy? Bah! She spat. She revived in this dead body and inherited the memories of this body. A person who treated his deeply loved wife as a weed and drove his weak wife to death, what right did he have to ask her to bear him children? Round house? He still thought he was doing her a favor, unaware that she had never planned to spend this lifetime with him, naturally unwilling to shed another drop of blood.

  He treated her like grass, and she wouldnt treat him as a treasure. Having no chance was helpless, but since she had the good fortune to be reborn in this rich, extravagant, and open-minded otherworld, if she didnt seize all opportunities to liberate herself, that would be unforgivable to herself.

  Yu He saw the faint expression on Peonys face and knew that she couldnt persuade her, so she anxiously and angrily said: "Young Madam, what are you planning to do? Youd better say something! Living like this is suffocating!"

  "Rain Lotus, what do you think I should do?" Peony raised an eyebrow. This girl was not like Rain Tong, who had hooked up with Liu Chuan and didnt care about anything else, stepping on her to climb up. She was absolutely loyal.

  Yu He pointed at herself and widened her eyes: "Youre asking me?"

  "Exactly, Im asking you. I also feel suffocated, they dont like me no matter what I do, its all wrong. Even if I gave birth to a son by luck, he doesnt like him, and hes not the eldest, for no reason the child suffers, and life is not pleasant either. They dont care about me, why should I stay here? I dont want to rely on anyone to live."

  The young lady is thinking of divorce, Rain Lotus understood her meaning and was shocked. After a moments calculation, she said: "In our country, women are free to remarry after divorce, from princesses to village girls, many have remarried. Although divorced women may not be as valuable as unmarried girls, with the young ladys looks and family background, it wont be difficult for her to remarry. Even if she cant find a family like Lius, she definitely wont suffer this kind of humiliation again. She also doesnt need to pretend to be timid and afraid, making herself look pitiful. Rain Lotus hesitated after thinking about it and asked: "But will they agree?"

  The people involved in the Rain Lotus Finger, including Mr. and Mrs. Liu, as well as He Mudans father and mother, etc. The two families had an agreement when they got married, without their consent and support, how could they divorce? Especially now that the He family believes that the young mistress illness is a result of marrying the young master, how can they easily give up this lifesaving charm? Needless to say, its even more difficult.

  The peony blinked: "They will always agree." When the time comes and the conditions are ripe, they cannot help but agree.

  Yu He sighed: "Tomorrows flower appreciation banquet, I heard that the shameless Qinghua County Master will also come. And those few people have also received orders to dress up and attend, and Master has invited several qingguan from Fangyun Zhai to perform. If you dont like it, its still the old way..."

  "Peony Road: No, I like it. After more than half a year of preparation, she felt that she could already integrate into these people. She couldnt stay hidden in this small world forever, sooner or later she would have to go out, and since today is as good as any other day, lets just make it tomorrow."

  In the past, when Young Masters wife encountered such a situation, she would usually pretend to be ill and get out of it. This time, however, she was willing to show her face. A hint of joy flashed in Yuhes eyes as he said excitedly: "Let the slave girl open the trunk, Young Masters wife can choose which dress is suitable, and the slave girl will iron it flat and perfume it."

  Four camphor wood chests filled with gorgeous spring clothes were lined up in front of Peony, with colorful silk fabrics, soft and delicate satin, striking red silk, and gentle silk fabrics, like the bright spring flowers outside the window, quietly blooming in their own unique way. Without exception, every dress had a beautiful peony embroidered on it, which was one of the ways Hes parents showed their love for their daughter, He Peony, who was as precious and lovely as a peony, and was extremely pampered.

  The peony picked out a pink gauze short skirt, pointed to an embroidered silk handkerchief with purple peony and said: "This one."

  "This looks good!" Yuhes round eyes smiled like a crescent moon, and she bent down to dig in the trunk for a while before finding a light purple gauze scarf to drape over her skirt. She asked Peony: "Does this match well, Young Mistress?"

  "Okay." She glanced at the sky and yawned: "Its still early, Ill take a nap."

  Yu He was overjoyed and hastily went to collect the laundry, but discovered that a thread had come loose on the hem of her skirt. She searched everywhere for the purple silk thread but couldnt find it, so she had to go to the sewing room to look for it. Before leaving, she instructed Xiao Er: "Xiao Er, Young Mistress is sleeping, you stay here and keep an eye out, dont let any strangers disturb her. When Lin Mama comes back, be sure to tell her that Yu Tong is pregnant. Dont forget, okay?"

  "I remember, Sister Yuhe." Xuer was only eleven or twelve years old, with a small melon-shaped face, two buns on her head, almond eyes, long eyelashes, and full, rosy lips - exactly the type that Master liked. If things went on like this, in just a few years, once this little girl grew up, she would probably be taken by Master again. Yuhe sighed, stroked Xuers face, and turned to leave.

  As the rain lotus walked away, Xie Er took out a small bench and needle and thread, seriously guarding under the peony screen, occasionally glancing at the gate, ready to drive away unwelcome idlers.

  About a moment later, a commotion sounded at the door, and Liu Chuans personal servant, Xi Xia, led seven or eight servants carrying hemp ropes and shoulder poles to the door, saying: "Its here, this is the young masters courtyard. After entering, you are not allowed to look around, nor can you walk randomly, otherwise, you will be dealt with according to household rules, remember?"

  Xià was only thirteen or fourteen years old, but he had a mature appearance and learned to stand with his hands behind his back and chest out like Liu Chong, looking quite comical.

  Someone responded loudly: "Xia, got it! Everyone knows this rule. Right?"

  A group of people burst out laughing and chimed in unison: "Of course we know."

  "Be careful, you guys," Xià Xiā said with a stern face. "If you hurt these precious little ones, even selling all of you wouldnt be enough to make up for the loss of just one flower."

  Its too much, actually daring to run to the young ladys courtyard door to make a disturbance. Xie Er threw down her needle and thread, picked up her skirt and ran to the courtyard door, with a red face she glared at Xi Xia: "Xi Xia! How dare you bring a group of rough people here to disturb the young lady? Dont you fear family rules?"

  A delicate and lovely little maid, with a face as white as jade, ran out angrily to scold Xià. Everyone fell silent, waiting to see what the usually arrogant and cruel Xià would do.

  Xi Xia frowned impatiently and said, "Tomorrow, the young master will be hosting a flower appreciation banquet. I was ordered by the young master to come here and move flowers into the courtyard for decoration. These people are like this, cant you see that Im trying to restrain them?"

  This is indeed the case. However, I find this group of rude people who dont respect the young mistress to be extremely annoying. So, I raised my chin and said: "Move the flower? How would I know? Who doesnt know that this flower is the young mistresss treasure? Do you think you can just move it if you want to? If you damage it, selling you wouldnt even be enough to compensate for a single leaf."

  Good, this little girl is still sharp-tongued. Xià was furious and raised her eyebrows: "Master wants to do something, must tell you first? Are you a maid or what? Dont forget your own identity! If you know whats good for you, hurry up and get out of the way, otherwise dont blame me for selling you off to Master!"

  The young lady, unwilling to show weakness, stood with her hands on her hips and said: "And who are you? Dont forget your own identity! If you know whats good for you, hurry up and get out of the way. Otherwise, dont blame me when I call over the madam and have you sold off!"

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