Ye Zhuo had experienced many great things in her past life, and although she was panicked at this moment, her mind was still calm. She quickly used her fingers to press down on the wound, preventing more blood from gushing out, while hastily instructing Qiu Yue: "Quickly, get the golden healing medicine, and bring some cloth too."

  The room was in a mess at this time. Upon hearing Ye Zhuos words, it was unclear who it was, but someone suddenly tore off a strip of cloth and handed over a box of band-aids to Ye Zhuo.

  Ye Chou looked at the mans thick-boned hand, raised his eyes and gave Ye Jia Ming a cold glance, signaling Autumn Moon to take over the medicine. He turned around to see that the bleeding had stopped slowly, and quickly applied the medicine to the wound, wrapping it with a cloth strip several times. Seeing that not much blood had seeped out of the cloth strip, he finally let out a sigh of relief and ordered: "Autumn Moon, carry the lady on your back and return to Bi Yu Residence."

  "Yes." With Aki-tsukis help, Akikusa carefully lifted Zheng on her back and headed outside.

  Ye Lao Taiye and his wife did not expect Zheng Shi to be so tough, sitting there stupidly without saying a word, allowing Qiu Yue to carry Zheng Shi out.

  Zhengs two maids, Xia Quan and Xia He, seeing this, hesitated for a moment, saw the old master and mistress not speaking, and quickly followed out, catching up with Ye Zhuo, calling out "Miss" in a timid voice, fearing that Ye Zhuo would blame them for not taking good care of their mistress.

  Ye Chou glanced at them and said, "Go, go back to Mrs. Tais courtyard and guard the door well. Dont let others move away Mrs. Tais things. Otherwise, you two will be held responsible."

  These two maids were originally placed by Madam Jiang beside Madam Zheng as her eyes and ears. After Ye Zhuo arrived, she spent a lot of effort to win them over, making them turn to her side. As for todays events, she was naturally annoyed that they didnt lend a hand to save Madam Zheng like she did, but she also knew that servants struggled to survive in the cracks, and it wasnt easy to stay alive. Moreover, she knew that from now on, Madam Zheng would no longer be staying at the Ye household, and these two maids wouldnt be able to take them away either, so she didnt bother blaming them.

  "Yes." The two maidservants, seeing that Second Young Mistress did not blame them, let out a sigh of relief and hastily made a curtsy before hurrying off towards Zhengs courtyard.

  There was a medical hall on the same street, so Zheng was carried back to Biyu Residence and had just lain down when an old woman led a doctor in. The doctor took Zhengs pulse and said, "He has lost too much blood and needs rest, but his life is not in danger." He prescribed a anti-inflammatory and nourishing medicine and then bid farewell and left. Autumn Chrysanthemum followed the doctor to get the medicine, while the old woman went to report back to Old Master and Old Mistress.

  "Autumn Moon, who could it be that came to the upper house?" Ye Zhuo asked in a low voice, pulling Autumn Moon. Zheng Shi made such a fuss, and naturally, Old Lady wanted to investigate how the news was leaked. At that time, dont implicate the kind-hearted person who helped them."

  "Dont worry, miss. Youve told me several times already, how could I dare to be careless? Before this, I hadnt gone upstairs at all, only chatted with Xiaotong in the garden for a few words, and then turned into the kitchen to tell them that you would have silver ear soup for lunch. Apart from these, I didnt do anything else. Qiujie followed you all along, and Xiayi and Xiaye who were beside madam also followed madam, none of them went upstairs during that time." Qiu Yue blinked her eyes, and the two shared a knowing smile.

  The messenger was a mute woman from the upper house, whose husband was originally a scholar who helped the illegitimate son of the family he worked for to embezzle property two years ago. After failing, he was imprisoned. The remaining mother and son were left with no means of support, as one couldnt speak and the other was ill. The mute woman had no choice but to sell herself into servitude at the Ye household as a maid, earning money to raise her son. Ye Zhuo knew a prescription that happened to cure the mute womans sons illness. Originally thinking the mute woman wouldnt be able to speak, she only had good intentions and didnt plan on using the mute woman for anything, but unexpectedly the mute woman could write. Because she couldnt speak, Jiang Shi wasnt guarding against her, and instead the mute woman became Ye Zhuos inside helper. Whenever she heard any important news about Zheng Shi or Ye Zhuo, she would write it clearly on fabric with a burnt wooden stick, then put it in a certain place in the flower garden and move a flower pot to signal it. Autumn Moon would see it and retrieve it.

  As she saw Zhengs breathing was stable, Ye Zhuo was about to go back to her room to change out of the blood-stained clothes when she heard someone speaking softly in the courtyard. Before long, her personal maid, Qiu Ju, came in and reported: "Miss, Old Lady has sent Chun Yu to summon you over."

  "Ah, please sit for a moment, Ill change clothes and come right back." Ye Zhuo replied.

  Qiu Yues expression changed to one of concern. As she helped Ye Zhuo change her clothes, she asked: "Miss, what did the old lady call you over for?"

  Ye Chou smiled: "Its nothing more than trying to dispel my idea of leaving with my mother." After finishing speaking, she took out a small bottle, sprayed some on her handkerchief, and then covered her eyes with the handkerchief. Suddenly, tears gushed out like a spring.

  "Are you really going out with the mistress?" Autumn Moon was not surprised at all by her own daughters actions, but she nervously stared at Ye Zhuo and asked. She was a slave of the Ye family, and the young lady and mistress were going out like this, naturally they wouldnt take her along. If the young lady left, her future days would definitely be difficult...

  "Frankly, I wanted to go out with my wife. Staying in this house, sooner or later I will be sold off to exchange for wealth and glory. But the old masters temperament, you also know, is that of a person who would pluck the feathers from a passing goose. How could he possibly let me go so easily? Now that Ive come of age, I wont need to be supported for much longer and can bring benefits to the family. The old master would rather give some silver to my mother than let me go."

  Upon hearing Ye Zhuos words, Qiu Yue immediately threw away her small private thoughts and sincerely said: "It would be better for that girl to find a way to leave with the madam, if she were to be rashly betrothed, it would be terrible."

  She shook her head: "Who can leave if they want to? Since the young lady from the officials family is pregnant with Masters child, she cant not marry him even if she wants to. How could Old Master forget about this calculation? If Madams asking price is too high, Old Master wont hesitate to make that young lady his concubine. With Old Masters calculations at play, even if Master doesnt want to see that woman suffer, it cant be helped. And as a daughter, I couldnt possibly watch my own mother die in front of me and fight with others for my freedom."

  At this point, thinking of the scene just now, both master and servant fell silent.

  "Miss, the old lady is waiting." Seeing that Ye Zhen hadnt gone out for half a day, Chun Yu couldnt help but call out from outside the door.

  "Alright." Ye Zhuo replied, and instructed Qiu Yue: "Ill take Qiu Ju with me, you stay and keep an eye on Madam."

  "Yes."

  Ye Zhuos eyes were red, and she wiped away tears all the way as she followed the spring rain to the upper house. She saw that only Old Master and Old Mistress were there, but Ye Jiaming was nowhere to be seen. She didnt ask anything, just paid her respects, and stood quietly there, hanging her head and silently crying.

  "Your mother... is she all right?" Jiang Shi asked with concern.

  Ye Zhu choked with sobs, tears streaming down: "Now still dizzy and unconscious, dont know if there will be a threat to life."

  "Your mothers temper is too violent, she cant even have a conversation with her elders without drawing a knife. This kind of daughter-in-law, our Ye family cannot keep anymore, no matter what, we must divorce her and send her back. However, Zhuoer, your mother is foolish, dont be foolish like her. You know the situation at your uncles house, they can barely afford to eat their fill. When they encounter illnesses or difficulties, in the past, your mother used her dowry to make up for it, just barely getting by. If she goes back to the Zheng family with you, that would be adding two more mouths to feed, making life even harder for them. What will happen when something comes up and they cant afford it? They might even sell you and your mother to make money. Even on ordinary days, your aunts attitude is unbearable. As a young lady in the Ye family, you have servants at your beck and call, but if you go there, youll have to do all sorts of dirty and tiring work, and eat according to their whims. Not to mention that with the Zheng familys social status, you can only marry those rough and uneducated men who often beat their wives, and spend the rest of your life living like that."

  Recommended completed novels: [bookid=2226266,bookname="The Flavor of Knowledge"], [bookid=1973226,bookname="Good Fields and Thousands of Mu"], [bookid=1781633,bookname="Crossing Over: Tea Words and Observations"]