Reborn Concubine, Be Respectful First

Blinking his big eyes, he seemed to be asking, "What happened to you? What happened to Ping Xiao? How did you make Ping Xiao angry?"

He had originally planned to keep the matter secret, but in the end he told everything about the Zhang and Song families.

After all, Chu Mingzhu seems to be a simple-minded brother-in-law. If Zhang Pingxiao knew everything about Chu Mingzhu, Chu Mingzhu would still be kept in the dark.

It is not very fair to Chu Mingzhu, as the other two are still good friends.

Often, the people who can hurt you the most are not your enemies, but your relatives and friends.

"Third sister-in-law, but Ping Xiao never told me? Then if I always speak for Lord Song in front of her, wouldn't that be stabbing her in the lungs?" Chu Mingzhu said regretfully.

He stood up, looked around, and went to look for Zhang Pingxiao.

Su Xinqing had no choice but to say to Dongxiang, the maid behind Chu Mingzhu: "Take good care of your young lady."

Dongxiang, who was already in her twenties, quickly understood what the Third Lady meant. She nodded heavily, followed Chu Mingzhu, and left quickly.

Little did she know that Su Xinqing's reminder directly saved Dongxiang's life.

The two followed Zhang Pingxiao's direction and soon found a remote little garden.

Hearing the terrifying silence around her, and thinking of the look in Zhang Si's eyes when she was leaving, Dongxiang was shocked and grabbed Chu Mingzhu who wanted to keep going forward.

"Miss, we have been looking for Miss Zhang Si for such a long time, but we haven't seen any trace of her. Maybe she has gone back a long time ago. Let's go back too. If we go back later, the marquis's wife will probably send someone to look for you." Dongxiang also often followed Chu Mingzhu to the palace and banquets in various mansions.

I see places like this often, and it’s not like I’ve never experienced this before, but this time it was exceptionally quiet.

It's more or less uncomfortable.

Chu Mingzhu didn't disbelieve Dongxiang's words, but she felt a little unwilling and looked around.

Just in the moment of looking around, he saw a dark shadow rushing towards him. Before he could see who it was, he was pushed away with great force.

With a thud, he fell onto the bluestone path.

Then Dongxiang’s figure was seen falling straight into the pond nearby.

"Plop!" The sound of Dongxiang falling into the water, and because the distance was too close, the water splashed directly all over Chu Mingzhu.

"Help, there is an assassin..." Chu Mingzhu was completely scared, and her first cry for help was barely audible.

When Chu Mingzhu saw the man in the clothes of a palace servant in the Prince's Mansion leave quickly, she shouted out loudly.

"Help! Help!"

Watching Dongxiang's figure sinking to the bottom of the pond, Chu Mingzhu shed tears.

Chu Mingzhu's cry for help attracted a group of people, including the guards and palace maids from the Prince's Mansion.

Without even waiting for Chu Mingzhu to say anything, the guard jumped into the pond and quickly rescued Dongxiang.

After getting ashore, Dongxiang was already unconscious.

At this time, the doctor from the Prince's Mansion was also dragged over. After some treatment, Dongxiang finally woke up.

The wife of the Marquis of Zhenbei also walked over quickly with the help of Shen Ruyan. When she saw the person falling into the water, Dongxiang, the maidservant beside her daughter, looked very gloomy.

He asked the people behind him to take Dongxiang away quickly, and then assigned the maid who was serving him to Chu Mingzhu.

While she was getting dressed again, she heard her daughter talking about what had happened before. She then saw that her third daughter-in-law, who was supposed to be with Chu Mingzhu, was nowhere to be seen.

Then he heard the servants say that Dongxiang had woken up. After asking Dongxiang, his anger subsided a little.

I began to teach my daughter not to go to the remote garden again.

After giving Chu Mingzhu instructions, the maid who was sent out came back. Seeing that she shook her head, the Marquis's wife could only sigh secretly. After all, her daughter was not injured, she was just frightened.

Fortunately, it wasn't her daughter who fell into the water and was rescued by the guards. Seeing Dongxiang kneeling on the ground with messy hair, she said, "When we get back to the Marquis' Mansion, let Madam Gong give you all your indentures. Live a good life outside. As for the guard who saved you, if you want to marry him, I'll ask the Crown Princess later."

"Thank you, Madam Marquis. Thank you, Madam Marquis. I don't want to get married. I am willing to stay with you forever." Dongxiang crawled on the ground and said firmly.

"Okay, since you are willing to stay, let it go. Let your mother, father and brothers go out, and you serve Mingzhu well. When you find someone suitable, let Mingzhu arrange a marriage for you." The marquis's wife was very satisfied with Dongxiang's performance. She couldn't bear to keep a maid who was so careless and unstable by her daughter's side.

My little daughter is impulsive by nature, so if there is a maid who is short-sighted, she must not be kept.

Let's not talk about how to live if we let all the people go. Men still have the option of studying, but it is much more difficult for women. It is better for them to stay with the young lady of the Marquis's Mansion.

As long as Mingzhu is well, she will be a capable maid in the future and she will be fine.

Even though they were not a good match, she decided to marry into the family of a minor official, without the support of the marquis's mansion, and into the sphere of influence of the prince's mansion.

Being looked down upon by the husband’s family, not to mention whether it is dignified or not, even if they beat you to death, there is no place to seek justice.

Therefore, when Lady Marquis Yuan proposed this suggestion, it was just another test of Dongxiang, who was by Chu Mingzhu's side, and it was not sincere.

Chu Mingzhu was naturally moved when she heard Dongxiang's answer. In addition, Dongxiang had just desperately tried to save her, so she treated Dongxiang as her confidant.

The news of a little maid falling into the water did not spread beyond the small garden.

Only a few women who were close to the wife of the Marquis of Zhenbei knew about it, but they didn't care much. After all, a maid was just a maid.

Su Xinqing, at this time, was also following the librarian in fear.

For some reason, after not seeing him for a year, the secretary seemed more calm and silent. It was unlike before, when he was in the mansion, he would take the initiative to talk to me from time to time.

She was often the one who remained silent, but now, she had taken the initiative to ask the librarian two questions, but the librarian did not answer.

Instead, he took himself to more and more remote places, if he hadn't occasionally met a few servants from the Prince's Mansion.

Seeing the librarian's expression, Su Xinqing thought that the other party wanted to kill her.

"Ouch, Third Madam, Third Madam, I sprained my ankle." Shan Lan suddenly squatted down behind her and covered her left ankle with her hand.

The pretty face was full of pain.

When Banyue heard that the other party had sprained his ankle, he quickly squatted down and wanted to check on him, but was rejected by Shanlan.

"Banyue, you accompany Madam first and don't delay Madam's business. I will massage her myself later. When I feel better, I will go to Concubine Su's courtyard to find you." After rejecting Banyue's kindness, Shanlan apologized to Su Xinqing.

Before Su Xinqing could answer, the secretary could no longer hold back and looked down at Shan Lan. Seeing the fine beads of sweat on her face and the pebbles behind her, he nodded and said, "Third Miss, let's go first. The first lady and the eldest lady are waiting for you to come over and talk. They said that once the banquet starts, there will be no time to reminisce with the third lady."

"Okay, let's go." She had a more comfortable life in the Marquis' Mansion. She was no longer willing to humble herself in front of her stepmother and step-sister, but she had to endure it.

Who made her marry into the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion? She is Chu Wei's principal wife, so she has to socialize.

But when the three of them walked through a courtyard with dense trees and rugged rockery, it was more like a maze than a courtyard.

Only Su Xinqing didn't catch up and the librarian disappeared.