Just at this moment, Mother Liu came in with her maids to serve tea. Ruan Yuxi couldn't help but pretended to be calm and asked.

"Mother Liu, was that girl sent to the farm yesterday?"

Generally speaking, maids who committed minor crimes would be sent to the manor to do some rough and tiring work as a punishment.

"There's no room for a big Buddha like her in the farm. Where else can a dishonest maid like her go," said Mama Liu disdainfully? "The trafficker said no family would want her, so she was naturally sold to a brothel."

Ruan Yuxi's face turned pale and she looked a little panicked.

"…What?" Cui Liu had been with her for many years, so her tone was filled with anger. "How could you go to a place like that?"

Seeing her reaction like this, Ruan Yufu couldn't help but wonder, "That's strange, she's not Fourth Sister's maid, why are you so distressed?"

Ruan Yuxi's expression changed several times before she pursed her lips and said, "Don't talk nonsense, Third Sister. I'm not heartbroken, I'm just surprised..."

She seemed a little absent-minded throughout the entire greeting.

Ruan Yuluan looked at her coldly, then turned her eyes and glanced at Qiu Xiu lightly.

Qiu Xiu understood, turned around and left quietly.

After greeting everyone, Ruan Yuxi held Chunying's hand and walked out. She frowned slightly, looking unhappy, perhaps because she was afraid or something.

As we got closer to Jinxiu Courtyard, we heard crying sounds coming from the back door from afar.

The girl and the maid looked at each other, and the latter hesitated and said, "It seems to be Cui Liu..."

Her fingertips, which were trapped in the wide sleeves, couldn't help but curl up slightly. She raised her foot forward and saw that it was indeed Cui Liu.

Cui Liu was wrapped in a gray cloth, with dishevelled hair and a dusty face, looking crazy. She saw Ruan Yuxi from a distance and called out to her.

"Fourth Lady... Lady, save me!"

Seeing her appearance, Ruan Yuxi was frightened and turned pale, but she tried to stay calm and said coldly: "You did something wrong yourself, how can I save you? In the end, you are useless!"

Cui Liu stared at her in shock, gritting her teeth and saying, "It was Madam who asked me to go undercover in Guiyue Pavilion... Madam, you also said that you would protect me after the incident! How could Madam go back on your word..."

Seeing that she was still talking to herself, the girl walked a few steps closer, looked at Cui Liu who was pressed to the ground by the servant, and spoke condescendingly.

"I am the master, you are the slave, and the master does not need to be trustworthy to you."

Cui Liu's expression turned gloomy in an instant. She lost her remaining hope and no longer had the strength to struggle.

When Ruan Yuxi smelled the sour odor on her body, she couldn't help but take two steps back, pinching the scarf with her fingertips to cover her nose.

"Hurry up and drag her out! How dare you let her crawl into the inner courtyard? What are you doing?"

The old woman quickly covered Cui Liu's mouth, and the two of them dragged her out together. The remaining old woman smiled along.

"Yes, she was sold to a brothel yesterday, and somehow she escaped again... Don't worry, Fourth Lady, I will definitely not let her come to get involved again."

Ruan Yuxi looked gloomy and turned away.

In July, after the beginning of autumn, it is the day for the eldest lady to get married.

According to the wedding customs, all the sisters were in the bridal chamber to see the eldest lady off to get married.

Madam Ruan Yuci was wearing a bright red satin skirt with a pattern of mandarin ducks and lotus flowers, the hem of the skirt folded and spread out on the ground.

Her eyes were bright and soft, with a hint of red between her lips, which made her look even more beautiful and dazzling.

Her husband's family was the Zhong family, a sixth-rank official in the Ministry of Works in the capital.

The third lady couldn't help but praise: "Big sister is so beautiful today... When you go to the capital, please remember to bring some local specialties for us sisters when you come back?"

"Of course." She said, "But soon, my father will be promoted and go to the capital. Are you still worried that there will be no time for us to get together?"

Ruan Yuci had a gentle personality and was extremely polite and gentle in dealing with people. Ruan Yuluan recalled that she had never had a quarrel with anyone in her two lives. She was gentle but had a limit.

The Second Lady seldom spoke, but every time she spoke, she was exceptionally clear-headed.

"That may not be the case. Seeing that my eldest sister is getting married, and the sisters are dying one after another, the days when we can get together will become less and less."

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