Traveling to the ancient harem

The woodshed of Tingfengju.

The door of the woodshed was ajar. No one was worried that Qiu Die would run out, and no one came to ask. The people in Tingfengju were all self-protective, and no one dared to meddle in other people's business. The person that the young lady disliked must not be touched. If the young lady knew about it, I don't know what would happen.

Xu Rou didn't take it to heart at all. It wasn't the first time. In her mind, if one made a mistake, one should be punished. This girl was very tough. She behaved well every time after being punished so many times. If she wasn't a maid in the mansion, occupying the position of a senior maid, such a stupid girl would have been driven away long ago.

The night in late autumn was too cold. The wind blew in from the door and woke up the unconscious Qiu Die. She hummed a few times unconsciously and woke up.

Qiu Die opened her eyes. Her head felt like it was splitting apart. She was nauseous and shivering all over. This time, she realized that she was about to die.

Qiu Die felt a strong hatred in her heart, she hated God for being unfair, for not letting her enjoy a single day of happiness since she was born. Her family valued sons, so when she was five years old and able to do things, she was sent to live with the young lady. She was born honest, and was not as perceptive as Qiu Wen in doing things. She was also clumsy in speaking and did not know how to flatter. Naturally, she was not liked by the young lady, who would take her out on her when she was in a bad mood, and she was often beaten to death.

She hated her parents too. They lived in the same mansion and knew her situation. She had secretly gone home to show her injuries to her parents and begged them to ask for some leniency and transfer her out of Tingfengju. They were the elders in the mansion and had some connections, so it was not difficult to accomplish this. If they loved their children, they would have tried every possible means to get the child out.

Her parents were afraid that offending the young lady would make their lives difficult, and that she would bring trouble to her two younger brothers, so they advised her to serve the young lady well, not to have any undue thoughts, and warned her not to do anything wrong and bring trouble to the family.

She hated the young lady even more. She had served her wholeheartedly since she was a child, fearing that even the slightest mistake would result in endless beatings and scoldings. It would be better to die so that she wouldn't have to suffer this kind of pain. In the next life, she thought vaguely, she would rather be reborn as an animal than come here.

Qiu Die's consciousness became increasingly blurred. At this moment, she felt someone lifting her up from the ground and letting her lean against the wall. Unfortunately, she couldn't sit still and slipped down again.

"Who?" she asked, her voice so soft that no one could hear her. Who would dare to save her now? Her eyelids were heavy and she couldn't open her eyes.

She was picked up and leaned in someone's arms. She heard someone talking, as if someone was looking for water. She was in a daze and couldn't hear it clearly.

She felt a bowl at her mouth with water in it. Someone was feeding her water. She was so thirsty that she swallowed hard. Only after she finished the bowl of water did she feel a little more energetic and slowly opened her eyes.

The dim moonlight shone in from the door. She couldn't see clearly, but she knew there were two people, and the one squatting in front of her seemed to be a child.

"Who are you?" she asked again, her voice barely audible.

Huang Ye and Hong Dou looked at each other and pulled off the cloth covering their faces. Huang Ye picked her up again from his arms, and Hong Dou helped her, letting her lean against the wall again. She was also very tired after being leaned against by him for such a long time.

With the help of the moonlight outside the door, Qiu Die recognized them. They were the young lady of the Huang family who was bullied by the young lady in Fuyun Temple that day, but failed to bully her and still wanted to kill her.

"I'm sorry." Qiu Die's lips moved. She was too weak to make a sound, but Huang Ye understood these three words. This was also the reason why she chose to save her. This girl still had a conscience. When she bumped into her that day, her face was full of guilt. You know, if this happened in modern times, a thirteen or fourteen-year-old child, still a junior high school student, would end up like this. It was really too tragic.

"I'm going to die." Qiu Die closed her eyes, her breath becoming weaker and weaker, her life slowly fading away. Could it be that such a young life was going to be gone on this cold night?

Huang Ye hardened her heart and took out a pill from her purse. Hongdou held her hand and shook her head firmly. Master Jingzhen said that this medicine was worth a thousand gold coins and could bring the dead back to life. So he gave them each a pill to save their lives. It was not worth it for a little girl.

"As long as we can save a life, it's worth it. Go get some more water." Huang Ye understood what she meant and said in a low voice. Hongdou didn't say anything else and went out again.

Qiu Die felt a pill being stuffed into her mouth in a daze. She couldn't swallow it, so someone tilted her neck up and forced the pill down her mouth. She wanted to cough, but she didn't have the strength to do so.

Seeing her like this, Huang Ye took out a silver needle from her purse and pricked several acupuncture points on her body. This was the life-saving acupuncture method taught to her by her second master, to give the girl some life force. This girl would need time to digest the life-saving medicine.

The acupuncture worked. Qiu Die visibly regained consciousness and became more energetic.

"Thank you, thank you for saving me." Her voice was low but clear.