The reborn girl always wants to escape, but the abstinent marquis hugs her and coaxes her!

Chapter 20 Isn't it just pretending to be pitiful? Who can't do that?

As soon as he entered Wutong Courtyard, Luo Shu immediately closed the door and asked urgently, "Miss, what...what on earth is going on?"

Xu Rongrong took a sip of water and said, "Do you remember the medicine I asked you to buy while you were with the doctor at the palace?"

Luo Shu nodded.

"Among those medicines, there's one called nutmeg. I ground it into powder and smeared it inside the sack. Nutmeg powder has a mind-cluttering effect. The more Xu Minmin struggled, the more she inhaled. This powder caused her to lose track of time and suffer from short-term memory loss. That's why she remembered what happened in the afternoon as if it had just happened."

The two girls seemed to understand but not quite.

Wen Yao was a careful person, and she was a little worried. "But what if Madam finds something suspicious and asks a doctor to come and examine her?" Xu Rongrong smiled and said, "That's why I gave her Buddha's hand fruit. The nutmeg flavor is light and won't linger. Even if some of it does linger, it will dissipate immediately when it comes into contact with the Buddha's hand fruit. Forget about an ordinary doctor, even if the imperial physician comes, there's no way to examine her."

Listening to her story, Luo Shu clapped his hands and laughed, "Miss, you are really amazing!"

Wen Yao asked in confusion, "Last time, Miss used Changshan to subdue the Marquis of Changxing, and this time she used nutmeg. How come Miss knows so much?"

Xu Rongrong smiled: "Someone taught me in my dream."

After she finished speaking, she turned her head to look at the sky outside the window and ordered, "Go open the gate."

Luo Shu was a little worried: "I'm afraid the Third Young Lady will come and make trouble."

Xu Rongrong shook her head and said, "It's okay. Father will be off duty soon. You go and guard the second gate. When he returns home, please come to our yard." Luo Shu knew that his young lady had her own plans, so he went out obediently.

Not long after she left, Xu Minmin's shrill voice came from outside the yard: "Xu Rongrong, you bitch, you hurt me!"

Xu Rongrong went out to greet her, leaning against the porch and looking at her with a smile: "Miss Third is so angry, why didn't Madam comfort you?"

Xu Minmin rushed into the yard, her eyes wide with anger: "Mother has been deceived by you. You must have used some shameful means! In the entire Xu Mansion, who else dares to lay hands on me except you?"

She was followed by several maids from the Bai Cui Courtyard. Xu Liushi did not come with them. I guess she agreed to let her youngest daughter come to her place to make trouble. Even if the trouble got out of hand, looking at Xu Minmin's face covered in blood, Xu Chaoqian would probably not punish her severely.

Haha...you are really fearless.

Xu Rongrong looked indifferent: "Third sister, you should think carefully about whether you have offended someone in the past and are taking this opportunity to take revenge."

Xu Minmin gritted her teeth and said, "Everyone knows that the entire Xu Mansion is in my mother's hands. How could anyone possibly go against me?"

"Or wait until father comes back and conduct a thorough investigation at the house."

"Father is such a fool, what could he know?"

There was a hint of panic in Xu Rongrong's voice: "Sister, don't talk nonsense. Father is the head of our Xu family."

Her words made Xu Minmin even angrier: "What head of the family?! If that old fool hadn't been deceived by you, how could I have been thrown into the ancestral hall and kneeled for two days? Mother was just giving him some face and letting it go, but I won't let it go..."

"You won't let anyone go?" Xu Chaoqian walked into Wutong Courtyard with full energy and a hint of anger, followed by Wen Yao.

Xu Rongrong quickly walked behind Xu Chaoqian and said tremblingly, "Father, don't be angry. Minjie is still young and has just been instigated by these nonsense. Fortunately, these unrestrained words are only said in my yard."

Xu Chaoqian looked at her well-behaved and sensible appearance and sighed: "You little girl, you were beaten and scolded like this, and you still protected her. You also said that this is only in Wutong Courtyard. If it gets out into the world without any discipline, I will lose my face as a father."

Xu Rongrong lowered her head and curled the corners of her mouth.

The eldest daughter's understanding and the youngest daughter's unreasonable behavior formed a sharp contrast, and Xu Chaoqian became even angrier.

He patted Xu Rongrong soothingly and said, "Just stand aside. Today, I will use the family rules to discipline the third girl!"

Xu Minmin was horrified: "Father, you're actually going to use family rules!"

After saying that, she ran out of the yard in a panic to ask her mother for help!

Xu Chaoqian knew what was going on, so he shouted, "Hold her down!"

Two servants came forward and grabbed Xu Minmin tightly to prevent her from moving.

Seeing that the situation was not good, a maid behind Xu Chaoqian quietly slipped out of Wutong Courtyard and went to inform Xu Liushi.

Xu Rongrong glanced at it and pitifully advised, "Father, you should talk to Madam. After all, Min Jieer was wronged today. If she is punished in my Wutong Courtyard today, in the future..."

"What are you afraid of?" Xu Chaoqian interrupted her. "I'm the dignified head of the Xu family, supporting this entire family. Do I even have to ask permission from a woman to discipline my own daughter? But you do have a point... Take the third girl to the front yard and punish her according to the family rules!"

"Mother...Mother...Help!" Xu Minmin shouted.

Xu Chaoqian was furious when he heard the voice, and slapped Xu Minmin's face to the side: "Look at yourself now, you look crazy, you don't look like a lady at all. Today your father will definitely discipline you." After that, he ordered someone to drag Xu Minmin to the front yard.

Luo Shu went to watch the fun, while Xu Rongrong returned to her room.

After tossing and turning for so long, she was a little hungry.

After a while, Luo Shu came back excitedly.

Xu Rongrong was drinking porridge. The house was in chaos, so the dinner was prepared in a perfunctory manner.

Luo Shu was waiting on the side, full of things to say. Seeing her anxious but hesitant look, Xu Rongrong burst out laughing and put down the spoon in her hand: "Tell me."

Wen Yao also pricked up his ears and waited to listen.

Luo Shu spilled the beans like a bamboo tube pouring out of a bamboo tube: "The third young lady was beaten terribly. I saw her being pressed directly onto the bench. The bamboo board she was hit with was so thick that even if the maids didn't dare to use force, twenty strokes of the board would have been unbearable. The mistress was stopped outside the courtyard and her voice was hoarse from shouting, but the master refused to let her in. At this moment, the third young lady was knocked unconscious and carried back to the Bai Cui Courtyard. The mistress entered the front courtyard, and when the door closed, there was a ping-pong sound from inside. I think a lot of things in the master's study were smashed."

After she finished speaking, she let out a long sigh: "It feels so good!"

Xu Rongrong smiled and gently tapped a scab-covered wound on Luo Shu's face: "Did you vent your anger?"

Luo Shu: "..."

After a long time, she finally came to her senses, her eyes filled with tears: "Miss, you did this for me..."

Xu Rongrong tilted her head, the mottled candlelight casting a soft, dreamy shadow on her face. She said, "I've always said that when it comes to venting anger, you have to do it yourself."

Luo Shu blinked. "So the young lady deliberately asked Wen Yao to invite the master, and also deliberately let the master witness this scene?"

Xu Rongrong nodded: "Father values ​​his reputation the most. Xu Minmin looked down on him behind her back, so naturally he has to show his father's authority."

"So the pitiful look you showed just now was all an act?" Wen Yao suddenly realized.

Xu Rongrong raised the corner of her mouth and chuckled, "Isn't it just pretending to be pitiful? Everyone can do that."