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

Chapter 5 Everything Will Change

Xu Rongrong's health improved visibly.

These days, Xu Chaoqian would come to Wutong Courtyard as soon as he finished his shift to introduce her to the rules of the Qixi Festival banquet.

Seeing his firm attitude, he knew he couldn't avoid Xu Rongrong's feast.

So, she called Luo Shu to her side and handed her a list with the names of some herbs on it. In Luo Shu's puzzled eyes, she gave her detailed instructions for a long time.

Luo Shu wrote down everything, and finally frowned: "But this servant can't get out."

It is an unwritten rule that the maids accompanying the female members of the family cannot leave the mansion at will.

Xu Rongrong comforted him, "It's okay, I have a way." As soon as the two finished speaking, the palace doctor came to take his pulse.

Due to the instructions of Minister Lu, even though Xu Rongrong's health had improved, the palace physician still came to the palace twice a day to check her pulse.

The pulse was much calmer today, which made him quite satisfied. He instructed, "You don't need to take the previous prescription anymore. I'll write another one and have the medicine boy bring it over shortly."

Xu Rongrong said gently, "Why bother the palace doctor every time? Leave the prescription here and let Luo Shu go out to buy it."

This was a trivial matter, so the palace doctor naturally did not make any excuses.

After he finished writing the prescription and dried the ink, he handed it to Luo Shu and left with the medicine boy.

Luo Shu received Xu Rongrong's instructions and followed her out the door. The doorman was about to stop her, but she took out the prescription and said, "This is the prescription that the Shangshu's mansion wrote for the eldest lady. If you try to stop me, I will tell the master."

The doormen looked at each other and didn't dare to stop him.

Luo Shu was very busy this morning. In addition to picking up the medicine according to the prescription, she also bought a few more herbs from a different pharmacy based on the list provided by Xu Rongrong.

The little girl was only thinking about completing the task assigned by her mistress, and was completely unaware that there were eyes following her all the way.

After returning home, she handed the medicine prescribed by the palace doctor to Wen Yao to prepare during rounds, and she quietly took the medicine that Xu Rongrong had asked her to take into the room.

"What are you buying these for, miss?"

Xu Rongrong opened the paper package, sniffed the bitter aroma of the herbs, and said with a smile, "It's just for emergencies. You go outside and keep watch for me."

Upon hearing this, Luo Shu took out a wire basket.

In the house, Xu Rongrong ground the herbs into powder.

Under the porch, Luo Shu was embroidering a purse while guarding the yard for the young lady.

……

The people in Wutong Courtyard were very busy, while in Baicui Courtyard, separated by a wall, came the sound of porcelain breaking.

This courtyard was more than three times larger than Wutong Courtyard, and the maids serving there were also dressed beautifully, but at this moment their pretty faces were pale and they dared not even breathe.

Inside the house, Xu Minmin, the third daughter of the Xu family, was losing her temper. "Father must have lost his mind. Why would he hire a doctor for that person when she's fine? I saw her strolling around the yard today. Isn't this all a waste of our time?"

The second young lady, Xu Yaoyao, consoled her, "You, when you first instigated Mother to poison her, I didn't agree."

"We're not doing this for you!"

"She is our eldest sister after all. If anything bad happens to her, father will be heartbroken."

"How can she be my sister? You're my only sister! Look at how weak she is all day long. The daughter of a sixth-rank official, who is she showing her weakness to?"

"Don't say anymore. If someone with ulterior motives tells this to father's ears, be careful that he will punish you." Xu Yaoyao frowned. His father was a face-conscious person. He had been a sixth-rank court counselor for six or seven years. It was most annoying for him to be talked about this matter.

"I'm not afraid." Xu Minmin didn't care. "He doesn't even dare to breathe in front of his mother."

As the two sisters were talking, Xu Liu walked in.

Seeing the broken porcelain pieces on the floor, he frowned and said, "You really need to change your temper. You're an adult and you still throw things around! If you break this tea bowl, the whole set will be useless. How much salary does your father make a year? Can he afford such waste?"

Xu Minmin hugged Xu Liu's arm and said coquettishly, "Mother, you came at the right time. I'm very angry. The man in Wutong Courtyard looks to have recovered. I'm afraid that sister won't be able to go to the Qixi Festival banquet."

Xu Liu patted her head and said, "Don't worry, it doesn't matter if she can go to the Qixi Festival banquet. Mother has already made arrangements and will definitely not let her have an easy time."

Seeing that she spoke so firmly, Xu Yaoyao, who was standing behind her, felt a little relieved.

My eldest sister is gentle in nature. She lets her mother manipulate her in the Xu Mansion without saying a word. But she is born with a good appearance after all. If she really finds a good marriage at the Qixi Festival banquet, I am afraid it will be difficult to control her.

I hope my mother's plan will succeed.

……

In the evening, heavy rain suddenly came.

Summer rainstorms are often accompanied by lightning and thunder, and the sky is bright and dark, which makes Xu Rongrong very unhappy.

Luo Shu was standing in the corridor, shaking off the rainwater from his umbrella. His wet hair stuck to his forehead, and he looked rather disheveled.

She looked at Xu Rongrong who was in a daze and said, "Miss, please come in quickly."

Xu Rongrong didn't answer. Through Luo Shu's face, she saw another face from her memory—Luo Shu's only brother, Luo Qiu. Unlike Wen Yao, Luo Shu wasn't born into the Xu family, but was brought into the mansion at the age of eight.

Back then, the Luo family suffered a great disaster and was forced to sell their youngest daughter. When the skinny Luo Shu was brought in by the matchmaker, Xu Rongrong fell in love with him at first sight. The little Luo Shu's ignorant and uneasy look was very much like herself at that time.

But unlike himself, Luo Shu still has his elder brother Luo Qiu to rely on.

Luo Qiu was worried about his sister, so he followed the Xu family all the way around, making a living by doing odd jobs, and eventually stayed in the capital with the Xu family.

In his previous life, after being sold to Jiangnan by Xu Liu, Luo Qiu spent five years searching for his sister's whereabouts. When Xu Rongrong learned that Luo Shu had been bought by several farmers and tortured day and night, she nearly went mad. Luo Qiu also wanted to rescue his sister, but was no match for the powerful farmers. He was beaten black and blue and had to return to seek help.

It was on that evening when it was raining heavily, with thunder and lightning. The seven-foot-tall man, covered in wounds, collapsed in front of the Marquis's mansion, dying, and begged her to rescue Luo Shu.

That night, she braved the heavy rain and broke into Mu Rong's room, kneeling down and begging him to help.

That was also a night she would never forget. She smelled the strong smell of alcohol on Mu Rong. She watched him coldly say to Mu Yi, "You do it," and then slammed the door shut.

Then, he staggered towards her without any emotion.

Her already wet dress shattered into pieces in his hands.

Her fragile struggle became vulnerable in the face of his demands.

There was a violent storm outside the door, and her voice was sobbing inside the door.

Half a month later, Mu Yi brought back two boxes of ashes from Jiangnan, one for Wen Yao and the other for Luo Shu.

Luo Shu, unable to bear the despair of life and unwilling to bring trouble to his brother, ultimately drowned himself in the river. Wen Yao, on the other hand, had died two years earlier, succumbing to syphilis in the brothel. In her previous life, she had learned too late.

In this life, everything will change!