Liu Siwan and her daughter returned to Huajin Courtyard, and Caiyun went up to lift the beaded curtain in front of the door.

Que Mo Zhixia kicked him away: "You bitch, haven't you eaten yet?"

"Zhi Xia!" Liu Siwan couldn't stop her in time. Cai Yun was kicked in the back of her knee and slid four or five steps away. She couldn't stop in time and her forehead hit the small couch where the night watchman was coming in. Blood flowed down her forehead.

Liu Siwan was stunned. She quickly ordered someone to cover the wound with a handkerchief and shouted to the servant outside the door, "Quickly summon the imperial physician, go now!"

When Mo Zhixia first saw Caiyun bleeding profusely, she was also a little scared, but when she saw her mother so panicked for the sake of a servant girl, she felt that it was beneath her dignity.

"Mother, I'm just a servant girl~" Mo Zhixia hadn't finished speaking.

Caiyun exclaimed in surprise, "Madam, you mustn't!" She tried to get up and step forward to stop her, but was held back by the two maids beside her.

A crisp slap rang out.

Liu Siwan angrily said, "Mo Zhixia, your Aunt Caiyun has been your mother's personal maid since you were born. She has taken care of you wholeheartedly since you were born. How could you be so cruel?"

Mo Zhixia was stunned by Liu Siwan's slap! From childhood to adulthood, Liu Siwan had never laid a finger on her. Today, when the Madam wanted to hit her, her mother had tried to stop her. She never expected that Liu Siwan would actually hit her for a mere servant!

Liu Siwan didn't actually hit that hard; there wasn't even a handprint on her face. After hitting her, she felt both heartache and regret and wanted to go over to comfort her.

But when she saw Caiyun's face covered in blood, she stopped in her tracks. She hit Zhixia to give Caiyun an explanation.

Caiyun had been with her for so many years, she knew everything about her, and had even plotted with her. Zhixia's background was a handle. To outsiders, she seemed to dote on Caiyun and trust her a lot, but she had no choice but to do so. Who would leave a hidden danger by their side? However, she couldn't think of a way to deal with Caiyun's situation for the time being.

Mo Zhixia's eyes widened, her left hand covering her face, her right hand pointing at Caiyun: "Mother, you actually beat your own daughter for her sake? In your eyes, I'm not even as good as a lowly servant?!"

"Shut up! Ruyi, escort the Second Miss back to her own courtyard and take good care of her. I'll go over later." Liu Siwan interrupted Mo Zhixia, wanting her to leave as soon as possible!

"I don't have a mother like you! I never want to see you again!" Mo Zhixia roared and ran out!

"Zhixia?" Liu Siwan looked incredulously in the direction Mo Zhixia had run off in, feeling as if her heart had been stabbed! Her eyes were filled with disbelief; how could her daughter, whom she had doted on since childhood, say such a thing? But she still instructed her maid to follow and keep an eye on her young mistress.

The physician arrived quickly. A maid helped Caiyun sit on a small couch, fetched water to wash the blood off her face, and the bleeding had stopped. However, when cleaning the scabs around the wound, she couldn't help but touch them, and blood started to seep out again.

"Dr. Wang, how is Caiyun? Is her injury serious?" Liu Siwan asked.

While applying medicine and bandaging Caiyun, Doctor Wang replied without turning his head, "Reporting to Second Madam, Miss Caiyun's injuries are quite severe, and she has lost a lot of blood. Hitting her head on a hard object may have long-term effects; she might experience headaches and dizziness in cloudy or rainy weather." After finishing bandaging, he turned to Liu Siwan, "This wound on her forehead might leave a scar!"

Caiyun was already dizzy from excessive bleeding, and upon hearing Doctor Wang's words, she completely fainted! How much do women care about their appearance, especially an unmarried girl in her twenties!

Liu Siwan had Caiyun carried back to her room, had Doctor Wang prescribe medicine, and had it brewed. She then informed Caiyun when she woke up. She turned and went to Mo Zhixia's courtyard.

Mo Zhixia returned to her room, swept all the tea sets off the table onto the floor, and then collapsed onto the bed, sobbing uncontrollably.

The maidservants serving her didn't dare to step forward to persuade her, fearing they might become the next Caiyun. Even her personal maid, Ruyi, could instruct people to clean up the broken pieces on the ground to prevent injury later.

Just as she finished tidying up, Liu Siwan entered the room, and Ruyi greeted her with a bow: "Madam."

Upon hearing Ruyi's voice, Mo Zhixia grabbed the blanket and covered her head: "Get out, all of you get out! I don't want to see anyone!"

Liu Siwan told everyone to leave, and then sat on the edge of the bed without pulling the blanket off.

She was just talking to herself: "I know you're angry with me, but you have to know that everything I do is for your own good. You're my only daughter."

Your father treats us mother and daughter with indifference. My last hope in this life rests on you! It hurts me to hit you, but if you don't control your temper, you'll suffer greatly when you marry into the Qing Prince's household!

Upon hearing Liu Siwan's words, Mo Zhixia pulled the blanket off her head, tears still clinging to her face. Liu Siwan felt a pang of heartache, pulled Mo Zhixia into her arms, and gently wiped away her tears with a handkerchief, touching her left cheek: "Xia'er, does it still hurt?"

Mo Zhixia shook her head: "It doesn't hurt anymore. I'm just angry. Mother values ​​Caiyun more than her daughter, and she hit me because of her!"

"Silly child, in your mother's heart, no one is more important than you. It's just that Caiyun has been with me since I was a child. Even the way your father arranged for you to be born was all a plan between us."

She's been by my side for over ten years. She knows about and has participated in many of the things I've done. To put it bluntly, it's not that I value her more than you, but rather that I can't let her have any disloyal thoughts.

"If they turn around and bite me in the future, the consequences will be unpredictable, do you understand?" Liu Siwan explained the situation to Mo Zhixia in detail.

Mo Zhixia felt a wave of fear after hearing this: "Mother, I was wrong, but what if Caiyun betrays us?"

Liu Siwan shook her head: "Her indenture is in my hands. She's already over twenty, and her marriage still depends on me. Her father and brothers are still on the estate, so they shouldn't have any ulterior motives for the time being."

But you must never act so impulsively again, and you mustn't speak so recklessly! Once the Old Lady of the Moon's birthday flower-viewing banquet is over, that mother and daughter will never be able to recover! Then there's nothing to fear! As for that mere Caiyun, if she dares to harbor any disloyalty, we'll deal with her!"

The two were talking inside the room and did not notice that someone was standing at the door. It was Mo Zhixia's personal maid, Ruyi. She had just heard that the second young lady and the madam had made up and was just about to bring water for the second young lady to wash up.

Someone came to report that Caiyun had woken up and asked her to announce her arrival. She brought water over and was about to knock on the door when she heard the madam say that Caiyun had something on her, and that the flower viewing banquet was a scheme against the eldest young lady and the madam, and that Caiyun would be dealt with in the future!

Her whole body began to tremble uncontrollably. She finally realized that the Second Miss's ruthlessness was inherited from the Second Madam. She had said that the General, Madam, and Eldest Miss were all kind people who rarely punished their subordinates, let alone killed them at will. The Second Miss's personality and appearance were nothing like the General's.

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