Wan Ruo woke up in the dead of night. Looking around, she realized this was Bai Chen's residence. How did I end up here? I remember I was at the House of Flowers!
Her head throbbed painfully. She gently shook her head, and in a daze, it seemed as if there was someone behind her. When she looked closely, she was startled.
"Ah! ... How ... how did you get here?" Wan Ruo tightly clutched the quilt to cover her body and stammered in shock.
Bai Chen was awakened by Wan Ruo's scream. He frowned slightly and replied nonchalantly, "Is it so strange that I'm here?"
He was right. This was Bai Chen's room after all.
"Then, why am I here? ... And what did you do to me?" Wan Ruo blushed when she saw herself naked in bed with him.
"Don't tell me you don't remember getting completely drunk last night?" Bai Chen said coldly.
Hearing this, Wan Ruo thought it might be true. "But you shouldn't have taken advantage of me!"
"Take advantage of you? I don't know who took advantage of me under the influence of alcohol. Now you're accusing me of taking advantage? Oh, I'm so unlucky!" Bai Chen covered his head and said innocently, "But then again, it's all my fault for not being able to resist the temptation! I can resist anyone's temptation, but I have absolutely no resistance to you! Oh..."
So it's my fault? You make it sound like you're the victim? Thank you so much!
But did I really behave so disgracefully? I couldn't have really taken advantage of him, could I?
"Stop talking nonsense. How could I ... take advantage of you?" Wan Ruo asked in a low voice, feeling a bit guilty.
"If you don't believe me, look. My lips were kissed until they were broken!" Bai Chen pointed to his lips for Wan Ruo to see.
Well ... it did seem so. But why don't I have any memory of it at all? Alcohol really does cause trouble!
Wan Ruo didn't want to listen to him. She quickly put on her clothes and turned to leave.
"Are you going to deny everything after we've been together?" Bai Chen calmly lay on the couch, propping his head up with his arm and quietly looking at Wan Ruo.
"Um ... You sound like a complaining woman!" Wan Ruo said with a black line on her face, feeling speechless.
But Bai Chen just curled the corner of his mouth and replied charmingly, "I'm not exactly a complaining woman. At most, I'm a complaining man!"
Ugh ... I'm too lazy to talk to you!
On the other side, in the inn.
Wei Qingshan, who had recovered from the high fever, gradually woke up. She looked around at her surroundings.
The facilities in the room were very simple. There was a bed, a square table opposite it with four chairs, a teapot and several cups on the table, and a washbasin stand by the window. That was all.
Just then, the waiter knocked on the door and came in. He greeted warmly, "Hey, miss, you're awake? This is the medicinal soup I boiled for you. Drink it while it's hot! I'll leave it here. If you need anything, just let me know!"
"Excuse me, have you seen my mother?" Wei Qingshan asked softly.
"Oh, you mean the lady who brought you here. She went out early this morning and specifically told me to boil the medicine for you on time!" the waiter replied enthusiastically.
"Um, could you prepare some bath water for me?" Wei Qingshan asked tentatively.
"Of course. Please wait a moment. I'll bring it right away!"
The waiter had received quite a lot of benefits from Su Qinglan, or else he wouldn't have been so enthusiastic!
Wei Qingshan sat up and drank the medicine. Just thinking about what had happened before made her feel nauseous and retch.
After a while, the waiter prepared a hot water bucket for bathing and even sprinkled flower petals in it!
Wei Qingshan soaked in the bathtub and scrubbed her body vigorously. Just thinking about Sun Wu's ugly face made her skin crawl and want to vomit.
When had she ever suffered such humiliation? That damned eunuch! I must kill him! At this moment, her eyes turned fierce, and she scrubbed so hard that her body began to turn red and small red blood spots appeared.
At this time, the sky was just beginning to brighten.
But she didn't know that her mother, Su Qinglan, had hanged herself in front of the mansion of the General who Aids the State.
The guard was startled when he opened the door. Su Qinglan had already lost her breath. He quickly took her down and then went to inform the lady and the general.
A blood - written letter was found in Su Qinglan's hand. 'Daughter is unfilial. I don't want to live on disgracefully and implicate my family!'
The old lady who saw the blood - written letter almost fainted. She pounded on the old man beside her and cried, "What kind of sin have we committed? A white - haired person burying a black - haired one! This is clearly resentment, blaming us! It's all your fault, all your fault! Give me back my daughter!" The old lady cried out in grief and anger.
"Enough! Hurry up and carry the body away! Don't make a fool of us here! I'll just pretend I never had this daughter!" the general ordered coldly.
"You ... You're so heartless!" Hearing the old man say such a heartless thing, the old lady couldn't catch her breath and died!
The general beside her nervously shouted, "Lady, lady, are you okay?"
This is really a sin! ...
In an instant, white cloth and white lanterns were hung all over the mansion of the General who Aids the State!
Just as Wei Qingshan finished bathing and changed her clothes, she found a letter on the package.
It was written 'To Qingshan'.
It was her mother's handwriting! Wei Qingshan couldn't wait to open the letter, but the contents were unacceptable to her!
It read:
'Dear Qingshan, by the time you see this letter, mother may no longer be in this world. Mother is going to accompany your father. Remember not to go to your grandmother's house. There is quite a lot of money in the package. It should be enough for you to live on for a while. You must live well and love yourself! Your mother, Su Qinglan.'
At this moment, Wei Qingshan couldn't believe her eyes. She rummaged through the package, and sure enough, there were some gold and silver jewelry and some loose silver.
Could this be true? Wei Qingshan slumped on the bed, unable to shed tears. She thought, wasn't mother going to take refuge with grandmother's family? Why did we stay in an inn? Why didn't she let me go to grandmother's house?
Thinking of this, Wei Qingshan didn't care about anything else. She rushed out of the door and came to the mansion of the General who Aids the State!
She was stunned by what she saw. What on earth was going on?
White lanterns and white mourning banners were hung in front of the mansion of the General who Aids the State!
Could mother really be dead? Wei Qingshan's heart skipped a beat.
At this time, the onlookers beside were chatting. "Hey, have you heard? The daughter of the General who Aids the State died in front of her own house, and she even scared the general's wife to death!"
"Really? Really?"
"Don't listen to him. I heard the old lady was so angry that she died! Well, who knows what really happened?"
Hearing this, Wei Qingshan thought, does this mean both grandmother and mother are dead?
She leaned against the wall like a thunderbolt. Her grandmother had always been very kind to her. Now that her grandmother had also left her, she was really all alone ...
At this moment, tears streamed down her face, and her heart was bleeding! She walked back to the inn step by step.
But she was driven out by the waiter!