The two of them made their way to the back gate all the way, only to find that it was also tightly locked. She couldn't help getting a bit annoyed. "They're clearly doing this on purpose..."
Hearing this, Zhuque couldn't help sighing. "No matter what, Miss is the legitimate daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion. Why is the Prime Minister so heartless? Not only does he ignore Miss, but now he even makes it impossible for Miss to return home."
They couldn't go to the Bandit Jade Villa. It was too far away, and there was no carriage at the moment. If they walked there on foot, they probably wouldn't arrive until dawn the next day. They couldn't go to the Prince's Mansion either. Her intuition told her that Su Yunxiu hadn't left yet, and she still remembered what had happened in the afternoon. She didn't want to go looking for trouble... After all these considerations, she finally found that she had nowhere to go.
It wasn't until her gaze fell on the not - very - high courtyard wall that an idea suddenly flashed through her mind. She proposed, "Zhuque, let's climb over it. It doesn't seem very high to me."
"Not high?" Zhuque was a bit scared.
But Cheng Xiran had already taken action. She started looking around for medium - sized stones to use as footstools. No matter what, she was determined to get back to her room today. No one could stop her.
Zhuque had no choice but to join her in the search.
Finally, after much effort, carrying and moving, they managed to move a big stone to the foot of the wall.
"Zhuque, wait a moment. After I get up, I'll go to the wood - shed to get a ladder."
Cheng Xiran struggled to climb up. Fortunately, she could reach the top. Otherwise, they would surely have to shiver in the cold outside that night. It took all her strength to finally get onto the wall. But looking at the darkness below, she suddenly felt a bit afraid to jump.
She took out her money bag from her waist, took out a silver ingot and threw it down. After hearing no sound, she dared to jump. It was okay before she jumped, but once she did, it was a disaster. She fell directly into a mud pit and got covered in mud all over.
But she didn't care about this. She quickly went back to the wood - shed to get a ladder. Then she called another maid from her courtyard to help, and only then was Zhuque able to climb in.
The mistress and the maid were already exhausted and collapsed in the courtyard. Just as they were about to ask the little maid to go to the kitchen to boil some hot water, they saw her go with a wooden bucket and come back empty - handed. She looked puzzled and said, "It's really strange. The kitchen never used to lock the door. I don't know why it's locked tightly tonight."
Looking at Cheng Xiran covered in mud, Zhuque tried hard to hold back her tears. "Miss, how about I go to the old lady's room to have a look? There might be hot water there."
"No need. Just sleep like this. We'll wash up early tomorrow morning."
This Lady Liu and Cheng Zhiyue were really of low taste. Even at this time, they were still playing tricks that only kids would play.
The most annoying thing was that they were enjoying it.
Zhuque quickly led her to her own courtyard. "Miss, you'd better sleep in my room. It's not good to dirty your room. Early tomorrow morning, I'll go with Yun'er to boil hot water and wash the bedding right away."
To save manpower and resources, in the end, she decided that the mistress and the maid would sleep in the same bed, so there would be less to clean up the next day.
"I didn't expect Lady Liu to be so heartless."
At night, Zhuque was still muttering beside her. Cheng Xiran just replied casually. Maybe because she had exhausted enough energy that day, she fell asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow and unexpectedly slept very soundly.
She naturally didn't know that Zhuque was sobbing quietly beside her.
Early the next morning, when Cheng Xiran woke up, it happened that the two of them were coming back after boiling the hot water.