Chapter 535 - 534: Blockhead

Chapter 535: Chapter 534: Blockhead

The room was silent.

Ruozhu knelt on the ground, her body involuntarily breaking out in a cold sweat. Her hands were pressed against the floor, fists clenched, her nails digging crescent marks into her palms, slightly painful.

When she came, she hadn’t had time to think it through carefully. If she really analyzed it, she didn’t have the courage to speak indiscriminately in front of Du Yunluo.

But now that she had blurted everything out, there was still no response from Du Yunluo.

No anger, no urgency, no rebuke.

Everything Ruozhu said was like a stone falling into a lake, sinking with a splash and leaving no trace.

This made Ruozhu extremely uneasy.

She even thought that if the madam got angry, it would actually feel more comfortable in her heart.

It would be more comfortable than kneeling here in silence.

Ruozhu’s lips moved slightly, wanting to say something more, but the words were interrupted by the sound of the Western clock.

Her heart tightened suddenly, she raised her eyes to look at the Western clock, and the courage she had painstakingly gathered dissipated once more.

Du Yunluo glanced at her indifferently and raised her voice to call Jin Rui inside, "Drag her out and deal with her."

Jin Rui was startled, seeing Ruozhu also looking at Du Yunluo with wide, incredulous eyes. She lowered her head and answered, turning to call Madam Ma and Mrs. Shen inside.

Ruozhu was like she had been struck by lightning, not coming to her senses until the two women supported her by the arms to drag her out. It was then Ruozhu realized, and she struggled hard.

"Why?" Ruozhu struggled and asked Du Yunluo with red eyes, "Why? Is it just because I was right?"

Du Yunluo sneered and waved at the two women.

They threw Ruozhu on the ground.

"Why?" Du Yunluo’s gaze was cold, "I am the master, and you are a servant born into this family. Do I need a reason to deal with you? If I wanted to beat you to death, would your parents dare come to the manor to cry to me? Taking your life is easy. Similarly, if I wanted Zizhu’s life, beating her to death would suffice, no need for such hassle."

Ruozhu’s face turned pale.

She suddenly recalled the conversation she overheard between Jin Ling and Aunt Li from that day.

Jin Ling had said, if someone in the manor wanted Zizhu’s life, would they really sneak into Zizhu and her husband’s room in the dead of night to drag her out and throw her down a well?

Ruozhu hadn’t taken it to heart at the time, but now Du Yunluo’s words made everything much clearer.

She slumped to the ground, her body shaking like a sieve, her gaze aimless.

Du Yunluo signaled the two women to leave first and said to Ruozhu, "A wooden head, you can’t compare to Zizhu. There’s no messing with the rules in the manor. I’ll have the Li Family pick you up later."

Ruozhu sprang up forcefully, her shoulder hitting the table leg painfully, gritting her teeth, she said, "If the madam is going to drive this servant out, at least give me a straight answer. What happened to my elder sister...

"Weren’t you trying to scare Hongfu?" Du Yunluo interrupted Ruozhu’s words.

Ruozhu’s eyes darkened.

"Want to know how Zizhu died?" Du Yunluo walked over to Ruozhu, looking down at her, "If you really want to know, go ask Jin Ling, just say I asked her to tell you."

After saying this, Du Yunluo turned and entered the inner room.

Jin Rui informed Mrs. Shen to send a message to Willow Tree Alley to have Aunt Li from the Li Family come to take her away.

When she returned to the room, Ruozhu was still sitting dazedly on the floor of the east side room.

"Go kneel outside, you weren’t supposed to enter the madam’s room in the first place." Jin Rui shot Ruozhu a cold glance, then went inside to find Du Yunluo.

Du Yunluo was standing by the window, looking at the green banana leaves outside.

Jin Rui approached, speaking softly, "Madam, it’s time to eat."

Seeing Du Yunluo unresponsive, Jin Rui added, "Madam, don’t hurt yourself over a fool."

Du Yunluo turned around, her expression calm, "Don’t overthink it, it’s just an ignorant young maid, I’m not going to be at odds with her."

Having lived two lives, having seen all kinds of people and things, if everything was taken to heart, to be carefully calculated and distinguished, life would become tedious.

The slight brooding she had was not due to Ruozhu’s nonsensical words, but because, for a moment, she saw a trace of her past self in Ruozhu.

In her past life, she had recklessly rushed into Lianfu Garden after hearing a few provoking words from Du Yunying and Du Yunnuo, speaking recklessly to Du Gongfu and Old Mrs. Xia, and in the end, gained nothing but trouble for herself.

A wooden head, she once was one too.

By the time Jin Rui helped Du Yunluo out, Ruozhu was no longer in the room.

Yu Zhu came in to set the table and bring the dishes.

As Jin Rui exited, in the middle of the courtyard, she saw Ruozhu still kneeling there. She shook her head silently.

The so-called secrets of the manor, how could they be so easy to uncover?

Everything Ruozhu had heard was merely what Du Yunluo had allowed her to know.

Du Yunluo intended to spread the matter to Baijie Hall through Ruozhu, and since she used her, she would give her some benefit, though even Jin Rui hadn’t expected Ruozhu to be so clueless.

Fortunately, the master disliked beating and scolding people, otherwise, for the things Ruozhu said, a beating would have been a light punishment.

Aunt Li from the Li Family quickly came to the manor to take her away upon receiving the message.

She wasn’t allowed into the inner courtyard, so a steward woman brought Ruozhu to the front yard and handed her over to Aunt Li.

Aunt Li listened to Mrs. Shen saying that Ruozhu had offended the madam, which made her heart skip a beat. At this moment, seeing that Ruozhu just seemed mentally distraught but had no physical injuries, she put her hands together and praised, "The master is merciful."

She dragged Ruozhu back to Willow Tree Alley and then asked her sternly, "What the hell happened?

You insisted on entering the manor, and in such a short time, you were kicked out? Offended the madam? Did you speak nonsense to her about your elder sister?"

Ruozhu, in her dazed state, was pushed by Aunt Li’s questioning and, trembling on her shoulders, began to cry.

She explained everything to Aunt Li, who broke out in a cold sweat listening. Mu Lianyu and Mu Yuanjing’s filthy business nearly made Aunt Li faint.

"You crazy girl!" Aunt Li punched Ruozhu, "This kind of thing is none of your business! If you utter even one word outside, it could cost your life."

"So is that why my elder sister lost her life?" Ruozhu tilted her head and asked.

Aunt Li trembled with anger, "If that were the case, your elder sister should have been dead three years ago! And for you, speaking nonsense in front of the madam, if she killed you right there, what could you do?"

Ruozhu grabbed Aunt Li’s hand and said, "The madam said, if we want to know the truth of sister’s death, to ask Sister-in-law Yunqi, saying it was the madam’s idea to tell us the truth."

"Bah!" Aunt Li spat, "Still not giving up at this point?"

"I’ve already been kicked out, still unclear about everything, isn’t that losing both watermelon and sesame?" Ruozhu said as she abruptly stood up, "If the madam really wanted my life, I would have been dead just now. Since she won’t kill me, I’ll go ask."