Chapter 51 Ruchun is punished
After exiting the alley in the back street, Su Qing carried the empty basket, looked at the green leaves occasionally peeking out from the white walls, and took a deep breath. The ancient air was so good.
Su Qing was immersed in it when he heard hurried footsteps behind him. A man ran past him. Su Qing felt like he was going to be blown down by the wind as he ran.
Before she could react, the person in front suddenly turned around, looked at her twice, turned around and pulled her to the corner of a house, took off his outer clothes and stuffed them into the small basket that Su Qing was carrying, then pushed her against the wall, covered Su Qing's mouth with one hand, and looked back anxiously.
Su Qing opened his eyes and looked at the young man in front of him with horror. No one knew where this guy had gone. His face was covered in dust and only a pair of bright big eyes could be seen. Su Qing felt his mind went blank.
"Don't talk. I promise not to hurt you. It's only for a while. If you promise me, I will let go of your hand." The young man said in a soft voice.
Su Qing nodded mechanically, and the boy slowly let go of his hand. Seeing that Su Qing didn't say anything, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Three people in uniform appeared in the alley. Upon seeing this, the young man quickly buried his head in Su Qing's neck and kept nodding.
Damn it, if Su Qing had a knife in her hand now, she would definitely stab this guy. What does he think of her? She was an obedient girl in her past and present life.
Seeing the three men looking at the two of them as if they were a servant and a maid going out on a date, Su Qing kept greeting the boy's mother in her heart.
The three men looked over here and turned around to continue running forward. The young man waited for the three men to run over, then stood up straight, took out his coat from Su Qing's basket, put it on and said, "I'm sorry, it's a bit urgent. If you need my help in the future, just go to the old Wang's blacksmith shop in the south of the city and find the waiter." After saying that, he looked at Su Qing again and turned to walk in the opposite direction.
"Hey, Wang Xiaoer, stop." Su Qing shouted from behind. The boy turned around and looked at her, waiting for her to speak. Su Qing bent down, picked up a medium-sized stone on the ground and threw it hard, "You bastard." After saying that, she turned around and ran away.
When Su Qing came back, she found Chuan'er chatting with Mrs. Fang, and Gou'er had something in his mouth, but he was eating with a smile on his face.
"I always trouble you. Ever since Miss Qing came to live here, you bring food to this kid every time you come. How can I thank you enough? And Miss Qing, you always help me with work. You even gave me two sets of clothes and asked me to alter them for the dog. This is really..." Looking at her grandson's greedy look and thinking about the situation of the two generations, Mrs. Fang couldn't help but pull up her sleeves and wipe away her tears.
"Don't say that. Everyone has difficulties. Besides, a little food is nothing. We are all grown up, and we don't eat much of these candies and cakes. If you get more in the future, give them to the dog."
Mrs. Fang gratefully asked the dog to say thank you. The dog shook his head and said thank you incoherently, and the rice cake in his mouth fell out.
Chuan'er looked up and saw Su Qing coming back. "Where have you been? Why is your hair so messy?"
Su Qing thought about the young man just now, and was secretly angry, but she didn't say anything. She scratched her hair with her hands and said, "Why did you come here at this time? What's the matter?"
Chuan Er smiled and said, "That's good. I think you can go back tomorrow at the latest."
"What? Is there any result?" Su Qing pulled Chuan'er into the house and listened to Chuan'er talking about the situation in Qinyuan in the past two days.
"What did you say? Ruchun went to recognize him herself?"
"Yes, Ruchun took your jar and the remaining medicine to Liu Mama's room. She said she didn't think too much about it. She was just afraid that you would compete with her for the third place, so she wanted to embarrass you."
Su Qing was a little confused at first. Just like that? How could it be so simple and easy? Su Qing suddenly felt that everything was solved too quickly and too easily.
"Do you know why Mother Liu was so angry this time and why she believed at the first moment that you were framed instead of eating something wrong?" Chuan'er lowered his voice.
"Why?"
"Do you remember that a while ago, Madam Liu didn't come to serve the Fourth Miss?"
"Remember, didn't you say that Madam Liu was ill? But I saw that she just didn't go to the Fourth Miss's side, and she didn't delay the arrangements for other matters in the courtyard."
"Yes, that's because Mama Liu wasn't sick at all. She had trouble going to the toilet during those days, so she asked the doctor at Ruihetang to prescribe some medicine. I don't know if the dosage was wrong or if the child made a mistake when dispensing the medicine. Mama Liu only took one packet and it was just like you that day. She didn't dare to take it anymore and kept it in her own bedside box."
"Ah? So the medicine was taken by Ruchun?"
"Yes, Ruchun said that she found out about this incident by chance, and wanted to take this opportunity to embarrass you, so she stole Mama Liu's medicine and put it in your water. She also found the little maid from another mansion who came to the mansion that day to give it to you."
Chuan'er continued, "Mother Liu asked which maid it was, and Ruchun said she couldn't remember. She told the maid that you went to tell a story but forgot to bring a water cup, so she asked her to bring it to you, let her watch you drink, and then help bring it back to her."
Su Qing rubbed his forehead. Something was wrong.
Although Qing Rui also said that the little maid who brought her the jar should not be from the mansion, but the female relatives who entered the Huainan Marquis Mansion that day were all accompanied by their personal maids. How could there be someone so short-sighted? This is one reason.
Secondly, Ruchun had no right to go to the upper room. Even if she always went to Wanxiang's place, it was only where the third-class maids lived. But Mama Liu lived in the first room in the east wing. How did Ruchun know that Mama Liu's medicine was placed beside the bed?
Wanxiang's half-smiling face appeared in front of her again. Ruchun must need help to do all this. Her aunt could not help her. In other words, it was not certain whether Guangzhu's family knew that Ruchun had done such a thing or not. Therefore, Ruchun's helper could only be Wanxiang.
Su Qing's mind suddenly became clear. Ruchun really wanted to deal with him, because the Crown Prince's wife had put the issue of confirming a dowry maid for Meng Qi on the agenda these days. Ruchun had this idea in mind, so whoever could be squeezed out was better, especially to deal with someone like Su Qing who had no backing.
But why did Wanxiang do that? She was already a third-class maid. Even if she was afraid that I would threaten her, she would have to wait until I became the fourth lady's personal maid before she could compete with her. If it wasn't for this, then she simply didn't like me? Probably not. We were all new here. Wanxiang didn't need to take such a big risk to target me.
So what was the reason? Su Qing thought again and again about the conflicts she had with Wanxiang recently. She suddenly remembered the day when Meng Shao brought Jiang and the two young masters to Qinyuan, and a bold idea came to her mind.
No way? Isn't Wanxiang's target the prince? Could it be that she has changed?
It should be, because if he was the prince, he has been in the East Palace for almost three months and should have been transferred to Changqing Garden long ago.
Could it be, could it be that Wanxiang has taken a fancy to Meng Shao? So, I want to go to Canglang Courtyard to teach Master Yue how to speak, which makes her unhappy, no, it should be said that she is jealous?
The more Su Qing thought about it, the more she felt that this was the case. Otherwise, she couldn't explain Wanxiang's hostility towards her. But Wanxiang was also very capable. If she was really the one behind it, she could have made Ruchun admit everything and got away with it without giving herself away.
It seems that I have to pay more attention to Wanxiang in the future. Of course, Su Qing is not a Ninja Turtle. If this matter is confirmed as she guessed, she will definitely make Wanxiang look good.