Rong Shuhua was beaten for no apparent reason. She was so weak that she saw stars before her eyes after being beaten by Zhu Jingzhong.

Rong Shuhua kept crying and begging for mercy, which made Zhu Jingzhong even more ruthless.

He swung his palm again and again.

The loud sound of slapping, accompanied by Rong Shuhua's cries for mercy, echoed in the room.

Lan Wanshuang and Zhu Xianzhi learned that Zhu Jingzhong was beating Rong Shuhua. Both mother and son thought that Zhu Jingzhong was drunk and beat the wrong person, and mistook Rong Shuhua for Lan Wanshuang.

The mother and son, who had been unable to get out of bed, had no choice but to grit their teeth and endure the pain, then sneak into the small Buddhist temple like thieves.

Nanny Meng, who was following them and trying to hide in the underground dark room, was frightened and stopped in her tracks by Lan Wanshuang's cold eyes.

Lan Wanshuang whispered, "You just pretend to copy scriptures in the small Buddhist hall. When the second master leaves, quickly have the maid lock the gate."

After saying that, the mother and son went into the underground dark room.

Nanny Meng huddled in the corner, looking out through the window tremblingly, praying in her heart that Zhu Jingzhong would leave quickly after beating Rong Shuhua.

The previous moment, he was feeling happy when he received the silk sent by the maid sent by Lin Luoling, but the next moment, he was so frightened that his heart was beating fast.

After a while, Rong Shuhua's cheeks were swollen twice as much as before. Her originally oval face was now as swollen as a sesame seed bun.

There was blood clot under the skin, and Rong Shuhua's whole face was purple and red. The corners of her lips were cracked, causing her thin lips to turn outward, making her lips look severely swollen.

Seeing this, Zhu Jingzhong raised his leg and kicked Rong Shuhua in the chest, warning her: "From today on, if you dare to cause trouble outside Chunlan Courtyard, I will beat you every time I see you."

Rong Shuhua covered her chest, spurted out a mouthful of blood, and lay half dead on the ground, motionless.

Hearing the door slam shut, Nanny Meng stroked her chest and sighed that Zhu Jingzhong was finally leaving.

Unexpectedly, the door of the small Buddhist hall was kicked open in an instant, and Zhu Jingzhong grabbed Nanny Meng's hair and started beating her without saying a word.

Lan Wanshuang and Zhu Xianzhi, who were hiding in the dark room in the basement, huddled in a corner and clearly heard the screams of Nanny Meng coming from above their heads.

Lan Wanshuang was puzzled and whispered, "Why is your father crazy today? Why did he come to beat Rong Shuhua and Aunt Meng for no reason?"

Zhu Xianzhi whispered back, "He was drunk and beat someone up, does he need a reason? He probably mistook Rong Shuhua for you, as for why he beat Aunt Meng.

Maybe after beating Rong Shuhua, he was sweating and realized that he had hit the wrong person, so he came to the small Buddhist temple to look for you. When he didn't see you, he took his anger out on Aunt Meng. "

Lan Wanshuang felt something was wrong and said, "Even when your father was drunk in the past, he was never this crazy."

Zhu Xianzhi thought for a moment and guessed, "Could it be that my aunt-in-law couldn't get into the mansion, so she told my father about our previous plan to steal the goods from the Lin family?"

Hearing this, Lan Wanshuang rubbed her forehead and cursed, "Stupid, how could you tell your father about that? No wonder your father has been making a scene in Chunlan Courtyard these past few days."

The mother and son cursed Lan Wanyun inwardly, but when they heard no more sound from above, they did not dare to go out for a moment, for fear of meeting Zhu Jingzhong.

He stayed in the underground dark room for another half an hour before tiptoeing up the stone steps, pressing the mechanism and walking out.

Suddenly, they saw the unconscious Nanny Meng lying on the ground, her face unrecognizable from the beatings, and her whole body covered with marks of Zhu Jingzhong's footprints.

Lan Wanshuang called a maid, locked the gate of Chunlan Courtyard, and ordered the maid to help Nanny Meng into the house.

When I went to the side room, I saw that Rong Shuhua had been beaten even worse.

It was not until nightfall that Lan Wanshuang dared to ask her maid to quietly invite the court physician to treat Rong Shuhua and Nanny Meng.

Zhu Xianzhi, who was originally unable to sleep due to the pain in his left shoulder, became even more unable to sleep that night after listening to Nanny Meng and Rong Shuhua crying and shouting in pain.

When Zhu Jingzhong beat Nanny Meng, the butler Zhou Quan reported the matter to Marquis Yongning.

When Marquis Yongning and his wife heard that Zhu Jingzhong had beaten Rong Shuhua and Nanny Meng, they were shocked.

Immediately, the wife of the Marquis of Yongning snorted, "A shameless woman like Rong Shuhua, if she wasn't the daughter of Mr. Rong, I would have beaten her to death and thrown her into a mass grave.

Bah! You deserve to be beaten! "

Yongning Hou only said: "Just pretend you don't know about this matter. The family has already been divided. It is not appropriate for me to interfere in the affairs of the West Courtyard."

Zhou Quan responded and left the room. Marquis Yongning and his wife smiled at each other.

After Zhu Jingzhong left Chunlan Courtyard, he left Yongning Marquis Mansion. Zhou Jiaoling, who received the letter, saw that Zhu Qingyao had woken up, so she carried Zhu Qingyao directly to Shuxi Pavilion.

After closing the door, Zhou Jiaoling told Lin Luoling and Chen Yin about how Zhu Jingzhong had beaten Rong Shuhua and Nanny Meng.

Then, Zhou Jiaoling sneered, "Even if they get the silk fabrics from the Second Young Madam, what's the use? By the time the bruises and swellings have healed, the Hundred Flowers Festival will have long passed."

Before Zhou Jiaoling came, Bizhi and Lin Luoling reported: "Mei Yin went to Yunfangyuan of the wife of Yongning Marquis today. I hid on the roof and overheard Mei Yin saying: Aunt Zhou is on good terms with the young lady just to save some money on food and clothes.

Madam Yongning smiled and asked Meiyin to talk to Aunt Zhou about Rong Shuhua intentionally or unintentionally, and find out where Rong Shuhua's child was hidden. If she knew, she should tell her immediately, and she would reward Meiyin with fifty taels of silver.

Hearing this, Lin Luoling's eyes turned, and she immediately understood that Lady Yongning Marquis wanted to know where Rong Shuhua's child was, in order to find an opportunity to steal the child and raise him by her side, or perhaps she had a bigger plan.

After all, the boy born to Rong Shuhua also has direct bloodline of the Yongning Marquisate.

Now Lin Luoling finally understood why Marquis Yongning had asked Lan Wanshuang to raise Rong Shuhua in Chunlan Courtyard.

Then Bizhi said that the wife of the Marquis of Yongning asked Nanny Dong to give Meiyin several packets of medicine, and told Meiyin that if the medicine could not be taken with food or soup, she should pour the packets of medicine into the ceramic jars storing water in Lanxiang Courtyard.

After Zhou Jiaoling finished speaking, Lin Luoling said to her seriously, "We are leaving the house today. I deliberately left Bizhi behind to keep an eye on Meiyin. Bizhi just told me that Meiyin poured several packets of medicine into the pottery jar in your Lanxiang Courtyard."

Zhou Jiaoling was so angry that veins popped up on her forehead, and she angrily said, "If I hadn't bought her, she would have been sold to a brothel long ago. Besides, buying her would cost more than twice as much as buying an ordinary maid.

It was originally a matter of doing good deeds and accumulating blessings, but I didn't expect to encounter such a vicious person."

He sighed again, "It's hard to guard against thieves in your own home, even if you guard against them day and night. Now I don't dare to let her coax Qingyao to sleep, and I come to Shuxi Pavilion to beg for mercy from the Second Young Madam for every meal. You can't even not let her drink water, right? Even if Qingyao and I don't drink, the Second Master will have to drink it when he comes back."

Zhou Jiaoling bit her lip and suggested, "Why don't I find something wrong with her tonight and beat her to death."

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