Early the next morning, it was still raining, but it couldn't stop Yang Ruoqing and Xiao An from their trip.

With Aunt Guihua's trust in mind and concern for her best friend Xiaoyu, Yang Ruoqing drove the carriage very quickly.

We set off from Tianma Liang without stopping all the way, and finally arrived in Qing'an County in the afternoon.

"Xiaoyu hasn't come to our restaurant for more than half a month, and he hasn't sent the maid over to send a message. He is probably trapped in Ning's house and can't come out."

Fifth Aunt Bao Suyun brought a set of clean clothes for Yang Ruoqing to change into, and then cooked a bowl of brown sugar and ginger water to keep her away from the cold.

While Yang Ruoqing was sitting there taking sips with a spoon and drinking sips after sips, Bao Suyun sat aside and talked to her.

"Your fifth uncle gave some money to the steward of the Ning family who was in charge of carriages and horses. He said that the young lady of the Ning family has been confined in the backyard during this period. Qing'er, what does confinement mean?" Bao Suyun asked again.

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Grounded?

Yang Ruoqing frowned.

"The Ning family actually banned Xiao Yu? This is a bit too much." She said.

"What exactly is the grounding for?" Bao Suyun asked again.

Yang Ruoqing said: "I just locked her in a room in the backyard and circled a range of activities for her. She is not allowed to go anywhere else."

"What?" Bao Suyun was shocked.

"This person is not a beast, how could he do that? Besides, Xiaoyu is the daughter-in-law of the Ning family!" Bao Suyun said.

Yang Ruoqing said: "Mother and daughter are connected. It seems that Aunt Guihua's worries have really come true."

Bao Suyun said: "Why should the Ning family confine Xiao Yu?"

Yang Ruoqing shook her head, "I don't know. I'll have to meet Xiao Yu and ask about it before I know."

Bao Suyun said: "But the Ning family won't let us in at all. It's hard to see Xiaoyu."

Yang Ruoqing said: "I have a way."

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After dinner, Xiao An chatted with Uncle Wu for a while and then went back to the house to sleep.

The fifth uncle and the fifth aunt also took a rest. Yang Ruoqing opened the window and quietly followed the rope from the two-story restaurant window to the street outside. It was still raining in the sky and there was almost no one on the street. Soon it was

Arriving near Ning's house.

Ning's backyard.

In Xiaoyu's house, the lights in the outer room had long been extinguished, and only an orange melon-shaped palace lantern remained at the foot of the bed in the inner room.

The maid Yanzhi brought a bowl of sweet soup in front of Xiao Yu, "Young madam, you haven't eaten or drank for two days, please take a sip of the sweet soup!"

Xiaoyu didn't take off his clothes, he lay crookedly on the bed, eyes that were dry from crying were staring at the ceiling of the tent.

Hearing Yanzhi's words, Xiaoyu shook her head and sounded a hoarse voice in a low voice.

"Go and tell the old lady that instead of locking me up like this, not letting me go back to my parents' home to visit my parents, not letting me meet my son, and not letting me contact Ning Su, why not give me a glass of poisonous wine?

, let me die."

"Young Madam, please don't say angry words..."

The maid Yanzhi said nervously and glanced around, "Walls have ears. If someone with a heart hears these words and spreads them to the old lady with added insults, it will be really troublesome!"

Xiaoyu sneered.

"So what if it's passed on? Is there any worse outcome than this? It's nothing more than this, right?" She murmured.

"What I want most now is to die for a hundred years. The Ning family can do whatever they want with my body. My soul turns into a bird and flies over thousands of mountains and rivers, returning to Changping Village..."

"Young Madam, please stop talking..."

The maid Yanzhi knelt down in front of the bed and cried.

She is different from the other two maids serving in the house. She was a maid bought by the young lady and the young master when they were in Xiushui Town.

Because her parents died young, she lived with her unscrupulous uncle and aunt. The shop opened by her uncle and aunt was destroyed by gangsters on the street.

In order to please the gangster leader, her uncle and aunt sent her there to be a concubine.

Unable to bear the torture of the gangster, she escaped and was caught by the gangster leader again on the street.

It happened that the young master was free in the military camp that day, and he accompanied the young madam to go sightseeing. When he saw this scene, he took action to save her.

From then on, she followed Young Madam Xiaoyu wholeheartedly.

This time, the young lady's aunt pushed the second aunt of the Ning family, and the second aunt had a miscarriage. The misfortune caused by her aunt affected the young lady.

The young lady was disgusted by the master and the old lady, and was punished by being grounded in the yard and facing the wall to think about her fault.

The other maids and ladies who were originally following the young madam were all white-eyed, and their looks at the young madam all changed.

The other two were instigated by the masters of the house who were jealous of the young lady in the past. They criticized the young lady and made the young lady sick and angry.

Their master and servant were not allowed to leave the courtyard even half a step, and the other maids who could leave the courtyard did not know whether they had reported the young lady's illness. Rouge also lay on the ground, crying inconsolably.

Xiaoyu looked at Yanzhi who was crying sadly on the ground, and struggled to sit up, "Don't cry, even if I die, I will try my best to find a way out for you with my last breath."

Xiaoyu took out a bulging purse from under the pillow and handed it to Yanzhi.

"Inside this is your deed of sale, and a silver note of one hundred taels."

"If I die, just take this deed of sale and the banknote and leave the Ning family. In the future, no matter whether you buy dozens of acres of land and sit on it to collect rent or something else, it will ensure that you have no worries for the rest of your life."

"You must keep it properly and don't let others deceive you." Xiao Yu warned.

Rouge cried even more heartbroken.

"The sky is falling and there is still a tall person holding it. I have stopped you all. Don't cry!"

A familiar and crisp voice suddenly sounded in the inner room, Yanzhi was startled, and Xiaoyu's eyes shone brightly.

"Qing'er?" She whispered.

"Hey, I'm here."

A familiar figure flashed behind the screen, and the next moment, he was in front of the bed.

Xiaoyu was shocked and struggled to sit up. However, he had not eaten for two days and had no strength at all.

Yang Ruoqing hurriedly said to Yanzhi: "What are you still doing? Give me the sweet soup quickly and I will feed her. You go and guard the door of the house so no one can come in."

Rouge had not recovered from the shock, but after hearing Yang Ruoqing's words, she nodded quickly.

I got up, wiped away my tears and walked to the house to guard the door.

Yang Ruoqing took the sweet soup and turned around to sit by the bed.

Xiao Yu said excitedly: "Qing'er, how did you come in?"

"Don't ask in a hurry. Drink the sweet soup first to gain some strength. I will tell you the same thing later." Yang Ruoqing said.

Xiaoyu nodded obediently and drank every drop of the sweet soup in the bowl.

After drinking, Yang Ruoqing took out an oil paper bag from the bottom of her sleeve and opened it. Inside were two warm rice flour cakes, as white as snow, with a bright red plum blossom mark in the middle.
Chapter completed!