Revenge of the First Daughter - Chapter 68

Chapter 068 One Tael Of Silver
As soon as she woke up, Rong Jin and the others noticed that when they saw the expression on her face clearly, a wisp of darkness flashed through her dark eyes.

Rong Ruo leaned in front of her and said, “Mother, you’re awake.”

After Yun Xiao finished her sentence, she heard the sounds of intense fighting outside. It was all the sounds of knives and arrows colliding. She did not even blink an eyebrow, as if she had expected someone to attack.

On the contrary, the corner of her mouth curled into a faint smile. She rubbed Rong Ruo’s hair, her eyes carrying a trace of doting. “Yes, the voice outside is so beautiful. How can I miss it?”

Rong Ruo’s inquiry gaze fell on Yun Xiao. She never thought that she would say such words. However, it was followed by joy. The mother he recognized was indeed different from ordinary people. “Yes, I also feel that this voice is very beautiful.”

Rong Jin’s ears twitched, and then he took out his medicine chest from behind him. “Your hand should be changed.”

Yun Xiao naturally stretched out her hand in front of Rong Jin and watched him apply medicine to her. She originally thought that she was trying her luck, but she didn’t expect that Rong Jin would really be willing to help her. Her heart moved slightly, something was violently melting.

However, Yun Xiao quickly remembered the identity of the man opposite her. He could have business dealings with him, but he absolutely could not involve anything else. Moreover, his good match was Xiao Yuqi.

She and Rong Jin only used each other’s relationship. Once this relationship was gone, she could give up on Rong Jin at will. She would never forget that in her previous life, Zhou Jingyan had given her a reputation for adultery, and that person was still Rong Jin.

Thinking of this, a trace of sharpness and alienation flashed through her softened eyes. “I owe you a favor. You can ask for it from me one day.”

Rong Jin’s expression did not change at all when he saw Yun Xiao’s indifferent expression. Instead, he smiled faintly and said, “Alright.”

Afterwards, neither of them spoke. Although Rong Ruo was young, she could still sense that the atmosphere was slightly different from the previous Harmony.

“Mother, you must protect your hands when you return. If anyone dares to hurt you again, just tell Ruo Ruo.” He looked at the two of them with a pair of black eyes, but didn’t say anything doubtful in the end, “Mother, you have to protect your hands properly after you return. If anyone dares to hurt you again, just tell Ruo Ruo Ruo.”

Yun Xiao originally wanted to refuse, but she looked at his slightly nervous eyes and nodded.

It was one thing to agree, but she had to use both of her hands to fight back against those who were detrimental to her, instead of borrowing Rong Ruo’s power. This was her own business, and it had nothing to do with others.

The voice outside the carriage finally became low and quiet. The wound on Yun Xiao’s hand had been changed again. “It’s already midnight, thank you all for today.”

She walked to the carriage door. Chun Lan had already reached out and lifted the carriage curtain. When Yun Xiao saw Rong Ruo, she turned around and smiled faintly. “Ruo Ruo, it’s too late today. Your father came to pick you up on purpose. Don’t let him down.”

Only after Yun Xiao’s figure disappeared from the car did Rong Ruo’s baby fat cheeks sink. Her two small hands clenched tightly together. He had to find out who she was and how she dared to harm her mother!

“You don’t need to investigate, this matter has nothing to do with you,” a cold voice suddenly came from behind.

Rong Ruo turned around in surprise, “Why?”

“Because I saw her assassinated with my own eyes.” Rong Jin’s gaze swept across Rong Ruo’s body. The corner of his mouth smiled, and a ripple appeared on it. It was as if what he said was a good tone for today’s weather.

Rong Ruo sucked in a breath of cold air. He looked at the man opposite him as if he didn’t recognize him. “Daddy, why didn’t you save mother?”

Rong Jin stretched out his hand and landed on the table, pouring himself and Rong Ruo a cup of tea. “If I didn’t save her, she wouldn’t have come back alive.”

“But mother is injured” Rong Ruo’s eyes were slightly injured at this moment. He thought that Rong Jin knew how much he liked this mother. Even if he didn’t have feelings for her, he would save her for his own sake.

With Rong Jin’s methods, no matter how powerful the martial arts of those assassins were, he could still save his mother’s life.

Rong Jin only looked at Rong Ruo in surprise, “She’s not dead, is she?”

“Not dead?” Rong Ruo narrowed her eyes as she grabbed her head and opened the curtain to jump out of the carriage. Before she left, she did not forget to turn around and say, “Don’t come pick me up. I want to live with mother.”

What love? What kind of pampering, it was all fake! If he really did it for his own good, why didn’t he save his mother?

Rong Jin looked at Rong Ruo’s decisive figure without any intention of stopping him. His eyes still carried a faint smile. He took out a jade bottle from his hand and looked at it. A strange look flashed across the depths of his eyes.

A jade bottle is missing!

“Master, do you want to bring Little Master back?”

‘”No need, let’s go.” Rong Jin put away the jade bottle in his hand without a single ripple in his voice.

…

Yun Xiao stepped on the dark red blood stains all the way to the entrance of the Cloud Mansion before stopping.

Chun Lan’s voice carried a trace of fear, “Miss, what should we do now?”

Yun Xiao looked sideways at her, her eyes carrying a bit of comfort, “Go back to the manor to rest.”

“Then this door?”

“Don’t worry.”

The two of them raised their steps and were about to enter when they heard a soft and waxy voice from behind them, “Wait for me.”

Yun Xiao turned around in surprise and saw that Rong Ruo, who was wearing a moon-white robe, had already arrived beside her. “Why are you here?”

The determination on Rong Ruo’s face had already returned to her soft and waxy expression. “I was still worried about mother after thinking for a while, so I decided to stay here for a few days.”

Seeing this, Yun Xiao did not ask any further. When the door of the Yun Manor opened, she saw the porter standing behind the door trembling, “Fourth Miss.”

Yun Xiao’en said, “Close the door.” She did not have the slightest intention of comforting the concierge’s voice.

Walking all the way back to his courtyard, he saw all the maids in the courtyard waiting. They swept their eyes over everyone. Chun Lin immediately walked over to help Yun Xiao. “Miss, this servant has prepared the bath soup. Do you want to …”

Before she could finish her sentence, she was stunned. She wanted to support Yun Xiao’s arm, but Yun Xiao actually dodged. At this moment, Rong Ruo directly entered between the two of them. “As a maidservant, you have to have the ability to be a maidservant. Master has not spoken. Where can you speak? Quickly retreat.”

Chun Lin’s face turned green and pale. Because she had saved Yun Xiao, she had directly worked as a first-class maid in Yun Xiao’s courtyard. Everyone else treated him respectfully and kindly, and no one had said a single heavy word to him. However, she did not expect that she would suffer a heavy loss on a child today.

She looked pitifully at Yun Xiao, while Yun Xiao lowered her eyebrows and looked at Rong Ruo, “Ruo Ruo, it’s already two hours, you shouldn’t want anything to eat, right?”

Rong Ruo rolled her eyes, “No need, but tomorrow is not certain.”

Yun Xiao put Rong Ruo’an to sleep in the room beside her, but she was lying on the bed, tossing and turning.

Everything that happened today was answered in his mind one by one. He didn’t let go of every detail. Just who would do such a cruel thing to him?

She placed her goal on County Lord Huining, because this was not the first time County Lord Huining had attacked her.

A thought flashed through his mind. It was so fast that it was hard for people to detect it. Yun Xiao thought about it seriously and suddenly sat up from the bed. “Chun Lan!”

Chun Lan heard the commotion in the room and immediately walked in. Because Yun Xiao was frightened today, she saw Yun Xiao’s actions in the courtyard and knew that she did not want to spread the news of her injury. So she came to guard the night by herself.

“Miss, what’s wrong?”

Yun Xiao turned to look at Chun Lan and took a deep breath. “Bring over the clothes I’m wearing today.”

Although Chun Lan was surprised, she quickly took back the wrapped blood-colored skirt and handed it to Yun Xiao. Yun Xiao got out of bed and placed a corner of the blood-colored skirt in the teacup. She saw that the water in the teacup was turning red at a visible rate. Not only that, there were dots of white floating on the top floor.

“Miss, what is this?” Chun Lan also noticed the contents of the teacup and her heart suddenly turned cold.

Just as Yun Xiao was about to speak, she suddenly heard a strange voice and immediately shouted, “Who? Come out?”

“I didn’t expect you to react quickly.” An evil and charming voice sounded, as if it was beside Yun Xiao’s ear, causing Yun Xiao to gasp. “You’re from the Ten Directions Palace, aren’t you?”

The moment Yun Xiao’s voice fell, a tiny figure appeared beside her. He glared at the man on the windowsill in front of him angrily, “So it was you who injured Mother!”

“Mother?” The black-clothed man looked at Yun Xiao’s stomach and said, “I didn’t expect you to have such a big son.”

Yun Xiao did not refute. Instead, she was secretly on guard. “Did that woman invite the people from the Ten Directions Palace to kill me?”

The black-clothed man was only stunned for a moment before he laughed, “You’re quite smart.”

Although he didn’t say anything, she could already guess who it was. Yun Xiao’s eyes were dark, “I think we can also do a business.”

“What business?” At this moment, the black-clothed man became more and more interested in the calm-faced woman in front of him.

“Fight back, but I don’t want her life. One tael of silver!” Yun Xiao’s tone was very serious. After she finished speaking, she sat down leisurely.

Rong Ruo and Chun Lan’s lips twitched. This was the first time they had heard of a silver tael hiring someone.

The black-clothed man’s eyes were filled with interest. “Why is it one tael of silver?” When the people from the Ten Directions Palace accepted the mission, they received 50,000 gold taels. Was this woman looking down on the Ten Directions Palace?

Yun Xiao’s indifferent eyes looked at the black-clothed man, and her words were not polite at all, “Because in my eyes, she is only worth one tael of silver.”