Chapter 277: Retribution (2) (1/2)
Standing off to one side, Senior Servant Gui’s eyes were already red. She had raised Chu Lian and followed her all the way to her husband’s household. This was the first time that she was going to be separated from her. If only she had been a few years younger, then she might have followed along with or without Chu Lian’s permission.
Chu Lian stepped onto the carriage and turned back to look. When she saw that Senior Servant Gui had come out with Xiyan to chase after her, she felt the corners of her eyes turn a little wet as well. Chu Lian shouted, “Momo, Xiyan, go back!”
Senior Servant Gui covered her mouth with a handkerchief before nodding forcefully, “Third Young Madam, don’t worry! This old servant will take good care of Songtao Court for you!”
Chu Lian turned around and stopped looking back. She stepped forcefully onto the step and boarded the carriage. Then she was seen no more as the felt curtain fell over the entrance, blocking the wind and all the gazes of the crowd.
House Jing’an’s private troops and Tang Yan’s team quickly disappeared from House Jing’an’s entrance.
It wasn’t until they could no longer see any of the party that He Changqi personally escorted Matriarch He back into the estate.
Half a day after Chu Lian had left, in the afternoon, a messy-haired, crazy-looking woman stumbled over to the normally peaceful entrance of the Jing’an Estate. Her hair was a complete mess and her face was covered in dirt, making her unrecognisable.
She lurched over to the Jing’an Estate’s entrance and tried to enter, but how could the manservant guarding the door let her in just like that? He kicked her to the ground. “Where did this crazy woman come from? Hey, can’t you see where this is? How dare you try to charge into the estate! Are you sick of living?”
The messy-haired woman laid on the floor, groaning in pain. After a moment, she started shouting, “Quick… notify… notify Third Young Madam! I’m Third Young Madam’s handmaid! Right, I’m a handmaid who married over with Third Young Madam! Quick, notify Third Young Madam for me!”
The door guard looked at her in contempt. “Tch, you’re just a miserable lying wretch! Trying to impersonate a handmaid of one of our noble madams? Why don’t you take a look in the mirror first? Let me tell you, I’ve seen all the handmaids serving our Third Young Madam before. Not a single one of them looks like you!”
When the woman heard the door guard’s disdainful words, her expression almost cracked. She crawled off the ground and tried to pull at the hem of his clothes. She even brushed aside the messy hair covering her face, revealing her looks. Unfortunately, her face was still covered in dirt. The hand she used to grasp at the manservant was also covered in rotting sores. “Look at my face! Look at my face! I’m one of Honoured Lady Jinyi’s handmaids! It was Third Young Madam who gave me my name! I’m Mingyan! My name is Mingyan! Please, go in and notify Third Young Madam for me… Please!!”
The manservant was completely disgusted by her blackened face and sore-covered hands. How could he bother with discerning her looks? He kicked Mingyan away again with an expression full of loathing. “Stupid beggar. Stop acting! If you continue like this, I’ll get the city guards to come over and throw you into jail!”
The manservant harrumphed inwardly. The only handmaids serving Third Young Madam were called Xiyan, Fuyan, and Jingyan. There was also Miss Wenqing. When had there ever been some Mingyan? Did this person really think that she could bluff her way into the Jing’an Estate just by giving herself a name ending with ‘yan’?