C56 Mercy

The First Lady had already made up her mind to make the Grand Lady change her mind. She was determined to kneel in the courtyard and not get up.

It started to get windy at dusk and it was raining heavily when dinner time arrived. The Grand Lady was already eating when she heard the sound of the rain outside. She put down her chopsticks and asked, “Is the First Lady still kneeling?”

“Yes, she hasn’t.” Lan Xiu reported honestly.

Hearing Lan Xiu’s words, the Grand Lady’s heart was filled with compassion. After all, she was her daughter-in-law and granddaughter. How could she bear to do this? Was Lin Ruo Xi really aware of her mistake? Or did she do this on purpose to get out of the house?

“Grand Lady, do you want someone to call the First Lady in?” Lan Xiu glanced at the window. They were both women, so she was worried that the Grand Lady would not be able to take it.

The Grand Lady shook her head and continued to eat with her chopsticks.

Outside the house, the news of the First Lady kneeling in the rain had already spread throughout the entire house. Naturally, it had also reached Lin Ruo Yin’s ears. Since such a thing had happened, the Grand Lady had been in a bad mood for the past few days. Therefore, she did not have dinner together with Lin Ruo Yin. At this moment, Lin Ruo Yin was eating the food prepared by Hong Mei. She did not seem to be happy or worried about this news.

"Miss, are you unhappy after hearing this? Then First Lady is now in such a miserable state. She deserves it. Back then, when Miss returned to the residence, she even made things difficult for Miss." Lv Yu was the most impatient. Seeing that Lin Ruo Yin did not say anything, she first voiced her thoughts.

It was true that the First Lady had made things difficult for her. Lin Ruo Yin was eating elegantly, so who would have thought that she was recalling the pain that Lin Ruo Xi and her mother had brought to her in her previous life?

At that time, she had foolishly treated the two of them as good people, but she had not expected that they would destroy her life with their own hands. However, now it was the other way around. She wanted to destroy the mother and daughter with her own strength.

"What are you so happy about?" Lin Ruo Yin raised her eyebrows slightly and looked at Lv Yu. She asked, "Are you saying that Lin Ruo Xi will be released soon?"

"What do you mean, Miss?" Lv Yu was puzzled. Grand Lady had never said that she wanted Eldest Miss.

However, Hong Mei could not bear to see Lv Yu's little dazed look, so she reminded her, "You little idiot, can't you tell that this is First Lady's trick of using her own body?"

Lv Yu curled her lips.

She thought about Hong Mei's words carefully and understood what she meant. She immediately felt that she had been happy for nothing. However, she quickly realized that once Lin Ruo Xi was released, she would definitely cause trouble for her. She asked anxiously, "Eldest Miss, how can you still eat? If Eldest Miss is released, there won't be any peace."

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Hong Mei quickly pulled her sleeves. Lv Yu immediately understood and lightly slapped her own mouth twice. She couldn't control herself.

However, this time, Lin Ruo Yin felt that what Lv Yu said made sense. She looked at Lv Yu with praise and said half-jokingly, "I didn't expect Lv Yu to be about to become a Half Fairy."

Lv Yu turned her face away from Lin Ruoyin, but Hong Mei asked worriedly, "Are you saying that we will be in trouble after Eldest Miss comes out?"

"Exactly. Think about it, I have made her lose face twice in the entire residence. I don't believe that she will admit defeat so easily. So, from the day she comes out, you two have to be especially careful. No matter if it's food, drink, or anything else, it has to go through your hands. You must not let anyone else have it." Lin Ruo Yin was very careful. She was not afraid of anything else, but she was afraid that she would implicate these two girls.

She thought that Lin Ruo Xi hated her because she felt that the people around her, Lin Ruo Yin, would be in trouble.

"Yes, Miss. We will be extra careful." Hong Mei He Lv Yu nodded, wanting to make Lin Ruo Yin feel at ease.

Lin Ruo Yin had already prepared for the worst. In the yard of the Grand Lady, the First Lady was still kneeling on the ground. Even though her knees were numb now, she would never give up for her daughter.

The rain was gradually getting lighter, but the clothes on the First Lady were already drenched. The night wind blew past, causing her to shiver and her consciousness to become a little muddled.

At this moment, the Grand Lady opened the door and looked at the miserable First Lady. She could not help but sigh and shake her head. She said, "Ruo Xi really has a good mother. Fine, I'll go take a look."

The First Lady kowtowed in gratitude. The night breeze blew past her, causing her to sneeze three times. The Grand Lady couldn’t stand it anymore. She waved her hand and said, “Go back and change your clothes. I’ll go to the firewood shed to take a look. You don’t have to come.”

Lan Xiu helped the Grand Lady leave. The direction they were heading was the place where Lin Ruo Xi’s firewood shed was.

In the dim firewood shed, Lin Ruo Xi, whose hair and clothes were all dirty, was already so hungry that she felt dizzy. However, she didn’t ask for help from the servants outside the door. Instead, she stood up with difficulty and walked to the window to catch the water dripping down. She then put it into her mouth.

When the Grand Lady came, she saw such a scene from afar. She couldn’t help but frown and asked Lan Xiu, “Did the kitchen neglect the Eldest Miss’s food?”

Lan Xiu shook her head. “As far as I know, the kitchen hasn’t neglected the Eldest Miss. The three meals a day are all done according to the previous order.”

Then why?

The servants who were guarding the firewood shed were eating Lin Ruo Xi’s dinner. Every day, they would only give Lin Ruo Xi a meal. The breakfast and dinner would be eaten into their stomachs. Initially, they thought that the Eldest Miss was no longer favored, and that the old lady had locked her up in the firewood shed. No one would care about her life or death, but who would have thought that the Grand Lady would come tonight?

The first one to notice the Grand Lady was the servant sitting in the innermost corner. He nervously touched the person beside him, but the person seemed to have not realized it. He said impatiently, “What are you doing? What the hell?”

"Grand... Grand Lady..." The first person to see the Grand Lady was so frightened that he quickly knelt down. The people beside him did not dare to turn their heads when they heard his voice, so they also knelt down.

The Grand Lady walked in front of them and glanced at the things on the table. In an instant, she became furious. "How dare you treat Eldest Miss like this?"

"No, we..." The servant had no way to explain himself, so he could only beg for mercy. "Grand Lady, please spare us. We know we were wrong."

The Grand Lady closed her eyes and tried her best to calm down her anger. Two little servants dared to do such a thing. Could it be that her punishment for Lin Ruo Xi was really wrong?

"You two go and receive your punishment. Why aren't you opening the door?" The Grand Lady opened her eyes and signaled for them to open the door.

The servant holding the key quickly went to open the door for the Grand Lady. The Grand Lady had just taken a step in when she smelled an unpleasant stench. She frowned slightly and thought of what kind of smell it was. She seemed to be able to see Lin Ruo Xi's life for the past seven days. She felt guilty, and even her voice became gentler. She called out to the person in front of the window, "Ruo Xi?"