This place is a slum area. Because the houses are cheap, it is favored by the poor at the bottom. Bai Xiaozhu and Bai Yunshu spent their impoverished childhood here.
Bai Xiaozhu came to the courtyard of a tile-roofed bungalow.
The roof tiles were damaged, the walls were peeled off, and even the courtyard door was kicked open. The flowers, plants, and vegetables in the courtyard were dead and yellow, and a group of rats were running around in the courtyard.
If there wasn't a dim oil lamp burning alone in the house, one would probably think it was an abandoned house.
Bai Xiaozhu quickly came to the courtyard, pushed open the door, and saw a skinny figure lying on the quilt, coughing constantly.
The house was filled with a strong and pungent smell of Chinese medicine, and the surrounding walls were damp and exuding a musty smell.
Even the bedding had a slight fishy smell.
In the spittoon beside the bed, more than half of the bloody phlegm had not been poured out, and in the porcelain bowl beside the bed, there were dried dregs of medicine left.
It can be seen that there has been no one to take care of this patient for a long time.
When Bai Xiaozhu saw this situation, his nose suddenly became sour: "Xiaomei!"
The patient on the bed heard the sound, turned around slowly, and said in a hoarse voice: "You are..."
She revealed a haggard, skinny face, and Bai Xiaozhu almost didn't recognize it. The mist in his eyes immediately turned into tears and rolled down. He stepped forward and hugged her distressedly: "It's me, little girl."
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Xiaomei gradually opened her eyes and said excitedly: "Yes...it's Miss!"
She is Bai Xiaozhu's personal maid, a girl who grew up in the Bai family. Later, when the Bai family fell into decline, she followed Bai Xiaozhu unswervingly, loving her sisters.
Later, Bai Xiaozhu was convinced, rebuilt the new Bai Mansion, and lived a good life.
However, the good times did not last long. After Bai Xiaozhu broke up with her brother, she was kicked out of the Bai Mansion and returned to the dilapidated hut where the three of them once lived.
"Miss, it's great to be back." Xiaomei shed tears of joy.
While Bai Xiaozhu cried bitterly, he accidentally touched Xiaomei's thigh and found that the bones were soft. Xiaomei's expression also showed pain.
Bai Xiaozhu opened the quilt and saw a scene that broke her heart. Xiaomei's legs were almost twisted and her thigh bones were completely shattered!
The pants and flesh were completely stuck together, and it was hard to tell which was flesh and which was clothes.
She covered her mouth, tears streaming down her eyes, sad and angry: "Who hit me?"
Xiaomei comforted: "I fell on my own, it's okay."
How could a person fall like this?
"It's my brother, Bai Yunshu, right?" Bai Xiaozhu was timid by nature, and she was even more afraid of her elder brother in her heart. Even though she was forced to beat him by Xia Qingchen, she never felt angry towards him.
But at this moment, she was really angry!
Xiaomei lowered her head, tears dripping on her vest, and sobbed: "Master blamed me for instigating you to follow Xia Qingchen, so he broke my legs in front of the servants of the White House."
After a pause, Xiaomei suddenly realized: "Miss, how did you know I'm here?"
Bai Xiaozhu clenched her fists and said, "When I passed by Bai Mansion, I quietly went back to see you, and then I learned from the housekeeper that you had been driven away."
However, the housekeeper did not tell her that Xiaomei was actually injured so seriously.
If she had returned a few days later, she might have seen Xiaomei's body.
Xiaomei understood and quickly urged: "Miss, please leave quickly! The housekeeper is the master's confidant and will definitely inform the master. Maybe someone will be sent to arrest you right away."
"Catch me? By him?" Bai Xiaozhu was no longer afraid of Bai Yunshu's majesty.
Xiaomei said: "Since you left, many experts from the Ninth Prince have come to the Bai Mansion. I think they are waiting for the young lady to come back and then arrest you!"
Ninth Prince?
Bai Xiaozhu clicked her tongue. As a member of the Wen Palace, she understood the Ninth Prince's reputation even more clearly.
When he left Liangzhou and went to southern Xinjiang, the ninth prince was already extremely powerful.
Now, the power will only become stronger, right?
I don’t know why the Ninth Prince’s people would send people to Bai Mansion to arrest her.
She had just returned to Liangzhou City, and she didn't know that not long ago, Xia Qingchen single-handedly entered the Ninth Prince's mansion.
"Miss, leave quickly, it will be too late if you don't leave!" Xiaomei said quickly.
Bai Xiaozhu nodded, stepped forward and picked up Xiaomei: "I will take you back to southern Xinjiang with me!"
Xiaomei was flattered, grateful and worried: "Miss, put me down and leave me alone. You can run away alone."
Bai Xiaozhu wiped her tears, looked at her broken legs, and said firmly: "From now on, I will take you wherever I go."
With that said, he hugged Xiaomei and left the tile house.
But as soon as he came out, he stopped and his pupils shrank slightly.
The courtyard was actually filled with experts.
Their auras are powerful, almost all of them are in the late stages of the Great Star Rank, and are much stronger than Bai Xiaozhu.
"You guys, don't even want to go anywhere." A sound came from behind the master that made Bai Xiaozhu's body tremble.
That sound was once her nightmare.
"Brother...Bai Yunshu!" Bai Xiaozhu said angrily: "Why do you do this to Xiaomei?"
The masters separated, revealing Bai Yunshu standing behind them.
"Hmph!" Bai Yunshu walked over slowly, with an unkind look on his face: "You ungrateful thing! I have worked so hard to bring you up in vain, and you are angry at me because of a maidservant!"
In the past, Bai Xiaozhu never dared to be angry with him.
Bai Xiaozhu no longer had any good impression of him and said in disgust: "You are so cruel. Xiaomei grew up with us, how could you do this?"
Bai Yunshu chuckled: "She cheated on you and instigated you to betray me. Shouldn't she be punished severely?"
"I have worked so hard to run the White House to where it is now, how can I tolerate a traitor like her?" Bai Yunshu has never been emotional.
This is true for my sister, let alone my maid?
Bai Xiaozhu clenched his fists, his heart filled with chills. He was completely disappointed with his brother: "Get your people out of the way!"
Bai Yunshu disagreed: "Haha, now that you are back, do you think I will let you go with Xia again?"
He waved his hand, and the masters slowly gathered around, surrounding Bai Xiaozhu.
"What are you going to do? Bai Yunshu!" Bai Xiaozhu really didn't understand why the Ninth Prince's people wanted to arrest her.
Bai Yunshu shook his sleeves slowly: "You should call me brother, or even if it doesn't work, you should call me Lord Bai!"
Master Bai?
Bai Yunshu doesn't have any official position, so where does he come from?
"What do you mean, your brother and I are now relatives of the emperor, so it is appropriate to call me "sir".
Relatives of the emperor?
Bai Xiaozhu suddenly understood, and his expression showed anger: "What did you do?"
Bai Yunshu said proudly: "You should thank me for finding a good marriage for you! After my dealings, I got in touch with the Ninth Prince and have betrothed you to the Ninth Prince as his concubine."