After the divorce, I was adorned in a phoenix robe, while my ex-husband's entire family dug up

Dongxu caught her breath. "Liuxiang, what's wrong with you, girl? Where did our Lady's favorite hairpin go? I asked the people in the storeroom, and they said you were the only one who went there! You're up to no good. Go see the Lady!"

Liu Xiang frowned, somewhat at a loss, and looked at Wei Jiaruo, but Wei Jiaruo only looked impatient.

"I...I didn't," Liu Xiang said, puzzled.

Wei Jiaruo was speechless. She glared at Liu Xiang fiercely. She had managed to get Wei Zhaoning to find fault with her even for asking her to fetch something from the storeroom. What a useless piece of trash.

"Alright, alright, your sister is calling you, so just go. The innocent are innocent, what are you afraid of? I'm in a hurry, I'll find another maid to go with me."

Wei Jiaruo's brows were so furrowed they could kill a fly. It was almost noon, and she didn't know if she could make it before dark.

That Liu Xiang, she's always causing her trouble!

Liu Xiang noticed the impatience and disdain on Wei Zhaoning's face, pursed her lips, and replied, "Yes, Madam."

Immediately, a maidservant who was waiting followed Wei Jiaruo onto the carriage.

"Master, hurry up!" Wei Jiaru urged.

She never considered what kind of situation Liuxiang would be in if she were framed after she left, and she didn't care.

Liu Xiang seemed somewhat lost and dejected.

Suddenly, Dongxu patted Liuxiang on the shoulder, "What are you standing here for? Let's go."

Liu Xiang came to her senses, while Dong Xu smiled broadly, showing no intention of taking her away for interrogation.

Dongxu led her to a side courtyard, and when she saw the servants around, she pretended to be nonchalant, "Speak! Where is our Lady of the Marquis's hairpin!"

They only brought her into the house after all the servants had left.

"Miss, I've brought the person back!" Dongxu said with a smile, and then naturally picked up the snacks on the table and started eating.

"Miss, we have goat milk cake today!" She ate it with crumbs all over her mouth, her eyes shining.

Wei Zhaoning held a book in her hands. "Well, the chestnut pastries are sold out today, so I had someone bring some goat milk cake. You haven't had any in a while."

It's like talking about something very ordinary.

A cold wind blew in from the window and slapped against Liu Xiang's face. She stood there stunned for a long time.

Are the mistress and servant really that close?

As a maid, Dongxu could sit at the table and eat in front of her master without any restraint.

They seem more like family to each other.

Looking back on my relationship with my wife, it seems so distant now.

"Madam Hou, I didn't steal your hairpin," Liu Xiang said, biting her lip and trembling.

Wei Zhaoning tilted her head slightly and smiled, "I know."

Liu Xiang was even more confused, standing there unsure of what to say, feeling somewhat awkward.

Seeing her like this, Dongxu put down the goat milk cake she was holding, pulled her up and sat her down, "Oh dear, silly!"

"What kind of good job do you think going with her is? Our young lady felt sorry for you, that's why she called you back."

Liu Xiang's hands and feet seemed frozen; she even forgot how to bend her fingers. She stared at the ground for a long time.

She did want to find a good way out for her younger brother, but her relationship with Wei Zhaoning was just a transaction. In other words, why should she care about whether she suffers or not?

"Thank you... Miss." She stopped calling her Madam Hou and instead addressed Wei Zhaoning as Miss, just like Dongxu.

"My young lady is very kind. You should eat some too. She bought this especially for me, but I can't finish it all by myself." Dongxu picked up a piece of pastry and was about to stuff it into Liuxiang's mouth.

Liu Xiang instinctively shrank back, then suddenly stood up. "This servant... is not worthy to eat your food."

After saying that, she looked away and tried to run away.

"Wait a minute." Wei Zhaoning put down the book in her hand.

"Dongxu, bring me the prescription and the prepared medicine packet written by the imperial physician."

Liu Xiang stopped, her eyes lowered.

"When we were at the mansion, I noticed that you looked pale and your hands and feet must have been cold for a long time. I didn't expect that after so many years, your complexion has not improved."

"Take this medicine once a day, and you'll recover quickly," Wei Zhaoning said earnestly.

Liu Xiang stared wide-eyed, her mouth slightly agape, dumbfounded at the medicine packet in front of her.

While at the mansion, everyone liked the young lady, saying that she was understanding and kind to others.

Once, she fainted because she was unwell. The young lady found her, took her to her room, and gave her some medicine.

The eldest young lady also gave her many medicine packets to regulate her body, but when Aunt Qin and the second young lady found out, she was fined a year's worth of monthly allowance and was locked outside in the freezing cold.

They said she was a traitor and that they needed to teach her a lesson.

Without their monthly allowance for a year, she and her younger brother almost didn't survive that winter.

Now that she's grown up, her monthly allowance is still not much, and it's all used for her younger brother's education. She also feels that there's no need to waste money on health care. She's not a rich lady; she's just a lowly person anyway, so why bother?

She never expected that the young lady would actually...

The scene before her eyes overlapped with those from many years ago, and her eyes welled up with tears. She could hardly control her emotions. She trembled as she took the medicine bag. "Thank you, Miss."

run away.

Her heart was filled with shame. She remembered what she had said to the young lady earlier, and she wanted to say "I'm sorry," but...

*

Wei Jiaruo felt she had never traveled such a long distance before.

When we arrived at the small mountain village at the address, we asked around and were told that everyone in the village was surnamed Li, and they had never heard of anyone with the surname Tang.

Pregnancy is inherently tiring, and at this moment she only felt soreness in her limbs. Unfortunately, the farmers here were very stingy and wouldn't let them stay overnight, so she had to make do in the carriage for the night.

Wei Jiaruo was woken up by the sun the next morning, and she was furious. "Hurry up and go down the mountain! Go and find out!"

She was furious; she never expected the address to be fake.

Soon, they found the second address.

The address was in Yangzhou. Wei Jiaruo gritted her teeth, bought a lot of dry food for the road, and set off with a heavy heart.

It took two full days to travel from the capital to Yangzhou.

Wei Jiaruo was completely exhausted.

"Have someone send a message back to Aze, saying that I have found Master Tang, but the journey is a bit far, so please ask him to wait a few more days."

At this moment, it is necessary to keep Aze calm. If Wei Zhaoning softens and steals her credit, then wouldn't her trip have been in vain?

The maid raised an eyebrow. "Yes."

As evening fell, the carriage wound its way through various narrow alleys, the roads so bumpy and winding that Wei Jiaruo nearly vomited.

Finally, the carriage stopped in front of a large gate.

Wei Jiaruo hurriedly went downstairs and knocked on the door.

An elderly man opened the door, and the moment he did, a fragrant aroma wafted out of the room.

Wei Jiaruo breathed a huge sigh of relief; hard work pays off, she had found it.

"Master Tang."

"I am, and you are?"