Chapter 28 Asking Her to Be a Maid
When Song Shiwei heard him say this, she knew there must be some hidden story. She nodded and didn't ask any more questions.
As it was already late, Chen Jintang did not want to stay here any longer, so he said, "Although Senior Brother has not formally accepted you as his disciple, he has already taken care of you as his disciple in his heart.
From now on, you can call me Uncle Master. You can come to me if you need anything in the future."
"Thank you, uncle."
Song Shiwei happily changed her words, without any affectation.
Chen Jintang likes her personality very much.
He had seen too many noble ladies, all of them put on airs and lived unreal lives.
Like a lifeless puppet, your destiny is controlled by others.
Song Shiwei is different, she is lively and transparent, and her life deserves better.
She shouldn't have married the wrong man like her mother did and ruined her life.
After seeing off Doctor Chen, Song Shiwei returned to her own courtyard.
She doesn't care about Shen Linzhou at all. She has even invited the imperial physician. Who can she blame if it's the Shen family who doesn't cherish him?
A good night's sleep.
The next day, when Song Shiwei woke up, Zhu Qing couldn't wait to tell her the news she had found out: "I heard that after Doctor Chen left yesterday, the eldest son had a high fever.
The old lady was so desperate that she insisted that the second young master come up with a solution.
The second young master left the house, and later, when it was almost dawn, he found a doctor from somewhere and saved the eldest young master's life."
Song Shiwei sneered. Where else could he find it?
Of course, he exchanged it for his own body. After all, Shen Linchuan has "connections" in the capital.
It seems that Shen Linzhou is not destined to die, but it doesn’t matter. He will have his own disasters waiting for him as long as he is alive.
Song Shiwei remembered that she still owed Xiao Jingheng a piece of clothing, and since she had nothing to do, she started cutting and sewing.
It took her two days to sew the clothes, and she began to embroider on them. Xiao Jingheng specifically requested that dandelions be embroidered on the clothes.
The princes and nobles in the capital all like to embroider auspicious and festive things on their clothes, but Xiao Jingheng is different from others and insists on having this kind of common things.
Fortunately, this is not difficult.
After Shen Linzhou was injured, the mother and daughter of the Shen family stayed quiet for a few days and did not come to cause trouble for her. Only Shen Linchuan came a few times in a fake manner.
It's rare for Song Shiwei to have some free time.
That night.
Song Shiwei was embroidering clothes under the lamp. Zhu Qing pushed the door open and walked in, saying, "Miss, Chuntao wants to see you. She's outside."
Hearing this, Song Shiwei raised her eyebrows slightly, put down the work in her hands, and asked Zhu Qing to bring the person in.
As soon as Chuntao came in, she knelt on the ground and cried and begged: "Madam, please save me."
Song Shiwei sat in front of the dressing table, looked at Chuntao in surprise and asked, "What's going on? Tell me slowly."
Chun Tao's clothes were a little messy, and her face was a little flustered. She choked and said, "Madam asked me and Cai Lian to serve the old lady.
I have always kept it in mind and will serve you wholeheartedly without making any mistakes.
A few days ago, the eldest son was injured and no one was taking care of him, so the old lady asked this servant to go and serve him, but..."
At this point, Chun Tao became a little emotional, and tears could not stop falling: "At the beginning, the eldest master was quite well behaved, and only said a few dirty words occasionally, so I tolerated it.
But he was getting more and more excessive, touching me. Just now he wanted to bully me again.
I fought back desperately, but the eldest master said that the old lady sent me here to serve him as a maidservant."
Chun Tao crawled forward on her knees, held Song Shiwei's arm and said, "Madam, I know I was wrong.
Please let me come back to serve you. I don't want to be the eldest master's maid."
Song Shiwei frowned, a hint of annoyance flashed across her eyes. She didn't expect that Shen Linzhou would start to have evil thoughts again just when he was feeling better.
She narrowed her eyes and asked, "You didn't let him succeed, did you?"
Chun Tao shook her head: "His wounds have not healed yet. I struggled hard and escaped."
She looked up at Song Shiwei and revealed all her details: "Before you got married, your stepmother Zhou told me and Cailian to keep an eye on your every move and report to her at any time.
I have secretly passed on the message to Zhou several times. Because the young lady was not favored in the Cheng'en Marquis's Mansion, I was negligent in serving her. Now I realize my mistake.
I swear that I will follow you wholeheartedly and will never have second thoughts. Please save me, young lady."
"Get up."
Song Shiwei said: "You are my maid, I will not watch you become someone else's concubine.
You don't have to go to the eldest master's place, I will find someone to serve him."
"Thank you, miss."
Chuntao knelt on the ground and kowtowed several times. She thought Song Shiwei would not save her, after all, she was Zhou's person.
She was grateful in her heart, and she remembered something and said hurriedly: “By the way, Miss, you have to be careful of the old lady.
Because Cai Lian hated you, she told the old lady the real reason why you were sent to the countryside.
She told Zhou that the old lady suspected that you were a jinx, and Zhou planned to confirm the fact.
She asked Cailian to tell the old lady that there was a Taoist priest named Zixu in Xuanqing Temple who was proficient in this art and was a hermit.
The old lady intends to go to Xuanqing Temple in person to ask Taoist Master Zixu to calculate your horoscope, under the pretext of praying for the eldest son. "
Song Shiwei's brows sank slightly. It seemed that the words of Shen Suyun, who said that she was a disaster star on the day when the Shen family caught fire, still touched the old lady's heart.
No wonder she has been so quiet these days.
"Don't worry, I'll be careful."
Song Shiwei reached out and helped Chuntao up and said, "I've long seen that you are different from Cailian.
Cailian is arrogant and likes to be sneaky, but you just think there is no future in following me, so you don’t have so many tricks. "
Chun Tao said with tears in her eyes: "Miss, when you were besieged by the people, I actually wanted to find someone to help me, not to escape alone."
Song Shiwei smiled, patted her hand and said, "I am very happy that you have this intention. As long as you are sincere in surrendering, I will not let you down.
But if you stay with me, Cai Lian will definitely become suspicious.
If I ask you to serve Suyun and help me keep an eye on her every move, would you be willing?"
Chun Tao nodded heavily: "As long as I am not serving the eldest master, I will do anything you ask me to do."
If she works as a maid, she still has a chance to regain her freedom and be married to a good family, but if she works as a concubine, she will never have a chance to succeed in her life.
She was not like Cai Lian, who dreamed of following the young lady and marrying into a wealthy family, so that she would have the opportunity to become her brother-in-law's concubine.
Song Shiwei said: "Go find Suyun now and tell her..."
She leaned close to Chuntao's ear and taught her how to gain Shen Suyun's trust.
Chun Tao's eyes lit up after hearing this: "I understand. I'll go right away. Thank you, Miss."
She knelt down and bowed, then turned and left in the night.
Song Shiwei watched her walk away, then walked over and closed the door.
I heard a chuckle from behind me: "You are quite good at making the best use of things."