Chapter 677: Cut Off Your Back Path

orted the second imperial princess. After all, she was the empress dowager's designated husband, so her daughter was naturally the legitimate heir and qualified to inherit the throne. The first imperi...Miss Dong's confinement was approaching, and she had been irritable lately. The recent rain made the air damp, which only worsened her discomfort. She ordered Lianyi to get a hot water bag and place it on her belly.

Ripple carefully placed the hot water bag in a cloth pouch and stood beside the bed, gently applying it to Dong'er Miss's abdomen to alleviate her abdominal pain. She softly comforted her with words:

"Miss, don't worry. I heard the doctor in the mansion say that when your body is warm, your stomach won't hurt. The sudden change in weather today, with the temperature dropping, caused your stomach discomfort. Just apply this for a while to get your meridians flowing and you'll be fine."

During the process of applying heat, ripples will condense the spiritual energy absorbed recently at the fingertips and take the opportunity to send it into the other person's abdomen, directly blocking their fallopian tubes on both sides.

Two hours later, Dong Qinglian felt much better in her stomach, and her menstruation also came. She asked Lianyi to remove the hot water bag, and then got up and asked another maidservant, Qingbi, to help her change into a new dress.

After that, there were no more ripples, and the young lady went to take a nap when she had her afternoon rest.

After two months of this, ripples' complexion improved under the nourishing care. She gradually regained her strength and vitality, her previously yellowish skin becoming much fairer. She looked more and more spirited. Dong Qinglian noticed the change in Ripples and realized that the time was ripe; she couldn't delay any longer.

So she deliberately revealed to several other maidservants that she wanted to become the mistress's most trusted maid. The jealous Qingbi resented Lianyi and, one morning when she was going to serve Miss Dong with tea, intentionally splashed half a pot of boiling water on Lianyi's face.

The ripple's scream startled half the Dong Mansion, and then she pretended to faint. Afterwards, the mansion doctor was called, summoned by Old Madam Dong herself. This was a concubine prepared as dowry for the young mistress. If anything happened, Old Madam Dong would be implicated. And Qingbi had long been tied up and sent to the firewood shed.

The result, of course, was a face disfigured by burns. After all, scalding hot water instantly caused blisters, and it was painful just to look at. Though the doctor used the best burn ointment, Ripples' right half-face remained horrifically scarred. Even after a month of healing, a large patch of scar tissue remained.

Dong Qinglian has been in a bad mood recently and directly ordered the selling of Qingbi. Her reasons were very valid; Qingbi had hurt the people serving in Miss's room, showing a wicked heart. Keeping someone like that around would be a danger, how could someone with such a kind heart as Second Miss Dong have someone like this by her side

When Lianyi learned that Qingbi had been sold, she immediately wanted to thank Miss Dong Er the next day for taking charge of her.

When Dong'er saw Lian's right face, which looked like it had been peeled off, she was also taken aback. Lian, frightened, covered the injured half of her face with a handkerchief and began to cry to Dong'er:

"Thank you, Miss, for taking care of me! Your kindness is immeasurable and unforgettable. They are jealous that I can be your companion, so they used such despicable means to harm me. Now I am like this, how can I possibly follow you"

After finishing speaking, she started to cry pitifully.

Ms. Dong Er was annoyed, but Ripples was after all someone who lived in her house, and the one who caused harm was also her personal maidservant.

By this time, she had already removed ripples from the dowry list. No matter how many sons she bore in the future, her face wouldn't be able to attract a prospective son-in-law, and besides, as the second young lady of the Dong family, she couldn't marry into the Yao family with a maid like this. Therefore, she gave Dong Mamama a look.

Then, Grandma Dong stepped forward and helped Ripples up, sighing as she said:

“What kind of fate did you have, you little wretch! You had a life of good food and drink, but it's gone to waste now. You're disfigured and can't even be a companion maid.”

"Huh I know my face is disfigured right now, Miss, please don't chase me away. Let me be a maid, even a rough one."

Ripple blushed her eyes and immediately pledged her loyalty.

“You, you little rascal! What are you saying You’re the young lady's savior. Ever since you saved her from drowning, you can no longer be a lowly servant.”

When ripples heard what Old Madam Dong said, she pretended to be deeply hurt and knelt directly on the ground, crying and saying to Miss Dong Er:

"It is all my fault, I am a lowly servant. I beg to be released from this duty and request your mercy, Miss."

Upon hearing the ripples' words, Grandma Dong nodded. She wasn't entirely hopeless; at least she knew her usefulness had run its course. To protect Miss's reputation, it was better for her to leave willingly than be driven out by Miss.

"Ripple, I treat you like a younger sister. Things have come to this, and it's not what I wanted either. I'll ask Grandma to prepare some things for you so that you can return to Zhangjia Village with honor."

"Thank you for your kindness!"

The ripples were helped up from the ground and bowed to Miss Dong Er once more before departing.

Once the ripples had subsided, Miss Dong'er impatiently said:

"Quick, open the window, there's a foul smell."

Yes, Miss!

The other people in the house also smelled it, a stench of rotting flesh. It was clear that Lian's face was beyond repair.

The next day, Grandmother Dong prepared a bullcart for Lian Yi. She packed two pieces of blue cloth, two bags of rice, and two bags of flour for her, and gave her five ounces of silver before sending her on her way.

In fact, the young lady had given fifty taels of silver. However, Grandma Dong thought that Ripples would never come back to Dong Mansion again, so she only took five taels of silver to send her away, pocketing the rest for herself. It was quite a considerable sum of income.

At just a glance, Ripples knew that Old Mrs. Dong had done something wrong. The fabric and grain were all distributed from the public storehouse, everyone saw it, so she couldn't have faked it. Besides, those things weren't even appealing to her.

Only silver could evade people's eyes, so when Dong Mama received it, she didn't have time to put it back before sending ripples away. Ripples, in turn, returned the silver hidden in her sleeve pouch to its rightful owner.

With a veil covering her face, she left Dong's Mansion in tears. She was now free, and the wounds on her face served as a kind of protection for her.

Before the sun set, Lianyi's oxcart finally drove into Zhangjia Village. The children who were playing outside followed the cart, and Lianyi generously gave each child a piece of candy the size of a fingernail. Only then was she able to return safely to her own courtyard.

Children who had already contracted sugar cubes ran to Zhang Huiniang's house and informed her. She had been standing by the bamboo fence for a while, and when she saw it was Lianyi, a smile appeared on her face. However, as the ox cart drew closer and saw the white veil covering her daughter's face, she suddenly had a bad premonition.

"Ripple, why are you back at this time Your face"

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"Mother, if you have something to say, let's go inside. First, we should unload the things from the cart. Uncle is hurrying back to town. It won't be safe to travel on the road at night."

The ripples winked at Zhang Huiniang and said,

"Hey! Hey! I'll help you with this right away."

As they were talking, the mother and daughter, along with the coachman, unloaded all the miscellaneous things from the oxcart into the main room. After receiving their reward, they whipped their whips and left.

When Song Dachuan received the letter, he hurried home.t ripples into a rental house not far from their previous shared accommodation."Alright, let people go. You guys go out and get some fresh air first."The golden retriever mutt immediately said."Big br...