Chapter 16: The Relentless Fire

After Qingqing saw that Bai Langzhong had been forcibly put into the young lady's room, she said coldly to the other maids: "Put him down, you guys go out." ”

"Yes." The maids were very obedient when they saw Qingqing, and fled from the young lady's yard like ghosts.

After Qingqing tied the door, he lifted the lotus-colored curtain and walked out of the inner room, and saw Bai Langzhong bowing and making a big salute, and said softly: "Mr. Bai, I was rude just now." ”

"Miss, please, the situation is forced, don't mind too much." Bai Langzhong was not afraid when he saw Valing, who was dressed in black, but had a kind expression on his face.

Valing pointed to the guest seat next to him, politely invited Bai Langzhong to sit down, and personally made a cup of tea for him.

Bai Langzhong was very satisfied with the tea in his hand, and said softly to Waring: "It is really a blessing in this life to be able to drink the tea made by the eldest lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion. ”

"Mr. Bai has won the award, how can a life-saving grace be worth a cup of tea." Valing saw that Bai Langzhong did not look cold to the others at all, and spoke very politely and softly, and could not hear the hoarse voice at all.

"Is there anything wrong with Miss inviting me here?" Bai Langzhong slowly drank the tea in his hand and asked.

"I wonder if the wound on Steward Ma's face is really the same as mine?" Valing stood in front of Bai Langzhong, waiting for his answer.

Bai Langzhong licked his lips, put down the tea bowl in his hand, a solemn look appeared on his face, and said to Valing: "It's exactly the same as the situation of the eldest lady six years ago." ”

"So you say, my face wasn't burned, but disfigured by a cactus?" Valing asked heavily.

"Yes, it's the venom of the cactus that makes your face fester." Bai Langzhong sat on a chair and speculated as he touched the beard on his chin.

Listening to Bai Langzhong's words, Waling gasped and recalled the unpleasant past six years ago.

At that time, my father was already the prime minister, but my mother was reluctant to go to the capital so she stayed in her hometown in Jinan, Shandong, and the second lady did not go to the main house, so she was naturally left in her hometown in Jinan.

The second lady saw that Valing's mother was respectful on the surface, but in fact, she was secretly uneasy, and she resented the eldest lady from the bottom of her heart, she especially wanted to go to the capital and take the place of Mrs. Valing's mother.

For the second lady's thoughts, even the little Valing can see it, but Eniang doesn't think so, she always thinks that there is a prime minister, and the second lady doesn't dare to do anything sorry for everyone.

"Sister, these cacti are beautiful and perfect for planting." The second lady got a lot of cactus balls out of nowhere, and she liked it so much that she planted it in almost every place in the courtyard.

Seeing that the old man was not there, Valing Eniang was also very lonely when she thought about the second lady alone, and she should find some fun appropriately, for everything that the second lady likes to do, as long as it does not affect the reputation of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Valing Eniang will almost agree and will not have any hindrance to her.

"I want to plant it in the eldest lady's yard as well, is that okay?" The second lady looked at Valing and prayed.

The prime minister's wife felt that it was not good to plant some thorny things in the children's yard, and it was easy to hurt, so she refused: "I look at Ling'er's yard and forget it, you like it or plant somewhere else." ”

"Sister, this cactus ball is very good, I planted all the places, but if I don't plant it for the eldest lady, it will make people think that I am very selfish." The second lady is a person who does not give up until she reaches her goal, and Valing Eniang is afraid that she will entangle people, so she can only nod and agree.

For these thorny things, Valing is still very disgusted, when she was ten years old, she once personally shoveled off the cactus balls one by one, and planted beautiful moon seasons, chrysanthemums, etc.

Seeing that the eldest lady pulled out all the cacti she liked, the second lady was very angry, and cried in front of the prime minister's wife many times, and finally the prime minister's wife couldn't resist the second lady's commotion, and forcibly ordered Valing to leave a piece of cactus by the window.

On the afternoon of the fire, Valing was very unwell, lying on the bed a little out of breath, and E-Niang cared about her and took care of her at all times. At night, E-Niang found that the maid rings around her were gone, and there was an inexplicable fire outside the window, which frightened E-Niang to wake up Valing and pull her to escape.

But the fire was so great that Valing and Eniang couldn't run out of the door, so they had to come back again.

Looking at the fire that was getting bigger and bigger, Valing was very scared and hugged Eniang and cried.

"Ling'er, don't be afraid, this is the crystal goose on Eniang's body, it can bring you good luck." In order to comfort Valing, Eniang took off the talisman crystal goose on her body and brought it to Valing.

"E-niang, will we be burned to death by the fire?" Valing looked at the fire around him, hugged Eniang in fear and said.

"No, it won't." The Prime Minister's wife usually looks soft and weak, but she is very strong at critical moments. She first examined the fire and knew that there was no way to escape from the door, because when she opened the door just now, she found that the door had been locked by someone with a heart.

"Ling'er, the fire on the north side of the window is a little smaller, let's get out of there." The Prime Minister's wife took Walling's hand and followed the smoke to the north window.

"E-niang, there are a lot of cacti under the window over there, if we go out from there, we will be pierced." Valing reminded that she hoped her mother would find another way out.

Looking at the fire in the house, the prime minister's wife comforted Valing softly and said: "Ling'er, it's important to save your life, it's okay to be stabbed by a thorn, but it hurts for two days and you'll be fine." ”

Listening to Eniang's persuasion, Valing felt that there was something more important than life, so he obediently followed Eniang to the north window.

The fire was getting more and more fierce, and the smoke was getting bigger and bigger, so that Waring and Eniang coughed and couldn't see anything with their eyes.

The Prime Minister's wife was eager to save her daughter, endured the fire and smoke, pushed open the window with all her might, and pushed Valing out of the house.

As soon as Valing landed, he felt a tingling sensation in his face, and then fainted.

When Valing woke up, only twelve-year-old Qingqing and ten-year-old Xiaolian were by her side.

"Qing'er, Miss is awake." Xiaolian watched Valing open her eyes and said happily to Qingqing.

"Shhhh Qingqing gagged her hand to her mouth and motioned for Xiaolian to be quiet.

"Qing'er," Waling called weakly as she lay on the bed.

"Miss..."Qingqing looked at Valing, with tears in her eyes, and responded in a low voice.

"Where's my mother?" Ignoring the stinging pain on her face, she asked anxiously, she remembered that the moment she was pushed out of the window and fell to the ground by Eniang, she only felt a tingling pain, and then she lost consciousness.

"Miss, you have been in a coma for half a month, and Madame, she has passed away." Qingqing wiped her tears and said to Valing, with a sad look on her face.

"My mother has passed away." When Waring heard the shocking news, he fainted.

"Miss, Miss..."Qingqing and Xiaolian knelt in front of the bed and shouted anxiously, but Valing did not respond.

Hearing that there was a fire in the house, the prime minister quickly returned home from the capital, and when he saw his wife burned to death, the prime minister was very sad, and he stayed at home after the funeral for his wife and refused to return to the capital.

"Master, Miss is awake." Qingqing saw that the Prime Minister had come to visit Valing, and reported truthfully.

When the prime minister heard that his daughter had woken up, he didn't have a look of joy, but sat in front of the Waling bed and sighed, "Alas... Alas..."

"Master, Miss fainted again when she heard the news of Madame's death." Xiaolian and Qingqing are still children in the end, and they can't tell the difference between all this, so they start to report it randomly.

"From now on, don't let Miss look in the mirror, you know?" The Prime Minister looked at the two little girls who had been with Valing since childhood, and said to them very solemnly.

"Got it, sir." Qingqing and Xiaolian glanced at each other, and both of them had a look of pity on their faces.

Valing, who woke up again, heard that E-Niang had passed away, and was sad and wanted to go to E-Niang's room to have a look.

Qingqing and Xiaolian didn't dare to stop her, so they walked towards the main room with her, wanting Miss But's wish.

Valing is the eldest lady in the mansion, and has lived in the backyard since she was a child, although there are many people in the prime minister's mansion, but few people have really seen her. Valing Eniang is usually very strict with her, never letting her participate in any occasion at home, but just letting her practice piano, chess, calligraphy and painting in her room.

The people in the mansion had never seen Valing before, and when they saw Qingqing and Xiaolian holding an ugly little girl, they exclaimed, "Ghost..."

Looking at the actions of the subordinates, the prime minister was very sad, and reprimanded Xiaolian and Qingqing: "Why did you let Miss come out?" ”

"Sir, Miss wants to see Madame." Xiaolian said with tears in her eyes, she, Qingqing and Valing were just children, and they didn't know what they had done wrong.

"Master, shouldn't this young lady's face be looked at by Lang Zhong?" The second lady looked at the prime minister, and said that she was very concerned, but in fact, her heart was happy.

"What's wrong with my face?" Seeing Erniang's weird smile, Waling realized the scene of the people fleeing in all directions just now.

"Ling'er, listen to me, your face is just injured, it will be fine in the future." The Prime Minister squatted down and comforted Valing softly.

"I'm going to see." Walling ran to her mother's room, saw her terrible face in the bronze mirror, and screamed in fright.

"Ling'er, don't do this, I will ask someone to help you diagnose and treat you, and it will get better." Prime Minister Wa Cheng said sadly, in fact, he knew in his heart that all this was just a deception to Wa Ling. In the past few days when Valing was in a coma, he had already asked many people to come and see her, but every Lang Zhong said that there was nothing they could do about her.

Valing looked at her festering face, and then thought about the dead Eniang, feeling that all this was not as simple as imagined, after crying for a while, she regained her calm at a young age, she knew that she had to be strong to survive, to find out the truth of the matter, to avenge Eniang.

Prime Minister Wa didn't want Waling to scare others, so he ordered his subordinates to find a hat for the young lady to put on, and put a long veil around him.

"Amma, I want the black one." Valing felt that E-Niang was gone, her face was disfigured, and the sky was falling, and she began to like to hide in a dark space, thinking that that way he would be safe.

The Prime Minister was no longer sad when he saw that Valing, and out of guilt, he almost obeyed Valling's words.