As night fell, the candles in the inn room were faintly bright, and a teenage girl on the bed was wrapped in a futon and trembled uncontrollably.

"Third Miss, the slave maid will serve you a bowl of ginger soup to ward off the cold, now that the war is in chaos, I'm afraid it will not be easy to find a doctor." Hongmei saw that her little face was pale, and took the initiative to propose.

"Okay." Liu Yingxue responded in a weak voice.

She was already suffering from a cold, it was not easy to survive to this small city, if it weren't for the danger of Kyoto, she wouldn't have to leave the mansion to take refuge, but the road was dangerous, and their group met a bandit, the dead were scattered, the whereabouts of the nurse Wang were unknown, and only Hongmei was a maid who stayed with her.

After a while, Hongmei brought a bowl of ginger soup and handed it to her, holding the bowl with a missing corner, her heart was very sad, and tears fell into the bowl with a snap.

Liu Yingxue looked at Hongmei's lower abdomen, which had not yet bulged, and said with a sad look in her eyes: "Even if the eldest brother died in battle, but you have his blood in your belly, and the Liu family is also considered to be a successor, and when Zhuangzi settles down, I will take good care of you." ”

Hongmei is beautiful, won the love of the eldest brother, originally planned to give Hongmei a concubine after the battle of Huacheng, but unfortunately the eldest brother and his father both died on the battlefield, the second brother is nowhere to be found, and the good protector of the mansion lost overnight, leaving her an orphan daughter.

"Third Miss, drink it while it's hot." Hongmei persuaded on the side.

Liu Yingxue stabilized her mind, drank the bowl of ginger soup in one gulp, a warm feeling surged into her chest, and her body didn't seem to be so cold, she was about to lie down and rest, when suddenly a feeling of whirling the sky hit.

This is clearly not a symptom of wind and cold, her eyes turned to Hongmei, the gentle Hongmei on weekdays, at this time her eyes showed a fierce light, and she looked a little hideous.

Liu Yingxue noticed the abnormality of the ginger soup, but it was too late, and the unstoppable sleepiness hit one after another, and the surrounding scene became more and more blurred.

"You actually drugged ginger soup." She held her forehead, and every word was so hard.

The corners of Hongmei's mouth raised slightly, and her beautiful face showed a sneering smile: "Do you think you are still the young lady of the Protector's Mansion?" You are nothing without the protection of your father and brother, and it is good for you to understand it early. ”

These words were like a basin of cold water poured towards Liu Yingxue, she never thought that she would fall into such a bad situation, she tried her last strength, grabbed Hongmei's hand, and said in a hoarse voice: "The Protector Mansion treats you well, my eldest brother is not bad with you, you actually did something to betray your master, people are watching the sky, you will not end well." ”

After speaking, her head became even more groggy, her body involuntarily fell back, her consciousness disappeared little by little, and she closed her eyes unwillingly.

Seeing her lying motionless on the ground, Hongmei leaned down and patted her face, and after making sure that she was asleep, she began to search for the silver tickets and silver ingots on Liu Yingxue's body, and even pulled out the gold and silver hairpin rings on her head and put them all into her own pocket.

"Third Miss, the slave really wants to thank you for this fat sheep, the silver taels you carry are enough for me to live a rich life, in the future, I will no longer be the slave of the Protector Mansion, you are not a young lady, Kyoto is over, your Liu family is also finished, those so-called retribution are coming, there is nothing to fear." Hongmei couldn't help but laugh wildly, her beautiful face showing a little distortion in the candlelight.

The night was getting darker and darker, and the snow was falling outside the window.