Encountering Green Chrysanthemum Again

  Song Lingyu turned around in puzzlement and asked: "Who are you? Why did you call me Big Sister?"

  The woman in the bamboo hat hesitated, then lifted half of her hat and said: "Young mistress, I am Cuiju."

  Song Lingyu was taken aback and looked around before saying: "Cuiju, why are you still here? You look like it's not convenient to talk here, let's go to the wine tower."

  Cui Ju nodded and followed Song Lingyu to Wangyuelou.

  Everyone let out a sigh of relief, it was just a false alarm after all.

  Song Lingyu glanced at Cui Ju on her way to Wangyuelou, although she had suffered a bit, but it was also considered that she had deceived her.

  Three people came into the elegant room of Wangyuelou. Song Lingyu spoke first: "Cuiju, didn't you already leave the city? Why have you come back?"

  Under the bamboo hat, Cuiju let out a faint sigh and said: "Big sister, to be honest with you, I didn't actually leave the city. That night, I encountered people sent by Madame, they wanted to kill me, I desperately ran away, later a group of people rushed out and rescued me. When I tried to leave the city again, I found that the city gate had already been blocked. Those people were holding my portrait one by one, I knew it must be Madame's people, no one can help her with things and still live afterwards."

  "No choice, I had to retreat first. To avoid others, I scalded half of my face with hot water. Later, because I often wore a bamboo hat, even when sleeping, I didn't take it off, and the gauze kept touching the wound without airing, so my face became festering and deformed."

  Song Lingyu let out a faint sigh and said: "I can help you leave the city."

  "Really?" Cuiju was visibly excited for a moment, and then said, "I'm the one who's going to leave here, young lady, there's something you might not know."

  "What's wrong?"

  "It was actually Third Aunt who was killed by Eldest Mistress." Cuiju paused for a moment before continuing, "That year in the imperial capital, there were rumors going around about a flower thief sneaking into women's bedrooms every night. Then Eldest Mistress came up with an idea. That evening, while Master was not at home, she found a man and had him come to the house. The man first suffocated Third Aunt, then tore her clothes to shreds, and...and..."

  Cuiju hesitated for a long time, and Song Lingyu didn't rush her. After a while, Cuiju said: "Later, the madam thought it was still not enough, so she had that man gouge out Third Madam's eyes, only then did she stop. Later, when Master returned, Third Madam was still lying in bed, not wearing a stitch."

  Just thinking about that scene makes one's heart tremble, it seems that the madam would stop at nothing for her husband.

  "Cuiju, are you willing to go back with me and testify against Madame?"

  Cui Ju was taken aback, her body involuntarily trembling. The Song Mansion was the nightmare of her lifetime. "I..."

  Seeing Cui Ju hesitating, Song Lingyu said again: "This time, I guarantee that you will not get into trouble and can safely leave the city."

  Cui Ju looked up through the white gauze at Song Lingyu, thought for a moment, and said: "Alright, I'll listen to you, Young Miss."

  Song Lingyu saw Cuiju respond and also let out a breath of relief. She patted Cuiju's hand, letting her put her mind at ease.