Transmigrated Genius: Fragile Heiress Reigns Supreme-Chapter 561 - 564: Drawing a Circle (2)

Lianqiao did not speak, merely nodding at Bihuai.

Bihuai smiled as she retreated!

Lianqiao patted the bedboard, calling the little maid outside to come in, and asked, "Where is the Grand Dowager?" The little maid replied, "The Grand Dowager is currently in Fourth Madam’s room."

Lianqiao tightened her grip on the stone in her hand!

Those without lose nothing, she fears not even death, what else is there to fear!

Speaking, she then said to the little maid, "Go call for a sedan chair, send me to the Second House!"

Nanny Li was just coming out of the main house when she saw a few servant women carrying Lianqiao in on a sedan chair. Nanny Li paused and stepped forward to ask, "Why has Miss Lianqiao come? You shouldn’t move around with your injury; if anything is needed, let the young maids take care of it."

Lianqiao glanced at Nanny Li, smiling as she said, "I’ve applied the medicine; although it still hurts, it’s suffocating to stay lying around in the room all the time. I’m thinking about Zitan, so I wanted to come and chat with her."

Nanny Li paused briefly, but didn’t take it to heart: "Then Miss Lianqiao, go ahead, Zitan is resting in the back now." Saying this, she pointed to a little maid, "Take Miss Lianqiao to Zitan’s room."

Nanny Li then stepped aside to let her through the courtyard.

Lianqiao was carried to the backyard by a few servant women, and indeed, Zitan was lying on the bed. Beside the bed, a little maid was kneeling, crying while picking up the shattered porcelain on the ground, seemingly having just broken a medicine bowl.

"Zitan." Lianqiao couldn’t move, so she smiled and called out as soon as she entered.

Zitan paused: "Why have you come?" Then she quickly pointed to the little maid: "Why are you standing around, quickly clean up and make tea for Miss Lianqiao."

The little maid swiftly tidied up.

Lianqiao had them place the sedan chair beside the bed, and the two lay side by side there.

Looking at one another, Lianqiao led with a helpless smile: "We’ve suffered greatly, not knowing when the injuries will heal, alas!" Zitan sighed in agreement: "Who wouldn’t say so?"

Lianqiao then said: "You’re better than me; at least you’re in Second Madam’s courtyard with her protection. I am punished by the Grand Dowager personally; we might not have another chance to meet again after today." Saying this, she looked dejected and continued, "I surely can’t stay in the mansion to serve anymore."

Zitan looked surprised and asked, "Is Young Master Xin not... Did the Grand Dowager say she’s going to send you away?"

Lianqiao just nodded and replied, "In the future, make sure to come see me often; we count as friends in hardship. You, staying in the mansion, though wronged this time, have Second Madam’s close regards. Your future prospects are unlimited, don’t forget me as you rise step by step."

Her words had a hidden meaning, leaving Zitan momentarily stunned, she asked, "Sister Lianqiao surely jests; how could I rise step by step? At most, I’ll end up being a housekeeper!"

"You don’t know?" Lianqiao realized she had misspoken, hurriedly changing topics, while Zitan sent the maids out of the room, pressing on, "Dear sister, are you watching me grow anxious? What is it exactly? You’ve always been close to the Grand Dowager, you know more than I do."

Lianqiao showed a troubled face, hesitantly looking around for a while before mumbling, "You don’t know... Madam Shen miscarried, Madam Teng passed away, and seeing there is no capable person in Marquis’s quarters, the Grand Dowager said she wants to arrange for you to embellish your face, initially placing you in the quarters, and if you become pregnant, you’ll be elevated to concubine status. This has also been discussed with Second Madam, so I thought you were about to be made a concubine, so that’s why..."

"With your looks, why worry about not living a good life in the future!"

Zitan was utterly shocked; she hadn’t heard a word from Second Madam, and Second Madam hadn’t shown any intention of that sort.

Embellish her face? Elevate to concubine!

She thought of Xiao Yanyi’s gentle and elegant demeanor, and her face turned red.

A man like the Marquis is the dream Prince Charming of all women. When the Commandery Princess sought the Empress Dowager’s decree to marry into the Marquis Mansion, she was delighted for months. The maids who accompanied the Commandery Princess as a dowry were mostly to remain in the quarters as concubines. If it were another man, she’d rather die than agree, but if it were Xiao Yanyi... she would!

This time, she suffered such severe injuries for the Commandery Princess, who is now pregnant, and Madam Shen has just lost her child; there truly wasn’t anyone to attend in the Marquis’s quarters.

So, could the Commandery Princess embellish her face?

"Still, you’re lucky to stay in the mansion," Lianqiao spoke with unabashed envy.

Zitan looked at Lianqiao and retorted: "What are you saying? We are servants; whose fate is especially good? If not, we wouldn’t be reduced to being servants."