Transmigrated Genius: Fragile Heiress Reigns Supreme-Chapter 566 - 568: Wrapping Up (Part 4)

Nanny Li was full of heartache, too angry to speak!

Zitan was also taken aback, she had just lost her temper, smashing whatever she saw without thinking that it was the gift from the Second Madam.

She then said somewhat nervously: "Nanny... Nanny Li, I... I didn’t do it on purpose."

"Not on purpose?" Nanny Li said sharply, "I see quite clearly you did it intentionally, thinking that because the Second Madam treats you leniently, you can act like the master?" Saying this, she waved her hand, "Someone, tie her up for me!"

Four servant women immediately pulled back the curtain and stormed into the door.

Zitan was stunned. It wasn’t like she hadn’t broken any of the Second Madam’s belongings before, but each time the Second Madam only scolded her a bit, at most made her kneel as punishment, why was there such a scene this time?

She looked at Nanny Li and the bunch of fierce women.

Suddenly realizing, these women were clearly waiting by the door early on. Nanny Li came this time with the purpose of disposing of her, and the broken vase was just an excuse.

Zitan stood there, not knowing whether she was scared or angry, her legs started trembling.

The servant women swiftly tied her hands and feet, and Zitan’s face immediately broke out in cold sweat from pain. Just as she was about to speak, she saw Nanny Li bringing over a cup of black, murky medicinal liquid...

She looked at Nanny Li with a face full of terror, repeatedly whimpering.

Nanny Li, however, let out a cold laugh, pried her mouth open, and poured the medicine in, whispering in her ear, "This is the poison of smallpox, Zitan girl, take care!"

Zitan was overwhelmed with terror, coughing incessantly from choking.

Nanny Li simply waved her arm, standing coldly with her face full of mockery, watching as Zitan was dragged out of the room little by little, Zitan’s mind filled with Nanny Li’s mocking smile...

She had followed the Commandery Princess as part of her dowry to the Marquis Mansion. She had thought about her future, matching with a young man and staying in the mansion as a housekeeper, receiving a dowry from the Second Madam when leaving the mansion to marry a reliable person. She had even fantasized about becoming a concubine, bearing the Marquis’s child, and becoming a concubine, having a child or two...

But she never expected to become a discarded pawn thrown out by the Commandery Princess. She knew better than anyone what kind of end she would meet once she left the Marquis Mansion. Originally, four senior maids and four junior maids had accompanied the Commandery Princess, and now how many were left? She understood better than anyone where those people went.

She always considered herself the confidante of the Commandery Princess, doing many things for her, never having a second thought. She thought she was luckier than others because she was clever and perceptive, even learning martial arts behind Nanny Li in the Prince Mansion, playing a role not just as a maid but also as a guard behind the Second Madam.

She hadn’t expected that she was no different at all, and her end was even worse than those people.

The pain in her back was now numb, Zitan felt like the medicine had burned its way to her heart just now, then cooled down to her feet. How would she die? Succumbed in a broken temple or dead on the street, buried with barely a thin coffin or tossed to the mass grave at Wang Family Temple in the eastern city?

Zitan began to tremble, uncontrollably shaking!

She wanted to live, even if it meant living as lowly as a dog, she wanted to live. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

She shouted desperately, but despite many maids and servant women passing by, no one dared to stop and save her.

Indeed, who dared interfere with someone punished by the Second Madam, especially since there was a legitimate excuse, she had smashed the vase bestowed by the Empress Dowager, and contracted smallpox!

What a serious crime!

She found it all very ironic.

Zitan closed her eyes feeling utterly hopeless, thinking of what Lianqiao had said: "With looks like yours, there’s no worry about not having good days ahead."

Did she have any? She would never again have such days.

Zitan wept desperately, struggling fiercely.

But she was still tossed onto the carriage, and with a whip of the servant woman’s whip, the carriage left the Marquis Mansion, heading to an unknown place, Zitan’s eyes reddened as she looked at the corner of the carriage, using all her strength to smash into it!

Then her vision went black and she fainted.

Not knowing how much time had passed, she slowly awoke, feeling as if her whole body was burning with pain. Her memory gradually returned, and she suddenly opened her eyes, seeing a canopy with a green gauze top, elegantly embroidered with a scene of butterflies playing with lotus flowers. She shook her head vigorously, just as a clear voice intruded: "You’re awake?"

Fourth Madam, it was Fourth Madam!

Zitan was suddenly startled, wasn’t she supposed to have died smashing her head in the carriage, wasn’t she thrown out by the Second Madam, how was she hearing Fourth Madam’s voice...

She turned her head, looking unbelievingly in the direction of the voice, seeing Fourth Madam sitting on a chair by the bedside, her expression soft without joy or anger, just as before.

"Fourth Madam?" Zitan asked incredulously, realizing her throat was hoarse, and her voice was intermittent...

Xiqiu nodded, looking at her, said: "You’ve been poisoned with smallpox, Nurse Zhang gave you some medicine, you’re still a bit feverish now, so don’t move around, just rest well."

The gentle voice, yet it suddenly gave her a wonderful feeling of being reborn, a transformation after death.

Zitan nodded obediently, her gaze still fixed on Xiqiu, afraid that once she closed her eyes she’d be back in the carriage again.

She wasn’t foolish, she naturally understood Fourth Madam’s reasons for saving her.

If it were before, she would naturally not consider, but since the Commandery Princess treated her this way, either choice was death, and she had no parents at home, only a younger sister who had died last year at the Prince Mansion, leaving her with no attachments... In this manor, only Fourth Madam could help her. If she told Fourth Madam how Young Master Min was injured and how Young Master Xin was poisoned, Fourth Madam would surely not let her die.

Yes!

Zitan looked determinedly at Xiqiu: "I have something to say!" She was entirely expecting Xiqiu to listen attentively, but unexpectedly, she merely said: "Hmm, there’s no rush, take care of your health first!"

Zitan was stunned, what did Fourth Madam mean?

Was she not intending to listen at all, or did she have other intentions?

Xiqiu seemed unaware of Zitan’s thoughts, nodded casually, instructed Nanny Cen to take care of her, and then left for the front courtyard.

After returning to her room to change clothes and wash up, she stood at the side room’s doorway, looking through the curtain at Min and Xing whispering together, a slight smile formed on her lips.

Bihuai stood behind, looking at Xiqiu, who was wearing a plain, moonlit overcoat today, with a few simple hairpins adorning her head, standing there quietly, like the wind and willow, yet suddenly evoking respect in her. Perhaps in others’ eyes, Fourth Madam was weak, soft, and easily bullied, but she knew that such was only her exterior. She was strong, with a solid inner resolve, and her bottom line was not to be touched, just like the time with the Third Miss in the mansion or with Lady...

"Madam, what should we do?" Bihuai asked quietly.