Chapter 271: Sacrificing One’s Happiness to Help Someone Else
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
After Chu Tianbao kicked Meng Weiwei unconscious, Wu Chui was exasperated.
Even if Meng Weiwei couldn’t get close to You Huaijie, she was worth at least 20 taels of silver.
If she had died, she would become worthless.
Wu Chui hurriedly ran over to help Meng Weiwei up and checked her breathing. He immediately heaved a sigh of relief. Fortunately, she was still alive.
Wu Chui got someone to call the accompanying doctor over. His gaze landed on
Chu Tianbao, and his gaze was malicious. “How dare you hurt someone!”
Meng Weiwei was handcuffed and could only ask around about Chu Tianbao’s ident.i.ty.
But Wu Chui was different. He was an official after all. After asking around, he knew that the n.o.ble-looking Chu Tianbao was just a refugee.
How could a refugee dare to touch his people?
Chu Tianbao put Bai Wutong down and ignored Wu Chui. “Wife, let’s go back to our room to eat.”
Bai Wutong glanced at Wu Chui whose face alternated between green and white and smiled. “Okay.”
Chu Tianbao was acting all lovey-dovey in front of him and in his arms was a peerless beauty. It was unbearable!
Wu Chui roared, ‘You deliberately injured someone. Arrest him!’
As soon as he finished speaking, You Huaijie appeared with a dark expression. Behind him were dozens of soldiers.
Wu Chui was shocked. Could they be related to You Huaijie? Why hadn’t he heard of them?
Wu Chui’s heart skipped a beat. He hurriedly said obsequiously, “Governor, it’s all a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding!’ He pointed at the unconscious Meng Weiwei and said nonsense, “It’s all her fault for having ill intentions towards Young Master and his wife. Young Master, you did great in kicking her!”
“I’ll bring her back now and punish her severely!”
You Huaijie waved his hand. “Wu Chui used his official power to force the exiled women to perform on stage. It destroyed my reputation and tainted the Imperial Court. There is conclusive evidence. Arrest him!”
Wu Chui suddenly widened his eyes and shouted, “Sir! Sir! I don’t mean that. I just want everyone to relax. I really have good intentions!” You Huaijie sneered. “Do you really think I’m a fool?!’Wu Chui still wanted to defend himself. In the next second, the soldier covered his mouth and tied him up firmly with a rope.
Wu Chui struggled in panic, but it was useless.
He was filled with regret and hatred for Su Yue. If she hadn’t come up with a bad idea to present a beauty to You Huaijie, how could he have ended up like this?
Su Yue watched as Wu Chui was tied up by the soldier. When she met his cold gaze, she immediately trembled.
With Wu Chui captured, there were still two months to go to the Southern Frontier. Could she still have a good life along the way?
Su Yue was anxious and hated the unconscious Meng Weiwei.
When Meng Weiwei woke up, the team led by Wu Chui had also been taken over by You Huaijie.
Her chest was still aching. Thinking of Chu Tianbao’s cold gaze and indifferent expression, and how he kicked her without hesitation, in an instant, her heart hurt even more than her chest.
Shen Yueqin asked nervously, ‘Weiwei, are you alright? Don’t scare me!”
The moment she saw Meng Weiwei being carried out, Shen Yueqin’s heart collapsed and she almost fainted.
“Mother
Meng Weiwei lay in Shen Yueqin’s arms uncomfortably and sobbed silently.
At this moment, Su Yue walked over with a cold expression.
After witnessing Su Yue’s ruthless methods, Shen Yueqin hurriedly warned in a low voice, “What are you trying to do?” She was ready to protect her precious daughter.
Meng Weiwei was feeling terrible when she saw Su Yue. “Get lost!’
Su Yue curled her lips and smiled sinisterly. “You want me to get lost? Who do you think you are now!”
Meng Weiwei said, “What am I? I’m cleaner than you now!”
Instead of being angry, Su Yue laughed. “Clean? County mistress, you really have the cheek to say this. You worked hard for nothing. You didn’t expect that I would have sacrificed myself for someone else, right?”
Meng Weiwei looked at her sharply. “What did you say? Who did you sacrifice for? Tell me clearly!
Meng Weiwei refused and even deliberately said to Shen Yueqin, “Your daughter failed to seduce a man on purpose and was beaten up instead!”
“Oh, right, she was the one who asked me to give Wu Chui the idea of presenting a beauty. Tsk tsk, she’s so scheming. It’s a pity that she didn’t succeed in seducing a man.
Shen Yueqin looked at Meng Weiwei in disbelief. She did not believe that her daughter would do such a thing.
Meng Weiwei stood up without a care. ‘What did you mean just now? Who did you sacrifice for?!”
As soon as these words were spoken, Shen Yueqin’s face turned pale. She had to believe it even if she didn’t want to. What Su Yue said was true!
Did Weiwei know that she could only be a concubine if she had done this?!
Meng Weiwei did not care about Shen Yueqin’s sadness. She only wanted to know who she had married!
Meng Weiwei’s loss of composure and the ferocious expression on her face finally made Su Yue feel better.
So what if she had a n.o.ble background? She was no different from her if she fell into the mud.
She took two steps forward and said, “If you want to know, go take a look.”
Meng Weiwei ignored Shen Yueqin, who was trying to stop her, and staggered out. She saw that Wu Mengyao and her personal maidservant had their chains removed. Beside them stood a handsome man with an elegant aura.
Meng Weiwei heaved a sigh of relief when she saw that it was not Chu Tianbao.
In the next second, she became jealous again.
Why was it that Wu Mengyao had someone to redeem her but she, the county mistress, did not?
Not only did Sheng Huaixuan redeem Wu Mengyao and her maidservant, but he also went to the other group to redeem Wu Mengyao’s father and brother.
Wu Ji was shocked when he saw Sheng Huaixuan. He quickly thanked him and bowed. “Thank you, Young Master Sheng, for saving my entire family.”
He and Hao’er were both men. It was fine even if they were exiled to the Southern Frontier to do manual labor. However, when he thought of what his daughter would encounter in the future, Wu Ji’s heart ached.
Unexpectedly, Sheng Huaixuan, who had saved his daughter at the temple previously, appeared again to save their entire family.
Wu Ji was really grateful to Sheng Huaixuan. If not for the fact that he knew that Sheng Huaixuan was already married, he would have entrusted his daughter to him.
Sheng Huaixuan shook his head. “Lord Wu, you’re too polite. It’s nothing.”
Sheng Huaixuan’s helping hand had changed the fate of their entire family. Even if they still had to go to the Southern Frontier to settle down, they would no longer be the lowest-level official slaves.
Wu Ji thanked him solemnly again. “Young Master Sheng, I will never forget your kindness!”
Sheng Huaixuan smiled, like a breeze that tugged at one’s heartstrings.
Wu Mengyao’s heart skipped a beat before she hurriedly looked away.
Although they had been saved, Sheng Huaixuan had no intention of keeping them by his side. He only asked the servants to prepare some necessities for them.
When Meng Weiwei saw that Wu Mengyao had a tent to stay in and was wearing thick clothes, her gaze landed on Wu Hao’s face and she immediately had an idea.
She remembered that Wu Hao seemed to like her!