Liu Yingnan heard this and suddenly looked up, her eyes filled with stunned silence.
"Mother actually wants to drive out of the house?"
Sending to the old residence to be raised, it sounds nice.
But in the Capital, the Lady often uses this thod to deal with disobedient concubine daughters and b*stards.
It’s simply to send them to a remote place to waste away!
When they return, they naturally can’t compete with the young masters and misses who are always by the Lady’s side.
Madam shook her head: "How can you say it’s being driven out of the house? I couldn’t bear to."
"But you can see, this matter is no small affair, and your father values it greatly."
"Perhaps, the Emperor is also secretly waiting to see our attitude."
"You will leave the Capital first, and after two or three years, when the matter calms down, I will decide to bring you back."
"By then, your father will certainly have cald down, won’t he?"
Liu Yingnan was just about to refute.
But Madam patted her hand once more.
"Yingnan, you have always been sensible and obedient; you should know that my position as Lady is not stable."
"The Fourth Aunt is two months pregnant, and the doctor says it might be a son. If she really gives birth to a boy, the aunt’s status would be in jeopardy."
"You only need to obey now, and when you grow up and return, you can assist well, right?"
Liu Yingnan looked at her, tears shimring in her eyes.
The Madam before her had once been the woman who stayed by her bed during her mother’s final monts, earnestly promising to be good to the child.
But now...
Liu Yingnan knew her situation was dire.
She lowered her head, as if resigned to her fate: "Then, Mother, can I see my brother before I leave?"
Seeing her obedient, the Madam had no reason to refuse.
"Good girl, go on then. I will have the maid pack your things, and you will set off tonight. Once you arrive in Cangzhou, the housekeeper at the old residence will arrange everything."
Liu Yingnan’s heart felt like an ice cellar.
She walked to Liu Jiru’s courtyard and heard the severe coughing of her brother inside the room.
Pushing the door open, the frail Liu Jiru was leaning over the bed, retching out the dicinal liquid he had just ingested.
"Sister..." Liu Jiru barely managed to call out to her.
Liu Yingnan wiped away a tear: "Ru, your sister has to leave; Mother wants to set off for Cangzhou tonight."
Liu Jiru was still young and couldn’t even comprehend where Cangzhou was.
But he understood the word "leave."
"Why does Mother want you to leave?" Liu Jiru asked urgently.
Liu Yingnan lowered her dim gaze: "Sister made a mistake; don’t ask any more about it."
"But, Ru, you must rember, I’m being sent away entirely because I was bullied by the Princess and so young ladies!"
"This matter should not be ntioned to anyone, I’m telling only you."
Liu Jiru was surprised: "Why would the Princess bully you, Sister?"
Liu Yingnan shook her head: "Don’t ask anymore; she is the Princess. However she wants to amuse herself with , it is her right. What qualification do I have to question the reason?"
On the way back, Liu Yingnan had already thought about it.
It must have been Bai Zhi’er who instructed those two palace Servants to deliberately pass by her door and ntion the Princess falling into the water.
Bai Zhi’er was helping Guan Yue, her heart truly partial!
Liu Jiru beca anxious.
He threw off his quilt to get out of bed.
"I’ll go and plead with Mother for you, Sister!" Yet as soon as he moved, he coughed violently again.
Liu Yingnan quickly supported him, laying him back down.
"Ru, it’s okay. This ti my leaving is actually a good thing, but you must rember, if you still don’t see back in three years, you must remind Mother."
"Whether I can return to the Capital depends on you, so make sure to rember that."
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