Yi Xin as a concubine

Chapter 173 Conflict escalates

She would say that she was going to put out the fire, but in fact, as soon as Xin Baoer returned to the yard, she went straight into the bedroom, took off her embroidered shoes, pulled over the quilt, and fell asleep.

I seem to have overused my brain recently and have headaches from time to time. Now that the backyard is in a mess, I suddenly don’t want to work hard anymore.

After waking up, I felt refreshed. I stretched and touched my empty stomach. Thinking that I had not eaten dinner yesterday, I suddenly felt very hungry. Without waiting for anyone to serve me, I got dressed, prepared to wash up, and then go find something to eat.

I opened the door and the yard was very quiet. I looked up at the sun. At this hour, Lancao was not here, maybe she was cooking. Wei Yu was not here either?

Xin Baoer was a little confused. She had been passing on information too frequently recently, which would more or less arouse the suspicion of those who were monitoring her. So for her safety, Wei Yu even did her morning exercises in the courtyard.

"Ayu?" He called out tentatively.

One breath, two breaths, three breaths, no one answered.

"Crack!"

"thump!"

"Ping Pong!"

“Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding!”

Xin Baoer frowned. Are they fighting?

Without even bothering to wash up, he cautiously approached the dining room where the sound came from.

"What are you doing?"

His voice was soft and had no intimidating power, as if he had just seen something puzzling and was asking casually.

The chaotic room suddenly fell silent, and everyone seemed to be under a spell, with expressions of anger, roaring, panic, helplessness, or annoyance.

Xin Baoer was indeed angry. She didn't know how to describe the scene before her.

The floor was covered with soup and food, the tables and chairs were toppled, the cups and plates were in disarray, and the bowls and dishes were broken. Everyone had soup on their bodies, slap marks on their faces, scratches on their arms and necks, and shoe prints on their clothes.

But what made Xin Baoer most angry was not these. She saw Mother Lin in the corner, with messy hair, tattered clothes, wounds on her face and body, most of which were bloodstained. When she came, she was struggling to stand up with the help of the wall. Looking at Chengdu's trembling legs, she must have been seriously injured.

"Mom, how are you?" Xin Baoer walked around the stunned crowd without saying a word, used her hands and feet to pull the person into her arms, and asked anxiously.

"I'm fine, don't worry, young lady." Mother Lin couldn't bear to see her daughter sad, so she endured the pain and comforted her.

Wei Yu was the first to react. He straightened his messy clothes, picked up a stool, took Mother Lin from Xin Baoer's arms, and settled her down without saying a word. Then he stood behind Xin Baoer, looking coldly at the women in the room who were lowering their heads.

Xin Baoer took a deep breath, suppressed the violent emotions that suddenly rose in her chest, closed her eyes, and growled, "Everyone, go to the yard and kneel down."

Lancao and Zhao Xian's faces were swollen like pig heads, and their chests were puffing with anger, but they heard Xin Baoer's order and limped out without saying a word.

Yu Si followed closely with an indifferent look on his face. Jiao Ba and Gong Jiu hesitated for a while and then followed him out.

Shang Shiyi stiffened his neck and snorted coldly. Seeing Hui Wu looking aggrieved but still trying to follow him out, he reached out and grabbed him.

"Sister Huiwu, you don't have to go out. We are all of the same status. Why should we listen to her arrangements? What right does she have to punish us?"

Hui Wu had tears stuck in his eyes, about to fall. He also reached out to hold Shang Shiyi, his voice restrained.

"Little Eleven, listen to me. Miss Xin is our savior. We...we can't repay kindness with hatred."

The more he spoke, the softer his voice became, as if he was unwilling, and as if he was afraid, and he turned his ingratitude into Xin Baoer's "repaying a favor".

"Throw it out. If you can't kneel, break your legs."

Xin Baoer is really impatient to watch two idiots directing and acting in their own show. How can there be no audience and no one to applaud them?

Wei Yu’s kung fu is the best here. After going out for a while and experiencing a real life-and-death battle, his skills are completely different.

She had just been trying to stop the fight and was in a very awkward situation. She had been holding a lot of anger in her heart and had disliked these two people in the first place. Now that Xin Baoer gave her the opportunity, she finally didn't have to hold back and picked up one of them in each hand and threw them into the yard.

Hui Wu knew the situation and got up and knelt, with her head down so her expression couldn't be seen clearly. Shang Shiyi, however, was a troublemaker and got up to attack Wei Yu, but Wei Yu was quick-witted and kicked her in the knee.

There was only a "crack" sound, and I didn't know whether it was the ground that broke or the bones that broke. As a result, Shang Shiyi fell to his knees with a wail, and he struggled for several times but couldn't stand up.

Xin Baoer helped Mother Lin, who had recovered, out. She looked at the group of people kneeling in a row in the yard, and walked past them with a cold face and without even looking away.

Lancao and Zhaoxian looked pleading and begging for mercy, Yu Si seemed to be trapped in his own world, unaware of the outside world, Jiao Ba and Gong Jiu looked around, at a loss. Hui Wu seemed to be kneeling the most honestly, but his lowered eyes were full of calculations, and Shang Shiyi couldn't think of anything at the moment, and was grimacing in pain.

Xin Baoer walked by and sensed the emotions of the people. Finally, she glanced at Yu Si intentionally or unintentionally, then helped Mother Lin back to her room.

Not long after she went in, Wei Yu followed her in with a basin of water.

"Bao'er, go wash up first. I'll apply medicine to Mother Lin."

"Let me do it. You are injured too. Rest for a while. I will treat you later."

Xin Baoer took the water and washed her hands, then took out the medicine and skillfully cleaned Mother Lin's wound, applied medicine and bandaged it.

"Okay, you should rest for the next few days. It's hot now and you will sweat easily. Try to move as little as possible, or just don't move at all. Just wait to be served."

Xin Baoer washed her hands again, turned around, pulled Wei Yu to sit down, and skillfully treated her wound, still muttering something.

"Mom, you are old too. They are young and nimble. Just let them fight to the death. Why do you have to pull them away? What if they get seriously injured? What should I do?"

Xin Baoer's voice was choked with sobs as she spoke. On the one hand, she was angry, but on the other hand, she was truly heartbroken. Since she traveled through time, the first person she accepted was this mother. Although in this era, mother was just a name for a wet nurse, but in the heart of Xin Baoer, who came from the future, Mother Lin was her mother. She gave her warmth and maternal love that her biological mother had never given her.

Hearing the wrong tone of her voice, Mother Lin no longer cared about the pain all over her body and quickly persuaded her: "My dear girl, I will never be stubborn again. It's not painful anymore, it's not painful anymore."

Wei Yu looked at Xin Baoer's red eyes, and felt bad. Her mother had comforted her gently before, but where was she now? Thinking of this, she couldn't help but wet her eyes.

The atmosphere in the room was a little depressed for a moment. The three people were immersed in their own emotions and no one spoke. The only sound was the friction of clothes when applying the medicine.

"Madam Xin, the Second Master asked his subordinates to ask what happened? Do you need his help?" Wangchuan's voice broke the silence in the room.

Xin Baoer had just finished applying the medicine. She calmly put down the things in her hands, calmed down her emotions, and then said, "I don't want to bother you with my own people, so as not to have unnecessary thoughts and add to your troubles."

Xin Baoer's voice was very loud. Mother Lin's house was in the middle of the courtyard, and the person kneeling was also in the middle of the courtyard. They could hear it clearly and their expressions changed immediately.

Wangchuan looked at the people in the room through the door curtain. The shadows were blurry and he could not see clearly. He wanted to help the second master to see how the mistress felt, but this was in vain. So he turned to look at the kneeling people, from head to toe, remembering everyone's expressions and movements in his mind, then he responded to the room and went back to report to his master.

Xin Baoer didn't seem to have figured out how to deal with the current situation. She just lowered her head and slowly put the medicine box in front of her away, over and over again, with a frown on her face, as if she was not satisfied with any way she arranged it.

Wei Yu and Lin's mother were both there with her. No one made a sound to disturb her, but there was varying degrees of worry in their eyes.

"It stands to reason that human nature is evil, and most people can share adversity but not wealth. But our lives are in danger right now, so why do we still have so many concerns?"

Xin Baoer's voice was slow and gentle, neither harsh nor angry. It was as if she had encountered a difficult problem and wanted to ask everyone for an answer. She was calm and even a little relaxed.