His Rui

The winter was at its peak in Xin…especially in the Imperial City.

All the things that were to send to the borders also increased because of this. This time, it was Yi Lei who came back to the Imperial City to take all these things to the borders.

In Li Manor, everything was almost set to leave.

A maid who was helping the other servants glanced at Yi Lei sitting on the horse and her eyes went wide with shock and surprise.

She couldn't however look at Yi Lei's face for too long because soon the head of servants shouted at her to not be lazy and start to work.

The maid came out of her bafflement and silently and hurriedly finished all her work.

After finishing her work, she went to Li Caihong's courtyard immediately.

Li Caihong had not stepped out of her courtyard at all since the day she had been whipped on her face during the Mid Autumn Banquet Festival.

The maid actually worked for Li Caihong so she knew how aggressive and out of control Li Caihong had been these days because of her face that had such a deep scar now.

Every day, First Madam Li, Li Rong would come to Li Caihong's courtyard and request her to come out, however, Li Caihong was more stubborn.

She would shut the door of her room and won't let anyone enter inside the room unless it was for the three-time meals or when she needed something really important.

Once Li Rong had tried to enter the room forcefully to see her daughter. However, when Li Caihong felt that the door was being broken, she started shouting loudly and Li Rong could do nothing but stop.

However, even amidst all this, Li Caihong was keeping all the information of what was going on inside the Li Manor or in the Imperial City.

Only a few maids were allowed to go inside the room and the maid who was just returning to Li Caihong's courtyard now was one of them.

She had served Li Caihong for very long and she was very known to her mistress' arrogant behavior. However, the maid also knew that it was very easy to make Li Caihong happy.

And today what she was going to tell her would definitely make her happy.

The maid was sure and that's why she was in so much hurry. She wanted some reward in exchange for this news and she would be very happy if she got some money because her mother was very sick.

She needed to send some money to her home and this was a very good opportunity for her.

"I need to see Third Young Miss."

The maid told the other maid who was guarding the entrance of Li Caihong's room.

The other maid's face didn't look good and she whispered harshly.

"Why do you need to see My Lady?"

The other maid knew very well that if she disturbed Li Caihong without any reason then she would have to suffer very badly. Because these days, during such incidents, Li Caihong always thinks that one is there to mock her scarred face when there is not any reason behind the meeting.

The maids in Li Caihong's courtyard were in a very bad situation.

Once when a maid had looked at Li Caihong's face for too long, Li Caihong had beaten her very badly. So after that, all of them didn't dare to stare at Li Caihong's face again in the future.

However, when they started doing it, Li Caihong would start to question them why they were not looking at her.

And then she would beat some other maid.

The first maid sighed understanding the other maid's situation and said firmly.

"This is very important. Believe me. In fact, I can get some big reward for telling this important thing to My Lady. I promise you that I will share it with you if I got something nice."

The other maid was swayed by these determination-filled words and greed.

After a few moments of hesitation, she nodded her head and went inside the room to inform Li Caihong about the other maid.

When she came out, her face didn't look too good and she said to the other maid very strictly.

"See…My Lady doesn't seem to be in a good mood. You better have a good reason to see her otherwise she will eat both of us alive."

The other maid also felt afraid hearing this but she gathered all of her courage and finally stepped inside the room.

The doors closed behind her.

"What do you want to say?"

She heard the cold voice as soon as she stepped inside the room. Her eyes followed the direction of the voice and there she saw a figure sitting on the chair in the dark. She couldn't see Li Caihong's face at all.

The maid gulped as she lowered her gaze and said

"My Lady, this servant had very important news for you. Today, this servant saw Second Young Master Yi inside Li Manor. He was here to take the things for the soldiers to the border."

"So what?"

Li Caihong said harshly and the maid flinched visibly.

She swallowed again and finally said

"If My Lady remembers then Second Young Master Yi had a very deep scar on his face when had visited the Li Manor last time but this time…"

The maid paused again

"This servant saw that the scar was very light. From far away, it was not even visible. This servant almost thought that it was not even there."

The room went silent after the maid's words.

Li Caihong suddenly stood up from the chair and stepped out of the dark. Now she was standing in the light and the maid could see her face very clearly.

The maid almost screamed seeing the horrible scar on Li Caihong's face. It was so deep and it ran from her forehead to her collarbone.

She suppressed her scream with very difficulty and immediately lowered her head again so that Li Caihong would not be able to see her fearful expressions.

"How did it fade?"

Li Caihong whispered in a very low voice.

Her eyes were now filled with a new brightness.

Perhaps the scar on her face could be really treated …or that was what she thought.