Yunniang had been with Huo Jincheng since she was seventeen, rising from a maid to a concubine, and even managing the Huo family's affairs. It had been over a decade now. In all those years, Huo Jincheng had never once raised a finger against her, never once spoken a harsh word to her. But today, for the first time, she had been dealt a harsh blow.

She seemed to see power slipping from her fingertips...

No, she was unwilling to accept this, absolutely not! She was unwilling to accept that she had been given such a respectable honor, only to be stripped of it.

"Master!" Yunniang cried out in sorrow and panic, tears streaming down her face. Then, with her hair loose on one side, she knelt before Huo Jincheng, looked up at his fiery eyes, and shuddered unconsciously.

"Please tell me what I did wrong?"

The hope in her heart made her ask with all her might.

"Bitch!" Huo Jincheng raised his foot and kicked her on the shoulder again, sending her sprawling and slamming her head against the wooden floor. He lifted a corner of his robe, leaned over and stared at Yunniang, gritting his teeth and saying, "Bitch, you're not going to tell me the truth, are you? Fine, I'll give you a chance, and if you don't, then you don't have to."

He turned and tried to leave.

"I'll tell you! I'll tell you..." Yunniang rushed over and hugged one of his feet, crying, "I'm willing to tell you, I'll tell you everything..."

Although she didn't know how Huo Jincheng got the news, she thought it was nothing more than the poison given to her by Shopkeeper Wang. Yunniang no longer hesitated and took out the porcelain bottle from her bosom. "I have no grudge against Madam Jian and I really didn't intend to harm her. Please investigate and forgive me this time!"

"What a clear conscience!" Huo Jincheng snatched the porcelain vase and pinched her chin fiercely. "Are you still not going to tell me everything you did behind my back? If we have no grudges, who can force you to do this?"

"Tell me! How did Ah Man's mother die?"

"If you dare to lie even a little bit, I will skin you alive!"

Ah Man pulled Erniu and Sanniu to follow, and saw a group of maids and old women kneeling under the corridor. She didn't know what was going on, but then she heard Huo Jincheng mention her mother. She signaled Erniu and Sanniu to stay where they were, and she tiptoed towards the corridor.

Inside the house, Yunniang's face was ashen, knowing that the situation was hopeless. She couldn't help but speak out about the situation. She hated it! Over the years, she had devoted all her energy to managing the household affairs, taking care of the daily life of Huo Jincheng and his daughter, calculating one woman after another who tried to get close to Huo Jincheng, but in the end, all her hard work was in vain.

After all, in his heart, she could not compare to a foreign woman.

She suddenly laughed, a desperate laugh, a strange laugh, a laugh that made people's hair stand on end.

She shook her head vigorously, breaking free from Huo Jincheng's fingers. She then wiped the blood from the corner of her lips, raised her head and looked directly at Huo Jincheng, saying, "Master, don't worry. I will tell you everything you want to know, without missing a word. I guarantee you will be satisfied."

"You bitch, tell me now!"

"Speaking of bitches, Hua is the real bitch. She is the real bitch!"

"You don't know, that bitch is seventeen years older than me, and I still think she's a woman in her twenties. She's a temptress, she deserves to die!"

"You're talking nonsense! You're the witch, not my mother!" Ah Man rushed in with tears streaming down her face. She pounced on her and punched and kicked her, screaming and cursing, "You evil person, you killed my mother. I'll beat you to death, beat you to death!"

"Man'er!" Huo Jincheng picked her up and handed her to a maid outside. "Take her to the other courtyard and hand her over to Madam Jian."

Returning to the house, Huo Jincheng stared at Yunniang with a sharp gaze and said, "Hua has always been kind to others and has never made things difficult for you. If you just keep talking nonsense..."

"What nonsense?" Yunniang interrupted Huo Jincheng and laughed sadly. "A life for a life. I am dying, why should I talk nonsense? As you said..." Her eyes darkened, and then a cold smile appeared on the corner of her lips. "She has never made things difficult for me or criticized me, so how could I not tolerate her?"

"Master, have you never thought that the real person who can't tolerate her is someone else, not me."

Huo Jincheng's eyelids twitched. He raised his foot and kicked Yunniang over, stepping on her right shoulder and saying coldly, "I see you really don't want to seek death anymore. Who else do you want to bite? Say it all at once."

Yunniang met his gaze with a sidelong glance, her eyes devoid of fear. "Do you believe what I said about accusing you, Master? I know you won't forgive me. I'm going to die anyway. The old lady helped me after all, so why should I blame her before I die?"

"Master, you asked me to tell you everything yourself. I dare not hide a single word. Why don't you go and ask the old lady yourself?"

Huo Jincheng applied a little force on her foot, and she immediately felt so much pain that sweat broke out on her forehead. However, she was stubborn and refused to make any sound or beg for mercy.

After Huo Jincheng kicked her again and turned away, a smile appeared on her face. When she heard Huo Jincheng instruct the people outside to keep an eye on her, not to let her commit suicide, not to give her water to drink, and not to send her any food, and then heard Huo Jincheng's footsteps going towards the gate, her smile deepened.

Old Madam, please don’t blame me for being cruel. If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for giving me to you.

Even if you had just married me off with any other servant, denying me the chance to climb higher, that bitch Hua wouldn't have died, and I wouldn't be in the trouble I'm in today.

Haha, sir, after all, it was you who killed that bitch.

If you had married a young lady who could take care of household affairs, and not let me take over the position of mistress and be in charge of all the affairs in the mansion, how could I have coveted the position of mistress?

Yunniang smiled until tears streamed down her face...

Taifu Mansion.

The Grand Tutor, who had not stepped into the backyard on his own initiative for several years, came to the backyard leisurely with his hands behind his back.

Mrs. Huo was stunned for a moment when she heard the news, then she adjusted her makeup in the mirror. Seeing her personal maid pursed her lips and smiled softly, the old lady glanced in the mirror and remembered her own gaffe. She couldn't help but glare at the maid and scolded her with a smile, "Silly girl, do you think I care about him coming? I just want to trim my hair."

"It must be to welcome him, he is so beautiful!"

The maid covered her mouth and smiled, "Yes, whatever the old lady said is what it is. This servant has never said anything."

The maidservant beside Madam Huo glanced in the mirror and said, "At first glance, the old lady hasn't changed at all from before. She's still as delicate and graceful as ever."

"Bullshit!" Old Madam Huo continued to scold with a smile, "You just pick up nice words to coax me. If you were really as delicate as before, you would have become an old monster. Do you dare to scold me in various ways?"

The old woman and the maidservant said in unison: "Excuse me, old woman, we don't have the guts to do that."

A few people were talking and laughing when the maid outside opened the curtain and the Grand Tutor walked in with his hands behind his back. "What a lively scene! What are you talking about? You seem so excited."

Mrs. Huo was smiling brightly, but before she could say anything, a message came from outside: "The master is here."