The board fell, Cuiping gritted her teeth and endured it, while Pei'er screamed like a ghost.

After the fifteen strokes of the cane, both men were covered in cold sweat and their buttocks were bleeding, looking horrifying.

Gu Qing still had a cold expression on his face: "Can you still move?"

Cuiping slowly climbed down from the bench and knelt down again with difficulty: "Yes... Yes, Madam."

Pei'er was as still as a dead person. The servant who was torturing her went forward to check her breathing and reported, "Madam, you are not dead yet, you just fainted."

"Splash cold water on him to wake him up."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone was filled with fear and no one even whispered to each other. Everyone kept quiet.

Gu Qing was very satisfied with this.

At the same time, a basin of cold water was suddenly poured on Pei'er. She shuddered and woke up suddenly. The servant forced her to kneel again.

"Madam, I...I was wrong. Please don't kill me!" Pei'er was extremely scared.

She had never seen the young lady so angry. No matter how much trouble she had caused in the past, she would never do this.

"I am pleased that you admit your mistakes and correct them." Gu Qing's tone suddenly softened, like a bodhisattva, completely different from the cold and stern tone just now.

Everyone's face was filled with shock and fear, and their fear of Gu Qing turned into awe.

"The beating just now was because you broke the rules of the mansion, and now..." Gu Qing said helplessly: "Pei'er, it's time for you to come back. From today on, you will return to my side."

"Cui Ping, you have always been a steady person. Don't do it again next time. I will find a doctor to treat you later. When you are well, come back to serve me. Cui Ru will serve me for the time being."

"Alright, you can go down too. I'm showing you today so you know how to serve the master in the mansion in the future. Don't break the rules just because of the master's favor."

Everyone nodded respectfully. Gu Qing dismissed the others and left Cuiping and Pei'er alone.

Pei'er cried harder and harder. Gu Qing was irritated, but her face remained cheerful: "Pei'er, are you blaming me?"

"Madam, I dare not. Pei'er is truly doing this for your own good. Madam, you are punishing me today for the sake of discipline. I have no complaints, but Cuiping is really going too far! Please punish me, Madam!"

Gu Qing narrowed her eyes. In her previous life, she had not realized that Pei'er had such a vicious mind. Today, it seemed that she was also an unforgiving person.

Cui Ping was furious when she heard Pei'er say this: "Madam! I have always been impartial. Your medicine is always handled by the Young Master himself. But today, Pei'er took advantage of the Young Master's absence to secretly prepare medicine for you. This is truly beyond the pale!"

Gu Qing looked at Pei'er: "Is this true?"

"Slave...I..." She was indeed speechless.

Because Liu was whipped by Gu Qing, she sent someone to threaten me to kill Gu Qing. In her current situation, how could she have any choice?!

Before he could take any action, Cuiping disrupted his plan.

Pei'er supported the pain in her body and fell to the ground: "Pei'er is only thinking about Madam. I am worried about Madam's health. Please understand!"

Gu Qing knew Pei'er's thoughts. Liu was punished, so how could she not be angry? She probably wanted to kill herself on the spot.

The only person she could use this card on was Pei'er, who was hiding by her side.

Otherwise, why would Pei'er be so stupid as to look for an opportunity to poison herself?

Gu Qing pretended to be completely oblivious and sighed, "You two will both serve me from now on. If it continues like this, how can I, your wife, live in peace?"

Cuiping felt a little guilty, but Pei'er said, "Madam, Pei'er can serve you very well. In the past, you only had two maids, Qiurong and I."

Gu Qing's heart sank. Pei'er dared to compete with Qiu Rong? In her previous life, Qiu Rong died for him, but she betrayed her master for fame and fortune!

"Madam, Cuiping will change in the future." Cuiping has long been Gu Qing's person, and her heart is only on Madam's side, and she doesn't want to let her worry about this.

Pei'er glanced at her when she heard that, and gave herself a way out: "Pei'er also knows her mistake."

"Do you two blame me today?"

Cuiping immediately shook her head: "Madam, please follow the rules. Cuiping dare not and will not!"

Pei'er was naturally unhappy.

In the past, the lady always supported herself in everything, but now she cruelly attacked herself. If she felt some guilt towards Gu Qing in the past, now she has none at all.

Liu forced her, and the young lady also had a new maid by her side. It turned out that no one in this world had ever truly thought about herself!

Why do they have everything and can do whatever they want? And yet I have to be threatened and can't even live a normal life!

Hatred grew in Pei'er's heart. She lowered her head and spoke in a low voice, still somewhat unconvinced: "Pei'er also knows that she was wrong."

Gu Qing stood up after hearing this, and Cui Ru supported her, "Madam is a little tired, you should all go back and recuperate."

Even Cuiru could see that Gu Qing didn't want to talk about this matter anymore. The previous punishment was done impartially, and what they just discussed in private was about the relationship between master and servant.

But Pei'er really didn't live up to this kindness. Thinking of this, Cuiru looked down on Pei'er even more.

After Gu Qing entered the room, she came out and helped Cuiping up: "Sister Ping'er, how are you?"

Cuiping shook her head. "It's okay. I can hold on. It's just a flesh wound. Didn't Madam call a doctor for us?"

Pei'er, on the other hand, had no close friends in the Chen Mansion. Now, seeing Cuiping and Cuiru showing such deep sisterly love, she felt even more jealous, and vicious thoughts began to grow in her heart.

Madam is really biased. When she was in the Gu Mansion, she was obviously better than Qiu Rong in every way, but now her situation and Qiu Rong's are as different as heaven and earth.

Pei'er struggled to get up and glared at Cuiping and Cuiru, revealing his narrow-mindedness: "What are you two doing pretending here?"

"You will suffer one day sooner or later!"

Cui Ru was usually soft-tempered and didn't know how to curse back. She supported Cui Ping and said, "Let's ignore her."

Pei'er was so angry that she was choking with pain. She had no strength to speak and she bent over slightly, holding onto the wall and slowly left the yard.

Inside the house, Gu Qing recalled what had just happened and asked Cui Ru to bring in the medicine that Pei'er had handled. He then tested it with a silver needle and found that there was no poison.

It seems she hasn't had time to do anything yet.

Gu Qing sneered, told Cui Ru to throw away the medicine jar, and ordered, "Take good care of them both."

"Yes, ma'am!"

"By the way, when you go out, call Yinghong over."

Not long after Cui Ru left, Ying Hong happily stepped into the house. She still had a chivalrous air about her and was quite flamboyant. "Master, are you calling me?"

"I haven't taught you etiquette in the past few days, and you've forgotten it?"

Yinghong stood up immediately, imitating Cuiping's usual demeanor, and said meekly and respectfully, "Madam."