Chapter 23 Disposal

It had snowed the day before, and the north wind had been blowing all night, but the snow on the ground had not melted yet!

More than a dozen daughters-in-law and old women were kneeling in the yard, their faces turning blue from the cold. They were worried, not knowing how the old lady would punish them. They also regretted that they had lost their minds and gossiped about their master!

Guan Mama, the inner courtyard manager of General Yuan's mansion, also stood under the corridor with a serious face.

At this time, Dingxiang came out and called the daughters-in-law and old women to come in and talk!

The daughters-in-law and old women came into the house, but they didn't dare to go into the inner room. They just knelt on the ground at the entrance. Mother Guan stood aside waiting for instructions.

Yuan Ziyou looked at the wives and mothers kneeling on the ground and asked Shaoyao, "Sister Shaoyao, can you find out who was the first to spread the news?"

Shaoyao pointed to a young wife kneeling at the back, wearing a gray-green jacket and skirt, and said, "Second Miss, that wife is from Fan Rui's family. She's in charge of the flowers and plants in the garden. I've checked and found that the first words came from her mouth."

"Fan Ruijia!" Yuan Ziyou glanced at the daughter-in-law and said, "Look up!"

Fan Ruijia felt nervous. When she heard Yuan Ziyu's words, she raised her head tremblingly, glanced at Yuan Ziyu, and then quickly lowered her head again!

When Yuan Ziyu saw the appearance of her daughter-in-law, she felt that she looked familiar. After thinking about it carefully, she remembered that in her previous life, when she went to kill her second uncle's family, she had seen this woman in her second uncle's house!

Yuan Ziyu's expression hardened. He looked at Fan Ruijia and said, "Did you spread those rumors?"

Fan Ruijia kowtowed and said, "Second Miss, I heard it from someone and said it in a hurry. I didn't mean it. I hope Second Miss will forgive me!"

"Did you hear it from someone else?" Yuan Ziyou sneered, "Who is it? Tell me the name!"

Fan Ruijia opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.

She has always been a gossipmonger. This morning, when she was tending to the garden, she vaguely heard two maids whispering to each other. They hadn't even met each other, and even if she wanted to say something, she didn't know where to find those two maids!

"Can't say it?" Yuan Ziyu looked at Fan Ruijia coldly. In the previous life, Fan Ruijia was a nail placed in the mansion by his second uncle's family. In this life, no matter whether Fan Ruijia had established contact with his second uncle and the others, Yuan Ziyu was not going to keep her!

"I...I..." Fan Ruijia was so anxious that she couldn't speak. Yuan Ziyu's tone made her panic!

"Auntie Guan, who else is in Fan Rui's family?" Yuan Ziyu asked, looking at Auntie Guan who was standing beside her.

"Replying to the second young lady, this girl from Fan Rui's family was bought in, and later married to Fan Rui. Fan Rui is a family-born child, and his parents are both gone. Now, the only ones left in the mansion are Fan Rui and his wife and a seven or eight-year-old child."

When Mother Guan saw that Madam Yuan and Mrs. Liu were silent and Yuan Ziyu was the one asking the questions the whole time, she knew that Yuan Ziyu was most likely the one who made the decision on today's matter, so she was especially respectful to him!

"Sell off Fan Rui's entire family!" Yuan Ziyu said calmly, "Tell the human traffickers to sell this family far away and not allow them to return to the capital! Also, explain the reasons for the sale to the human traffickers in detail."

"Yes!" Mother Guan glanced at the elder lady, and when she saw the elder lady nodded, she quickly agreed!

Yuan Ziyu's words made Fan Ruijia completely panic. After such a big sale, where else could he go?

"Second Miss, please forgive me. I will never dare to do it again. Second Miss, please, please forgive me!" Fan Ruijia kowtowed to Yuan Ziyu!

"Since you have done it, you must bear the consequences!" Yuan Ziyu glanced at Fan Ruijia coldly. That look made Fan Ruijia feel cold to the bones. He was so horrified that he couldn't speak!

Mother Guan waved her hand, and a maid came in and dragged Fan Ruijia, who was a little dazed, out.

Seeing what happened to Fan Rui's family, the remaining wives and mothers-in-law fell silent, and even their breathing became much shallower!

"Did you all see what happened to the Fan Rui family?" Yuan Ziyu asked calmly!

"Second Miss, I (this old slave) will never dare to do that again!" More than a dozen wives and old women kowtowed together, fearing that they would suffer the same fate!

"I'll trust you this once, but only this time!" Yuan Ziyou's voice was a little cold. "If you do it again, I'm afraid you'll envy Fan Rui's family. Do you understand?"

"I understand, I understand!" All the daughters-in-law and old women responded in unison!

"Mother Guan, all the wives and mothers present here will have their monthly wages deducted for half a year!" Yuan Ziyu instructed!

"Yes!" Guan's mother responded quickly!

"Okay, take them all away!" Yuan Ziyu waved his hand and said!

Mother Guan hurriedly bowed, took the wives and mothers out of the yard, and went to deal with the affairs of Fan Rui's family without mentioning them.

"Grandma, mother, how was my performance just now?" After sending Nanny Nan away, Yuan Ziyu asked Madam Yuan and Liu with a smile!

"Good, good!" Madam Yuan nodded with a smile. She didn't expect that Yuan Ziyu was so young, but he could handle things so calmly!

Liu also smiled and took Yuan Ziyou's hand. She had originally wanted to give him some pointers, but she hadn't expected Yuan Ziyou to handle the matter so well: "You'er, you did very well today!"

"Thank you, grandma, thank you, mom!" Yuan Ziyu said with a smile!

Seeing that Yuan Ziyu was not affected by the gossip, Liu secretly breathed a sigh of relief. She talked with Madam Yuan for a while, then took Yuan Ziyu away and left!

After Liu and her daughter left, Madam Yuan's expression turned cold, and she instructed Shaoyao, "Go find the Second Madam for me!"

Ning went out today and had just returned home when she saw Shaoyao looking for her!

As soon as she entered the inner room of Shousong Hall, a teacup broke in front of her, scaring Ning!

"Mother!" Ning was a little puzzled. She didn't know what the elder lady was so angry about!

"Kneel down!" the elder lady said angrily!

"What do you mean, mother?" The elder lady spoke, and Ning dared not disobey her knees. Ning's maid Rendong also knelt down with her!

"What do you mean?" The elder lady sneered: "Don't you understand?"

"My daughter-in-law really doesn't understand!" Ning felt very aggrieved!

Madam Yuan treated Ning's grievances as a cover-up and ignored them, saying, "I don't care if you're truly confused today or just pretending to be. I'm telling you, the second girl is your niece and the legitimate mistress of this general's mansion. If I ever find you using these despicable tactics again, I will never forgive you!"

After a pause, the elder lady continued, "I helped you suppress the matter today, but there won't be a next time. Don't think that because I'm partial to Lei'er, you can do whatever you want. I'm not that foolish!"

After saying this, seeing Ning's confused expression, he felt even more annoyed and waved his hand, "Go back!"

Ning was inexplicably called in by the elder lady and scolded. She was very angry and returned to Zihua Courtyard. She gave some instructions to Rendong. Rendong nodded and left!

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