Chapter 469 The Tragic Death of the Concubine 2

"Don't worry, if it's true, as you say, that I can get pregnant with Second Master's child, you'll definitely get your share of the benefits!"

However, we still need to search for what needs to be searched.

The second madam sent her wet nurse to lead a search, but not just Ning Yan's belongings, but everyone's.

The gold hairpin was quickly found.

Pearl said smugly, "Let's see how you deny it this time."

Ning Yan didn't want to pay attention to this idiot who was about to die. If you had such a wicked heart, why didn't you just force yourself on Second Master? If you got pregnant, you would have gotten a get-out-of-jail-free card. Instead, you used your energy on her and thought your plan was pretty good. How did someone like this survive until now?

The second madam slammed her hand on the table, her voice filled with anger: "Insolence! Pearl, kneel down!"

Pearl's face was full of confusion. "Madam, why? I didn't do anything..."

The second madam gave a signal, and a servant immediately stepped forward and kicked her hard in the back of the knee with a loud thud. Ning Yan suspected that her kneecap might be fractured. "The gold hairpin was clearly found in your room. You stole it, but you're trying to frame Jade. You have some nerve!"

Pearl was shocked: How did Madam know?

"Madam, I'm innocent!"

"You still won't admit it, huh? Agate saw you sneak into my room and take the gold hairpin with your own eyes, and you still dare to deny it?"

Pearl shook her head vigorously: "Madam, that's impossible! Agate wasn't on duty that day, how could she have seen me stealing..."

The sound stopped abruptly, and Pearl was about to cry from the frustration of her own stupidity.

Second Madam: ...

The room was full of servants: ...

"So, you really did steal it, but no one saw you, right?"

The second wife increasingly felt that she had misjudged people before. Why had she ever regarded such a stupid maid as a confidante?

She stole something and tried to frame someone, but the person wouldn't leave the house, so she couldn't put the gold hairpin in the jade room. Why didn't you put the gold hairpin somewhere that no one could find it before reporting the jade?

She, on the other hand, put it in her own room.

Did she think that because she was favored by him, her house wouldn't be searched?

Pearl was certainly not as foolish as the Second Madam thought.

The item did enter Ning Yan's room, but she had someone else place it there—Bixi, who helped deliver meals. Bixi was bought by Ning Yan for one tael of silver.

Ning Yan has a sharp eye; she can tell at a glance if someone has tampered with her things.

Bixi's one tael of silver went to Ning Yan, and she also forced Bixi to return the gold hairpin to Pearl.

At this moment, all the maids in the hall lowered their heads, not daring to look at the furious lady.

Pearl hurriedly waved her hands, "No, Madam, it's not like that! It was clearly Jade that stole the things. She's framing me. That gold hairpin must have been placed in my room by someone else."

The second wife was filled with rage at the thought that this vile woman had framed Jade because she coveted her husband. She didn't want to listen to her nonsense at all. "Guards, drag this lowly maid out and beat her to death right here in the courtyard!"

Pearl was so frightened that she kowtowed repeatedly, begging for mercy: "Madam, spare my life..."

The next second, her mouth was gagged, and several rough-looking women dragged her out, put her on a chair, held her down firmly, pulled her pants off, and then the sound of a cane being beaten rang out.

"Mmm" "Mmm~" Because her mouth was gagged, even her moans could only come out as muffled sounds, and eventually, even the muffled sounds became fainter.

Just then, Second Master arrived at the main courtyard. "What's going on?"

Pearl's previously unfocused eyes gleamed with hope as she looked in Ji Wuyou's direction, but alas, her beloved Second Master didn't even spare her a glance.

Upon hearing this voice, Ning Yan immediately retreated without making a sound, lowering her head to avoid attracting attention.

The second wife saw her little actions but said nothing.

“This girl stole my valuable jewelry. I’ll give her a few lashes to teach her a lesson.”

Upon hearing this reason, Ji Wuyou immediately chimed in, "They deserve to be beaten."

Now that the First Madam has a son and a daughter, the Second Master rarely visits his first wife anymore.

The second wife didn't want to upset the second master, so she waved her hand to signal all the servants to leave, leaving only the plain-looking Agate by her side to take care of him.

Pearl thought she had escaped a calamity and that she had been spared death today, and she was extremely grateful to her second master.

However, she was beaten with a full thirty-one strokes by the strong old woman, and given that the lady disliked her, it would have been difficult for her to survive.

She still dreamed that the Second Master had feelings for her, little did she know that from this day forward, not only her, but also her parents, brothers, and sisters would all meet a bad end.

Pearl was quickly thrown into the woodshed.

Once the door is locked, it's truly a situation where one is completely helpless, unable to get help from anyone.

She developed a high fever before nightfall.

When Pearl's family learned that she had been caught stealing and had been flogged by the master, they wanted to plead for her at the main courtyard. However, before they even reached the gate, all four of them were held down by the rough old women and locked up.

They didn't have a chance to make a sound until the second master left the main courtyard early the next morning.

After seeing the Second Master off, the Second Madam finally had time to visit Pearl.

The moment the wooden gate was opened, everyone smelled the foul stench of blood.

Pearl remained lying on the ground as before, as if she hadn't moved an inch all night.

At this moment, her buttocks were still naked, and there was no one to help her pull up her pants.

The blood on my buttocks had dried, and my entire buttocks were rotten.

Half of his face was bright red; oh, he's still alive.

"What a cursed thing."

It was probably the Second Madam's voice that woke Pearl from her coma. "Madam, please save me... I will do anything for you, even be your slave."

"This lady would never dare to employ a lowly maid who dares to covet my husband!"

"We were going to kill you yesterday, but since Second Master came, we'll let you live for a couple more days. It'll be a way of repaying our years of master-servant bond."

Only then did Pearl realize why she had to die. So that's why!

But how did this idiot know?

Just yesterday, Madam Ming had complete faith in her!

Soon, she thought of jade!

It must be that Jade said something to Madam yesterday, and because she resented me for framing her, she wanted to take revenge on me.

With a spurt, Pearl coughed up a mouthful of blood and fainted.

The second wife felt no pity whatsoever, let alone call a doctor for her; she simply left when she saw her faint.

Next to the woodshed, a family of four was also imprisoned.

Their mouths were tightly gagged, and the servants guarding them had been instructed not to give them a single bite of food.

A master cannot tolerate a conceited servant.

Because Pearl's younger brother is good at studying, she could never give this family a chance to turn their lives around.

So they had no choice but to die.