"What kind of bullying Steward Zhang is this?"

Are we talking about the same person?

"Isn't Steward Zhang very capable and respectful to his master?"

Everyone looked at Jiang Shuwan.

Jiang Shuwan had already stood up from her chair. She stretched out her right hand, and Qingxing placed a stack of legal documents in her hand.

Amidst the surprised gazes of the crowd, Jiang Shuwan gracefully performed a bow.

"Replying to the old lady, madam."

"Wanwan was just about to report this Steward Zhang to the two elders."

As Jiang Shuwan spoke, she handed the complaint to Chang's mother.

Mother Chang quickly took it and read it aloud.

She was born a palace maid and later followed the scholarly Madam Pei, so literacy was just one of her skills.

Soon, everyone knew why Jiang Shuwan had filed a lawsuit against Manager Zhang.

"What? She, a mid-level manager, dares to coerce a young maid into giving her tribute every month?"

"If the little girl doesn't give it to you, you'll say she has bad manners and fine her half a month's salary?"

"Half of the lowly stewards and maids under her command actually bought their positions with money?"

"Moreover, she often drinks and has fun with people in the house?"

"How dare her mother, a servant in charge of utensils, order the Fang family, who were also born into the household, to empty her chamber pot?"

"Where did this damned slave come from?! She's incredibly audacious! Who does she think she is?!"

"This is outrageous!"

Everyone in the room was furious.

I never expected a mid-level manager to be so arrogant.

Jiang Shuwan remained calm. The etiquette nanny was a demanding and exploitative person who would use all sorts of excuses to make the young maids offer her tributes every day, and would deduct her monthly wages if she didn't.

Manager Zhang's act of befriending the etiquette matron as his godmother was, of course, a deliberate imitation.

In addition, her mother, Granny Zhang, used her name to stir up trouble everywhere and bully ordinary servants. The crimes of her family were too numerous to count.

The Zhang family even has a head maid; that's just wishful thinking!

Qingxing was also very excited. The little girl recalled that a few days before the clan banquet, Jiang Shuwan asked Granny Fang to collect evidence and witnesses of the Zhang family's bullying.

To maintain secrecy, they even found an old scholar who made a living writing letters to secretly help those people write petitions and appeals.

The old scholar's hand was sore from writing so much. His young mistress had just glanced at it and tossed it aside. The scholar thought his mistress had forgotten about it, but he never expected to use it today.

Moreover, judging from the young lady's calm and composed demeanor, she must have already guessed that the old lady would bring up the vacancy of the head nanny position today, and that the madam would recommend the Zhang family, which must have been within the young lady's expectations.

Otherwise, the young lady wouldn't have specifically asked her to bring these legal documents with her when she went out this morning.

Waaaaah...

Miss is so clever!

I really want to give the girl a kiss =3=

"What kind of lackey is this? He's so wicked!"

"She's usually very polite to us, I never imagined she'd be like this behind our backs!"

The third and fourth wives were angered by the Zhang family's actions, and their gazes towards Wen Shi changed.

The Zhang family are under the Wen family's command.

Moreover, Madam Wen had just proposed promoting Steward Zhang to the position of Head Madam.

It's laughable that the mistress of the house would appoint such a wicked and wicked servant as the head nanny.

Wen was also freezing cold all over, as if a bucket of ice water had been poured over his head in winter, and his hands were numb with cold.

"Grandma, there must be some misunderstanding..."

How could anyone under her possibly dare to buy or sell positions? Such a thing is impossible...

She's managed the household for so many years, how could she possibly...?

How could that be...

Seeing that she was still struggling, Jiang Shuwan said directly, "If the old lady and madam do not believe it, they can ask these victims to be questioned. Fang Pozi, who was recently transferred to watch over my yard, is one of the victims who was bullied by Steward Zhang."

"They're all born into the family, but the Zhang family is a cut above the rest, having to order Granny Fang's son around to empty her chamber pot."

“That old man Fang is also pitiful. He fell and broke his leg while building our ancestral hall. This family has worked hard, even if they didn’t do anything special, yet they are being bullied like this.”

"It must be said that the young master has a discerning eye. He noticed that I needed a gatekeeper and recommended Granny Fang. I also heard about her husband's situation, so I arranged a job for her as well."

"Her family is loyal to the government, so they won't let her starve to death."

"Well done!" Old Madam Pei praised Jiang Shuwan directly, which increased her dissatisfaction with Madam Wen.

She has been the steward of the Wen family for many years, and in order to maintain harmony within the family, she has basically not interfered in the affairs of the mansion.

She knew nothing about the Fang family's affairs. If she had known, she would never have let Old Man Fang go ten years without a job.

“Wanwan doesn’t dare to accept the old lady’s praise. I’m just a new bride and I don’t know anything about the situation in the mansion. It’s just that Granny Fang is grateful to the young master and her granddaughter-in-law for giving her a good job, so she dared to tell her granddaughter-in-law about the Zhang family’s actions.”

"My granddaughter-in-law heard from Granny Fang that many servants had been bullied by the Zhang family, and some had even complained to the Fang family, but all of these complaints came to nothing. In the end, they had no choice but to accept their fate and let the Zhang family bully them."

"What! She actually has accomplices covering for her!"

Madam Pei was immediately furious.

It's one thing to exploit the lowly maids, but these days, which family doesn't have a few older maids and matriarchs who bully the younger ones?

However, the practice of "buying and selling official positions" for minor administrative posts is still extremely rare.

Ordinary servants wouldn't dare to do this, but Steward Zhang did it, and he even had accomplices to cover for him. This is outrageous!

Madam Pei was furious on the spot!

"Aunt Chang, immediately take people to investigate and find out who the Zhang family's accomplices are!"

"Yes, madam."

Mother Chang immediately accepted the order and left.

When the old lady's maid came to investigate, the aggrieved parties, after learning the reason, immediately surrounded Chang Mama, rushing forward to plead their grievances and seek revenge.

In the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, Steward Zhang and his entire family were taken to Madam Pei's courtyard for interrogation.

The silver in her house was also searched; there were as many as five hundred taels of silver notes, as well as various loose silver pieces, and gold and silver jewelry.

The total value is almost a thousand taels.

You should know that the head nanny only gets one tael of silver a month.

Manager Zhang was the highest-ranking person in her family, yet his monthly allowance was only five qian of silver. Even if her ancestors for two generations worked without eating or drinking, they still couldn't save that much money.

"What a bold and unruly servant! He's simply audacious and reckless!"

Madam Pei was furious.

There was a group of witnesses waiting outside to come in and testify. When Madam Pei saw so much silver, she didn't even need to listen to the testimonies. She directly ordered Chang Mama to tie up Zhang Pozi and Zhang Steward, who were the most wicked members of the Zhang family, and send them to the estate to do hard labor.

"She didn't become the godmother of the ritual matron, but the bond between mother and daughter is so strong, let them be reunited!"

Noble families generally do not kill their servants when punishing them, because it would be disgraceful if word got out.

The most severe punishment was to be sent to the estate to work as a laborer, never to return to their master's home.

In modern terms, it's like a steward of a powerful family enjoying good food and drink, with many people flattering her. Then, when her good days are over, the family demotes her to work in the mines of Africa, where she suffers hardship and exhaustion without earning a single penny.