"Mother Li! Chunhua! Bring me some hot water, I want to wash my face!" Madam Su called out from the doorway.

After waiting for a long time, no one answered.

Normally, his maids, such as Li Mama, Chunhua, Yudie, Xiaoju, Chan'er, and Biyu, would clean the courtyard early in the morning, prepare hot water to help their masters wash and change, and prepare breakfast and food. Why didn't I see them today?

What's going on?

Guan Wude suddenly turned his head to look at the house again. He saw that the house had gray and white walls, a wooden door, and dilapidated windows that were only covered with a layer of paper.

[The land is shattered, like drifting catkins; my life is adrift, like duckweed battered by rain. I speak of fear on the shores of Huang Kong Beach; I sigh in loneliness on the Ling Ding Ocean.]

For no apparent reason, this poem flashed into Guan Wude's mind.

Guan Wude and Su Shi's minds were completely blank; they couldn't process what had happened.

"Where am I...?"

The surrounding environment looked like a deserted courtyard outside the north gate. The ground was yellow sand and mud, the courtyard was dilapidated, and a few old, dying trees could be seen scattered outside the courtyard.

As far as the eye can see, there are no beautiful artificial hills or elegant ponds, nor are there opulent glazed tiles or jewel-encrusted door knockers.

Guan Wude stared with his big, bell-like eyes, his legs went weak, and he collapsed to the ground.

What on earth happened?!

Su also sensed that something was wrong. She hurriedly ran to the dressing table, opened the box, and searched for something.

[My goodness! My silver phoenix carved hairpin, my silver double-clasp bracelet, my openwork orchid beaded hairpin, my five phoenixes hanging beaded hairpin, my golden sparrow hairpin...]

Where did they all go?!

Su felt her head buzzing; she couldn't quite accept what had happened.

"Qinqin, where's Qinqin?!" Madam Su gripped Guan Wude's arm tightly and shook it vigorously.

"How should I know?!" Guan Wude felt a splitting headache. He shook off Su's hand and sat on the broken stone steps in front of the door.

Several servants were walking back and forth in the courtyard.

Upon closer inspection, Su saw that the servants were carrying inside some broken cabinets, old clothes, and some old, worthless ornaments.

"What's going on?" Su muttered, grabbing a servant and asking with a puzzled look on her face.

Why are we here?

Where is Qinqin?

The maid ignored Madam Su and instead placed a food box at Madam Su's feet.

"You were already kicked out of the Guan residence by the master, yet you insist on staying here. You are truly shameless!" The maid spat on the ground, looking at the two of them with obvious disgust.

"you?!"

"Stop right there! What kind of attitude is this?!" Madam Su scolded the maid, hands on her hips.

The maid ignored Madam Su and walked away on her own. After taking a few steps, she turned back and glanced at Madam Su, her eyes looking at her as if she were looking at a madwoman with a fever.

Su opened the food box and saw that it contained white steamed buns and white porridge.

"Is this something for humans to eat?!" She threw the white steamed bun on the ground in disgust and stomped on it angrily.

Originally, their meals should have included corn and chicken soup, mung bean porridge, osmanthus, white fungus and lotus seed soup, boiled dried bean curd strips, pomegranate cake, stir-fried sweet potato root, fried rice with cured meat, layered cake, and plum blossom pancakes, but this morning, all they had was plain porridge and steamed buns?!

"Mrs. Su, I advise you to cherish the fact that you still have white steamed buns to eat!"

"This is what Miss took pity on you and prepared for you. After you finish this meal, you will have nothing to do with the Guan family anymore." A maid came over and said coldly when she saw Su was wasting food.

"What are you saying? What do you mean by 'it's none of our business'?!" Madam Su still refused to accept reality.

"Naturally, you were the ones who were expelled from the Guan residence."

"Since you're refusing to leave, I have no choice but to send you over tonight."

"As for Guan Qinqin, to be honest, she has been sent to a Buddhist temple in the mountains."

"Madam, oh no, Madam Su, I advise you to settle down and live a peaceful life here. You can't go back to the Guan family mansion!"

The maid left after speaking, leaving Madam Su standing there in a daze.

"Grandpa, it's all your fault! What are we going to do?!"

"We've really been kicked out!" Su collapsed to the ground, crying her heart out, and kept hitting Guan Wude.

Guan Wude stared blankly into the distance.

...

Guan Guan and Zhu Zhu, dressed in cloaks, stood at a distance, watching everything in the courtyard.

Guan Guan recalled Yun Duoduo's words to her: "Knock her out and take her away."

She covered her mouth and laughed, "The princess's plan is still the best."

"Yes, Miss, the princess is really amazing." Zhuzhu nodded.

"What an amazing princess."

These shameless, ungrateful people cannot be reformed or changed no matter how well you treat them.

Therefore, the best way is to leave them in a deserted place and never see them again.

After Yun Duoduo told Guan Guan the method, Guan Guan asked Zhu Zhu to buy the sleeping potion.

Back at the Guan residence, Zhuzhu distributed the sleeping potion to the loyal maids in Guan Guan's courtyard. These maids, who had suffered a lot of humiliation from Su Shi and the wicked old women, were very eager to have this opportunity to send them all away.

The maids worked together to drug the food of the wicked servants, Su Shi, and Guan Wude.

By nightfall, the unruly servants, Su Shi, and Guan Wude were all fast asleep.

The maids carried Su Shi and Guan Wude onto a carriage, loaded them onto the carriage, and transported them to that small, dilapidated house on the outskirts of Beijing.

The unruly servants and wicked old women in the household were also drugged and sold to human traffickers.

For slave traders, it was commonplace for wealthy families to sell their servants. When servants committed offenses that their masters couldn't easily resolve, they simply sold them off, saving themselves trouble and allowing them to recoup some of their investment.

Guan Guan didn't want things to be this way, but since she was going to help her maternal grandfather manage the Guan family, the first thing she had to do was to overhaul the family and get rid of all the disobedient people.

They'll all be drugged and taken away; that's the easiest and fastest way.

If they are not drugged, some unruly servants will start to rebel. If one or two people take the lead, the situation will become very difficult to manage.

If they were all expelled from the Guan residence, there would definitely be some people who would object. With so many people, the scene would be difficult to control if things got out of control, and the noise would inevitably attract criticism.

As for Guan Qinqin, she was also drugged and sent to a Buddhist temple on the mountain overnight, along with her maid.

...

"Fine, you shameless hussy, you have no right to kick us out. The land deed for the Guan family's property is still in my hands!"

Previously, Su Shi, who had been dejected and weeping bitterly, seemed to suddenly remember something, abruptly stood up, and shouted loudly at the people in the courtyard.