Chapter 100 Aunt Liu was beaten
Zhao Yinlian looked sharply at Lv Yin, who was sitting below, and asked, "How did she treat Baihe?"
Lu Yin knew the temperaments of the mother and daughter very well, so she told them what happened in the Marquis' Mansion that day. When Zhao Yinlian heard that Liu Mingyue dared to speak to Zhou Baihe like that, her face turned pale.
"Okay, you're great, Liu Mingyue! Lu Yin, go back and take good care of the young lady, so she won't be sad. I'll seek justice for her!"
After Lu Yin left, Zhao Yinlian ordered someone to go to Aunt Liu's yard and call her over.
Normally, Zhao Yinlian found Aunt Liu an eyesore, and since she was protected by Zhou Junyuan, she would just turn a blind eye.
Since Aunt Liu entered the mansion, this was the last time she was called by the principal wife for a serious talk, which surprised Aunt Liu herself.
"Aunt, the mistress suddenly wants to see you. To be honest, I'm afraid she has bad intentions. You'd better be careful."
The maid followed behind Aunt Liu and whispered reminders, but she could sense it. How could Aunt Liu not guess that the visitor had bad intentions?
"In the Zhou Mansion, I will listen respectfully to whatever she says. I can't avoid her, so I might as well see what she wants to do."
When they arrived at the gate of the mistress's courtyard, the maid who followed Concubine Liu was stopped: "The mistress only wants to see Concubine Liu, you all leave."
Upon hearing this, the maid looked at Aunt Liu in surprise, trying to understand something, but Aunt Liu shook her head.
Aunt Liu came to Zhao Yinlian's room and politely said, "I am honored to meet you, Madam. What can I do for you, Madam? Do you need my help?"
In the mansion, a concubine is a master with a status slightly higher than that of a servant, but in front of the mistress, she is a servant.
"You are absolutely right. My son has married into the Marquis's Mansion, and I have less people to talk to. I called you here because I wanted you to keep me company." Zhao Yinlian gave the maid a calm look, and the maid put the brewed tea on the table.
Aunt Liu understood what Zhao Yinlian meant, stepped forward to pour tea, and bowed to Zhao Yinlian: "It is my honor to serve the mistress, please have some tea."
Before she became a concubine in Zhou's house, she was the main wife. Aunt Liu was so polite and considerate that there was nothing to fault with her.
But Zhao Yinlian just wanted to find fault with her!
Just as Aunt Liu handed the tea to her, Zhao Yinlian accidentally knocked over the teacup while raising her hand.
The warm tea was poured out and splashed on Zhao Yinlian's hands and clothes.
"How dare you! As a concubine, I just asked you to serve tea and water, but you were unwilling to do it. You don't act like a concubine. Someone, come! Aunt Liu deliberately bumped into the mistress, hold her down for me!" Zhao Yinlian took the opportunity to slam the table and kicked Aunt Liu.
Aunt Liu was originally hunched over, and fell to the ground after being kicked by her. As soon as Zhao Yinlian finished speaking, the servants rushed in and held Aunt Liu down.
Aunt Liu immediately understood the other party's intention. The mistress was just looking for a random reason to punish her.
"Madam! I have no intention of disrespecting you. You knocked over the teacup yourself. How could I say that I was unwilling?" Aunt Liu wanted to defend herself, but Zhao Yinlian didn't want to listen.
"Hold her down! Give her twenty blows. I want to see if she can still keep her word!" Zhao Yinlian shouted harshly.
Now that there was no master in the mansion, Zhao Yinlian was of course the one in charge. The servant brought the board up immediately without hesitation.
Aunt Liu saw that the other party was determined to punish her, so she struggled to raise her head and sneered, "Madam, have you thought it through? You'd better think it through before you punish me privately. My daughter is the consort of the prince of the marquis's mansion after all. I can't give a favor to the monk, but a favor to the Buddha..."
She was pressed too hard and her arm hurt badly. After a while, she continued, "Because of a cup of tea, you let the servants lynch the mother of the Crown Prince's Consort. Does the mistress really want to tear her face off completely and disregard everything?"
Aunt Liu's implication was to remind Zhao Yinlian to think carefully before doing anything and decide whether she really had the courage to do so.
However, Zhao Yinlian was a person who cared most about her reputation, especially when her daughter married into the Marquis's Mansion as a concubine. By then, the concubine's daughter would become the Marquis's prince's consort. She could not swallow this humiliation in the first place. Aunt Liu's words undoubtedly treaded on her wounds.
"Madam Liu, do you want to know what your status is? How dare you speak to the mistress like that? Who do you think you are? You are just a lowly concubine, and you still want to threaten me? So what if I beat you today?"
Zhao Yinlian snorted coldly. She looked down at Aunt Liu's palm-sized face. The other party had bright features and looked quite charming.
Two servants pinned the man down, and another servant swung a board to hit Aunt Liu.
"Wait a minute." Zhao Yinlian raised her hand to stop the servant's action. The servants in the room looked at each other, not understanding what their mistress meant.
"Hit her in the face!" Zhao Yinlian gave an order, and the servant put down the wooden stick in his hand, rolled up his sleeves, and slapped Aunt Liu with his hand.
Only after seeing Aunt Liu's pretty face being beaten red and swollen did Zhao Yinlian breathe a sigh of relief with satisfaction.
She had long been jealous of Aunt Liu's good looks. If it weren't for this face, the general wouldn't have been so fascinated by her!
Zhao Yinlian watched Aunt Liu being slapped until her cheeks were red and swollen. She felt relieved and had Aunt Liu kicked out.
Aunt Liu covered her burning face and returned to the courtyard. The servants who were waiting anxiously in the courtyard were shocked when they saw the slap marks on her face. How could the mistress be so restless?
"It's okay, go get two eggs and boil them for me." Aunt Liu's cheeks were red and swollen, and her speech was a little unclear. The maid helped her back to the house and hurried to the small kitchen to boil eggs. When no one was paying attention, a little maid left the yard to report the news.
"Madam, someone from the Zhou Mansion said he wants to see you. It's Yumo from my aunt's room." Huasheng woke up Liu Mingyue who was taking a nap.
"Bring it in." Liu Mingyue said.
Long before, because she was worried about Aunt Liu being alone in the Zhou Mansion, she arranged for someone she could trust to take care of her in the Aunt's courtyard.
Aunt Liu didn't want her to worry, so if anything really happened, she wouldn't let her know.
Huasheng brought in a little maid named Yumo. Liu Mingyue glanced at her and asked calmly, "What's the matter?"
"Replying to the Crown Princess, today the mistress wanted to see the aunt for some reason, and she didn't allow the servants around us to follow. When the aunt came back half an hour later, her face was swollen. It was obviously caused by being slapped. I am incompetent and don't know why."
After all, she was chosen by Liu Mingyue. Although Yumo is young, her sentences are fluent and her logic is clear.
Liu Mingyue lowered her head and stared at the ground, making it impossible to tell what was in her eyes at the moment: "I know, Peanut, give her three taels of silver, and you go back to Zhou Mansion quietly, don't let anyone notice."
Huasheng sent Yumo out, and when he came back he saw that Liu Mingyue's fingernails had pierced her palm because she clenched the ground too tightly.
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