Chapter 41: Night Trial of the Thief
Late at night, the lights in Mingfang Hall were still on. The doctor wrote a prescription, collected the consultation fee, and left.
Qin Jiangyun personally fed her daughter half a bowl of medicine, then held her in her arms and coaxed her to sleep. Although she tried to hold back the sobs in her nose, she couldn't stop the tears that flowed like pearls on her cheeks.
Qi Chengzhou sat on the other side, clenching his fists, frowning, and remaining silent.
In the hall, maids and old women were kneeling on the ground in a crowd. The few concubines who had been favored in the past all had pale faces and were sobbing.
Outside, several maids who were responsible for looking after the eldest lady had already been beaten until their legs were covered in blood. They lay on the ground, groaning and begging for mercy.
Qi Chengzhou felt upset when he heard this.
"Stop crying! I'll tell you again, if you tell me a lie, I'll tear off your legs!"
Aunt Chun knelt straight in front of the crowd, her face tearful and blood oozing from her fair forehead.
"No matter how many mistakes I made, it's all my fault! I was careless for a moment. I was so busy talking to someone that I didn't notice who took the young lady away. That's how the villain got away with her!"
At one side, Aunt Xue was kneeling on the ground with her body tilted sideways, her black hair was scattered and her pale face was set off. Although she had not shed a single tear, she looked even more fragile and pitiful.
"I told you, it was me who did it! I pushed the young lady into the water!"
Qi Chengzhou's brows were tightly furrowed, and he started to scold again.
"Don't talk nonsense! Everyone saw it clearly. It was you who rescued Sister Luan. Even my sister-in-law asked about it. How can you take the blame for nothing? You are just being mad!"
Aunt Xue squinted her eyebrows, smiled slightly, and her eyes were full of charm.
"It is precisely because there is no such person that I did it! I was born to be such an unruly person. I don't care about anyone, even children!"
Qin Jiangyun gritted his teeth and listened for a long time. At this moment, he could no longer bear it. He put the child on the couch, stood up and walked forward, slapping Aunt Xue in the face.
"You are such a shameless bitch! Who made the decision for you? How can you be so arrogant?"
Qi Chengzhou immediately stood up and grabbed Qin Jiangyun.
"My lady, be careful, your hands hurt."
As he spoke, he put his arm around her and sat her down, then turned back to look at Aunt Xue's face which was red from the beating.
"I think you are so frightened that you have lost your mind and are so dazed that you have lost your mind! You don't even know how to take your words seriously in front of the master. Grandma is beating you well - why don't you go back now!"
After being beaten, Aunt Xue cried out "Ouch" and fell to the ground, but she turned around with a smile, her eyes full of provocation.
"What? You are such a powerful grandma, but it turns out that you are so useless! I have harmed your own flesh and blood that crawled out of your intestines, and you can still bear this?"
Qin Jiangyun turned around when he heard that, his eyes almost bursting with fire.
"You wicked whore! You have such a vicious heart! If I can spare you today, I will make you the master tomorrow! Come, beat me, beat me hard!"
Qi Chengzhou's throat moved slightly, and he reached out to press Qin Jiangyun down on the couch. When the two maids came up to pull Aunt Xue away, he couldn't help but utter a sound.
"Stop it, get down!"
It's not like Qin Jiangyun hasn't punished people in front of him before. Slapping people in the face, fining monthly wages, and beating with a stick are all nothing new to him.
Qi Chengzhou never stopped her. No matter how popular her concubine was, he would never even look at her.
Qin was the principal wife, the wife, and the master, while those concubines were concubines, maids, and servants.
He thought it was natural that whoever she wanted to hit had to endure it.
But Qi Chengzhou couldn't bear to let her beat Aunt Xue.
This woman who is full of thorns, this woman who goes against him in every way.
Lonely and prickly, outstanding and humble, just like myself as a child.
He was struck by her beauty the first time he saw her. He forced several people to death, both openly and secretly, before he got her. He was reluctant to let her suffer under his nose.
At this time, Qin Jiangyun was being forced to sit down by him. When he heard him trying to stop him, he suddenly stood up and pushed him away, almost making Qi Chengzhou fall.
Qin Jiangyun was so angry that he gritted his teeth and ignored all etiquette and rules. He pointed his finger at his nose and asked him to look at his daughter who was burning with fever on the couch.
"What a master you are! You are so powerful that you killed half a person and didn't care at all. Now open your eyes and take a look. This is your own child, your only flesh and blood in this world! She was almost killed today, and you treat her like this?"
Qi Chengzhou frowned as he listened to what was said, and even though he was in the wrong, he was still angry.
"What are you saying! You have no restraint at all! How could I not know that this is my daughter? She has suffered a great disaster today, shouldn't I feel bad for her? But the matter has not been clarified! Why do you want to pull her neck and hit her for no reason!"
Qin Jiangyun's face turned red with anger and his voice became even louder.
"Beat someone? Is she a human being? The maid lying outside is not a human being? I hold the life in my hands, I can beat her whenever I want. Beat the bitch to death here today, and let's see who dares to seek revenge tomorrow!"
When Aunt Xue heard this, she suddenly raised her head and laughed like a madman. She crawled forward and threw herself straight to Qi Chengzhou's legs.
"Did you hear me? It was me who did it! Why are you still keeping this worthless slave alive? Beat me to death! Beat me to death! If you spare my life today, you are not a man!"
Seeing that Aunt Xue was acting crazy, Qin Jiangyun rushed over again and slapped her on the head. Aunt Xue immediately started crying and cursing. Qi Chengzhou was angry and annoyed. He grabbed Qin Jiangyun's hand and told Aunt Xue to go back quickly.
Upon seeing this, all the maids and old women stood up and came over to pull the woman apart. Some asked the Second Madam to calm down, some asked the Second Master to loosen up, and some, who had long been fed up with Aunt Xue's arrogance, took the opportunity to push her.
Sister Luan had fallen asleep after taking the medicine, but when she heard everyone making a fuss, she suddenly woke up and started crying.
Someone else was busy going forward to hold the child and babbling to coax him to sleep, but Aunt Chun had already snatched the child away, held him in her arms herself, turned around and looked at the mess, and couldn't help crying too.
When everything was in chaos, Aunt Xue in the crowd suddenly lost her breath and fainted on the ground.
"She's dead!"
I don't know which little maid shouted, but when everyone saw this, they all screamed and took a few steps back, not daring to move forward anymore.
Although Qin Jiangyun had a tantrum under the pretext of something, he actually knew in his heart that the murderer was not Aunt Xue. When he saw her suddenly fall down, Qi Chengzhou's face changed drastically again. He immediately shut up and didn't dare to make a fuss anymore.
The hall suddenly became quiet.
Only Luan Jie'er was in Aunt Chun's arms, half asleep, with her eyes closed, sobbing softly.
Qi Chengzhou's face was gloomy. He walked forward and picked up Aunt Xue. Seeing that she was still breathing, he began to speak.
"You've already learned how to lie still! Why don't you go get the doctor back?"
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