Jiang Mingzhi looked out the window and saw a little maid with two small buns on her head peeking out. She was discovered by the old woman and turned around to run away, but after running two steps, she turned back.
"Mom, I'm the little maid who feeds fish in the Guan Mansion. I'm here to report something to the young lady!"
The Jinyi Marquis Mansion is quite large. For the sake of feng shui, there is a pond in the back garden and a pond in the front corridor. There are many koi in the pond, and this little maid is responsible for feeding the fish.
The old woman quickly recognized him and pointed to the door cautiously, "You wait here. I'll go talk to the people around the young lady."
She couldn't approach Jiang Mingzhi directly, so she could only talk to Ping'er or Zan'er, the first-class maids beside Jiang Mingzhi, or Qingtang first.
Qingtang didn't wait for her to enter the house, she walked out and said to the little maid: "The eldest lady asked you to come in and talk."
Even though the clothes she wore were thin and couldn't hide anything in the spring, Qingtang still searched the little maid out of habit before letting her into the house.
The little maidservant followed Qingtang timidly. Jiang Mingzhi took a look at her. She was a round-faced, slightly plump girl who looked smart.
"What do you want to tell me?"
The little maid took a deep breath, her eyes moving around, as if she was thinking about how to start.
"My dear Miss, my name is Qingsha. I usually feed the fish in the mansion. Today, I was feeding the fish in the front corridor when I saw Hongyu from Baozhen Tower arguing with someone. It sounded like someone from Miss's room. I heard Hongyu swearing and pushing the sister from your courtyard into the lake. I saw that something was wrong and no one stepped forward to stop it, so I hurried over to tell Miss the news."
When Qingtang heard this, he guessed that Zan'er was being bullied by the people around the Third Miss, and he immediately became anxious, "Miss, although it's spring, the water is still cold, and Zan'er can't swim. If anything happens to her, her family will be wiped out!"
Zan'er is an orphan and has only a blind adoptive mother. If Zan'er dies, her adoptive mother, who can only rely on her monthly salary to survive, will really have no way to survive.
Jiang Mingzhi slowly exhaled a breath of foul air and instructed Qingtang, "Take Ping'er with you and take a look."
After saying that, he felt something was wrong and said, "Bring everyone in our courtyard with you."
Upon hearing this, Qingtang did not delay at all. He called the two servants in the yard and went towards the corridor with Ping'er.
Zan'er was still in the water at this time. She had already grabbed several gulps of water. There were withered lotus stems from last year in the pond. She tried hard to kick those stems with her legs so that she could come out of the water and take a breath. But Hongyu and his people surrounded the corridor and would not let her go up. She tried to grab the railing where the beauty by the water was leaning several times, but was kicked back by Hongyu every time.
She realized that the people in Baozhen Tower were holding a grudge against the eldest lady and were deliberately taking it out on her to slap her in the face. But she had an old mother at home who could only rely on her. If she died today, what would happen to her mother?
She had no choice but to beg Hong Yu for mercy, but Hong Yu was completely unsympathetic and even mocked her for having a blind mother.
By the time Qingtang and his men arrived, Zan'er was already unable to speak.
Ping'er entered the mansion with Zan'er, and they had also been suffering in the Marquis' Mansion for many years with Jiang Mingzhi. Their friendship was extraordinary. Seeing this, blood rushed to her head, and she wished she could cut that little bitch Hongyu into pieces.
"Miss Hongyu, what are you doing!"
Qingtang was also a person who had seen the world. She had seen too many villains like Hongyu who relied on their power to gain advantages. However, ordinary villains just wanted to gain some benefits. But she hated people like Hongyu who wanted to take the opportunity to kill people.
"What? Your Wang family is so rich and powerful that it wants to interfere in the third young lady's room?" Hong Yu snorted disdainfully, with her nose turned up, not taking Qingtang seriously.
No matter how powerful the Wang family is, this is the Jinyi Marquis's Mansion, and it is not the turn of a dog from the Wang family to act arrogantly.
"Miss Hongyu, are you trying to kill someone?"
"I didn't say that. Everyone saw it. She fell into the pool because of her clumsiness. Maybe she felt that she was unlucky and wanted to wash herself to get rid of the dirt." After Hong Yu finished speaking, the maids and servants from Baozhen Tower that she brought with her all laughed sarcastically.
No one noticed that Qingtang's eyes had changed, but everyone just thought she was humiliated and angry.
According to the discussion on the way here, Qingtang was responsible for stopping Hongyu, and Ping'er brought people to rescue people. At this time, Ping'er had already brought people to move a ladder over, and several people worked together to put the ladder into the water. Amid the confusion of Hongyu and others, Ping'er simply rolled up her sleeves, tied up her skirt, and went into the water.
Zan'er was already somewhat conscious, but her will to live was still barely holding on. She heard someone shouting at her, a familiar voice. She struggled to open her eyes and vaguely saw a figure, someone shouting at her: "Hold my hand!"
Hong Yu and her group had already reacted. She angrily cursed them as bitches and shouted, "Quickly stop them! No, throw the ladder into the water! She's trying to save people! I want her to know what it means to seek her own death!"
There are seven or eight people around Hongyu, but there are only four people on Qingtang's side, and one is rescuing people in the water. At this time, if one person retreats, there will be no chance of winning.
Qingtang knew that Hongyu really wanted to kill them. After all, they were just villains, and they could just say they fell and drowned to get away with it.
Seeing Hong Yu about to resort to violence, she said to the two servants, "The Third Young Lady doesn't treat us servants as human beings. She can drown us if she wants, and it's as easy as killing a chicken. Are we just going to sit there and wait for death? If we give in today, we will be the ones soaking in the water tomorrow! The eldest young lady has ordered that those who return loyally will receive a reward!"
Originally, they were assigned to the eldest daughter's side because they were not liked by the lady. After all, everyone in the mansion knew that the eldest daughter was competing with the lady. Whoever stood on the eldest daughter's side was against the lady. But they were unlucky and had been assigned to Mo Chunyuan. Even if they acted loyal to the lady, the lady would probably not believe them.
Furthermore, the Third Young Miss had always been domineering in the mansion. She would slap anyone she disliked and never treated the servants as human beings. Everyone had suffered from Jiang Yuzhen to some extent and had been dissatisfied with the Third Young Miss for a long time. Even if Qingtang had not said that she would make progress when she returned, they would have fought with Hongyu. However, when they heard that there would be a reward, they became more excited and were determined to fight.
Although Hong Yu had many people on her side, they were all maids. It would not be enough to fight against two old women who had been doing menial work for years.
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