Chapter 48 A living, walking Virgin Mary?

This is a serious crime!

Aunt Li didn’t care about making excuses now, she knelt on the ground and kowtowed miserably: “Madam, Madam, please spare my life! It’s all because of my evil thoughts, I just couldn’t get over it for a moment, please spare me this time, I won’t dare to do it again!”

Aunt Li looked very pitiful now, but Xu’s mother would not be soft-hearted at all, “Someone, cover her mouth and drag her aside! Wait until I finish the interrogation and then deal with her together! Also, whoever knows anything, tell it out and fight for a way out for yourself, otherwise don’t blame me for being cruel!” She was

a little hesitant at first, thinking that Madam was probably just pretending, after all, the image of Xu’s mother as a kind and tolerant mistress was too deeply rooted in people’s hearts. Moreover, there has never been any severe punishment of servants in all these years, which has caused many servants in the mansion to lose their proper respect for Xu's mother.

But now this suspicion has shaken, and even Aunt Li has suffered. You know, Aunt Li has been working in the mansion for decades!

With such a scare, more people will report each other.

After all this, Xu's mother was angry and couldn't help but have some doubts about herself.

Is there really a problem with her housekeeping skills?

Xu Muhua was speechless watching from the side, and her eyes were full of sympathy and pity when she looked at Xu's mother.

Alas, her mother, the mistress of the house, is too good, so she was ridden on the neck by the servants and peed and shit. She thought that gentle means would be easier to win people's hearts, make servants more loyal, and work harder.

She also felt sorry for these servants, thinking that they were miserable as slaves. If she, as a master, treated the servants well, their lives might not be so difficult.

But she didn't expect that things would turn into the opposite extreme, and being too kind would be taken advantage of and used for personal gain.

There was a beggar in front of the door. If the master gave him a piece of silver every day when he went out, the beggar would be grateful at first. But after a long time, the beggar would take it for granted. If one day the master stopped giving him silver when he went out, he would be resented.

But if on the contrary, the master yelled at the beggar every time he went out, and beat and scolded him, after a long time, one day the master suddenly gave the beggar a smile and threw down a piece of leftover snack. The beggar would be grateful and think that the master was a kind person.

Aren't these servants the same as this beggar?

Some people are just mean, the better you treat them, the more unsatisfied they are.

In the end, Xu's mother was so angry that her head hurt, and she couldn't stand the pain, so Xu Muhua took the initiative to take over the matter. Xu's mother wanted to let her gain experience, so she followed her. Just let a few confidants follow her and give guidance when needed.

Xu Muhua asked people to search the entire servant room and found a lot of hidden things. There was everything, not to mention gold, silver, and jewelry, but even food!

After checking, there were not many who were really clean, and nearly two-thirds of the servants had done things they shouldn't have done.

The black lines on Xu Muhua's forehead slid straight up.

No wonder, no wonder the Chengguo Mansion was ransacked a few years later. Except for some cash on the account, most of the property disappeared. With such a corrupt law and so many people corrupting together, it would be strange if the Chengguo Mansion was not emptied in a few years!

Xu Muhua would not be merciful, and would decide their stay or departure according to the severity of the mistakes they made.

The serious cases were sent to the government office without a second thought, and then they were sold down, beaten half to death, transferred to the most tiring and worst positions, and punished for minor offenses. The rest of those who did not make mistakes were naturally reused.

"Sister, it's not a good idea to send them to the government office, right?"

Xu Jinyu frowned and disagreed.

"Huh? Why is it not a good idea?"

Of course, those who made such a big mistake must be sent to the government office, and it cannot be solved privately because there are too many people. If it is solved privately, the reputation of the Chengguo Mansion will be even worse if it gets out. Although

these people were sold to the Chengguo Mansion, and some of them were even family sons, the law also stipulates that the master family cannot deprive the lives of servants at will. Occasionally, there are one or two, and no one will have the time to make trouble for such a small matter. But if there are many people, it will be different.

Besides, who knows how many people are eyeing the Chengguo Mansion! If we really handle it privately, wouldn’t it be like handing the handle to the opponent?

"Then our Chengguo Mansion will be so embarrassed!"

In the mansion of the Duke, the servants actually deceived their superiors and played the master in the palm of their hands. As the masters, they will only be laughed at for being stupid and foolish and being played around by a group of servants.

Xu Muhua didn't care, "We can make it back later if we lose face. So many people don't send them to the government, do we have to deal with it privately? This can't be hidden. If it is exposed, the consequences will be more serious."

Xu Jinyu opened his mouth, "Can't you forgive them once and give them a chance to reform?"

Xu Muhua was shocked!

What's wrong, Xu Jinyu is actually a walking saint?

Xu Muhua wanted to use her young age as an excuse to help her get away with it, but when she thought about the possibility that she was the one who controlled the female ghost, she had no choice. How could he

be so tolerant and kind to the servants, but so cruel to her sister who grew up with him?

Perhaps it was because Xu Muhua's expression was too obvious and exaggerated, and his eyes were too naked, as if he was looking at some rare fool. Xu Jinyu also realized that she might have said something wrong, and hurriedly explained: "I'm just worried that sending him to the government office will let everyone in the capital know about this matter in our house. Then, as the mistress of the house, mother will be laughed at by everyone. How can mother go out for social events in the future?"

"Social events? What social events? Our family rarely goes out to participate in these social events. No one is perfect, and everyone makes mistakes. Although sending him to the government office is a bit embarrassing, this is the way with the least impact. Jinyu, don't be soft-hearted in front of these people!"

"If they hadn't been discovered today, they wouldn't have had a change of heart and stopped this behavior. They would have gone further and further and would have emptied our Duke's Mansion! It would have really been a joke then."

After she said this, Xu Jinyu couldn't say anything else, but her frown never relaxed.

With this treatment, more than half of the servants in the mansion were gone, and they had to hurry to replenish them. Otherwise, when they went for the autumn hunt next month, it would be easy for the mansion to get into trouble.

The next day, the Chengguo Mansion contacted the escort to bring people over.

"Master, why don't you come with us to pick the servants!"

See which ones are reliable and which ones are lazy and cunning.

The master didn't refuse and followed everyone to the front yard.

The commotion in the Duke Cheng's mansion could not be concealed. After all, many servants were sent to the government office, and the news soon spread throughout the capital, even to the palace .