The Marquis was so angry that he gritted his teeth and was about to lash out when the old lady smiled and said, "My lord, let's eat first. Fu Niu is hungry. We can talk after we finish eating."
Jiayin ran over and hugged the Marquis's leg, saying, "Fu Niu is hungry, her stomach is growling."
The Marquis's expression softened, and he took Jiayin to sit down to one side. He then helped the old lady to sit down as well. "Auntie, try the cooking of our household chef. Although it's not as good as Fourth Sister-in-law's, it'll do you have something to eat."
"So many good things! They must be delicious." The old lady replied with a smile, and thanked the head housekeeper, "Thank you for your trouble in arranging this."
"No, no, you flatter me, Madam. It's all my duty." The head steward quickly stepped forward and bent down to serve the dishes to his masters.
Jiayin was probably hungry, so she ate quite a bit. She ate half of each of the two bowls of steamed egg custard, along with two pieces of pork ribs, a few bites of vegetables, and a few pieces of fish.
The old lady only ate one bowl of rice, while the Marquis only ate half a bowl.
The head butler watched from the side, sweating profusely. He forced himself to offer advice twice, but dared not do so again.
After a while, the dining table was cleared and tea and snacks were served. Yu Xue then had the idea of inviting the Marquis to take a nap.
But at this moment, Jiayin, sitting in the chair and swinging her chubby little legs, asked, "Godfather, what is 'insister'? Is it the older sister who sleeps with you?"
The lord lost his grip on the teacup, and it fell to the table with a crisp clinking sound.
He looked up at the little chubby girl, shocked and angry that she had overheard those words.
The head steward and the maids inside and outside the house had extremely strange expressions on their faces.
Only the old lady hesitated for a moment, but still did not stop her granddaughter from asking questions.
Jiayin didn't hear the Marquis respond, so she continued to ask.
"Also, Godfather, what kind of bun is a country bumpkin? Is it tasty?" She pinched her round belly and pouted, "Fu Niu's belly is just a little chubby, she doesn't look like a bun!"
At this point, even a fool could tell that someone had been disrespectful and said some unpleasant things in front of the child.
The Marquis bent down, picked up Jiayin, and let her sit on his lap. He then instructed the head steward, "Call everyone here."
The head butler rushed out without even glancing at Yu Xue, whose face was pale.
Soon, all the servants, young and old, and a hundred guards of the Marquis's mansion gathered in the main courtyard and knelt down.
The Marquis then asked, "Fu Niu, tell me, where did you hear those words just now?"
Jiayin pointed to Yuxue and the two maids in green and said, "It's the three of them. The girl in pink said she's my godfather's wife, and that my grandmother and I are outsiders. She sleeps with my godfather in the bedroom. My grandmother got angry and kicked her out. Then the two girls in green and the girl in pink were talking loudly at the window."
"The girl in pink said that my grandmother and I were country bumpkins and shameless, and she wanted to kick us out. The girl in green said that if the girl in pink wanted to promote a concubine, she could make half the decision in the Marquis's mansion. The girl in pink said she wanted to make tea for her godfather, so she asked the two girls in green to get us the clothes of the old women and maids."
Jiayin was young, but her tongue was incredibly sharp, and her words were crystal clear. At the end, she tugged at her skirt and asked, "Godfather, is this a maid's dress? It's very pretty, and Fu Niu likes it. But Fu Niu isn't a maid, so can she wear it?"
The Marquis's face was beyond description; everyone inside and outside the house, including the head steward, knelt down with their heads bowed.
The head steward truly wished he could stab Yuxue ten thousand times.
Who gave her the audacity to treat the Li family so poorly?!
Previously, the Marquis regarded the Li family as his benefactors, and Ye Shan and Dong Mei, the couple most trusted by the Marquis, served the Li family like servants for many years.
Now, the young lady of the Li family keeps referring to her godfather, which shows that she has become even closer to the Marquis. For Yu Xue to dare to speak ill of them to their faces is simply courting death!
Sure enough, the head steward heard the Marquis speak and say, "Everyone, look carefully. The person I am holding in my arms is the eldest daughter of the Xinting Marquis's mansion, my adopted daughter, and the only mistress of the mansion besides myself. Whether I am here or not, the eldest daughter can mobilize all the gold, silver, servants, and guards of the mansion. Anyone who dares to offend her will be beaten to death!"
"Yes, Your Excellency." The head steward quickly responded, kowtowing heavily to the ground.
Yu Xue sat there silently, feeling a mixture of fear and resentment.
Unfortunately, the Marquis didn't even glance at her. He ordered the guards, "Drag these three away. Considering they committed a crime, they may be spared the death penalty, but they won't escape punishment. The one in green will receive twenty strokes of the cane, and the one in pink will receive thirty. They will all be sent away from the manor!"
The head steward quickly got up and led the guards to drag Yuxue and the two maids away.
Yu Xue was filled with disbelief. The Marquis wouldn't even call her by her name, or rather, he didn't remember her name at all?!
She scrambled back desperately, crying and begging for mercy, "My lord, I was wrong, please spare my life! Please don't sell me! Waaah, I'm your person, I can't leave the manor, please spare my life!"
The two maids in green were also struggling desperately. They were used to being pampered in the Marquis's mansion. If they were beaten half to death and sold off, they would definitely not have a good ending.
"My lord, I was wrong. I shouldn't have offended Miss. We were all instigated by Yuxue! Waaah, my lord, please spare us! We will never dare to do it again."
The Marquis ignored them and instead asked Jiayin, who was in his arms watching the commotion with great interest, "Fu Niu, do you think the two in green are innocent?"
Jiayin shook her head. "They're not innocent. My grandma and I heard everything clearly while we were taking a bath. They all want to sleep with Godfather and are jealous of that girl in the pink dress. They're inciting her to scold my grandma and me."
The Marquis coughed twice and whispered, "It's not good to talk about sleeping. You can't say that again, understand?"
Jiayin pouted and asked, "Then what will we do when Fu Niu needs to sleep? How will Grandma know if we don't tell her it's time to sleep?"
The Marquis was silenced, and he really didn't know how to explain the different meanings of the word "sleep" to a child in different situations.
Grandma Li suppressed a laugh and quickly took her granddaughter from the situation, thus relieving the Marquis of the predicament. "Don't bother your godfather, Grandma will tell you when we get home."
“Okay,” Fu Niu blinked her big eyes twice, looking completely bewildered, but in her heart she was already laughing so hard she could hardly contain herself.
She's probably the only one in the world who could make Marquis Xinting blush like a monkey's bottom.
The Marquis stood up and instructed the old lady, "Auntie, take Fu Niu for a walk around the mansion, and tidy up the east wing of this courtyard to your liking. In the future, no matter whether I'm in the mansion or not, whenever you come to the city, come and stay for a few days. I still have some miscellaneous things to finish, so I'll take care of them first."
"Go ahead, I heard the garden is beautiful, let's go take a look." The old lady waved her hand, picked up Jiayin, and got up to go out.
Upon seeing this, the head steward quickly signaled the guards to drag the person out.
To Yu Xue's surprise, the Marquis chatted for a long time without showing any intention of retracting his order.
They were extremely disappointed and utterly terrified. They screamed and tried to rush forward to plead for mercy, but the guards kicked them over and dragged them out.
Yu Xue was unwilling to accept this and cried out, "My lord, I have served you for years, you can't be so heartless!"
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