Lu Qiqi stepped forward, the cold wind blowing her hair, making her appear exceptionally powerful.
"Second Madam, what arrogance! I'd like to see if the laws of the Great Jin Dynasty can bring these officials, who treat the lives of ordinary people like a joke, to justice."
Lu Qiqi turned to a servant and said, "Go and get a rope."
Upon receiving the order, the servant hurriedly fled this place of trouble.
The old woman beside Madam Guo had never seen Lu Qiqi before, and judging from her clothes and appearance, she didn't seem to be a lady from a prominent family. She shouted, "Who are you, daring to interfere in the affairs of the Feng family?"
Immediately, Madam Guo gave a wink to the nanny beside her, signaling her to go and inform her.
As soon as the old woman moved her feet, Lu Qiqi rushed forward, lifted her foot, and flew two meters away.
Guo and Feng Xin'er exclaimed in surprise.
The maidservant next to Feng Xin'er shouted the loudest. When Feng Xin'er came to her senses, she immediately ran to the old woman's side to check on her, "Mother, how are you?"
The old woman was kicked in the abdomen by Lu Qiqi and could only curl up, unable to utter a single word due to the pain.
Lu Qiqi coldly watched the two pairs of mothers and daughters. She held back her strength, otherwise the old servant would have been sent flying more than ten feet away!
Seeing that something was wrong, Guo grabbed Feng Xin'er and tried to run outside.
How could Lu Qiqi let them escape like that? She immediately stepped forward and tied their hands behind their backs.
Lu Qiqi had considerable strength, and Guo Shi and Feng Xin'er struggled for a few moments without success, so they could only curse.
"You little slut, how dare you tie me up? My father is a sixth-rank official. If you don't let me go, I'll have him take your life!"
Guo wouldn't waste her breath with useless words. She said, "You've only taken money from the young lady. I'll give you whatever you want. Just let my daughter and me go! Ah, it hurts so much!"
The servant returned quickly with rope, and Lu Qiqi tied the two of them up.
Guo was still trying to entice Lu Qiqi, while Feng Xin'er kept cursing.
Lu Qiqi even suspected that Feng Xiner and Lu Changping were sisters, as they used the same swear words.
She has absolutely no manners of a noblewoman!
The old woman finally recovered and immediately sent her daughter to inform the second master of the Feng family.
The maid put the old woman down and immediately ran outside the courtyard.
Feng Yu'er wasn't about to let her run away. She rushed forward, grabbed the maid's hair, and pulled her back sharply.
The maid screamed in pain and fell to the ground. Her hair was trampled on by Feng Yu'er, and her face was pressed against the ground. She couldn't move and could only beg for mercy in a low voice.
Lu Qiqi tied up the nanny and the maid together, and then took two pieces of coarse cloth from her spatial storage and stuffed them into their mouths.
Feng Xin'er continued cursing, and Lu Qiqi was somewhat impressed by Feng Xin'er's vocabulary. If she could speak eloquently, she could write a book.
"Have you finished cursing?" Lu Qiqi asked as she walked up to Feng Xiner.
Feng Xin'er was momentarily stunned when Lu Qiqi interrupted her, wondering what Lu Qiqi wanted to do.
The next second, a dirty cloth was stuffed into his mouth, and he couldn't spit it out even if he wanted to. He could only make muffled noises.
Feng Yu'er said, "Anyone who dares to reveal a single word about what happened today will suffer the same fate!"
The servants all lowered their heads, not daring to make a sound. Since the young lady dared to tie up Guo Shi and Feng Xin'er, she must have a backup plan.
If they had tipped off Lu Qiqi and hadn't offered help when she tied up Guo Shi, they certainly wouldn't have fared well. It would have been better to listen to the eldest daughter.
A servant bowed with his hands clasped and said, "You shall obey the young lady's orders."
"Lock them in the woodshed and have someone guard them," Feng Yu'er said.
The servants stepped forward to help the old woman and the maid up.
Lu Qiqi stopped them, saying, "Carry them all into the old lady's room and let them show their filial piety to her. When the second master of the Feng family asks someone to inquire, he will say that the second wife and her daughter are filial and want to serve the old lady closely."
Seeing that Feng Yu'er tacitly agreed with Lu Qiqi's words, the servants did as they were told and carried the person into Madam Feng's room.
After the servants left, Feng Yu'er walked up to Lu Qiqi and asked, "Qiqi, why are they locked in Grandmother's room?"
"To keep an eye on them," Lu Qiqi said, "locking them in the woodshed is risky. Who knows if a traitor will let them out? We can only feel at ease when they are under our own noses."
"You're so thoughtful." Feng Yu'er looked at Lu Qiqi with admiration.
Lu Qiqi pursed her lips and walked into the house. Right now, all she had to do was wait for the medicine to be decocted.
Fortunately, Granny Cuizhu sent someone to fetch the medicine, which didn't take much time, and the stove was also set up outside Madam Feng's room.
Lu Qiqi secretly replaced the water in the porcelain jar with diluted spiritual spring water before adding the medicinal herbs to decoct the medicine.
Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes slow decoction and simmering to bring out the medicinal effects.
All Lu Qiqi and Feng Yuer could do at that moment was slowly add firewood to the stove and wait for the medicine to be decocted.
Feng Yu'er pinned all her hopes on this medicine, her eyes fixed on the medicine jar.
Lu Qiqi was afraid that Feng Yu'er would stare right through the medicine jar.
When the medicine was finally ready, Lu Qiqi poured the dark liquid from the medicine pot into a white porcelain bowl.
Granny Cuizhu immediately pushed open the door and brought the medicine into the room.
When she saw the woman tied up in the corner, she almost spilled the medicine in her hand.
"Oh dear, what's going on?" Granny Cuizhu exclaimed in surprise.
Lu Qiqi then remembered that Granny Cuizhu was not in the courtyard earlier, and wondered what had happened.
Lu Qiqi took the medicine from Granny Cuizhu and personally fed it to Old Madam Feng.
Feng Yu'er then told Granny Cuizhu everything that had happened in the courtyard that day, connecting the causes and consequences.
Granny Cuizhu said anxiously, "Eldest Miss, the Old Madam hasn't woken up yet. It's not a solution for us to keep the Second Branch's people tied up!"
"What should we do if Second Master comes to demand our people back?"
Feng Yu'er said, "Since Second Aunt likes to pretend to be filial and virtuous, I'll let her pretend to her heart's content this time."
“You don’t need to worry about your second uncle either,” Feng Yu’er analyzed. “He and Guo Shi have long been estranged, and he’s been having a passionate affair with the concubines in the courtyard. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have only had one daughter, Feng Xin’er, all these years.”
"Yu'er, come here!" Lu Qiqi said through the screen.
Feng Yu'er thought her grandmother was in trouble and didn't dare to stop for a moment. When she heard Lu Qiqi calling, she immediately went behind the screen.
"What's wrong?" Feng Yu'er asked anxiously.
"It's not a big problem," Lu Qiqi said, trying to reassure Feng Yu'er. "It's just that Madam Feng can't get her medicine down."
Feng Yu'er: "Then what should we do?"
Lu Qiqi handed the bowl of medicine to Feng Yu'er and said, "Pass it over with your mouth!"
Without saying a word, Feng Yu'er did as Lu Qiqi said. Her grandmother was the person who loved her the most besides her parents, and even though her grandmother had just coughed up blood, she would not feel disgusted at all.
Feng Yu'er put the bitter medicine in her mouth and then read it to Old Madam Feng through her mouth.
After several repetitions, Feng Yu'er finished feeding him all the medicine.
As soon as Feng Yu'er stood up, the medicine took effect on Madam Feng, and she began to cough violently.
"Wow!"
A patch of dark red blood was visible in the chamber pot.
Feng Yu'er's expression suddenly changed, and the white porcelain bowl instantly fell to the ground and shattered into pieces.
Feng Yu'er exclaimed loudly, "Grandmother!"
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