Chapter 060: Beaten to death as a warning to others
Hai Lian's pupils changed instantly, and she looked at Shen Ningyuan in disbelief, "What?"
What do you mean by asking her to pay attention in her next life?
For a moment, Hai Lian didn't react to the meaning of these words.
Chen Ningyuan looked at Hai Lian who was in a panic, without any expression on her face, and only coldly ordered: "Hai Lian took advantage of the master's absence to occupy the master's bedroom and steal the master's property. She should be beaten to death!"
"Someone, bring the stick!"
As soon as she finished speaking, two maids walked in from outside the yard and twisted Hailian's hands behind her back.
No matter how Hai Lian struggled, she couldn't break free from the hands of the two maids.
"Young Madam, where will the execution take place?" one of the maids asked respectfully.
These two maids were the Shen family’s dowry and only listened to Shen Ningyuan.
Hearing this, Shen Ningyuan said without hesitation: "Executing here will dirty my yard. It is better to go to the front yard to stick and let the other servants of the Ji family see clearly what the consequences of stealing the master's property are, so as to serve as a warning to others!"
Today, she is going to beat Hai Lian to death to disgust the Ji family!
"yes!"
The two maids responded without any hesitation and dragged Hailian out.
At this moment, Hai Lian realized that Shen Ningyuan really wanted to beat her to death.
She immediately struggled and shouted, "Madam, I didn't steal anything. When I entered the room, those things had already been taken away!"
"I just slept in the young lady's bed. I am not guilty of a crime punishable by death!"
"Wait a moment." Shen Ningyuan suddenly stopped.
The two maids stopped immediately but did not let go of Hailian's hand.
Seeing this, Hai Lian thought Shen Ningyuan didn't care about her, so she immediately smiled flatteringly, "I knew that the young lady was kind-hearted and would not really beat me to death."
Shen Ningyuan also smiled, walked two steps slowly to Hailian, squatted down in front of her, and whispered: "Of course I know that those things in the room were not taken by you."
Hai Lian also nodded quickly, "Young Madam is very observant, those things were definitely not taken by me!"
"But so what? When you betrayed me, when you watched me take effect from the poison, did you ever think this day would come?"
Hai Lian's pupils shrank, and she looked at Shen Ningyuan in panic, "Madam, Madam, that day in the ancestral hall... did you see this servant?"
"Yes, I saw it." Shen Ningyuan said in a light tone, "I saw you hiding behind the pillar, watching me struggle from the poison, and I saw you leave the ancestral hall with my own eyes."
As she spoke, Shen Ningyuan took off the gold bracelet that Hai Lian was wearing on her wrist, "This gold bracelet was given to you by Chen, right?"
Hai Lian panicked and quickly denied, "Madam, no, I paid for this gold bracelet myself!"
"You have a monthly salary of one tael of silver, and even if you don't eat or drink for ten years, you can't afford such a pure gold bracelet." Shen Ningyuan retorted calmly.
Hai Lian was speechless and could only stare blankly at Shen Ningyuan.
Seeing this, Shen Ningyuan continued to talk to herself: "If I guess correctly, Chen gave you this gold bracelet and should have told you to announce to the public after my death that I have been restless and unable to sleep since I learned of Ji Yunchuan's bad news, and I have long intended to commit suicide, right?"
Hai Lian panicked even more, and looked at Shen Ningyuan with horror, "Madam, how did you know about this?"
"How should I know that?"
Shen Ningyuan sneered.
Because she saw it with her own eyes in her previous life.
Looking at Shen Ningyuan's expression, Hai Lian knew that she really wanted to kill him.
She immediately cried and begged for mercy, "Young Madam, I know I was wrong. I shouldn't have been so obsessed, shouldn't have accepted Madam's bracelet, and shouldn't have betrayed you!"
"It's too late." Shen Ningyuan said in a light tone, stood up and ordered: "Drag him away."
"Yes, Madam!"
After saying that, the two maids continued to drag Hai Lian out of the gate of Xiyuanju.
Listening to Hai Lian's wailing, Shen Ningyuan's face was calm.
Then he stuffed the gold bracelet into Luying's hand and said calmly, "I give it to you."
Lu Ying was startled. "Madam, isn't this the gold bracelet that Chen gave to me? Why did you give it to me?"
Chen Ningyuan sneered again, "This gold bracelet originally belonged to me. Chen used something from my private vault to reward Hai Lian so that she would betray me."
Upon hearing this, Lu Ying's expression changed immediately, "What? This originally belonged to the young lady?"
Lu Ying became more and more angry as she spoke. "This Ji family is too shameless. How could they steal their daughter-in-law's dowry? I have never heard of any famous family stealing their daughter-in-law's dowry in my life. They are shameless!"
Compared to Lu Ying's anger, Shen Ningyuan's expression was calm, "Heh, their shamelessness is more than that, you will know it later."
But Lu Ying was still very angry. She threw the gold bracelet in her hand heavily to the ground and cursed loudly: "What a filthy thing! I don't want it. The bracelet that the judge wore before is too dirty for me to touch!"
Seeing Lu Ying's angry look, Chen Ningyuan couldn't help but chuckled, and glanced at the gold bracelet on the ground, and said truthfully: "This pure gold bracelet is probably two taels of gold. With the craftsman's exquisite carving skills, the value has increased several times, enough to buy a private house with two entrances and two exits in the most prosperous area of the capital."
Hearing the value of the bracelet, Lu Ying almost cried, "Young Madam, why didn't you tell me in advance that this bracelet is so valuable..."
Green Warbler wailed and ran over, picking up the bracelet she had just thrown on the ground.
He blew away the dust with his mouth, checked again and again, and only breathed a sigh of relief after making sure there was no damage.
"It's okay, it's not damaged and can still be used."
Luying picked up the bracelet, walked over and handed it to Shen Ningyuan, and said seriously: “Young Madam, you should take this bracelet yourself. This slave is not worthy of such a good bracelet.”
Looking at Luying's clear eyes, Shen Ningyuan pursed her lips and smiled softly.
She knew that bringing this girl to the Ji family was the right decision.
"It doesn't matter. Once I give it to you, it's yours. You can do whatever you want with it."
But Luying refused to take it and stuffed the bracelet back into Chen Ningyuan's hand.
Seeing this, Shen Ningyuan stopped forcing it and put the bracelet into the interlayer of her sleeve.
Then looking at the house where he lived, Shen Ningyuan's face immediately became gloomy.
He ordered, "Tell the maids in the courtyard to clean this room. After the smell has dissipated for a few days, I will move in."
"Okay." Lu Ying nodded and asked, "Where is the young lady staying these days?"
Chen Ningyuan looked at the small house in the side yard, "This house is a little small, but it's fine to live in for a few days."
"Yes." Lu Ying nodded. "I will clean up this room now. Madam, please go to the cottage and have a rest. You must be tired after a day of hard work."
After saying that, Luying walked out of the yard and called a few maids in to help her tidy up the house.
Seeing that Luying was busy, Shen Ningyuan also prepared to go to the cabin to rest.
Unexpectedly, just as she reached the door, one of the maids who had dragged Hailian to the front yard to hold the cane ran in hurriedly.
As soon as she entered the door, she shouted, "Young Madam, go to the front yard and take a look. Chen brought her servants to stop the old slaves from taking action!"
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