Chapter 53 What does she want?
When the door of Lingxi Pavilion was kicked open, Song Yanxi was sitting under a tree to enjoy the cool air, holding a medical book in her hand.
She squinted her eyes, saw who it was, and without even thinking of getting up, she lazily asked, "It's so early in the morning, and my mother-in-law brought people to my door. Could it be that someone saw some unscrupulous person entering my yard again?"
Hearing this, Lin Tingxuan, who had comforted herself all the way before daring to look up at her, had tears in her eyes for a moment.
She wants to kill this bitch!
Madam Lin patted her hands, signaling her to calm down. Her sharp gaze fell on Song Yanxi and she sneered, "Song, stop being so sharp-tongued. Let me ask you, where is the account book you mentioned yesterday?"
"It's burned."
"What did you say?"
Song Yanxi didn't even raise her eyelids, "It's burned."
"You are such a jerk, Song!" Madam Lin trembled with anger, and said with a sullen face, "Unfilial Song, you dared to deceive your husband and mother-in-law with a fake account book and swindle the General's Mansion of money. This is truly a heinous crime.
To prevent you from indulging your temper and causing disaster in the future, today, I, as your mother-in-law, will teach you the principle of being honest with others.
Come, please enforce the family law!"
As soon as he finished speaking, two servants came in from outside the courtyard gate carrying a bench. One of them held a whip as thick as a man's thumb.
The barbs on the whip shone coldly in the sunlight.
Under this whip, even a man with thick skin and flesh would not be able to bear it and would cry for his parents.
This is not a family rule at all, she clearly wants to murder!
"Let's see who dares!" Zhuzhi rushed out of the small kitchen upon hearing the noise, holding a kitchen knife in his hand.
Madam Lin raised her eyelids and said, "Hold down this troublesome girl. If she dares to resist, I will beat her to death."
A few more old women rushed in from the gate of the courtyard, all of them with ferocious faces, and they looked more like they were going to beat someone up than to arrest him.
Song Yanxi's face darkened, and she shouted coldly, "Go back and close the door. Don't come out without my permission!"
"Girl..." Zhuzhi stamped her feet anxiously. She gritted her teeth and ran back to the kitchen to bolt the door. She then ran over and took two kitchen knives, staring at every move outside through the crack in the door.
The girl said earlier that only obedient men could stay with her, so she listened.
But she would never allow the girl to be in any danger!
Madam Lin laughed and said sarcastically, "I thought these girls around you were loyal dogs, but when they encountered danger, they abandoned you and ran away without hesitation."
Song Yanxi curled the corners of her lips, "The dog beside my mother-in-law is loyal, but what about her?"
The expressions of all the maids and servants in the yard changed.
Before the incident, Nanny Zhang was very popular in front of the old lady, and even the two ladies had to give her some face.
Now he was beaten to pieces and lying alone in the servants' room. Only his son, who worked as a gardener in the mansion, took time to take care of him every day.
But the old lady was afraid that the news of breaking the imperial gift would get out through her mouth, so she didn't let the mother and son call a doctor. She simply threw some external injury medicine over, which was of no use at all.
Nanny Zhang wailed in pain every day, and the little girl in the same courtyard with her was scared half to death and didn't even dare to go back to the house.
According to them, half of Aunt Zhang's body seemed to be rotten, and one could smell the foul stench coming from inside when passing by her door from a distance.
Everyone looked at each other and quickly gave up the idea of breaking in.
No matter how hard they try to curry favor with a master as heartless as the old lady, she is just a dog that may be beaten to death at any time. Why bother?
Madam Lin gritted her teeth and said, "What a silver-tongued evil woman! I want to see if you can still smile after these forty lashes!"
"Mother, please calm down!" Zhou hurried over after hearing the news.
"My sister-in-law is delicate and frail. She can't even withstand four lashes, let alone forty."
Lin Tingxuan reached out to stop her, not hiding the disgust in her eyes at all, "Sister-in-law, why are you so anxious? Mother is teaching Song a lesson, not beating you."
"Third Miss, you keep calling her Song. Has she learned all the old rules?" Zhou asked back with a frown.
In the past, this little girl had an arrogant temper. Unexpectedly, after suffering a loss, she not only did not learn her lesson, but became even more ignorant.
Lin Tingxuan became angry and raised her hand to hit her.
Zhou grabbed her hand and said coldly, "I am your eldest sister-in-law, not one of those pitiful maids in your room who you can beat, scold and humiliate at will."
Her strong attitude made Lin Tingxuan unable to answer. She could only stare at her with her eyes red with anger.
Seeing her daughter being bullied, Madam Lin quickly walked up to Zhou and asked coldly, "If she can't, what about me?"
As she spoke, she raised her hand and slapped Zhou hard, causing her face to turn away.
But as the mother-in-law, Zhou not only could not resist, but also had to lower her eyes and say, "Mother-in-law, calm down."
Madam Lin sneered, staring at her gravely. "You sisters-in-law are of the same blood. How about you take half of Song's forty lashes?"
Zhou's face turned pale, she gritted her teeth and said with a stiff upper lip, "My daughter-in-law is willing."
"Are you crazy?" Lin Tingxuan almost doubted her ears.
Old Madam Lin also felt that she suddenly couldn't understand her eldest daughter-in-law.
Song had only given her five hundred taels of silver and some precious medicinal herbs to her mother. Was she really willing to risk her life for such a small favor?
After twenty lashes, even if the person doesn't die, he will be half-crippled, and the place where he was tortured will forever leave a hideous and ugly scar, which will make any normal person feel disgusted at the sight of it.
Zhou was never favored by the eldest brother. He rarely went to her room once every one or two months. Now that she was covered with scars, the eldest brother was afraid that he would not even enter her room again.
What exactly does she want?
Before Madam Lin could figure it out, Lin Tingxuan impatiently urged, "Mother, if we delay, something bad will happen. Please get someone to act quickly."
Thinking of Lin Tingfeng, Madam Lin's face suddenly turned ashen. "Tie Zhou to the stool first and beat her hard!"
She wanted to see whether her good daughter-in-law had really become so brave that she was not afraid of death.
There was no trace of blood on Zhou's face, but she stood straight, allowing the two maids to press her down and make her lie on the bench.
"Wait." Song Yanxi, who had been watching the excitement for a long time, finally spoke.
Her sister-in-law's determination was much greater than she had previously imagined.
Hearing her soft but extremely oppressive words, the old woman who was about to take action subconsciously stopped.
As Old Madam Lin watched, she felt all the blood in her body rush to her head. She grabbed the whip and rushed to Song Yanxi, whipping her hard in the face.
She must smash this bitch's mouth today!
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