Chapter 91: He personally slapped the Qu family in the face!
Duan Rongshi's face was unusually gloomy today.
He kept his lips pursed and remained silent, but the murderous aura emanating from him had already terrified those around him several times over.
"Keep chasing!"
General's Mansion.
Madam Pei paced anxiously back and forth in the front hall, "How is it? Have you managed to bring the master back yet?"
A servant came to report: "Madam, Master... he's entertaining colleagues tonight. He said... if anything happens, you can handle it yourselves, no need to bother him..."
Upon hearing this, Old Madam Pei instantly flew into a rage: "How can you call his own daughter annoying?! Is he even human?!"
Granny Zhang quickly comforted her, "Madam, please don't be angry. Our people have already gone out to search, and we will definitely find the girl!"
"Besides, there's Granny Deng and Que'er. Since they left a mark, nothing serious is likely to happen..."
Madam Pei: "How can it not be a big deal? They say those are remnants of the Lotus Sect!!"
"Didn't she go out with her mother to pick out jewelry? How come Cui'er and Huan'er were able to come back, but she went to that teahouse?!"
"She's driving me crazy!!"
"And that Qu family member, why hasn't she come back yet?! Does she know that Luo'er is in trouble?!"
Madam Pei slapped the pillar beside her repeatedly; if it weren't for her strong anger holding her back, she would have fainted from the rage.
Just then, Qu's carriage arrived at the door, and the steward greeted them as soon as they stepped inside.
"Madam, you're finally back! Something terrible has happened! The old lady wants you to go to the front hall immediately!"
Exhausted from a long day, Ms. Qu did not notice the steward's anxiety.
She rubbed her temples and said calmly, "Okay, I understand."
Without resting, Madam Qu went straight to the front hall and greeted Old Madam Pei, saying, "Daughter-in-law greets Mother—"
Before the greeting could even be given, Old Madam Pei smashed a teacup heavily at her feet!
"Where is Luo'er!?"
Ms. Qu was startled; the back of her hand was cut by the shards of porcelain, and blood seeped out instantly.
Madam Qu's temples throbbed, and she replied, suppressing her grievance, "Didn't your daughter-in-law send someone to bring her home? Could it be that she... she hasn't returned yet?"
Madam Qu turned her head to look at Granny Chang behind her.
Granny Chang: "Madam, this old servant did indeed send Xiao Jiezi back to the manor to get the carriage ready and go to Wangchun Tower to fetch the young lady! Xiao Jiezi, where is the young lady? Did you slack off and not go to pick her up?!"
Xiao Jiezi came up from behind and immediately threw herself to the ground, crying out, "I'm innocent, Granny! I did go back to the manor to get the carriage, but by the time I got to Wangchun Tower, the young lady had already left! She said she saw you leave, Madam, and then she went after you!"
"This servant couldn't find you, madam. Where did you go? I thought the young lady had caught up with you..."
Madam Qu's face paled: "Why did she chase after me?!"
Madam Pei sternly rebuked, "You audacious servant! Just because the young lady left early, couldn't you go and look for her? This is clearly just an excuse for your laziness and shirking responsibility!"
"What? Just because she's not favored or valued in this family, does that mean even someone like you should look down on her? Guards, drag him away and give him twenty strokes of the cane!"
Setsuko immediately cried out and begged for mercy.
However, Madam Pei was furious today and determined to give everyone in the mansion a good dressing down.
If it weren't for their disrespect towards Luo'er, how could such an accident have happened to her!?
It was because I had been too lenient with her before, wanting Luo'er to conquer and intimidate the servants in this mansion on her own, that this catastrophic disaster happened today!
Thinking of this, Madam Pei felt both pain and sorrow in her heart.
If something really happens to her Luo'er... how will she bear it?
Screams echoed in the courtyard, but Old Madam Pei was not yet satisfied and punished several people around Madam Qu as well.
Granny Chang gave her five strokes of the cane, and Qingyi gave her twenty slaps.
"Our master is acting foolishly, and you do not know how to advise and guide her, but just let her do whatever she wants! Our General's Mansion already has few children and few people, and in the past six months, many major incidents have happened to the young ladies and gentlemen. You insolent servants are largely to blame for this!"
Sweat rolled down Qu's forehead.
Today, her mother-in-law threw a tantrum and even beat up her close relatives. Isn't this slapping her, the mistress of the house, in the face in front of all the servants in the mansion?
Even though she had her teeth knocked out, Ms. Qu could only endure it.
She was filled with anger and resentment, but could only say, "Mother-in-law, please calm down... If Luo'er hasn't returned, has she gone somewhere to watch the excitement? There was a big fire at a restaurant on Zhengyang Street today, and I saw a lot of people watching. I also heard that there's a new opera troupe coming from the south of the city, perhaps..."
Qu Shi harbored resentment towards Li Qingluo.
What a shallow-minded girl!
Even though she grew up in the mountains and never saw the prosperity and wealth of Jinling City, she is now the daughter of a wealthy family. How can she act so willfully?
Where have you gone off to have so much fun? You haven't even come back yet!
She caused trouble for the entire household, including herself!
The old lady is really too nervous about Luo'er. After all, she has a skilled maid and nanny by her side. How could anything really happen to Luo'er?
This is making a mountain out of a molehill. It's clearly an excuse to embarrass her as the mistress of the house.
As Qu was thinking, Old Madam Pei walked over and slapped her across the face.
Qu touched her face, a surge of humiliation and indignation welling up inside her.
In her entire life, she had never been so humiliated!
Even if you are the mother-in-law, you shouldn't—
Qu almost rushed forward, but was stopped by Zhang Mama.
"Madam, you mustn't do this!"
Madam Pei: "Let her come over! I want to see what she can do to me."
"Ms. Qu, I'm beating you today because you deserve it!"
"Do you know that the restaurant that caught fire today was because a cult was gathering there, and when the authorities discovered it, they killed and set fire to destroy clues!"
"And you, I don't know what possessed you, abandoned your own daughter and ran away for a whole day, only just returning!"
"So you don't know, the officials and the teahouse owner came to your door in person, saying that Luo'er couldn't find you, so she went to the teahouse to wait for you, but she was kidnapped and taken away by five escaped Lotus Sect members!"
"The entire teahouse corridors and rooms were littered with corpses and covered in blood. They were rampaging and killing without any humanity!"
"Did you understand?!"
Madam Pei's loud shouts shook the Qu family, causing them to stumble backward until they managed to steady themselves by bracing themselves against the door.
She felt a wave of dizziness: "Mother, what you're saying isn't true..."
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