"Miss, Granny Feng hasn't done anything wrong. It's really pitiful, you..."
Xin Jiuwei looked over coldly.
It seems she was truly bewitched before, treating Qi Huaiyu and his mother too well. Everyone inside and outside the courtyard listened to them, and they even treated the mother and son as their masters!
She pointed to the maid who had spoken, "Wang Qing."
"Yes," Wang Qing responded crisply, quite cleverly. "Miss, Huan'er and Madam Feng are too close, she must be too worried. Miss is the kindest, why not let Huan'er go out and go with Madam Feng? They can look after each other!"
The maid named Huan'er turned pale instantly. "Sister Wangqing, I didn't..."
Xin Jiuwei glanced at her and nodded casually, "Is that so? What a kind girl. Let's do as Wang Qing says..."
"Miss! Miss!" Huan'er knelt down with a thud. "It's a misunderstanding. I'm not familiar with Granny Feng. Please, Miss, don't send me away. My parents sold me to a slave trader. It took a lot of effort for me to get into our household. If I leave, I'll only suffer. Miss, please..."
Xin Jiuwei originally only wanted to temporarily intimidate the others, and upon hearing this, she did not make things difficult for a little maid, only glancing at Wang Qing.
Wang Qing shouted at the stunned guards, "Why haven't you thrown them out yet? Do you want to keep Feng company too?"
The guards snapped out of their daze and quickly restrained the struggling Feng, carrying her out like a pig being carried during the New Year.
"Xin Jiuwei! You little hussy—my child—save your mother—"
Madam Feng's voice lingered for a long time, causing the young maids in the courtyard to break out in a fine layer of sweat on their foreheads.
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