“Your Highness is easily angered, and we will never dare to do it again. Please don’t be angry, Your Highness. The little prince has caught a cold, but it doesn’t seem serious. We will take good care of him.” One of the wet nurses hurriedly crawled to Madam Su, crying.
Su was not strong-willed by nature, and after being pleaded with like this, she was no longer as angry as before. Just as she was about to speak, a rebuking voice suddenly rang out from outside.
“Such a servant must not be let off lightly, sister!” Madam Gao said, supporting her maid as they stood at the door.
“Xi Yue has arrived!” Madam Su said. “They have served the young prince for a long time, so let’s give them a chance to reform themselves.”
Madam Gao walked in, glanced at the servants on the ground, and said, "You lot must have a death wish! This is the Prince's first child. If you dare to neglect him, and the Princess Consort finds out, you'll be skinned alive!"
Su felt very comfortable with Gao's "righteous words," as this was the first time she had met Gao Xiyue.
"Princess, spare us! Princess, spare us!" Several wet nurses and maids knelt on the ground, not daring to breathe, only begging for mercy.
"I may spare you from the death penalty, but I cannot forgive you for any other punishment. I want you all to remember what happens if you don't serve your master properly," Madam Gao said sternly.
As a result, each of the wet nurses received ten lashes, because they still had to take care of the young prince, otherwise the beatings would have been even more severe. Several maids also received lashes, but not very hard, so they learned the difference between light and heavy beatings.
"Xiyue, thank you so much this time." Madam Su and Madam Gao sat on the soft couch in the clinical room, drinking tea as host and guest.
“Sister Su, don’t be too lenient with these servants. They are all servants; the more lenient you are with them, the more they will take advantage of you,” Gao said.
"Yes, I understand," Madam Su said gently with a smile. She felt that Gao Xiyue was still the same Gao Xiyue who had stayed with her at the inn and gone to the temple to pray for marriage. The concubine's worries were completely unnecessary.
"By the way, sister, what about the little quilt I gave you? I still haven't seen you use it for Yongzhang. It's so warm. Maybe if you had given it to him earlier, he wouldn't have caught a cold," Madam Gao asked with a regretful expression.
Hearing this, Madam Su felt even more dissatisfied with Xiao Mu, but she couldn't tell Madam Gao that the quilt was now with the concubine, so she could only say, "It's all because these servants are negligent. I will find it for Zhang'er."
Mr. Gao nodded.
Just then, Xiao Mu returned. But her hands were empty; she had nothing in them.
"Xiao Mu, why are you only coming back now? Have you finished what I asked you to do?" Su asked Xiao Mu.
"Reporting to Your Highness, I went to the East Courtyard, but the Consort told me that she accidentally burned the quilt." Xiao Mu said with her head down, not noticing the meaning in Su Shi's eyes.
Upon hearing this, Madam Gao seemed to understand something and asked in surprise, "Sister, how did the quilt I gave you end up in the east courtyard?"
Su was already surprised when she heard Xiao Mu say that, and when Gao asked her question, she was afraid that Gao would misunderstand, so she quickly said, "It's not just Liu Mama and Xiao Mu, they, they..."
"Sister, there's no need to say anything more. It turns out that I, Gao Xiyue, am nothing in your eyes. Since you don't trust me at all, then I won't bother you any longer," Gao Shi said angrily, standing up abruptly.
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