"Now that the prisoners have been arrested, we can talk about matters within the household. Jiang Yu, you are the lady of the house, yet you only have Liu Mama at your disposal. Were the maids I arranged for you when you got married all sold off?"
When Jiang Tian asked her the question, Jiang Yu immediately felt ashamed.
She nodded and answered cautiously, "Yes... I was seriously ill at the time, and Aunt Chu found a pretext to get rid of those maids. I looked for them, but I was unconscious at the time, and Granny Liu was busy taking care of them, so I don't know where she sold them..."
The maids' indentures were all with Aunt Chu, and cleaning up Jiang Yu's subordinates was something she had to do.
Jiang Tian nodded and instructed the person beside her, "Go find them. Those maids were carefully selected by me. They are devoted to Jiang Yu. No matter where they are, find them for me. Even if they are dead, collect their remains. Our Jiang family has never had the shame of mistreating loyal servants."
Jiang Yu lowered her head even further.
But then Jiang Tian called out to her again: "You are the mistress of the house. You should know roughly what wrong things these maids and servants have done."
"You should know in your heart how many people neglected you, bullied you, and betrayed you when you were seriously ill, and how many people targeted Jinxiu and embarrassed her."
"There's no need to take these matters to the authorities. As the head wife, I'm here to support you today. You punish them one by one without any means of dealing with them. People will look down on our reputation as the daughters of meritorious officials."
As soon as Jiang Tian finished speaking, many people's legs went weak, and then many people began to kneel down and beg for mercy.
They themselves are perfectly clear about what they have done.
Now that Jiang Tian says she wants to punish them, even if they are beaten to death, they will have nowhere to seek justice.
Many of the unruly servants were truly terrified at this moment, with tears and snot streaming down their faces.
Upon hearing Jiang Tian's words, Jiang Yu's eyes shifted from shock to hesitation, and finally to determination.
My elder sister is right. With her support, what is she afraid of?
These people don't treat her like a master; they bully her and even her daughter. How could she not feel a little resentment in her heart?
Jiang Yu had studied housekeeping, but she was bedridden for many years, and Wei Wenxuan favored Concubine Chu, so she had no use for it.
Now that she has the opportunity to showcase her abilities, she is doing a very good job.
Soon after, the courtyard was filled with the cries of many people, and wave after wave of people were beaten with canes and then dragged away.
The courtyard was not exactly a river of blood, but the benches used for beating people were stained red with blood.
Jiang Yu maintained a cold expression throughout, but a hint of her former elegance finally reappeared on her pale face.
Wei Wenxuan remained silent about the situation in the courtyard, his eyes blank.
His family was turned upside down overnight; how could he have predicted such a rapid change in fortune?
The beatings lasted from dusk till dawn; no one who had bullied Jiang Yu and Wei Jinxiu was spared.
The other servants who needed to be disciplined have also been disciplined.
Jiang Tian gave all the indentures she had to Jiang Yu. Jiang Yu then asked Liu Mama to find a slave trader. Not long after, a large group of servants who had been beaten were taken away by the slave trader.
Wei Jinxiu watched everything unfold quietly from the side.
Several familiar faces had harmed her when she was about to get married in her previous life, but today they were dragged away from the Wei mansion by slave traders, half-dead.
She secretly glanced at her aunt, who was still sitting upright with a serene expression, and felt an indescribable sense of admiration.
By the time everything was finished, it was already broad daylight.
Jiang Tian hadn't slept all night, yet her spirits remained undiminished.
She looked at Wei Wenxuan: "Lord Wei, shouldn't you also pack your things and head to the Hanlin Academy?"
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