Chapter 17: Beautiful Daughter vs. Heirless Emperor 17
Taohong was so angry that she burst into tears. "Mrs. Zhang is so bold! This is the Madam's residence. How dare she, a concubine, touch the Madam's place!"
Nanny Yan stepped forward to support Ji Yunhuan and said softly, "The dead cannot be resurrected. Your Majesty, please accept my condolences. Please take care of yourself and put yourself first in everything. Only when you are well can Madam Ji in the underworld rest in peace."
"The Queen Mother has told me to do whatever she wants without any scruples."
Ji Yunhuan relaxed for a while and subconsciously touched his belly.
The child seemed to sense her grief and was silently comforting her. It was a mysterious feeling of blood connection that let her know that she was not alone.
Ji Yunhuan calmed himself down, walked through the hanging flower gate, and saw a busy scene in the yard.
Maids and old women came in and out, moving out the porcelain, calligraphy and paintings and replacing them with more luxurious ornaments.
The screen with plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum had been thrown out of the door and replaced by a gorgeous screen with a picture of a beauty, with a man and a woman entangled together, which was disgusting to look at.
The gardener was cutting down the Xiangfei bamboo in the yard, and most of the flowers and plants planted by my mother during her lifetime had also been pulled out. The dark soil was turned over, and the fallen petals were all over the ground, crushed into the dust and mud.
Ji Yunhuan clenched his fists, swept his sharp eyes over everyone, and shouted angrily: "Stop! Who gave you the courage to touch my mother's relics! Get out now!"
Everyone subconsciously stopped, and a housekeeper in a purple jacket came out, with her hands on her waist, and shouted:
"What are you all standing there for? Madam has already ordered that these eyesores must be thrown out today. If you delay Madam's business, watch out for yourselves!"
The yard became busy again. Matron Liu snorted coldly and looked at Ji Yunhuan triumphantly.
"Oh, isn't this our eldest daughter? Who told you to sneak out of the nunnery? I'll go tell the lady and ask her to send you back!"
Ji Yunhuan sneered, "I didn't know there was a second wife in this mansion! Zhang Rou is so arrogant before she is even made the first wife, and she even dares to occupy my mother's yard. That's great! It's really great!"
Ji Yunhuan was only accompanied by Tao Hong and Nanny Yan. Since the guards could not enter the inner courtyard, they were left outside.
Madam Liu is Aunt Zhang's confidant. She is used to abusing her power in the mansion and is not afraid of a young lady who has fallen out of favor at all.
She deliberately squeezed past Ji Yunhuan, and her fat body bumped into Ji Yunhuan intentionally or unintentionally.
"Get out of the way! A good dog doesn't block the road, do you understand?"
Taohong protected the young lady and was hit on the shoulder. The old woman was very strong and her arm must have been bruised.
"How dare you! If you hurt the young lady, you wouldn't dare to chop off your head even if you have ten heads. Do you know that the young lady is now..."
"Taohong, let her out!" Ji Yunhuan interrupted Taohong.
Taohong covered her mouth, still feeling frightened. This old woman was so annoying that she almost let the cat out of the bag.
Nanny Yan looked at Taohong disapprovingly. This little girl has no control over her words and really needs to be disciplined.
Taohong knew she was in the wrong and dared not say anything.
Nanny Liu thought that Ji Yunhuan was afraid of her, and became more and more proud. She hummed a tune and walked out of the Chuihua Gate. There were actually two men in armor standing on the corridor, looking murderous.
"Are you the new guards? You look strange, but you came just in time, so I don't have to go to the front yard to look for someone. You two drag the young lady out. If you do it well, Madam will reward you handsomely!"
The two guards looked at each other and approached Madam Liu from the left and right.
Aunt Liu didn't know she was about to face a disaster, and said shamelessly: "You are sensible, come with me, anyway, the eldest daughter is not clean, there is no need to worry about the separation of men and women, it will save trouble."
With a loud "bang", Guard A kicked Madam Liu away. Her fat body flew over the corridor and hit the wall of Xiuzhuyuan.
A small hole was smashed into the courtyard wall. Matron Liu screamed and spat out a mouthful of blood. Her body twisted twice and then she became motionless.
Guard B drew the long sword from his waist, ready to kill this evil servant who was disrespectful to the queen!
Guard A stopped him and said, "Your Majesty has not given any order. We cannot ruin your plans. Wake her up and hand her over to your Majesty for punishment."
"Pa pa pa!!!" Guard B slapped Matron Liu several times and finally woke her up.
The two men escorted Madam Liu to her knees, and she clasped her hands together and asked for instructions from inside the hanging flower gate:
"My dear Miss, this cunning slave has been captured. Please tell me how to deal with him."
Ji Yunhuan didn't want to see blood on his mother's Xiuzhuyuan, but now he had to use thundering tactics.
"Bring the man in! Let everyone see what happens to a slave who bullies his master!"
The housekeeper's face was covered in blood and swollen like a pig's head. She was kneeling on the ground, dying, and she didn't even have the strength to scream.
Ji Yunhuan was sitting in the yard. The servants who had just looked down on her were all standing obediently with their hands hanging down, not daring to breathe.
More guards poured into the yard, and many important housekeepers and maids were brought in. Each of them was like a quail, not even daring to look up at Ji Yunhuan.
They never dreamed that the eldest lady would actually come back, and not only that, she also brought so many helpers with her. No one dared to joke with their own life, so naturally, whatever the eldest lady said was the truth.
A hunchbacked old woman walked in slowly. She was wearing a gray jacket of a low-ranking maid. As soon as she saw Ji Yunhuan, she knelt down and tears flowed before she said a word.
Taohong immediately stepped forward and helped the person up, "Mother Xu, you have suffered."
Mother Xu wiped her tears, her eyes were red, but there was a smile on her face.
"My dear, you are finally back. It's all my fault that I am useless and can't save you. After the lady left, I wanted to follow her, but I was worried about her, so I pretended to bow to that evil man and survived until now."
"Now that I see that you are fine, Miss, even if I close my eyes immediately, I will have the face to see the Madam."
Three years ago, his mother died in childbirth, and everyone in the mansion sided with Aunt Zhang. Ji Yunhuan was no match for Aunt Zhang, and could only watch as people around his mother were beaten to death and sold off.
Only Mother Xu endured the humiliation, gave up her dignity and face, and finally stayed in the mansion.
"Mother Xu, please stop talking like that. You need to live well. Huan'er will take care of you in your old age. From now on, you will be the housekeeper of the mansion. I will trouble you to help with all the big and small matters in the mansion."
Soon, all the cards of the Ji Mansion, the account books of previous years and the warehouse keys were delivered to Ji Yunhuan.
These servants were spineless to begin with, and they would confess everything without even having to do anything. Just draw your sword and threaten them.
Ji Yunhuan played with the brass key in her hand and said in a cold voice, "I am the daughter of the Ji family. From now on, I will be in charge of the household affairs. Do you have any objections?"
Everyone knelt on the ground. No one dared to object unless they wanted to sacrifice their heads.
Ji Yunhuan nodded in satisfaction and ordered, "Move Aunt Zhang's bedding to Ruyi Garden. As an aunt, she doesn't deserve a courtyard of her own. She should live with the aunts in the mansion."
"I have my own rules in this mansion. I am not allowed to use anything that does not conform to the rules! If I find anyone pretending to obey but actually disobeying them, I will be rude to you!"
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