Chapter 273: Marquis's Madam vs. Younger Prince 16
Ji Yunhuan's hands were stained with blood. She held the hairpin tightly and smiled miserably.
"Heh~ Where do I want to go? Where can I go? I'm already a married woman, can I still go back to the Ji family? Curfew is about to arrive, where can you send me?"
Uncle Fang was a rough man who only knew how to follow the old marquis into battle. He promised the old marquis that he would keep an eye on the young marquis's martial arts, but the young marquis did not listen and sent him to guard the gate.
He didn't know what to do now, and the old lady would not listen to him. She even wanted to capture the lady.
Uncle Fang waved away the two approaching maids and frowned, saying, "Madam, please go back to your room and rest first. I will keep watch for you. Tomorrow morning, when the young marquis returns, we will make plans."
Ji Yunhuan ran to Shiqi's side. She was too weak to pull the two maids apart, so she said to Uncle Fang:
"When the Marquis comes back, he will only go to the opposite room. He has never shown me any pity. In this mansion, only the maids who came with me as a dowry treat me sincerely. Without them, I would be like a blind man with a broken leg. I would be killed by someone and no one would know!"
Uncle Fang was horrified when he heard this. The old marquis arranged this marriage for the young marquis because he thought that after he passed away, the Ji family would be able to help the young marquis. But the old lady was stupid and always wanted to suppress her.
He didn't dare to gamble on the old lady's character. If he really hurt the lady and caused some scandal, the Ji family and the Marquis' Mansion would be completely enemies.
Uncle Fang glared at the two maids who were holding the maid and shouted, "This maid didn't steal anything. Let her go and let her serve the lady."
"Let's see who dares!" The old lady cursed, "How dare a gatekeeper to speak so harshly in front of me? You can't even tell the difference between master and servant. I am the master. If I say she stole, she stole. I will lock her up, and no one can let her go."
Ji Yunhuan watched as Shiqi's face became paler and paler, with cold sweat pouring down her forehead and her eyes unable to open. She became extremely anxious and stabbed the maid who was holding Shiqi with the hairpin in her hand.
"Get away! Let her go!"
The maid didn't dare to disobey the old lady's order and raised her hand to push Ji Yunhuan away. However, before her hand touched the lady, Uncle Fang rushed over and held her hand.
"How dare you! Who gave you the guts to touch my wife?"
With a crisp sound, the maid's hand fell limply, and it was broken.
Uncle Fang shook off the two maids and untied the ropes on Shiqi's hands.
Shiqi's consciousness was already somewhat blurred. She collapsed in Ji Yunhuan's arms, still mumbling:
"Miss, run... run! There are bad guys in the mansion, so many bad guys! They are all bullying... bullying Miss, Shiqi, go and ask the master... ask the master to support Miss..."
Ji Yunhuan held Shiqi in his arms, his heart aching.
She had been married to the Marquis's Mansion for half a year, and she only went to the Ji family on the day she returned home.
Her mother gave her a lot of instructions, but in the final analysis, she was told to live a good life with Liang Wanzhou, obey her father at home and her husband after marriage, and only when the Marquis was well would she be well.
My mother treated my father wholeheartedly. Even though my concubine Li gave birth to two sons and a daughter, my father still valued my mother the most, and my concubine Li had no choice but to keep to herself.
She had been sensible, hardworking and diligent since she was young, and never brought shame to her father. She was a thousand times better than those illegitimate children. Therefore, her father respected her mother even more and felt that her mother was well-educated and much better than the concubine.
In her previous life, she thought that as long as she treated him sincerely, the Marquis would one day discover her goodness, but Liang Wanzhou was an ungrateful person! She never went back to the Ji family for help, she couldn't bring herself to do so, she didn't want to disappoint her father, nor did she want to make her mother sad.
Her mother's life was already difficult enough, and she didn't want to add to her worries.
Ji Yunhuan supported the semi-conscious Shiqi and walked into the house. "Shiqi, don't be afraid. No matter how much injustice we have suffered today, the eldest lady will definitely get it back for you one day. This Xuanwu Marquis Mansion..."
Ji Yunhuan's voice became lower and lower. The Xuanwu Marquis Mansion should have been disbanded long ago. It would be better if everything was gone!
The old lady slapped the maid whose wrist was broken hard and scolded, "Useless! You can't even catch a maid! Fine you a year's salary, and the Marquis's Mansion will have to spend money to support you. It's a waste of food!"
The maids knelt on the ground, not daring to say a word. The old lady was cruel and ruthless. There would be no good ending if you argued with her, and the consequences would only get worse.
"Are you all mute? Go and get the person back, you are such a waste!" The old lady kicked the maid at her feet and rushed over angrily.
"I still have to do it myself. What the hell? I don't believe I can't catch a maid today!"
Uncle Fang stopped the old lady and advised, "Stop it, old lady. If you push Madam too far, and she goes to the Ji family to file a complaint, what will happen to the future of the Marquis...ah!"
The old lady refused to listen and scratched Uncle Fang's face until it was covered in blood.
"Bah! Bullshit! My son is a marquis, is he still afraid that he has no future? If she dares to go back to the Ji family and talk nonsense, I will make a big deal out of it. The daughter raised by the Ji family is disrespectful to her mother-in-law, jealous and vicious. She has been married for half a year and still has no pregnancy. I don't know if the Ji family will be able to keep her like that."
Uncle Fang wanted to persuade her again, but the old lady kicked him several times. The old lady was old but very strong, so Uncle Fang did not dare to hit her and could only be beaten.
The old lady picked up a stone from somewhere and kept throwing it at Uncle Fang.
"Get lost! You belong to the Marquis' Mansion. The Marquis' Mansion provides you with food and clothing. Why are you still turning your elbow outward? What? Do you dare to attack me? If you try to touch me, aren't you afraid that the old Marquis will crawl out of his grave in the middle of the night to kill you?"
"What did the old marquis tell you before he died? He asked you to guard the mansion for him, and you betrayed him like this? As soon as the old marquis died, you turned against me and even dared to bully me! Old marquis, please open your eyes and look at what a bastard you raised..."
Uncle Fang was an honest man. After being scolded by the old lady, he remembered how kind the old marquis had been to him. No matter how bad the old lady was, she was the old marquis's first wife after all. He couldn't hit her and could only step aside.
The old lady rushed to the corridor and reached out to grab Shiqi, but Ji Yunhuan stabbed her with the hairpin in her hand without any hesitation, making a hole in the old lady's palm.
Ji Yunhuan was already having some difficulty supporting Shiqi. She had a layer of cold sweat on her back and the hatred in her eyes almost solidified.
The old lady felt a burning pain in her palm and raised her other hand to slap Ji Yunhuan in the face.
"You dare to hurt your mother-in-law? Your mother failed to teach you well. Today I will teach you a lesson!"
A black figure rushed over from somewhere and hit the old lady's stomach like a cannonball, and a hoarse voice rang out.
"Go...get away! Don't...don't bully her!"
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