If someone else had come, the servants would have stopped them for sure. But it was Chen Li who came. They all knew the relationship between this woman and Liu Xiu. Moreover, just a few days ago, someone in the mansion was punished by Liu Xiu for offending Chen Li. How could the servants in the mansion dare to stop Chen Li, otherwise they might also be sold out.
"Please forgive me, sir. It's not that I didn't fulfill my duty. It's just that Miss Chen is not an outsider. She has a close relationship with the master and often discusses things with everyone. If the master has not given any special instructions, I dare not stop her."
The servant was also a smart and obedient one. If the master had questioned him, he would not have dared to refute him. But it was different for Yin Shi. He knew that Yin Shi was using him as a target and did not want to let him go anyway. So he might as well speak to Chen Li. Chen Li might be able to fight with Yin Shi to save him. And because of what the master had just said, he might spare him this time for Chen Li's sake.
Seeing that a servant dared to do this, Yin Shi's face became even gloomier, and he said in a deep voice: "You lowly thing, you did something wrong, and you dared to talk back when the master said a few words to you, it's really incredible."
When Liu Xiu heard Yin Shi's words, a trace of displeasure flashed through his heart. Yin Shi was too arrogant to dare to call himself master in front of him. Yin Lihua had not married yet, and even if she had, it would not be Yin Shi's turn to say this. It seemed that in order to suppress Han Yu, he had been praising the Yin family too much these days, making them unable to see their own identity clearly.
The servant had been with Liu Xiu since he was a child, and he knew Liu Xiu's personality. When he saw Liu Xiu like this, he knew Liu Xiu's attitude and argued with Yin Shi: "Master Yin, please be careful with your words. Although I am a servant, I am also the servant of the Third Young Master. I dare not recognize my master carelessly."
After hearing this, Yin Shi realized that he had lost his temper because of his momentary anger. He then looked at Liu Xiu's expression, and he still looked as gentle as usual, but his eyes were so deep that it was hard to tell what he was thinking.
Liu Xiu waited for the servant to finish replying to Yin Shi before he slowly spoke: "Okay, just listen to what Uncle Ci says. How dare you talk back? Do you behave like a servant? I have spoiled you and made you lose your duty."
As soon as Liu Xiu said this, Yin Shi was shocked. He always felt that Liu Xiu was hinting at something, and secretly warned himself in his heart.
"It's not your fault for what happened to Ali. I didn't tell you in advance. Ali is not an outsider, so it's reasonable for you to let her in. But this is just one time and it won't happen again! But it was wrong for you to talk back to your uncle. My Liu Mansion is not a place without manners. Go find the housekeeper and get ten strokes of the cane. Remember this lesson in the future."
The servant didn't expect that his master had already made the decision without Chen Li having to do anything. Although he was punished, it was only ten strokes of the board, which was the lightest punishment. He was actually happy to go down and receive the board.
The smart people present saw something from this, and although they didn't show it on their faces, they had already made up their minds.
Yin Shi knew that Liu Xiu might be dissatisfied with his attitude, but Liu Xiu was his future brother-in-law. It was normal for him to react like this when he treated another woman like this in front of his elder brother-in-law. However, Yin Shi was a man who knew the overall situation. It should be said that people in the Yin family were more "aware of the overall situation", so he quickly passed over the matter and talked about what happened in Bei'an Marquis' Mansion again.
"Uncle Wen, you have to make a decision as soon as possible about the Beian Marquis Mansion. You can't let a few words from a woman ruin the whole thing." Yin Shi wanted to deal with Han Yu the most. Although Chen Li was annoying to have under his nose, a woman like her couldn't cause any big waves. When his younger sister married into the Liu Mansion in the future, he would be able to deal with it on his own. This kind of woman who was not very pretty and not very smart would never be his younger sister's opponent.
Liu Xiu had originally felt relieved because Chen Li had figured it out, but he became depressed again because of Yin Shi's words. However, he didn't blame Yin Shi for bringing it up, as the matter was already here and he couldn't just ignore it, it had to be resolved.
After hearing Yin Shi's obviously suggestive words, Chen Li's face turned a little unhappy. How could this sinister and despicable villain have the right to look down on her!
"Ali, you heard this matter clearly outside. What do you think?" Liu Xiu did not ask for the opinions of everyone present, because everyone had already expressed their thoughts, and asking again now would not make any difference. In fact, Liu Xiu did not want to adopt Yin Shi's idea. It was too insidious and inconsistent with his usual style. Even though Liu Xiu was ambitious, he was still an upright person. Especially after Chen Li uncovered the fig leaf that everyone had covered together, he was even more disdainful to do such a thing, so he turned the question to Chen Li.
Firstly, Chen Li was opposed to it. Secondly, Chen Li had a lot of weird ideas in her mind. Maybe she could come up with a good idea to solve his problem. If Chen Li's reasons could not convince everyone, then he would feel less guilty about doing this.
A gentleman has his own things that he values. Chen Li's words had no lethality to people like Yin Shi. At most, they just tore off the fig leaf and made their excuses no longer so high-sounding. However, for a gentleman like Liu Xiu who grew up reading the books of sages in the Imperial Academy, the lethality was very great.
No one had expected that Liu Xiu would actually ask a woman like Chen Li for her opinion. In their opinion, Chen Li was just a fickle woman who was not presentable and had relied on her ability to seduce men to get to where she is now. However, since Liu Xiu had spoken, they would not say it out loud even if they were dissatisfied, especially since Yin Shi had not gotten any good results. They would just listen to what this woman had to say for the time being. It would not be too late to speak up if it violated their interests.
Chen Li was just trying to show off herself and anger Yin Shi. Seeing Liu Xiu asking for her opinion, she spoke without hesitation: "Since Brother Liu asked me, I am a straightforward person and I don't like to hide things. Excuse me for being blunt, but Lord Yin's idea is really inappropriate. Not to mention it is sinister and vicious, if it really succeeds, Brother Liu, do you really think Brother Han will continue to be loyal to you as if nothing happened?"
After Chen Li finished speaking, she continued without waiting for everyone to speak: "Such an idea is too naive. You say that loyalty should be for the sake of the overall situation. It's just because it hasn't happened to you that you say it so easily and so high-soundingly, just to cover up your shameful behavior! Put yourself in their shoes and think about it. If you really encounter such a thing, can you really do this? Those who can do this are either loyal ministers or fools, right? Who would be willing to be loyal to a master who doesn't easily disregard his subordinates?!"
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