When she first took charge of the family, everyone in the shogunate pretended to obey her, especially the eldest wife, who was unwilling to even do the superficial work and simply looked down on her.
Today she was going to use Mu Qianjiao to establish her authority in order to intimidate those cunning servants.
The Third Lady said, "I know this. The Fourth Miss is too arrogant. We need to teach her some manners."
"But I still want to thank you!"
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At this time, Mu Qianjiao was about to go crazy. She ate a plate of osmanthus cake with a strange taste and was now vomiting non-stop.
Seeing her like this, Qin frowned and said, "Don't you usually like eating osmanthus cake? Is it necessary to vomit like this?"
"Mother, this, this..." Pointing at the snacks on the table, "These are totally inedible."
She burst into tears as she spoke, feeling aggrieved: "I put some food in there for horses and cats, how can it be eaten by humans?"
Qin opened her mouth wide and looked at her daughter in disbelief.
"Jiaojiao, how could you do this?"
"You!" Qin sighed, "You are so confused!"
"Yaoyao is still young, but she is 8 years old. She is a child, not an object. Will she not tell you what you did to her?"
"I heard that this matter reached your grandmother's ears, Mini. Sooner or later, you will be kicked out of the Mu family! And then your mother won't be able to save you!"
Qin was so angry that she saw stars and wished she could faint.
How could she have given birth to such a stupid daughter!
Although Qin was a bit naughty sometimes, liked to argue with people, was harsh in her words, and caused some minor fights, she had never done such a vicious thing as attacking a child.
Qin didn't know what to say, so she reached out and slapped Mu Qianjiao in the face.
"You should learn some more etiquette from your mother!"
"When you have learned the rules, you can come out again!"
Qin left angrily.
Mu Qianjiao covered her swollen cheek and stood there woodenly, forgetting to cry.
By the time she reacted, Qin had already walked away. She stomped her feet in anger and roared at the figure that had long disappeared.
"I know I'm no match for my second sister. Ever since she came back, you've completely ignored me. Everything I do is wrong."
“Wuwuwu…”
She squatted on the ground and cried sadly.
Mother Li shook her head and stepped forward to advise, "Fourth Miss, you're wrong. What mother doesn't love her children? The First Madam is only doing this for Fourth Miss!"
"Get out! I don't want to hear it!" Mu Qianjiao yelled at Mother Li, "You're all doing this for my own good, but you don't know what I want! You're telling me to learn, and you're teaching me. I can't do this, and I can't do that!"
"I hate you!"
After that, Mu Qianjiao squatted on the ground and cried with her head in her hands. Mother Li shook her head, sighed, and thought to herself: The fourth young lady is so stubborn and refuses to listen to advice. Sooner or later, she will pay the price for her stupidity.
At this time, the servant in charge of caning came over.
"Mother Li."
Mother Li pointed at the two maids and said, "Second Madam has ordered that each of them be punished with twenty strokes of the cane!"
"yes!"
Two servants tied the two maids to a bench, and the two maids were so scared that they begged for mercy.
"Mother Li, we were wrong, please forgive us!"
"We won't dare to do it again. We were wrong!"
They are weak and frail, and twenty strokes of the cane would probably take half their lives.
Mother Li said with drooping eyelids, "Since the first day you entered the shogunate, I have been telling you the rules of the shogunate! Disrespecting the master is the most intolerable!"
"After staying in the courtyard for too long, you no longer recognize your own status and position. Do you think you can ride on the master's head?"
"The rules can't be broken! I'm going to teach you a lesson this time. Don't make such a mistake again when you go to other houses next time!"
Mother Li waved her hand and said to the servant, "Go ahead!"
The two maids turned to look at Mu Qianjiao, crying and begging her: "Fourth Miss, please plead for us. We are doing this all for you."
Mu Qianjiao was furious and didn't have the energy to care about them. She snorted coldly, "I don't have servants like you!"
"I didn't ask you to offend the master!"
The meaning was obvious: she would ignore them.
At this time, Mu Qianxue came. She looked at Mother Li and asked softly, "Mother Li, could you please give me some face and let them take fewer hits?"
"They are actually about the same age as me. To be beaten with such a heavy board..." Mu Qianjiao's eyes were red as she spoke, "Twenty boards might really kill them."
"Besides..." Mu Qianxue reached out and held Mother Li's hand, tears refusing to fall. "My daughter is about the same age as them. Can you really bear to see them...lose their lives?"
"This..." Mother Li was a little embarrassed. "The mistress has ordered me to do this, and I dare not disobey her!"
Mu Qianxue: "I know, don't worry, Mother Li, I will go talk to my second sister-in-law about this matter. If she wants to punish me, I will bear the consequences alone."
Mother Li lowered her eyes and said, "Second Miss is a kind person. I, an old servant, cannot bear to see them as old as my own daughter."
She gritted her teeth and said cruelly, "Forget it, just stop it."
"If the mistress imposes a punishment, I will bear it alone."
Mu Qianxue pursed her lips and said nothing more.
The two girls who were rescued were beaten all over. They crawled to Mu Qianxue's feet, knelt on the ground and kowtowed.
"Thank you, Second Miss! Thank you, Second Miss!"
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