"Someone come here," Chen Siyuan said.
A guard walked in from outside.
The guard arrived and knelt on the ground, saying, "Young Miss."
Chen Siyuan looked at him and said, "Tell me what you saw."
The guard stood up and looked at Lü'er, "This month, Lü'er left the Chen residence a total of eighteen times, and ten of those times she went to Crescent Lake."
Upon hearing this, Greenie turned deathly pale.
She turned sharply to look at the guard, "Don't talk nonsense."
Chen Siyuan laughed, "I remember there was a handsome young man at Crescent Lake, what was his name again?"
“Call him Changsheng,” Chunping said.
"Yes, that's the one named Changsheng. He's good-looking, but unfortunately his family fell on hard times and he ended up as a slave. It's a pity. He's handsome and just the right age. If he were to become a slave at the brothel, I've heard there are many older women there who like this style."
Greenie knelt on the ground, her body swaying slightly.
Chen Siyuan paused for a moment and then said, "I also heard that before he fell on hard times, he was engaged to a young lady from a wealthy family in Philadelphia, but later..."
Greenie's face turned as white as paper in an instant.
How did the young lady know about her past?
At that moment, Greenie became frightened and hurriedly told what she knew, "Young Miss, I'll tell you, I'll tell you."
Chen Siyuan glanced at her, and she immediately spoke.
"It was Aunt Zhao who gave me five hundred taels of silver, saying that if this matter was handled well, she would give me a contract of indenture, and also..."
"And they'll give you a lot of money so you can elope with your lover?"
Greenie no longer dared to have any thoughts of her own; she could only keep kowtowing, begging the young lady to spare her.
She was discovered by the young lady and knew she had no chance of survival. She only hoped not to implicate Changsheng. At that moment, she sat in the last warmth of this world.
"Good, very good." Chen Siyuan smiled.
Wang Li immediately handed the paper and pen to Lü'er.
Greenie looked up, said nothing, and wrote down what had just happened.
He pressed his handprint, then raised it with both hands and kowtowed repeatedly.
Chunlan took the paper and handed it to Chen Siyuan.
Chen Siyuan glanced at it and handed it to Chunlan for safekeeping.
He walked a few steps to Greenie and placed a small bottle on the ground. "This contains poison. Drink it and I won't make things difficult for Changsheng."
Greenie held the small bottle with trembling hands, glanced at Chen Siyuan, said nothing, and drank it down in one gulp.
Soon, blood began to flow from Greenie's mouth, and her body slowly collapsed to the ground.
In the end, she didn't even close her eyes, keeping them open and looking in Chen Siyuan's direction.
"Young Miss?" Wang Li looked at Chen Siyuan.
"Drag him out."
"Yes." Wang Li's wounds had just been treated, but there was still a lot of blood on his back.
He dragged the dead Greenie away from the Chen family in this way.
Chunping helped the young lady into the house.
Chunlan stayed behind to deal with the people in the courtyard.
She knew she couldn't replace everyone in the courtyard; after what happened today, they wouldn't dare to have any more disloyal thoughts.
"When working in the warm residence, one must abide by the rules of the warm residence." Chunlan glanced at the people present, beginning to establish her authority and explain the rules.
They were all servants in the warm house.
Today's events are disheartening and have made the truth clear.
Chunlan walked past each of them and said slowly, "Don't forget, your mistress is the young lady, not some random cat or dog. If there's a next time, you can go to the underworld to find Lü'er to keep you company."
The maids and servants kneeling on the ground dared not say anything and all responded.
Chunlan's expression turned even colder. "If you work in the warm residence, you are a member of the warm residence. As long as you behave yourself and do what you are supposed to do, you will be rewarded if you do it well."
Hearing this, everyone felt relieved.
"The young lady hates traitors the most. As long as you perform well, you can speak up if you have any difficulties. The young lady has no shortage of money."
It was true, and they could hardly believe it.
"Alright, everyone disperse. You can each collect five taels of silver from the accounting office later."
"Yes." Everyone understood that the five taels of silver were because of the five strokes of the cane.
Immediately, they felt they had made a profit.
I used to think the young lady was ruthless, but it turns out she's a good master too.
Inside the room, Chen Siyuan washed up and lay down on the bed.
She's too tired today and needs to rest.
Chunlan finished tidying up the courtyard and came over. "Miss, everything is settled."
"Yes, you must be tired too. Go and rest!"
Chunping couldn't help but say, "Miss, why release Lü'er?" Lü'er isn't really dead. She'll wake up in the middle of the night, with the five hundred taels of silver that Miss asked Wang Li to leave for her.
“She was a pitiful person too,” Chen Siyuan said, then slowly closed her eyes.
Seeing this, Chunlan and Chunping had no choice but to leave.
They didn't understand why the young lady had let Greenie go. Since she had done it, she must have had her reasons.
After they left.
Chen Siyuan suddenly opened her eyes and looked at everything familiar in front of her. She got up and touched every part of her body.
To prove that you are truly alive.
Today, she saw herself in Greenie.
She had investigated and found that Changsheng was not sincere towards Lü'er. She did this simply to make Lü'er see the truth.
Sometimes, your sincere efforts may not yield the same return.
I hope that Greenie can see the truth clearly from the perspective of a dead person.
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