Granny Zhang and Steward Zhang almost fainted on the spot. After realizing what had happened, they quickly kowtowed and admitted their mistake.
"Grandma, have mercy! Grandma, have mercy!"
"This servant is a servant born into the household. My family has served the household for generations. Even if we have not made any great contributions, we have certainly worked hard. Please, Madam, have mercy!"
The Zhang mother and daughter frantically kowtowed and begged, tears of regret streaming down their faces. Seeing that the old lady was unmoved, they hurriedly went to beg Jiang Shuwan instead.
"Young mistress, this servant was wrong. This servant will never dare to bully the Fang family again. Please, young mistress, show leniency and do not demote this servant to the estate."
"Please forgive me, young mistress!"
The once arrogant Granny Zhang was crying so hard that snot was running down her face.
She truly regretted offending the Fang family.
If she hadn't offended the Fang family, why would the young mistress have investigated their entire family so thoroughly just to stand up for them?
"Young mistress, I was wrong! Young mistress, please spare my life!"
"Young mistress, I was wrong too. I was blinded by greed. Please give me another chance."
Manager Zhang also went to beg Jiang Shuwan. The mother and daughter hugged Jiang Shuwan's legs and cried bitterly, a truly pitiful sight.
In their view, for Jiang Shuwan, a new bride, to gain a foothold in the household, she needed to earn a reputation for being kind and benevolent.
Asking her will definitely help.
However, they were wrong; Jiang Shuwan didn't even glance at them.
"You lowly slave, get off me now!"
Seeing that Jiang Shuwan's dress was about to be ruined by their tears, Qingxing quickly pushed the two away.
God, someone please save us!
What's the difference between being sent to a village and being sentenced to death?
The Zhang family mother and daughter cried their hearts out, their eyes darting around, until finally falling into Wen's hands.
"Madam, save me! Madam, save me..."
"!" Wen delivered a powerful kick to the chest, causing Steward Zhang to vomit blood.
"You lowly slave! You have actually deceived your superiors and colluded with your accomplices to buy and sell positions in the manor! You are utterly audacious and your crimes are unforgivable!"
"Guards, drag her away immediately and give her thirty lashes!"
Wen abandoned her act of compassion and stopped chanting Buddhist prayers. She directly ordered several old women to drag Steward Zhang away and beat him severely.
She loves money so much; she was heartbroken and couldn't sleep because she had just wasted thirty taels of silver.
Manager Zhang and his lowly servants were actually selling their positions in the manor for money, which directly offended her.
"What are you all standing there for! Drag her away right now!"
Wen slammed her hand on the table in anger, and only then did the servants realize what was happening and hurriedly went to drag Steward Zhang away.
It wasn't that they were slow to react; it was just that they had never seen their wife lose her composure like this in all these years.
She was furious, her eyes blazing with anger, even angrier than the old lady.
The third and fourth wives looked at Madam Wen in surprise.
Their sister-in-law had a kind face from the moment she entered the house. She had been eating vegetarian food and chanting Buddhist scriptures for twenty years and was a well-known compassionate person in the capital.
She treated her sisters-in-law well and was kind to the servants.
Whenever a servant makes a mistake, he is always treated leniently. Why is he so angry now?
It's like they dug up her ancestral grave?
That really piques my curiosity.
Feeling the gazes of her two sisters-in-law, Madam Wen immediately realized that she had gone too far. She quickly suppressed her anger and started spinning the prayer beads in her hand again.
Of course, he still wished he could have Zhang, the steward, executed by slow slicing, and he didn't retract the order to beat him.
Soon, Steward Zhang was gagged and dragged away. The sound of a board hitting someone could be heard outside the courtyard, making the little maid serving inside tremble.
Thirty strokes of the cane would basically cripple Steward Zhang.
"This is the kind of household you've managed!" Old Madam Pei, still furious, pointed her gun at Madam Wen.
Wen's heart tightened.
She knew the old lady wouldn't let her off the hook.
The head maid was quick-witted and immediately knelt down. "Old Madam, this is all my fault. I am in charge of personnel matters and it was my dereliction of duty. It has nothing to do with you, Madam. Please punish me, Old Madam!"
The head maid was almost in tears.
She only knew that the etiquette nanny exploited the young maids, but she didn't expect that the etiquette nanny's goddaughter was even more arrogant than the etiquette nanny.
Manager Zhang usually treated them with courtesy, often inviting them to eat meat and drink wine. In the past, she only thought that he was being respectful and flattering to her, so she accepted all of it.
Now that I think about it, I wonder where that money came from.
That's exactly what they're doing – buying and selling positions!
It's true what they say, the darkest place is under the lamp.
Who would have thought that a mid-level manager would dare to be so arrogant? Even a senior matron, a confidante of the mistress, wouldn't dare to act like that!
Moreover, pulling up a radish brings out poop; besides Steward Zhang's family, Chang Mama also discovered the two accomplices who covered for her.
In addition, there were junior stewards who bought their jobs with money, and a string of them brought out six or seven slaves, including one mid-level steward.
This has really ruined her life!
"Slap! Slap!!" The head maid frantically slapped herself, and in no time her face swelled up like a pig's head.
"This servant is guilty, this servant is guilty, please forgive me, old lady, please forgive me!"
"Of course you are guilty!"
Madam Pei was very dissatisfied with the head maid.
Such a big thing happened to her subordinates, and the head maid was completely unaware of it; she deserves a beating.
However, with only half a month until the New Year, and so many things to do during the holiday, she really couldn't find someone to replace the head nanny for the time being.
"I'll fine you six months' wages first. You'll still have the same job you did before, but you should reflect on your actions. If this happens again, you'll be fired from your position as head nanny."
"Thank you, Grandma. Thank you, Grandma."
The head maidservant hurriedly kowtowed in gratitude.
Compared to being demoted, being fined a month's salary is a minor matter.
"Get up!" Madam Pei didn't want to see someone covered in blood from the fall, so she waved her hand to help her up.
"Thank you, Madam!" The head maid kowtowed again.
Madam Pei =_=: "..."
Well, as expected of Wen's dowry, she sometimes really doesn't know how to read people's expressions.
Wen's expression was also not good, and she was rapidly turning the Buddhist prayer beads in her hands.
She was so angry she was about to have a heart attack!
Her original plan was to regain the position of head nanny, but unexpectedly, pulling out the radish brought out the mud, which made Old Madam Pei look down on her and think that she was not strict in managing the household.
The head maid was also punished.
She tried to steal a chicken but lost the rice instead, which infuriated her.
Looking up, Wen stared intently at Jiang Shuwan.
All of this was done by her, her good daughter-in-law.
Jiang Shuwan turned her head away, pretending not to see the hateful look in her eyes.
These days, which outstanding person isn't hated?
I'm used to it!
The Zhang family farce has ended, and the meeting's focus has shifted back to the competition for the position of head ceremonial maid.
The opponent was demoted to a manor to do hard labor, and Chang Mama was unanimously approved to take the position of head nanny.
The third and fourth wives congratulated Chang's mother on the occasion.
Congratulations, Mama Chang! Congratulations, Mama Chang!
“When the old lady was in charge, Chang Mama was the head of etiquette in the mansion.”
"She was relieved of her post only because the old lady handed over power to the madam, and now it can be considered that the power has been returned to its rightful owner."
"I dare not accept such praise. I am only trying to help my master. When my master needs me, I will naturally not back down."
Chang's mother is very modest.
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