Chapter 461: Killing the Chicken to Frighten the Monkey
The slap from the garrison lady came so suddenly that Aunt Li was stunned. She staggered a few steps and almost fell down. It was only because the maid next to her hurriedly supported her that she did not fly out.
The garrison's wife glared at her fiercely, then turned and left with a sullen face.
As soon as they returned to the backyard, the garrison commander's wife had the two gates closed, and all the servants and concubines gathered in the front hall.
"Someone, bring Aunt Li here! I'll punish her according to the family rules!"
Aunt Li was so frightened that she was trembling all over. "Madam, I was confused and said the wrong thing. Please forgive me, Madam!"
The garrison commander's wife had always been tolerant of these concubines, but this situation was different from the past, and the maids and servants around them dared not say a word.
"Hit me! Shut up and hit me!"
The maids and servants in the mansion brought wide stools and sticks.
Seeing that the lady was so angry that her face turned as white as paper, no one dared to neglect or say anything. They put Aunt Li on a stool, covered her mouth and started beating her.
Aunt Li had been pampered in the mansion for several years and had never suffered such hardship. At first, she could still struggle and beg for mercy, but later she let the stick fall on her body like a dead person.
The maid who was in charge of holding the man down let go, and the maid who was skilled in domestic law did not dare to hit him anymore, and they all looked at the lady.
The garrison lady said coldly: "Did I ask you to stop?"
The two old women looked at each other and saw fear in each other's eyes. The lady was going to kill someone.
The stick was raised again, and there was a sound of blood and flesh hitting each other, and blood dripped along the edge of the wide stool.
The garrison commander's wife saw that Concubine Li had fainted, so she ordered people to stop.
"Well, send her back to her room and fast for three days. No one is allowed to see her!"
She didn't ask a doctor to treat her injuries, which clearly meant that Aunt Li would suffer.
Amber, Jade and other concubines and maids were already scared out of their wits.
Everyone noticed that the lady today was different from before.
There were times when Aunt Li spoke rudely in the past, but the Madam would at most scold her and put her under house arrest for a few days, but she had never been so furious.
The garrison commander's wife, Mrs. Liu, knew very well why she wanted to kill Aunt Li.
She was born into a sixth-rank civil servant family, a family of scholars. Her father had very strict family rules and taught her to regard her husband as her God and not to disobey him. She has done so over the years.
Since getting married, she has been in charge of the concubines and maids serving Zhao Tinglei, just to make her husband happy both physically and mentally.
Even if the concubines had some minor faults, she would tolerate them for the sake of her husband.
But this won’t work today.
Now Zhao Tinglei holds several posts, including General Zhenbei and the garrison commander of Hecheng. He is already in a high position in Yunzhou. In the eyes of the court officials, he naturally feels lonely at the top and must be more cautious.
Aunt Li publicly revealed today that Zhao Tinglei was with her brother's wife.
If others hear just a few words and don't know what they mean, they will definitely spread all kinds of dirty words.
The garrison commander's wife can take in many concubines, but she will never let any concubine harm the garrison commander's reputation in the slightest. Even if... there is indeed something wrong, she will eliminate the hidden danger at the beginning.
In just a cup of tea, the pretty concubine Li turned into a blood gourd and did not even wake up when she was carried into the side room.
The garrison commander's wife looked coldly at everyone in the mansion and said, "The general is in the front hall, and it is only right that no one should disturb him. If anyone can't control their mouths and starts talking nonsense, they will end up like Concubine Li."
All the servants said in unison: "We dare not!"
The garrison commander's wife stood up and said, "Your Excellency, you have worked hard in the meeting. Bring me the milk tea that has just been brewed on the stove. I will personally deliver it to the study."
This had been prepared a long time ago. Zhao Tinglei liked to drink milk tea, so it was always available in the back house, and the maid in the kitchen would deliver it twice a day.
Now, the garrison's wife is going to personally deliver milk tea to Zhao Tinglei.
In the study of the government office, several people were sitting or standing, chatting excitedly.
Elder Yu stroked the three strands of beard under his chin and said, "What the Third Young Master's wife said makes sense.
To defeat an enemy with force, you can injure one thousand enemies while losing eight hundred of your own. It is better to defeat the enemy without fighting."
He felt that Song Liyun's idea of using trade to slow down the Dilu royal court's annual southward raids was feasible.
In the corner of the room, a middle-aged man in a green shirt with thick eyebrows and big eyes snorted coldly: "Mr. Yu is old and his heart has softened.
The Di people were greedy by nature, committing all kinds of atrocities such as burning, killing, looting, and so on. Every time they went south, they captured people as slaves, resulting in countless deaths and injuries.
I think we should follow the Duke of Anguo's wishes and submit a petition requesting increased military funds and a heavy military presence to suppress the rebellion."
Although this man was dressed in blue casual clothes and looked like a scholar, his words were full of murderous intent.
He asked Zhao Tinglei to write a letter to the court, requesting an increase in military forces and forcibly stationing heavy troops on the grassland.
Using Mida City as their base, they would engage in a fierce battle with the Di clan royal court, and would spare no effort to severely injure the royal court.
Song Liyun looked solemn.
Once the war breaks out, not only will the plan to build a shopping mall fail, but the Wuda tribe will also be labeled as traitors who betrayed the grassland and invited the enemy in.
The vassal tribes are alienated, and Zhao Tingduo's two years of hard work will be destroyed.
Zhao Tinglei was also hesitant.
General Zhang has followed Zhao Yanjiao for decades and is considered an old veteran, with a good grasp of the border situation.
Now General Zhang wants to fight, but the emperor said that we cannot take the initiative to provoke disputes between the two regions.
If the border becomes turbulent and war breaks out, the emperor, who is only sixteen years old, will have no choice but to hand over power back to the empress dowager in such a major event.
What the court needs now is stability.
However, without the deployment of heavy troops, the stability on the border would not last for more than a few years. It was impossible for the Dilu royal court to sit by and watch the Wu Dynasty's bumper grain harvest without being tempted.
Let’s wait for my third brother to come into the city before discussing it.
As the four of them were talking, a guard knocked on the door and came in to report, "Sir, the Madam has brought milk tea!"
Zhao Tinglei frowned slightly. He had liked drinking this for decades, but usually it was the kitchen maid who came. Why was it his wife who came in person today?
But it wasn't a big deal. After he nodded in agreement, the guards withdrew.
Song Liyun didn't know what was going on. She glanced at the slightly open door and was thinking about it when she saw a lady in simple clothes coming with a maid, carrying a food box.
As soon as the garrison's wife entered the room, she saw Song Liyun sitting in the room with a proud look on her face. Her expression changed immediately, but when she saw that Old Yu and the blue-clothed officials were also there, her expression returned to being kind and generous.
She cursed Aunt Li again in her heart: What nonsense, you bitch! There are obviously other people in the study, so how come my sister-in-law and my uncle are alone together?
Old Yu and Officer Zhang stepped forward to greet the garrison commander's wife, and Song Liyun also stood up.
"Madam, you haven't met your sister-in-law yet, right? Ah Yun was busy and didn't have time to go to the backyard. Ah Yun, this is your sister-in-law Liu!"
Zhao Tinglei gave a brief introduction to the two people.
When Song Liyun came last year, the garrison commander's wife was still in the capital, and the two had never met.
At this time, I hurried forward and saluted: "My sister-in-law Song Liyun greets my elder sister-in-law. When Ayun got married, fortunately my elder sister-in-law prepared a complete dowry, so Ayun did not have any inconvenience in the tribe."
Although the last dowry was funded by the Duke of Anguo, it was also prepared by the garrison commander's wife.
She really put her heart into it.
From pots and pans to furniture and ornaments, including toilet pedals, no detail is left untouched, and many of the things can be seen to have been brought from the capital.
Seeing that Song Liyun mentioned the dowry she had carefully prepared as soon as she arrived and expressed her gratitude, the garrison commander's wife felt comforted.
(End of this chapter)
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