Chapter 153 Punishment
So, without giving Yinxing a reply, Gu Shuyan first had Mingyu drag her away and give her twenty lashes.
After Yinxing was beaten and bruised all over, Gu Shuyan walked gracefully into the courtyard.
Looking down at Yinxing, Gu Shuyan's lips curled into a cruel smile. "Does it hurt a lot? Do you want to beg for mercy? Do you want me to let you go?"
"Miss, please spare me!"
Yinxing tilted her head to look at Gu Shuyan. Gu Shuyan had always been very kind to the maids in the courtyard. As long as she begged for mercy, she would definitely spare her life.
Yinxing tried to comfort herself, hoping to evoke Gu Shuyan's sympathy.
However, Gu Shuyan never intended to let her go. In her previous life, after entering the mansion, Gu Shuyan directly appointed Yinxing as her head maid. But this maid, whom she trusted, conspired with Li Yingxue to kill her entire family.
At that time, she thought that Yinxing had been bribed by Li Yingxue to do such a thing. It wasn't until she learned in this life that Yinxing and Aunt Zhang were in cahoots that Gu Shuyan realized that in her previous life, it wasn't just Lu Youming and Li Yingxue who wanted to harm her and her whole family.
There's probably an even bigger conspiracy behind this.
That's why Gu Shuyan thought of keeping the ginkgo tree to lure out the person hiding behind it.
However, before the man could make a move, Ginkgo became uncontrollable.
"Bring the salt."
Ignoring Yinxing's pleading gaze, Gu Shuyan directly raised her hand and gave orders to the servants.
Soon, someone brought over the salt from the small kitchen. Looking at Ginkgo, who was lying on the stool panting, Gu Shuyan slowly walked over.
Even if Yinxing was stupid, she already knew what Gu Shuyan was going to do. She immediately struggled to stand up, but the maids and servants held her down first.
Gu Shuyan slowly sprinkled salt on the open wound.
A sharp pain shot through her, and Ginkgo screamed in agony before fainting.
Seeing Gu Shuyan's cruel appearance, the maidservant cautiously said, "Miss, she has fainted."
"Wake him up with water."
Gu Shuyan's cold voice came, and someone immediately went to fetch water.
Looking at Ginkgo slowly waking up after being splashed with water, Gu Shuyan smiled and said: "Can't you take it already? Mingyu suffered far more than this in her previous life."
Although Mingyu eventually stayed by her side, the five strokes of the cane every ten days never stopped during that last year.
A perfectly healthy young girl was subjected to far more than just being covered in bruises; and this vicious method was devised by the very person begging and screaming for mercy.
The grudges from past and present lives converged, and Gu Shuyan, in a frenzy, rubbed salt into her wounds.
This time, Ginkgo endured the pain for a little longer than before, but eventually she fainted from the pain.
"Drag him away, and he'll get ten more lashes tomorrow. He won't be allowed to eat tonight."
Gu Shuyan's eyes were gloomy, and no one present dared to plead for Yinxing.
After Gu Shuyan left, Mingyu looked at everyone and said, "No one is allowed to spread this matter outside this courtyard. If I find out that anyone is talking nonsense, Yinxing will suffer the same fate. Thank you all for your hard work today. Your monthly allowance will increase by one tael each."
After Mingyu finished speaking, she raised her hand, and the old women happily dragged the person to the woodshed. The little maidservant hurriedly began to clean up the bloodstains on the ground.
Although the young lady's methods were somewhat frightening today, as long as they behaved themselves, she would treat them well.
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