Chapter 28 It’s all because of you, my good aunt, that I can be so unbridled!
"Miss, you must be hungry. Eat something first."
Lan Xiyue heard this and slowly stood up and walked to the table. She looked at the food on the table and frowned, "Are they all vegetables?"
Chu Xia leaned close to Lan Xiyue and whispered, "Miss, you just woke up and you don't know. Last night, the kitchen steward nanny said that she was beaten by men in black. But the lady checked her body and found no injuries. She thought the kitchen steward nanny was dreaming, but the nanny insisted that she was beaten by men in black.
The lady sent people to question the patrol guards last night, and those guards said that there was nothing unusual last night, and no men in black broke into the marquis's mansion.
The kitchen manager was even scolded by the Madam for this, and she was in a bad mood, so she refused to give us any ingredients, so we only have these vegetables."
Lan Xiyue raised her eyebrows when she heard this. The kitchen manager didn't know it was her who was there last night, so she dared to do this. It seemed that she had to go find her in broad daylight and have a good "chat".
Her eyes fell on Chuchun's slightly swollen cheeks again, "Chuxia, take Chuchun down to apply a facial mask and some medicine."
Chuchun heard this and quickly shook her head, "This servant can do it herself, Chuxia, you stay and serve the young lady."
Lan Xiyue put down the chopsticks in her hand, frowned slightly, and looked at me with a sharp gaze: "I said you don't have to call yourself a slave in front of me, and you must obey my words absolutely!"
Seeing this, Chuxia hurriedly pulled Chuchun out.
Seeing this, Xiao Sui was about to take the opportunity to get up and leave, but Lan Xiyue gave him a cold look.
"You hit my people and you want to leave now?" Lan Xiyue's voice was as cold as ice, and she threw a teacup in front of Xiao Sui without mercy.
"Bang" the teacup shattered in front of Xiao Sui, and the fragments hit her forehead, leaving a bloody mark.
Xiao Sui collapsed on the ground, his face filled with resentment. "Miss, you beat me like this, and you won't let me leave?"
Lan Xiyue remained unmoved. She continued to eat with her bowl and chopsticks, saying, "You have displeased me, so you will be punished by kneeling for an hour before you can leave."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Sui was extremely angry: "Miss, you are going too far!" Her voice trembled with anger.
Lan Xiyue put down her bowl and chopsticks, her eyes like knives, her voice chilling: "What? Still want to be whipped? Kneel down! Otherwise, you can't leave today."
Xiao Sui thought to himself, I'll kneel down, wait until the lady finds out, and see how you'll end up.
Although she was unwilling in her heart, she had to submit to Lan Xiyue's majesty and knelt on the ground obediently, not moving.
Just then, a burst of hurried footsteps was heard, and Yun Qing, accompanied by a group of maids and old women, hurried into Xilingyuan.
As soon as Yun Qing came in, her eyes fell on the scene in front of her: Xiao Sui was covered in scars, kneeling on the ground, his face as pale as paper, while Lan Xiyue, the eldest daughter of the Marquis's Mansion, was sitting leisurely at the table, playing with chopsticks in her hand.
Yun Qing's brows furrowed involuntarily. Before she could ask, Xiao Sui seemed to have grabbed a lifeline. He crawled over on his knees, sobbing, "Wu... Madam, you're here. I just taught the young lady a lesson about the maidservants who didn't know the rules, and you whipped me. You even made me kneel for an hour before I could leave. At my age, how could I endure such torture!"
Yun Qing's gaze never left Lan Xiyue, and a hint of anger flashed in her deep eyes.
She took a deep breath, tried to calm herself down, and slowly said, "Yueyue, why did you do this?"
Upon hearing this, Lan Xiyue slowly put down her bowl and chopsticks, took out a delicate handkerchief, and gently wiped the corners of her mouth. She raised her head, her eyes clear and firm, and asked, "Why? Why does she, a servant, hit my maid?"
Yun Qing's eyes glared at Lan Xiyue when she heard this. She stared at her, her tone blaming her: "Madame Xiao is an elder by my side. Are you slapping me in the face by whipping her like this?"
However, Lan Xiyue looked incredibly innocent. She shook her head gently, a faint smile playing on her lips. "Chuchun is also mine. If Madam Xiao hits her, isn't that a slap in my face? And aunt, if the Marquis's Mansion is too poor to survive, just sell these useless servants. Look, the Marquis's Mansion can't even afford food, so what do they need so many slaves for?"
Upon hearing this, Yun Qing's face instantly turned ashen. She glared at Lan Xiyue, her voice trembling slightly, "Yueyue, what nonsense are you talking about? When did the Marquis' Mansion become so poor that it couldn't afford food?"
Lan Xiyue smiled softly and pointed at the food on the table: "I am the eldest daughter of the Marquis's family, but I can't even eat meat. I can only eat three vegetarian dishes. Aren't other people the same as me? Or is this your order, auntie?"
Yun Qing looked at Lan Xiyue in front of her in disbelief. She had really changed. In the past, even though she was arrogant and domineering, she would never speak to her like this. But after she woke up from her coma, she started to dissociate herself from her and no longer called her mother.
Yun Qing said in a low voice: "Yueyue, you have changed."
She couldn't understand why this person who had been stupid for so many years suddenly changed. Or was it that she had been pretending to be stupid in front of her on purpose?
Lan Xiyue smiled softly, a smile that held a hint of teasing and mockery. "People eventually come to their senses, or does Aunt still prefer the foolish me of the past? Now that I'm no longer foolish, Aunt is getting restless."
Yun Qing's expression grew increasingly grim. She suppressed her anger and tried to use her elder's authority to suppress Lan Xiyue: "Yueyue, I spoiled you too much in the past and ended up spoiling you. From now on, you must reflect on your actions in Xilingyuan for three months until you recognize your mistakes. Only then can you leave."
Lan Xiyue glanced at Yun Qing with disdain, a sneer curled up at the corner of her mouth: "What if I don't?"
Yun Qing's rage was finally ignited. She frowned and said in a cold voice, "Are you forcing me to use family rules?"
Lan Xiyue narrowed her eyes slightly, not flinching. "Do you have the guts to use family discipline? Tomorrow I'll let everyone in the capital know that you, a shameless woman, coveted your own brother-in-law. Not long after your sister passed away, you married into the Marquis's mansion as his step-wife under the pretext of taking care of your sister's children. But soon after entering the house, you became pregnant. You must be kidding! You are an extremely hypocritical woman. When I was little, you made me call you mother, deliberately getting close to me and spoiling me. Later, you indulged me in getting into trouble, and then pretended to be a good person to highlight your compassionate stepmother. Bah! Disgusting!"
Yun Qing was so angry that her whole body was shaking. She stared at Lan Xiyue with wide eyes, "You! You...you are so outrageous!"
"Haha! I was taught to be so unbridled by you, my good aunt!"
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