Chapter 245, Cleaning Up
As soon as he entered Shuangxin Courtyard, seeing so many people gathered in the courtyard and the eldest daughter's cold expression, Yan Zhigao's eyes flashed quickly: "What are you doing?"
When Aunt Lin saw Yan Zhigao, she seemed to have returned to her soul. She rushed over and cried, "Master, you are finally here. If you had come any later, Wenbin, Yishuang and I would have been taken away by the eldest lady."
"I don't know if I did something wrong to offend the eldest lady. We were eating when she came over with a large group of people, looking like she was going to accuse us. Wenbin and Yishuang were so scared that they didn't even dare to say a word."
"If I did something wrong, you can beat me or scold me as you please. I'm just a concubine anyway. But Wenbin and Yishuang are your biological brothers and sisters. They're still so young and shouldn't be treated like this."
No one in the Shuangxin Courtyard dared to speak, and they all listened quietly to Aunt Lin's crying.
Aunt Lin fell into Yan Zhigao's arms and waited for a long time without any response. She took the opportunity to wipe her tears and secretly glanced at Yan Zhigao's face. Only then did she realize that he was not looking at her at all, but was looking straight at the eldest girl standing on the steps.
Yan Zhigao was listening to Aunt Lin's words, but he paid more attention to his eldest daughter.
He found that his eldest daughter's expression was frighteningly indifferent at this moment, and there was no warmth in her eyes.
He didn't like his eldest daughter being like this. He would rather she contradicted him and argued with him like before, than to see her saying nothing and just looking at him quietly.
No one responded to her cry, and Aunt Lin couldn't cry anymore. She could only sob and pretend to wipe away her tears.
At this moment, Yan Zhigao reached out and pushed Aunt Lin away from him, then looked at Daohua and asked, "What happened?"
Seeing that her cheap father didn't have a concubine this time, Daohua jumped to conclusions as soon as she cried and laughed, "It's nothing serious. It's just that Aunt Lin's sister-in-law said that my eldest brother and fourth brother are doomed to die in Xingyun Mansion, and my mother is also ill and won't live long. From now on, our Yan family will belong to Aunt Lin."
Upon hearing this, Yan Zhigao's face suddenly darkened and he slashed at Lin Wangshi and Lin Xushi fiercely.
How could the descendants of the Yan family allow the Lin family to curse them!
Before Yan Zhigao could even react, Aunt Lin fell to her knees, crying loudly, "Miss, how did I offend you that you would wrong me and my family like this?"
This matter must not be admitted. She knows very well how much the master values his offspring.
"Master, my sister-in-law is a timid person. Even if she had a few hundred more courage, she would not dare to have such thoughts. I beg Master to understand."
Yan Zhigao frowned, looked at Aunt Lin who was crying miserably, then looked at Yan Wenbin and Yan Yishuang who were too scared to speak, then looked at Lin Wangshi and Lin Xushi who were trembling with fear, and finally raised his eyes to look at the rice flowers.
Daohua looked at him with amusement and said with a smile, "Father, you are an official appointed by the court and are used to judging cases. Do you want to come and try me? Let's see if I will curse my own brother and mother just to get rid of one of your concubines?"
Yan Zhigao remained silent, but he pushed away Aunt Lin who was pulling at his robe.
Seeing him like this, Aunt Lin's heart sank, and Yan Wenbin and Yan Yishuang also turned pale.
My father believed what my elder sister said!
Daohua waited for a while, and seeing her cheap father's silent face, she curled her lips slightly, revealing a hint of sarcasm: "Father, I want an explanation, for my three brothers who are still in danger, and for my mother who is sick in bed."
"By the way, please don't try to trick me with two outsiders."
Daohua's meaning was very clear. She didn't care about Lin Wangshi and Lin Xushi. She was going to deal with Linshi. She didn't even bother to confront him. She just wanted a result.
Seeing that his eldest daughter was determined to punish Lin and her son, Yan Zhigao frowned and said in silence, "Lin is outspoken and will be confined to Shuangxinyuan for six months."
"Father!"
Daohua interrupted him directly, saying with a half-smile, "Father, in your eyes, the lives of my eldest and fourth brothers are only worth house arrest, and only for half a year?"
Yan Zhigao's face darkened. "Lin is under house arrest for three years and is also punished to copy a hundred copies of Buddhist scriptures. If he fails to finish the copying in one day, he will not be released from the house arrest."
As soon as she finished speaking, Aunt Lin cried out, "Master, please don't do that. I am innocent."
Yan Zhigao once again shook off Aunt Lin's clinging and looked at the rice flowers.
Daohua smiled and said nothing, then looked at Yan Wenbin and Yan Yishuang.
Seeing this, Yan Zhigao heaved a sigh of relief: "Wenbin and Yishuang have been disrespectful to their stepmother and elder brother. From a chosen date, they will be confined to the mansion. As long as your elder brother doesn't return, you are not allowed to leave."
After saying that, Yan Zhigao turned around and prepared to leave.
Lin made a mistake and deserved to be punished, but the look on his eldest daughter's face made him feel as if he was being coerced.
"Father!"
Daohua called out again to stop the person.
Yan Zhigao turned around and looked at Daohua unhappily: "I have punished them, what else do you want to say?"
Daohua sneered, "Father, please believe me, if they weren't your concubines or children, I would absolutely not bother with them."
After saying that, she didn't bother to care about her cheap father's expression and continued.
"Father, you, me, and mother are the only ones in the family who know about my three brothers' affairs in Xingyun Mansion. How did the news get out?"
Yan Zhigao was shocked. Yes, how did the news spread?
Daohua didn't bother waiting for him to figure it out, so she said directly, "I had someone check it out. The first person in the mansion to spread the news that Big Brother and his friends were in trouble was Xiyun, the maidservant beside Concubine Lin. Concubine Lin never leaves the house, so how did she know?"
Yan Zhigao's expression changed rapidly. He gave his eldest daughter a complicated look, then looked coldly at Lin Wangshi and Lin Xushi: "From now on, no member of the Lin family is allowed to set foot in the Yan family again. Master Lin, I will be suspended from this position from today on."
As soon as these words came out, Lin Wangshi immediately yelled, "Don't do that, son-in-law. He's your brother-in-law. Please don't stop Cailiang's job because Wenhui has given birth to three children for you."
Seeing Lin Wangshi kneeling on the ground, Yan Zhigao frowned.
At this time, Aunt Lin also started crying, and Yan Wenbin and Yan Yishuang also knelt down in front of Yan Zhigao, begging bitterly.
“Hehe~”
Amidst her wails, Daohua scoffed and looked at her adoptive father with a smile: "Uncle? Who is uncle? It's a good thing that my grandparents are gone, otherwise, how angry would I be? I have a new relative for no reason."
Yan Zhigao's expression changed. He glanced at the rice flowers, and without hesitation, he turned around and walked out of Shuangxinyuan.
At the gate of the courtyard, the people from the second and third houses looked at each other in bewilderment as they watched all the members of the Lin family being punished and Yan Zhigao leaving with a grim face.
Sun patted her chest and said, "I didn't expect that Daohua would be so scary when she got angry!"
Yan Zhiyuan sneered, "I've said it before, if Aunt Lin doesn't keep quiet, Daohua will get her sooner or later. Look, now the entire Lin family has been wiped out."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw several maids dragging Lin Wangshi and Lin Xushi out of Shuangxin Courtyard and escorting them directly out of Yan Mansion without giving them any face.
When Sun saw this, she quickly pulled Yan Zhiyuan back.
Then, the maid Xiyun was also taken out for spreading rumors.
Wang Man'er handed the person over to Madam Fang, who was waiting outside the courtyard, and said, "The young lady said that the Yan family doesn't want servants who spread rumors. Go to the main courtyard later to ask Sister Pingtong for the indenture and sell them off along with those who neglected their duties and let people in without permission."
Upon hearing this, Sun's hand trembled, and even Yan Zhiyuan's expression changed.
Main courtyard.
After hearing Daohua's decision, Pingtong and Pingxiao fell silent.
After a while, Ping Tong finally spoke: "The eldest lady usually looks amiable, but if you touch her bottom line, her methods will be even more ruthless than those of the Madam."
"After this incident, those people in the mansion who have ulterior motives will probably have to put them aside."
Ping Xiao thought for a moment and said, "That's what the eldest daughter should be like. Our family is growing. If we want to suppress everyone, we have to use drastic measures. Madam, you're too gentle after all."
Shuangxinyuan.
In the west wing, Aunt Liu closed the door tightly. Before, she dared to look at the situation in the yard from the window, but after seeing the eldest girl's methods, she didn't even dare to watch the show.
I was afraid that if I wasn't careful, the fire would burn me.
In the yard, after watching his grandmother and aunt being dragged out by the servants, Yan Wenbin kept looking at Daohua with resentment.
Daohua ignored him while she was dealing with the servants. After she finished, she looked at him indifferently.
Seeing the resentment in Yan Wenbin's eyes, Daohua first looked back at him expressionlessly for a while, then smiled contemptuously, turned around and led his men out of the yard.
"From today on, Shuangxin Courtyard is sealed off. No one is allowed to enter or leave Aunt Lin's place, and no one is allowed to visit her. Aunt Liu can come out if she wants to."
As she spoke, Shu Xin turned her head to glance at the west wing, then quickly looked away.
In the west wing, Aunt Liu shuddered. She knew that the eldest girl was warning her.
In fact, she would behave herself even without being warned.
There is no other reason. There are really not many mistresses as kind-hearted as Madam Li.
(End of this chapter)
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