Chapter 571: Domineering
Mrs. Jiang was very upset after the incident between Daohua and Aunt Jia, but she still forced herself to smile and keep the banquet going.
At the same time, at the Xiao Mansion.
As soon as Aunt Jia got off the carriage, she saw several guards with swords throwing the maids who had been bought a few days ago directly out of the door.
The rude and ferocious look made Aunt Jia's eyelids twitch. Thinking back to the little prince's rebellious appearance when he was a child, she felt a terrible headache.
When she arrived at the main courtyard, she saw Hongxiu and Tianxiang being beaten with a stick on a stool outside the courtyard gate by the guards. In an instant, her heart sank to the bottom.
This is the maidservant specially selected by the Queen Mother for the young prince!
Hongxiu and Tianxiang, who were beaten to death, seemed to sense someone coming. They raised their heads with difficulty and saw that it was Aunt Jia. Their eyes lit up with astonishing light. They wanted to shout for help, but unfortunately their mouths were blocked, so they could only "woooo" and ask for help with their eyes.
Nanny Jia glanced at the two of them, then quickly walked into the yard. As soon as she entered, she saw Nanny Zhen and Bisha kneeling in the yard.
The Empress Dowager rewarded her with four maids: Hongxiu, Tianxiang, Bisha and Daiyue.
Except for Daiyue who went to inform himself, everyone else was punished.
Nanny Jia looked at Nanny Zhen, who was kneeling on the ground with her head lowered and her expression unreadable. She calmed herself down and walked towards the main room. However, just as she stepped onto the steps, Dexi, who was standing outside the door, stopped her with a hand: "Nanny, you cannot enter the room without the master's permission."
Nanny Jia was startled, and after a moment's hesitation, she walked to the courtyard, knelt beside Nanny Zhen, and said loudly, "This old servant pays respects to the young prince and pays his respects to him."
“.” No one responded.
Dexi saw Aunt Jia kneeling in the courtyard and standing outside the room like a door god.
Nanny Jia was worried and wanted to ask Nanny Zhen beside her, but the yard was too quiet. There was only the sound of beating boards outside the gate, which made her unhappy.
After a while, the sound of beating stopped.
Soon, Jia Ma and Zhen Ma, who were kneeling on the ground, saw a guard come in and say to Dexi, who was standing outside the door, "The twenty boards have been beaten, and the man has fainted."
Dexi nodded, turned and went back into the room. After a while, he came out and said to the guards, "The master has given the order to have the matchmaker come and take those two slaves away."
Upon hearing this, Nanny Jia raised her head sharply and blurted out, "No, that is the maid given to the young prince by the Queen Mother. You can't sell her at will."
"Do you want to be my master?"
A lazy male voice sounded.
Nanny Jia and Nanny Zhen looked in the direction of the voice and saw a stern man with a few strands of wet hair sticking to his forehead and a somewhat nonchalant expression walking out.
The moment they saw the man, the pupils of the two maids couldn't help but shrink. Before this, they had all guessed what the little prince would look like when he grew up.
Will he remain as rebellious, arrogant and dissolute as he was in his childhood, or will he become well-educated, gentle, elegant and handsome?
The images of the princes and sons of the capital city flashed through their minds. No matter what the little prince's temperament was, they had a way to deal with it.
But neither of them had expected that the young prince, who was sympathized by the royal family, noble officials and nobles in the capital, would have such a fierce aura, and the oppressive feeling that could not be ignored at first sight made both of them feel nervous.
Defu quickly moved the chair under the eaves.
Xiao Yeyang, who had been riding a horse for more than ten days, sat down and leaned lazily on the chair. He looked at the two maids in the yard leisurely, with a hint of amusement on the corners of his mouth.
At this time, Nanny Jia and Nanny Zhen both came to their senses and both of them lowered their backs a little.
Nanny Jia kowtowed and begged for mercy: "Young Prince, you are wise. I dare not make you your master. I was just anxious just now. Hongxiu and Tianxiang were carefully selected by the Queen Mother to serve you. I was afraid that you would disappoint the Queen Mother."
Xiao Yeyang showed a hint of ridicule at the corner of his mouth: "Are you using the Queen Mother to pressure me?"
Hearing this, Jia Mama's heart tightened and she kowtowed heavily to the ground: "This old slave dare not."
Xiao Yeyang ignored him and murmured, "Hongxiu, Tianxiang?" The sarcasm on his face became more and more profound.
The Queen Mother is so nice to him!
Instead of giving him anything else, she gave him a few maids.
Ever since he learned the truth about Concubine Ma and her son being promoted to the position of the legal wife, the admiration he had accumulated since childhood had almost disappeared. After seeing those four charming maids, the remaining bit was gone.
Thinking of the previous report from the secret guard, Jiang Canzheng had been trying to find out about him as soon as he arrived at Ningmen Mansion, and there was even more coldness in his eyes.
Xiao Yeyang set his eyes on Aunt Jia: "You say you don't dare, but you are so bold in what you do. As soon as you arrive, you add people to my house. Who gave you the courage?"
This time, not only did Nanny Jia beg for mercy, but Nanny Zhen also knocked her head to the ground with a "bang".
She also participated in the matter of buying a maid. Firstly, she wanted to train some manpower, and secondly, she felt that it was against the rules to have no maid in the mansion.
Xiao Yeyang ignored Nanny Zhen and continued, "I'm curious. When you were serving in the palace, were you also like this with other masters, treating them one way to their faces and another behind their backs? Or is it just me, that after the Ma mother and son were made legitimate, I, the legitimate son of Prince Ping, who was living away from home, can no longer be considered a legitimate master?"
As soon as these words were spoken, Nanny Jia and Nanny Zhen's faces turned pale at the same time, and they said in unison: "I dare not."
Xiao Yeyang silently watched the two of them for a while, then waved to the guards: "Drag them out and sell them off."
The guard nodded and quickly left the yard.
This time, Aunt Jia didn't dare to beg for mercy.
Bisha and Daiyue, who were kneeling behind the two maids, lowered their heads and saw Hongxiu and Tianxiang being dragged away unconscious outside the yard, and they couldn't help shivering.
Hongxiu and Tianxiang just wanted to help the young prince change his clothes when he suddenly returned, but they were escorted out of the room by Eunuch Defu not long after they entered.
If they had not been a step slower, they would have ended up being sold like Hongxiu and Tianxiang.
The status bestowed by the Queen Mother has no effect on the little prince at all!
Xiao Yeyang took a sip of the tea that Defu brought before looking at the two maids. "You were given by the Empress Dowager and the Emperor's uncle. I dare not do anything to you two. However, since you are here to take care of me, then do your duty well and do not leave the house at will in the future."
As soon as these words were spoken, the two maids felt nervous again. Was the young prince going to confine them to the mansion?
"Also, remember your status. Although you two come from the imperial palace, servants are still servants. Don't think you are superior to others."
Aunt Jia was shocked and felt vaguely that the young prince was talking about her.
Today she was at the Jiang family's house attacking the eldest daughter of the Yan family, wasn't she just relying on the power of the Queen Mother?
Xiao Yeyang looked at Defu and said, "Arrange a courtyard farther away for them and leave the chores in the mansion to them." As he said that, he waved his hand, signaling Defu to keep them away.
Defu walked up to the two maids and Bisha Daiyue and made a gesture of invitation: "Madam Jia, Madam Zhen, please come in."
Nanny Zhen and Nanny Jia looked at each other, stood up quickly, bowed to Xiao Yeyang, and followed Defu out.
Defu led the four of them directly to the most secluded courtyard in the northwest corner. "You will live here in the future." He smiled at Nanny Zhen and asked, "Madam, can you sew?"
Nanny Zhen didn't understand, but nodded anyway: "I know a little, but I'm not very good at it."
Defu immediately smiled and said, "You don't need great skills, just know how to sew."
Upon hearing this, Nanny Zhen felt a little uneasy, and Nanny Jia frowned even more.
Soon, Nanny Zhen understood where her uneasiness came from.
Seeing the guards carrying several baskets of dirty clothes over, Nanny Jia and Nanny Zhen couldn't help but twitch their eyelids, and Bisha and Daiyue's faces turned pale.
Defu pointed to a small frame of clean clothes and said to Nanny Zhen, "I'll trouble you to mend clothes for everyone in the future."
Nanny Zhen was stunned for a moment, then nodded quickly.
Seeing her agreement, Defu's smile deepened, and then he looked at Jia Ma and the other two and said, "There is a well in the yard. Thank you for your help."
After saying that, he led the guards away.
"Finally, someone will wash our clothes from now on."
"The Emperor and the Queen Mother are so thoughtful."
Hearing the words floating in the air, Jia Ma, Bisha and Daiyue felt terrible.
Nanny Zhen looked at the small half frame of clean clothes and felt secretly relieved. She and Nanny Jia both had some experience in the palace and had not done rough work for a long time. Even Bisha and Daiyue were used to a life of luxury, and their hands were as smooth as water chestnuts.
Washing clothes for the guards in the mansion is like treating them as servants.
Thankfully, the young prince only asked her to mend clothes, which she could accept.
Thinking of this, Nanny Zhen decisively picked up her clothes, found a room to live in, and then ignored Nanny Jia and the other two who were standing in the wind in a disheveled state.
On the other side, everyone had lunch at Jiang's house and left one after another.
As soon as they came out, each family heard about what happened in the Xiao Mansion.
There was no way. The guards of the Xiao Mansion sold the person out in a high-profile manner and never thought of hiding anything.
"The young prince sold all the maids that the two maids had bought."
"Not only that, but two of the four maids sent by the palace were also sold."
"No, I heard that it was a reward from the Queen Mother."
"So what if it's a reward from the Queen Mother? If the young prince doesn't like it, then he can just sell it. Can the Queen Mother still say anything bad about him just for two maids?"
Upon hearing the news, Daohua, who was already sitting in the carriage, curled up the corners of her mouth. Her bad mood caused by Aunt Jia gradually improved. When she returned home and saw her third and fourth brothers returning safely, she no longer felt unhappy.
When the two secretly told her that Xiao Yeyang punished Aunt Jia to wash clothes for the guards, she became even happier.
(End of this chapter)
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