Chapter 36 Wang Xifeng Unleashes Her Power
Lin Daiyu wasn't frightened at all; she was pondering the questions that Granny Yuan had just mentioned, her mind wandering elsewhere.
"It's just skipping this class, but your teacher is so arrogant. It makes me think that skipping this class is some kind of heinous crime. Since you're here, we'll head back now."
Yuan Hongqu gave Zhong Fang another cold look. Now that Wang Xifeng knows about this poisonous weed that misleads young people, how could she not uproot her?
"Sister Yuan, don't rush, wait a moment." Wang Xifeng called out to Yuan Hongqu. If Yuan Hongqu didn't see the final outcome today, it wouldn't be so easy to ask her for help again in the future. Sister Yuan was a prophet, her lifeline!
The people following Wang Xifeng brought chairs out of the school and invited the group to sit down and rest in the shade of the trees.
Yuan Hongqu readily agreed and simply sat down.
Wang Xifeng felt slightly relieved. She glanced at the servants guarding the school, her gaze cold and stern.
"What are you all good for? It's one thing to make a scene at home, but to make a fool of yourself in front of relatives? Do you think I'm easy to fool because I've been in a good mood lately?!"
"Such a big thing happened, and you didn't even report it to me earlier. If it weren't for the Second Miss not feeling well and me going to visit her, I wouldn't have known such a thing happened! Everyone in the school, the person in charge, go and get ten strokes of the cane, and the rest of you, five strokes each!"
After punishing her own servants, Wang Xifeng turned to Zhong Fang, who had been cowering to the side.
"Teacher Zhong, I just want to ask what my second sister did in class ten days ago? You not only slapped her palm, but also took a golden phoenix pearl flower from her as punishment!"
Zhong Fang was shocked. The Second Madam had found out about this. It seemed that things would not end well today.
The incident began ten days ago.
Yingchun was kept behind by the teacher after class to memorize an article because she was not proficient in it.
This time, because of nervousness, she still couldn't memorize it, so Zhong Fang slapped her palm.
Zhong Fang didn't dare to use too much force, after all, this young lady from a wealthy family was much more delicate than the girls from humble families she used to teach.
Even so, Yingchun's palms were still slapped until they were bright red.
Zhong Fang saw the dazzling golden phoenix bead flower in Yingchun's hair and felt extremely jealous. She reached out and plucked it off, saying that she was so extravagant and wasteful at such a young age, which was detrimental to a woman's virtue!
I'll return the beaded flower to her when she can recite the article perfectly from memory!
Yingchun was labeled as violating the virtues of women, so she dared not say anything. Even when her wet nurse asked her if she remembered where she had lost the pearl hairpin, she could only meekly say that she did not remember.
Her palm, which had been slapped last time, ached for a long time. She also wanted to memorize the article, but it was so difficult to pronounce that she couldn't remember it at all.
This afternoon, the thought of having to come to class made her stomach feel uncomfortable, so she used this as an excuse to ask her nanny to go to her second sister-in-law and tell her that she wouldn't be going to class this afternoon.
Wang Xifeng happened to have some free time in the afternoon, and upon hearing about this, she felt it was necessary to show concern for her sister-in-law.
When she arrived, she found that Yingchun was acting strangely. It wasn't a stomachache at all; it was just a lie made up by a child who didn't want to go to school!
Wang Xifeng also felt that if Yingchun would rather lie than go to school, then there must be something wrong with the teacher!
Yingchun was doing well in her morning classes.
Wang Xifeng quickly interrogated all the maids and servants who served Yingchun.
This matter had nothing to do with them, nor with Teacher Zhong, so naturally they wouldn't cover it up for the teacher. They all spilled the beans, telling her everything they had seen and heard while the Second Miss was in class.
Yingchun was also impressed by Wang Xifeng's decisive and efficient methods. She felt that she could trust her sister-in-law, so she told Wang Xifeng about Zhong Fang taking the Golden Phoenix Pearl Flower.
Wang Xifeng then heard from the old woman who had gone back to call Yingchun to class that Granny Yuan and the Lin family's daughter seemed to have gotten into a conflict with Teacher Zhong at the school gate, so Wang Xifeng rushed over.
"That golden phoenix pearl flower was specially made by the Old Madam for the Second Miss's birthday. It has the Second Miss's personal mark on it, so you'd better return it as soon as possible."
Wang Xifeng didn't want to waste any more words with Zhong Fang, but considering that she was recommended by Li Wan, she decided to give her some face.
We'll see if Zhong Fang knows what's good for her. If she does, we'll give her some face and kick her out.
If she doesn't know her place, Wang Xifeng's reputation isn't built on hype. She'll definitely skin Zhong Fang alive and throw her out!
If Zhong Fang had had any hope just now, thinking that Granny Yuan was just an outsider, and no matter how respectable she was, she was still just a servant. Could she really be a young lady's governess just because she knew a few words of literature?
Who knows what dirty tricks they used to get to their position!
Now facing the matriarch of the Rongguo Mansion, Zhong Fang instantly blushed, and her previous arrogance vanished.
What puzzled her most was that she had heard the second young lady was someone no one cared about, so why would the second mistress stand up for her?
"Second Madam, it's all a misunderstanding. That golden phoenix pearl flower... I was just joking with Second Miss, hoping she could finish her homework and memorize the text." Zhong Fang was uneasy, but she had to make up a reason to explain.
"Since it's a misunderstanding, hurry up and take out the Golden Phoenix Pearl Flower!"
Zhong Fang hesitated for a moment before stammering, "Second Madam, I was afraid the Golden Phoenix Pearl Flower would be lost, so I kept it at home for safekeeping. I will bring it back to Second Miss next time I go to class."
"Ping'er, tell Wang'er to hitch up the carriage and go to her house to get the pearl hairpin."
Upon hearing this, Zhong Fang seemed to be afraid of something, and suddenly rushed to Wang Xifeng's side.
"Second Grandmother, there's no need to trouble the family. I'll go back and get it now."
Wang Xifeng ignored her, and Ping'er went to give instructions to Wang'er.
When Zhong Fang realized she couldn't stop them, she tried to lunge forward again, but an old woman quickly came over and restrained her.
"If we can get this Golden Phoenix Pearl Flower, we can let this debt go; let's settle another matter first, why did you hit my second sister!" Wang Xifeng's eyes widened in anger.
“Our matriarch said that in a family like ours, it’s enough for the girls to know a few words so they’re not illiterate. Even if they can’t memorize an article, what does it matter? The girls are so noble, you can’t even compare to a single hair on their head! How dare you hit our second daughter.”
Everyone knows that the school for the girls of the Jia family is just a place for girls to pass the time. Which girl isn't precious? None of them can be easily offended!
Li Wan had reminded Zhong Fang when she arrived, but she relaxed her guard after only a few months and reverted to her old ways.
Just when she thought she had succeeded in targeting Yingchun, she ran into Wang Xifeng, the unconventional housekeeper!
Zhong Fang knelt on the ground, not daring to look at Wang Xifeng, but casting her resentful gaze at Yuan Hongqu.
If it weren't for this outsider meddling, she would have dealt with everything much earlier. The humiliation she suffered today was all caused by this bitch!
Wang Xifeng noticed this scene and thought to herself that the lesson had been too lenient, or that she was still so ignorant of the consequences!
As she walked along, an old woman told her what had happened at the school gate.
Originally, Wang Xifeng did not intend to make a big fuss. Her personality was not the same as before, and she was also afraid that if she stood out too much, she would expose her secret.
However, upon hearing that Zhong Fang had insulted Yuan Hongqu at the school gate, Wang Xifeng was furious and decided to use the Yingchun incident to teach this female teacher a lesson!
Now it seems that the female teacher blames everything on the original sister.
"Don't you like hitting people's hands? Tong'an, take the bamboo stick and hit her hands!" Wang Xifeng didn't care whether it would offend Li Wan. This woman had no manners of a teacher. Was her sister-in-law Li Wan blind to let such a person into the mansion to teach the young ladies?
Tong An took the bamboo cane, and two old women held Zhong Fang down tightly, while someone else forcibly spread Zhong Fang's hands open.
She showed no mercy, and after ten blows, Zhong Fang's hand swelled up, and the old women forced her to the side.
Although things didn't turn out this way as Wang Xifeng had hoped, since things had already come to this, she might as well make a big scene, kick this Zhong fellow out, and make sure that the eldest mistress couldn't say anything about it.
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