"I had no intention of fighting Miss Cuiwei. It was because she kicked me in the stomach while struggling that I had my reasons for doing so."
"It was Chuntao. She started a fight for no reason! She brought the servants together to bully Miss Cuiwei. This was not the fault of the servants alone!"
Su Qian understood what they were saying amidst their quarrel.
It was Chuntao who started talking bad about her behind her back, and Cuiwei heard it. Cuiwei then quarreled with them for her.
During the quarrel, the four of them unanimously agreed to sell Cuiwei out. Cuiwei kicked Lianxin during the struggle, and was therefore retaliated by Lianxin.
Su Qian had changed his usual gentle temper and looked extremely gloomy, with a rare sharpness.
"Since Chuntao was the first to start, then Chuntao will be slapped thirty times, Lianxin will be slapped twenty times, and the other two will be slapped ten times."
Su Qian paused and continued, "Lianxin, since you caused Cuiwei to lose a piece of her hair, then I will have someone pluck out a piece of your scalp as well. That's not too much, right?"
Lian Xin kowtowed heavily: "The punishment given by the goddess is absolutely right, and I should accept it."
As she kowtowed, she also felt relieved. As long as she was alive, losing a piece of scalp was nothing.
Su Qian didn't miss the look of her long sigh. Did he think that was all that was going to happen?
It’s not over yet.
She turned and ordered Lu Feng: "Lu Feng, go get the ruler."
The four people kneeling were all shocked!
They originally thought that Su Qian would not order outsiders to beat them, or let Cuiwei do it herself, but they did not expect that Su Qian would actually let Lu Feng get a ruler to beat them!
The ruler is fifty centimeters long and three centimeters wide. Hold one end of the ruler and hit the kid hard. 30 times, and I'm afraid the kid's face will be rotten.
Chun Tao crawled to Su Qian's feet on her knees, grabbed her ankles, and begged her tearfully, "Goddess! I was wrong! I know I was wrong. Please forgive me, Goddess. I just made a slip of the tongue and did not intend to tarnish your holy reputation."
Cuiwei couldn't bear to watch, so she ordered someone to drag her away and drag her out to the hall. "How dare you touch the goddess' shoes? Come, take her away! Before Lu Feng comes back with the ruler, block her mouth so she doesn't pollute the goddess' ears."
Chuntao was quickly pulled away by two female guards. They took off the handkerchief hanging on Chuntao's body, rolled it into a ball and stuffed it into Chuntao's mouth.
A female guard who couldn't stand it anymore said, "Shut up! If you keep making noise, I'll kill you!"
Although they protected the goddess' safety in Tingxiaoyuan every day, they didn't actually do anything. Instead, Su Qian sometimes made some delicious food and shared it with them.
If you are kind to others, they will naturally remember your kindness.
These female guards are just like that.
In their opinion, Su Qian is gentle and quiet, and is very friendly to the servants. On weekdays, besides embroidering and reading, she also cooks delicious food and goes to teahouses to listen to operas. She is the best master.
When they talked about Su Qian, they only remembered the good things about her. They didn't expect that these maids would actually disparage the goddess behind her back.
What harsh words must have been said to cause Cuiwei to quarrel with them, injure the goddess's personal maid, and even dare to sell Cuiwei out.
It seems these people are really brave, otherwise how could they dare to do such things? If they are not severely punished today, the maids will follow their example in the future! Then the Tongpan Mansion will be in chaos.
Lu Feng took the ruler back and stood not far from Su Qian, bowing to her, "Goddess, I have the ruler back."
Su Qian nodded: "Well, you go to carry out the execution."
The four people in the hall were so frightened when they heard this. Everyone in the Tongpan Mansion knew how powerful Lu Feng was.
That day, Yan Xuanye ordered Lu Feng to spank the two girls. If it were someone else, he would definitely show mercy and not offend the magistrate's daughter.
But Lu Feng had no scruples. Later, when he watched the two girls kneeling as punishment in the two ancestral halls, even if the wife of the Tongpan wanted to use some favors, she had no place to do so.
Lu Feng is too upright.
"Cuiwei, go and keep count."
Cuiwei looked at Su Qian gratefully and said, "Yes."
A crisp and loud sound of a ruler hitting Chuntao's face fell on her face, and Chuntao suddenly felt a burning pain on her left cheek.
After more than ten palm strikes from both sides, Chuntao's nose and face were already bruised and swollen. When it was nearly 20 palm strikes, blood was already flowing from the corners of Chuntao's mouth.
My entire cheek was almost numb from the pain, and my ears were ringing from time to time.
But Lu Feng's slapping speed was slow. He always slapped her five times and then stopped for a while, as if he wanted everyone to see her embarrassed appearance and warn her not to do it again next time.
These thirty slaps not only hit her face, but also hit the hearts of the four of them.
After beating Chuntao, Lu Feng slowly walked to Lianxin. Lianxin looked at Lu Feng with trembling eyes. When Chuntao was beaten just now, she was frightened and just hoped that Lu Feng would be gentler.
But just one look from Lu Feng could make people fall into a cold abyss.
That kind of arrogance and indifference, that kind of boredom and sarcasm, makes people understand their own situation directly.
Lianxin closed her eyes, waiting for Lu Feng to take action with a dead heart, but at this moment she heard a charming and contemptuous voice.
"Hey, what's going on?"
"Isn't it said that the goddess is gentle and holy? Why is she secretly fighting and killing in this courtyard?"
Lian Xin suddenly opened her eyes, screaming heartbreakingly, and crawled towards Jiang Xueli, "Second Miss, please save me, please save me!"
Lu Feng grabbed her and dragged her back to her original position.
Jiang Xueli glanced at Lian Xin calmly and said, "Goddess, what on earth is going on?"
Cuiwei narrowed her eyes and said, "The goddess is disciplining the servants, what does the second lady have to do with it?"
Jiang Xueli raised her eyebrows slightly, her every frown and smile revealing a charming look. "Of course it's my business. This is the Tongpan Mansion. If the goddess starts a fight in our mansion, and word gets out, people will think we are the Tongpan Mansion, without mercy, and we abuse our servants at will. What will happen then?"
Cuiwei retorted, "What Tongpanfu? Zhiyi City is no longer under the jurisdiction of the Nanchang State. Do you still think you are the Tongpanfu of the past?"
Jiang Xueli withdrew her gaze with a bad look on her face, and said harshly, "No matter what, there is no rule in our mansion that allows maids to be beaten or scolded at will. Since the goddess lives in the Tongpan Mansion, she should abide by the rules of the Tongpan Mansion!"
Lian Xin thought she had found a savior, but before she could rejoice for too long, she heard Su Qian's cold voice say, "This is indeed the Tongpan Mansion, but since the Tongpan Mansion doesn't know how to discipline the maids, I will discipline the maids on behalf of the Tongpan Mansion. Is there any problem with that?"
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