99 What Happened Before Was... 5 (2/2)
”After this matter is finished, I want you to control your subordinates better! Do you hear me? Once the same thing happens again, I will throw you out along with this disgrace! I don't care about what Wang Luo Hai will say. I won't let you and your disgraceful maidservant taint my 'Wang Fu' name!”
Concubine Wan really felt being wronged, but she could only swallow her own bitterness. She would certainly beat up that woman after they got back to their own courtyard! The matriarch basically said she would throw her out and she knew this old woman would never joke about that kind of thing. Concubine Wan kowtowed in front of the servants which made her want to die in embarrassment... but the matter had already reached this point, she had no other choice.
”Please forgive this concubine, Old Madam. This concubine will certainly pay more attention to this concubine's maidservants. Please forgive this concubine this once,” Concubine Wan begged for forgiveness.
”Hmpf!” The matriarch was still angry, but she knew how to be reasonable. ”Get up! I will let you go this once.” She didn't want to clash with Wang Luo Hai because of this. The matriarch only wanted to warn and scare them.
”Thank you, Old Madam.” Concubine Wan quickly thanked her and got up. She stepped aside and didn't dare to meddle with this affair.
The matriarch turned her gaze to Liu Li and asked in a piercing tone, ”Who are you to care about Young Master? Even dare to tattle on him to Young Mistress?”
Liu Li bit her lips in distress. She didn't know how to answer this tricky question. She was nothing to them! She wasn't Yao Ying's concubine, so she didn't have the right to worry about him. She wasn't Yao Ying or Yao Ling's personal maidservant, so she also didn't have the right to worry about him. She was pretty sure that the matriarch had already seen through her intention to sow discord.
”This... this servant didn't think much and this servant just didn't want Young Mistress to suffer because of Young Master's deed,” Liu Li answered.
”Hah! I heard it perfectly clear that the one you are worried about is Young Master. Now... you cleverly changed your words. I am might be old, but not deaf! Did you already know the full reason why Young Master went to a hua lou? What kind of deed that Young Master have done? Did you see it for yourself? I can hold you on the account of framing your own master!” The matriarch said angrily.
”This servant doesn't dare,” Liu Li cried. She quickly sat down and slapped her own mouth to put on an act of repentance.
*Pa* ”This servant is wrong!”
*Pa* ”This servant will not dare to do this again!”
*Pa* ”Please have mercy on this servant!”
*Pa* ”Please have mercy on this servant!”
*Pa* ”Please have mercy on this servant!”
Liu Li kept slapping herself because no one was stopping her. She could see that Yao Ling tried to open her mouth, but the matriarch's glare stopped her and she obediently stood beside the old matriarch. What Yao Ling just did had erased Liu Li's doubt about Yao Ling. At first, she thought that Yao Ling was only putting on a white lotus act and made her get into deeper trouble, but it seemed like she was wrong. Yao Ling was really kind enough to help her.