Chapter 26 - Punishment! My Mistress Was the Second Lady (1/2)

Chapter 26 Punishment! My Mistress Was the Second Lady

Wei Yuewu looked around at the servants in the yard, a trace of derision glimmering in her eyes. So she was right: all these servants were loyal to Lady Li and Wei Yan. Their disapproval and contempt were writ large on their faces, determined to drive her out of Lotus Courtyard. Unfortunately, she had no intention to leave once she moved in.

Wei Yuewu slightly raised her chin toward Jin Ling as a gesture for her to take action. By now, Jin Ling understand her mistress without words being said. This was a result of accompanying her mistress during their journey to the capital. She comprehended Wei Yuewu’s meaning instantly and walked to the old maidservant angrily.

“Sixth Young Lady…” Seeing others echoing her words, the old maidservant in charge became more presumptuous. She turned to Wei Yuewu and was about to say something else when Jin Ling, who had by now stopped before her, slapped her hard in the face and then kicked her skillfully with the right foot. The old maidservant was tripped and knelt on the ground.

Under the foot of the old maidservant was a hard blue flagstone. Her sudden fall created a crisp sound of collision between her bone joint and the stone. She immediately let out a shrill scream, and the whole yard fell silent at once.

All the servants stared at the mistress and her maid in horror!

None of them expected that the Sixth Young Lady, who looked so delicate, thin and weak, would be so fierce that she ordered her maid to strike the old maidservant without any warnings. The maid’s moves were also so surprisingly swift that everyone was taken aback involuntarily.

“How can you treat me like this, Sixth Young Lady? My mistress was the Second Lady.”

The old maidservant shouted at Wei Yuewu in fury after she let out the painful scream. With her hands clenching her knees, she felt that her legs were really hurt, but she was not sure if the bone was broken.

“Are you saying you work for the Second Lady but not for the mansion of Marquis Hua Yang?”

Wei Yuewu retorted coolly. She stood in the corridor, her chin slightly raised, emitting an overwhelmingly powerful air that made all the servants tremble uncontrollably.

Since Lady Li was a member of the Hua Yang family, anyone who worked for her worked for the family. With this line of logic, Wei Yuewu was truly the young lady of the mansion of Hua Yang. After all, Wei Yan was not Marquis Hua Yang’s daughter, and therefore she was not a first daughter of the Hua Yang family.

The whole yard was eerily quiet for a while. No one dared to answer the question!

“Ah, what’s the matter? Why did the situation become so chaotic in only a while?”

Suddenly a voice came from out of the gate of the yard.

Lady Li walked in with a broad smile on her face from the gate, accompanied by several maids and old maidservants. No one could find out that Lady Li had received a punishment of protracted kneeling from the Madam Dowager unless they noticed the stain on the corner of her dress.

Lady Li seemed to have changed her strategy. She carried on a big smile all over her face without any trace of gloominess when she had been defeated and suppressed by Wei Yuewu and Lady Tu in front of the Madam Dowager. She put on a friendly appearance, as if she had really come to solve difficulties for Wei Yuewu.

In fact, Lady Li had just hurriedly come here from the Madam Dowager’s place.

“Help! Second Lady. The Sixth Young Lady is going to beat all of us to death!”

Seeing Lady Li coming, the old maidservant in charge grew more emboldened. She remained on the ground and started to wipe her eyes with a handkerchief and wailed loudly.

“Yuewu, what happened here? You just moved in, why did you gather them all in the yard? Although these people are our servants, they are also living people. Besides, there are so many of them. Calm down and don’t be too angry even if you are really angry.”

Lady Li looked absolutely amazed!

She sounded like she was offering advice and concern, but in truth she was suggesting that Wei Yuewu was so ruthless and vicious that she wanted to punish all the servants in the yard to death on her first day of moving into this courtyard.

“Second Lady, Second Lady… please, please help us.”

After hearing Lady Li’s words, all the maids and old maidservants in the yard started wailing, as if Wei Yuewu really intended to kill every one of them.

Anyone would think that Wei Yuewu was a cruel and merciless person if she got such a reputation on the first day of her returning to the mansion of Marquis Hua Yang.

“Yuewu, what’s the big deal? You can replace them if they don’t serve you well. Why do you have to make them suffer in the cold winter? Somebody, help Nurse Li to get up. She is too old to kneel down in that painful position.”

Lady Li said smilingly as she waved her hand. Two old maidservants came over to help the maidservant in charge to stand up.

Seeing how the Second Lady managed the issue, all the servants became emboldened at once. Many of them pretended to cry without shedding tears, covering their faces with handkerchiefs. All the servants were waiting for the drama to unveil.

“Jin Ling!”

Wei Yuewu’s face turned cold.

Hearing her mistress call her name, Jin Ling took a step forward. She pushed away the two old maidservants and cried out to Lady Li, “Second Lady, my young lady is punishing these despicable servants. Are you intended to prevent her?”