They stood far and couldn’t hear what the people said in the house on fire, but a guard could guess what people said through their mouth patterns. If Qu Moying was here, she would be surprised to find the guard had repeated exactly what they said.
Looking at the scene, the man smiled silently, “Is she the blind daughter born of Qu Zhizhen’s ex-wife? Timid, solitary, and gloomy?”
It was the rumor that the guard told him just now. As expected, the rumor was unbelievable. He saw Qu Moying kick Granny Wang agilely, so he stopped to watch what was going on.
“Your Highness, shall we go to the Crown Prince’s Mansion now?” A guard reminded him quietly. They meant to go to the Crown Prince’s Mansion to see the fun. Something unusual would happen there!
“No hurry!” The man’s eyes sparkled, looked at Qu Moying’s back with a faint smile, and said slowly, “Wait and see!”
Compared to seeing the fun in the Crown Prince’s Mansion, it was more interesting to stay here and watch the Fourth Lady of the Qu Family, who was contradictory to the rumor. He just needed such an agile girl who couldn’t see. Of course, she couldn’t be completely blind. It was good that she was half-blind…
Yu entered. She was in her thirties and looked pretty. Though she was not very young, you could guess how beautiful she was when she was a young girl.
Seeing Yu, Granny Wang felt more confident and began to complain while crying without tears, “Madam, I came here to check the fire and help to put it out as you ordered. But when the Fourth Lady saw me, she gave me two slaps and kicked me.”
She pointed at her face and the hemline of her clothes.
Her white and fat face became red and swollen, and a footprint could be seen clearly on the hemline. They were irrefutable evidence.
“Moying, why did you lose temper with a servant? If you are treated unfairly, just tell me. Don’t make a scene. It’s embarrassing if others see it!” Yu walked to Qu Moying and soothed her softly as if she didn’t see Granny Wang’s grievance.
Yu was really something. She seemed to be on the side of Qu Moying, but what she said indirectly authenticated that Qu Moying was to blame.
“Madam, it means you plan to let off the hateful servant, right?” Qu Moying asked and came back to the topic calmly and naturally.
“Madam, you believe the hateful servant instead of me, don’t you?”
It irritated Yu, but she couldn’t rebuke Qu Moying in public because she needed to be a good mother.
“Now that the servant has made you angry, flog her five times as a punishment to help her remember it.” Yu said casually.
Two senior housemaids behind her came over to draw Granny Wang away.
They flogged Granny Wang five times lightly. They were just putting on an act to spare Qu Moying’s blushes.
Understanding Yu’s trick, Granny Wang began to cry out her grievance, “My Lady, I don’t know how I offended and irritated you. Please tell me clearly.”
Granny Wang shouted as if she was really wronged. Though Yu gave her a punishment of being flogged five times, it was indicated that Granny Wang did nothing wrong, and it was Qu Moying that made trouble. Yu did it to spare Qu Moying’s blushes.
“Madam, don’t you think it is not enough to flog her five times?” Qu Moying looked at hypocritical Yu and Granny Wang and sneered.
Yu was surprised and looked sulky. She was in control of the business in the backyard and was Qu Moying’s stepmother. Disobeyed by Qu Moying repeatedly, she couldn’t repress her anger anymore.
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Reborn to Be A Noble Wife
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