The Dreamer in the Spring Boudoir

Chapter 93: A woman's cheap tricks

Ah Zi as well as the other servant girls were terrified. They hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, "Old Madame, please calm down. We didn't say those words with malicious intent..."

Errong harrumphed. "If you can say those type of words when you don't have any malicious intentions, then what will you be capable of if you have malicious intention? Old Madame, you definitely can't tolerate the presence of these servants. They've already climbed onto top of their master's head. Are the rules of what's right and wrong going to be completely thrown out the window?"

The four kneeling servant girls trembled.

Ji Man didn't have any intention of helping them. She had gathered them together so she could get rid of them in one swoop like gathering garbage into a bag before throwing it out. Today, they had practically thrown themselves in front of a shooting range. She wouldn't even have to do anything now.

"Danggui, fetch their servitude contracts and have take them away." Old Madame's tone was harsh with no wiggle room.

Behind them, the other servants heard Old Madame's orders and started dragging these servant girls away.

When Ah Zi was being pulled passed Nie Sangyu, she grabbed the edge of her skirt. "Madam, please show mercy! Please spare this servant!"

Ji Man lightly pulled her skirt away and directed a slight smile at her as she said, "Sorry, I'm a Scorpio."

She wasn't stupid enough to show mercy to someone that was walking on a different path than her.

Ah Zi clearly didn't understand what her words meant. After she blankly looked at her for a moment, another servant pulled her away.

Standing behind Nie Sangyu, Tanxiang slightly trembled. Perhaps, this trembling was because of fright or anger. Regardless, she was definitely glad that she had followed Nie Sangyu here. Otherwise, she would have been dealt with in the same way as those servant girls.

In a somewhat apologetic one, Old Madame said to Nie Xiangyuan, "Sorry for letting you see this embarrassing sight. I'll assign more sensible servants to Sangyu's courtyard."

Nie Xiangyuan nodded. "Old Madame, you've always favored Sangyu. With you protecting her, this old one doesn't need to worry."

Gancao and Dengxin went to fetch the boiling water. Danggui prepared the tea.

The group of people returned to Sangyu's outer room to sit down and continue talking. There was easy conversation and laughter. The mood was quite good.

Ji Man thought; as expected, your own maiden family was different. Her problem had easily been resolved by their visit. Now, she just had to wait to see how Wen Wan would react when she came back and saw that almost all of her helpers had been taken away. Would she still be able to maintain her well-behaved, docile act?

Old Madame had been the one that personally caught these servant girls in the act of speaking badly of their master. The princess consort probably wouldn't have the face to come here to plead on their behalf. Ji Man had started feeling suspicious since the crown princess's visit during the Lantern Festival. Did Wen Wan's sudden change have something to do with the crown princess? However, she didn't have any evidence. She couldn't just go up to her and ask, "Where's your household's supply of that slow-acting poison? Did you use it up? Had Wen Wan used the trick of injuring herself to gain the marquis's sympathy?"

Although this likelihood was very high, this guess was useless without evidence. It would be a better use of her time to cut off the connecting lines between Wen Wan and the crown princess. If it really was the crown princess that was secretly giving Wen Wan advice, then let's see how she would direct Wen Wan's actions without those servant girls.