This is…
Nanny Yuan was stunned. She had never been to the Marquis Dingxi’s residence before – this was her first time. Apart from the Marchioness, she didn’t recognize anyone else.
The woman before her was truly a great beauty.
They all said that Marquis Dingxi was lustful and that the concubines and servants he kept were all stunning beauties.
So was this woman one of Marquis Dingxi’s beauties?
Chang Chunlan also heard this sound of laughter. She looked over with tear-blurred eyes. Somehow, seeing this woman’s smiling face, she felt her mind grow hot and her heart skip a beat…
“This lady…” After a moment of shock, Nanny Yuan came to her senses and looked over with a somewhat smiling expression. “I’m from the Liu family, the eldest miss’s in-laws…”
Before she could finish her words, she was interrupted.
“Steward!” Qi Yue suddenly called out loudly.
The steward, who had been hiding somewhere, immediately ran out.
“Are all the people in our household dead?” Qi Yue said with a dark expression as she looked at him.
The steward trembled – being as shrewd as he was, how could he not understand what this meant?
“Young Madam, this is… the Marquis ordered…” He hesitated and explained in a low voice.
Before he could finish speaking, he was spat at.
“Que Zhi.” She no longer looked at the steward and called out.
Que Zhi responded and walked toward Nanny Yuan with a smile.
“So this sister is the Young Madam…” Nanny Yuan had heard the steward’s form of address just now. Her face was full of surprise – surprised that this Young Madam was actually such a beauty. Then her expression turned disdainful. Oh, so this was that beggar Young Madam who was despised by the entire household…
Just as the disdain began to show on her face, she saw the pretty maid who had walked up to her raise her hand.
Slap! A crisp sound rang out.
Everyone on the ground was stunned. Apart from Chang Chunlan and Yan’er’s crying, there was no other sound.
Then came two more slaps – slap, slap.
Nanny Yuan finally came to her senses from the beating, covered her face, and let out a wail.
The young girls didn’t have much strength, but they still managed to make Nanny Yuan’s face turn purple and blue instantly.
“Consider yourself lucky.” Que Zhi looked at her own hands. The long nails she had originally cultivated had all been cut off because she needed to study medicine. Otherwise, these three slaps would definitely have drawn blood.
How could one be worthy of being someone’s maid if one beat people without drawing blood?
“You little hussy!” Nanny Yuan cried out in shock, anger, shame, and pain. “You little hussy! I…”
She raised her hand and swung it toward Que Zhi.
Que Zhi had already run several steps toward Qi Yue’s direction.
“Steward.” Qi Yue called out coldly. “Take a breath and let me have a look.”
This Young Madam’s way of speaking was really… interesting. She truly had the demeanor of our household’s young wastrel master…
The steward swallowed.
“Someone come!” he shouted while waving his hand.
Immediately there were answering voices, and seven or eight servants rushed out.
Qi Yue found it very strange how these people seemed to suddenly emerge from underground. Where had they all been hiding? To be unseen yet able to respond to summons at any time – it really wasn’t easy.
“Bold servant, how dare you offend our Young Madam! Throw her out!” the steward said with authority.
The servants responded in unison and surged toward Nanny Yuan and the others like fierce demons.
Wasn’t it said that this beggar daughter-in-law was worse than a servant in the household?
How was this anything like being worse than a servant? She was clearly more in charge than the Marquis himself!
“Young Madam, Young Madam.” Another nanny became anxious and quickly bowed. “We are from the young lady’s in-laws. We came specially to take the young lady back. The Marquis was also informed.”
The other servant women also hurriedly echoed her words.
Qi Yue, wrapped in her cloak, maintained the same posture throughout, her expression light with a faint smile.
“Is that so?” she said. “So you’re from my elder sister’s in-laws?”
Her gaze fell on Nanny Yuan, who was covering her face with an indignant expression.
“I thought kidnappers and thieves had entered our house.” Qi Yue smiled, looking at the maids on both sides and the steward. “But then I thought, no, that’s not right. Even kidnappers and thieves wouldn’t be so brazenly arrogant, acting as if all the people in our household were dead…”
The steward and servants felt their faces burn with shame from this slap and didn’t dare raise their heads.
The women from the Liu family finally reacted. Their expressions were also surprised. What? From the sound of it, was she going to stand up for justice?
“Young Madam, you’ve misunderstood. It was your Marquis who personally ordered the young lady to be beaten…” Nanny Yuan couldn’t help herself and stepped forward with a cold laugh.
“Misunderstood your head!” Qi Yue suddenly raised her voice, and her face lost its smile. She threw off her cloak and pointed at her with her hand. “What kind of thing are you! How dare you push and beat your own master?”
This sudden change of expression from the beauty stunned everyone.
Chang Chunlan stopped crying and looked at Qi Yue in disbelief.