Qiulian felt a little flustered when she saw that her thoughts were being told. She lowered her head and said, "I am unjustly accused. It is clearly Xiaokui who did something wrong, but why does the young lady blame it on me?"
Xiao Jialan snorted coldly: "You are really sharp-tongued. You said I wronged you, but when I first came to the Duke's Mansion, I had no grudge against you, so why should I wrong you.
There are so many maids in this palace, why should I target you?"
Qiulian stammered: "It's Xiaokui. She must have spoken ill of the slave in front of the lady, which made the lady misunderstand the slave."
"Oh."
Xiao Jialan sneered: "You have just admitted that you have no grudge against Xiaokui. Since there is no enmity, why would she say bad things about you?"
Qiulian couldn't answer, so Xiao Jialan didn't talk nonsense to her and gave an order: "Xiao Kui, go slap me."
Although Xiaokui is timid, she is not stupid. She knew that she was targeted by Qiulian and almost made a mistake.
She walked over tremblingly, but she didn't dare to make a move.
Xiao Jialan said: "Hit."
Xiaokui raised her hand and slapped her hard, but she was timid after all, so this slap didn't use much strength.
Xiao Jialan said: "Hit hard."
Xiaokui didn't dare to disobey the order and slapped her hard again.
Qiulian fell to the ground. She looked at Xiaokui and said angrily: "I won't let you go."
When Xiao Jialan saw that Qiulian still didn't regret it, she said: "Keep fighting."
Xiaokui has gained experience and is no longer afraid. Moreover, she is used to doing rough work and has plenty of strength.
Qiulian's screams were heard, but no one around her dared to intercede for her.
Mother Liu is a smart person. Knowing that Qiulian made a mistake, she naturally did not dare to step forward to protect her.
Others didn't know it, but she knew that the young lady she had found was the heart of the Duke's mansion.
Ye Jinming got the news and heard that Xiao Jialan was giving a lesson, so he rushed over and saw Xiaokui slapping Qiulian.
He came over and asked, "What's going on?"
Seeing Ye Jinming grasping at straws, Qiulian shouted: "Your Majesty, help me, the young lady wants to beat this slave to death."
Xiao Jialan stood up and said: "Brother, it's not that I have a problem with a maid, but that this maid named Qiulian deceived the master.
Xiaokui went to the warehouse to get tea, but what she brought back was moldy tips.
After asking carefully, I found out that the tea was given to Xiaokui by Qiulian, and she also lied to her that it was from the warehouse roof.
I knew exactly what she had in mind, but I didn't expect the servants of the Duke's Mansion to be so bold.
She thinks I come from a rural background and cannot taste the quality of tea."
Ye Jinming's expression changed after hearing this. He looked at Qiu Lian, whose cheek was red and swollen after being beaten, and said, "Sister, you are too kind. What's the use of keeping such a smart maid who doesn't take her master seriously?"
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Then he said to the servants: "Pull the man down, beat him twenty times with a cane, and then send him out.
Let all the servants in the mansion watch and tell them that this is the result of disrespecting the master."
Hearing this, Xiao Jialan took Ye Jinming's arm and said, "Is this punishment too severe?"
Ye Jinming said: "Even if you let her go, she won't be grateful. What's the use of keeping such a person?"
Xiao Jialan agrees with this. In her previous life, she treated Qiulian with all her heart.
But just because she missed the relationship between master and servant, she did not deal with it when she discovered that Qiu Lian had an affair, which led to the tragedy that followed.
She knew Qiulian's character very well. This maid's heart was as high as the sky. She was punishing her today. If she kept her in the house, she would definitely become a hidden danger.