[Through the Book] The ancestor only wants to live a long life

Eryue and Chunyu were both in the open, and no problems were found. It was only said that a few new maids who came into the mansion spoke ill of Yunluo out of jealousy.

Rong Enqing fined Eryue and Chunyu three months' salary, and fined everyone in Baishou Hall who was at home that day one month's salary as punishment. This was considered to be the end of the matter.

Just when everyone was relieved and the mastermind behind the scene breathed a sigh of relief, Rong Enqing gave the order to housekeeper Li to send out servants to capture three old women and a dozen maids in one fell swoop.

Ever since Yun Ye went to study at Jingnan Academy, he has been leaving home early and coming back late. On this rare day when he had a day off at home, Rong Enqing sent someone to call him to Baishou Hall.

Yun Ye met Zhang, who was also called, at the gate of the courtyard.

"Mother, grandmother, we are here, what are we doing?"

Zhang shook her head gently, "I don't know either."

Zhang's face didn't look very good. She said she didn't know, but she glanced at a maid who was following her.

When the mother and son entered the Baishou Hall, they saw a group of maids kneeling in the yard, with a dozen servants standing guard around them.

Yun Ye was shocked. This scene reminded him of the division of the Marquis' Mansion three months ago.

Zhang's face became even uglier, and the old woman walking behind her secretly wiped the cold sweat from her forehead.

Yun Ye and his mother walked through the crowd of people who were kneeling as punishment and came to the eaves of the main house, where they saw Rong Enqing coming out of the hall.

"You are here."

Rong Enqing's tone was the same as usual, gentle and calm, without any sign of abnormality.

"Mother." "Grandmother." Zhang and Yun Ye bowed respectfully.

Soon, several maids came out behind Rong Enqing, carrying three large nanmu armchairs. They placed them one by one under the eaves of the corridor facing the people who were kneeling in the yard.

Rong Enqing sat down on the chair in the middle and raised his hand to call Zhang and Yun Ye, "You sit down too."

The two men responded and sat down on both sides of Rong Enqing.

Rong Enqing didn't say much to the two of them. After they sat down, he told Meixiang who was standing beside him, "Let's get started."

Meixiang responded, walked out from behind Rong Enqing, bowed to Rong Enqing and the other two, then took a few steps forward, stood on the stone steps, looked down at the people kneeling in the courtyard and said, "Whoever I call, answer. Answer whatever is asked. Anyone who conceals or lies will be severely punished with twenty lashes of the cane and expelled from the mansion. Do you understand?"

The group of people kneeling on the ground trembled, and nodded in panic.

Yun Ye frowned slightly and couldn't help looking at Rong Enqing. Before he could say anything, Rong Enqing gave him a calm look and said calmly, "Just watch."

Yun Ye nodded, suppressed his doubts, and prepared to wait and see what would happen.

On the other side, Zhang seemed to realize something at this moment, and her expression was beyond description. She took a deep look at the old woman beside her, with mixed feelings.

Mei Xiang pointed out the four maids one by one, "Four days ago, it was you who insulted Miss Yun Luo in public, right? I guess you were not wronged in this matter?"

The four maids were pale and trembling. They didn't dare to argue, but kept kowtowing and begging for mercy. "We know we are wrong. Madam, please forgive us!" "We won't dare to do it again!" "We didn't mean it..."

"Shut up." Mei Xiang shouted, stopping the four people's useless pleas for mercy, and admonished them sternly: "You answer what I ask. Do you understand?"

"Yes." "I understand." The four of them nodded quickly and dared not beg for mercy anymore.

"Let me ask you, who taught you those words that you said?" Meixiang said sternly.

The four of them bit their lips, looking at each other, and for a moment, no one spoke.

Mei Xiang sneered and shouted to the servants beside her: "Drag them away and give each of them ten strokes of the board first, and then I will ask more questions."

Seeing that the servants around were about to come forward to take the person away, the four men no longer dared to hesitate and spat out.

The four men said as they pointed to the others kneeling in the crowd.

Four people pointed out three little maids. Two of them pointed at the same little maid.

The three little maids who were pointed out were immediately startled, crying and shouting that they were innocent and began to beg for mercy.

Meixiang stopped them again and repeated the rules in a stern voice: "Whoever I call out must answer. If you dare to cry and beg for mercy again, I will take you out and beat you before you can talk. Did you hear me clearly?"

Everyone responded in unison. The maids didn't dare to cry anymore.

Meixiang then went on to ask the three maids where they heard what they had told the previous people.

The three maids pointed out other people.

In this way, the source of the rumor was traced one by one, and finally, it was pointed to the three old women who were brought here.

Yun Ye looked at the group of people kneeling in the yard in shock. After pointing them out many times, he found that everyone in the yard had said or spread gossip about Yun Luo.

Therefore, the grandmother had actually found out the truth of the matter a long time ago. Now she called him and his mother over to interrogate them again. In fact, it was specifically for them to hear, right?

He also knew that Yunluo was injured a few days ago. Although he was not at home at the time, he went to see Yunluo immediately after returning home in the evening.

He also asked about the specific circumstances of Yun Luo's injury. He originally thought it was an accident, but he didn't expect there to be other details.

He originally wanted to inquire about it personally, but his grandmother asked him to focus on his studies and said that he didn't need to worry about such a small matter and that she would inform him directly when there was any news.

He was not surprised that his grandmother had found out the truth about Yun Luo's injury in four days. What surprised him was why his grandmother went to such great lengths to interrogate him in public.

Suddenly, Yun Ye felt a strong sense of uneasiness in his heart.

Sure enough, Meixiang was heard questioning the three maids, "Tell me, who told you these things?"

The three maids trembled their lips. After a long while, one of them said hesitantly, "No, no one told us. We just drank a few glasses of wine and talked nonsense."

Meixiang pointed at the old woman and shouted to the servant beside her: "Drag her out and give her ten beatings."

The old woman trembled all over, but she argued firmly: "Miss Meixiang, I am telling the truth, why did you let someone beat me?"

Mei Xiang sneered: "Whether it is true or not, we will tell you after beating him. Drag him away!"

Two strong servants hurried forward and dragged the man out.

Seeing that Meixiang was serious, the old woman shouted, "I am the mistress's companion, a member of the Zhang family, not a servant of your Shun'an Marquis's Mansion! How dare you hit me?"

The two servants didn't care what the old woman was shouting about and quickly dragged her out of the yard.

As they were about to leave the yard, the old woman became anxious and shouted, "Madam, Madam, please save this old slave! Young Marquis, please save this old slave!"

Zhang's face was cold and she remained silent.

Yun Ye's face was as gloomy as water and he said nothing.

Mei Xiang sneered and said sarcastically, "Madam's companion is no longer a servant of Shun'an Marquis's Mansion? Just for this sentence, you deserve to die!"

Then he raised his voice and shouted, "Give him twenty lashes of the cane."

Soon, the old woman was dragged outside, and soon the sound of beating with a stick and the old woman's screams were heard from outside the wall.

After a few beatings, the old woman's screams turned into pleas for mercy.

Then, the begging for mercy disappeared, leaving only the dull sound of the beating.

Soon, the beating was over, and the old woman was dragged back by two servants like a dead dog and thrown to the ground.

The old woman's back was covered in blood and she lay limp on the ground, breathing more than she was breathing in.