After the rebirth of the wronged soft girl, the devil's crematorium

Su Wan stared at the chaos in the yard with stern eyes.

The two people fighting were Qiaohui, a second-class maid who had just been recruited into Qin's courtyard, and Yu Luo from his own courtyard.

Qiao Hui tugged at Yu Luo fiercely, cursing, "The eldest young master's wife is considered half the master of this mansion. Even the second young master's wife doesn't dare to say anything, and you, a lowly fellow, dare to talk about the master's faults! Today I'll make you bleed so you know what the rules are!"

The leader was away, and the others gathered in a circle in the yard to watch the fun. As Yu Luo began to lose ground, the group pretended to try to stop her, which gave Qiao Hui an opportunity. She yanked Yu Luo's hair. At that moment, the sound of slaps and shouts mixed together.

Liuyan shouted again: "Stop it!"

When the people around saw their master coming back, they all retreated in disappointment, but Qiao Hui seemed not to have heard anything and kept grabbing Yu Luo's hair.

At this moment, Liu Shang ran over and was shocked by the scene. He had only been out for a moment, and it had turned into such a mess!

Seeing Su Wan gave him a look, Liu Shang separated the two of them and pulled Qiao Hui's clothes.

Gave him a hard slap.

"You dare to hit me?" Qiaohui covered the numb half of her face and glared at Liushang.

Liu Shang didn't say anything, just stood aside silently. Qiao Huifang realized it only after hearing the footsteps and hurriedly moved to the side.

Su Wan walked over slowly, and when she passed by Qiaohui, she trembled all over.

Is there something cold about the young lady?

Su Wan stood in the corridor, quietly taking in the scene before her. Besides her two first-class maids, Nanny Li, and Yu Luo, everyone else was arranged by Qin and Wen.

The atmosphere was tense for a moment. Qiao Hui, who was sitting below, had no idea when Su Wan had arrived, nor how much she had heard. Although she was nervous, she was now by the side of the eldest young master's wife. What could a spineless person with no status do to her?

Qiao Hui covered her face with her hands and smiled faintly, "Greetings to the Second Young Master's wife."

Su Wan raised an eyebrow, "Does it hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt. It's our fault for disturbing you."

Su Wan sat on the cushion Liuyan had placed on the steps and asked, "What happened? Why are you so angry?"

Although Su Wan's voice was neither fast nor slow, it sounded inexplicably powerful.

Qiao Hui's heart sank. "It was Yu Luo who didn't know the rules and made irresponsible remarks about her master. As her elder sister, I gave her a few words of advice, but she got angry."

"Oh?" Su Wan stared at the people below with a smile.

"No way!" Yu Luo shouted, causing Qiao Hui to frown.

"They were the ones who said bad things about the young lady. I just gave them a few reminders and they chased me and beat me." Yu Luo cried.

"What did you say?"

"I went to help Sister Liushang pack her things. But they said that the young lady was meddling by collecting the dowry. They also said that the young lady was clearly not favored, yet she dared to offend the eldest young lady." Yu Luo felt more and more aggrieved as they continued, "The young lady is good-for-nothing and petty!"

Su Wan pressed her eyebrows to show that she was a little embarrassed, but there was no need to be so honest.

"You're talking nonsense. Stop stirring up trouble here." Qiaohui pointed at Yu Luo and threatened angrily.

"What? You're trying to interrogate her on my behalf before I, the master, even give the order. Otherwise, how about you take on the role of young lady?" Su Wan sat there with a lazy look on her face, but with a cold air.

Qiao Hui realized something was wrong and quickly knelt down and said, "What are you talking about? How dare I?"

"Why wouldn't I dare? You taught my people a lesson, and you even control a worthless wife like me. You act so arrogantly, like a master even more than I do."

Qiao Hui hurriedly said, "Please forgive me, Madam. I only disciplined her rashly because I saw she was unruly. I know I was wrong."

This is angry.

"You said she has no rules, so where are you wrong?"

"Slave, slave"

Seeing the person on the ground hesitating, Su Wan said, "Liu Shang, you go and tell her."

"Yes!" Liu Shang stepped forward, "It is a crime to speak ill of the master, it is a crime to disturb the courtyard, and it is even more of a crime to act beyond one's authority."

Qiaohui's face turned pale and beads of sweat appeared on her forehead due to nervousness.

"You said you disciplined her, but who are you?"

"I was wrong, please forgive me, Madam! I will go and apologize to the eldest Madam."

Su Wan laughed out loud, "It's clearly me who was offended, yet you bring up my sister-in-law. What's your crime in repeatedly sowing discord between me and my sister-in-law?"

"Yu Luo, do you think she has the right to control you?"

Yu Luo shook his head.

"In that case, no matter how much she hits you, you hit her back."

Upon hearing this, everyone below looked at Su Wan.

After a moment's silence, seeing Su Wan's indescribably cold eyes, Yu Luo did not dare to disobey and raised his hand to hit her.

"Pa!" The piercing sound made those people feel uneasy. What was wrong with the young lady? Even Li Ma, who had just returned from work, was shocked to see this scene.

Until Yu Luo stopped, Su Wan said with a restrained expression, "Liu Shang, what crime has she committed by trying to sow discord between the master and the master?"

"You've alienated the master and disturbed the harem. According to the Duke's Mansion's rules, the punishment is thirty canings at the very least, and even selling off the body at the worst!"

Qiaohui suddenly looked up and saw that Su Wan's eyes were no longer the same as before. She felt that a disaster was about to happen.

"Young Madam, I was wrong! Please forgive me this time."

Su Wan held her forehead and said, "Selling her won't work, but how can you beat such a delicate girl like this?"

Hearing that Su Wan was kind-hearted, Qiaohui immediately felt relieved. After all, she was easy to talk to, and he couldn't really kill her.

"In that case, why don't you kowtow here and apologize?" Su Wan stood up and said condescendingly, "Just now I heard you scold Yu Luo, saying that you would make her head bleed. I have never seen what that looks like."

Qiaohui froze there, but when she met those eyes, her whole body trembled uncontrollably and she couldn't utter a word.

Su Wan's eyes were devoid of pity. She looked at the maids who were joining in the fun at the foot of the stone steps. "You guys, not only are you not trying to stop the fight, you're also adding fuel to the fire. It seems this yard can't accommodate you anymore."

"Give yourself twenty slaps! Then hand it over to the eldest young lady for disposal."

"Linglong, go explain the situation to Auntie, and then tell her that I'm free tonight and can help her look at the account books. Please ask her to ask Suixin to help me."

The maid Linglong lowered her head and responded, then hurried out of the yard.

After the matter was resolved, the master and his servants closed the door.

"I checked. Over the past six months, the eldest young lady's wife has frequently come to our shop to pick up things. She was always giving gifts to the wives of officials, which is nothing unusual. But when I checked the accounts, I also discovered that she once had one of our people deliver something to a merchant. That merchant was a commoner living in the south of the city."

Su Wan frowned. This was the reason why she asked Nanny Li to check the shops. Qin occupied several of her shops and often used her things to buy other people's favors. Su Wan thought that there might be something shameful about this, and it turned out to be true!

There was a distinction between the gentry and the common people in Dachang, and Qin wanted to blame the common people for the gifts she gave them.

"Let Manager Liu investigate."

"Yes."

……

After dinner, Su Wan and Liu Shang followed Sui Xin to Qin's villa, where she usually worked.

When they entered the house, Su Wan took a look around and felt that the room was too dark, so she asked Sui Xin to go out and add more lights.

After Sui Xin left the yard, Su Wan signaled Liu Shang to go out and watch.

After no one was in the room, Su Wan first looked through the internal accounts of the Duke's Mansion.

As she had imagined, the Duke's Mansion was luxurious on the outside, but poor on the inside. It was just that Wen's housekeeper was truly capable, keeping the inner courtyard impeccably maintained, but Qin's was less so.

Just as she was thinking, she suddenly heard a noise outside. Su Wan frowned and walked out, only to find the courtyard door closed and the surroundings in complete silence. She called out to Liu Shang, but no one responded.

"Meow!" The sudden cat's meow made Su Wan shudder. When she looked up, she found that the cat seemed to have been driven away after just one meow.

Su Wan clutched her hairpin tightly and walked cautiously back into the house, closing the door. She sniffed and looked up to see a tall figure looming over her.

Su Wan frowned and opened the door with force. Just as she was about to speak, a pair of hands suddenly covered her mouth, "Be quiet!"