May this scumbag husband, who favored his concubine over his wife, rest in peace.

Sure enough, although the old lady's expression was unpleasant, after a long while, she still sighed, "Qianjiao..."

Xie Qianjiao's eyelashes trembled slightly.

Even though Aunt Qiu had run into trouble, Wen Yuanshu managed to turn the tide with just a few words, which was something she hadn't expected at all.

She painstakingly set up the platform, but failed to harm Wen Yuanshu in the slightest, and even almost lost her own trusted confidante...

"Aunt..." Xie Qianjiao's voice trembled slightly, and she almost knelt down. "After all, Caiwei has been by my side since she was a child. Even if she has made a mistake, please forgive her for the sake of the many years of friendship between Caiwei and me!"

However, this decision really cannot be made by the old lady.

After all, Wen Yuanshu is the mistress of the house, and this matter is aimed at her. In addition, Wen Yuanshu did not intend to ask the old lady to make the decision. Therefore, both in terms of sentiment and reason, it is up to Wen Yuanshu to decide.

Even so, the old lady still turned to look at Wen Yuanshu: "Yuanshu, you have been wronged in this matter, but Caiwei has served Qianjiao for so many years and has made contributions and worked hard. In my opinion, it is better to send her away and save outsiders from saying that you are heartless."

“Mother-in-law, it’s not that your daughter-in-law is heartless,” Wen Yuanshu said, “but today someone has committed insubordination and even used such methods to frame us. If we don’t punish them severely, what if everyone follows suit in the future?”

"If someone dares to lay a hand on me, the mistress of the house, will someone dare to lay a hand on the Marquis and you, my mother-in-law, in the future? This concerns the Marquis's mansion, so please be careful, my mother-in-law."

Upon hearing this, the old lady pursed her lips and remained silent.

Caiwei slumped to the side, her face drained of color.

"Wen Yuanshu, how cruel you are!" Xie Qianjiao said through gritted teeth, her eyes red. "I refuse to believe that you would punish your maid so severely for doing something wrong!"

Wen Yuanshu finally looked at her and couldn't help but laugh: "Miss Xie, right now it's your maid who has done something wicked, you can't make baseless accusations."

"Moreover, it's hard to say whether your maid is acting on someone else's orders. Miss Xie, you'd better not speak."

Xie Qianjiao gritted her teeth, but truly dared not utter a single word.

Everyone looked at each other.

How did the wind direction change so quickly?

The old lady sighed again.

She seemed tired and waved her hand, saying, "Forget it, you can handle this yourself."

This is a family matter of the third branch of the family. Since the old lady and Zhang Mama have left, it is not appropriate for the other two branches to stay.

Chunhua looked at Caiwei kneeling on the ground, her face filled with undisguised disgust: "Madam, what should we do with this person?"

Wen Yuanshu glanced at Caiwei indifferently, then looked at Xie Qianjiao, and finally said only indifferently, "Kill her with a cane."

Wen Yuanshu calmly decided Caiwei's fate, not at all afraid of others saying she was heartless.

Caiwei was beaten to death in court, her screams carrying far and wide, making Xie Qianjiao's heart tremble.

She fled back to her own courtyard as if fleeing, and then ordered someone to guard it.

It wasn't that she was heartless and unwilling to help today, but rather that she simply had no reason to save Caiwei.

The mistake was real, the order came from the mistress of the Marquis's mansion, and the person who did it was someone Wen Yuanshu brought from the General's mansion. Even the old lady didn't say anything, so how could it be her turn as a concubine?

Xie Qianjiao clenched her teeth until a metallic sweetness rose in her mouth.

At this moment, the person she had sent returned with a pale face: "Madam, Miss Caiwei... has already passed away."

Xie Qianjiao's vision went black.

Caiwei, who grew up with her since childhood, is gone just like that!

Xie Qianjiao took several deep breaths, barely managing to suppress the overwhelming hatred in her heart.

Wen Yuanshu!

Even if she had planned it first, Wen Yuanshu was still unharmed!

Since nothing happened, couldn't you just let it go? How could she be so cruel as to beat someone to death?

Xie Qianjiao gritted her teeth, her gaze inadvertently falling on the person who had returned with the message: "Give the order to give Caiwei a proper burial!"