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  Chapter 16: The Cost

  Chapter 80: Establishing Prestige

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  When Chu Ke'er was combing her hair, she saw Lianzi looking at her several times, wanting to speak but stopping herself. Feeling strange in her heart, she thought about what she wanted to say and asked: "What do you want to say?"

  "Lotus seed's mouth opened a few times, and then smiled awkwardly, saying 'No, look at the girl's complexion now... it's much better than before.'"

  Chu Ke understood, it was probably Lotus who sent Sun Cheng home yesterday. Sun Cheng told her what happened, and based on San's temperament when she served him before, it was absolutely impossible for him to do such a thing. Lotus couldn't even imagine the scene of breaking Sun Cheng's wrist and stepping on his foot. But Lotus believed Sun Cheng's words, thinking that he wouldn't lie, so Lotus became confused and at a loss, not knowing who to believe.

  Chu Ke didn't have the energy to explain things to her, and Lotus might be the first one to be picked up today, so she couldn't be bothered to explain. After combing her hair, Lotus went out and instructed someone at the door to bring breakfast over.

  The eighth treasure outside responded with a sound, and hurriedly went away. But Lotus seed didn't, instead she stood at the door and shouted loudly "What are you doing standing here? Don't hurry up to sweep the yard?"

  Qingguo was muttering a response outside, and Chuke heard that it wasn't over yet. Qingguo hadn't moved too slowly to provoke Lianzi or something else, when he heard the sound of the door curtain being heavily dropped. Then, from outside came a low, scolding voice, as well as Qingguo's soft "aiyo aiyo" cries. Chuke was so angry that she slammed down her cup and shouted, "What's going on?!"

  The commotion outside stopped, and after a while, Lianzi came in with a gloomy face. She didn't explain what had just happened, but instead tidied up the table, and then Baba brought in breakfast.

  Chu Ke drank a bowl of porridge, found a book and held it in her arms on the kang, waiting for someone to arrive.

  Before long, the expected person arrived.

  "Lotus seed has arrived."

  Chu Xue put down the book and got off the kang, welcoming her to the door of the main house. Chu Gaoshi walked in, followed by a group of maidservants.

  "My daughter has met your wife." Chu Keji stepped forward and paid her respects.

  Chu Gaoshi nodded and stretched out her hand to help her up, but didn't make a sound as she walked away to take the upper seat.

  Chu Kui stood up straight, Chu Gaoshi came here today to establish her authority, and naturally she wouldn't be as cautious and reserved as she usually was when following Old Lady Chu. Looking at Chu Gaoshi's face, which normally wore a flattering smile, but now looked stern, Chu Kui actually felt a bit worried for her.

  Have you had breakfast?

  Chu Ke sat down, nodded slightly and ate. She heard the door curtain rustling, looked towards the door and saw Mrs. Men quietly walking in and sitting down on a small stool at the entrance. Looking at her demeanor, she was very low-key and didn't draw attention to herself. It seemed that Old Lady was afraid that Chu Gaoshi couldn't handle things over here, so she sent someone to supervise, but didn't want people to notice that Old Lady was worried about Chu Gaoshi not being able to handle things over here, so she had quietly dispatched a few servants.

  "What's up?"

  "Reading a book." Chu Ke said with a smile, thinking to herself that it was about time for the Madame to arrive, because Chu Gaoshi alone might not be able to handle the people on this side.

  Chu Gaoshi casually picked up the book and flipped through it, nodding her head, seemingly unintentionally reaching out to touch the teapot.

  Chu Xue saw it, but didn't say a word, she's looking for trouble now.

  Lotus seed smiled very politely and asked: "Would you like some tea, madam?"

  Chu Gaoshi touched the teapot and it was still cool, so she said, "Didn't you make tea for the young lady?"

  Lotus seed hurriedly accompanied the smiling girl without saying a word...

  "Chu Gaoshi suddenly slammed the book shut and looked up at her, saying 'Who gave you such a big nerve?'"

  Lotus seed was taken aback, feeling that something was amiss today, but ultimately because she was used to Chu Ke's laziness and slowness, this new one seemed weak and easy to bully. She didn't think she had committed a serious offense, so her attitude was somewhat casual, yet she still smiled and explained: "This servant wouldn't dare say anything out of turn, Miss doesn't usually drink tea in the morning, so there's no need to brew any. Besides, Miss just drank a bowl of bird's nest congee and ate rice, but then didn't move around, only sitting on the kang reading books, which isn't good for digestion. Eating and drinking too much now would be bad for both the intestines and stomach, this servant is also thinking of Miss."

  Chu Ke's head was lowered, almost laughing out loud. Lianzi probably still had a dream, thinking that things were still the same as before, and that the two maidservants who bullied her were still good to bully, but hadn't they made her suddenly realize?

  "Chu Gaoshi originally wanted to calmly hand over the old lady's affairs, but this servant girl's sharp tongue and quick wit made her furious. She coldly laughed and said: 'Good, you're indeed a clever servant girl! So it seems that it's not our young mistress's fault, nor mine, but rather we masters are being wronged, wronging this loyal and diligent servant girl.'"

  Lotus seed is still smiling and saying in a low voice, "How dare I, a humble servant..."

  Before the words were finished, Men at the door couldn't help but get up and give a wink to the maid next to Chu Gaoshi. The maid had been instructed beforehand, so she reacted immediately, rushed over and gave Lianzi a hard slap, saying "Madam, how dare you talk back!"

  The crisp slap frightened all the servants and maids in the house into a daze.

  The lotus seed was slapped by a palm and immediately fell to the ground, both shocked and terrified, momentarily stunned, looking at the crowd not knowing how to react.

  Chu Gaoshi saw that Men Shi was hinting at the maid to take action, and she was certain that Men Shi thought she was being too soft. Here, Men Shi was like the old lady's eyes, calling her "old lady", even a few maids couldn't clean up neatly, wasn't it questioning her ability to manage things?

  Having thought of this, I immediately gave up the idea of handling it calmly and decided to deal with it hastily. I raised my eyebrows and asked loudly, "Who is the person in charge here? I've been here for so long, but you're even more arrogant than me?"

  The lotus seed has been beaten to kneel on the ground, and now dare not make a sound. Ba Bao and Bai Guo look at me, I look at them, everyone can see that today's scene is specially designed to clean up these few people, so now they are all shrinking back, no one dares to take the lead.

  They didn't dare to come out, and Chu Gao's family wouldn't let them off easily either. "Loudly calling the maids who were waiting in the house, which ones are they?"

  "'Plop plop' Ba Bao and Bai Guo immediately knelt down as slaves..."

  Qing Guo also knelt down, his mouth mumbling and unable to make a sound, just kneeling behind the crowd.

  "Are you all dead? Why don't you answer when asked? Which one is the busybody?"

  Babao, who was usually the first to speak up after Lianzi, remained silent this time, as if she didn't care about what was happening, trying to avoid taking responsibility.

  "Bai Guo was so angry that she blurted out: 'The housekeeper is from the Sun Cheng family. She fell down and sprained her wrist yesterday, and now she's still lying in bed at their place.'"

  Lotus seed suddenly looked up at her.

  Chu Gaoshi coldly smiled and said: "Who will go invite Sun Cheng's family's sedan chair?"

  The two maidservants behind her loudly responded and immediately left. Meanwhile, Chu Gaoshi continued to ask, "Who is the senior maid?"

  "Lotus seed can't be helped, hastily kowtowing servant is... originally there was also a lotus leaf, going to the Duke's mansion..."

  "Who is the second-class maid?" Chu Gaoshi asked sternly without waiting for her to finish.

  Babao and Baiguo hastily kowtowed, "We are your slaves."

  "These girls used to be so gentle and kind, but now they've become so spoiled that they dare to climb onto the master's head. They even dare to spread rumors about the mistress everywhere, and those around her also dare to take things from her as if she were a servant. When one of them fell down, it attracted a crowd of people crying and wailing in the mistress' room, pushing the real master out into the wind."

  As soon as this was said, Lianzi, Babao and Baiguo were all frightened and kowtowed. Lianzi cried out, "Who is talking nonsense? We servants are not without our station, we are still the young lady's people. How could we dare to casually take things that belong to the young lady, let alone speak idle chatter about her? We are by the young lady's side every day, and whenever we hear others speaking ill of her, we rush to stop them before they can even finish speaking. Would we ourselves speak ill of our own young lady? Yesterday was truly frightening, Sun Mama's wrist injury was severe. We few young ones have limited experience, and when we saw Sun Mama in such pain, we were all frightened out of our wits. All we could think about was to quickly help her up and take her back home. Who would have thought that Sun Mama's pain would be so intense, and the few of us couldn't even lift her up?"

  Chu Gaoshi sneered Today can be considered to have seen the eloquent and sharp-tongued ones. Every sentence is not daring, every voice is wronged, but I say one sentence, dare to top ten sentences.

  Lotus seed cried unjustly, Ba Bao and Bai Guo listened to the meaning of Chu Gao's family, others said it was not right, the two did not dare to speak.

  Chu Gaoshi pointed at Lianzi, but before she could say anything about dealing with her, her two daughters-in-law dragged in Sun Chengjia's wife. As soon as they entered the door, they threw Sun Chengjia's wife to the ground. One of the daughters-in-law accused, "This woman is really hateful! The servant girls went to call the mistress, but she just lay on the bed and refused to get up, making excuses."

  Sun Cheng's family was dragged all the way, presumably because of yesterday's incident. She fell to the ground and started kowtowing wildly, wailing: "Madam, you can see that I'm really being wronged! Yesterday, the young lady not only broke my wrist but also trampled on it, now it's broken and I really can't get up!"

  Chu Gaoshi saw those old people who had passed away, and the fire immediately rose up. She had long wanted to deal with these people, but today she was still following the orders of the old lady, coming openly and fairly to deal with them, could it be that they would be lightly spared?

  "Sneering, she said that it was the young lady's fault. Our family has a weak and fragile wrist? Ridiculous! This shrewd woman usually shows off her authority in front of the young lady, never putting the master in her eyes. I had someone invite her, but she dared to be slow and made excuses. After arriving, instead of apologizing, she actually slandered our master."

  "Sun Chengjia cried out loudly, 'It's really unjust! My wrist is broken, can this be faked? I have been diligent and hardworking by Miss's side, no merit but all hard work, yet Miss doesn't appreciate it and instead treats me with such viciousness...'"

  Men Sheng could not help but jump out, pointing at Sun Cheng's house and shouting loudly: "With such a bold and evil slave like this, the maidservant next to Third Young Miss dare to imitate her and be disrespectful to Third Young Miss. If people like this are not dealt with, they will turn the world upside down!"

  Chu Gao was enraged by Men Shi's words and slammed his fist on the table, shouting "Get someone to drag Sun Cheng's family out and beat them up!"

  The two old women who had been dragging Sun Chengjia's family just stood at the side, and without anyone else coming forward, they rushed up and dragged out Sun Chengjia's family, who were loudly wailing.

  Sun Cheng's family was shouting without any dignity, and soon they heard him talking nonsense outside, crying and shouting to go with them.

  Chu Gaoshi's anger was about to drive her mad, and she gritted her teeth at the old woman, saying "Shut your mouth..."

  Today, eight out of ten old ladies who followed Chu Gao's wife were from the old lady's side. They were all gloomy and somber. Before Chu Gao's wife said how many boards to hit, they just kept hitting until they were dead silent. Even the sound of the boards was muffled, and after a while, there wasn't even a single sound coming from outside.

  Chu Xue looked at Men Shi's eyebrows jumping straight up, and was almost overjoyed.

  Chu Gaoshi didn't even bother to deal with Sun Chengjia's family, and instead pointed at Lotus and said "Take her away and sell her to the old women outside"

  "Lotus seed cried out, 'Madam, it's really unjust! Madam, please spare me! Miss, miss, please intercede for me...' and was dragged away."

  Chu Gaoshi turned her head and stared at Bai Guo and Ba Bao. The two were so frightened that they shrank back, cowering on the ground without daring to lift their heads. Chu Gaoshi said coldly, "You two are demoted to third-class maids, still serving under Miss's command. From now on, I will only listen to Miss's words. If it's good, we'll keep you; if not, we'll sell you off."

  Babao and Baiguo had originally thought they would be sold like Lianzi, but now that they were spared, they were both grateful and tearfully kowtowed to thank them.

  "Mrs. Chu was about to continue scolding, but Madam Meng coughed lightly and the servant girl beside Mrs. Chu hastily stepped forward, smiling as she persuaded her mistress to calm down first. Another quick-witted maid hurriedly brought over a cup of tea for her, which the servant girl handed to Mrs. Chu with both hands, saying 'It's not worth getting angry over these little rascals and ruining your health.' She then pointed at Ba Bao and Bai Guo, who were kneeling on the ground, and scolded them as 'A group of thoughtless ones'."

  After a moment, Chu Gaoshi understood that Men Shi was reminding her to stop here and not drive everyone in the house away. She took a sip of tea, pretending to calm down, and with a stern gaze swept over the several maids kneeling below, warning them: "From now on, be careful with every word and action, if anyone is unclear or dissatisfied, I'll skin you all alive."

  "The slaves will not dare to be lazy again, from now on they will serve the young lady with all their heart and soul, and will never be lazy again." Bai Guo Ba Bao said repeatedly, Qing Guo followed behind him and stuttered a few words. (If you like this work, welcome to subscribe, reward, your support is my greatest motivation.)

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