The Virtuous Wife

Chapter 8: Punishing the Slave

Soon after Su Wei had lunch that day, he returned to the Hou Mansion alone. Before leaving, he left his two capable guards to the brother and sister. He also told them to take good care of their mother and let Su Ming study hard when he had nothing to do, and not to slack off!

Five days had passed in a blink of an eye. During these five days, Gu and Jingyi tried every means to pour out the medicine juice, without a drop. Su Ming didn't understand at first, but later he changed his mind. After all, he was the legitimate son of a big family. Although he had not experienced anything personally, he would still hear something.

Gu only brought two capable maids and two maids to recuperate. This was also the old lady's intention. She said that too many people would disturb her recuperation. Besides, there was no shortage of servants on the farm, so they could be directly assigned to anything. Gu didn't think there was anything wrong at the beginning, but now she thought that she had taken it lightly.

Not to mention that most of the people on the farm were the old lady's spies, just to say that there was a maid and a maid around her who were not of the same mind as her. It's a pity that when Gu knew about it, she was already under house arrest in this manor, and there was nothing she could do. Now that her own children are here, the situation is naturally different.

Although most of the people in the manor have benefited from the old lady, none of them are stupid. This one is the second son of the Hou Mansion, and the other is the only daughter of the manor. These are all future masters! Who knows if the Hou Lord will give this manor to one of them when he is happy one day. The people in this manor dare not neglect Gu's mother and son, fearing that they will accidentally offend the future master.

After a few days, although Gu still coughed from time to time, her complexion was much better. Every day, Jingyi and Su Ming accompanied her to play chess, take a walk, and occasionally go fishing in the fish pond not far away. In short, she lived a very comfortable life.

On this day, Jingyi, accompanied by Nanny He, took a guard to pick wild flowers in a forest outside the manor. Jingyi had been here several times and was familiar with the forest. After entering the forest, she could not help but run and jump, as happy as a swallow.

Madam He behind her was running out of breath and kept shouting: "Miss, slow down, slow down, be careful not to fall!"

Jingyi giggled and turned around, walking backwards and said: "Madam, come and chase me. If you catch me, I will pick wild flowers for you to wear!"

As soon as she finished speaking, "Ouch!" Jingyi seemed to be tripped by something and fell backwards.

The guard and Madam He hurried forward to check. Jingyi sat up and saw that it was a small box that tripped her just now. Jingyi looked at the small box carefully. It was old, but very clean.

Madam He caught up and hurriedly helped Jingyi up, while the guard looked around. Nanny He asked anxiously, "Miss, are you hurt? Is it serious? Can you walk?"

Jingyi giggled, "I'm fine, I just fell. Fortunately, I just touched the corner of the box, otherwise, I would be in trouble."

Nanny He scolded, "Miss, don't run around like this in the future, it's too dangerous!"

Nanny He carefully patted the dirt on Jingyi's body. At this moment, two people came to Jingyi. An old man was carrying a medicine basket and holding a small hoe in his hand. There was a little boy who was about the same age as Jingyi.

Jingyi looked at the old man curiously until the old man came closer and opened the box. Then she realized that the box belonged to the old man. It seemed that they were doctors.

Jingyi thought that although her mother's complexion had improved a lot in recent days, she coughed from time to time, which showed that her illness had not been cured. Although her brother had invited several doctors, the prescriptions they prescribed were all similar. Jingyi didn't know why, but she said to the old man: "Grandpa, are you a doctor?"

The old man paused as he was about to leave, and looked at the young girl, who was full of nobility and intelligence! The old man smiled and stroked his beard and nodded.

Jingyi asked again: "You are so old, have you always been a doctor? You must have a lot of experience in diagnosis, right?"

The old man's eyes lit up and nodded again.

Jingyi took two steps forward and asked again: "Grandpa, my mother is sick, but she hasn't gotten better for a long time. Can you go with me to see her?"

Nanny He didn't wait for the old man to speak, and stepped forward to stop him: "Miss, we have never seen this man, and we don't know where he is from. Madam's body is precious, how can these lowly traveling doctors come to see her?"

Jingyi looked at Nanny He and shook her head and said: "Madam, what you said is not right. How can these people be distinguished by high and low? Putting aside their status, they all have the same two eyes and one nose, so how can they be precious or not? Besides, my mother has seen so many doctors, but they are all useless. Why can't we ask this grandfather to take a look? He is old and has a lot of experience. If he can cure my mother's illness, wouldn't it be a blessing for my mother?"

Nanny He was choked by Jingyi and couldn't speak. It was the first time she heard someone say such a thing. No wonder, Jingyi's soul was a modern person, but Nanny He was an authentic ancient person!

The old man was shocked by Jingyi's words and his eyes widened, as if he was looking at a monster. Then he laughed up to the sky and turned to the little boy beside him and said, "Sunny! Did you hear that? I found it! I won! You have to wash my clothes for three months! Hahahaha!"

The little boy curled his lips at the old man, obviously disdainful, and looked at Jingyi again. After looking up and down, his eyes were full of dissatisfaction!

Everyone was stunned by the old and the young! Why did this old man talk so incoherently? Could he be a lunatic?

Thinking of this, the guard and Nanny He subconsciously took Jingyi behind them and looked at the crazy old man in front of them with a wary face!

The little boy rolled his eyes at the old man and said coldly, "Old man! People think you are crazy!"

The old man stopped laughing when he heard this, looked at Jingyi behind the two of them, and waved to her.

Jingyi ignored the eyes of the two people who tried to stop her, walked straight over, and looked up at the old man.

The old man saw that the child was not only smart, but also very courageous. He nodded with satisfaction and said, "Little girl, I can go to see your mother, but after your mother recovers, you have to agree to one condition of mine."

The old man saw that Jingyi was a little hesitant, and said anxiously, "Don't worry, I will never let you do something that hurts the world."

Jingyi looked at him for a moment and nodded in agreement. The group hurried back to the manor.

When they arrived at her mother's residence, Jingyi walked even faster. Outside the door, Xiang'er was sitting there embroidering. She saw the young lady leading an old man in with an unfriendly face, blocking the door and not letting everyone in.

Jingyi looked at Xiang'er, the maid she scolded the first time she came to the manor. After being scolded by her and her father that day, she was taken away by the steward here and punished to wash clothes for a few days. Today is the second day on duty in this yard.

Jingyi said angrily: "What are you doing? Get out of the way!"

Xiang'er did not give way at all, and there was even a hint of arrogance on her face: "Miss, I didn't mean to stop you on purpose, but this is the backyard, how can you let a strange man enter at will? If it gets out, wouldn't the reputation of the lady be ruined?"

Jingyi's eyes dimmed, this girl's mind is really poisonous! Regardless of whether the old man can enter the house today, this girl will definitely make a big fuss about this matter. Whose order did this girl follow? She was so bold that she dared to r**e the mistress!

Jingyi glanced at Xiang'er, who looked arrogant, and said to Madam He: "Madam He, as a servant, you don't think about how to serve your master, but instead slander your master's reputation. What should you do?"

Madam He understood and glared at Xiang'er and said: "According to the rules of the Hou Mansion, you should be beaten to death!"

Xiang'er trembled: "How dare you! I was given to the lady by the old lady. Who dares to touch me?"

Jingyi smiled, as beautiful and elegant as a blooming lotus: "Madam, tie her up first and punish her with twenty sticks!"

A group of people went up to tie up Xiang'er. Xiang'er struggled and shouted: "You blind people, I am the old lady's person, how dare you tie me up? Let me go, I am the old lady's person!"

Jingyi laughed again: "Block her mouth again, she dared to slander my grandmother! This is a serious matter, life or death? Mother will decide later!"

After the voice fell, Jingyi and others entered the house. After a while, the muffled sound of sticks hitting flesh could be heard from the yard.