Chapter 495 Princess of Marriage Alliance (1)_1
Steward Cao stepped forward and said, "Princess, the Old Madame has instructed to hand them their servitude contracts to you. From now on, they are your people."
Cai Wei received the stack of servitude contracts with a profound smile and said, "Please thank the Old Madame for me. She really is like a living Bodhisattva who grants every request!"
Steward Cao was unaware of the Old Madame being blackmailed by Cai Wei. He just kept laughing and said, "The Princess is right. In the entire capital city, who doesn’t praise our Old Madame as altruistic and kind-hearted?"
Cai Wei laughed heartily and said, "Yes, indeed, I will ’return’ her altruism and kindness in an appropriate manner..."
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There were seventeen slaves sent this time, thirteen males and four females, all of whom had participated in the abuse of Lady Mei over the years. Cai Wei asked Lady You to arrange them in the side rooms of the backyard, where they would all follow the orders of Zhang Biaotou.
These servants used to be trusted subordinates of Lady Wang, or the trusted subordinates of her trusted subordinates. They were once prestigious in the mansion because of currying favor with the Old Madame, but now they have been sent to the manor to do hard labor. They were disheartened and extremely regretful while being terrified because of what they had done. Therefore, Cai Wei didn’t need to deal with them directly, their own fears and losses were enough to torment them.
Those people had once cruelly abused Lady Mei, and although Cai Wei could not take revenge on them in the same way, she was determined to make them receive the punishment they deserved. Making them work was not only a saving of labor costs but also served as a means of revenge and discipline; it was a perfect plan of killing two birds with one stone.