Farm Girl's Manor

Liu Tinglan saw this and her anger flared up again, speaking sarcastically, "Cousin Lu, every time you see me, you act like this. To the unaware, they might think that I, as your elder cousin, am wicked to the extreme, tormenting you so. Since seeing me causes you such distress, from now on you need not come again, so as to not upset yourself."

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Lu Zhu’s face turned white as if she had suffered a huge blow. She looked at the impatient Liu Tinglan, tears streaming down her face, "Sister Lan, do you still refuse to forgive Zhuzhu?"

Without waiting for Liu Tinglan to respond, she continued to cry and plead, "Sister Lan, Zhuzhu really didn’t mean it, that wicked servant embezzled the silver taels and clothes sent by Zhuzhu’s uncle and aunt. Zhuzhu was starving every day and had to endure the wicked servant’s bullying. She also said those words; Zhuzhu mistook it as Sister Lan disliking her and ordering her to act so. Zhuzhu didn’t do it on purpose, really not at all..."

Liu Tinglan looked coldly at the theatrically crying Lu Zhu, her disdain growing deeper, "Whether it was intentional or not, you know very well! However, since father and mother have already punished that wicked servant, let’s consider the matter closed. I don’t plan to fuss over it with you, a guest living in our household. If you insist on holding onto it, then so be it. Just don’t bring it up in front of me again, otherwise, I will take it as your dissatisfaction with father and mother’s handling, and I must discuss it with the elders, asking them to bring that wicked servant back so you can deal with her personally."

Lu Zhu, caught in her own trap, stared at Liu Tinglan, momentarily speechless, forgetting even to cry. She thought Liu Tinglan would be angry, either scolding her fiercely or directly driving her out. That way, she would have an excuse to complain to her uncle and aunt, getting them to detest this woman completely.

But now, she had inadvertently given this woman ammunition to use against her. If she really took this issue to her uncle and aunt, they would think she was dissatisfied with the way they dealt with the wicked servant; if they thought about it more deeply, they might believe she was heartless and wanted to kill the servant.

That day, in front of all the servants, the Shen family couple had the servant who embezzled Lu Zhu’s items severely beaten with fifty strokes on a bench and then sold out of the household. Such punishment was already extremely harsh.