Chapter 1061: Chapter 1058: Support

Actually, the servants of the Chu family were not bonded servants. Loyalty was hardest to cultivate, but the treatment the Chu family provided their servants was good, and usually the masters weren’t harsh on them. For many servants, these days were considered good.

Immediately, several maidservants and servant boys took the lead and knelt down, “We are loyal to the master and lady.”

“Su Mei, bring Granny Mei’s contract,” Ye Muyu said aloud.

Granny Mei, her aged face smeared with tears, was both guilty and frightened, “My lady, don’t sell me off, I won’t dare do it again.”

“According to the rules of the Chu residence, Granny Mei is punished with twenty strokes of the cane, and henceforth she will clean the flower shop in the front courtyard,” Ye Muyu said indifferently, noticing the varying expressions of the nearby maidservants and servant boys.

Twenty strokes already instilled fear in many servants, and as for changing Granny Mei’s position from Madam Steward to a third-class servant, she would not be able to even approach the inner courtyard, let alone receive any benefits.

Naturally, her monthly allowance would also be reduced accordingly.

Granny Mei instantly understood the implications of Ye Muyu’s words.

She fell at her feet pleading for mercy; she didn’t want to be sold off, thinking her earlier pleas had an effect, assuming the lady was indeed kind-hearted and easy to talk to, and thus she tried the same approach again.

Ye Muyu didn’t wait for her to start crying, her voice, cold as a sword, struck her, “Seeing as this is your first offense, I’m issuing a small punishment as a severe warning. Should there be another offense, the punishments will compound.”

“As for your contract, I am taking it out. From now on, you won’t have the chance to deal with any of the residence’s festival gifts, silver rewards, or daily necessities. I hope you take heed.”

In the Chu residence, while the rules were strict, the monthly allowances, festival gifts, and daily necessities were all quite excellent.

Granny Mei almost fainted on the spot.

She then realized, the lady was not soft-hearted at all but rather had grown to dislike her, otherwise, why would she be so ruthless?

At that moment, she realized that the lady was not as soft-hearted as she appeared, she could also be hard-hearted.

Soon, two guards approached.

They brought Granny Mei to a stool and began the caning; her mouth wasn’t gagged, and her miserable wails echoed, filling the other servants in the courtyard with dread.

Soon, Granny Mei was beaten until her trousers were stained with blood, scaring the nearby maidservants into trembling.

Granny Mei could no longer scream; only faint sobs could be heard from her mouth.

This tragic sight frightened many of the timid servants who had nightmares all night long, and their understanding of Ye Muyu’s strictness deepened.

Granny Mei had just been punished.

Ye Muyu was about to continue questioning Liuye.

Steward Luo entered the courtyard, bowing to Ye Muyu.

“My lady, the master sent me here to assist you.”

“Since Granny Mei knowingly committed the offense and betrayed the family for her own gain, it is natural that she should be sold off,” Steward Luo’s voice was authoritative, and the women in the back mansion had only seen him once.

But his demeanor was even more stringent than Ye Muyu’s.

In just a few words, he cut off the last lifeline that Granny Mei might have had.

The others all gasped in shock.

Ye Muyu hadn’t expected Chu Heng to come help her establish authority. Indeed, by having Steward Luo execute the selling off of Granny Mei, all servants in the back mansion who might have harbored a glimmer of hope no longer dared to do so.

Compared to being sold off, no one knew where they might end up; by comparison, life at the Chu residence was indeed much better.

Ye Muyu did not intervene, “Since it is the master’s wish, let it be done according to the master’s wish.”

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