nycdaug Chapter 168: The Evil Slave Bullies His Master
Chapter 168: The Evil Slave Bullies His Master
"Meet the old lady..."
The old woman sobered up instantly, her legs softened and she knelt down in the direction of Old Madam Shen.
The other maids finally realized that the atmosphere was not right.
It was not until then that they saw Old Madam Shen, Nanny Qi, and Ah Qi standing not far from them.
"Madam, please spare my life, Madam, please spare my life..."
The maids and old women in the yard knelt down, trembling all over, with their foreheads resting on the ground, not daring to breathe.
They didn't know how long Old Madam Shen had been there or how much she had heard, but they knew they had no way of escaping today.
Madam Shen was the most disciplined person and would never tolerate unruly servants, let alone the one in the house...
"How dare you! Is this how you serve your master on a daily basis? You deserve to die!" Old Madam Shen covered her chest with her hands, her body shaking.
She never dreamed that she would see such a scene when she came to Lengyuexuan on a whim.
From the old women to the maids, not one of them took their master seriously.
She was even more angry with Shen Ruyi, as the eldest daughter of the Marquis's Mansion, she couldn't even manage a servant.
"Ah Qi, call someone over and tie up all these dogs and slaves in this yard. Wait for your punishment." Mr. Shen gritted his teeth and ordered Ah Qi. Then, without even looking at the servants, he pushed the door open and walked into the house angrily.
Ah Qi's face was as cold as frost. He was Shen Junxing's confidant and had come to Lengyuexuan with Shen Junxing more than once. He had never seen such a ridiculous thing.
Listening to the meaning of the old woman's words just now, combined with the scene in front of him, he didn't even need to think about it, he knew it was Tang Qingmei's work.
The young lady had to endure a lot of suffering in private because she allowed evil slaves to bully their masters and had no rules at all.
In the past, in order to avoid the eldest lady's disgust, the master did not place his own people here in Leng Yuexuan.
Ah Qi was so angry that he took out the whistle in his arms and blew it a few times.
Soon, dozens of figures rushed over from all over the mansion.
Ah Qi ordered them to gag the old women and maids in the yard, tie them up and throw them into the woodshed, and interrogate them strictly after Shen Junxing returned.
He waved to one of the guards and whispered a few words to him.
As soon as the guard left, the heart-wrenching cry of Old Madam Shen was heard from Shen Ruyi's room.
Ah Qi didn't care about the rules and rushed into the house. He was almost scared by the scene in front of him.
Inside the house, the skinny Shen Ruyi was lying on the ground, pale and motionless.
There was an overturned teacup beside him, and the ground was littered with fragments.
Old Madam Shen knelt on the ground, at a loss, calling Shen Ruyi's name over and over again.
Ah Qichan reached out his hand tremblingly and placed his fingers under Ruyi's nose to detect her breath.
"Someone, call the court doctor. Quick!" Ah Qi stood up and shouted outside.
The situation before him was more serious than he had imagined. Shen Ruyi's breath was very weak and he could hardly detect her breath.
Shen Ruyi was now so thin that only a bag of bones was left, and Ah Qi was almost unable to recognize her.
He was Shen Junxing's confidant, so he naturally sensed something unusual about this matter.
Ah Qi immediately left the house and called two more people to chase after the guards.
He then calmly ordered his men to keep a close eye on the mansion and that from now on no one was allowed to enter or leave.
When Ah Qi returned to the room, Nanny Qi had already carried Shen Ruyi to the bed, but there was still no sign of her waking up.
While waiting for the doctor from the Marquis's mansion, he accidentally touched the kettle on the table and found that it was cold.
Looking more closely, I saw a small dish of pickles and a bowl of porridge that had hardly been touched on the dining table in the room.
Ah Qi's heart moved, he picked up the bowl of porridge and smelled it, a sour smell rushed into his nose.
Nanny Qi's heart suddenly rose to her throat and she was so nervous that she could hardly breathe.
She didn't know that all her actions were seen by Ah Qi.
"Ah Qi, where is the court doctor? Why hasn't he come yet?" Old Madam Shen yelled at Ah Qi with trembling hands.
Seeing Shen Ruyi, who was barely breathing, lying on the bed, made Old Madam Shen very confused.
"Madam, the water in the kettle is cold. The porridge is sour, it must have been more than three days old." Ah Qi answered the question irrelevantly. At this moment, he was speaking up for Shen Ruyi.
These servants obviously did not serve their master well. Judging from the situation just now, there was not even a servant in the room.
And not to mention that the food was so bad that it was appalling, let's take a step back and say that the food was three days old, so why didn't the servants in the room remove it in time?
The only thing that can be made clear is that the seemingly glamorous eldest daughter Shen Ruyi has always been treated harshly and lives even worse than a servant.
"Evil slaves bully their masters, evil slaves bully their masters! None of these lowly slaves in Ruyi's courtyard must be let off." Old Madam Shen had a sad expression on her face, and she couldn't stop crying as she looked at her thin daughter.
Ah Qi hesitated to speak. Is this what he wanted to say?
Since her master had not returned yet, the old lady could no longer rely on him and had to shut up.
About a cup of tea later, the court physician finally arrived, panting.
After taking Shen Ruyi's pulse, the court doctor said to Old Madam Shen with a relieved look that Shen Ruyi just had a loss of appetite, lack of sleep, and anemia caused by excessive worry.
Wait for him to write a prescription and you will be fine after taking the medicine for a few days.
"Why isn't Ruyi awake? Check carefully for me. If anything goes wrong, watch out for your head." Although Madam Shen's expression had relaxed, she still warned the court doctor.
The court doctor knelt down and repeatedly claimed that he dared not.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Madam Qi was about to quietly move out, but was stopped by Ah Qi.
"Madam Qi, where are you going? Instead of staying by the master's side to serve him, are you going to inform him?" Ah Qi said this without any politeness.
Nanny Qi trembled, then knelt down in front of Old Madam Shen with a plop, and kowtowed frantically.
"Old Madam is very clear, I dare not. I just want to find a pot of warm water for the young lady..."
The doctor who wanted to make an excuse to go out and prescribe a remedy also tactfully shut his mouth at this moment.
"Madam Qi, get up. You don't have to go anywhere, just wait here." By this time, Old Madam Shen had slowly come to her senses.
Thinking back to Aunt Qi's reaction on the way to Lengyuexuan, she suddenly felt cold all over.
Aunt Qi betrayed her master? Why? The people in her daughter Shen Ruyi's courtyard were all arranged by Tang Qingmei.
Servants without rules, cold water, stale rice and pickles.
Thinking back to the feasting the old woman had on her when she entered the yard, as well as those harsh words, Mrs. Shen's heart ached as if it were being struck violently.
Is it that Mei'er is not good at managing the household, or is she deliberately allowing these unruly servants to make things difficult for Ruyi?
Old Madam Shen didn't dare to think further.
She stood up and shook her head, trying to convince herself.
The court doctor said that Ruyi had a loss of appetite, which led to blood deficiency and caused him to be drowsy and weak.
It must have been the evil slaves' own idea to commit treason and neglect Ruyi.