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The people from the second house weren't present yesterday, so Gu Yurong was too used to meeting with Yun Xiang and Biwan so she asked a few more questions.
Before Gu Jinzhu could reply, Gu Bitong raised her eyebrows and asked, "Biwan?"
Mrs. Jiang's eyes flashed as she smiled. "That was one of the girls by the young miss's side. Speaking of which, it seems like she was injured yesterday as well. Alas, both the girls were injured. The young miss doesn't have anyone else to serve her …"
Gu Bitong smiled faintly and looked at Gu Jinzhu, saying, "Since that's the case, how about I find two girls to serve elder sister?"
Gu Jinzhu calmly refused, "Thank you sister for your consideration. The few girls I sent from mother were already quite well. Moreover, those two girls are not seriously injured. They'll be fine in a few days, so there's no need to trouble them."
Gu Bitong did not insist and just smiled. "Then forget it." She looked at the girl behind Gu Jinzhu and asked, "Is this the magpie from mother's room?"
The magpie quickly blessed her with a bow. "Miss, your servant is indeed the magpie." Her expression was countless times more respectful than when she was looking at Gu Jinzhu. She lowered her head and looked straight into the eyes of Gu Jinzhu, no longer as intelligent as before.
Mrs. Yao smiled from the side. "Zhu just came back and didn't have enough servants. I saw that this magpie needed to be used, so I called her over."
After asking a few more questions about how magpie was doing with the big girl, the magpie looked hesitantly at Gu Jinzhu, a wronged expression appearing on his face. "The big lady treats me very well, this servant is very used to it at Green Bamboo Garden."
"That's good then," Gu Bitong smiled. She casually ordered someone to reward her with something small before continuing, "You are someone who has gone out from the Mother's Courtyard, so naturally you will take care of everything. In the future, when you serve your elder sister with all your heart, you will definitely benefit."
After receiving the reward, the magpie was overjoyed for a moment. It hurriedly thanked Second Lady with an attentive expression before returning to Gu Jinzhu's side.
Gu Jinzhu looked at everything with cold eyes, but there was no emotion in her eyes.
She already knew that magpie was restless, but she didn't expect that his heart was this strong. He actually dared to put medicine in her eyes in front of everyone. Her wronged expression just now made everyone think that she was deliberately being unkind to the person Mrs. Yao sent over.
After saying a few more words to Mrs. Zhen, Gu Jinzhu left.
Not long after returning to the Green Bamboo Garden, as expected, Gu Bitong sent a little girl over, and sent two sets of clothes along with a bottle of medicine for the wounds.
Even though Yun Xiang's hand was injured, she could not stay idle. She personally put the item away and even thanked the little girl. However, the little girl stood on the spot with an expression of arrogance.
"Elder sister, is there anything else?"
The girl raised her chin and said, "I heard that you have a girl called Biwan here?"
Biwan's abdomen had been scalded, and the moment she touched her clothes, it became painful. She was originally lying inside the house, but upon hearing her name, she struggled to get up and walked out the door. "Who called me?"
The girl looked her up and down, her eyes revealing a trace of despise as she shouted, "Are you Biwan? How dare you, break the master's name! "The word 'Jade' is used by Second Lady and Third Lady. How could a servant like you dare to use it?"
Gu Jinzhu, who was changing her clothes in her room, heard the sound of footsteps and walked out. Coincidentally, she heard the girl's question, so she immediately said, "I chose her name, is there a problem?"
"This servant Caiyi greets Eldest Miss. When this servant came, this servant specifically instructed by the madame that there was a little girl here who had offended Second Lady and Third Lady by her name. The madame wanted this lowly servant who did not know respect to change her name immediately, and even knelt down for four hours to let her understand the rules of the mansion."
When Biwan heard the words "ignorant lowly servant", she was so angry that her face turned red, as if she had been slapped in public. Her face was burning as tears gushed out from her tightly clenched lips.
No matter how good-natured Gu Jinzhu was, she had been greatly infuriated by this chain of events. No wonder Mrs. Jiang and Gu Bitong had purposely mentioned Biwan just now. It was all because of what happened after she left!
Her expression was as cold as it ever was, and she said coldly, "I was the one who named her, don't you want to punish me as well?"
Caiyi's expression did not change as she said neither haughtily nor arrogantly, "The madame said that after leaving home for so long, it is normal for a servant to not recognize her identity. However, she should have changed it after returning to the family, and up to today, these sorts of offenses have only caused her to kneel for four hours. If it were another case, she would have long been beaten up and chased out of the family to sell."
She spoke 'old mistress' from the left and 'old mistress' from the right. The glee in her eyes was obvious.
Gu Jinzhu was so angry that her entire body started to tremble. This Gu Mansion was truly a good rule, a little girl could even bully her and confidently say that she "did not know the rules"! He even dared to threaten her in front of her, wanting to chase her little girl out!
She was so angry that she started laughing, raising her eyebrows, "Oh? If it's just because of a name, then people will say that your Gu Mansion is harsh if they let you kneel in front of the sun for four hours. Grandmother is kind, it won't be like that, it's definitely because of you, you little girl who took the lead and instigated everything! "
Her expression turned grim, but the little girl wasn't afraid at all. She quickly replied, "How could this servant dare to provoke you? Eldest Miss, this is an even greater crime …"
Before she could finish her words, Gu Jinzhu suddenly yelled, "Impudent! Slap him!"
Before she could finish her sentence, a burly figure jumped out from the side, stretched out his palm and slapped Caiyi's face.
With a "pah" sound, Caiyi fell to the ground. She was in so much pain that she couldn't even groan. She turned her head to the side and spat out two bloody teeth.
Everyone was stunned, only then did they realize that the maid who ran over to beat him up was actually the one named Yang Liu after the copper lock.
Willow stood tall and sturdy like a small mountain in front of Caiyi. After hitting her, she turned to Gu Jinzhu with a silly smile, "Lady, do you still want to fight?"
Not only was it the servants in the yard, even Gu Jinzhu was shocked. This little girl was too … Wasn't it too empowering?
She looked at Caiyi, who was struggling on the ground like a bug, then at Willow's honest face and almost couldn't hold back her laughter.
This was too carefree! What was there to be afraid of when there was such a god-like girl in front of them?
Gu Jinzhu was overjoyed, but she pretended to be strict. She shouted to Caiyi who was on the ground, "The lower half of your head is offending you, isn't that what you're referring to? Shouting in front of his master without respect, even if he were to come before his grandmother, he wouldn't be able to protect you! "It's not just my little girl who needs a long rule. You have to learn it well as well so that you won't cause trouble for Second Sister in the future!"