Huo looked desperately at the key being presented to Meng by Sister Wu with both hands, her lips moved, but pulled out a smile that was even harder to see than crying, “Sister has not cared about the affairs of the house for so many years, if there is anything you don’t understand you can ask me.”
The matter had come to this, it was useless to struggle any further, so it was better to do a favour.
“I appreciate your thoughts, please sit down, I have to deal with a matter.”
Huo’s heart lifted again and she wanted to leave, but knew she couldn’t. She sat down with shivering legs.
Meng asked Sister Wu to bring all the servants’ deeds of sale, and asked her to gather them all together in the courtyard.
The servants did not know what had happened, but they knew that Mr. Big had left the courtyard in a rage, so no one dared to speak for a while and they all kept their heads down.
Meng got up and came outside. Sister Wu moved a chair and placed it behind her and Meng sat down, while Huo also came out of the house, twisting her handkerchiefs tightly in unease.
Meng’s gaze swept over the heads of the crowd of underlings and spoke, “Who all saw me leave the house this morning, stand out. ”
The servants all shuddered and looked to their left and right, but did not move.
“No one?”
Meng’s majestic voice came out from above their heads.
Many of the underlings had been bought after Huo had entered the house, they had always considered Huo to be the mistress of this house, only a few of the underlings were old people in the house, they had been there before when Meng was in charge, hearing Meng’s tone like this, they knew she was angry, once again looking around at those around them, “Who saw that, don’t stand out.”
A maid stood out hesitantly, followed by a boy who cleaned the yard, and, ……
In a short while, more than ten people came out, standing apprehensively.
“Any more?”
There was silence in the courtyard and no one answered.
“Send them all out for sale.”
A dozen people looked up at her at once, and when they saw that what she said was true, they panicked and turned white, “Madam, what have we done wrong?”
The Xu family treated their underlings well, they had two sets of new clothes every season, the food was also considered good, the monthly money was paid on time, and there were many people in the capital who were waiting with baited breath for the Xu family to cut their underlings so they could come in. They had been selected by a thousand people before they came in, so why should they be sold out without doing anything?
“I came out of the courtyard today, and before I even left the house, someone knew about it, so it must have been one of you who reported to him.”
It was obvious who this “someone” was, and Huo tightened the handkerchief in her hand even more.
“It’s not me, it’s not me ……”
A dozen people defended themselves.
“It’s not you guys, is it me?”
The courtyard fell silent once more, and one of the boys looked at the maid who had reported the news, gritted his teeth and pointed at her, “It was her, I saw it, she was the one who ran to Mr. Big’s courtyard.”
The maid’s face went white and she poofed down on her knees, looking to Huo, seeing Huo’s eyes dodging, she knew she was done for, kowtowing repeatedly, “Grand Mistress spare my life, Grand Mistress spare my life.”
Meng didn’t bother to listen to her, she got up and went back to the house, “Send her away.”
Sister Wu waved her hand and two maids stepped forward and covered the maid’s mouth, dragging her out.
A cold sweat broke out on Huo’s back.
She knew that Meng was killing the chicken to scare the monkey, that no one would ever report to her again, that her eyes in the house would be cut off from now on, and that she would never know in time about anything in the future.
……
Song Wan Yue a few people do not know that Meng went back and did so many things in a big way, a few people are in the hall room, listening to Song Si say that Wen Zhong went over there.
“It really is him!”
The old gentleman couldn’t help but be furious, he had really been blind in the beginning to teach the man who had harmed Wan’er himself.
Song Wan Yue, however, narrowed her eyes, since Wen Zhong had come prepared, he would definitely not be sent off like that, he would ……
The idea of this, her heart and soul, “Big brother, is there anyone following you?”
Song Si was asked for a moment.
Song Wangyue then knew that he hadn’t noticed, and immediately called for Xiao Si to come in, instructing him to check outside the door.
Xiao Si went to the gate and quietly poked his head out, and saw someone poking around not far away, so he immediately returned to report.
“How can this be done?”
Song Si was chagrined, he had sent Xiao Yao away and came straight over, not expecting that Wen Zhong would have sent someone to follow him.
Song Wan Yue, however, smiled, “Just in time, we were worried about not having any evidence, this way, in a moment we will send great grandfather out in a big way, so that people outside can see.”
“Will you be in danger?”
The old man was worried.
Song Wangyue glanced at Gu Yi and her gaze fell on Song Si, “No, let big brother quietly go to the State House later and ask someone to protect us.”
The old gentleman breathed a sigh of relief, the Ding Guoguang Mansion had kept quite a few family members, there was no problem protecting them.
The old man was smiling from ear to ear, and when he was about to get into the carriage, he instructed, “Wan’er, when Si’er is betrothed, you will go back to live in the house.”
“Understood, grandfather.”
The man watching from afar saw this scene and turned and ran back to the Household Department to find Wen Zhong to report it. After hearing this, Wen Zhong’s face changed for a moment, went back to take his leave and hurriedly came to see Huo at the Xu residence, not expecting to be stopped at the entrance of the residence.
“The First Lady has instructed that the House is not peaceful in recent days, no one is allowed to enter except for the people of the House.”
Wen Zhong frowned, “What did you say? What First Lady?”
The watchman usually treated him with respect, and today was no exception. He looked inside the house and saw that no one was there before lowering his voice, “You don’t know yet, the First Mistress has taken back her authority over the house today, now the First Mistress is in charge of the house, and we are also following orders, so you should go back.”
Boom!
It was only two or three hours ago that Meng took charge of the house, but where was his mother? Is she still well?
He pulled away from the gatekeeper and walked quickly inside.
The gatekeeper had been kind enough to tell him, but he hadn’t expected him to pull himself away, so he stumbled a few times.
If he hadn’t stopped him, he might have been sold out.
He caught up with Wen Zhong and stopped in front of him, “Sir Wen, don’t put me in a difficult position, you’d better go.”
“Get lost!”
Wen Zhong had always been refined, rarely did he speak like this, the watchman froze again, and pulled him in unbidden, “Sir Wen, it’s really not possible, if you barge in like this, the First Lady will be furious, tell me what you have to do, I’ll speak for your wife.”
There were many underlings in the courtyard who heard the commotion over here and looked over, but none of them dared to run to report to Huo.
Wen Zhong was dragged by the underlings until he couldn’t move and was about to get angry when the old gentleman’s voice came from the side, “What happened?”