The dowry women were kneeling outside the door, obviously having heard Xu Shichu's words that he wanted to leave them in the Earl's Mansion.
Seeing her come out, the maids and servants knelt down in front of Xu Shichu with tears streaming down their faces, begging her not to stay and wanting to go back to the prime minister's residence with Xu Shichu.
These servants are not stupid. The difference in power and status between Jian's prime minister's mansion and the declining earl's mansion in the emperor's heart is as much as the difference between the clouds in the sky and the mud on the ground. Jian is a seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister, but what are the servants of the declining earl's mansion
Besides, Xu Shichu had previously behaved like a cowardly master without any opinion of his own. He allowed his servants to deceive him and didn't even cry out in pain when a needle poked his body. He felt so comfortable being her dowry, and the maids and servants were all more carefree than the master.
At this moment, Xu Shichu was going to get rid of them, which was like a bolt from the blue, no less than cutting off their flesh, so they cried sincerely.
"Madam! I will do my best to serve you! I will go through fire and water for you. Whatever you say is what I will do! I will never dare to be lazy again... Madam, please don't abandon us..." Tao Ye pleaded, and was about to rush over to hug Xu Shichu's legs.
Xu Shichu kicked her away and ordered the maids he brought from the prime minister's residence, "Stop them."
The maids immediately stopped the dowry.
"Madam, I was wrong. I shouldn't be lazy and disrespectful... I will change. I hope Madam will give me a chance... Even if you deduct my monthly salary, it's okay. No, no, even if you don't give me monthly salary..." Li Ye said breathlessly.
Seeing that Xu Shichu was not favored by the Prime Minister, she wanted to find an opportunity to climb into the Prime Minister's bed and become his concubine. With such a lofty ideal in mind, the monthly salary was no longer important to her.
Unfortunately, she died before she could accomplish her mission. Xu Shichu directly cut off her financial support and prevented her from even returning to the prime minister's residence.
"Xu Shichu, are you really so cold and heartless? Look at these poor servants. They have been with you in the prime minister's residence for three months. Even if they have no merit, they have worked hard, right? Are you so heartless?" Zhou followed out and was unwilling to give up when she saw the behavior of the dowry servants. She asked Xu Shichu to take the people back.
"What hard work? They live much more comfortably in the Prime Minister's Mansion than their master, me. Since you, aunt, are so sentimental, I will return these people to you. You will definitely make use of them, right? I won't take away someone else's love." Xu Shichu chuckled.
Zhou was suddenly choked. She knew exactly who these dowry people were. She used these people to make Xu Shichu miss his natal family more when he was isolated and helpless in the prime minister's mansion. It would be best if she could subtly influence Xu Shichu to become a puppet who would obey her orders.
Now that Xu Shichu doesn't want these people anymore, what's the point of keeping them? But he can't deal with them immediately, otherwise wouldn't they really be plotting against Xu Shichu
Xu Shichu left the mansion surrounded by servants. When she passed by the small garden, she saw Xu Huishu rushing towards her.
"Stop right there, you little bitch!" Xu Huishu's domineering and willful character was nothing like her name. She was used to bullying the original owner, and she couldn't change even now that Xu Shichu had married into the prime minister's mansion.
She had just been scolded by her aunt in front of Xu Shichu, and she immediately took her anger out on Xu Shichu. She was waiting here just to vent her anger on Xu Shichu. She still thought that Xu Shichu was the helpless person who allowed her to bully him.
"Twenty slaps." Xu Shichu glanced at this stupid and vicious stepsister and said to a maid beside him.
As expected of a maid from the prime minister's mansion, she was well-trained. As soon as Xu Shichu finished speaking, she grabbed Xu Huishu and slapped her in the face.
Xu Huishu's head buzzed when the maid slapped her in the face. She was stunned. When her face started to hurt so much, she covered her face and screamed in pain.
He screamed and stared at Xu Shichu fiercely: "You dare to hit me! I won't let you go!" Then he didn't care about the wound on his face and pounced on Xu Shichu to hit him.
How could Xu Shichu just stand there and wait for her to beat him? He turned around and ordered the two strong maids: "Hold her down, and continue beating her. Don't stop until you've beaten her twenty times."
So Xu Huishu was pinned down and beaten. Her two maids were so frightened when they saw this that they wanted to rush over to rescue their master but they didn't dare. In the end, one of them begged for help to stop, while the other ran to find help.
As Xu Shichu looked at Xu Huishu who was being beaten, what came to his mind was one Mid-Autumn Festival when the family in the Bo's Mansion had a reunion dinner. The original owner was sitting next to Xu Huishu. As the head of the family, the eldest uncle was making some remarks before the meal about the need for family unity, friendship, mutual assistance and mutual benefit.
Because she was bored and couldn't make any big movements, Xu Huishu pinched the original owner's thighs very hard under the table. The original owner didn't dare to cry out, nor did she dare to resist. She was in so much pain that tears welled up in her eyes. She looked at her stepsister pleadingly, hoping that she would let her go.
What was Heo Hui-sook's expression at that time? She was grinning, as if she found it very funny, and her face was full of pride that she had succeeded in a prank, and she pinched even harder.
The original owner was in so much pain that he could only bite his fist and tremble all over.
After the reunion dinner, the original owner returned to her small courtyard. She lifted up her skirt and saw that her legs were bruised, red and swollen. She even walked with a limp after that. It took almost a month for the injury to heal completely.
At that time, the original owner didn't even dare to cry out loud, for fear that others would see it and think she was unlucky and ruin the family's mood on such a happy day.
When twenty slaps were almost over, the maid finally came with Li for help.
Li was not a good stepmother, but she was definitely a good mother. Seeing Xu Huishu being beaten so badly, she rushed over like crazy and didn't even care that her hair was messed up.
"Stop! Stop! Don't hit my daughter!" She rushed forward and tried to pull the maids' hands apart. Unfortunately, as a lady who was used to a life of luxury, how could she possibly be a match for the strong maid
The three maids slapped her twenty times before they stopped and let go of Xu Huishu, who had already been beaten unconscious.
"Shujie! Does it hurt? Don't be afraid, mother is here..." With tears on her face, Li carefully held her daughter's red and swollen face and asked with concern.
Seeing her daughter's face so purple that it was impossible to tell her true appearance, Li was so angry that her teeth were about to break. She looked at Xu Shichu with extreme resentment:
"You little bitch! You scumbag bastard! If you dare to hit my daughter, I will never let you go!"
Xu Shichu sneered and didn't even want to say a word to her. Some people are always strict with others and lenient with themselves. They can bully others at will, but if others dare to resist, it is considered treasonous and unforgivable, and they wish to tear the people who disobey them into pieces.
"I did hit her, what can you do to me?" Xu Shichu glanced at the mother and daughter who wanted to grind her to ashes, and left with the servants of the prime minister's mansion without looking back.
After leaving the Bo Mansion, the second butler of the Xiang Mansion respectfully asked Xu Shichu: "Madam, are you going back home now?"
Xu Shichu shook his head: "No, let's go to the pawnshop. I want to buy a few servants."
The second butler understood, and then very diligently introduced to Xu Shichu which dental clinic had fair business and high-quality servants.