"Who is he?" Shen Lansui did not ask the speaker directly, but turned to ask Liu Yan, the maid next to him. Liu Yan was responsible for Lu Xingyue's daily chores. Seeing that Zhou Quan's attitude was useful, Shen Lansui was relieved.
Liu Yan bowed and said respectfully: "Back to the young madam, his name is Li Sheng, and he is the steward of the courtyard."
"Oh? A bigger steward than Zhou Quan?"
Shen Lansui stroked his sleeves and asked casually.
Liu Yan glanced at Li Sheng, who immediately turned pale and said, "Madam, you can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk indiscriminately! How dare you compare with Master Zhou?"
"It's no comparison." Shen Lansui smiled, "Looking at the tone of your voice just now, I thought you were older than Zhou Quan. After all, Zhou Quan is not that loud in front of me."
Li Sheng's expression froze, "Little... little..."
He was speechless and the voices of the people around him gradually became quieter. They all looked at Shen Lansui fearfully.
Li Sheng realized that he was being targeted, and was unwilling to accept it. He frowned and said: "Madam, although the younger one is not as good as Mr. Zhou in speaking in front of the young master, the younger one was transferred here by the madam. Oh, no. ." He smiled proudly, "It's the eldest madam. You are the madam in the courtyard, and when you go out, you are the third young lady."
Someone chuckled in agreement, not taking Shen Lansui seriously at all. Shen Lansui was not annoyed and looked at them quietly.
Behind the tree outside the courtyard, Zhou Quan whispered: "My subordinates know that they have always flattered the superiors and suppressed the inferiors, but I didn't expect them to be so arrogant in front of the new madam! Do you think the madam has an easy temper? Or is it the eldest madam's intention?"
Lu Xingyue rubbed the armrests of his wheelchair and said nothing.
Zhou Quan watched for a while and couldn't stand it anymore, "Go down and teach them a lesson!"
"No need-"
Lu Xingyue raised his hand to stop him, looked past the scattered green leaves, looked at Shen Lansui who was smiling and talking in the hall, and whispered: "Let's take a look first."
Zhou Quan hesitated to speak and stepped back hesitantly.
But I couldn't help but murmur in my heart: What is the master thinking? One moment he is gentle and considerate to his wife, and the next moment he is indifferent. What does it mean?
After those people fell silent, Shen Lansui asked, "Have you laughed enough?"
The few people looked at each other and said nothing.
"Then it's my turn." Shen Lansui stood up and pointed at each other, "You, the one behind you, second from left in the second row, fourth from right in the third row, middle of the last row..."
Every item she ordered was the one she had just laughed at. She said softly: "Come forward."
Those people were reluctant to move, and Li Sheng frowned, "Young madam, what are you going to do?"
"How presumptuous! What do you want to do, Young Madam, do you need to explain to me? Do you really think you are the master of Pinglan Courtyard?" Shangyia scolded sternly.
"Deaf? Stand up!" Guan Chun shouted, and those few people reluctantly came to the front.
"Where's the roster?" Shen Lansui turned her hand over, and Liu Yan immediately put a roster in her palm, plus a pen.
Shen Lansui opened the book and asked for their names one by one, but those people hesitated to tell them.
"It doesn't matter if you don't tell me. I'll ask the young master the same thing when he comes back, but he doesn't have a good temper. Have you thought clearly?"
Thinking of Lu Xingyue's chilling eyes, someone couldn't help but shuddered, "Slave Zhang Erbao."
Shen Lansui said expressionlessly: "Continue."
Others signed up one after another, and she circled their names with a pen when she found them.
After finishing the painting, she directly called on a few people's names to ask them to stand up.
These people looked at each other and felt uneasy.
"Is there anything I did wrong, my slave? If you want to be punished, Madam, just punish her directly. Why bother to make people panic?"
A person dressed as a grandma looked at her warily.
Shen Lan smiled and said, "If you don't do well, you will naturally be punished. Don't worry."
She opened the roster again, crossed out the names of these people, returned the pen to Liu Yan, closed the roster with a "snap" and handed it to Shang Xia, "Those who were circled were rushed to the outer courtyard and were not allowed to enter. Those who were crossed out were sent out directly. Sell."
"Yes." Shang Xia took the roster with both hands and read it out one by one.
Li Sheng and that nanny's names were clearly on the list of people being sold.
The person who was holding Qiao just now panicked, and some of them had weak knees and knelt down, "Madam, you can't sell slaves, slaves are conscientious and have never made mistakes!"
"I don't know what my fault is, but I made the madam so unhappy? If the madam can't tell me the reason, I won't be so cowardly and angry even if I die here!"
"My servant is unjust! My wife acted like this indiscriminately. Does the young master know? I want to see the young master, I want to see the young master!"
They were crying loudly, as if they had been wronged a lot, and their voices were so loud that they almost shook the yard.
Zhou Quan was anxious, "Master, why don't we go out? If these people make trouble, the eldest lady will definitely not let her go!"
Lu Xingyue narrowed his eyes, and just as he was about to stand up, he saw Shen Lansui moving.
He sat back down and said, "Don't be impatient for a moment."
comprehensive:"……"
Master, are you too big-hearted? Madam’s tiny arms and legs, mustn’t she be torn alive by these unscrupulous slaves?
He was so anxious that he wanted to stamp his feet.
However, the two masters inside and outside the courtyard were exactly the same calm.
Shen Lansui grabbed the tea cup at hand and smashed it in front of Li Sheng and his mother-in-law. There was a crisp "pop" sound, tea splashed, broken porcelain flew everywhere, and the noisy crowd fell silent instantly.
Li Sheng raised his hand to cover his face, and the back of his hand was scratched. He looked at his hand in disbelief, "You——"
"Those who bully the master are considered as the following criminals and should be killed according to the law. For the sake of you being the old man of Pinglan Courtyard, I will give you some face, but you are shameless, so don't blame me, Liuyan , go report to the official—"
"yes."
Liu Yan immediately turned around. Seeing her leaving immediately, Li Sheng panicked, "Young madam, what are you doing? I just want an explanation, how can you force someone to die?!"
"You want an explanation? You have been domineering over the years, flattering the superiors and bullying the subordinates, using your power to bully others, and forcing others to give you confessions. Who do they ask for an explanation?" Shen Lansui looked at him coldly and counted their crimes in detail.
"I arbitrarily deducted the slaves' monthly salary and embezzled the master's property. The accounts over the years have not been reconciled at all. Where did the money in the village go? Do you want me to explain it more clearly?"
"Yesterday you were sneaking around and peeping outside the main house. You thought I didn't see it? Who did you tell the news to after you saw it? Do you think I didn't know?"
Every time she said something, those people's faces turned paler, and in the end they wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into and disappear.
Shen Lansui tilted his head and smiled, "What, are these reasons enough?"
Shangshang Xia sneered coldly, "If you hadn't been sent by the eldest lady, let alone selling, she would have already reported to the official position. If you don't thank me quickly and get out, you are still lingering here? Is it the madam who pushed you to a dead end, or you? Are you looking for death?"
Li Sheng collapsed on the ground, feeling cold all over.
Others looked even more gloomy and did not dare to say anything.
Zhou Quan punched the air forcefully, "Madam, you're amazing!"
Lu Xingyue's lips curled up slightly, "Yeah, it's very powerful."
He was right.
