The maid covered her beaten face and complained with tears.
"Your Highness, I was just doing my job, but she insisted on saying that I was disobedient, and came to beat me. She also said that everyone in this house must listen to her. This is not to deny Her Royal Highness. In your eyes?"
After hearing what the maid said, the housekeeper Liu Po suddenly gritted her teeth angrily and pointed at the maid.
"Don't rant here. Where did I say such a thing?"
Zhou Tong raised his hand with a livid face and directly interrupted Mrs. Liu's words.
"That's enough. I saw you hit her with my own eyes. Do you still want to make excuses?"
"Mr. Zhao, I told you when I was here, I am the princess. Since you have been unrepentant, I can only fire you!"
Hearing this, housekeeper Liu Po looked at Zhou Tong in disbelief, pointed at herself, and asked tremblingly.
"Your Highness, your Highness, you actually want to fire me for a little maid?"
"I have been following you for so many years, and there is no credit but hard work!"
After hearing what Mrs. Liu said, Zhou Tong sneered.
"No credit? Without credit, why should I keep you?"
Housekeeper Liu Po suddenly opened her mouth, not knowing what to say.
Zhou Tong looked at Granny Liu coldly, pointed in the direction of the door and said.
"You have been fired by me now. Take your settlement allowance and get out!"
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Liu panicked. She didn't know why Zhou Tong was so stubborn. Zhou Tong had obeyed her words before.
But she can't care about that now. After all, she is now over 40 years old. If she is kicked out of the princess's house, it will be impossible to find such a thing again in the future, and it will even be difficult to get married.
Thinking of this, Mrs. Liu quickly knelt in front of Zhou Tong and kept slapping her mouth.
"Your Highness, I was wrong. You don't care about the faults of others. Please spare me this time!"
"Your Highness, I can't leave the princess' mansion. From now on, I will treat myself as your dog, isn't that okay?"
"Please, Your Highness Princess, please don't drive me away!"
What happened here has become known to the whole house. The maids and servants came over curiously. When they saw Mrs. Liu kneeling on the ground, licking her mouth repeatedly to plead with Zhou Tong, they all looked like they were watching the fun. expression.
Zhou Tong saw the maids and servants around him and said directly.
"Don't blame me for not giving you a chance. If you can find three people to intercede on your behalf, you can stay!"
Hearing this, housekeeper Liu Po suddenly felt as if she had been granted amnesty and quickly looked at her subordinates.
But when the maids saw Mrs. Liu kneeling there, they immediately understood what was going on.
They turned their heads away, not meeting Mrs. Liu's eyes at all, which made the housekeeper, Mrs. Liu, feel cold.
She remembered how she had treated these people before. Many of these people had been beaten and insulted by her. It was precisely because of this that they would listen to her, but now they were treating her like this.
"Please, I will definitely change my ways. Please help me plead for mercy. I really can't leave the princess mansion!"
Housekeeper Liu Po kowtowed to them, and some of the maids couldn't help but be moved. They thought of the housekeeper Liu Po who had spent time with them over the years, and how she had treated them, so they walked out directly.
"Your Highness, I want to report that this housekeeper, Mrs. Liu, was acting in the princess's mansion before. She beat and abused us. Not only did she make us do the heaviest work, but she also didn't give us enough monthly money, or even everyone's monthly money. They only have 50 coins!"
"She was the one who instigated us to frame Mr. Zhao last time. Now we know that we were wrong. Please, Your Highness, please punish Mrs. Liu severely!"
Hearing this, the other maids had already seen the situation clearly, and they all stood up to accuse Mrs. Liu, and exposed all the things that Mrs. Liu had done before one by one.
Mrs. Liu looked at them in disbelief. These maids who had been very obedient before now united to deal with her. What was wrong with this?
After hearing what these maids said, Zhou Tong finally saw the true face of Mrs. Liu and said angrily through gritted teeth.
"I really didn't expect that you had been following me in the capital for so long. I thought that when you came to the fiefdom, you would continue to fulfill your duties, but this is what you did?"
"Now it's no longer a question of whether to fire you or not. Let me arrest her and let's go to the officials!"
After hearing this, the servants immediately arrested Mrs. Liu. Mrs. Liu's face was filled with despair. Until now, she doesn't know what went wrong.
Zhou Tong turned to look at the maids, waved his hand vigorously and said.
"You did the right thing today. I can write off the previous things. As long as you work hard in the future, I guarantee that no one will bully you again!"
Upon hearing this, the maids all became happy.
During this period of time, since Zhou Tong started taking care of the accounts, Mrs. Liu had no way to falsify the books. This also allowed them to see the benefits of following Her Royal Highness. At least a few months ago, the number had really increased.
Although they only have one tael of silver per month, it is much more than before. How can they continue to follow Mrs. Liu after they have tasted the benefits?
Before, it was because Mrs. Liu was in charge of the whole house. If they wanted to live a better life, they had to listen to Mrs. Liu. Now that Her Highness the Princess has taken charge of the whole house, they will naturally understand it. Who is the master of this house?
Seeing the servants twisting Mrs. Liu out and preparing to send her to the government, Zhou Tong's lips showed a hint of joy.
The method Mr. Zhao gave her really worked. These servant girls are actually just outsiders. What they fear is the people in the government who can manage things. So as long as the power from Granny Liu is taken away, Granny Liu will be able to serve in this service. It becomes a rootless tree inside.
All the things that Mrs. Liu did before have been exposed, but these things alone are not enough to punish Mrs. Liu for the death penalty. After all, Mrs. Liu's modification of the accounts was very covert. If this matter is not solved, , then Granny Liu might still be able to survive!
At this time, Zhao Feng had already heard the news in the princess mansion, and couldn't help but smile, knowing that he could prepare to start closing the net.
Soon, the back-up man arranged by Zhao Feng came here. This was planned when Zhao Feng collaborated with Dali Temple and Shuntian Mansion to investigate the case. If the prefect Sun here is allowed to interrogate the case, Liu will definitely be let go. It's a mother-in-law, so a higher-level official must review the case.
Sure enough, after the officials from Dali Temple came here, they took over the case directly.
