Madam Wen rushed to Song Zhaoyang's courtyard.
At this moment, Nanny Yu was being held down by two sturdy women and kneeling in the courtyard.
Nanny Yu thought that since she had come to the Xue residence with her mistress, she had never suffered such a thing. Anger flared up in her and she started to talk without thinking.
Song Zhaoyang didn't tolerate her nonsense and directly ordered her to be slapped twenty times.
Madam Wen had just stepped into the courtyard when she saw Nanny Yu being slapped and turned green with anger.
"Stop!"
Nanny Yu suddenly turned her head, "Madam, save this old servant."
"Pa!"
An unforgiving slap landed on Nanny Yu's face and beat her pleading back.
Madam Wen was furious and roared at Magpie, "I said stop! You insolent servant girl dared to do it!"
Magpie curtsied to Madam Wen and said, "Forgive this servant, Madam. Nanny Yu was talking nonsense. The mistress ordered her to be slapped and this servant didn't dare to disobey."
"You!" Madam Wen was so angry that she had the heart to kill.
At this moment, Song Zhaoyang wrapped herself up tightly and was supported out by someone. She looked at Madam Wen with an aggrieved expression.
"Mother, ever since I married into the Xue residence, I have given birth to children for the Xue residence, managed the daily affairs and served you. I never dared to be the slightest bit slack. But I never expected that mother would actually try to poison me!"
"If you're not satisfied with me, you can just tell me. I will voluntarily leave the house. Why did you have to harm me!"
When Madam Wen heard Song Zhaoyang's question, her eyelids twitched. Then she argued, "Nonsense. When did I harm you?"
Song Zhaoyang looked at Nanny Yu whose cheeks were red and swollen from the beating. Her eyes were cold.
"Nanny Yu was ordered by you to send me ginseng soup. I was kind enough to share half of it with the younger sister-in-law. Now, I have a stomachache and I vomited. The younger sister-in-law is also unwell."
"Just now, I asked someone to show the remaining ginseng soup to Doctor Wang. But Nanny Yu deliberately spilled the soup. Isn't this having a guilty conscience?"
"Now, she is still talking nonsense and scolding me. In mother's eyes, is your daughter-in-law such a bad person?"
When Madam Wen heard Song Zhaoyang's question, she was so angry that she gritted her teeth.
She was useless!
She took a deep breath and said, "The eldest daughter-in-law, I didn't order Nanny Yu to send you ginseng soup!"
Nanny Yu's eyes widened in disbelief. She said, "Madam, it was clearly you who ordered..."
"Rascal!" Madam Wen glared at Nanny Yu with hatred. She angrily pointed at her, "I trusted you so much but you are so vicious!"
"The last time you mentioned that you wanted your little daughter to serve the eldest son, I rejected you. I never expected that you would bear a grudge and poison the eldest daughter-in-law. You, you are really vicious!"
"On account of the fact that you served me for thirty years, I won't implicate your whole family. I'll leave you a whole corpse. You choose yourself!"
Tears flowed from Nanny Yu's despairing eyes.
She was loyal to her mistress for her whole life but never expected that she would end up taking the blame for her mistress.
She didn't dare to resist. Her whole family's lives were in her mistress's hands.
She said with grief, "This old servant admits her crime! It was this old servant who bore a grudge and wanted to harm the eldest mistress. This old servant is willing to let the madam deal with her as she wishes."
When Madam Wen heard Nanny Yu's admission, her hand in her sleeve tightened. She took a deep breath and her voice was heavy.
"Nanny Yu dared to commit the crime of rebellion. Flog her to death!"
"Eldest daughter-in-law, since she poisoned you, then let your people do it."
Song Zhaoyang said indifferently, "Mother, Nanny Yu is after all your person. You should do it yourself. This way, it will allow the whole household to see that you are fair and just. Am I right?"
Madam Wen's body immediately stiffened. She had to flog her own person to death!
Good!
Very good!
She said coldly, "Come, drag Nanny Yu out and flog her to death!"
As soon as she said that, someone stepped forward and took Nanny Yu out of the courtyard.
Very soon, there came Nanny Yu's miserable wailing outside. The wailing got softer and softer and gradually returned to silence.
"Madam, the person is dead." A servant girl with a pale face came to Madam Wen's side.
Madam Wen felt a little sad. Her eyes were as cold as frost. She looked at Song Zhaoyang and asked, "Eldest daughter-in-law, are you satisfied?"
Song Zhaoyang's expression was as calm as water. "Mother, whether I'm satisfied or not isn't important. I heard that the younger sister-in-law was injured more severely than me. You should go and ask her."
Madam Wen felt a pain in her heart. "Alright, you should take good care of yourself during your confinement."
After she said that, she turned around and left.
Song Zhaoyang watched Madam Wen's back as she left. A sneer appeared on her lips.
Magpie whispered, "Mistress, the madam actually ordered Nanny Yu to be flogged to death. She was really willing to do it!"
Song Zhaoyang turned around and returned to the room. She said indifferently, "Cut off her arm to save herself. She is more difficult to deal with than I thought. Order our people not to give the madam's people any excuse to catch us."
Nanny Yu was Madam Wen's right-hand man. Now that she forced Madam Wen to cut off her own arm, Madam Wen would definitely not let it go.
Madam Wen was more ruthless than she thought.
Magpie nodded. "Don't worry, this servant will go and remind them. You are still in confinement. Don't use too much energy."
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When Little Madam Wen found out that Nanny Yu was flogged to death by Madam Wen, she was stunned for a moment. Then she started to laugh maniacally. As she laughed, she actually started to cry.
The nanny serving beside Little Madam Wen saw this and quickly comforted her, "Second Mistress, you are still in confinement. Don't cry. It will harm your body."
As she said that, she carefully wiped the tears from Little Madam Wen's face with a handkerchief.
Little Madam Wen pushed her away and crazy hatred appeared in her eyes. She gritted her teeth and said, "Why is it that mother wanted to deal with Song Zhaoyang but the bitter fruit has to be swallowed by me? I hate!"
Little Madam Wen wasn't stupid. She guessed what her good aunt and good mother-in-law's plan was. It was to use that bowl of poisoned ginseng soup to ruin Song Zhaoyang's body. But Song Zhaoyang passed the ginseng soup to her and lied that it was from her mother-in-law. And she actually fell for it and stupidly drank it.
Nanny Yu became a scapegoat.
The nanny looked at Little Madam Wen's distorted face and comforted her, "Mistress, the imperial physician said that if you take good care of your body, you will still be able to have children. You must calm down. You still have the eldest miss."
When Little Madam Wen heard the nanny mention her daughter, she became a lot more clear-headed.
But there was still a feeling of discomfort in her heart. It was very uncomfortable.
She was harmed like this because of Song Zhaoyang!
She gritted her teeth with hatred, "Remove the wet nurse of the stinky girl next door. A mother's debt should be paid by her daughter. If she wants to live, then it's up to fate!"
Song Zhaoyang very quickly found out that Little Madam Wen had chased the wet nurse of her own daughter out of the house.
Magpie gloated, "I heard that in the future, it will be more difficult for the second mistress to have children than to ascend to heaven. Now that she is so cruel to the second miss, isn't she afraid that she will kill the second miss?"
Song Zhaoyang said indifferently, "What is she afraid of? In her eyes, my daughter is her own daughter."
Magpie clicked her tongue twice but still had some lingering fear when she thought about the matter of switching children.
She said with lingering fear, "Fortunately, mistress, you made preparations early. Otherwise, it would be our miss who would have suffered."
Just as she said that, a nanny walked in quickly. Her face was solemn.
When Magpie saw this nanny, she was so scared that her eyes widened. Then she stood beside the bed respectfully.