We need to find a way to make sure she can't live anymore!
Aunt Xie narrowed her eyes, looked at the road ahead, gritted her teeth, returned to her courtyard, and immediately summoned her head maid, Biyu, "Go to the East Garden and inquire about everything you hear and see, and report back to me!"
"Yes." Biyu nodded. She had just heard the maids gossiping that Aunt Bai had moved back to the East Garden, and that Aunt Xie's position was probably in danger!
Looking at the incense burner in front of her, Aunt Xie had an idea. "Granny Shu."
"This old servant is here." Upon hearing this, Granny Shu, who was outside the door, stepped forward and knelt down.
This Granny Shu has always been by Aunt Xie's side and is very loyal.
Aunt Xie leaned forward and whispered a few words in Granny Shu's ear, "...Go and do it!"
"Yes." Granny Shu nodded.
Aunt Xie finally breathed a sigh of relief, telling herself to stay calm. After all, she was still in power, while Aunt Bai was still under house arrest in the East Garden!
☆、121 To be dealt with, the scumbag woman has been exposed again.
When Aunt Bai woke up, she found herself in the East Garden. The room was furnished exactly as it had been, except everything was new. She had burned the East Garden down with a single fire, yet Ji Dingbei had ultimately rebuilt it. What did this signify?
"Hmph!" Aunt Bai snorted coldly, "This means that Master truly loves me. Besides, I still have my last bargaining chip in my belly! This East Garden is mine again, and General Ji's mansion will still be mine in the future! As long as I, Bai Aomei, live, I will definitely repay everything I have suffered!"
Aunt Bai got out of her bed. At that moment, Tianxiang came in from outside, carrying a bowl of freshly brewed medicine. She looked up and saw Aunt Bai looking at her coldly and arrogantly. Immediately, Tianxiang knelt down with the bowl in her hand, saying, "Aunt."
"Get up! Heh, I never expected that Aunt Bai would come back here. Get up, I need to take my medicine." Aunt Bai chuckled.
Tianxiang immediately stood up and said, "Yes." She brought over the medicine bowl. After Aunt Bai finished drinking the medicine, she asked, "Where are the two maids? Where are the Second Miss and Third Miss? Did they all hide when they saw me come back?"
Upon hearing this, Tianxiang immediately knelt heavily on the ground, saying, "This servant deserves to die."
Aunt Bai then realized something was wrong. "Speak! Tell me right now! If you hold anything back, I'll make sure you die a horrible death!"
"This servant doesn't know what happened, but what I heard is that the Second Miss has become a living dead, lying in bed unable to move, speak, eat, or drink. As for the Third Miss, the Third Miss..."
"Speak!" Aunt Bai snapped, barely containing the volcano about to erupt.
"Yes, the Third Miss is dead. She was buried yesterday." After Tianxiang finished speaking, she kowtowed several times to the ground.
"What?" Aunt Bai gritted her teeth. "What exactly happened?"
"Please spare me, Auntie! Please spare me! I don't know either. Perhaps the Second Miss's head maid, Baoqi, and the Third Miss's head maids, Jinzhi and Yuye, would know what happened..."
"Why aren't you calling them over here right now?" Aunt Bai was furious. If she found out who did this, she would never let them get away with it!
Before long, Baoqi, Jinzhi, and Yuye were secretly brought into the East Garden. Baoqi was still serving Ji Meiyuan, but she was constantly being pointed at and gossiped about. As for Jinzhi and Yuye, since Ji Wuxia had died, the Bamboo Garden was empty. The maids and servants who wanted to leave were given travel expenses by Steward Lin, while those who did not want to leave were scattered in different courtyards.
Jinzhi and Yuye didn't want to leave. They were currently assigned to the laundry garden, washing clothes every day and suffering humiliation from the maids and servants. Their hearts were filled with resentment. Now, being secretly summoned to the East Garden by Aunt Bai, they were on edge. They thought to themselves, if they could win Aunt Bai's favor, they would never have to endure the scorn of all the maids and servants in the laundry garden again!
Because everyone in the mansion knows about Aunt Bai's release, and some even say that Aunt Bai might regain power!
The three women entered and immediately knelt down, saying, "Greetings to Aunt Bai, may you be well, Aunt Bai."
"Get up, all of you! Tell me what exactly happened between the Second Miss and the Third Miss! I want the truth. If you lie even a little bit, you can prepare to feed yourselves to the dogs!"
"Yes," the three immediately knelt down and kowtowed in response.
Aunt Bai sat on the edge of the bed and waited for them to speak.
However, none of the three dared to speak first. Could it be said that the second young lady and the third young lady were fighting each other, and that the second young lady accidentally killed the third young lady?
The three of them looked at each other, each trying to shift the blame.
"You go first, you speak first."
"Baoqi, you said..."
"Jinzhi, you're so good with words!"
"Yu Ye, you've already said what I need to add."
...
"What's all this noise about!" Aunt Bai slapped her hand angrily, and the three of them immediately fell to the ground, begging for mercy.
"Jinzhi, you speak!" Aunt Bai pointed at Jinzhi, who was kneeling in the middle, "If there is even the slightest falsehood, I'll send you to see the King of Hell!"
Jinzhi was frightened. She looked at Baoqi on the left, then at Yuye, and finally at Aunt Bai. Thinking back, she decided to tell the story of how Ji Meiyuan and Ji Wuxia plotted to kill Ji Wushang, how the two eventually became enemies, how Ji Meiyuan accidentally killed Ji Wuxia, and how she was kicked against the wall by Ji Dingbei, suffering a severe head injury and becoming a living dead.
After Jinzhi finished speaking, she was terrified, because Aunt Bai was sitting there motionless, her gaze somewhat unfocused, but her face was ashen and sinister.
Jinzhi immediately kowtowed several times. "Auntie, everything I said is true. If you have any doubts, please ask Baoqi and Yuye. They were both there."
Upon hearing this, Baoqi and Yuye's expressions changed drastically, and they immediately kowtowed to the ground, pleading, "Auntie, what Jinzhi said is the truth, the truth! Please forgive us, Auntie!"
Aunt Bai suddenly burst into laughter, "Haha, haha, hahaha!" She laughed so hard that tears streamed down her face!
The three were at a loss and looked at each other blankly.
Just then, Aunt Bai suddenly stopped laughing. She wiped away her tears with her sleeve. "Hehe, do you know? It wasn't the second young lady who killed the third young lady, it was the eldest young lady! Hahaha, hahaha, you, you are all so incredibly stupid! They were stupid too! They actually fell for that bitch Ji Wushang's trick!"
The three were shocked. What was going on? How did this get to the young lady? She was the victim!
"You despicable fools! I warned the American aid workers not to act rashly before I came out, but they stole my token and acted on their own! I couldn't keep an eye on Wu Xia because I knew she was composed and even more secretive. I thought she would remain calm. But I never expected her to use the American aid workers! How laughable, how laughable! In the end, it's all about killing each other!"
That's how Ji Wushang tricked us! It's fate! If you can't beat that bitch Ji Wushang, you should know to avoid her sharp edge. You people are so stupid, so stupid!" Aunt Bai became more and more agitated as she spoke. Tianxiang immediately came up to help her catch her breath, but Aunt Bai had already pushed her aside and looked at the three maids kneeling on the ground.
Baoqi and the other two were dumbfounded. They didn't understand what Aunt Bai had just said, but they knew she was scolding them!
"Baoqi, how is the Second Miss now?" Aunt Bai breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that getting angry was not the solution. Naturally, she was thinking about how to deal with Ji Wushang. Now that she was out, what was there to be afraid of!
"Reporting to Aunt, the Second Miss is still lying in bed, just like before," Baoqi said softly.
Aunt Bai nodded, then said to Jinzhi and Yuye, "If you two are willing to stay by my side, I will have someone speak to Steward Lin. If you are not willing to come, you can go back to the Laundry Garden!"
"This servant is willing to obey your orders, Auntie, and do things for you," Yu Ye said immediately, kneeling down. Jin Zhi quickly added, "Yes, this servant is also willing to obey your orders, Auntie."
Aunt Bai nodded, "Good. Very good. I will make everyone pay the price. You all just wait!"
At this moment, a third-class maid came in and placed a potted plant on the tall table stand.
Aunt Bai, with her sharp eyes, asked, "You maid outside, come in here."
Baoqi and the others immediately looked at the little maid in the main hall outside the beaded curtain. When the little maid saw Aunt Bai speaking, she immediately knelt down on the ground and said, "Yes."
After saying that, he stepped forward.
But Aunt Bai was looking at the potted plant and said, "Bring that potted plant to me."
"Yes." The little maid was trembling with fear, not knowing what had happened, and could only move the potted plant over.
"Tianxiang, help me up and sit down," Aunt Bai commanded.
Tianxiang immediately helped Aunt Bai sit down at the table, while the little maid placed the potted plant on the table and then knelt on the ground with her head down, not daring to speak.
Aunt Bai glanced coldly at the maid on the ground, while Baoqi, Jinzhi, and Yuye stood aside listening to what was being said.
Aunt Bai looked at the potted "Green Peony," a famous chrysanthemum variety. It was just beginning to bloom, its flowers a vibrant, jade-green, glistening with dew. A single glance was enough to bring joy; it truly was the king of flowers. However, Aunt Bai leaned closer to smell it, and her expression suddenly changed drastically. With a flick of her sleeve, she swept the "Green Peony" to the ground, shattering the entire pot into pieces with a loud crash.
Everyone was taken aback. What was she thinking? Why was Aunt Bai so angry?
"You filthy woman!" Aunt Bai cursed angrily, stepped forward, and before anyone could react, she kicked the maid hard in the chest, knocking the maid to the ground!
"Auntie, Auntie, spare me! Auntie, spare me!" The little maid didn't know what was going on, but the most important thing was to cry out, "Spare me!"
"You wretched servant, are you tired of living? You actually gave me 'Green Peony' smeared with medicine, are you trying to make me throw away my child? You wretched servant!" Aunt Bai shouted angrily, then immediately said to the people outside, "Guards, beat this wretched servant to death with sticks!"
Upon hearing this, the little maid immediately cried out, "Auntie, Auntie, spare me, spare me! I really don't know what happened. Steward Lin just asked me to bring the 'Green Peony' over, so I brought it over. It has nothing to do with me!" She cried and kowtowed as she spoke.
But several rough-looking old women had already arrived outside and were walking towards the little maid.
Aunt Bai snorted coldly, "Take her away and beat her to death with sticks!"
"Auntie, spare me! Spare me!..." No matter how much the little maid cried and screamed, she was eventually dragged away by the rough old woman and beaten to death.
Aunt Bai glanced coldly at the dirt and plants on the ground, "Go, clean it up for me, and be careful!"
"Yes." Jinzhi immediately stepped forward and went outside to call someone to clean up, acting like a complete lackey.
Seeing that the matter was cleaned up, Aunt Bai said, "That little maid said that it was delivered by Steward Lin. Baoqi, find out for me whether it was Steward Lin who ordered the servants to do it."
"Yes, I'll take care of it right away," Baoqi said, and immediately went to do so.
Aunt Bai narrowed her eyes slightly, gently stroked her lower abdomen, and chuckled, "Everyone wants me dead, but I won't die. I'll make you all die! Haha!"
Yu Ye and Tian Xiang exchanged a glance, then looked at Aunt Bai, who was laughing wildly, and could only watch without saying a word.
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A few days passed relatively peacefully, and Ji Wushang finally had some peace and quiet. Thinking that his mother's 100-day memorial service was approaching, he decided to take the opportunity to go to the temple to offer incense. Ji Dingbei went to court early that day, and the only person who could accompany Ji Wushang to the temple to offer incense was Aunt Qin.
Aunt Xie was feeling uneasy all day because the maid she had sent hadn't been able to reply. She was worried and also had to take care of the affairs of the mansion, so she couldn't get away.
Ji Wushang did not bring Ji Wusi along, fearing that it would upset him and interfere with his studies. He instructed Tie Yi to take good care of Ji Wusi.
Ji Wushang finally found some peace and quiet, so he and Aunt Qin went to the nearest temple in the imperial city. Having already made Ji Wushang uneasy about going to the Buddhist Temple and the Yuanyue Nunnery, he dared not go to those two places and instead chose this temple close to the emperor's feet.
Two sedan chairs, one after the other, headed towards the Enze Temple. Filled with longing for Madam Bei, Ji Wushang made a paper sachet, intending to burn it at the temple.
I've never made many sachets for my mother to see in my life, so I'll burn one for her now so she can see my craftsmanship.
Ji Wushang thought to himself, and smiled slightly.
Leading the way were Tie Feng and several guards, all dressed as ordinary servants, and they went unnoticed.
After a long while, Tie Feng finally ordered the sedan chair to stop.
Ji Wushang stepped out of the sedan chair and saw that the Enze Temple occupied a large area. At this moment, Aunt Qin also got down, so Ji Wushang immediately went forward and helped Aunt Qin down.
Aunt Qin nodded with a smile, "Thank you very much, Miss."
"It's what Wu Shang should do." Ji Wu Shang's lips moved slightly. "Let's go inside!"
"Um."
Ji Wushang looked around at the people. Many of the women from the merchant families were going in, in twos and threes, some burning incense, some fulfilling vows, and some having their fortunes told. Ji Wushang then recalled the old fortune teller who had told her fortune at the City God Temple. He had said that the man she would marry would rule the world, and that she herself would be of immeasurable nobility. If that were the case, wouldn't the Prince of Nan be…?
Thinking of this, Ji Wushang smiled.
These fortune tellers always like to make grand pronouncements, but they do so in a way that makes people feel happy.
"Young Miss, what are you thinking about?" Aunt Qin was puzzled when she saw Ji Wushang staring blankly at the fortune teller in the distance with a silly grin.
"It's nothing, I was just thinking about things from the past, it's better not to mention them." Ji Wushang smiled at her, then went inside. "Auntie, let's go in!"