No script time travel, the general helped me rise to the top

"Someone come! Drag her away and beat her to death with sticks," the old lady narrowed her eyes slightly, her tone stern and unquestionable.

Nanny Tong and Nanny Xu received the order and rolled up their sleeves to grab Haitong and hold him up.

Haitong grabbed Qingqing's clothes in panic and cried bitterly, "Miss, Miss, please help me beg for mercy, Miss! I don't want to die!"

Xue Qingqing grabbed the corner of Haitong's clothes and pulled it out with all her strength, her face full of disgust and impatience. She wished she could solve this trouble quickly and confirm the guilt.

"You did such a vicious thing yourself, and you still want to implicate me. How can that make sense!"

Xue Qingqing turned away, and Ren Haitong was dragged out crying by Madam Tong and Madam Xu.

"Give him thirty strokes of the cane, and if he still has breath in his body, drag him out and sell him off." The old lady said again in a stern voice.

Madam Tong and Madam Xu dragged Haitong by the hand.

Seeing Xue Qingqing's cold expression and the thirty strokes of the cane mentioned by the old lady, Haitong knew that he was going to die today.

She broke free from Madam Tong and Madam Xu as if grabbing her last straw, and rushed to Yangyang's feet, hugging Yangyang.

"Miss, you must have seen it that day. It was the Second Miss who asked me to do it, and she gave the medicine herself. I was just following the master's orders. Please save me!"

Haitong's eyes were filled with tears, and she hugged Yangyang's ankles tightly.

He looked like he was determined to drag someone down with him even at the risk of death.

When Xue Qingqing heard this, she reacted so violently that she wanted to strangle Haitong to death immediately.

She twirled the handkerchief in her hand, walked quickly to Haitong, bent down, pinched and yelled, "You ungrateful fellow, I have treated you badly, how dare you slander me like this!"

Then she raised her head and looked at Yangyang, "Sister, you can't be deceived by her. How could a young lady like me do such a thing?"

Xue Qingqing held Yangyang's hand and said in a sweet and innocent voice, "Sister came to see her cousin that day, and so did Qingqing!"

"The other day, the Second Miss also said that if she wanted to make Madam Cousin wish she could neither live nor die, this medicine would be just right!" Haitong stared at Yangyang with a pair of red eyes from crying. Every word she said hit Xue Qingqing's sore spot.

When these words fell into Xue Qingqing's ears, they sounded even more harsh and anxious.

"What nonsense!" Xue Qingqing said, "Madame Tong, Madame Xu, why don't you take her away quickly!"

Nanny Tong and Nanny Xu both heard what the maid Haitong said, and they couldn't help but turn their heads to look at the old lady.

The old lady had quietly sat down on the armchair and closed her eyes to rest without saying a word. It seemed as if what was happening now was not in her world.

After all, Nanny Tong and Nanny Xu were elderly people who had been with the old lady for many years, and they could understand her requirements as soon as the old lady made a move.

In a flash, Haitong was dragged out again. A bench was set up in the yard. Soon, the sound of beating and Haitong's crying could be heard, each sound more shrill and weaker than the last.

Back in the house, Yangyang looked at the old lady's face, which showed a hypocritical expression.

Just now she was trying to protect Jiang Jiarou's safety, but now the facts are in front of her, she started to protect Xue Qingqing. It was nothing more than greed and weighing the pros and cons.

On the one hand, we need to warn everyone not to put Jiang Jiarou in danger again.

On the other hand, Xue Qingqing is now the young marquis's person. If she moves, she will be in trouble.

In this case, finding a maid to die in her place is the best solution.

"Grandma, thirty strokes of the cane will cost a person's life. Do you really want to do this?" Although Haitong was arrogant, as a maid, she was ordered around by someone else. Would it be too cold-blooded to take her life?

What’s more, the mastermind is just getting away with it?

"She did something bad and it's what she deserves. There's no room for excuses." Xue Qingqing immediately counterattacked, fearing that she would be implicated again.

"Everyone knows who the real mastermind is," Yangyang looked at Xue Qingqing, "The old lady also knows it clearly. Yangyang doesn't understand, who is this play being performed for?"

Xue Qingqing asked, "Sister, what are you talking about? Can you believe a maid who did something wrong and then just randomly blames others?"

Xue Qingqing had finally gotten rid of him, so how could she let him go so easily?

"Of course not." Yangyang showed a helpless expression, "Now my cousin can't be cured either, what a pity! I'm afraid I can't be the mistress of the Xue family anymore!"

The old lady was also twitching with hatred when she received Yangyang's hint, but now she understood, "Let Zhenger go and ask the imperial physician again tomorrow. It's not like all doctors in the world can only treat one disease. Are you afraid that you won't be able to find one?"

According to the old lady, Haitong's life or death has no extra value at all. What she cares most about now is Jiang Jiarou's health.

"That's right, sister, don't talk nonsense here. My cousin will definitely get better! If she can't be cured, you can only blame the doctors' incompetence!" Xue Qingqing comforted the old lady, and offended both Doctor Du and Doctor Fang.

"I have been practicing medicine for so many years, but I have never seen such a difficult diagnosis! That is because I am not good at medicine." Doctor Du bowed his head and walked out. It seemed that he was not happy with Xue Qingqing's words.

After Doctor Du left, Doctor Fang also packed up his medical box and was about to leave. "Doctor Fang, is this the end of the treatment? Are you leaving now?"

"I've said before that I only treat patients and don't get involved in other household affairs. I see that your family has a lot of household affairs, so I won't bother you anymore!"

Doctor Fang walked out with a carefree and unrestrained pace.

But when he arrived at the yard and saw Haitong, who was covered in blood and gradually losing his life, he could only shake his head and give up.

Yangyang smiled again, "If that's the case, then the old lady can make her own decision. Yangyang has no other way to help."