When Ruan Yuluan arrived at the temple gate, she found that several people were already there.

The lady's face was gloomy. After what she said, Ruan Yuxi's eyes were red and swollen, and she looked unconvinced.

The girl got on the carriage and returned home. All the way, she was thinking about her own things and didn't notice that the fourth lady was staring at her. She snorted softly.

"You envy me, don't you?" Ruan Yuxi raised her fingertips, revealing the blood jade bracelet on her wrist. "Mine is much more expensive than your plain one."

As she spoke, she seemed to have finally found a way to vent her anger, and she felt proud.

"As the saying goes, what you are is what you deserve... Only when you know yourself well can you go far."

Unexpectedly, Ruan Yuxi could use this to mock herself.

The third lady couldn't stand her frivolous look, so she rolled her eyes and turned away.

Ruan Yuluan didn't feel angry. She raised her eyes and looked at the girl's beaming face, her tone gentle.

"Yes, such a good thing...only Fourth Sister is worthy of it. Fourth Sister is favored by the Princess." Her smile deepened, "Good days are yet to come."

After returning home, the wife was furious. She was the mistress of the house, in charge of the inner house, but something like this happened under her nose. This was Aunt Xu challenging her power, how could she not be angry.

Ruan Yuluan walked into the flower hall and walked around the agarwood screen with a landscape painting carved on it when she happened to catch a glimpse of the lady interrogating a servant.

She walked forward slowly with a food box in her fingertips, her eyes swept across the maid lying on the ground, and she greeted the lady with a smile.

"Greetings to the Madam."

Ji's eyes and brows were tired. She had interrogated several people, from inside to outside, those who delivered messages to the Fourth Lady and those who opened the door for her. She looked a little exhausted.

"Why are you here?" There was a hint of displeasure in his tone when he spoke.

The girl knew that her displeasure was not directed at her, so she just smiled and whispered, "Luan Niang heard that the Madam was angry today and didn't even have lunch. She was worried and brought some cakes here. After the Madam has eaten, it won't be too late to judge them later."

As he spoke, he stepped forward and opened the lid of the food box in his hand, revealing several cakes and pastries inside. Ji took a glance at it and saw a plate of red bean paste cake, a plate of lantern incense cake and jujube paste cake.

Freshly baked, it smells rich and sweet.

She couldn't help but move her eyes slightly, and her expression softened a bit. She said "You are so thoughtful", stretched out her fingertips to pick up a piece of cake, took a bite, and it was sweet and soft.

Then he interrogated the maid who delivered the message to the Fourth Lady, frowning slightly.

"Do you remember that I am the mistress of this mansion, but I rushed to pass on the message to Aunt Xu and her daughter! You are such a traitor!"

The person being tried happened to be Tonghua.

The little maidservant was so frightened that her face turned pale and she dared not breathe. She glanced at her vaguely, as if asking for help.

"Take him out," the lady ordered, "and give him forty lashes! Beat him right here in the courtyard, for everyone to see!"

After she finished speaking, Tonghua was so frightened that she almost limp. Ruan Yuluan was not in a hurry to speak. She waited until Tonghua was dragged away and beaten with seven or eight boards before she pretended to be uncomfortable.

"Madam, in my opinion, it is better to forgive the maid." She said in a low voice.

Ji frowned and said, "Oh," "Why?"

"Madam has always been kind and lenient to me," the girl said, "Now she has severely punished the maid. It is not a big deal if she is hurt, but I am afraid that Madam's reputation will be..."

Ji's eyes couldn't help but change slightly, and she pursed her lips and said nothing.

Seeing that her expression had eased, the young girl continued to persuade her, "Besides, father has just entered the capital to serve as an official... He hasn't established himself yet. If our family doesn't investigate and gets a reputation for mistreating servants, it might also harm father."

This made sense. Ji hesitated for a moment and said loudly, "Stop!"

She looked through the door and saw that the maid's waist and back were covered in blood. She let out a sigh of relief and calmed down. She told Mama Liu: "Find a doctor to see her and give her some medicine."

Mother Liu quickly responded, "Yes."

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