The evil woman becomes the concubine and the villain is crushed to ashes

Qiao Er smiled and said, "I stay with the young lady. She treats me so well, like a sister. The mansion pays me wages every month. When I'm tired, I can rest. When I'm hungry, I can go out to buy snacks. I can also save some money. Anyway, getting married? I don't want to!"

Speaking of this, Qiao'er seriously counted the pros and cons of getting married on her fingers.

"Miss, don't think it's so easy for this girl to get married. Of course, she is different from us. She is a daughter of a marquis, and her husbands are naturally young masters from aristocratic families. No one dares to bully her after she gets married, but most ordinary women have to endure some bullying when they get married."

"Think about it, if this husband is too capable, he will have to take concubines in the future. He may say that he wants to expand the family, but in fact he is just being lustful. Which woman is willing to share her husband with other women? Wouldn't that just be a bully?"

Qiao'er's face was puffy and she was obviously angry.

"Also, it's not good if the husband is incompetent. If he is too incompetent, then his wife will have to work like a slave..."

Qiao'er shuddered when she thought of this.

"I serve the young lady, but I am not treated like a slave. The young lady loves me and pays me wages every month. But if I get married and work for a man's family, not only will I not get paid, but she will also think it is her due. She may even find all kinds of reasons to teach me a lesson..."

As she spoke, Qiao'er's face changed and she grabbed the young lady's arm in horror.

"I haven't thought about this issue before, but now that I think about it, I'm determined not to get married. This is too scary!"

Xie Lingxi rarely saw Qiao'er in such a panic, and realized that she had scared her, so she hurriedly spoke.

"Okay, what are you talking about, girl? If you get married, I will be your husband myself. How could I let you suffer? Don't worry, if you really want to get married, I will choose one for you and won't let you suffer."

Qiao'er shook her head.

"Miss, that's different. You can't watch over me every day. I'm married and living in someone else's home. Even if I don't have to bear the brunt of it, I still have to do the work I have to do!"

When she said this, Qiao'er looked bitter and her face wrinkled.

"Even if you don't work, you still have to give birth to a child. Miss, you don't know that there is a maid in the courtyard of our Marquis's wife, Granny Liu, whose daughter died because of giving birth."

"I heard that when she was pregnant, she had to work in the fields, and her mother-in-law didn't give her good food, so she didn't have the strength to give birth. That's why two lives were lost. The baby died in her stomach, and Granny Liu's daughter was gone..."

The more Qiao'er spoke, the paler her face became.

This was the first time Xie Lingxi had heard of this, and her face looked a little grim: "How come I didn't know about this? Is this story about Granny Liu true?"

Qiao'er nodded like a little chick pecking at rice.

"Of course it's true! Why would I lie to you about this? Miss, I am lucky to be able to serve you. If I were Granny Liu's daughter, it would be too miserable. If I were born in the Ge family..."

When Qiao'er said this, she curled her lips.

"Forget it. If I am really unlucky enough to be reincarnated into the Ge family, I will just die in my mother's womb. Why should I be born and suffer this?"

When Qiao'er said this, she kept thanking herself for her good luck in being able to serve the young lady.

Xie Lingxi fell into deep thought, although she roughly knew the situation of the maids through Qiao'er and the maids around her.

But to be honest, the Changping Marquis' Mansion was not harsh on its servants. Xie Lingxi judged from her own experience and felt that no matter how badly other mansions treated their maids, they were not that bad. After all, if the maids and servants lived poorly, the master's reputation for being mean would spread.

Even for the sake of his family's reputation, he couldn't be too harsh on his subordinates. What if he ran into someone who was bold enough to say something wrong?

But I didn't expect that the real situation of these servants would be like this...

Xie Lingxi has always been accustomed to having someone serving her. She feels that it is natural for her to live a certain kind of life, and that everyone around her is similar.

What Xie Lingxi could imagine was that the servants might have to work harder and might eat worse than herself, but not by much.

She had never thought that there would be such a cruel and insane thing in the world. Xie Lingxi felt that the Ge family was a minority among the minority. But from what Qiao'er said, the family that Granny Liu's daughter married into was obviously on par with the Ge family.

Otherwise, how could they let their pregnant daughter-in-law work in the fields and not even give her good food?

In the end, the daughter-in-law died and two people were killed.

Even if you don't feel sorry for your daughter-in-law, from the perspective of loving your grandson, you shouldn't fail to feed her.

After all, it is our own family's incense that is being passed down. Is it necessary to be so harsh?

Xie Lingxi couldn’t figure it out, and because she couldn’t figure it out, she remained silent.

Qiao'er couldn't be lying, so what happened to Granny Liu must be true, but why? What benefit could be gained from this? Was the food saved really that important?

Is it so important that you would rather watch your daughter-in-law die?

They stayed silent like this, and Xie Lingxi didn't speak a word the whole way. Qiao'er also came back to her senses from her mumbling and found that something was wrong with the young lady.

But Qiao'er understood the young lady. When the young lady was lost in thought, she didn't like to be disturbed, so Qiao'er could only shut up.

But I still have to talk to the young lady about getting married, and she can't agree to it.

Anyway, I really don’t want to get married, especially after seeing the fate of Granny Liu’s daughter, it was too tragic…

Even if she could get married without having to work and having no worries about food and clothing, she would not marry. After all, she still has to give birth to children, right? It's so scary!

After Xie Lingxi returned to the Marquis' Mansion, she prepared to go back to her own courtyard. She had to think about what Qiao'er had said again. She always felt that she knew too little about some things.

This feeling made Xie Lingxi unhappy.

However, when I returned to the yard, I found my eldest brother Xie Zhibai drinking tea at the stone table in his yard.

"Big brother!"

Xie Lingxi shouted.

Xie Zhibai heard the noise, looked over and said with a smile.

"Lingxi is back?"

Xie Lingxi asked Qiao'er to prepare some snacks, and then she walked towards her eldest brother and asked, "Brother, why are you back at this time?"

Normally, my eldest brother would stay in the Ministry of Justice at this time. After all, he takes his work very seriously. If he comes back at this time, there must be something going on.

Xie Lingxi guessed a lot, and Xie Zhibai didn't waste any words and spoke directly.

"I came back because things have progressed. The fifth son of the Mu family has been found. Everything is going according to our plan. Lord Qin has sent people to collect evidence. We will soon have something interesting to watch."

Xie Lingxi heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this. It was good to have some progress, but she must not let Lord Qin notice anything unusual.