Chapter 180: Protecting Beauty at the Gate

Those few old women were about to step forward to pull, but saw Cong Sanye Cong standing in front of the nun, his face cold, his gaze staring at them like a knife, as if he wanted to peel them alive, and they all shivered.

They all said this Cong Sanye Cong was a scholar; why was his look so terrifying?

Back then, they had heard of his ruthlessness in rectifying Wang Shanbao's wife; that woman had her head chopped off two years ago, and even her bones were dissolved.

Thinking about it made their hearts feel cold. At this moment, they couldn't care about Mother Zhou's urging, and everyone's footsteps were frozen in place.

Mother Zhou saw this scene and her face changed, but she had received the Old Lady's order and had Lady Wang's support; if she ended up in such a gray way.

Losing the face of the Old Lady and the Lady, how could she stand in this inner chamber in the future? All the servants in the residence would watch her jokes behind her back.

There was also the time she gave a hint to the Marchioness of Wang Ziteng, which led the other party to start the poisonous plan of reporting Jia Cong. Although she was secretly instructed by the Lady, she couldn't get rid of the relationship.

I heard that this matter later alarmed the court, and many people suffered. Although it didn't implicate her for a while, Mother Zhou had been worried.

This matter had become her heart disease, and it also made her more and more wary of Jia Cong. He was unlucky and controlled in the residence, being held by the Old Lady and the Lady, which was the lightest threat to her, so it was naturally the most satisfying to her.

Mother Zhou saw him walking closer step by step, his gaze revealing an indescribable chill, and her heart suddenly panicked.

Jia Cong looked up at the deep and winding inner courtyard of the second gate and said: "Since the Old Lady cannot tolerate my people, I will not enter the residence to annoy the Old Lady."

"Cong Sanye, we have received the Old Lady's instructions. Don't make it difficult for me. If the Old Lady blames us, no one can afford it!"

"If you dare to make trouble in front of me again, watch out for your dog life!"

With a crisp "pop," the sound was so loud that it seemed to echo outside the entire second gate.

Those few old women brought by Mother Zhou were suppressed by Jia Cong's power, and none of them dared to help Mother Zhou.

Jia Cong's slap, although it was on Mother Zhou, was on the faces of Lady Jia and Lady Wang.

This scene stunned everyone present.

Thinking of these, the tone of speaking became stiff, just wanting to suppress Jia Cong's arrogance so that things could be done.

Pointing at Jia Cong with an unbelievable face: "You dare to hit me..."

"You think you can be arrogant because you are the Lady's accompanying maid? You are just a slave of the Jia family, and you dare to show off in front of the master. If I don't teach you a lesson, then the Jia family's family style is really lost!"

Mother Zhou relied on Lady Wang's power and was a very decent person among the servants in the residence. Even the sisters like Baoyu and the three springs had to respectfully call her Mother Zhou when they saw her.

Mother Zhou was Lady Wang's accompanying maid and Lady Wang's most trusted confidant, while Lady Wang was the housekeeper of Rongguo Prefecture, and Wang Xifeng was just a helper helping her manage the family affairs.

Mother Zhou was slapped by Jia Cong, and half of her face was red and swollen, her mouth oozing blood; her appearance couldn't be more embarrassed.

Jia Cong didn't speak, just walked forward slowly.

Everyone present couldn't dream that Mother Zhou, such a decent servant, would be slapped in the face, and hit so hard.

Jia Cong, without warning, slapped Mother Zhou hard.

"I hit you! I called you Mother Zhou for the sake of the Lady. Wu'er already told you that she is my maid Zhi Shao, but you still relied on the master's power and dared to take my people.

He practiced the blade daily, and this force was extremely great. Mother Zhou stumbled two steps, but couldn't stop the momentum, and fell to the ground like a rotten tree stump, splashing dust all over the floor.

"What are you still stunned for? Hurry up and take this woman of unknown origin. The Old Lady is still waiting for a reply!"

Lady Wang's trust in Mother Zhou was probably even more than Wang Xifeng. For some private matters, she would let Mother Zhou handle them, but she would never call her own niece to do them.

According to his past temperament, fearing the filial piety and etiquette of this world, he wouldn't have done such extreme things.

But back then, he lived in the East Courtyard, was suppressed and trampled, and didn't even have the ability to protect his most intimate maid, letting her be forced to jump into the river, and suffered so much bitterness, and he had always blamed himself deeply.

Now Mother Zhou poked at the pain again, wanting to take Zhi Shao to be humiliated, how could he not be furious? If it weren't for his reason, he would probably have had the heart to kill.

As for what the consequences would be, he didn't care. Even if Lady Jia disliked him, she couldn't give him any charges because he hit a slave; otherwise, it would be a joke if it spread out.

Because in the eyes of people like Lady Jia and Lady Wang, a slave is a slave. Even if the relationship with the master is close and the face is big, it cannot change this fact.

They wanted to rectify Jia Cong, and they would only find reasons from other places.

So Jia Cong didn't put Mother Zhou in his eyes at all. This slap today was originally for people to see.

Although this broke the face of Lady Jia and Lady Wang and would cause many dark twists and turns, at least in the future, if someone wanted to use the people around him to make trouble, they would have to weigh it.

That Mother Zhou was scared out of her wits by Jia Cong's slap, seeing Jia Cong looking at her with murderous intent.

Fearing that he would be impulsive and do something out of line, wouldn't that be life-threatening? At this moment, even the Lady couldn't save her.

Now she thought of herself as a domestic slave. Even if Jia Cong killed her now, he wouldn't have to pay with his life. He had an official position, and even the Zongrenfu's board couldn't hit him, at most paying some salary silver.

Originally, she thought that relying on the Old Lady and the Lady's order, Jia Cong would have to bow his head, but she didn't expect him to not follow the rules and tear his face regardless.

Taking out the status of master and slave, he directly took action against himself.

How many years had it been since the Jia family produced such a savage person? Although she hated it extremely, she didn't dare to humiliate at this time, for fear of suffering the immediate loss of this madman.

He heard Jia Cong say to the few old women: "Pass my words just now to the Old Lady and the Lady. If you dare to say a wrong word, or add oil and vinegar, and let me know, you better be careful!"

Even Mother Zhou, who was so decent, was slapped into a dead dog by Cong Sanye Cong. Where did those few old women dare to say half a "no"? They hurriedly agreed.

Jing Hui's eyes were filled with tears, looking at Jia Cong's back with excitement. Wu'er, Qingwen, and Zhen Ying Lian all had bright eyes; this was their Cong Sanye, who could protect them no matter what happened.

In Rongqing Hall, Mother Zhou's cheeks were swollen, her face was messy, and she knelt on the ground crying to Lady Jia and Lady Wang.

"Old Ancestor, I have been loyal to the master all my life. I have served the master in the Jia family for so many years. The Old Ancestor and the Lady are merciful to the servants, and have never moved a finger to the servants."

"Now I am doing things for the Old Ancestor and the Lady, but he hit people. He is not hitting me; he is hitting the Old Ancestor and the Lady's face. I beg the Old Ancestor and the Lady to make the decision for me."

Lady Jia and Lady Wang were also startled when they saw her appearance.

The Jia family had always been generous to servants, like the Old Lady's accompanying maid Mother Lai, and Lady Wang's accompanying maid Mother Zhou, these servants who had accompanied them since childhood were treated with kindness.

To show the style of a great family, they were even treated like family.

It was just that kindness was too much, and the management was insufficient. As time went on, these old servants became arrogant.

Mother Lai's family had a so-called "broken garden," with springs, stones, forests, buildings, and pavilions, which actually had the atmosphere of half a Grand View Garden. Where did a servant get so much silver? It was conceivable.

And Lady Jia and Lady Wang were also relying on these old servants to firmly control the power of the inner chamber.

Now seeing Mother Zhou beaten like this by Jia Cong, they were all full of shock and anger.

Lady Jia said angrily: "This evil obstacle is so lawless!"

She pointed at the few old women and scolded: "Aren't you following them? Are you all dead? How could it become like this? What is going on?"

One of the bold old women told the situation, and then relayed Jia Cong's words.

It was really not wrong at all, and she didn't dare to exaggerate. They were all old people in the residence. Who didn't know that the words in this Rongqing Hall would spread out in half a day?

If there was any concealment or lying in the words, and it reached Cong Cong Sanye's ears, it would not be a joke. That was the master who even Mother Zhou dared to hit.

After hearing this, Lady Jia was stunned for a moment, realizing that something had gone wrong, and asked: "What did you say? The nun brought back is his former maid Zhi Shao? Isn't that girl dead by jumping into the river?"

The old woman replied: "Returning to the Old Ancestor, we haven't seen that Zhi Shao. It was the Cong Sanye's big maid Wu'er who said it."

"Mother Zhou also said that the girl was already dead, saying that the Cong Sanye and others deliberately deceived us, and let us take the nun into custody first. That's why we had a dispute with the Cong Sanye, so..."

Lady Jia heard this and probably guessed the situation. If that nun was really the maid back then, with that kid's style back then, how could he let people touch that girl?

Lady Wang said: "This Zhi Shao was a maid in the East Courtyard back then and never walked around in the West Prefecture. None of our people recognize her. Cong Brother said this nun is Zhi Shao. This is hard to distinguish."

Suddenly a voice said: "Lady, although few people in the West Prefecture have seen Zhi Shao, Second Sister and I happened to see her once back then. Just go and take a look and you will know. This cannot be fake."

I saw a young girl coming in from outside the hall, with handsome eyes and eyebrows, a clear gaze, wearing an apricot-red flower-branch embroidered cross-collar long jacket, talking as she walked, shrewd and capable, it was the Third Young Lady Seeing Tan Chun.

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