Chapter 279: Chapter 279: The Master of the Prefecture 11
"Dongling, this servant has a stupid mouth. How could you take her words seriously?"
"How can there be empty words in this world? Moreover, concubine's beauty isn't only seen by Pei Yu older sister, this servant has also seen it." Dong Ling smiled as she said, "But Concubine Qin's maternal family is the Prime Minister's residence, which is rich and powerful. So it's only natural for them to live a well-off and glorious life."
Concubine Qin forced a smile. This little girl's words are full of traps, just like her master! How could she dare to respond? If she responds, she might accidentally fall into her trap!
Her maternal family is indeed glorious. The Prime Minister's residence has a big title, it is different from Concubine Xue. If they want to investigate later, the investigation would start with Concubine Xue first!
Seeing the normally arrogant and glorious concubines, young masters, and young misses in the lobby, all of their faces turned pale-white. While the unfavoured and powerless concubines and young misses started to gloat in delight. They were all waiting to see a good show!
Huang Bei Yue walked slowly from the door to the corridor. Dong Ling immediately went up to her and supported her hand. The people sitting in the hall didn't know what she was going to do, so they all followed her.
"After so many years, I originally thought that the family property left behind by my mother would be well managed by the steward, well cared for by my father, and highly valued by the various concubines. Who would have thought that after only four years since my mother had left, the residence is already completely overturned? Steward Zhou, the surprise you gave me today isn't small!"
Huang Bei Yue glared at Steward Zhou, who is kneeling on the ground and kowtowing: "Princess, please spare my life. I am not greedy, this is real, really …"
"Don't talk nonsense! If you want to fool me again, I will send Pei Yue to the border to serve as a military prostitute!" Huang Bei Yue's crisp shout shocked everyone.
"Someone come and beat him! Beat him until he speaks the truth," Huang Bei Yue loudly commanded. Those servants are new to the residence. Just a moment ago, they were bribed by Dong Ling. So now they naturally listen to Huang Bei Yue's command. They took out a thick stick and pressed Steward Zhou to the ground, ruthlessly hitting him with the stick.
These new servants did not have much status in the residence and were being suppressed at every turn. Their resentment against Steward Zhou wasn't a one day or two-day thing. Now, this was a good opportunity to vent it all!
"Princess! Princess, have mercy! This humble one has been wronged, this humble one has been wrongly accused. Princess, this is obtaining confession through torture…," Steward Zhou screamed his lungs out. That stick was ruthlessly beating him, and yet he still didn't spit out the truth.
Huang Bei Yue stood on the steps, looking at him coldly. She suddenly said: "Drag Pei Yu out and hit her too!"
"Princess! Princess, please spare this servant!" Pei Yu cried as she knelt down, tightly holding onto the hem of Concubine Qin's skirt, not wanting to let go.
Right now, it was already hard for Concubine Qin to protect herself, so how could she care about this girl? She lifted her leg and kicked her.
The two servants came over and dragged Pei Yu out. They threw her in the yard and hit her with a stick.
"Father, father save me! It hurts, father! Father!" Pei Yue has a delicate and tender body. How she withstand such a staunch rod? It only took a few moments for her to start screaming like a pig that is being butchered.
Steward Zhou's butt had been beaten so badly that it blossomed. He had been enduring it with all his might for his daughter. But now that his daughter was being tortured, he raised his head and finally asked Xiao Yuan Cheng for help.
Xiao Yuan Cheng's expression was ugly. He couldn't intervene in this matter at all. First, it was because Huang Bei Yue's power is unfathomable. The person behind her was someone that even the Old Master was wary of. He didn't dare to provoke her.
Secondly, in Princess Zhang's residence, Princess Bei Yue was the true master.
Chapter 280: Chapter 280: The Master of the Prefecture 12
After all, his surname was Xiao. If Huang Bei Yue wanted to be in charge of this, he wouldn't be able to stop this…
This housekeeper Zhou, in the past, he knew too many things about him. Plus, this matter, he also needed a scapegoat. Might as well let Huang Bei Yue beat him to death.
A dead person's mouth is the most reliable!
At this time, as long as he saved Pei Yu, housekeeper Zhou would be willing to die for him!
Once he thought up to here, Xiao Yuan Cheng exclaimed to Huang Bei Yue: "Bei Yue, the person who made a mistake is her father. It has nothing to do with his daughter. Let Pei Yu, that girl go."
When he listened up to this part, housekeeper Zhou understood. Xiao Yuan Cheng wanted him to become the scapegoat!
Letting Huang Bei Yue beat him to death would be able to save his daughter – Pei Yu's life. Was this exchange worth it or not?
Cold light flashed by Huang Bei Yue's eyes. She will not grant their wish!
"Humph, housekeeper Zhou – this crime, he had stolen things from the prefecture of Princess Zhang. Even if he was sent to Ting Wei Si and sentenced the whole family to die, this was still considered a light punishment! Plus, the debt of a father, the daughter will have to compensate for it. This housekeeper Zhou would not plead guilty so his daughter either will be sent to Ting Wei Si as a military prostitute or throw her out of the prefecture after making her handicapped!"
"No, no! I plead guilty! I plead guilty ah—" Housekeeper Zhou began yelling as though heart-broken: "Stop! Princess, please stop. This person will speak the truth, will speak the entire truth!"
Huang Bei Yue slightly raised her hand and a couple of servants halted. Even the sticks contained blood stains.
Housekeeper Zhou climbed over, hugging his daughter – Pei Yu. The tears fell down the face: "As long as the Princess promises to keep my daughter safe and for the rest of her life to live by peacefully, I – I will say everything!"
"Housekeeper Zhou, you are trying to bargain with me?" Huang Bei Yue faintly inquired.
Housekeeper Zhou: "This person doesn't dare to. It's just that this person only has one daughter. Although it is not pitiful for me to die, this matter has nothing to do with Pei Yu. She is innocent. Princess, please investigate thoroughly."
Huang Bei Yue nodded her head: "Pei Yu is innocent. I naturally know. It's just that the mistakes that you committed involved her in this matter. However, if you are willing to say the truth, from now on, Pei Yu will follow me. In the future, I will find a good person for her to marry and give her a generous dowry."
Kindness and prestige are both revealed. Only that way, will it convince the masses!
"Okay, okay. In front of everyone's faces, this person believes the Princess's personality." Housekeeper Zhou slowly got up and his trembling hand pointed towards Xiao Yuan Cheng: "These things, it's the Lord who wanted me to secretly store them, taking them out from the prefecture's storage room and replacing it with fake items. For a portion of them, he wanted me to go to the pawn shop and exchange them for gold coins and another portion of it, he wanted me to gift them to the imperial capital's officials…"
"Babbling nonsense!" Xiao Yuan Cheng hollered. "Audacious servant! You dared to accuse me. See if I don't kill you today!"
Xiao Yuan Cheng raised the palm of his hand and condensed the vitality. It was about to hit the housekeeper Zhou when Huang Bei Yue pulled off a hairpin from her hair and the hairpin strike him. The strength wasn't that hard but enough for Xiao Yuan Cheng to immediately place his hand back!
"What is father doing? Whether he is accusing you or not, we will find out after investigating later. How come you want to kill him? Other people will think that it's because you are guilty so you want to kill him so he doesn't say anything else!" Huang Bei Yue icily declared.
Xiao Yuan Cheng's face was turning red. He held onto his wrist which was in pain, harshly stating: "This audacious servant dared to climb on the master's head!"
Concubine Qin also stood up to add on: "Princess Bei Yue, a servant's words, how could you believe it? Are you actually going to be suspicious of your father due to this?"
"Whether suspicious or not, I am only looking at the evidence! Concubine Qin doesn't need to say anything more. I also believe that the grand Emperor's son-in-law would not dare to such a corrupted thing!"
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