Bab 686: Justice Tempered with Mercy

When those servants heard her verdict, they felt as if the sky was about to collapse.

They had gotten used to enjoying the good days, eating well and living well during these two years in the Qiao Estate.

At this time, the Qiao Estate had gloriously risen to the rank of a marquis's estate and was becoming more prosperous with each passing day. Compared to other destitute families' children, they each lived as comfortably as young masters and misses.

Yet Eldest Miss wanted to drive them out now?

This time, everyone was in a panic and could only resent themselves for offending Eldest Miss, this ancestor.

This ancestor was not as open to persuasion as the other people in the Qiao Family. She meant what she said, whether it was poisoning someone into a mute or killing someone. Her swift and decisive disposition was totally unlike the mild and tepid temperaments of the remaining people in the Qiao Estate.