Chapter 008: Qianwu's Anger

After Snow Qianwu had just calmed down, she frowned and said, "Sister San, you didn't even ask, how can you say it was Qiange's fault so easily?"

"Huamei just said," Snow Qiandai retorted, "she had already handed the medicine to Second Sister. If it wasn't Second Sister's fault, then whose fault is it?"

A surge of anger rose in Snow Qianwu's chest. "Huamei is just a servant girl, and she doesn't know her place. Sister San, why do you believe her without even asking Qiange? Do you think Qiange is worth less than a servant girl in your eyes?"

She didn't want to consider the possibility that Qiange was falsely accused of theft as part of a conspiracy, nor did she want to doubt her usually obedient and gentle third sister. But at this moment, her third sister's first reaction was not to worry about Qiange, but to believe her servant girl. This made her feel a chill in her heart. Even if it were unfamiliar sisters, the right thing to do would be to first question the servant girl, especially since they had grown up together.

"Huamei was scolded by Qiange before. Maybe she did it out of resentment. Qiange was just falsely accused of theft. Do you, Sister San, also want to falsely accuse her and ruin the reward our grandmother gave her?"

"I'm innocent!" Huamei, feeling blamed, quickly exclaimed. She usually had no manners in front of Qianwu and Qiange, and now, being falsely accused while harboring resentment, she became even more audacious. Pointing at Qiange, she said, "It was Second Miss's own carelessness. She spilled the medicine soup herself and ruined the quilt given by the old lady. Miss, you must speak up for me!"

"Shut up!" Snow Qianwu stood up in anger. "How dare a servant girl like you point at Second Miss and act so audaciously!"

Snow Qianwu had always been gentle and kind, so her sudden outburst frightened even Snow Qiandai, and Huamei dared not speak a word.

Snow Qianwu was thoroughly angry this time. "Sister San, do you still want to believe and favor this servant girl who doesn't know her place?"

Snow Qiandai's face turned black from Snow Qianwu's series of accusations, and she was so furious that she shouted, "Someone, take Huamei, this audacious servant, and give her forty lashes, then send her to the laundry yard!"

"I'm innocent, Miss! I'm innocent!" Huamei wailed as she was dragged out by two maids.

Only then did Snow Qianwu calm down and sit on the edge of the bed, holding Qiange's hand with concern.

Qiange held her hand back and smiled at her. She had forgotten that she was the thorn in her sister's side, always provoking her anger. Her sister's outburst had disrupted her plan, but it made her genuinely happy. In this life, her sister was still the same as in the previous life, always protecting her no matter what.

As Huamei was dragged out of the room, the sound of beating and Huamei's screams soon came from outside.

Qiange felt no sympathy in her heart. Huamei was restless. In the previous life, many of the bad things done by Snow Qiandai were her ideas. If it weren't for the magpie revealing all the bad things they had done before dying, she would never have imagined that the seemingly innocent Huamei had such a malicious heart.

Just as Huamei's screams outside grew weaker, a stern voice suddenly rang out in the courtyard, "Stop!"

With that angry shout, the sound of beating outside immediately ceased, and the maids and servants all bowed and greeted, "Greetings to the old lady! Greetings to the lady!"

Evidently, that angry shout came from the old lady.