Chapter 12: Who hit whom

"Mother, are you mistaken? How could your daughter have hit you? Clearly, it was these servants who hit you. Don't you believe me? Feel your face, there are still marks from the beating with the cane. It must have hurt, right? Let me massage it for you. Think carefully, who really hit you?"

Luo Qianqian revealed her innocent face and reached out her hand towards the second madam, ready to help her wipe her face.

On one side were seven or eight rough maids, and on the other side was a twelve-year-old girl. Who would believe that she had hit the second madam?

"Don't touch me!"

The second madam suddenly backed away, looking at her with fear, as if she was seeing a monster.

Her intuition told her that Luo Qianqian was different now, no longer the one who wouldn't fight back or talk back. Her eyes just now really scared her.

"Mother, what are you afraid of? Father is here, he will take care of everything. You don't need to be afraid of anyone. Right, father?"

Luo Qianqian glanced at Luo Yujue.

"Don't touch me!" The second madam ran to Luo Yujue, clinging to his legs, crying out, "Master, don't listen to her nonsense. You must take my side. I was really hit by this wicked girl, no, Luo Qianqian. Her eyes just now were so scary, I'm afraid."

Luo Yujue looked at Luo Qianqian and recalled the inexplicable incident of him sitting on the ground not long ago.

Could it be that this girl knew martial arts?

But who did she learn it from? She had been in the mansion for the past twelve years.

It seemed that he had paid too little attention to this daughter over the years.

"What happened?"

At this time, the old lady walked in, holding the old nanny's hand, with a tired look on her face. She had just returned to rest in her room, but soon heard the news of the second madam being beaten, which was related to Luo Qianqian.

She was old and didn't want to get involved in such matters, but the thought of a twelve-year-old child who had just crawled out of the coffin being subjected to this kind of trouble made her heart ache.

"Grandmother? You're here!"

As soon as the old lady entered, she looked at Luo Qianqian with a concerned expression. Luo Qianqian felt warm in her heart and showed a joyful expression on her face.

"Mother, why are you here?"

Luo Yujue was somewhat surprised and frowned at the same time.

Seeing Luo Yujue's expression, the old lady's heart skipped a beat. It seemed that he was suspicious, but since she was already here, she couldn't just leave. She decided to sit down and listen.

"I heard that something happened in the mansion, Xiuzhi was beaten, so I came to see. I don't have any other intentions, don't overthink it."

Luo Qianqian hurriedly went forward to help the old lady sit down. Her intuition told her that something was not right between this mother and son.

Luo Yujue's words just now clearly showed his dissatisfaction with the old lady. In this strict and traditional ancient society, besides the father, the mother was the head of the household. Even the queen had to defer to the dowager empress!

The old lady should have a normal role in managing the mansion, so why would Luo Yujue ask such a question?

Moreover, when she returned and confronted the second madam, she had proposed to allocate some of the household management authority to the old lady, but the old lady did not agree. Was it also because of Luo Yujue?

"Mother, what are you talking about? It's all the son's fault for not managing the household properly and disturbing your rest. It's not a big deal, just a few disobedient servants. I will send them away to uphold the mansion's rules."

"Guards! Drive these wicked maids out of the mansion, along with their families, and never use them again!"

Once the servants were driven out of the mansion, it meant they had committed a serious offense, especially being driven out by a high-ranking official's mansion. Who else would dare to take them in? Moreover, they were getting older, and in a few years, they could have been taken care of in the mansion. Now, being driven out meant they had lost everything.

"Yes, Master." The steward Ah Zhong quickly came in and ordered the servants to prepare to drive these maids out. However, before they could act, the maids knelt down and refused to be moved.

One of them even broke free from the servant's grasp and crawled to the old lady's side.

"Please, Madam, save us! We really didn't hit Madam Er. It was clearly Miss Er who hit her."

"Yes, Madam Er took us to hit Miss Er. We've been wronged."

"Jue'er, assaulting the legitimate mother is a crime of disobedience, punishable by death! If this gets out, how will the daughters of the Prime Minister's mansion marry in the future?"

"Yes, yes, Sir, you must interrogate rigorously, or else I've been unjustly beaten."

Madam Er looked smugly at Luo Qianqian. "Assaulting your mother, you're doomed."

Luo Yujue glared at Madam Er, then sat in the center chair and said, "Let them speak!"

"Sir, let me explain!"

Eager to seek revenge for herself, Madam Er spoke up, "Mother, Sir, here's what happened. The servants reported that Miss Er and Young Master Er were stealing the peaches provided for the Emperor and the palace ladies. So I went to stop them. But this girl unexpectedly beat me. Look, all these injuries are from her!"

As soon as Madam Er finished speaking, several maids quickly chimed in, "Yes, yes, that's right!"

"That's right, it was Miss Er who hit Madam!"

Luo Yujue looked at Luo Qianqian, who appeared completely calm, showing no signs of fear for the capital offense of assaulting her mother. He felt that this girl must be up to no good again.

"Luo Qianqian, do you dare to assault your mother? Do you understand the consequences?"

Before Luo Yujue could ask, Madam Er couldn't wait to ask this question.

Being beaten was something from the time when the old master was not yet the Prime Minister. After living a pampered life for so many years, how could she bear such humiliation?