vrcanaries Chapter 551 This is clearly a trap set for her.
Chapter 551 This is clearly a trap set for her.
Wu Lexing was completely bewildered. When he asked the servants, they all said that their mistress was kind and had returned their indentures to their families before going to the south. She also gave them a sum of money so that they could take their children back to their hometown to live out their old age.
Now that the deadline has arrived, I am here to take my leave.
The indenture was returned, which meant he was now a free person. Wu Lexing was confused about matters of the heart, but he was still capable of making decisions about other things.
Of course, if he were truly useless, he would have had a hard time maintaining his position in the court and would have been impeached and dismissed by the Censorate long ago.
However, as the master, he was bound to have the pride of a master, and seeing that these people were determined to leave, he did not try to persuade them to stay.
He did give each person an extra 20 taels of silver for retirement, and instructed his servants to escort them out of the mansion properly. This was a way of fulfilling the master-servant relationship of all these years and also earned him a reputation for treating his servants well.
He was a grown man, how could he know the intricacies of the backyard, and he would never have imagined that the departure of these servants was related to Jiang Shi.
They certainly wouldn't have considered how the household affairs would operate after so many servants left.
Thinking that since Madam Huo was not at home, someone had to take care of things at home, she went to the backyard to find Madam Jiang.
Unexpectedly, he then mentioned the servant's departure.
Jiang then twisted her handkerchief and cursed loudly: "Bah, you insolent servant! What do you mean by the mistress's kindness? It's clearly that Huo woman who did it on purpose."
She then grasped Wu Lexing's arm and cried, "Master, if the deadline has truly arrived, why has it been so long since that Huo family member left, and why have these unruly servants come to say goodbye? They are clearly, clearly..."
Wu Lexing is good at everything else, except that he gets blinded by love.
Whenever he encounters Jiang, it's as if he's been bewitched, especially unable to bear seeing her tears.
He quickly pulled the person into his arms and comforted them gently, "Alright, alright, they're just servants. They're gone, so be it. We'll just go to the brokerage and buy another batch."
"Besides, these are people the Huo family used to employ, and you might not find them easy to use."
"Their indentures are all in the hands of the Huo family. Even if they have made mistakes, you can't go beyond the Huo family to kill them. What if you get sick from anger? Why don't you go to the brokerage and buy a group of people yourself? They'll be easier to use."
That makes sense, but Aunt Jiang doesn't think so.
She and Wu Lexing were childhood sweethearts, and she had also saved the old lady's life. Although their statuses were not a good match, she was still a concubine whom no one in the mansion dared to look down upon. If it weren't for Huo's jealousy, she might have become a concubine as well.
If back then, when Huo's shrewish sister came to demand justice, the old lady had been more lenient with her, and Huo might have asked to leave the marriage and become the legal wife.
But the debt of being saved cannot ultimately overcome the prejudice of social class.
Although the master's heart still belonged to her, she still harbored a competitive spirit between women that Wu Lexing didn't understand.
For example, after Huo gave birth to a son, she desperately wanted to give the master a son as well. Unfortunately, she was unlucky and had several daughters in a row.
However, as long as her husband could still work, she refused to believe she couldn't give birth to a son.
For example, she didn't really want to be burdened with the backyard that Huo had managed, but since Huo had taken care of it, she wanted to compare and see who was better at managing the household.
For example, rather than buying a new batch of servants from the brokerage, she would rather have these former servants of the Huo family follow her every command.
But that bitch Huo must have planned this all along.
Therefore, Huo Shi deliberately released these unruly servants from their contracts before heading south, which must have been her instigation. She intended to make them quit once she took over the inner quarters.
This is clearly a trap set for her.
Jiang sobbed, her nails, painted with red nail polish, digging deeply into her palms. She secretly vowed to defeat Huo and show her what she was capable of when she returned. Of course, it would be best if Huo died out there and never came back...