Daiyu from the Red Mansion is also arguing with people today

Chapter 109 Xue Pan's Big Death

Cough, cough, cough - this time, Nanny Gu coughed three times in a row. She felt really helpless. Doesn't this girl Daiyu know to speak in a lower voice?

She continued, "In fact, this matter is not complicated. The son of your Xue family molested my Lin family's maid in the inner courtyard of the Jia family. Not only that, he also tried to force his way into the courtyard where the women lived. How should such behavior be handled properly?"

Nanny Gu looked at Lady Jia, Jia She and Jia Zheng in turn, wanting to get their answers.

This matter seemed to be only about the inner house, but in fact it involved more men in the front yard. The first thing to be blamed was Xue Pan's misbehavior, and then the lax discipline of the inner and outer courtyards of the Jia family, which was also related to the family style of the entire Jia family.

Under Nanny Gu's gaze, Jia Zheng finally broke the silence: "What does Nanny Gu want?"

"It's not about what I want to do. The key is to see what kind of explanation the Jia family and the Xue family give." In fact, what Gu Ma wanted to see more was the attitude of the head of the Jia family. She had been in the Jia Mansion for almost a year and knew that the complexity here was no less than that of a small court.

Daiyu's identity is quite delicate - she is closely related to the Jia family, but she is an outsider and cannot interfere in the affairs of the Jia family.

For a moment, several heads of the Jia family fell into deep thought.

Xue Pan, on the other hand, became more active, with excitement on his slightly masculine face: "They are just two maids, I will take them in. According to their looks, I will give them... five hundred taels!"

puff-

A sudden laugh came from the quiet main room. Daiyu noticed Xue Baochai looking at her from the corner of her eye and couldn't help rolling her eyes.

She looked at the culprit and whispered half-jokingly, "Sister Yingchun, I think you want to put the blame on me. You have to give me that orchid purse to compensate me!"

"You wish!" Yingchun pretended to be angry and gently touched Daiyu's shoulder.

Xue Baochai watched the interaction between the two and suddenly realized that the relationship between Daiyu and Yingchun was much closer than she had imagined.

However, when she looked at the two of them again, she found that Daiyu had turned her head back, and Yingchun's face had returned to its calm look, as if everything she had just seen was just an illusion.

She suppressed the strangeness in her heart and cast her eyes behind the screen. Because, Grandma Gu spoke again.

"Forgive me for saying a few words, but as the saying goes, spoiling a child is like killing him. Although the young master of the Xue family is living in the Jia Mansion as a guest, even if it is difficult for him to go to school, he should pay attention to daily etiquette. Otherwise, making a fool of himself outside like today will only make people question the upbringing of the Jia family, and it may even implicate Miss Yuanchun in the palace." After saying this, Nanny Gu stood there calmly, as if she didn't care at all about the reactions of the people present.

Especially the sharp gaze from Madam Wang. Although it was fleeting, Grandma Gu still felt the chill in it.

Xue Pan looked left and right, and seeing that everyone was silent, he could not help but feel a little angry: "Don't be fooled by this old man. I just took two maids as my concubines, how did it involve the Empress in the palace?"

"Shut up!"

"presumptuous!"

Jia Zheng and Nanny Gu scolded almost at the same time, and the atmosphere instantly became tense.

Gu Mama straightened her back and said to Jia Zheng righteously, "It seems that Master Xue has not yet realized where he is wrong. May I ask, Mr. Gongbu Yuanwailang, what crime should a commoner with no official title commit according to the law for publicly insulting a sixth-rank female official?"

When Aunt Xue heard this, she immediately panicked and hurriedly stood up, trying to pull Nanny Gu's sleeve to beg for mercy, but she easily dodged her.

Jia Zheng's forehead was sweating from Gu Ma's questioning. He stammered, "This... I really don't know."

Gu Ma said coldly: "If you beat an official of the fifth rank or above, you will be sentenced to three years in prison and exile two thousand miles. If you beat an official of the sixth rank or below, you will be sentenced to three levels less. If you curse, you will be sentenced to three levels less. The total is ninety strokes of the cane."

Xue Pan originally thought that he would be demoted three levels, and then demoted three levels again, and at most he would be beaten with a few boards, but when he heard that he would be beaten with the stick ninety times, he immediately turned pale with fear.

You'll be in big trouble if you don't die!

Only now did he realize that he was scared. He looked at Aunt Xue for help, and the latter responded with a look of pity.

It is truly a scene of loving mother and filial son.

The atmosphere at the scene became more tense. Aunt Xue cast a pleading look at Mrs. Wang, but Mrs. Wang lowered her head, not knowing what she was thinking. It was obvious that she did not want to get involved in the matter.

Jia's mother also noticed Mrs. Wang's attitude and couldn't help but sigh in her heart that she had really married the wrong daughter-in-law. She leaned back in her chair and closed her eyes, while Yuanyang came forward cleverly and gently rubbed her temples.

Seeing that no one was talking, Nanny Gu asked again, "Should the ninety strokes of the cane be carried out here, or should they be sent to the Shuntian Prefecture government office?"

"Why go to the government?" Jia's mother knew that she could no longer avoid it, so she said, "Yu'er, for your aunt's sake, I'll spare you the caning!"

Daiyu had a hint of sarcasm on her lips, but her tone was innocent: "Grandmother, although Nanny Gu was the tutor bestowed upon me by the Emperor, she did not sell herself to the Lin family, and her status as a female official was not taken back. I'm afraid I can't make the decision on the caning."

Grandmother Jia sighed helplessly, glanced at Aunt Xue with a look of regret, then looked at Aunt Gu, with a hint of pleading in her tone: "Do you think there is any room for improvement in this matter?"

"To commit an offense against one's superior is a crime of disrespect. Since Madam Xue is related to our daughter in some way, the punishment will be reduced to thirty strokes of the cane. However..."

Before Gu Mama could finish her words, Xue Pan interrupted her impatiently: "Okay, okay! I promise!"

Xue Pan had a good idea in his mind: caning is just thirty hits with a three-foot-five-inch-long, two-thirds-of-a-inch-wide thorn stick. It would only cause some superficial injuries, and it would not be like the imperial caning, where thirty hits might kill someone.

If his own people were to carry out the execution, the fight would be as simple as a drizzle, so he was not worried at all.

Gu Ma ignored Xue Pan's nonsense and continued, "In order to ensure fairness, let the maids in our courtyard carry out the execution. What do you think, old lady and the two masters?"

Grandmother Jia looked at Gu Mama in surprise, but she was blocked by the veil and couldn't see Gu Mama's expression. She asked in disbelief, "Are you serious?"

"nature."

"I agree!" Xue Pan shouted to himself.

His face was full of smiles. How strong could these women be? Moreover, the woman in front of him looked weak and frail.

So he broke free from Aunt Xue's restraints and whispered to comfort her: "Mother, don't worry! They are just a few servants, how much strength can they have? I, your son, have thick skin and flesh, so this little pain is like a tickle to me!"