Different from the excitement of the master and servant within the Parasol House, the courtyard of the Aunt Li was quiet and soundless, like a abandoned courtyard that had no one around.
No one would have thought that Aunt Li, who was usually so glorious, would suffer a family punishment today. Furthermore, she was slapped in the face by the old mistress mercilessly in front of so many guests.
Aunt Li had fainted, but when she woke up, she would be furious, the ones who were suffering were the maids.
The servant girl who was touching the water basin had a bitter expression as she unwillingly walked into Aunt Li's room. She lowered her head with a respectful look, and gently placed the copper basin down.
"Third Miss, it's time to wash Aunt Li's wounds."
doctor had already come to see him a moment ago, and said that her injuries were not serious, the whip did not hurt her bones. However, this kind of skin injury still needed to be well healed. The most important thing was to clean it up frequently, so as to not cause inflammation.
An Lingyi sat in front of Aunt Li's bed. Looking at her pale white face, even in her coma, her beautiful brows tightly knitted together. It could be seen that she was feeling extremely uncomfortable.
If it wasn't for her, she wouldn't have suffered like this!
An Lingge dared to plot against her, causing her to be sentenced to a coma. She would definitely take revenge!
The light in An Lingyi's eyes flickered as she thought of Qing Er.
"Where's Qing Er? Bring her over to me!"
The servant girl holding the copper basin lowered her head again, "Reporting to the third miss, Qing Er has already been handed over to Aunt Wei."
"He gave it to Aunt Wei?" An Lingyi asked in a sharp voice, "It was clearly a servant in my courtyard, what right do I have to leave it to the Aunt Wei? "She's just an aunt, where did she get the qualifications to control my servant girl?!"
When An Lingyi said this, she seemed to have forgotten that Aunt Li was only a small concubine, and couldn't be considered a proper wife.
The servant girl trembled with fear, but still replied, "I heard that the old mistress handed the matter over to the Aunt Wei, so Qing Er was taken care of as a witness by the Aunt Wei."
"What a witness!" An Lingyi's face changed, she suddenly flipped over the water basin in the servant's hand, and it fell onto the ground, producing a clear sound.
The water in the basin spilled all over the floor. The maid's body was covered in water stains and was even hit by the copper basin, but she didn't dare to say that she had been wronged. She could only kneel down, "This servant spoke falsely, please forgive me."
An Lingyi erupted with anger, as though she was tired, she then waved her hand to allow the servant girl to stand up.
"Forget it, go get a fresh basin of water."
At this point of time, An Lingyi had a clear understanding of the importance of Aunt Li's injuries.
The maidservant acted as if she had been granted amnesty and immediately stood up. Picking up the bronze pot, she lifted her skirt and ran out.
Not long after, she brought another basin of water in, and An Lingyi let her take a handkerchief to wipe the Aunt Li's wounds.
When the servant girl took off Aunt Li's clothes, she heard a sound that made people's scalps go numb. It was as if the clothes were connected to the body, and it was extremely painful to forcibly tear it apart.
"Don't you know how to lighten your limbs?" Seeing that, An Lingyi flew into a rage again, because of the servant girl applying the medicine on Aunt Li, she did not do anything this time.
The servant girl felt extremely wronged. When doctor came over to treat Aunt Li just now, she only checked her pulse and opened the medicine before leaving.
As a servant, she had never learned medicine, so she had already done her best by carefully applying medicine on the Aunt Li.
With her arrogant and violent personality, it was no wonder that the maidservants by her side had betrayed her.
Although she thought this way, the maidservant's movements were a lot slower than her lackeys.
Seeing that Aunt Li's body was no longer leaking blood, An Lingyi's expression became gentler, but watched the servant girl move slowly, and felt extremely frustrated.
"Forget it, it's clumsy. I wonder why Aunt picked you to wait on me in the courtyard." An Lingyi stood up impatiently, she snatched the handkerchief from the servant's hands and pretended to clean the Aunt Li's wounds. "You can leave, let me personally clean up the place."
When the maidservant said such words, she couldn't wait. However, she couldn't show any happiness on her face, and even tried to make things difficult for him. "Third Young Miss, you've never done such a thing. What if you hurt my aunt …"
"If I tell you to go down, then go down!" An Lingyi berated, she no longer had the patience.
The maidservant seemed to be frightened. Upon hearing these words, she hurriedly nodded her head and staggered out of the room.
Only then did An Lingyi stretch her hand out to take off Aunt Li's clothes. The impact on her back was too great, it almost made her vomit just by looking at it.
Her face instantly turned pale and her stomach churned, as if the person who had received the family's punishment was not Aunt Li but her.
An Lingyi wanted to get up and leave immediately, but when she thought about how Aunt Li suffered such a heavy punishment for her, she suppressed the fear in her heart and sprinkled the medicinal powder on Aunt Li's back with a trembling hand.
"Hiss."
Aunt Li who was already unconscious gasped. She actually woke up from the pain.
"Mother, how are you?"
An Lingyi immediately rushed over, and looked at Aunt Li eagerly.
Aunt Li slowly opened her eyes. She was still unclear about the situation, but when she thought about how the old mistress had ordered her to be whipped, a look of resentment surfaced on her face.
She looked at An Lingyi, and said weakly, "Yi Er, why are you here?"
"Mother, you're injured because of me, of course I'll stay here and take care of you." An Lingyi gritted her teeth as she said this, and hatefully said, "I had originally wanted to kill that servant of Qing Er's, but Grandmother had already given her to the Aunt Wei to handle. If she were to fall into my hands, I will definitely let her know the consequences of betraying her master! "
Aunt Li coughed twice, and An Lingyi immediately gave her some water, looking nervous: "Mother, are you alright?"
"I'm fine." Aunt Li forced a smile and pulled at the wound on her back. The pain caused her face to contort and she immediately cried out.
"It's all An Lingge's fault!" An Lingyi's expression was fierce and malicious, "If she were to honestly be tricked by us, Aunt, how could you be punished?"
She had never thought that if An Lingxue had let them scheme against her, An Lingge would be the one being punished by the old mistress.
Could it be that since the Aunt Li was noble, An Lingge was lowly?
When they schemed against An Lingge together, they should have thought of the consequences.
But in the eyes of the mother and daughter of the Aunt Li, An Lingge was in the wrong in this matter. It was An Lingge's craftiness that caused them to be rejected by the old lady, and caused the Aunt Li to suffer under her family's punishment.
"An Lingge can't stay."
Aunt Li lied down on the bed weakly, adding on her pale face, her expression was somewhat cunning, and for some reason, sinister.
The old lady's birthday was turned into a mess by Guan Yin, but the old lady from Qingfeng Courtyard was no longer as angry as she was when she was in the main hall.