Rebirth: Pampered by the Lord
Chapter 676 - Chapter 676 Chapter 676 Taking the Blame

Chapter 676: Chapter 676 Taking the Blame Chapter 676: Chapter 676 Taking the Blame Xiao Ting was the personal maid of Lady Tang, and she had not left her side for over a decade. Every move of hers represented Lady Tang, and even if someone claimed it was her doing, Situ Yongjie would never believe it to death.

Situ Yongjie observed Xiao Ting with questioning eyes.

The astute Lady Tang naturally thought of this too. She stepped forward and, without a word, raised her arm to viciously slap Xiao Ting, saying in agony, “You wretched servant, I have treated you well, why have you framed me for being unkind and unjust? You’ve caused me to lose favor with the Old Master.”

Xiao Ting’s hairbun came undone from the slap, and a trickle of blood slowly seeped from the corner of her mouth, showing just how forceful Lady Tang’s slap had been.

Actually, Lady Tang had no other choice; without exerting her full strength, Situ Yongjie would not believe her.

“Madam, please spare my life! I only did it because I felt injustice for the Second Miss. What right does the Eldest Legitimate Daughter have to come back and snatch away her rightful status? To be demoted from the Eldest Miss to the Second Miss just like that, I did all this to vent anger for the Second Miss,” Xiao Ting pleaded as she kowtowed desperately to Lady Tang and Situ Yongjie.

“Xuexue has always been the Eldest Miss, she was just stranded outside. The Old Master has his reasons for doing this, you are but a maid, what business is it of yours!”

“I know I was wrong, I beg for the madam’s mercy,” Xiao Ting implored, determined to act out this ruse to the bitter end, even being ruthless to herself, repeatedly knocking her forehead against the ground until it was bloodied.

“Old Master, for the sake of Xiao Ting serving me for over a decade, please spare her this one time,” Lady Tang said while sneaking glances at Situ Yongjie.

Situ Yongjie wore a gloomy expression, knowing full well they were putting on a show but feeling helpless. He couldn’t simply divorce Lady Tang over such an incident, could he?

Situ Yongjie said, “A servant committing an offense against her superior is a grave crime in an official family. Considering her years of service to you, I will spare her life, but she will receive fifty lashes and be expelled from the General’s Mansion immediately.”

Lady Tang did not anticipate Situ Yongjie would give her no face, and her complexion turned deathly pale, “This is inappropriate, no matter what, Xiao Ting is my personal maid.”

“It is precisely because she is your personal maid that I spared her life. Had it been someone else, I, the General, would have chopped her head off already,” Situ Yongjie said, intending to slash at Lady Tang’s influence through this matter.

With Situ Yongjie saying so much, Lady Tang was momentarily speechless, her expression extremely unsightly.

Indeed, Xiao Ting was her capable assistant. She had helped plan and scheme many things; if she were truly to be expelled from the General’s Mansion, it would be like losing her right-hand helper.

The kneeling Xiao Ting, hearing that the General planned to flog her and then expel her from the mansion, her face instantly turned pale.

She lay prostrate on the ground, wailing and begging Situ Yongjie for mercy, “General, please spare me, I will never dare to do it again. If you expel me from the General’s Mansion, I will have no life left.”

Indeed, a servant receiving fifty lashes was already losing half of their life, and being expelled from the General’s Mansion meant that the common people would surely dare not take her in. One could imagine her fate–if no one cared for her, she would certainly end up dead on the streets, her end extremely miserable.

Xiao Ting envisioned herself lying bloodied and ignored on the street, her predicament beyond pitiful. Regret filled her heart; she should not have impulsively taken the blame. So she pleaded desperately to Situ Yongjie, “General, I will never dare again, please spare me.”

Situ Yongjie remained unmoved. She was Lady Tang’s confidante, willing to take the blame for her master, and he could not be faulted. He intended to cut off Lady Tang’s right-hand helper to see if she would have the energy to harm Xuexue in the future.