If it were in the past, she might have felt sympathy for her own kind, but Zhu Cao’s words and actions today really made it impossible to sympathize with her.

Yin Mingyu glanced at Xi Lan and Shi Liu without leaving a trace, placed down her teacup, and calmly stopped Yin’er and the others: “Pull her in.”

Yin’er withdrew her hand with a cold face, but secretly rubbed her hands on her skirt to hide her panic of hitting someone for the first time.

As soon as Jin’er and Hong Chou entered the room, they let go of Zhu Cao. Zhu Cao fell to the ground, tears streaming down her eyes uncontrollably. She kept whimpering but could not speak a complete sentence.

Jin’er and Yin’er calmly returned to their original positions, while Hong Chou walked quickly behind Qingyu and stayed close to her.

Yin Mingyu looked at Zhu Cao and asked with a smile, “You might as well guess, did I deliberately let you come to me and say something offensive to me so that I can punish you?”

Zhu Cao lay on the ground, trembling.

“You are good at elevating yourself.” Yin Mingyu said contemptuously, “Do I need a reason to deal with you?”

Yin’er sneered loudly at the side, and the sound could be heard clearly in the main room.

Good Yin’er, this skit is a bit too much.

Yin Mingyu suppressed the urge to hold her forehead and her expression turned frigid, “It’s not your turn to tell me what to do. You don’t have to make a choice, go to the farm and do hard labor.”

She did not sell Zhu Cao. If a maid like this, who was disliked by her master, was sold, she might be sent to some filthy place.

The other maids also knew the fate of being sold. Although the young lady seemed harsh and cruel, she was actually magnanimous and repaid evil with kindness.

Qingyu and Hong Chou were respectful to Yin Mingyu, and Xi Lan also understood the situation clearly. Only Shi Liu was sad about the death of the eldest lady, and sad that the master and the stepmother were becoming more harmonious. She felt sorry for the eldest lady and was unwilling to accept the situation.

But at this point, the Second Lady was not as hateful as Zhu Cao said. They were even completing similar jobs as before. Could it be that she really had to be like Zhu Cao to be content?

 Finally, able to let go of her resentment.

Yin Mingyu ordered someone to send Zhu Cao away, and told Xi Lan and Shi Liu to continue working.

After the two of them left, Yin’er grabbed her own hands exaggeratedly and said with a sad face, “Madam, you can just send her away directly, why bother?”

Just send her away, what a waste.

Yin Mingyu did not avoid Qingyu and Hong Chou, and jokingly said: “If we don’t teach Xi Lan and Shi Liu to be convinced and work honestly, will you guys complete the work?”

When Yin’er heard this, she shook her head like a rattle, “Then let them work diligently.”

Jin’er also agreed with this.

Qingyu and Hong Chou were listening on the side and felt something was not right in their hearts. They had the illusion that they were also workhorses.

Yin Mingyu caught a glimpse of the two people’s expressions, and remembered Hong Chou’s frightened look just now. Like a dandy, she held Hong Chou’s hand and said, “Good Hong Chou, follow me in the future, and I will treat you well.”

Hong Chou blinked her beautiful eyes and responded softly, “Yes, Young Madam~”

At this moment, Yin Mingyu wanted to give her whole heart to her.

After Hong Chou and Qingyu left the main hall, she couldn’t help but touch her faces, and sighed to Qingyu while laughing, “I never thought that one day, I would be able to please the mistress with my face.”

Qingyu: “……”

You look so proud, what’s wrong with you?

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