Chapter 2658: It’s No Big Deal, Just Start Over

Granny Li secretly glanced back at the hall and, noticing no one was paying attention to them, said, "Hey, what’s the big deal, we can just start over."

"Alright then, this time you count, otherwise I’ll forget again in a bit."

"No worries, we can always start over again."

The conversation between the two old maids reached Miss Qian’s ears, nearly driving her insane. Were these damned old women deliberately messing with her? Who forgets to keep count halfway through a beating?

That old maid’s random strikes had already made her cheeks swell up, and now they’re saying they forgot the count and will redo it? They were obviously toying with her.

Miss Qian received a slap on her left cheek, then another on her right, her head wobbling with each hit, yet she still cursed defiantly, "You damned old witches, daring to use public power for personal grudges, I’ll report you to the Prince."

Just when they were about to be done, they claimed they forgot the count, it infuriated her.

The old maid holding her looked at Granny Li with some displeasure, saying, "Hey! Granny Li, this little girl still has the strength to curse us, you’re not hitting hard enough, if you can’t do it, let me."

"This stinking girl, watch me, the old woman will beat her to death." Granny Li, also angry, rolled up her sleeves again, spit into her palm and rubbed it hard, raised her hand high, and fiercely slapped her down with all her strength...

"Ah...!"

This one was brutal enough, Miss Qian directly spat out a mouthful of blood.

Only then was the old maid holding her satisfied, nodding: "Hmm, that’s more like it!"

They often executed punishments on misbehaving servants in the Prince’s Mansion, to them, these scenes were as easy as pie, something they were completely used to.

Miss Qian’s eerie wailing left the women feeling creepy, standing obediently in place, not daring to utter a word.

Xuexue coldly scrutinized them, saying, "I know among you, there are those with masters behind you. Today, this Princess Consort will be blunt, regardless of who your master is, dare to cause trouble in the Prince’s Mansion? Then you must bear the consequences."

A large group of women glanced at one another, indicating they didn’t understand what the Princess Consort was saying.

"Princess Consort, what are you talking about? What master? The Prince is our master."

"Right, from the moment we entered the War Prince’s Mansion, the Prince is our only master."

The women were pledging their loyalty one after another.

Xuexue spoke slowly, "Whether you truly understand or are feigning ignorance, as long as one among you comprehends, that is enough."

At this moment, a guard hurried in, loudly reporting, "Reporting to the Princess Consort, the person who just delivered the gift has been captured."

Xuexue nodded and shouted, "Good, bring him in."

Guard: "Yes!"

The steward was completely bewildered, he had thought the Princess Consort had done nothing, only to find out she had already dispatched someone to catch the gift deliverer.

Among the women, a girl in a pink dress turned pale upon hearing the guard’s report, her legs nearly gave way, causing her to bump into a girl in a green dress beside her.

The girl in green frowned, "Hey hey hey, why did you bump into me?"

The girl in pink frantically apologized, "I’m sorry, I didn’t mean it!"

The girl in green sneered coldly, "Hmph! Be careful, you can’t afford to compensate if you break anything."

Girl in pink: "Yes, I’m sorry, sister."

Xuexue sat in the Taishi Chair, her demeanor seeming nonchalant, but in reality, she was discreetly observing these women, and the abnormality of the girl in pink was duly noted.