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Chapter 5: Teaching the Evil Servant
Xiao Tao Niang's family kowtowed behind her, "Please, Your Excellency, make the decision."

Xiao Tao Niang's mother hated Zhao Sheng so much. Originally, she saw that Zhao Sheng was rich and attentive to her daughter. Although she planned to marry her daughter off for money, she also sincerely hoped that her daughter could live a good life.

Who knew I would marry such a terrible person!

"Madam An, you are the matron in charge of the Madam. What do you think we should do?" Tang Zhao looked at the person standing aside.

Nanny An's eyelids twitched, knowing she couldn't hide any longer. "My dear Miss, in my opinion, you must be severely punished!"

Zhao Sheng stopped howling and looked back in disbelief.

"Zhao Sheng, as a household slave, dared to marry a concubine from a decent family without permission. He is so audacious that he needs to be severely punished to deter others."

When Xiao Tao Niang heard that she had married a servant and was a concubine, she fainted immediately.

Xiao Tao Niang's parents, brother and sister-in-law hugged their daughter and sister and cried their hearts out.

They were wrong, very wrong. They shouldn't have coveted Zhao Sheng's twenty taels of betrothal gift and ruined their daughter's life!
Qiuyu was upset when he heard this and ordered people to take Xiao Taoniang and her family away.

"With Madam's words, I feel relieved," Tang Zhao tapped the tea bowl lightly. "Come here, drag this cunning slave away and give him twenty lashes of the cane!"

Before Zhao Sheng could react, he was dragged out and put on the torture chair.

The black-clad guards wielded the big red sticks, which were as thick as an adult man's forearm, with great vigor.

boom! boom! boom!
Zhao Sheng screamed like a pig being slaughtered.

"One, two, three," Qiuyu said with a smile as she counted, "Thank you for your hard work, big brother guard. Our lady has prepared a banquet. We will add more dishes for everyone at lunch."

The black-clad guard politely said it was not necessary, but put more strength into his hands.

Qiuyu bent down and whispered in his ear, "Mr. Zhao, are you satisfied with your current fate?"

Zhao Sheng was in so much pain that he didn't even have the strength to talk back.

"You are a smart person. You should understand who is your master now and who can keep you alive!"

Zhao Sheng understood everything at this moment.

"Miss, I want to report, report, report Manager An. Manager An, I am a slave who bullies the master!"

"Stop!" Qiuyu was delighted and ran back to report, holding up the hem of her skirt.

"My lady, the words of this cunning servant cannot be trusted," Nanny An gritted her teeth. "And please, Miss Qiuyu, please don't spread this villain's slanderous words, lest you dirty your ears."

Qiuyu ignored her.

"Bring him back," Tang Zhao ordered.

The man was quickly brought back. Nanny An wanted to threaten him, but when she saw that the man was beaten into a bloody mess, she was so scared that she shut her mouth.

"Speak," Tang Zhao reminded expressionlessly, as if he couldn't smell the bloody smell that suddenly filled the air, "This is your last chance.

Zhao Sheng was so frightened that he blurted out, "I deserve to die! I must have been blinded by greed to lie to the young lady. I won't do it again!"

"Get to the point," Tang Zhao said impatiently, suppressing his nausea.

"Yes, I lied. There was no fire, and the goods were not burned. It was Manager An who ordered me to come up with a pretext to not only keep the money from Buyifang, but also to get back the money that was sent to the other shops a few days ago!"

"Shut up!" Nanny An was furious. She stepped forward and raised her hands. "How can you bite me in front of the young lady?"

Qiuyu raised her hand and grabbed Nanny An's hand that was swinging down. "How dare Nanny interfere in other people's affairs without the young lady's permission?"

"This old servant is just thinking about the young lady," Nanny An said, unable to pull her hand back several times. She was furious. "You are just a first-class maid, and you are so presumptuous in front of me." Tang Zhao saw this old woman jumping around non-stop, and his respect for the elders was completely worn out. "Slap her face!"

Nanny An didn't hear clearly and was about to continue to make a scene when she was slapped hard in the face!

Nanny An saw stars and lost her balance, falling to the ground.

"Madame An, you are the steward nanny that Madam has assigned to the young lady, but don't forget, no matter how noble a servant is, you are still a servant. How can you be so presumptuous in front of the young lady?"

Amity snapped.

Nanny An suddenly realized that this was not the Duke of Wei's Mansion, and the head of the household was no longer the lady, but the eldest daughter whom she had never taken seriously!
Raising a tiger will only bring trouble. Raising a tiger will only bring trouble. Madam should listen to her and kill Tang Zhao as soon as possible to prevent future troubles!

"Mammy is old and can't stand the fatigue. Don't get involved in these trivial matters. Go back to your room and rest."

"Thank you for your understanding, Miss," Nanny An realized the situation and behaved herself.

Zhao Sheng saw that Nanny An had been severely punished, and immediately lost all his courage. "Steward An is the chief steward of the eldest lady's dowry, and also the mistress's companion. He is deeply trusted by the mistress."

"Before the eldest lady got married, Steward An called all the servants in and gave them a lecture, telling them to open their eyes and see clearly who the real master is."

"Do you know why I chose to attack you among so many people?" Tang Zhao asked back.

Yes, what's so special about him? Zhao Sheng was puzzled. He might have embezzled some money, but compared with other managers, this amount of money was nothing. He might have secretly married a decent girl, but such things were not reported by the people and the officials were not investigated. Who would care?

Why him?
If there's one thing that makes him different from everyone else, it's...

Zhao Sheng widened his eyes.

"I've figured it out, Mr. Zhao," Tang Zhao chuckled, "or maybe I should call you Mr. Song."

Nanny Song couldn't stand it any longer and kicked him twice. "Miss... the late Madam trusted you so much that she promoted you from a third-class servant to a shop owner, and this is how you repay her?"

Zhao Sheng, no, Song Sheng couldn't hold back and broke down crying when he heard the words "late madam". "I can't help it, there's nothing I can do! After the late madam passed away, those of us who came with her as a dowry were bullied everywhere. After the new madam came in, except for a few who defected, the rest were all sent to the farm. In the past ten years, many have died and some have been disabled. I don't want to die. I really can't help it!"

He did not serve his stepmother from the beginning. As soon as his first wife passed away, he was removed from his position as shopkeeper. He worked as a clerk for five years and was bullied everywhere. In the end, he married the first-class maid of his stepmother and took her surname before he became shopkeeper again.

Song Sheng thought of the struggles he had endured over the years and lamented, "My dear, I was wrong. I have betrayed my master and have been ungrateful. I have no face to live in this world. I beg you to grant me death!"

"I'm not a yamen official. I can't sentence people to death without knowing why. I only have one question for you," Tang Zhao said, walking up to him. "Do you want to turn from evil to good, or do you want to continue down this path until the end?"

Song Sheng didn't expect that he still had a chance to survive. "If the young lady doesn't abandon me, I am willing to serve her at her side."

"Okay, so when we get back, you don't need me to teach you, right?"

"I understand," Song Sheng hesitated, "but Madam An..."

"She won't have the chance to spread a single word," Tang Zhao said softly, "No one can tell anyone about what happened today except you."

Song Sheng felt a chill and pointed to the sky and swore to keep his mouth shut.

"Go back and sort out the real account books. Someone will come to pick them up in a few days. Let's go."

Song Sheng nodded repeatedly, but before he could express his loyalty again, he was carried out.

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