Chapter 15 Killing a chicken to scare the

monkey "Madam."

Cui Liu walked beside Xu Yuan with the child in her arms. She reminded him when she noticed the housekeeper following.

Xu Yuan said to Cui Liu without changing her expression, "Keep going, don't worry about him."

The housekeeper followed them, just to make her ask about the silver.

She didn't ask before because she trusted the Marquis' Mansion, but these people really took her as a fool.

Until they arrived at the back garden, the housekeeper became anxious when he saw that Xu Yuan had no intention of paying attention to him. He simply stepped forward and appeared in Xu Yuan's sight.

Xu Yuan was surprised to see this, "Does the housekeeper have anything else to say?"

Facing Xu Yuan's confusion, the housekeeper still maintained the smile on his face, "Madam, can you give me the silver..."

"How much silver do you need?" Xu Yuan saw that it was almost done, and then he slowly spoke to the housekeeper.

"Five hundred taels."

"How much? Five hundred taels!" Cui Liu couldn't bear it anymore and asked the housekeeper angrily.

"What kind of medicinal herbs cost five hundred taels? Butler, do you really think that my wife is here to withdraw money?"

The butler was embarrassed by his thoughts being exposed, and was afraid that Xu Yuan would hear these words, so he hurriedly said, "Miss Cui Liu, what you said is wrong. These silvers are for the old lady to buy medicinal herbs. It seems that I am embezzling."

"Butler, don't you have any?"

Xu Yuan asked before Cui Liu spoke this time.

The butler's body froze. He had a bad premonition when Xu Yuan asked this question, and his eyes became erratic.

Could it be that the wife found out something?

The butler thought it was wrong. The wife has never cared about these things, especially since she was pregnant.

Thinking of this, the butler's expression became firmer, "Of course not, what are you talking about, madam?"

Xu Yuan chuckled, "If I remember correctly, the accounts of the mansion have been managed by you, butler, for the past year. Why are you asking me for money now?"

The butler was stunned and obviously did not expect to get this answer from Xu Yuan.

"Madam, it is true that I am in charge of the accounts, but aren't you the real person in charge?"

The housekeeper vaguely sensed something and gradually lost his patience in front of Xu Yuan.

"Madam, the doctor said that the old lady's symptoms are different this time. We must quickly prepare medicine and make it into medicinal food for the old lady to take. We can't delay it in order for the old lady to get better as soon as possible." The housekeeper's words were deliberately hitting Xu Yuan, deliberately making the matter serious.

If it were in the past, maybe she would really be moved after hearing the housekeeper's words, and then ask someone to take out the silver from the dowry to make up for it first.

But now... Xu Yuan's eyes were even colder, and it was impossible to force her to back down in this way.

"I haven't been in charge of the accounts this year, and where did the silver come from, housekeeper, what do you want to do by coming to me today?"

"Let me use the silver from the dowry to make up for it?"

The housekeeper's expression changed. In the past, he had this suggestion, but it was just a hint, but he didn't expect Xu Yuan to ask it directly.

He also saw that Xu Yuan was unwilling to pay the silver, and the smile on his face was a little less. The housekeeper deliberately raised his voice, trying to let the people around hear, "So, Madam, you want to see that the old lady's illness can't get better, and you don't want to pay the silver?"

"How dare you talk to Madam like this!" Cui Liu scolded. If she hadn't been holding the young master in her arms, she would have stepped forward to give the housekeeper a taste of her own medicine.

"Come here, take this housekeeper down!"

When Xu Yuan's voice came, a guard heard the noise and came quickly. He was shocked for a moment.

Seeing that these guards were indifferent, Xu Yuan's face sank, and then asked back, "Why, is it that what I say now is no longer effective?"

Seeing that Xu Yuan was angry, these guards did not dare to delay any longer.

The housekeeper's hands were tied, and he looked at Xu Yuan with an unbelievable look.

"Madam, what are you doing? I'm only here to withdraw money from you for the old lady's medicine. It would be fine if you didn't give it to me, but you actually hit me

. Aren't you afraid that the old lady and the marquis will find out when they come back?" The maids and servants around gathered around after hearing what the housekeeper said, all wanting to see what was going on.

"Give him twenty strokes of the board."

Xu Yuan ordered coldly. She wanted to use Shen Yun'an and her mother-in-law to pressure her, which was really ridiculous.

As for what happened today, she was not afraid that Shen Yun'an and old lady Shen would know about it, but she was afraid that they didn't know about it.

When the housekeeper saw that Xu Yuan was serious, she panicked and struggled hard to escape.

The guards were afraid of Xu Yuan's identity as the mistress, but they also knew the weight of the housekeeper in the mansion over the years, so they deliberately let him escape when he struggled.

Xu Yuan had seen through these people's thoughts long ago. When he saw that their strength was loosening, he said slowly, "If the housekeeper runs away, you don't have to stay in the mansion anymore. Sell them all out together."

After Xu Yuan said this, the others were surprised but did not dare to have any other thoughts. The housekeeper's thoughts of escaping were completely gone.

The housekeeper did not expect Xu Yuan to really go this far. There was more unwillingness and resentment in his eyes.

"Madam, even if you want to punish me, you should have a reason."

"Otherwise I won't accept it!"

The housekeeper shouted loudly, trying to let the news reach the old lady.

It's a pity that Xu Yuan went to the back garden because this place was the farthest from the old lady Shen's yard. Even if someone really went to tip off, it would be too late when she arrived.

"Disrespecting the mistress of the house, just for this reason, you shouldn't punish her?"

Xu Yuan said slowly, but his words made people's backs cold.

"Butler, I never thought that you, as an old man in the Marquis's Mansion, would make such a mistake."

"What are you waiting for? Hurry up and do what the Madam says!"

Cui Liu urged in a hurry. If Chun'er was relying on Madam Shen to show off her power, then the butler was hypocritical. On the surface, he was respectful, but behind her back, she often heard him say bad things about his wife to other servants in the mansion.

In the past, the Madam would just say forget it after knowing these things. If things got out of hand, it would easily hurt the relationship. But now!

Cui Liu was happy in her heart. The Madam finally figured it out and wanted to punish these servants.

The butler was punished like this. Let's see who dares not to take their own wife's words seriously from now on!

There were also many maids watching. Although they were surprised by Xu Yuan's punishment, no one dared to step forward. One reason was that they were worried about being implicated. As for the other reason.

That was that they were often bullied by the butler on weekdays.

But the housekeeper's identity was there, and the old lady trusted him deeply. The lady was pregnant at the time and could not be disturbed. Even if a few people really told the lady about these things, the housekeeper did not change