Good Ending: She Swears She Will Not Let Him Die!

Jin Rui listened, her eyes red, half out of anger and half out of heartache. She lowered her head and said to Mrs. Xue Si, "Mother, where are you hurt?"

Mrs. Xue Si glared at her and said, "Look at you, lacking spirit, making me and Ah Bao stand up for you. If I get a couple of hits, fine, but if Ah Bao suffers, what do you say, huh!"

"Brothers are supposed to stand up for their sisters..." Xue Si muttered.

Mrs. Xue Si almost jumped up, "Why don’t you say that men should stand up for women! Have you ever stood up for me even once? Go, go, move aside. I’m teaching Sister Rui a lesson, don’t meddle."

Xue Si had a soft temperament and couldn’t argue against Mrs. Xue Si. After being scolded a couple of times, he could only shrink to the side and continuously made eye signals to Jin Rui, urging her not to meddle rashly.

Jin Rui ignored Xue Si. Mrs. Xue Si had rushed out to fight for her, and they were in the right. If she stopped her, what would that look like?

"Mother, I didn’t know before, but now that I do, I won’t let her bully me easily." Jin Rui gritted her teeth, "If they say I’m ’half a master,’ then I’ll show her how formidable I am!"

"Big sister is right!" Xue Bao puffed out his cheeks and said, "Sis, I’ll go with you. This time bring a stick, we’ll beat that old woman until she’s in pieces."

Jin Rui dared not let Xue Bao take action again, quickly finding an excuse: "Ah Bao, their Huajia people aren’t few, if we all rush in and suffer losses, what then? You stay at home, if something happens, you can go call for help. Ping’er doesn’t run as fast as you."

Xue Bao understood this and nodded sharply, "Then I’ll stay."

Mrs. Xue Si snorted twice, thinking that Jin Rui was still considerate, knowing to protect Xue Bao, not in vain for standing up for her.

Thinking of Nanny Hua’s twisted words, Mrs. Xue Si felt pain in her heart. Jin Rui’s tarnished reputation, what would Xue Ping’er do in the future? What about Xue Bao?

These were her daughters. Whether good or bad, it’s her duty as a mother to discipline. Does it come down to an old woman throwing dirt?

Mrs. Xue Si threw off the quilt, despite the aches in her body, jumped out of bed: "Sister Rui, come with me to the Hua family, Ping’er, watch over Ah Bao. Ah Bao, you be good, wait for mother and big sister to fix that foul woman, mother will buy you roast chicken."

Upon hearing roast chicken, Xue Bao grinned and nodded repeatedly, running to the woodshed to grab two arm-thick sticks: "Mother, big sister, beat her hard!"

Mrs. Xue Si grabbed it in one go, not even looking at Xue Si, walked out: "Sister Rui, what are you dawdling for?"

Jin Rui glanced at the stick Xue Bao handed her, a stick is a stick, at least more reliable than letting Mrs. Xue Si charge over with a kitchen knife.

Jin Rui caught up with Mrs. Xue Si, saying, "Mother, if you really hurt that Nanny Hua, and the mansion investigates, what will you do?"

Mrs. Xue Si spat: "Am I afraid of her? If she cursed recklessly, is it my fault?"

"Mother," Jin Rui whispered, "Mother, just teach her a lesson, this matter is already known by the ladies and the mistress in the mansion, I’ll have the lady deal with her."

Mrs. Xue Si glared, saying: "I knew it, you’re just tough on your own turf! I say, how come you and Ping’er take after your father? Only Ah Bao is obedient, like me."

These words, Jin Rui had long been used to hearing, and wouldn’t argue with Mrs. Xue Si, just said: "If we rush over now to hit her, can we enjoy it? Before we’ve even swung a few times, her family will rush over, and we’ll suffer losses.

Mother, think about it, the mansion has ways to deal with those with reckless mouths, slapping the mouth, beating with a stick, they can only endure and can’t even complain."

Mrs. Xue Si’s eyes darted around. She had worked in the mansion too. The Du Family rarely punished servants, but there were always a few who wouldn’t care for their lives and had to be dealt with, beaten on the wooden bench.

That thick stick slapping on the bottom, no way to get out of bed for at least ten days to half a month.

If the master ordered a beating, Nanny Hua wouldn’t dare talk back; if they went to Huajia to cause trouble, they’d have to listen to that foul woman’s nonsense again.

Although the master’s punishment couldn’t be as satisfying as doing it herself, this way, everyone in the street would know that Nanny Hua was beaten because of Jin Rui’s matter, and who would dare to spread gossip about Jin Rui and the Xue family?

Whether Jin Rui was favored by the master or not, clear-eyed people could tell the truth.

With that thought, Mrs. Xue Si nodded her head: "Will the lady protect you?"

"She will." Jin Rui quickly answered. When she came, the lady had already discussed it with her. As long as they were in the right, she should tell them. Though she wasn’t as favored as Jin Ling, the lady treated her very well, just as...

Just as Mrs. Xue Si treated Xue Bao and her.

Xue Bao was the apple of Mrs. Xue Si’s eye. No one could touch a hair on him. Mrs. Xue Si gave all the good things to Xue Bao.

In terms of priority, Xue Bao held nine-tenths of Mrs. Xue Si’s heart, with only one-tenth left for Jin Rui and Xue Ping’er.

But she wouldn’t ignore Jin Rui and Xue Ping’er.

If she really didn’t care, Mrs. Xue Si wouldn’t be rolling up her sleeves to fight with Nanny Hua.

The neighbors watched as Mrs. Xue Si and Jin Rui, holding sticks, headed toward the Hua family, some persuading, some joining the commotion.

Mrs. Xue Si held her head high, standing outside the tightly closed gates of the Hua family, raised her hand and tossed the sticks over the Hua family wall, shouting: "Nanny Hua, I’m telling you, this isn’t over! I’m going to the mansion to see the mistress and the young lady, just you wait!"

After that, Mrs. Xue Si grabbed the kindling stick from Jin Rui’s hand and threw it inside too.

Jin Rui and Mrs. Xue Si headed toward the Du Mansion while the Hua family gates remained shut, leaving behind the onlookers.

"For this matter, they’re going to see the mistress and the young lady?"

"The mistress isn’t going to bother with this sort of thing. Just watch, Mrs. Xue Si is bound to return in disgrace."

"Miss Rui is very favored by the Fifth Miss, the Fifth Miss will definitely help her."

"What Miss Rui, didn’t you hear Nanny Hua said she’s not favored at all by the Fifth Miss! I always wondered, there are several families in our street that had her send their daughters to work in the mansion, never succeeded, turns out she couldn’t speak for them at all!"

"Can you believe Nanny Hua’s mouth! Did Miss Rui get money or grains from you? Your crooked-mouthed girl going to the mansion, dream on! Did Miss Rui ever promise you?"

The women watching argued amongst themselves, some jeering, others helping with words, creating quite a commotion.

Jin Rui and Mrs. Xue Si arrived outside Qinghui Garden.

Mrs. Zhen, knowing they had arrived, let them in.

Mrs. Xue Si, having worked in the mansion, understood the rules, performed her greetings, and stood aside with her head lowered.

Mrs. Zhen and Du Yunluo both saw the injury on Mrs. Xue Si’s face.

Mrs. Zhen glanced at Jin Rui and said, "Your mother has an injury on her face, you tell us yourself."

Jin Rui recounted the situation from beginning to end and said, "Madam, Miss, I know hitting people is wrong, but my mother loves me and was angered by what Nanny Hua said, that’s why she couldn’t hold back.

Madam, I’ve served the Miss for these years, and I’ve always acted within my duties, for Nanny Hua to say such things about me, I simply...

Being called a ’half master,’ fortunately, I work by the Miss’s side. If I were working in some man’s courtyard, I would rather just die..."