Chapter 799: Chapter 799 Knowing Full Well Chapter 799: Chapter 799 Knowing Full Well “But….”

Xuexue hesitated, looking as if she had something to say but didn’t dare to.

“If there’s anything, just speak.”

“Father, the servant contracts in the mansion… I don’t have any, how can we replace the servants?”

Xuexue clearly understood that the indentures of the servants in the General’s Mansion were all held in Lady Tang’s hands; otherwise, the servants wouldn’t be so loyal to her.

“Right, right! Xuexue brought it up, and only then did I remember. Those indentures are all with Auntie Tang. While she’s still not gone from the house, I must hurry and have her hand them over.” Situ Yongjie found household affairs bothersome and had always left them to Lady Tang to manage. If Xuexue hadn’t mentioned it, he would have really forgotten about it.

“Mmm!” Xuexue nodded.

Situ Yongjie hurried off.

Couple’s Courtyard
Lady Tang tried to steal a chicken only to lose her rice instead, failing to bring down Xuexue, and now she’s covered in filth and can no longer stay in the General’s Mansion. She was sent by Situ Yongjie to the manor.

It sounded nice to say she was going to the manor to reflect behind closed doors, but in reality, it meant she was going to toil on farm work.

Coming from a noble background, Lady Tang was pampered from childhood, never having to lift a finger or work hard, let alone do any farming.

Thus, when she returned to the courtyard, she didn’t feel like dining at all and smashed everything that could be smashed in the hall.

After unleashing her temper, her mood finally calmed down.

Sitting on a stool, she contemplated for a moment, then called her maid to have Situtu Qinger come over; she had many orders to give.

Lady Tang sat in the hall, waiting for Situtu Qinger to arrive.

But before Qinger came, Situ Yongjie arrived instead.

The hall was a mess, full of broken pieces and clutter.

A few maids were cleaning up the mess on the side.

As soon as Situ Yongjie entered, he saw the scene and involuntarily frowned.

“Auntie Tang, what on earth has gotten into you now?” How blind I was to take this woman as a concubine. She has no tolerance for others and such a terrible temper.

“Old Master.” Lady Tang was startled to see Situ Yongjie walk in and quickly stood up from the stool, looking quite taken aback.

Ever since Xuexue returned to the mansion, Situ Yongjie hadn’t once stepped into her courtyard. Because of this, Lady Tang hated Xuexue even more, believing that she was the one driving a wedge between husband and wife, causing their relationship to sour.

“I sent you to the manor, but did I tell you to smash everything in this courtyard?”

“Old Master, it wasn’t my fault, the maids are clumsy and careless, and they broke things accidentally,” Lady Tang said, not even believing her own words.

The ground was covered with valuable items, claiming that the maids had broken them, who was she trying to fool? Situ Yongjie certainly didn’t believe her.

This woman was lying every moment.

Situ Yongjie had no mood to listen to her ramblings and bluntly said, “Since the maids aren’t working out for you, let’s replace them.”

Replace them?

What a joke! These maids had been with her for years and were utterly loyal to her. Where could she simply replace them? The last time Situ Yongjie disposed of her personal maid Xiao Ting, it pained her for a long time; after all, it was hard to get used to new maids after using the same ones for over a decade.

“Old Master, there’s no need.”

“You bring out the indentures of the maids and servants in the house,” Situ Yongjie changed the topic sharply.

“Thank you for your concern, Old Master, but I misspoke. The maids are still working well; I don’t want to replace them,” she said, trying to backtrack.

“Oh, are you implying that the things on the floor weren’t broken by the maids?”

“No, it was me who accidentally broke them, I was afraid of being laughed at by Old Master, which is why I lied,” Lady Tang said, dodging the main issue.

The floor was riddled with shards, and several maids were busy nonstop.

Situ Yongjie couldn’t help but say sarcastically, “You seem to have quite a lot of ‘accidents’.”