Nanny Cao was stunned by the sudden flurry of slaps!
Clutching her face, she asked in disbelief:
"Young lord, what exactly did this old servant say wrong for you to strike me like this?"
"When I am speaking to my mother, what right does a servant like you have to interrupt?
Mother has indulged you far too much. That is why you dare run your mouth without restraint.
When have I ever lost my senses?
Does an old thing like you have any right to pass judgment on me?
A servant like you ought to be beaten to death and be done with it!
Guards, take Nanny Cao away and give her thirty strokes of the paddle!
Beat her hard! No holding back!"
"Yes!"
Two guards from the Marquis's Residence were already approaching Nanny Cao.
Terrified, Nanny Cao immediately dropped to her knees and kowtowed over and over:
"My lady, please save this old servant! My lady, please save me..."
Even without Nanny Cao begging, the marchioness had intended to step in and protect her!
She patted Nanny Cao's hand to reassure her, then turned to glare at Li Mo'er:
"Let's see who dares!
Ming'er, Nanny Cao is my servant. What right do you have to punish her?"
Li Mo'er refused to yield an inch:
"Mother, are you going to tear apart our relationship over a servant?
Besides, Lady Li is mine too. Didn't you reach just as far beyond your authority when you wrote her a divorce letter?"
"That is different!"
"How is it different?
Aren't we both overstepping our bounds?"
"Su Zhimin, when did you become so unreasonable?"
"Mother, we're a matched pair!
And Nanny Cao must be taught a proper lesson today. Otherwise, won't all the rules of this residence fall apart?
Will every servant be free