After Being A Slave For Three Years, The Entire Marquis’s Manor Kneels To Beg For My Forgiveness

Chapter 68: Demanding an Explanation from Your Lin Family

Everything happened too quickly.

No one expected Ning Shuang to dare do such a thing.

Before Lin Ye and the others could react, they heard Lin Yuan cry out in pain, “Ah!”

The hands tightly gripping Qiao Nian’s arm finally loosened due to the pain.

Lin Yuan’s maid Xiao Cui immediately rushed forward, lifting Lin Yuan’s sleeve to reveal clear, small teeth marks on her fair arm.

Even through several layers of clothing, such deep marks were left, showing how fierce Ning Shuang’s bite had been.

If it weren’t still cool weather, she might have bitten off flesh.

Xiao Cui immediately cried out and rushed towards Ning Shuang, “How dare you hurt my young miss! I’ll fight you!”

Qiao Nian watched as Xiao Cui charged at Ning Shuang, only to have her hair grabbed and be dragged aside into a scuffle.

Seeing Ning Shuang straddling Xiao Cui and hitting her, Qiao Nian said nothing.

But how could Lin Yuan bear to see her maid bullied?

She immediately started crying and shouting, “Stop! Please stop! Brother! Brother Heng, please help Xiao Cui! She’s going to be beaten to death! Wuwuwu…”

Lin Ye frowned deeply and coldly commanded, “Stop it, all of you!”

Only upon hearing this shout did Ning Shuang stand up from Xiao Cui.

She smoothed her hair that Xiao Cui had messed up, raising her chin proudly as she returned to Qiao Nian’s side.

Xiao Cui, however, sat on the ground crying, “Wuwu, you bit my young miss and hit me! Wuwu, Young Marquis, please seek justice for my young miss! Wuwuwu…”

“Xiao Cui! Wuwuwu…” Lin Yuan rushed to Xiao Cui’s side and hugged her tightly.

The mistress and maid embraced each other, crying pitifully.

Whether intentional or not, her sleeve was still rolled up, clearly showing the two rows of small teeth marks on her arm.

Lin Ye had probably never seen Lin Yuan cry so sadly before. He immediately shouted angrily at Ning Shuang, “You insolent servant, how dare you commit violence in front of me! Come here! Take her away and give her thirty lashes!”

At his command, servants immediately rushed forward to grab Ning Shuang on both sides.

Seeing Ning Shuang about to be dragged away, Qiao Nian immediately blocked their path, her eyes fixed on Lin Ye, “By what right do you punish my maid?”

Seeing Qiao Nian so concerned about Ning Shuang, protecting her so fiercely, Lin Ye felt an inexplicable anger rise in his heart.

They were her family, yet she treated them like enemies, but protected a mere servant so tightly!

How hateful!

He coldly shouted, “She hurt Yuan’er, she deserves punishment!”

Qiao Nian still didn’t budge, instead asking loudly, “Is it that anyone who hurts someone deserves punishment, or only those who hurt your Yuan’er deserve punishment?”

She emphasized the words “your Yuan’er” particularly loudly.

This caused the surrounding maids and servants to all look towards Lin Ye.

As the Young Marquis of this household, Lin Ye naturally couldn’t admit to being biased, so he said, “Of course anyone who hurts someone deserves punishment! Qiao Nian, don’t try to confuse the issue. Everyone saw with their own eyes that Ning Shuang bit Yuan’er! Take her away! Beat her!”

Lin Ye ordered again, and the servants no longer hesitated, dragging Ning Shuang away.

Qiao Nian was injured and couldn’t stop them. She could only watch helplessly as Ning Shuang was taken away.

She was anxious and angry, her eyes immediately reddening, tears threatening to spill but held back by sheer will.

She glared hatefully at Lin Ye, “Fine, since the Young Marquis insists on this, today I will demand an explanation from your Lin family!”

With that, she ignored Lin Ye and turned to walk towards the Lin family ancestral hall.

The fact that this matter was being taken to the Lin family ancestors made not just Lin Ye, but even the maids and servants realize that today’s incident was no small matter.

Seeing Qiao Nian determined to make a big issue of this, Lin Ye immediately chased after her, “Qiao Nian, I came today sincerely to help you, don’t be ungrateful!”

Qiao Nian ignored him, continuing to walk forward with a cold face.

However, she was injured, and her steps were unsteady.

Lin Ye noticed this immediately and lowered his voice, “You’re not well. I’ll have someone help you back to rest.”

He then called for some servants to come forward.

However, before the servants could touch Qiao Nian, she shouted at them to back off, “I am the future Princess Ming! Who dares to touch me!”

While Princess Ming wasn’t a particularly powerful figure, she could easily take the lives of a few servants.

So, the servants didn’t dare approach further.

But Qiao Nian’s words completely infuriated Lin Ye.

He grabbed Qiao Nian’s arm tightly, even tighter than Lin Yuan had, “You still want to marry Prince Ming? Have you lost your mind?”

“Let go!” Qiao Nian forcefully pulled her arm back, ignoring the pain from her injuries, “Whether I’ve lost my mind or not is none of your concern! You just need to know that your Lin family must give me an explanation today!”

With that, she continued walking towards the ancestral hall.

Lin Ye wanted to stop her again, but the dampness he felt on his palm made him pause.

Looking down, he saw a starkly red stain on his palm…

The news of Qiao Nian going to the Lin family ancestral hall quickly reached Marquis Lin and Madam Lin’s ears.

When they hurriedly arrived, they saw Qiao Nian standing in the center of the Lin family ancestral hall.

Outside the hall, a crowd of servants had gathered, while Qiao Nian stood in the center with the Lin siblings.

“What’s happening?” Marquis Lin glared angrily, very displeased with Qiao Nian disturbing the Lin family ancestors.

Lin Yuan, crying, walked to Marquis Lin’s side and gently held his arm, saying softly, “Father, don’t be angry. It’s all Yuan’er’s fault. Yuan’er was wrong, Yuan’er shouldn’t have meddled, shouldn’t have asked sister to forgive brother…”

By the end of her words, Lin Yuan was in tears.

Marquis Lin felt heartbroken, but then heard Xiao Cui crying out, “How can it be Young Miss’s fault? It was clearly the First Young Miss’s maid who bit Young Miss’s arm. The Young Marquis punished that maid, and the First Young Miss made a scene in the ancestral hall!”

Hearing that Lin Yuan was injured, Madam Lin became anxious and rushed to Lin Yuan’s side, “Bitten? Where were you bitten? Let mother see!”

Madam Lin hurriedly lifted Lin Yuan’s arm to look, but an incense stick’s worth of time had passed, and the teeth marks on Lin Yuan’s arm had already faded.

Lin Yuan held Madam Lin, comforting her, “Mother, I’m fine…”

At this moment, Lin Ye spoke coldly, “Ning Shuang bit Yuan’er. This is a fact witnessed by everyone. My punishment for her is not unreasonable!”

Hearing this, Madam Lin’s heart skipped a beat. She turned to look at Qiao Nian, speaking cautiously, “Nian Nian, if your maid really did bite Yuan’er, then your brother punishing her is not without reason. There’s really no need for you to make such a big issue of this!”