The people of Hongshu Po clenched their fists, wishing they could flay the woman alive.
Du Min gritted her teeth and said, "Our young lady is beautiful and noble. She has merely fallen on hard times. You dog, you aren't even fit to carry her shoes!"
"She's not fit to be compared to a dog; that would insult the dog!" Qing Feng, usually gentle, also clenched his fists.
"After doing something so despicable, you still have the audacity to speak of nobility?" Feng Pingyuan sneered.
Grandma Wu glanced at Du Min and the other two, then chuckled coldly, "You all, don't get angry. No matter what vile words this girl utters, the fact is: her life is difficult. She barely has enough to eat, her clothes are tattered, she hasn't bathed in years, and her body reeks. Moreover, she knelt before my disciple, begging her to fulfill her wishes. Hmph, who is noble and who is base needs no words; facts speak louder than arguments."
Grandma Wu's words greatly satisfied the people of Hongshu Po. Hmph, noble? If you say you're noble, does that make you truly noble?
Madam Pang and Wang Donghua's faces turned ashen, trembling from the shock. Wang Donghua secretly sniffed herself, her knuckles white as she clutched the hem of her clothes.
"Exactly, Grandma Wu is right! Our young lady is ten thousand times more noble than you!" Tian Guihua and Liu Shi declared righteously.
Yang Shi also smiled faintly, "Miss, if you were truly noble, you wouldn't resort to such despicable methods today. People always say, it's not wrong to be poor, but one must not be poor in spirit. You have become base even in spirit, truly shaming us poor folk."
Yang Shi rarely spoke, but when she did, her words could pierce bone and marrow.
Wang Donghua's face grew paler.
The road workers' faces showed fear. Although the people of Huangsha Village had already told them that the mistress was of slave origin, they only dared to discuss it in private. No one dared to criticize or belittle her openly. After all, working for the mistress was their only hope of survival.
Now, this slut Wang Donghua dared to attack someone's shortcomings so directly to their face. If she truly angered the mistress, and the mistress got angry and fired them all, how would they live?
One woman said irritably, "Madam Pang, quickly drag your daughter back. We all saw her holding onto the mistress; the mistress was forced!"
"Yes, and don't you think the mistress would fancy your daughter!" several women immediately chimed in.
Another middle-aged man couldn't help but expose their secrets: "That's right, you mother and daughter have been whispering these past few days. Don't think we haven't heard what you've been muttering! If you don't want to live, don't drag us down with you!"
With the workers speaking one after another, Madam Pang and her daughter avoided their gaze, unable to lift their heads.
At first, Madam Pang had strongly opposed her daughter's actions, but she couldn't stand her daughter nagging her day after day and eventually agreed.
Her Donghua was the most beautiful in Cao Miao Village, and she possessed a sharp wit. The master was handsome and seemed kind-hearted. Moreover, the mistress was pregnant and couldn't satisfy the master.
If they went all out and made a scene, perhaps they could succeed. Even if they couldn't compete with the mistress, becoming a concubine would ensure a good life in the future.
But now, who would have thought the master would be so cold-hearted, and the mistress so jealous and formidable? With things having come to this point, there seemed to be no other option but to continue with the threat of death.
Lu Ye could no longer tolerate it. He had to beat this woman, but Bai Sheng stopped him.
Afraid of hurting Bai Sheng, Lu Ye didn't struggle. He glared at Wang Donghua and said word by word, "Even if my precious darling is a slave, she is still a thousand times more beautiful and a thousand times nobler than you! And I only love her!
As for you, you're worse than a prostitute in a brothel. At least prostitutes exchange money for services, earning their money fair and square, and don't shamelessly resort to despicable methods!"
Hearing Lu Ye's scolding, Bai Sheng giggled. Her man could actually be so sharp-tongued.
After her laugh, she looked at Wang Donghua, "Miss, you're right, I am a slave. But I'm lucky! My in-laws brought me home with ease, and I married such a handsome and outstanding husband. Moreover, I'm pregnant with my husband's four little cubs all at once. My husband will never take a concubine in this life and will only favor me. Tell me, isn't heaven too biased towards me?
As for you, tsk tsk, are you as lucky as me? Look at you, you even have to strip, working so hard, so shamefully, scheming so hard to calculate a man, yet he doesn't even glance at you! You, please take care of yourself, and don't die of anger, hehehehe..."
The crowd burst into laughter.
The people of Hongshu Po laughed heartily, especially with arrogance. Their mistress was truly skilled at insulting people, making the other woman wish she could vomit blood and die on the spot.
Wang Donghua trembled like a sieve with anger, but she dared not do anything to the arrogant woman before her. Having come this far, she had to see the act through, even if it meant gritting her teeth.
"Ah, Master, Mistress, you... you are forcing me to my death! I don't want to live!" Wang Donghua suddenly jumped up and dashed towards the wall. With a "thud," she fell by the wall, a trickle of blood appearing on her forehead.
"Oh, my daughter!" Madam Pang pointed at Bai Sheng and Lu Ye and shrieked, "You... you are all murderers! I... I'm going to report you to the authorities!"
Bai Sheng sneered, "Go ahead and report. I'll be waiting."
Madam Pang's wailing intensified several degrees, "Oh, my poor daughter, you died so miserably, so unjustly!"
"Could she have actually hit her head and died?" Many of the road workers were startled by this scene.
Seeing that the master and mistress didn't move, the people of Hongshu Po remained still, coldly watching the clumsy performance of the mother and daughter.
Bai Sheng smiled slyly and secretly released Lightning.
Lightning slithered from behind the house, its red tongue flicking with a hiss.
"Ah! What a huge snake! Run!" Someone saw Lightning and cried out in alarm, immediately retreating backward.
Madam Pang stopped her crying, looked up, and saw a large silver snake crawling towards her. "Ah, a snake!" Madam Pang dropped the daughter in her arms and scrambled away in a panic.
Wang Donghua opened her eyes, saw the approaching silver snake, and suddenly sprang up from the ground, shouting "Snake!" and jumping far away. She looked nothing like someone who wanted to die.
Zhao Dazhuang immediately stepped forward and said to the road workers, "Everyone, don't be afraid. This snake is raised by our mistress. It won't bite randomly. If it bites, it will only bite bad people who frame our mistress!" He then shot a glance at Madam Pang and her daughter.
Madam Pang and her daughter's act could no longer continue. They hid far away, continuing to wail.
Bai Sheng turned to Du Min and said, "Sister Du, settle today's wages for them. These two are not to appear at my home again."
Du Min respectfully replied, "Yes, Mistress. I will handle it shortly."
Bai Sheng then turned to the road workers and said, "This road could have been built without hiring you. But I considered that you are all from nearby villages, neighbors, so I wanted to give you a chance to make a living. However, if anyone doesn't cherish this opportunity, and repays kindness with enmity, I, Bai Sheng, will not be lenient!"