Mu Yunyao smiled lightly: "I'm framing her? So, have you ever been to Caiyue Pavilion in these few days? Have you never sold the embroidery method that I taught you?"
"We didn't!" she denied, the face is full of determination.
"I teach you your embroidery technique, but it is my secret life skill. Don't say from Jingling City, even if you search the whole Jiangnan, you still can't find other people using this embroidery method. But last night, the seven clothes from Caiyue Pavilion, the patterns embroidered on them are all using my exclusive embroidery patterns..."
Jin Qiu snorted: "Even so, we still can't conclude that things are related to us. So many people present here, you can't easily say who will accidentally pass the embroidery stitches out."
"Extend your hand out."
Jin Qiu’s heart trembled and quickly put her hands together in her sleeves: "What are you going to do?"
"Your embroidery is good. However, when embroidering complex patterns, there is always some strangeness between the needles, so the fingers are often punctured. We haven’t let you do the sewing needles for many days. Your fingers should be clean and harmless.” Yunyao’s eyes were cold. “You dare to show your hand to let us see it?”
Jin Qiu’s heart panicked and bit her lip: “What do you want to do? Don’t think that you've taught me the needlework embroidery, you can slander me. I've known that you saw me not pleasing to the eyes. Since it is so, I will not wait. I can leave Neiyunfang. I can live without it!” Jinqiu shouted, then she turned and ran to the door, but she had not yet reach the door, when she saw a flash of cold light in front of her, a piercing long sword pointing straight to the neck, it feels chilling to the bone: "Mu Yunyao, you dare do this to me?! I'm Lady's servant, if you dared to do anything to me, Lady Jin would not spare you!"
On the side, Jinlan paled with anger: "Jin Qiu, Xiaojie has the grace for teaching you so how can you be so ungrateful? Even if this matter is really known by Lady Jin, the lady can't cover for you!"
"Oh, what are you, dare to teach me here? My mother is the dowry of Lady Jin, the maidservant who has been working hard for her for so many years. How can you lowly person understand this relationship?"
Mu Yunyao's smile faded, the coldness made her seems a little colder and inviolable: "Jinlan, slap her mouth!"
"You dare!" Jin Qiu screamed indignantly, turned away and wanted to escape, but the long sword in front of her made her dare not move.
Jinlan’s heart leapt wildly, and her hand was full of cold sweat. She slowly walked to the front of Jinqiu. In the end, she almost couldn't take another step. Since young she never hit someone, but now she was commanded to by young lady. If she does not heed it, she's afraid that it will be difficult to stand by the young lady's side again.
Jin Qiu stared at Jinlan, full of contempt: “You dare to touch a finger of me, when I come back, I will peel off your skin!”
“Slap!” Jinlan raised her hand and fiercely landed a slap on her face, crisp and loud slap resounded, making the apprentices' heart who were present trembled, and subconsciously looked up to Mu Yunyao.
Mu Yunyao leaned slightly against the chair. The look on her face was full of indifference: "Continue."
Jinqiu, who was beaten, reacted and pointed to Mu Yunyao’s while swearing: "You little slut dare to let people hit me, you wait, I will definitely pay back to you thousands of times worse!"
Jinlan eyebrows wrinkled more tightly, heard her arrogant shout, her hand gave a harsher, louder slap, scaring Jin Ju on the side and her face paled further.
After a few hits, Jin Qiu's cheeks swelled up, and the anger in her heart suddenly overwhelmed the fear of Liu Er, and pushed away Jinlan's hand fiercely, and rushed over to Mu Yunyao.
Liu Er's figure suddenly appeared in front of Mu Yunyao like a ghost, lifted one foot and kicked Jin Qiu’s chest, directly flunging her out and slammed into the door, and she spat a mouthful of blood out.
"Ah!!!" The other apprentices exclaimed loudly, badly frightened till their faces were deathly pale, for Liu Er who was always quiet, to start acting so fiercely.
Mu Yunyao's look was still cold, and she glanced shortly at Jinlan: "Go and see if there are traces of needles on her fingers."
Jinlan trembled forward and saw Jinqiu's chest still moving up and down, was slightly relieved, she didn't take a life. "Xiaojie guessed it well. There was indeed a trace left by needles on her hand."
"It seems I have not wronged her." Mu Yunyao turned to look at Jin Ju. "Do you have anything to say?"
"Xiaojie, I am black-hearted, in order to covet a little silver, I sold the embroidery technique you taught to Caiyue Pavilion, begging Xiaojie for forgiveness, I promise that there will be no more next time!" Jin Ju finished and directly kneeled on the ground, rushing to kowtow to Mu Yunyao, she has been scared silly seeing Jin Qiu's appearance, "I ask Xiaojie to spare me this time, I will not dare to repeat it again!"
"You are honest. Although you sold the embroidery technique I taught privately, I have always respected my mother's wishes. According to my thoughts, I want to bring you both together to be killed, but my mother is kind and does not like to see blood, so I will spare you a life. Liu Er, take them both out and send them to Lady Jin's house. By the way, sell both their deed back together. We only have a small place here, can't tolerate these two revered big Buddhas. "
These two person sent back, with Lady Jin's intelligence, can certainly understand the meaning.
Seeing the two sales deeds that Mu Yunyao took out, several other apprentices changed their faces instantly, watching her with trembling eyes, and there existed a bit more fear and respect in them. It was just, seeing Jin Qiu being punished, they still felt that Mu Yunyao's punishment was too heavy. After all, Jinqiu was the daughter of Lady Jin’s maidservant, but they did not expect that the life contracts had already been transferred over to her hand.
Holding the contracts was equivalent to holding all of their lives. Even if Mu Yunyao kills them today, others will only say that they were slaves and were not loyal. They would never blame Mu Yunyao.
Mu Yunyao once again glanced at the apprentice below, her eyes just swept away, their knees weakened and plopped down with a cry.
"We are loyal to the young lady, and we dare not privately pass on the craftsmanship of the lady."
"Please, Xiaojie! I will absolutely do nothing like the sorry servant!"
Seeing the purpose of the punishement was achieved and everyone was shocked, Mu Yunyao did not continue to be difficult: "Everyone get up, Lady Jin gave me your contract deeds. From now on, I am your master. Like we had talked about it, for every dress you made, you'll be given ten taels of silver reward per old rules, the rules remains unchanged."
"The slaves don't dare."
"You don't have to be so afraid. I know what to do with reward and punishment. As long as you did nothing wrong, anything can be discussed. But if anyone dares to betray me, what happened to Jin Qiu and Jin Ju's a good lesson! Alright, let’s get up, and the two will be sent away. You will clean the things that should be cleaned in the hall. That's a long break, it's time to open the door.”
