Leaving the Estate (3)

"Suyu, I will change your name to Suyun" I said while wiping my hands into the wet cloth that Mulan gave me after finish eating. I did not look at Suyun when I said this, so I did not see the look of horror and unwillingness on her face.

After rinsing out my mouth with water I let them dress me while ignoring the two maid that came in a while ago with Mulan. After getting dress, getting my hair done and make up I then decided that the two maids had suffer enough in silence. Finally looking towards them I ask, "Did you see your miss yesterday?"

They both looked at each other confused on why I wanted to know about their old Miss.

"We do not know, First Miss" they both said.

"20 strikes" I said without looking at them.

"We have done wrong, please punish us!" they yell while dropping to their kneels, trembling.

"Do you know your mistake", I ask while looking down on them.

"Yes! Second Miss did not come home last night. She came back this morning and went to bed and is still asleep when we left to come to Blossom court yard"

Blossom court yard is the name of the resident that I am currently staying at.

"Oh?.....so you do know how to answer questions when ask. If you ever leave this court yard and I hear people talking how virtuous and gentle my cousin is, then I will know who started such a good rumor", I commented. Every maid in the room turn pale because what I said might sound like I am praising my cousin, but my underline meanings is that if she was virtuous and gentle as people say then she would not stay out all night or any night. It also means that they should not talk about what was said in this room and that no one in this room should call her cousin virtuous and gentle.

"Yes, first miss!" they all said together.

"Now, what your name?" I ask this to further humiliate them because they know that I know their names. Since young I would always visit my cousin, everyone knew about our close relationship, so I knew all the servants in her court yard.

"Ye ZhenSi"

"Su Zangfu"

"Very well, I will not tolerate betray and disloyal servants. I would do 1 in 3 things to get rid of servants who betray me. One, 100 strikes and then thrown to dogs. Two, cut the tongue out and 40 strikes and last, tie to a carriage wheel and let the horse ran all over the city"

I look at all the servants in my room while saying this, but I said it for the benefit of these two new maids. Every servant who heard this, started to fear this new side to of their kind and gentle First Miss and without noticing they all trembled. They decided right there and then that no matter what, they would never betray this fearsome Miss because not even Second Miss would say or do something so horrible to her servants.

"Come, I want to visit city"

Both Mulan and Yuesu, even the sulking Suyun came running to grab my wheelchair.

"Mulan come push the wheelchair and Yuesu take the money bag that my grandfather gave me. I need some things in the market"