Quick Transmigration: Underdog Turns out to be Untouchable

Chapter 963: Chapter 874: Defending Our Rivers and Mountains 4

Liu Feifei likes Du Haokun, but the Liu Family has already fallen, and neither Du Zongze nor Fang Meijuan would allow Liu Feifei to become their son’s wife, as there is no profit in it.

As for the Sixteenth Concubine, she was originally a famous socialite who followed Du Zongze for money. After she got together with Du Zongze, he was very fond of the young and beautiful Sixteenth Concubine and brought her home to be officially installed in the household within a few days.

Unexpectedly, once the Sixteenth Concubine entered the Du Family, she developed feelings over time for Du Haokun. However, knowing her own status, she knew she could never be with him, so she chose to quietly love Du Haokun from afar.

But that quiet affection changed after Du Haokun married Kou Shuangshuang. The Sixteenth Concubine started to feel unwilling to accept it, aware that Liu Feifei also had feelings for Du Haokun. Previously, she regarded Liu Feifei as a rival in love and naturally harbored hostility towards her.

However, with Kou Shuangshuang as their common adversary, the Sixteenth Concubine ended up allying with Liu Feifei. One out in the open and the other in secret, they worked together to set various traps for Kou Shuangshuang, making her suffer countless losses in silence in her past life.

So when the scene of the servants ostracizing her occurred, Kou Shuangshuang knew it was the handiwork of the Sixteenth Concubine and Liu Feifei behind the scenes. However, Kou Shuangshuang did not mind, as she did not plan on befriending the servants, and being ostracized had no effect on her.

Of course, Kou Shuangshuang’s indifference was conditional—the servants were allowed to ostracize her as long as they didn’t truly disrespect her and cause her discomfort. So when the servants perceived her as easy to bully and served her cold and spoiled leftovers for dinner, Kou Shuangshuang could no longer bear it.

Especially since these two servants were old acquaintances of Kou Shuangshuang, confidants of the Sixteenth Concubine who had often helped plot against her in her previous life.

Kou Shuangshuang did not lower her status to squabble with the servants herself; instead, she went directly to Du Zongze and requested two guards. Naturally, Kou Shuangshuang did not hide the truth and straightforwardly stated that she needed two people from him to discipline unruly servants.

Du Zongze, being a warlord, admired decisive actions. He was quite pleased with his daughter-in-law’s approach, not only agreeing without hesitation but also telling Kou Shuangshuang that a daughter-in-law from a warlord family should be gentle when necessary and strong when required. He assured her that he would back her up, even if she killed someone.

Kou Shuangshuang still thanked him with a gentle smile and then took the four guards assigned by Du Zongze to seize the two servants who had dared to give her spoiled food.

With a gentle smile still on her face, Kou Shuangshuang sat in a chair in the courtyard, holding a cup of tea leisurely. Her voice was soft, yet ruthlessly cold, as she commanded the guards to whip the two servants and hang them from a tree.

She also ordered all the surrounding servants to watch, and the cries of the two being whipped echoed through most of the Du Mansion. Yet, Kou Shuangshuang watched with an unchanged expression, her gentle smile never fading, and never indicating for the whipping to cease.

By the time Kou Shuangshuang called them to stop, the two servants were so hoarse they could no longer scream, their bodies like bloodied gourds. Kou Shuangshuang threw forty large silver yuans, twenty each, at their feet and ordered them to take the money and get out of the Du Mansion.

Though a substantial bounty, the twenty silver yuans paled compared to the wages they earned at the Du Mansion. Indeed, during good service, they could receive several yuans as a reward, and working at the Du Mansion ensured them and their families were not oppressed by others.

Now these two servants, beaten like this and expelled from the Du Mansion, had families that could no longer bask in the mansion’s protection and dared not claim dominance outside.

Kou Shuangshuang’s straightforward and brutal way of handling the situation left the servants of the Du Mansion utterly frightened. These two had been well-known within the mansion, favored by the most beloved Sixteenth Concubine, and had bullied the Young Madam at her behest.

Previously, Kou Shuangshuang had always seemed as if she had no temper, leading the servants to assume she was like dough they could shape as they wished.

Moreover, even if the Young Madam became angry, what could she do? The servants were either bought by the Sixteenth Concubine, by the cousin, or just wanted to watch the spectacle. Not one was under the Young Madam’s influence, making any anger from her seemingly meaningless.

But to their surprise, the Young Madam did not act as they predicted. Going directly to the master, she requested some guards and had those who dared disrespect her beaten half to death and expelled from the mansion. The expulsion was something no servant could accept.

After this incident, all the servants realized that the Young Madam, who seemed gentle and soft, actually hid needles in her cottony demeanor. She was too lazy to fuss over trivial matters, but if truly provoked, her smiling yet ruthless methods could make one suspect her capable of murder.

After disciplining the two servants, Kou Shuangshuang’s life became remarkably smooth, with no servant daring to slight her in the least. However, none dared approach her either—the fear made them cautious rather than ostracizing.

Kou Shuangshuang was unconcerned. Now that every aspect of her life met with her satisfaction and she lived in comfort, it didn’t matter whether they feared her, or saw her as a demon or a fiend. As long as they avoided provoking her and obeyed when required, that was enough.

Behind the Du Mansion was a glass greenhouse filled with roses. This greenhouse had been empty until the Sixteenth Concubine entered the Du Family and began cultivating roses there. These roses were her treasures, usually off-limits to others.

Every morning, the Sixteenth Concubine would enter the greenhouse to tend to the roses. But today, as she entered, she discovered a group of servants in the greenhouse, cutting down all the blooming roses and placing them in baskets to be taken away.

Seeing her flowers cut, the Sixteenth Concubine’s heart bled, and she immediately flared up, stepping forward and angrily shouting: ”What are you doing? How dare you cut my flowers, such audacity, do you have a death wish?”

The servants paused at her angry outburst, stopping in their tracks. The Sixteenth Concubine was deeply favored by the master and, apart from Lady and the cousin, was the female member the servants feared the most. So her fury instinctively intimidated them.