The madam is not someone who likes to interfere with others' business.

  It's just the mother-in-law, and she doesn't even care about what's going on in her daughter-in-law's room.

  Besides, she is just sister-in-law.

  All these years, she has been watching as Second Mistress dotes on Fifth Young Miss more and more excessively.

  At that time, Wu Niang was just a bit stronger and her words were sharper.

  It's nothing wrong for a girl to be strong-willed. Even Madame was strong-willed when she was young and at her natal home with her sisters.

  The mistress is also too ignorant of the weight of things, stretching out her hand to manage the household chores of the second room.

  Although they live together in two rooms, they also live their own lives. Except for gathering to eat during holidays and festivals, they rarely come and go from each other's place on ordinary days.

  Whatever it is, whatever is sent, it's always the mother and daughter-in-law who run errands.

  The madam also didn't quite understand Wu Niang's nature.

  Until San Chuan entered the capital...

  Nowadays, Wu Niang has nothing, she is not only foolish and strong, but also a bit of a broken pot, looking at everyone in the family with disapproval.

  Her parents owe her, her sister owes her, the first wife's family owes her, the third wife's family also owes her...

  The whole world owes her!

  She is like a woman seeking revenge.

  She scolded in her own courtyard, and Madame endured it again and again.

  The madam still wants to maintain balance in the family.

  The Fifth Girl should go and discipline the Second Lady first, no matter how much nonsense she talks.

  Mrs. Ke seemed to have shrunk an inch, scolded by Fifth Sister-in-law until she had no comeback, unable to manage Fifth Sister-in-law, only knowing how to exchange insults with her.

  We're all watching jokes.

  The lady endured great hardships.

  The housekeeper mother beside her also told her many times: Bring the fifth girl over to manage and teach. In the future, the old master's official position will become bigger and bigger, and there will be more and more political enemies in the court. If the fifth girl gets married and goes out, she will lose face for the old master and lose face for the Gu family!

  The madam thought that since Wu Niang was already so big and her character had taken shape, forcing her to change would require some drastic measures.

  This might offend Erniang and even more so, Wu Niang.

  The great lady is not afraid of offending people either.

  There are some things that offend people, and they don't have to be done. She can choose not to do them, and she'd rather take the easy way out.

  Even today, Wu Niang still dares to slam her spoon in frustration while eating behind the screen, with Master and the elders of the family present.

  In the future, when she marries into her husband's family, who will she dare not scold?

  According to the law, it is clearly stated that insulting a public servant will lead to punishment!

  By that time, it's not just a matter of guilt, the Gu family's reputation will be completely ruined. The daughters who married out of the Gu family, even the virtuous imperial concubine De, will all be gossiped about.

  The lady had no choice but to make up her mind and take good care of herself.

  No matter what kind of enemy we become, at least let her know which things can be done and which things absolutely cannot be done.

  The fifth daughter cried again in the second half of the night.

  She was so hungry that she couldn't sleep and felt cold.

  The mistress and master were both woken up by her.

  The old master gets up at the fourth watch of the night and prepares for court.

  Being scolded by the fifth daughter, he was disturbed from his sleep and became furious: "Go, let her kneel outside with a brick on her head. Call the old woman to hold a whip beside her, one cry one strike."

  In the cold winter of December, standing outside for a while can freeze people stiff, let alone kneeling?

  The madam called out for Chun Qiao to come in and told her to go scare the Fifth Young Lady a bit.

  Chunqiao put on a thick padded jacket and took two night-watch women with her as she went to the west wing.

  The room was warm and cozy, with Wu Niang lying on the kang, sobbing in a high-pitched voice, her tears falling rhythmically.

  "The old master said that the girl was making too much noise and couldn't rest. Take the girl out, kneel under the window..." Chunqiao said seriously.

  Two old women took advantage of the situation and were about to drag in Fifth Girl.

  The fifth girl screamed and kept hiding inside.

  "Still noisy?" Chun Qiao's voice was stern but low, "Make another sound and you'll be stripped of your clothes and kneeling."

  The fifth daughter hastily covered her mouth and didn't dare shout again, but tears rolled down one by one.

  Through tears, Chun Qiao's face was terrifying and ferocious, unlike her usual gentle and smiling appearance.

  The Fifth Girl had never known that she could be so helpless, even more pitiful than when she was in the family temple. Although life in the family temple was simple and she couldn't go out, no one dared to bully her or go against her wishes.

  Eating and drinking are guaranteed.

  And now she's starving!

  Normally, she would never believe that a maid would dare to make her strip and kneel outside in the cold wind...

  But now she dare not take risks anymore.

  The great aunt said let her starve for two days, she has already been starving for a day, and indeed no snacks were given to her.

  The fifth daughter was so hungry that she felt dizzy and saw stars.

  She didn't even have the energy to scold her aunt, she just wanted to eat something.

  She can't sleep...

  "Girl, spare yourself the trouble!" Chun Qiao saw that she had stopped arguing and smiled as he said, "Tomorrow, the old master has to get up early for court. Is it more important to be concerned about you or about official business? If you make another sound, even the mistress won't be able to protect you, and you'll be taken out into the snow and beaten to death. Don't blame anyone then..."

  The fifth daughter nodded repeatedly.

  After the old master finished giving orders, the house on the other side fell silent.

  He was very tired, Mimi fell asleep again, and didn't care whether the maids went to punish Gu Pei.

  Gu Pei was spoken to by Chun Qiao once, thinking of the cold wind outside, she shrank into her quilt and wrapped herself tightly.

  She was so hungry that her stomach ached with cramps.

  The taste of hunger, she had never experienced it in her lifetime, and didn't expect it to be so miserable.

  Nowadays, she can swallow even a cold rice ball!

  Her mother wasn't the best, but she had never let her go hungry...

  The fifth daughter now misses her mother very much.

  She should behave and go back to her mother's side as soon as possible. Aunt is too heartless!

  She silently shed tears, no longer daring to cry out loud.

  I was tired and fell asleep.

  She had just fallen asleep when a maid pushed her: "Miss, get up..."

  The Fifth Girl finally fell asleep, enduring the pangs of hunger, only to be pushed awake again. She was furious and slapped the maid: "You blind thing! I'm awake, I'll naturally get up..."

  Then she suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

  Because she saw Chunqiao standing behind the little maid beside her aunt.

  The fifth daughter suddenly crawled up and hid inside...

  She would rather not go out and kneel down.

  "Miss, it's already dawn, you should get up and go pay respects to the madam." Chun Qiao said with a smile to Wu Gu Niang.

  The girl slowly put down her guard.

  The window paper outside is pitch black...

  Do you have to get up early?

  She usually sleeps until early morning!

  Get up an hour earlier to do what?

  The fifth daughter did not dare to disobey again.

  If she does well, maybe we'll have dinner today.

  She quickly scrambled up.

  The lady of the house had already gotten up and arranged for the old master's meal, seeing him off at the gate.

  It turns out that Auntie has also gotten up...

  The fifth daughter felt a little more balanced in her heart.

  The madam herself ate her breakfast, while the fifth daughter stood by like a servant girl, watching with her eyes. Her stomach began to ache again as she stared blankly at the rice porridge in the madam's bowl.

  She swallowed several times.

  The lady's breakfast consists of a bowl of millet and red date porridge, a steamer basket of crystal shrimp dumplings, a plate of crab small wontons, a plate of yam cake, a plate of rattan cake, and two plates of melon sauce dishes.

  If it were an ordinary day, Fifth Young Mistress would think that Madame's meal was very simple.

  Now her eyes can't even be pried open.

  The madam slowly ate a bowl of porridge, tasted half a crystal shrimp bun and a crab dumpling, and then stopped using her chopsticks, ordering Chunqiao to take it away.

  The five girls' buttocks all went soft.

  "Grandma, I'm so hungry..." She finally couldn't help but burst into tears.

  The madam said: "You broke things in front of your elders yesterday, do you know that was wrong?"

  "I know, I know!" The fifth daughter wailed and threw herself at the feet of the madam, kowtowing, "I'll never dare to again..."

  "That's good." The madam smiled, "Remember this taste well. If you do it again, I'll still starve you. It was agreed upon for two days, so you can eat tomorrow morning..."

  The fifth daughter heard this and knew she had cried in vain, feeling both hatred and anger.

  She was about to make a scene again, but when she saw Chunqiao and several robust women, she had no choice but to get up.

  In the morning, she only drank warm water.

  Golden flowers burst forth before one's eyes.

  Crying and making a fuss is useless, and may even bring more severe punishment. This was the lesson that Wu Niang learned on this day. She didn't dare to cry again.

  This morning, the madam saw the housekeeper and actually made the fifth daughter stand beside her to serve tea.

  The fifth daughter-in-law's legs were trembling with fear as she listened to the mistress of the house and the other women talking about family matters.

  Inside and out...

  The fifth girl doesn't understand anything?

  It wasn't until an hour and a half later that Madame finished dealing with the matter.

  The fifth daughter can also go back to her room and rest.

  At noon, the madam had lunch and also made her take medicine on the side.

  The fifth daughter couldn't help but think: Rush up and grab a handful of rice to eat...

  But if we really rush up to grab it, whether we can get it or not is uncertain. Tomorrow we might be punished and probably won't have anything to eat.

  The great aunt is not afraid of her starving to death.

  Her nose turned sour, tears streaming down her face, staring at the madam, silently weeping, so pitiful.

  The lady remains unmoved.

  Another night, Wu Niang couldn't sleep.

  She was so hungry that she trembled all over when she got up to drink water.

  She didn't know when she fell asleep, but by the next morning, she heard the sound of maids getting up to sweep the yard. She immediately got out of bed, regardless of how dark it was outside, and called for a maid to come in and help her get dressed, then went to take medicine from the doctor.

  The madam also got up and was having breakfast with Old Master Shi.

  The old lady smiled when she saw the fifth daughter-in-law.

  The old man nodded slightly.

  After the old master had finished his breakfast and gone out, the mistress ordered the servants to bring in their own breakfast.

  For the Fifth Girl, there was only a bowl of millet porridge and two small steamed buns.

  The lady of the house explained to her, "You've been hungry for two days, you need to take it slow, if you eat too much at once, your heart won't feel comfortable in the morning. Wait a bit and after an hour or so, I'll have someone bring you some snacks to fill up."

  The fifth daughter is still dissatisfied?

  She picked up the porridge and drank it in big gulps. Hearing that there was still a snack to fill up in the afternoon, she immediately said: "Thank you, Auntie, you're the best!"

  The madam looked at her like this and thought it wouldn't be difficult to cure her.

  The fifth daughter-in-law didn't understand things, but she wasn't cunning either, and let the madam manipulate her as she pleased.

  After she finished eating, the mistress began to teach her the rules: "Every day at dawn, you must get up and come to me. If you are late, you will be punished; in the morning, follow me and listen to my words on the side, do not interrupt, otherwise you will also be punished; in the afternoon, follow the mothers to do needlework, and at dusk, you must come to me to pay respects. If you are late, you will also be punished."

  The fifth daughter quickly remembered it in her heart.

  She can't remember some things.

  The lady didn't rush either and said it again.

  At this point, Wu Niang came to her senses and nodded repeatedly.

  Actually, when she listened, her aunt wasn't fierce either.

  She must listen and obey, then wait until her aunt is satisfied before quickly leaving this terrible place.

  In the following days, Wu Niang woke up on time at dawn every day, not daring to sleep a moment longer, for fear that Madame would find fault.

  She knew that although Mrs. Zhang said she could stay for a year, if she behaved well, she might be allowed to leave in just half a month...

  The old master also thought that Wu Niang had done a good job in the past few days and said: "Very good!"

  The fifth daughter listened and felt delighted in her heart.

  During the New Year's festival, there were many things to do. The fifth daughter-in-law also followed Spring Chao and stayed behind Madame Wang to see how she managed things.

  At first she didn't quite understand, but later on, she actually figured out some of the tricks.

  Housekeeper, first of all, settle the accounts...

  It's New Year's Eve in the blink of an eye.

  After eating breakfast, it's time for worship.

  The people from the second and third houses have all arrived.

  Seeing the fifth girl cleverly following behind Madame, serving tea to Madame and watching Madame's eyes for instructions, both Second Madame and Song Dang'er were shocked beyond words.

  This gentle and obedient girl, how did she become a different person?

  I don't know if it's real or fake, but anyway, it looks quite pleasant.

  Song Pan'er smiled slightly.

  The two ladies and gentlemen felt a pang of heartache.

  The good girl is now being controlled by the madam and has become depressed and gloomy, how pitiful!

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  Second update looking for pink rs!