The old maid looked around for help only to see the other maids and housekeepers keeping their heads down, afraid to even breath too loudly for fear of angering Gu Hua.
Gu Hua smirked, her eyes were clear and cold as she replied "When my mother had passed you the keys, it was to ask you to guard the items within the treasury, not to give you the treasury. You did not ask the masters' permission before privately opening the treasury. That's considered 'bullying the masters'. Shouldn't you be sold off?"
The original person was kind, resulting in some opportunistic servants forgetting who was the real owner of this treasury. She doesn't mind helping to remind them.
Song Qingyan's face turned white. The old maid had opened the treasury resulting in Gu Hua ordering the punishment by paddles and being sold off. Gu Hua looks like she's punishing the old maid but in actual is giving her a slap.
