In this era, where the purity of a woman was more important than her life, letting four maidservants walk out with only their undergarments on was no different from killing them.
It was true that only one of the four maidservants was wearing it, but as long as they worked together and helped each other, they could still avoid making a fool out of themselves. However, these four maidservants had disappointed her.
As soon as the four of them were chased out of the courtyard by Ji Yunkai, they started to tear off pieces of the wedding dress, none of them allowing the other to get an advantage.
"It's mine! Give me your clothes! Madam said that she wants to give me a marriage! I can't go out naked!"
"The clothes are on me, so it's mine! Mine!"
"I got beaten up, so the clothes will naturally belong to me! Give me the clothes, and I'll go find Madam to seek justice for all of you!"
"No! If I give it to you, we'll still be ruined!"
"I can't give it to you either! I'll wear the clothes, and I'll go find Madam!"
The four maidservants were usually amiable with each other, and if there were conflicts, they would keep it private. But, that was only on the surface. They all had the same thought of that one was better than the other. With the situation at hand, the four of them would immediately lose all decorum.
The four maidservants were not far away, and with only a wall between them, it was impossible for Ji Yunkai to not hear them.
As the sounds of fighting grew louder and louder, she could not help but shake her head. 'You can't live for others. That wedding dress was already old. Who knew how long it had been sitting around? How could it withstand the pull of these four people?'
Sure enough, just as Ji Yunkai finished thinking this, a *rip* sound was heard.
"Ahh! Ahh! It tore! It tore! What do we do? What are we going to do?" The four maidservants could no longer be bothered with arguing with each other. Each of them held onto a small piece as they stood there foolishly. The tears rolled down their faces, one after another.
This was a wedding dress sewn according to the character of Prince Yanbei. Even if it was old, it still would not be something they could touch.
"What should we do? What should we do?" The four maidservants sat on the ground in a daze, looking at each other.
"Mad-Madame, please go find Madame." Tomorrow was the day of the Grand Wedding, and the Madam had intentionally dragged it on until today to take out an old wedding dress for Ji Yunkai to wear. Originally, they wanted to slap Ji Yunkai's face, but now…they ruined the Madame's plans.
At this moment, the four maidservants were no longer able to cover their bodies and were no longer embarrassed. Each of them held a piece of cloth to block the important parts of their bodies and ran for their lives towards Madame Ji's courtyard.
"Elder Sister Chun Feng, look, look… am I seeing things?"
"What white thighs! What white breasts! Aren't they the maidservants by the Madam's side? Why are they wearing so little?"
"Look! Elder Sister Xiao Lian's chest is exposed. It's so big...."
The four maidservants were women after all, so no matter how fast they were, they had a limit. Along the way, they met many servants, who did not dare to say anything to them. After they left, the servants could not help but whisper to each other.
"Sister Little He and the rest are so weird. Why didn't they find someone to borrow a set of clothes? Do they like to run around almost naked?"
"Maybe it's because they look good."
When the servants saw the four maidservants run toward Madam Ji's courtyard, with half their bodies exposed, they immediately wore puzzled expressions on their faces and whispered amongst themselves. The four maidservants knew that they had lost all their face this time, but there was nothing they could do. If the wedding dress was ruined, they had to find Madam Ji immediately. Otherwise, if they delayed tomorrow's marriage, for the four of them, it would not be as simple as losing face.
"Madam! Madam! You must uphold justice for us!" The four maidservants felt that they had suffered a great injustice. As soon as they arrived at Madam Ji's courtyard, they indiscriminately started shouting and running inside.
"Elder Sister Little He, you guys don't.…" When the young maidservant heard the commotion, she rushed out to stop them. Unfortunately, she was not able to stop them, so the four maidservants ran in.
"Elder sister Little He!" The young maidservant followed and shouted loudly. Soon after, she heard the flustered and exasperated voice of the Imperial Advisor Ji, "In broad daylight, you, you…."
Imperial Advisor Ji is a scholar, so how could he possibly see this kind of thing? But, he disdained talking to women and could not scold them badly either. In the end, he could only wave his sleeves and say to Madam Ji, "Madam, I'll leave the matters in the backyard to you. I don't wish for this kind of thing to happen again."
Without listening to the four maidservants' explanations, he turned around and left.
When the four maidservants rushed in and saw Imperial Advisor Ji, they were all stupefied. They were all stunned on the spot. Not to mention explaining, they had even forgotten to cover themselves.
After Imperial Advisor Ji left, Madam Ji ordered someone to give each of them a slap. Only then, did the four maidservants react and kneeled on the ground, continuously admitting their wrongs, "This servant was wrong. Madam, please punish me."
"Punishment? I never punish anyone below me." Madam Ji's face was filled with gentleness, without a hint of anger. "Speak, how did you all turn into this?"
Imperial Advisor Ji did not see, but she saw that the red robes these four servant girls were wearing were pieces of the wedding dress that she had ordered her maidservants to prepare for Ji Yunkai.
Otherwise, she would not have allowed the Old Master to leave.
When the four maidservants heard that they were not to be punished, they did not relax. Although outsiders did not know this, but these maidservants knew that their Madam had never punished them before. It would only make them feel worse than being dead.
Their Madam was often said to be kind and gentle, and it was true that she had never done an evil deed with her own hands. She just had her own subordinates do it for her. Subordinates such as these four maidservants.
Although the four maidservants were afraid, they still told her everything that had happened. Of course, they were determined to report it, and would only say bad things about Ji Yunkai.
"That is to say, Yunkai is not dissatisfied with the wedding dress, but rather, she's dissatisfied with the way she's been addressed for more than ten years?" Madam Ji obviously did not believe them. If Ji Yunkai was not satisfied about her address, she would have already shown her displeasure.
"Madam, this servant will never lie. Miss Yunkai is indeed dissatisfied with this form of address. Look at us, we were beaten up by her!" The four maidservants cried out with snot all over their faces.
"Madam, Miss Yunkai said that she's going to be married tomorrow, so there's no need to put you in her eyes. You can't do anything to her." Ji Yunkai had indeed said those words, but the original words were not like that at all. The four maidservants only said this to provoke Madam Ji's anger.
Indeed, Madam Ji did not reveal it on the surface, but she still stood up. "Let's go, call more people. Let's go ask Yunkai if she's dissatisfied with Mother."
If your wedding dress is torn, you have to find someone to wear this "black pot".