Just as Bai Xianyu finished speaking, the servants surrounded them with their boards.
Madam Bai Meng was anxious. "Girl, how could you say that?! We're your uncle and aunt. How can you beat us the moment we meet?"
Bai Mao, who came from a small family, even reeked of money. He said roguishly, "Cousin, I heard in Qingzhou that you were beautiful. Today, I see that you are indeed beautiful, but with your temper, your mother-in-law will make things difficult for you when you marry into your husband's family in the future!"
The few of them spoke one after another, and it was as noisy as a marketplace. Although Bai Yu'er did not say anything, she looked at Bai Xianyu with a pair of resentful eyes, as if she had suffered a huge grievance.
Bai Xianyu's gaze was cold as she glanced at the servants who had stopped. "What are you looking at? Hurry up and bring out someone to receive the punishment."
The servants nodded one after another. Then, ignoring the cries of the Bai family, they began to hit them with the boards in the large courtyard.
The people in the General's Manor were all martial arts practitioners. This beating with the boards made them wail like ghosts and howl like wolves!
"Ouch!"
"It hurts! Ouch, stop hitting me!"
"Gently, gently!"
Green Pearl sized Bai Xianyu up, perplexed. Miss had always been kind-hearted. There was a crippled kitten next door, and every time a cat's cry was heard, Miss would run over to help the kitten fight. If someone in the Manor made a mistake, she was cool about it. After having followed Miss for so long, this was the first time she had seen her become angry.
Moreover, the young lady was sitting calmly at the stone table. She looked very much like the matriarch of the family in the courtyard. She had an indescribable dignity and aura.
But Miss had just turned 15.
Bai Xianyu's eyes were more upturned than ordinary almond-shaped eyes, but they were not devilish. Instead, they were filled with spiritual energy. When she narrowed her eyes, she looked as exquisite and delicate as a Persian cat that was presented as a tribute from the Western Region.
In her previous life, this family had been tyrannical in the Manor and had even used the family's connections to survive in the capital like fish in water. Her brothers were usually busy, and she had suffered a lot.
However, it was unexpected that they would raise a group of ingrates.
They had all the good things. When her brothers were in trouble, each of them ran faster than the other. This time, they directly triggered her anger. It was considered letting them off easy by hitting them several times with the boards to vent her anger.
Green Pearl watched as Bai Xianyu finished eating the pastries and picked up the golden basin for her to wash her hands. Bai Xianyu slowly washed them, wiped them clean with a handkerchief, and embraced the earthenware hot-water bottle.
As soon as they finished hitting them with the boards, the sound of someone leaning on a walking stick came from the moon gate.
"What a sin! Xianyu, what are you doing!"
"Stop hitting them, stop!"
The person was wearing a fox fur coat and had a gold inlaid jade bracelet on her wrist. It was luxurious yet simple. Beside her, a thin nanny held her hand.
Bai Xianyu said calmly, "Grandmother."
Old Madam directly walked past Bai Xianyu and helped her youngest son up from the stool. Her heart ached as she asked, "Yuantai, are you alright? Where are you hurt?"
Bai Yu'er's eyes were filled with tears. "Grandmother, I'm in great pain…"
Bai Mao took the opportunity to complain. "Grandmother, look at Cousin. How did she get such an unruly and willful personality? How could she hit people without saying anything!"
Madam Bai Meng gritted her teeth and wanted to stand up, but she rolled down in pain and scolded like a shrew, "Mother, this little b*tch is simply rebellious. People say that the elder brother is one's father, so hitting our Yuan Tai is no different from hitting her own father! She even hit my son and daughter. You have to make restitution to me for this and hit Bai Xianyu 30 times too with the board!"