flstandardbreds Chapter 338: One Step, One Kneeling Humiliation
Chapter 338: One Step, One Kneeling Humiliation
"Shut up!" Qin retracted her gaze and once again looked at Zheng Yan'er fiercely, "You secretly did bad things, no matter who you targeted, you harmed the business of the Marquis' Mansion. How can this lady forgive you!"
No matter whether it was directed at herself or Jiang Suining, the result was already like this. If she didn't teach Zheng Yan'er a severe lesson, she would not be able to vent her hatred.
Dong Kaijian didn't expect that things would be more troublesome than he expected. Seeing the maids continuing to move forward and trying to catch Zheng Yan'er, he hurriedly knelt down in front of Qin.
"Madam Qin, it is our Dong family who has let your mansion down. As long as you can release my wife, my Qin family is willing to compensate for all the losses of the wine shop!"
"Yes, that's right!" Zheng Yan'er's arm had been grabbed. She struggled hard and said quickly, "Our Dong family has money. We can pay compensation, double compensation!"
Qin narrowed her eyes and signaled the maids to stop their actions temporarily. "Compensation? How do you want to compensate?"
"Our Dong family is willing to be responsible for all the costs and expenses of opening the wine shop!" Dong Kaijian said hurriedly when he saw that there was room for negotiation.
Qin thought to herself that the wine recipe was now known to everyone. Even if the Dong family lost all the money they invested in the wine shop, they would have cut off their way of making money...
"Fifty thousand taels of silver!" Qin said decisively.
Fifty thousand taels?
Dong Kaijian was slightly stunned.
The wine shop had only been open for a short time, so it was impossible for them to have invested so much money.
But facing Qin's cold expression, Dong Kaijian gritted his teeth and agreed.
"Okay, as long as the lady can release my wife, the Dong family will pay for the 50,000 taels of silver!"
Qin snorted and laughed, "I haven't finished my request yet. Not only do I want 50,000 taels of silver, but I also want your wife to kneel all the way from the Dong family to outside my wine shop and kowtow to apologize for her disrespectful words just now."
"What?" Zheng Yan'er's expression changed, "This is impossible!"
She had already lost all her face after being slapped in public before. If she now had to kneel down from the Dong family to the wine shop, wouldn't the last bit of her dignity be crushed to pieces!
This is clearly humiliating her!
"Since you don't agree, then what are you still standing there for?" Qin looked at the maids again, "Drag this bitch out of the Dong family. I will definitely teach her a lesson!"
"Yes!" The maids grabbed Zheng Yan'er again and tried to drag her out.
"Let me go, let me go!" Zheng Yan'er screamed loudly.
Dong Kaijian hurried forward to protect Zheng Yaner.
However, Qin directly rebuked him, "How dare you! These maids are all my personal maids, and they are all innocent. If you dare to touch them, it would be indecent!"
After these words were spoken, Dong Kaijian froze and dared not to attack again.
Seeing that Zheng Yan'er had been dragged away for a distance, Dong Kaijian became extremely anxious.
Zheng Yan'er struggled hard, even her dress was torn into a mess, but she couldn't get free at all. Not knowing how the other party was going to teach her a lesson, Zheng Yan'er was extremely afraid and finally gave in.
"I kneel! Is it not okay for me to kneel?"
"What, have you figured it out?" Qin looked at Zheng Yan'er with a sneer.
The latter looked at Qin and was so angry that he almost vomited blood, but he could only give in and nod.
She had been slapped so many times before for just saying something offensive, and was almost disfigured. Now she was plotting against the shop in the Marquis' Mansion. Zheng Yan'er didn't even dare to think about how Qin would punish her if she didn't agree.
Qin raised her hand and signaled the maids to let the man go.
"Then kneel down. Also, the fifty thousand taels of silver..."
"I'll get ready right away." Dong Kaijian said hurriedly.
As he was preparing to leave the imperial city, Dong Kaijian had collected a lot of silver recently. After taking out 50,000 taels of silver notes and giving them to Qin, he looked at Zheng Yan'er with heartache as she was pushed out of the Marquis' Mansion and began to kneel down as she walked towards Qin's restaurant.
There were not many people in front of the Dong family's gate. Zheng Yan'er could barely accept it at first and knelt down to kowtow, but when she went around the street in front of the gate, more and more people came.
Seeing so many eyes looking at her, Zheng Yan'er froze there, her knees straight, her face burning, and she couldn't kneel down no matter what.
Qin looked at her coldly and gave the maid a wink. The latter understood and kicked Zheng Yan'er in the crook of her legs.
With a thud, Zheng Yan'er almost fell to the ground.
"Madam doesn't have that much time. You only have this one chance. If you delay any longer, don't blame me for being rude."
Zheng Yan'er bit her lips tightly, met Qin's threatening and contemptuous gaze, took a deep breath, and finally continued.
Qin got on the carriage and followed slowly behind.
Two maids were also sent to watch along the way to make sure that Zheng Yan'er knelt down after every step and was not allowed to be lazy or slack off.
Jiang Suining also got on his carriage.
Xier, who had just witnessed the whole thing, sat in the carriage looking at her young lady with mixed feelings.
Jiang Suining saw Xier's thoughts and asked with a chuckle, "Are you scared?"
Xier nodded, then shook her head, and after a moment of hesitation, she said, "Miss, I just didn't expect that Madam Qin was so powerful."
Although it was Zheng Yan'er who leaked the wine recipe, she asked for 50,000 taels of silver right away. Isn't this a blatant extortion? And the Dong family is helpless.
And Zheng Yan'er, although she felt that she deserved it and it was all her own fault, but with such a humiliating method, isn't Madam Qin really afraid of people talking about the Marquis' Mansion behind her back?
Understanding Xier's doubts, the smile on Jiang Suining's face faded.
"Xi'er, although we are all in this imperial city, in the eyes of most people, officials are officials and merchants are merchants, and their status is very different. Especially for those in high positions like the Changning Marquis' Mansion, in their hearts, merchants are ultimately lowly."
"The Jiang family and I may be the lucky ones, which makes them feel a little cautious. But the Dong family and Zheng Yan'er are not so lucky. They just came to the imperial city with an unstable foundation, and they have encountered problems one after another. So even though they can see that the Qin family is deliberately blackmailing and humiliating them, they can't do anything about it."
Of course, Qin was not afraid that this incident would affect the reputation of the Changning Marquisate, because in this imperial city, no one would stand up for the Dong family.
as...
The Jiang family in the previous life.
Even if one is schemed to the point of losing everything, in the end one can only leave the imperial city in disgrace.
Jiang Suining lifted the curtain and looked at the increasing number of people gathering on the street outside. Although she could not see Zheng Yan'er from the carriage, she could imagine how humiliating today's events would be for Zheng Yan'er.
If she could wake up in time after this incident and leave the imperial city, it might be a good thing.
But... according to Zheng Yaner's personality, if she is humiliated like this, she will probably become even more obsessed and do even crazier things.
Jiang Suining lowered the curtain, stopped the coachman, and did not continue to follow. Instead, he took another route to Zhanxing Tower.
On the street, Zheng Yan'er knelt down with every step she took.
Both sides of the street were crowded with people who came to watch the excitement. Everyone was talking, and the noisy voices reached Zheng Yan'er's ears, and she felt her head buzzing.
Her teeth had bitten her lips until they bled, but she was completely unaware.
An unknown amount of time had passed, but they finally arrived at the wine shop. However, without Qin's order, the maids would not let Zheng Yan'er leave.