Hong Ye quickly reported back: "Mrs. Zhang, who is in charge of laying the felt carpets, has been summoned and is waiting to be questioned by Lady Sang Wan! Also, those three servants who bumped into the Master are here! Does Lady Sang Wan want to question them now?"
Sang Wan pondered briefly before saying, "Bring Mrs. Zhang up here; I will interrogate her myself. As for those three girls, I can't be bothered to see them! Tell the housekeeper in charge of this matter, those three girls have no regard for their Master. Give them thirty strokes of the cane, forfeit their wage for three months, and then send them out to be at the Tian family's disposal in gardening. Tell them, if they don't wish to be sold, they better keep their mouths shut about the affairs of the inner courtyard; otherwise, serving them a mute's medicine is nothing difficult!"
