In the rain, Xu Qinglian realized the situation had turned dire. She scurried over and knelt at Xie Jiuli’s feet.
"My Lady, please, you are a person of great stature, have mercy and do not kill my uncle."
She looked at the young women standing nearby and spat venomously, "To receive my uncle’s favor is your good fortune. You ingrates, repaying his kindness with enmity—you are all nothing but base scum."
Chapter 29