Chapter 1424: Revised: Chapter 1421 Plans
At this mont, she had already interrupted her own thoughts multiple tis and acted impulsively to create trouble.
In her heart, Old Mada Li felt a bit disappointed upon hearing Ye Muyu’s words. Could it be that the Chu family is also unwilling to form a marriage alliance with our family?
Old Mada Li didn’t feel that Ye Muyu was deliberately looking down on the Li family; she felt it more likely stemd from Senior Lady Li’s attitude.
“It was my oversight. Nanny Song, take Ziluo and Zhong Yan over.”
Nanny Song stepped out from behind Old Mada Li, her manners impeccable, “Understood, old servant.”
Ye Muyu nodded at Chu Ziluo.
Once the children had left, Ye Muyu conversed with Old Lady Ye for a while longer, discussing the various temperants of the children in the family.
Seeing that the hour was getting late, Ye Muyu took her leave.
As soon as Ye Muyu left,
Old Master Li picked up a teacup and sipped the tea, his face stern.
Senior Lady Li stood up, “Mother, I need to go entertain the guests; Ling Ren’s wife cannot manage it all by herself.”
Old Mada Li raised her eyes slightly, “Sit down.”
Just two words, very plain, but Senior Lady Li didn’t dare to disobey. She sat down, slightly displeased.
After fifteen minutes,
Senior Lady Li couldn’t bear such tornt any longer and said, “Mother, is there sothing else? If not, I will go out. If you think I did sothing wrong today, we can discuss it privately after the banquet.”
“Discuss? Discuss what?” Old Mada Li raised her eyelids, her aged face exuding authority: “You took all the decisions upon yourself and contradicted in front of outsiders. How should a daughter-in-law listen to her mother-in-law like this?”
Senior Lady Li quickly knelt down, her face flushed from reprimand, “Mother, I was only thinking for the good of our Li family.”
“If you are so capable, why haven’t you led the Li family to new heights?” Old Mada Li glanced at her indifferently, her elderly eyes seeming to know everything.
Senior Lady Li felt even more humiliated, realizing her mother-in-law was displeased with her house managent.
“I know your little sches,” Old Mada Li’s expression remained neutral, “If you don’t want to push the Li family towards doom, rember that the Liu family is not on the sa path as our Li family.”
Senior Lady Li’s face changed slightly, a hint of shock in her eyes. Her mind was filled with the thought that her mother-in-law might know sothing. But she had been very careful.
“Now that I have ford a good relationship with Madam Chu, if you go and try to collaborate with the Liu family, do you think that with Duke Zheng’s suspicious nature, he would choose to believe you without reservation, or treat you as a scout?”
Old Mada Li left this remark, looking at Senior Lady Li with eyes full of disappointnt, as if looking at a re clown. She stood up and slowly walked away without saying a word about Senior Lady Li’s pale face.
It took a while for Senior Lady Li to co to her senses.
Her fingers curled slightly, clutching the fabric at her side tightly. Her face was frightfully pale from having her thoughts exposed, and it took her a mont to stand up.
“Soone, co.” The maidservants waiting at the door imdiately stepped forward.
“How is the banquet going?” Senior Lady Li struggled to calm herself down. She secretly hated that her mother-in-law had preemptively interrupted her plan, forcing her to give up on collaborating with the Liu family. But she was unwilling to give up and still wanted to give it a try. After all, what if the Liu family was not as her mother-in-law said?
Now, with Duke Zheng in power, if she could secretly build a good relationship with him, her children could enter officialdom and work their way up. Once the situation stabilized, with their family’s connection to the Dowager Empress, her son’s promotion would be a simple matter.
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