The next day.
Old Lady Mo led the entire family to the streets of the Capital, crying and wailing loudly, accusing Xuexue of being heartless and ungrateful. She claid that after recognizing her biological father, Xuexue had completely forgotten their years of fostering and care.
The Capital was a bustling place, full of high officials and nobles.
Their loud wailing naturally caused quite a stir.
Old Lady Mo’s family had been living in the General’s Mansion for over half a month, frequently going in and out. Naturally, so people recognized them.
"Aren’t you the ones staying at the General’s Mansion? Why are you wandering the streets now?" soone in the crowd curiously asked.
"It’s all because of that ungrateful girl Situtu Xueer who kicked us out! She’s heartless, without our Mo family’s fostering kindness for over ten years, she would’ve starved on the streets! How could she enjoy such prosperity today? She beca the Eldest Legitimate Daughter of the General’s Mansion and now refuses to acknowledge us, her poor relatives! You tell , isn’t she heartless? Boohoohoo..." After saying this, the woman covered her face with her hands and broke into sobbing cries again.
Old Lady Mo was cunning and deliberately refrained from revealing that Mo Xiuzhi had deceived General Situ and was chased out by the Old Madam. Instead, she shifted all the bla onto Xuexue.
When the crowd heard this, many nodded their heads, criticizing Xuexue for being in the wrong. They believed she had turned her back on the family’s kindness after attaining wealth and luxury.
Although Old Lady Mo wasn’t her actual relative, the kindness of fostering her for years surpassed re blood ties.
"Just look at her seductive deanor; you can tell she’s no good," chid in two won in the crowd, dressed like wealthy young ladies.
Recently, Xuexue, a girl who had returned from the countryside, had unexpectedly chard the elegant and noble Fourth Prince, causing a stir.
Because the Fourth Prince had been frequently visiting the General’s Mansion lately, his admirers had beco increasingly displeased.
These two wealthy young ladies happened to be admirers of the Fourth Prince. Upon hearing Old Lady Mo’s accusations, they were imdiately incensed.
Though she continued wailing, Old Lady Mo kept her ears perked, carefully listening to the murmurs from the crowd. Upon hearing the agreent from these two ladies, she began to cry even louder, as if gaining montum from their words.
"Exactly! Outsiders wouldn’t know the misery we’ve faced while staying at the General’s Mansion. Every day was a tornt; we barely had enough food, and we were forced to live in broken-down rooms. At night, the northern winds would howl through, chilling us to the bone. I tell you, my whole family was living a life worse than pigs and dogs! It was far worse than our days in the countryside."
"If things were that bad for you, wouldn’t it be better to return to the countryside? At least you wouldn’t be at the rcy of others in the Capital."
"We would love to! But we don’t even have the money for the journey back. We’ll starve to death on the streets at this rate."
Upon saying this, Old Lady Mo started wailing again. As she cried, she groaned loudly: "The General’s Mansion’s Miss Situ is so cruel and ungrateful. When she invited us to the Capital, she promised we’d enjoy wealth and comfort. Yet here we are, with no comfort and on the verge of dying in a foreign land! Boohoohoohoo..."
The Mo family had spent a whole day and night outside, cold and starving, enduring great suffering.
Hearing Old Lady Mo’s wails, the others in the Mo family couldn’t help but feel a flood of sorrow, breaking into loud sobs themselves.
Their prospects seed bleak, and their livelihoods uncertain.
Their greatest worry was that they didn’t even have the travel expenses to return to Mo Family Village. They couldn’t let this attempt at wealth and glory cost them their lives; that would be unforgivable. With this desperate resolve, they decided that no matter what, they would remain on the streets until Xuexue ca out to see them.
The Mo family continued crying bitterly in the streets, creating a pitiful scene.
The surrounding crowd couldn’t help but criticize Xuexue, even dragging the General’s Mansion into their complaints.
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