"Second Sister, it’s good that you understand proper conduct. Don’t disgrace our General’s Mansion."
When Situtu Qinger heard this, she nearly lost her temper again. Who was really disgracing the General’s Mansion?
"Elder Sister, you better speak with evidence."
"Evidence? Do I even need it? So many people heard it." Xuexue’s eyes swept over the surrounding servants and Situ Yongjie.
"Heard what?" Situtu Qinger hadn’t yet figured out what was going on.
"You disregarded the rules and addressed Auntie Tang as ’mother.’ Do I need to repeat myself?"
"You... you..." Situtu Qinger was so angry, but with so many people watching, she couldn’t refute it.
The whole General’s Mansion had been alard because of the assassin incident. Everyone rushed out to see what was happening, and now everyone stood around them, straining their ears to listen to the conversation.
"Waaaa! Waaaa!" Suddenly, Auntie Tang burst into hysterical sobs nearby.
Auntie Tang was clever. Seeing her daughter losing the exchange, a sudden thought ca to her in the heat of the mont, and she resorted to this tactic.
Situ Yongjie frowned impatiently. "You hired soone to commit murder, and you still have the audacity to cry?"
"Waaaa! Waaaa! Everyone says stepmothers are hard to be, and now I fully understand. Your whole family is bullying , dumping whatever filth you can find on ! You’re all just too cruel!" Usually so concerned with her image, Auntie Tang suddenly acted like a common shrew, crying and wailing uncontrollably.
Situ Zhi, who was younger, saw his mother crying so miserably and began wailing loudly himself.
In no ti, the courtyard was filled with overlapping sounds of crying.
Auntie Tang threw a tantrum and refused to admit anything.
In truth, there was no concrete evidence to accuse her of hiring an assassin. Situ Yongjie couldn’t do much against her. By midnight, everyone was exhausted, and the matter was reluctantly dropped.
The next day.
Auntie Tang got out of bed with a pair of panda eyes. Staring at her haggard face in the bronze mirror, she silently cursed Xuexue. It was all that wretched girl’s fault, dumping a night of filth on her and keeping her awake all night.
"Soone, bring so ice—quickly. I need it for my eyes."
How could she go out looking like this? Auntie Tang planned to visit Prince Pu’s Mansion later. What happened last night was too strange. She needed to ask her father if he had sent soone to kill that wretched girl, Xuexue.
"At once."
The maid obeyed and left to fetch the ice.
Old Lady Zhang, on the other hand, was helping her with her hair and makeup. "Auntie, you went to bed so late last night, and now you’re going out? You look so worn out that it pains to see it. Why not rest at ho and deal with it tomorrow?"
"How could I sleep with such a pile of filth dumped on ?"
The more Auntie Tang thought about it, the angrier she got. If she didn’t go to Prince Pu’s Mansion today to clarify things, she feared she wouldn’t be able to sleep tonight either.
"Now that you ntion it, it really is strange. The eldest young lady hasn’t been back in the capital for long, yet sohow, she’s already attracted an enemy seeking revenge."
"That wretched girl—just look at her. She’s clearly destined for a short life. What’s so surprising about her having enemies?" At this mont, Auntie Tang’s hatred for Xuexue burned to the core of her being. Her words were utterly venomous, with no trace of the noblewoman she once appeared to be.
"If you ask , Auntie, you shouldn’t have openly opposed her in the first place. If sothing bad happens to her, she can just shift all the bla onto you. We should act like we’re being nice to her on the surface, so she has no excuse to throw filth on us."
"That wretched girl is cunning! Do you really think that will work?"
"As the saying goes, ’A smiling face is hard to hit.’ It’ll work, for sure." Old Lady Zhang, thinking herself very clever, suggested confidently.
"Hmm, then I’ll give it a try in the future."
Since Xuexue had returned to the mansion, Auntie Tang had lost in every confrontation against her. Deciding to heed Old Lady Zhang’s advice, she resolved to adjust her strategy.
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