Ning Suxuan looked at Yu Tingwan’s fake tears expressionlessly, but Yaoyao snuggled closer to her.

Truly.

Not a word of Yu Tingwan’s pretentious remarks did she believe.

After knowing her for so long, how could she not know what kind of person Yu Tingwan was?

Yu Tingwan wasn’t even afraid of her, why would she fear Mrs. Yang?

But even her own mother didn’t receive this treatment.

Ning Suxuan pretended not to see the envy that Jiasan couldn’t hide in her eyes. She wanted to mock Yu Tingwan, but...

Her heart was almost melted by her snuggling.

She coldly responded to Jiasan, "Hmph."

In this pit of strife, Lu Shiyin only dared to lower his head and quickly shell melon seeds.

The matron behind Jiasan stepped forward.

"Our madam is the head lady of the Grand Tutor Mansion, awarded early on with a first-rank title under imperial grace."

"What status does she have, and what status does Mrs. Yang have? It’s essential to know oneself. Even as a servant, I know that a higher rank can oppress; never mind beating you, even going to your Yang Family and beating you, you must accept it."

The matron snorted coldly.

"Even our lady’s father and mother wouldn’t bear to speak a harsh word. Even the Empress Dowager in the palace is thinking of her every moment."

Actually, there aren’t even many opportunities to speak.

"Your Yang Family has some skills, even a lowly maid dares to be so presumptuous!"

She raised her hand, pointing at the Yang Family maid on the ground, trembling.

"That maid serves beside a noble lady; everyone knows that in such a grand mansion, what the servants say and do reflects the master’s wishes. Don’t say you scolded the wrong person, thinking she was Miss Lu and pretending to be innocent there."

The maid knew Yu Tingwan had clashed with Yang Jingshu while sitting in the Lu Family carriage.

It’s unclear how the lady became friendly with Lu Shiyin.

But for sitting in the carriage together, the Gu Family will protect her.

"Don’t you feel ashamed, thinking just because Miss Lu is pretty, she should be wronged into entering your family?"

"Even the unmarried princesses in the palace are all beautiful; why doesn’t your Yang Family run to the Holy Emperor to snatch them?"

"What is a concubine? At the end of the day, also a servant. How bold of you to speak so, when Old Master Lu was illustrious in court, who knew where your Yang Family was, suffering in the cold?"

The matron sneered, "What now?"

"The Yang Family says they got the wrong person, so our lady must suffer in silence? Does Da Jin bear the Yang name?"

These few words carried immense weight.

But Jiasan didn’t show any intention of stopping it.

Why should only the Yang Family’s servants be allowed to insult others?

Mrs. Yang’s face turned pale.

If this gets out... the people in the palace might devour her.

"These words are truly severe.

Yang Jingshu hurriedly exclaimed, "My mother is at least a court-appointed lady, how can you just believe the General’s wife’s one-sided words and act against her?"

"Now you’re accusing my brother of coveting a princess."

"I am at least the Royal Family’s designated daughter-in-law. It’s said that the Gu Family values truth and fairness the most. Is it just because she’s a hard-found daughter that they see things so one-sidedly?"

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Yang knew it was over. Panic soared as she glared at Yang Jingshu and pulled her behind.

"Jingshu is rash and inexperienced, Imperial Tutor’s Wife, please overlook it."

Jiasan squinted her eyes and smiled.

She wasn’t a person of good temper, doing things based on mood. It was only these years of self-cultivation that made her lazy to argue.

She spoke with sarcasm, "A royal family daughter-in-law? Indeed, I dare not offend."

The next moment, she raised her hand again and slapped Mrs. Yang without hesitation.

"Slap!"

The sound was even clearer and more pleasing.

Yang Jingshu: ???

Scared, she didn’t dare say a word.

Jiasan’s hand hurt from slapping, and she leisurely rubbed it, her tone as cold as ice: "They say Mrs. Yang has had the fortune of three sons and a daughter; how lucky. Yet you only know how to give birth, not how to teach?"

"Do you think you deserve to be hit?"

"You didn’t even flinch when I hit you, yet she still jumps out to teach me a lesson? What audacity. Look, not even married in, she starts putting on the airs of a princess consort."

The matron: "The old servant sees, this mother and daughter are indeed laughable. If we don’t believe what our lady says, do we believe an outsider?"

"Even if our lady is weak and tells a bold-faced lie that water is black, our madam would find a way to make the water black."

Yang Jingshu: !!!

Infuriated, she glanced at the instigator, Yu Tingwan.

Yu Tingwan didn’t expect Jiasan to unexpectedly strike twice and secretly widened her eyes to look over.

She didn’t make faces to provoke Yang Jingshu like when she had someone backing her as a child. Instead, she openly reached out to grab the flesh Lu Shiyin had shelled and stuffed it into her mouth.

Crunch, crunch.

Like a hamster, her cheeks were stuffed full, eating with relish.

Jiasan didn’t think anything of it.

What’s wrong with her daughter eating something!

Even Ning Suxuan, who valued rules and etiquette the most, didn’t see anything wrong.

If she as the mother-in-law had no opinion, who would dare have an opinion?

Mrs. Yang: "This..."

She was furious but didn’t dare hit back.

"Today’s events, in fact..."

Was interrupted.

The matron: "It’s Miss Yang’s fault."

"Crunch, crunch."

"If Miss Yang hadn’t gone out, none of this would have happened. She insisted on taking this road and clashing with our lady?"

"Never mind that you were initially disrespectful, even if our lady didn’t like the look of your carriage and wanted to ram it, you’d deserve it, understand?"

It was truly unreasonable.

Yu Tingwan even stopped crunching, stunned.

So... so it could be like this.

Jiasan, different from her earlier fierce and harsh demeanor, smiled as she looked at Yu Tingwan now.

Her voice extraordinarily gentle.

"Yaoyao, you have one fault, Mother..."

She promptly corrected her address: "I must mention."

"Next time if you want to ram, remember to get off the carriage first, otherwise it’s too dangerous."

At this moment, Ning Suxuan finally spoke.

Her temperament could not be more different from Jiasan’s.

Her tone was very mild.

Without even looking at the Yang mother and daughter when speaking.

"A few days ago the Yang Family held a banquet, the invitation was sent to the Wei Family and I sent it back."

"From what I know, no one from the Gu Family attended either."

She stated coldly, "No one dared say a word."

"But if one day, the Wei Family holds a banquet, don’t say we invited the Yang Family and you didn’t come, the ones isolated by the Shangjing elite will only be you. However, I’m plainly telling you, if that day comes, we still won’t send the Yang Family an invitation."

"The truths your mother hasn’t understood in her life, has Miss Yang realized?"

She showed no interest in hearing Yang Jingshu’s response.

"Your Yang Family may seem illustrious before others, but in the eyes of premier meritorious families like ours, what are you?"

She slowly stated, "Daughter of the Gu Family, Young Madam of the Duke Shun Mansion, Wei Zhao’s wife – with any of these identities, she can act recklessly in Shangjing. Even if the sky falls, someone would strive to patch it. Understand?"

"But you can’t."

"Without the means to wield power ruthlessly, best to keep tails tucked, lest you unknowingly provoke the wrong person."