Chapter 606 - Chapter 606: Chapter 612 (2/2)
The City Lord’s wife frowned deeply at the side, greatly displeased with Mrs. Shao’s behavior. Such actions not only contradicted the old master’s wishes but also embarrassed her.
“Second Daughter-in-law, enough, as the Second Young Lady of the City Lord Mansion, I thought you knew what you should do. Madam Han is my esteemed guest, and you must not be disrespectful!” Although the City Lord’s wife herself was itching to take several more swipes at the Second Young Lady’s face, and had long been dissatisfied with Mrs. Shao, the concubine daughter-in-law, she was aware of the bigger picture. Even if she desperately wanted to take the opportunity to properly reprimand Mrs. Shao, she still held back. After all, Mrs. Shao was still of the City Lord Mansion. What happens behind closed doors is one thing, but in front of so many people, she could not let the Mansion lose face.
Mrs. Shao was resentful and had a clear purpose in targeting Su Wenyue today, so she didn’t heed the City Lord’s wife’s words much and wanted to say more. However, meeting the cold eyes of the City Lord’s wife, she suddenly fell silent.
Although her nominal mother-in-law enjoyed picking fault with her, her approach was always passive-aggressive, keeping up a good front that left no handle to grasp, and she was rarely seen being so stern and angry. Seemingly really provoked, and recalling the words her father-in-law had said before leaving home, Mrs. Shao suddenly felt frightened and held back her voice forcefully.
Su Wenyue was prepared for a verbal showdown with Mrs. Shao, but didn’t expect Mrs. Shao to back down so easily, so she had to go with the conciliatory words of the City Lord’s wife.
“Madam Han, I’m sorry, my lack of discipline led the Second Daughter-in-law to offend you. She’s always been out of tune like this, don’t take her seriously. I’ll teach her a good lesson later!” The City Lord’s wife couldn’t help but disparage Mrs. Shao a few words, seeing Mrs. Shao’s face although not speaking up, still showing a reluctant attitude.
The City Lord’s wife had long warned Mrs. Shao about her behavior, especially because the old master had instructed her before the banquet. She hoped Mrs. Shao would control her temper and not go overboard, even if Madam Han’s attitude towards them wasn’t friendly due to Zhou Yao’s matter, they should still be accommodating. Instead, Madam Han had been cordial all along, not bringing up any unpleasant past issues, while Mrs. Shao, unprovoked, targeted Madam Han, causing her embarrassment in front of everyone. Now, she had to clean up the mess and silence Mrs. Shao, who still reluctantly did so.
The City Lord’s wife, full of indignation, thought of thoroughly disciplining Mrs. Shao after the banquet, having ample reason to do so.
With the City Lord’s wife taking such a stance, Su Wenyue was about to say something else but had to stop, as some things were not to be overdone, given the attitude shown by the City Lord’s wife.
Back at the Mansion, Su Wenyue discussed the incident at the City Lord Mansion with Han Yu: “Husband, although Mrs. Shao is inherently arrogant and dismissive, I still found her behavior today somewhat strange. Mrs. Shao may be arrogant, but she’s not a fool. To deliberately target me like this, setting aside the lack of any grievance between me and her, didn’t she realize what would come of it, blatantly going against the City Lord?”
Han Yu, upon hearing this, wasn’t the least bit surprised. Instead, he revealed an understanding and even pulled off a sneer: “No, her reaction is not at all surprising.”