Chapter 191 - Chapter 191: Chapter One Hundred and Ninety-One: Ulterior Motives (1/2)

Chapter 191: Chapter One Hundred and Ninety-One: Ulterior Motives

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Mrs. Wang Sun’s actions not only failed to have any effect, but the guard at the gate even scolded her, “This is the Su Mansion, we cannot allow such clamor here. Leave quickly, or don’t blame us for being rude!”

“You have some nerve, do you know who we are, to speak to me like that!” Mrs. Wang Sun retorted, assuming they had not heard clearly.

“Who might you be then? Speak up,” the guard said, already instructed by the An Family. Otherwise, according to the Su Mansion’s rules, even if a common person arrived at the gate, they wouldn’t be treated so rudely.

“Listen well, this lady is the wife of Magistrate Sun of Yiyang Prefecture, hurry up and have your master come out to greet her. If you neglect the Magistrate’s wife, it’s not a sin you can afford to bear!” Mrs. Wang Sun declared with pride, standing beside her mother.

The Magistrate’s wife, Mrs. Zhang, without speaking, wore a face of arrogance, thinking how the Su Mansion dared to be so ignorant of the rules as to slight her. She was determined not to give the Su family a good face and had originally come looking for trouble.

Both the Magistrate’s wife and Mrs. Wang Sun awaited the guard’s change of expression after hearing their status, yet to their surprise, the guard showed disdain upon hearing it.

“Tsk tsk, I thought it was someone significant, spouting off at the Su Mansion’s doorstep. It’s only a sixth-rank magistrate’s wife, with such a grand display. If one didn’t know better, they might think it was a royal princess. How dare you even suggest that our mansion’s master come out to greet you, you’re not afraid of your tongue lashing out in the wind!”

“What did you say!”

Mrs. Wang Sun was aware of the rumors about the Su Mansion, but she had dismissed them as mere gossip and paid them no mind. The guard’s comment made her feel uneasy; could it be that the Su Mansion indeed harbored a figure they couldn’t provoke, otherwise they wouldn’t behave in such a manner.

However, Mrs. Zhang had never heard these rumors, or she would be better at discerning their veracity than her daughter and might not even have come to the Su Mansion today. Hearing the guard’s brazen words left her somewhat in disbelief. In the region of Yiyang, the magistrate held a very high position—this was the first time she’d felt so belittled and disregarded, even by a servant.

The guard, having received orders, naturally was not polite. Seeing that Mrs. Zhang had asked, he said, “If you didn’t hear clearly what was said, given the noise, it seems odd. Perhaps you, old lady, are hard of hearing. I told you to roll back where you came from; the Su Mansion is not a place for you to run wild. Did you hear that clearly this time?”

She heard it clearly, indeed too clearly. It wasn’t that she hadn’t caught the words, she just couldn’t believe that a servant of the Su Mansion would treat her with such contempt. Mrs. Zhang, feeling still quite youthful and well-preserved, was irked by the term “old lady”—a clear implication of her age—reddening in anger.