Guan Yingying looked at Yuanyuan and asked suspiciously, "Where have I seen you before?"

"Pah! I have no desire to know someone as ill-mannered as you!"

"Wait, that maid who spoke to me at the palace gate...did you start setting a trap for me back then?"

"Master, has Aunt Yue gone mad?" Yuanyuan looked innocently at Xie Zhaozhao. "What is she saying?"

Guan Yingying dared not mention that she had impersonated Wang Fugui before, and that she had almost been trampled to death by Yin Jin'an because of some things she said while impersonating Wang Fugui!

Guan Yingying felt something flash through her mind, but she couldn't grasp it!

"You pathetic wretch! You think you're proud of being enslaved? You're just a lackey, acting like you're above everyone else. You're so arrogant and domineering!" she yelled at Yuanyuan.

Xie Zhaozhao frowned and said, "Aunt Yue, how can you use such foul language? Has no one taught you manners?"

"Is acting all high and mighty like you proper conduct? Is putting on airs like you and treating servants like dogs proper conduct?" Guan Yingying mocked. "Don't you think that's incredibly hypocritical?"

Manman was furious. She rushed up to him and said, "I'll tear your mouth off!"

Xie Zhaozhao stopped Manman and asked Guan Yingying, "According to you, what constitutes proper conduct?"

"Everyone is born free. As long as they abide by the law, do not commit crimes, and do not infringe on the interests of others, they do not need to bow down to anyone," Guan Yingying said confidently.

"According to you, everyone is born free, and I have the dignity of a first-rank imperial consort. What business is it of yours? Your unwarranted accusations against me are a violation of the law! I abide by the law and do not commit crimes, yet you come to my door to sow discord, which infringes upon my interests and is a violation of the law!"

How should one use the enemy's own spear against his own shield?

Guan Yingying's eyes darted around: "You treat your servants harshly, like dogs, that's an indisputable fact. I didn't try to sow discord."

Yuanyuan retorted angrily, "We grew up with Madam since childhood, sharing food, clothing, and daily necessities like sisters. We have everything Madam has, and we live a more comfortable life than the daughters of fourth-rank officials. When have you ever mistreated us? You can't stir up trouble even if you try!"

Mo Yan said, "My wife not only taught me to read and write, but also taught me accounting. She even gave me my name. I am more respected than the village head in my hometown. How have I been mistreated? Who do you think you are, spouting nonsense?"

He and Manman rolled up their sleeves, ready to hit her.

Xie Zhaozhao looked at Guan Yingying and smiled faintly:

"Aunt Yue, I don't know which lonely ghost you come from, or where your strange tales come from. I just want to ask you, in your hometown, do you do everything yourself? Don't you cooperate? Don't you hire workers? Are there no laws?"

"Of course not, we have comprehensive laws, large companies, big entrepreneurs, large factories, and so on..."

She talked about the developed economy a thousand years later.

Xie Zhaozhao interrupted her boasting and said, "According to you, every large workshop also has an owner, employees, and a division of labor, right?"

“There is a division of labor! But they all have personal freedom, they work and get paid, and if they don’t like it, they can quit and leave! They don’t have to sell themselves, and they won’t be treated like dogs by their superiors.”

"Alright, then let me ask you, will the master provide them with housing?"

"They made money, so they can buy it themselves!"

"Does the master provide them with three meals a day?"

"They can buy it themselves!"

"Does the master supervise their children's education?"

"They can arrange it themselves."

"Will the master consider their marriage prospects?"

Guan Yingying retorted, "People should make their own life decisions, not like you, arranging marriages for them like pigs and dogs, deciding their entire lives."

"Let me ask you again, is your world truly equal in terms of wealth? Are there no privileged classes? Are there no powerful or wealthy people? Is it absolutely equal?"

Guan Yingying was speechless.

Seeing that she couldn't answer, Xie Zhaozhao pointed out incisively: "You weren't doing well in that world either, were you? If you were a successful person in that world, you wouldn't have this kind of mentality now."

You not only hate the rich and officials, but you also hate beauty! You hate everything because you have nothing, and you're just jealous!

"Who's jealous of you? Who do you think you are?" Guan Yingying gritted her teeth.

"Of course you're jealous of me, and you're jealous of the Crown Prince's wife too! Because we're of higher birth and better upbringing than you!"

I was married to Grand Secretary Gu through proper channels, and carried back to his mansion in a grand sedan chair that took over a decade to build. You, on the other hand, were merely a mistress with whom he had an illicit affair!

A man with godlike looks that you could never have imagined in several lifetimes—he is my husband, and he cherishes me like the apple of his eye!

How could you not be jealous? How could you not want to destroy it as soon as possible!

Xie Zhaozhao looked down at him and said, "I am a nobility that you could never attain even if you tried for a thousand years!"

Guan Yingying's eyes reddened, and she said angrily, "You're just relying on your good family background? What's so great about that?"

Xie Zhaozhao smiled, a smile that exuded confidence and wisdom, making people unconsciously convinced.

"Yes, I have a good family background and a good marriage! I'm amazing! Today, I'll show you! Yuanyuan, go and teach her how to greet her elders!"

Yuan Yuan went over and demonstrated to her: take off your hat, kneel on your left knee, kneel on your right knee, place your hands on the ground, and kowtow three times.

"Aunt Yue, please!"

"I am the Crown Prince's woman, you have no right to force me!" Ask her to kowtow to Xie Zhaozhao? Absolutely not.

Seeing that she didn't move, Yuanyuan immediately shouted, "What's the reason for you not bowing to your elders?"

Seeing her arrogant demeanor, Xie Zhaozhao softly uttered a single word: "Hit!"

Four female soldiers pounced on her like wolves and tigers, kicking Guan Yingying in the back of the knee, causing her to kneel down on the hard, cold brick road in winter.

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