Chapter 743

I never noticed before, but Zheng can be quite ruthless when she speaks.

Looking at the old lady again, her face turned ashen.

Seeing Shen Jun looking at her, the old lady said irritably, "What are you looking at!"

Shen Jun: ......

Seeing that Huo Zhao was not there, Madam Zheng did not want to stay any longer, and after saying a few words, she prepared to leave.

The old lady didn't want to talk to Zheng Shi anymore, so she called out to Shen Jun.

After Madam Zheng left, the old lady said, "What's wrong with you? I've only been gone a short time, and your status in this Marquis's mansion is already lower than that of a woman?"

Shen Jun said helplessly, "What's with all this talk about status? We're all family, why bother with such things?"

"You're so magnanimous now," the old lady sneered. "I'm helping you establish yourself as the head of the family! And what do you do? You're only siding with outsiders!"

"There's no such thing as inside or outside, we're all one family."

After Shen Jun finished speaking, the old lady couldn't help but glance at him a few more times.

Is this still her son?

Back when she first left the Marquis's mansion, Shen Jun was someone who valued his reputation above all else. How come he's completely changed now?

"No matter what, just remember that I am your mother. I would never do anything to harm you," the old lady said earnestly. "It has not been easy for the Marquis's family to get to where it is now, and you have suffered a lot. So you must not give up your rightful place!"

It would have been better if the old lady hadn't said those words; as soon as she did, Shen Jun felt guilty.

It's true that the Marquis's mansion is getting better and better, but is that because of him?

However, there are some things that Shen Jun should keep to himself and not say aloud, otherwise it would be more than just a matter of losing face.

That would be utterly humiliating.

So Shen Jun nodded haphazardly without uttering a sound.

Seeing him like this, the old lady felt annoyed and waved her hand dismissively, telling him to leave.

——

Meanwhile, Huo Zhao didn't get up until almost noon.

She was still eating when a maid suddenly ran in, looking somewhat nervous: "Young Madam, the Old Madam is here—"

Before the maid could finish speaking, the old lady arrived.

The old lady walked steadily with a smile on her face, but as soon as she entered, her eyes swept around critically before finally settling on Huo Zhao: "These young people nowadays really know how to enjoy life. You slept until now, did you sleep well?"

Huo Zhao stood up and bowed, then, as if he hadn't understood the old lady's implied meaning, he nodded obediently and said, "I slept very well."

The old lady was silent for a moment, then her gaze fell back on the dining table.

Huo Zhao couldn't eat much by himself, but the dishes were all extremely exquisite. The old lady then said, "You're eating alone, why do you need to go to such great lengths? Look at your airs, they're really too much."

This time, before Huo Zhao could speak, Jixiang said, "After all, the young mistress is a princess, so naturally she cannot make do with food."

She was deliberately reminding the old lady that Huo Zhao was a princess, not just her granddaughter-in-law.

Unexpectedly, the old lady snorted coldly: "Princess, what a high status you have!"

So what if Huo Zhao is a princess? She's still their marquis's wife.

Now that she's entered the Marquis's mansion, she shouldn't even think about putting on airs like a princess!

Otherwise, she might just kick this so-called princess out of the house, making it impossible for her to ever hold her head up in Luoyang again!

Moreover, what does it matter if she's a princess or not? She only has her current status because of the influence of the Prince of Yunnan's mansion.

As the saying goes, a married daughter is like water spilled from a cup; she simply didn't believe that the Yunnan Prince's Mansion could still support a married daughter!

The more the old lady thought about it, the more confident she became.

Although she didn't say a word, the changes in her expression were obvious enough that even without her saying anything, Huo Zhao knew what she was thinking.

So Huo Zhao sat down directly: "Grandmother, have you eaten? Why don't you eat something together?"