“Father, this is not my fault. It’s just that Guarjia and his men were too arrogant. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have had to take action.”

Faka looked at his ignorant son. He knew that both of them were equally bad. He couldn't go against his conscience and say that his son was good. Besides, his actions would easily leave room for criticism, which would be considered foolish.

Faka reprimanded him before sending him away, punishing him to reflect on his mistakes in the ancestral hall. Then, he was alone in his study, muttering to himself in front of his ex-wife's portrait.

The inner quarters.

"The young master has gotten into trouble again. I guess Master will be locking himself in his study again."

"Madam, Master is just..."

Hesheli laughed and said, "Just what?"

“I know what kind of person the master is, so don’t worry, nanny! It’s been so many years, I’m not going to be sad over such old news. You don’t need to comfort me again and again.”

Hesheli was not without sorrow in her early years, but what was the result?

She wasn't even as good as the concubine promoted from the maidservant of the former Fujin (princess's wife). At least the former Fujin was allowed to have children, but she didn't even have the right to have children.

At first, she resented and hated it, but now that she has completely lost that expectation, it has naturally vanished.

Anyway, no one dares to touch her position, so it's fine for her to just watch the drama unfold.

"Tell me, what did the young master do this time?"

"The eldest young master had a conflict with the people of the Guarjia Mansion, and they caught him red-handed. He was reprimanded by the master and is now reflecting on his mistakes in the ancestral hall."

Hesheli scoffed, "That's the old way. They don't even try anything more thoughtful. In a little while, Aunt Hua will probably send someone to the ancestral hall to express her maternal love."

The tone was unmistakably sarcastic.

"By the way, have someone investigate what role the second young master played in all of this?"

“Reporting to the Madam, the Second Young Master has some connections with the Guarjia clan, and the time and place of the conflict between the Eldest Young Master and that young master from the Guarjia clan are also related to the Second Young Master.”

"Those two really know how to have fun. I just wonder if the master will cry and slap himself in front of the portrait of his former wife when he finds out the truth one day."

Hesheli could see through Aunt Hua's intentions in the inner quarters. She discovered it not long after she married into the family. She told her, but no one believed her. After it happened so many times, she became disheartened.

At first there was no evidence, but later there was, and she wasn't in a hurry to expose it. She had already lost her right to be a mother, and it was time to let that self-righteous man in the front yard taste the pain he had suffered.