Pei Zhi shook her head; there was no need.

Pei Zhi had no intention of bowing down and trying to please a woman who would treat her own daughter this way.

Pei Zhi was deep in thought when the door was kicked open from the outside.

Pei Zhi squinted slightly, not quite used to the bright light outside.

Before Pei Zhi could even see who was walking in, she was violently pulled up and slapped hard across the face.

Pei Zhi was already suffering from a terrible headache, and then she was slapped in the face, causing her to fall to the ground.

It wasn't that Pei Zhi was pretending to be weak; the original owner of this body was genuinely frail.

Over the years, I probably haven't eaten anything good.

Not only were her wrists slender, but they were also injured. Pei Zhi wanted to retaliate, but now she even had difficulty getting up on her own.

"Are you out of your mind? You actually had a conflict with Yan Xinyue."

After hitting Pei Zhi, the man didn't leave immediately; instead, he pointed at Pei Zhi and cursed at her.

"You know perfectly well that Mother Consort has been getting close to the Yan family lately because she wants to form a marriage alliance with them. You jinx, are you doing this on purpose?"

Yan Xinyue is the woman who pushed the original owner of this body from the Imperial Garden into the pond.

Yan Xinyue is the only daughter of the General of the Escort Banner.

The person who slapped Pei Zhi was named Pei Yuanze, who was also the original owner's biological older brother.

Pei Zhi gritted her teeth and said with red eyes, "Brother, you've misunderstood."

Pei Zhi said aggrievedly, "That day, it was Yan Xinyue who spoke rudely to Mother and Brother, so I argued with her. It was all my sister's fault."

Pei Yuance's expression softened slightly upon hearing this.