"I have met my mother."

Huo Yajie bowed and greeted Wang Shi with impeccable manners, her etiquette leaving no room for criticism.

This is hardly the scene one would expect from a five-year-old girl meeting her long-lost mother.

Wang also believed that this should not be done.

So Wang helped Huo Yajie up, and with a slightly reproachful gesture, affectionately tapped her daughter's nose, telling her not to be so distant.

"My child, why do you have to bow like this to your own mother? Let your mother see you, I've really missed you so much."

Didn't we meet a few days ago?

Huo Yajie looked up, her face blank with ignorance.

The old woman next to her almost burst out laughing.

Mrs. Wang lost face and secretly pinched Huo Yajie, "You child, what is your mother thinking..."

"Ouch, Mother, you pinched me so hard!" Huo Yajie couldn't help but tear up, and she subconsciously moved a few steps away from Madam Wang.

Wang: ...

What happened to this brat? How dare she act with her like this?

"What's wrong? What's all the fuss about?"

Not far away, Huo Minglang strode over, his face full of dissatisfaction.

Just as Wang was about to clear herself of the blame, she heard that little vixen put on a pitiful act and say:

"Dad, Mom probably missed me too much and couldn't control herself, so she pinched me too hard."

Others: ...

The old woman and Xiao Qiuxing dared not look at Wang Shi's green, dripping face.

Huo Minglang showed no mercy to Madam Wang, immediately scolding her: "You haven't changed your old habits! Isn't Ya Jie your own daughter? Why did you pinch her?"

"My husband, I'm just angry that the child insisted on not coming back with me the other day. It's so dangerous for him to come back alone. I was just too worried."

Wang did not reject it.

She had no right to deny what happened in public.

However, she wasn't stupid. Instead, she took a different approach, biting her lip halfway, her eyes filled with tears, looking wronged yet not daring to be angry, which immediately struck Huo Minglang's heart.

Huo Minglang coughed, his expression softening considerably: "It's understandable that you're worried about your daughter, but you also need to..."

"Mother, I've brought the amulet." Huo Yajie interrupted Huo Minglang and presented the amulet.

Huo Minglang: "What kind of amulet?"

“It was a peace charm I got for my younger brother. It needs to be offered to forty-nine days. When my mother came to find me, it was still two days short.”

Huo Yajie didn't say anything bad about the Wang family; she just lowered her head, her tone tinged with bitterness.

There was no hint whatsoever.

Because she was certain that Wang had returned early and must have spoken ill of her to her father to highlight her innocence and hardship.

What impression she would leave on her father was naturally not something Wang Shi cared about.

Ms. Wang always said that she never intended to harm her.

Yes, she's my own daughter, I would never intentionally harm her.

It was only for Wang's own benefit that she stepped on her to rise to power, which was a helpless move. How could she not understand her own daughter?

Huo Yajie, with her head bowed, slowly curved her lips into a smile.

She will definitely be understanding!

"Mr. Wang! Didn't you say that Ya Jie held a grudge against me and didn't want to come back? Did you have to beg her until she agreed to come back in a couple of days?" Huo Minglang was indeed furious.

He wasn't stupid; he had already guessed the whole thing from one sentence his daughter uttered.

Huo Yajie suddenly looked up, tears welling in her eyes, but then quickly lowered her head again.

Although she didn't cry out loud, her trembling shoulders betrayed her emotions.

The little girl was suppressing her sorrow.

Who wouldn't feel heartbroken seeing this?

Huo Minglang immediately ordered someone to send Huo Yajie back to the courtyard, and at the same time decided to make it up to his daughter.

As for the Wang family...

"Husband, it's not like that, I, I just..."

Wang was at his wit's end.

She never imagined that one day she would be competing for favor with her own daughter, and that her daughter would be even more difficult to deal with than Aunt Liu!

"From now on, you are not allowed to interfere in any of Ya Jie's affairs. You shall leave everything to Aunt Liu."

Aunt Liu was timid and dared not treat Ya Jie badly.

If he takes care of things regularly, everything will be fine.

Wang was about to explode. She said, "Ya Jie is my own daughter. Why should Aunt Liu take care of her?"

"Because I don't trust you to take care of him! If you say another word, you can forget about taking care of our son either."

Huo Minglang was well aware that Mrs. Wang treated her daughter and son differently.

Her son was her lifeblood, so she would never mistreat him. She only needed to take care of her daughter.

"My husband!"

"Alright."

Huo Minglang turned and left impatiently.

Since Huo Minglang and the Eldest Princess divorced, Huo Minglang's attitude towards Wang Shi has changed drastically.

But how could the Wang family accept this?

She had finally endured the long wait until the princess and her husband divorced, was she really going to end up doing all the work for someone else?

No way!

Aunt Liu, you shameless woman, you think you can get something for nothing? Dream on.

·

Soon, news of what had happened reached Aunt Liu's ears.

Aunt Liu immediately instructed the maid beside her: "Go to the pharmacy and find two women who know about medicinal herbs. Give them ten taels of silver a month. Bring two of them."

Remember, they must come from respectable families. Let them live in my room. From now on, one will be responsible for my food, and the other for my clothes.

After today's commotion, the Wang family is probably driven to desperation.

Wang would definitely worry that once they arrived at their destination, Huo Minglang would promote her to the position of official wife, leaving her with no place in the mansion.

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