"This servant was unaware that it concerned the Emperor. This afternoon, the Master instructed that we should not disturb him under any circumstances, which is why this servant did not report it..."
"Slap!" Xiao Guangyuan slapped Yutou across the face, startling Zheng Fangyu into gasping for breath.
"Please forgive me, sir!" Taro immediately knelt down and begged for mercy.
Zheng Fangyu looked displeased. Yutou was her head maid, and hitting Yutou was tantamount to slapping her face.
“Master, we had something to discuss this afternoon. If Granny Bai hadn’t been so evasive, why wouldn’t Taro have sent a message?” Zheng Fangyu said hurriedly, then looked at Granny Bai, “Why didn’t you just say that the Emperor had come?”
“Sister, how could you say such brainless things?” Chen Zhixiu looked at Zheng Fangyu in surprise. “The Emperor is traveling incognito and doesn’t want to make a big fuss. I asked the nanny to invite my husband to have dinner with my parents, which has already displeased the Emperor, but he can’t find fault with it.”
"If I were to openly tell my husband that the Emperor is at the Bai family's residence, and this were to be discovered by those with ulterior motives, and if the Emperor were to become displeased or something were to happen to him, do you, sister, wish for the Bai family to be wiped out?"
Chen Zhixiu suddenly raised her voice.
"Sister, you jest. I have managed everyone in the manor very well. How could I possibly let this get out!"
Zheng Fangyu retorted, "Besides, only Taro knows..."
"Heh." Chen Zhixiu interrupted Zheng Fangyu with a cold laugh, "Leaving aside others, if my sister knew that the Emperor was at the Bai family, would she guarantee that she wouldn't tell Lord Zheng?"
Zheng Fangyu's face was pale.
Indeed, if she knew, she would definitely tell her father.
Seeing this, Xiao Guangyuan frowned and said, "Alright, things have come to this. Let's go inside and stop making a fool of ourselves here!"
Xiao Guangyuan was targeting Zheng Fangyu, and Chen Zhixiu added fuel to the fire: "Husband, although you didn't see the Emperor, my father and brothers did mention you a few times. Why don't you come to my room tonight and we can have a good chat?"
As she spoke, Chen Zhixiu revealed a shy expression.
Zheng Fangyu was furious: "No, Master, you promised me you'd come to my room today..."
“This is an emergency, Yu’er, don’t be unreasonable.” With that, Xiao Guangyuan nodded to Chen Zhixiu, “Let’s go, Madam.”
Watching the two figures disappear into the distance, Zheng Fangyu's cheeks trembled with anger.
Taro quickly stood up, wanting to offer some words of comfort but unsure where to begin. Out of the corner of her eye, she caught sight of Bai Tuantuan, and her eyes lit up. She said in a sarcastic tone, "Madam is truly shameless. In front of Miss, she actually seduces Master. She has no shame at all!"
Bai Tuantuan, who was about to leave, stopped when she heard Yutou's words and raised an eyebrow: "Sister Ruotang, teach Yutou a lesson about respect and hierarchy! What it means to not speak ill of one's master!"
Ruotang was furious because of what Yutou said. When she heard what Bai Tuantuan said, she quickly stepped forward and slapped Yutou across the face.
Taro covered her cheek in disbelief: "You dare hit me!"
"beat!"
"stop!"
Zheng Fangyu roared, "You dare! Taro is my person, how dare you lay a hand on him?"
As she spoke, Zheng Fangyu raised her hand and struck Ruotang!
Bai Tuantuan reached out and pulled Ruotang closer to her. Zheng Fangyu missed her target and fell to the ground due to inertia.
Taro gasped and quickly helped Zheng Fangyu up.
Ruotang patted her chest: "Thank you, Miss."
Bai Tuantuan looked at Zheng Fangyu and raised an eyebrow, saying, "If Second Sister thinks I've gone too far, you can report it to the authorities directly. I want to see how many people will agree with what Second Sister has done."
"Taro is just a maidservant. Who gave her the audacity to point fingers at my mother?"
"Whether Second Madam is willing or not, I'm going to take care of Taro today!"
Zheng Fangyu's anger towards Chen Zhixiu and her daughter had reached its peak after being thwarted by Chen Zhixiu one after another today: "You think you can take me on?"
"Don't think that just because you're a county princess, I'll be afraid of you. You and your mother were my defeated opponents before, and you still are! You've only had a couple of days of success, and you really think you can run rampant in the Xiao family?"
Zheng Fangyu slowly exhaled a breath of stale air and coldly looked at Bai Tuantuan: "A pheasant is a pheasant, it will never become a phoenix!"
Bai Tuantuan raised an eyebrow: "A pheasant can never become a phoenix, but if it is a phoenix, why should it change?"
"Second Aunt is so angry because she feels that my mother stole my father away. But my father originally belonged to my mother. Second Aunt wanted to compete with my mother, which was indeed possible in the past, after all, my father was greedy for profit, and Lord Zheng was a first-rank official. But now my grandparents' status is no lower than that of the Zheng family."
"Besides, my mother is as beautiful as an angel, gentle and virtuous. How can you compare to her?"
"Oh, right." Bai Tuantuan seemed to have thought of something. Ignoring Zheng Fangyu's increasingly gloomy face, she said, word by word, "Xiao Ruyan will probably live in my shadow from now on. After all, she is the legitimate daughter of the Xiao family. No matter how you look at it, I am superior. Unless I die, Xiao Ruyan will only be able to stay under my feet for the rest of her life!"
Hearing Bai Tuantuan's deep voice, Zheng Fangyu was filled with disbelief. How could a five-year-old child say such a thing?
Bai Tuantuan said no more, but turned to Ruotang and said, "Someone, tie Yutou up. Since Second Madam can't teach her properly, I, as the county princess, will teach her manners properly, so that she won't embarrass the Xiao family in public!"
No sooner had he finished speaking than Orange Two, who was hiding in the shadows, took action and tied Taro up with the rope in his hand.
Zheng Fangyu roared in fury: "Guards! Seize them!"
"Orange Two, do it! If you kill him, it's on me!"
Bai Tuantuan stood beside Cheng Er, her chubby face full of seriousness and solemnity: "I want to see who dares to disobey this county magistrate's words!"
The servants around were slightly taken aback, exchanged glances, and were unsure whether they should step forward.
Just as Taro was about to open his mouth, Orange Two knocked him unconscious with a cleaver.
This tactic caused the surrounding servants to take two steps back.
Zheng Fangyu glared angrily at Bai Tuantuan: "How dare you!"
Bai Tuantuan laughed: "I, Bai Tuantuan, may not be big in many ways, but I'm very brave!"
"Orange Two, take him away!"
Bai Tuantuan walked straight towards Zheng Fangyu: "Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river, Second Aunt, when you wanted to kill me and my mother, did you ever think that this day would come?"
Zheng Fangyu stared intently at Bai Tuantuan: "You dare to oppose me?"
"Second Aunt, let's see who has the last laugh. But right now, my mother is in a better position. After all, my father has my mother in his heart. As for you, I'm afraid my father just uses the Zheng family as a stepping stone."
Zheng Fangyu's eyes held a sinister glint. Because she was wary of Cheng Er, she could only watch helplessly as they took the taro away.
But she was not willing to give up!
First, Chen Zhixiu snatched Xiao Guangyuan away from her, and then Bai Tuantuan targeted her!
And Yan'er...
Zheng Fangyu admitted that there was no comparison between Yan'er and Bai Tuantuan!
Unless Bai Tuantuan is gone, when people think of the eldest daughter of the Xiao family, the first person they think of is County Princess Bai Tuantuan!
no!
Zheng Fangyu took a deep breath, turned around and walked towards the Zheng family. She couldn't let Chen Zhixiu and her daughter be so smug!
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