Maureen stood there, showing no sign of anger at hearing Wagner speak ill of Ji Zhinan. She simply stood calmly, her beautiful fingertips brushing against her soft black hair. She casually arranged her hair, her delicate face expressionless.
Seeing that Maureen didn't seem angry, Mrs. Wagner grew bolder and quickly continued speaking.
"Mo Lin, think about it. What world are we from, and what world is Miss Ji from? We're not even from the same world as her. Why is she here now? Is it really true, as you say, that she has no scheming at all?"
Mrs. Wagner shook her head: "Anyway, I don't want to believe it. I've long heard that Chinese people have always cared about money, and many young girls will do anything that we find unbelievable for money. Apart from her alluring face, I can't find any other merits in Miss Ji. I'm afraid... she seduced Gu Yibei with that face."
"..." Maureen still didn't speak, but judging from her expression, she had taken Mrs. Wagner's words to heart.
The other two ladies also joined in.
“I think Mrs. Wagner is right, Maureen. You can’t be confused. How can a commoner bear such a heavy burden? Perhaps she plays the piano well, but she is far from being an excellent and impeccable noblewoman.”
Does she know the proper etiquette for nobles? Does she know how to converse with others? True nobility isn't just about sitting and standing properly; she still has much to learn.
“I think they’re right, Maureen. People from different worlds can’t stay together for long. The Gu family is the number one family in Y country. Do you really want to hand over all of this, the future glory of the Gu family, to a commoner? In our aristocracy, only through marriage, and the strong alliance of two families after marriage, can we secure our position.”
"Are you finished talking?" Maureen asked calmly.
"..." The three ladies instinctively shut their mouths.
"Heh." She curled her lips into a sneer as she looked at the three self-important ladies.
"How come I didn't know that our Gu family had fallen so low as to need a marriage alliance to maintain our power?"
"How come I don't know about my son's marriage? It's your turn to decide who my son's wife will be."
"How come I didn't know that this country, Y, was your family's domain, and you had the right to tell me what to do?!"
Maureen's three questions, "How come I didn't know?" left the three noble ladies speechless.
She looked coldly at the three of them: "Even if the daughter-in-law I, Maureen, have chosen is a beggar, she is the most outstanding beggar I have ever seen."
"Don't think I don't know what you're thinking. I could pretend not to know before to save face, but now that we've torn off all pretense, I might as well tell you: don't even think about sending your daughters or nieces into the Gu family to be my son's mistresses. As long as I'm alive, that will never happen!"
"Furthermore, I will tell my husband and the families behind the three wives to sever all cooperation."
"And..." Maureen looked at the gifts they had given her on the table with a look of disgust, finding them displeasing no matter how she looked at them.
"Take all this garbage back! My Gu family hasn't sunk so low as to live off handouts!"
"..."
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