Shen Qiyin simply hummed in agreement and then walked towards her Begonia Courtyard.
Honeysuckle asked curiously, "Miss, aren't we going to Zhuijintang?"
What are you going there for?
"The old lady wants to see you."
"If she wants to see me, she should come to the Begonia Courtyard." Anyway, I'm not in a hurry to see her.
Back at the Begonia Courtyard, before they could even warm their cushions, Granny Dai, who served Old Madam Shen, arrived.
Without waiting for anyone to announce their arrival, they pushed open the door and went inside.
Shen Qiyin had set up a table full of bottles and jars and was busy working when the autumn wind blew in and knocked over two small bottles.
Granny Dai ignored her and raised her head to say to Shen Qiyin, "Second Miss has been too arrogant lately, daring to ignore even the Old Madam's words. I'm afraid this mansion can no longer tolerate you!"
"Do you think I'm more arrogant than you?" Shen Qiyin raised her eyes, looking at her with a half-smile: "Entering my house without announcing yourself, I thought this family had changed its surname to 'Dai' sometime ago."
Granny Dai's face stiffened.
However, relying on her status as a confidante of Old Madam Shen, she was not put in her place. Instead, she said, "...I was just in a hurry and did not mean to offend the Second Miss."
"Yeah?"
Shen Qiyin stood up gracefully and walked up to Granny Dai, raising her hand to slap her across the face.
With a sharp "smack," the sound made Granny Dai's ears ring.
Shen Qiyin shook her numb hand and said to her with an innocent look, "I just accidentally slapped you. I didn't mean to."
"If you can forgive me, then I will also forgive your mistake just now."
Granny Dai covered her burning, aching face and stared at Shen Qiyin with disbelief in her eyes.
She considered herself someone close to the old lady and was used to being arrogant and domineering; she had never suffered such humiliation before.
His eyes widened in anger: "You dare hit me?!"
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