Chen Siyuan walked into the main hall, walked around the screen, and looked up. She immediately saw Madam Qiao sitting in the main seat. Next to her stood a girl in red with a dashing figure. Judging from her eyebrows and eyes, she should be Qiao Yang. Standing next to her, quietly holding a handkerchief and smiling gently, she should be the eldest daughter, Qiao Zhen.
Sure enough, the two sisters had completely opposite personalities.
After taking a closer look, she felt that Qiao Zhen was more pleasing to the eye. She was beautiful and gentle, just like in her previous life. She was a gentle person. Later, she became a concubine of the Third Prince. After the Third Prince ascended the throne, something happened, and she eventually became a Noble Consort.
He was also the only person in the palace who could rival the Empress.
In comparison, Qiao Yang appears even more flamboyant.
This is quite an oddity in the General's Mansion.
The people in the General's Mansion are all low-key, except for Qiao Yang, Qiao Yuchen seems to be an exception.
In the end, the two of them changed the atmosphere of the General's Mansion, bringing the quiet mansion to the public's attention and providing them with a period of entertainment.
Besides the eldest and second young ladies, Chen Siyuan saw three women standing behind and beside her.
They are Aunt Xu, Aunt Guo, and Aunt Wang.
Aunt Xu looks somewhat similar to the eldest daughter, Qiao Zhen. At first glance, they both seem to be well-read and quiet people. Aunt Guo, on the other hand, is different.
Despite being a concubine, her slightly raised eyebrows and eyes immediately suggested she wasn't someone easy to get along with.
In contrast, standing quietly in the corner, almost unnoticed, was Aunt Wang.
As she knew, it seemed that losing her child had been a huge blow to Aunt Wang, and she hadn't gotten over it yet.
When Chen Siyuan arrived, everyone immediately shut up, and everyone looked over.
Chen Siyuan remained calm and gracefully stepped forward, kneeling down to greet Madam Qiao. "Siyuan greets Mother!"
Madam Qiao glanced at him indifferently, continued drinking her tea, and neither asked Chen Siyuan to get up nor said anything.
Chen Siyuan maintained the kneeling posture, knowing that this was a formal establishment of the rules.
Yesterday, Qiao Yuchen was with her, and Mrs. Qiao didn't make things difficult for her. Today, the main event is here.
Establishing rules is a process that every new bride must go through; even if she doesn't agree with them, she has no choice but to accept them.
As time passed, Mrs. Qiao remained silent.
The look in the eyes of those around them changed slightly.
Aunt Xu, who had been standing quietly to the side, glanced at Madam Qiao.
Qiao Zhen's death was a huge blow to Mrs. Qiao. Qiao Yuchen's arrival had obviously taken everything from Qiao Zhen. In addition, Qiao Zhen had a violent temper. If Qiao Yuchen found out about this, who knows what kind of trouble he would cause.
Over the years, apart from Qiao Yang occasionally making some big moves, no one has been able to cause as much trouble as Qiao Yuchen.
She heard that marrying this woman would be done with the honors due to a princess.
Even the gate of the Qiao family was chopped into wooden planks. Many people thought this would cause trouble in the palace. However, the old emperor was not in good health these past two days. Otherwise, if this matter had reached the old emperor, the general's mansion would not have been so quiet.
Thinking about this, I suddenly realized that Mrs. Qiao's actions were not without reason.
Besides, Lady Qiao originally planned to marry Princess Honglian from the palace to the new bride, but things have turned out this way. It's impossible not to give this new bride a hard time.
It's best to just give them a warning and not do anything too outrageous.
Just then, Qiao Yang suddenly spoke.
"Mother, would you like to try this?" Qiao Yang said, bringing a plate of pastries to her. "This was made by my aunt herself when we went hunting."
Madam Qiao took a bite and smiled, "Mmm, it tastes really good." Then she looked at Aunt Guo and said, "Mrs. Guo, you've worked hard."
"I'm glad you like it, Madam!" Aunt Guo smiled politely.
"I knew it! Mother likes pastries made with fresh ingredients, unlike some things that don't even know their own worth and rush to be served up. No wonder they get rejected, right?"
As soon as Qiao Yang spoke, everyone glanced at Chen Siyuan.
Madam Qiao never glanced at Chen Siyuan.
Chen Siyuan knelt quietly on the ground, seemingly oblivious to the humiliating words.
She knew today wouldn't be easy, but she never expected it would be this nominal sister-in-law.
She smiled inwardly.
There was really nothing she could do for Mrs. Qiao. Sometimes, suffering losses was necessary; it was a process that had to be followed. But Qiao Yang was different.
Qiao Yang didn't find any good backers after that. Even if she could win the favor of General Qiao now, so what? No matter how disliked she was, she was still the young mistress of the general's mansion, which gave her an edge in status.
Qiao Yang indeed became increasingly smug.
"I thought I was going to marry some kind of woman, but look at her, it's a joke, she's just some discarded junk that no one else wants."
"As expected, the bastard child picked up a slut who can't be any better."
"Qiao Yang—" Mrs. Qiao, who had been silent until now, finally spoke.
Chen Siyuan, kneeling on the ground, was slightly surprised to hear this.
What does Mrs. Qiao mean? Does she seem to be happy when others humiliate her, but not when they humiliate Qiao Yuchen?
Thinking about Qiao Yuchen's personality, I'm probably more afraid than anything else.
Without children to rely on, even if she were to sit in Mrs. Qiao's position, many years later, or after General Qiao passes away, she would want to find a way out for herself.
That seemed to be the case, but the commotion I experienced when I entered the room the day before yesterday quickly dispelled that idea.
"Hey, you bitch, are you...?"
"Who are you calling a bitch?" Chen Siyuan broke her silence. She felt it was time to speak up. She couldn't stay a fool and be bullied forever!
To everyone's surprise, Chen Siyuan actually spoke up, and her intentions were clearly hostile.
"I'm talking about you, you bitch!" Qiao Yang was used to being domineering in the Qiao family, so he didn't think much and spoke directly. But before he could finish speaking, Aunt Guo pulled him back.
Qiao Yang instantly flew into a rage. "You, you bitch, how dare you..."
"Qiao Yang, what right do you, an unmarried sister-in-law, have to humiliate your brother?" Chen Siyuan met Qiao Yang's gaze, but instead of getting angry, her cold eyes were more terrifying than anger itself.
She knew in her heart that she had to get to the point when she spoke. No matter how much nonsense she said, it would be ineffective. On the contrary, Qiao Yuchen was the future root of the Qiao family.
Anyone who dares to challenge this is courting death!
Everyone was immediately taken aback.
Who would have thought that someone from a small town would dare to speak to Qiao Yang like that?
Qiao Yang's status in the General's Mansion was second only to that of General Qiao.
Qiao Yang's face flushed red with anger. Who in the entire capital dared to speak to her like that? It took her a long time to react. "You, what a big mouth you have! What, don't think that just because you married Qiao Yuchen, this bastard, you can..."
Chen Siyuan didn't give her a chance to finish speaking. He stood up and slapped Qiao Yang across the face.
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