She gritted her teeth and shouted, "She's nothing but a divorced woman, a piece of trash! What right does she have to be the mistress of the General's Mansion? She doesn't deserve it!"
Before she could finish speaking, Cen Xiao kicked her in the face and yelled, "Who do you think you are? You're not even worthy to carry her shoes!"
Cen Xiao's kick was not light; Qiao Mai immediately spat out blood and lost two teeth.
Now that things have come to this, she's going all out. Looking at Cen Xiao with a complicated expression, she said, "I'm younger than her, I like you more than she does, and she's been married before. She's been with other men before. What do I lack compared to her?"
At first, Qiao Mai only fantasized about Cen Xiao, thinking that it would be great if she could be his concubine. But when she learned about Yang Cui's identity, she changed her mind.
She believed that her background was no worse than Yang Cui's, and she was younger than her. More importantly, she had never been married! If Yang Cui, a divorced woman, could become the mistress of the general's mansion, why couldn't she?
So when that person approached her, asking her to poison Yang Cui and promising her that she would become Cen Xiao's concubine after the deed was done, she agreed almost without hesitation.
Of course, her goal wasn't to be Cen Xiao's concubine, but his legal wife! If Yang Cui could be a legal wife, why couldn't she?
After obtaining the poison, she hadn't found a suitable opportunity, and since Yang Cui hadn't been in the mansion for the past few days, she hadn't taken action.
It wasn't until Yang Cui got into trouble this time that she felt this was an opportunity, and since the poison was in the medicine, most people wouldn't be able to taste the problem.
Who knew that things would be exposed so quickly! Yang Cui was still alive!
Qiao Mai looked at Cen Xiao and said, "Do you know what people outside are saying about you? They say you're blinded by lust, that you're blind to choose from so many noble ladies, and instead you've fallen for a divorced woman. General, Yang Cui has really held you back! Even if you don't like me, even if I'm not good enough for you, you should have found a noble lady, someone worthy of you, instead of someone..."
Before he could say anything even harsher, Cen Xiao kicked him again, causing him to spit out blood and lose several teeth.
At this moment, Qiao Shu rushed in. Seeing Qiao Mai's miserable state, Qiao Shu felt as if his heart was being torn apart. He said with exasperation, "Xiaomai, how could you be so foolish? Madam has been so good to all of us, how could you do this?"
“But she’s not good enough for the general! He could have married someone better, but he chose this slut! I’m doing this for the general’s own good, for his future.” Qiao Mai, whose teeth had been knocked out, began to speak with a lisp.
Despite this, Qiao Mai became more and more agitated as she spoke, making it sound like she was righteously condemning her own family.
Qiao Shu knew his sister had ulterior motives, but he never expected her to poison Yang Cui.
This was his only relative, and he said with immense heartache, "You're so foolish! How could you harm someone like this? What right do we have to interfere in the general's affairs? When Father was alive, he told us that the most important thing for a person is to know their own place. Have you forgotten?"
Qiao's father also died in the General's Mansion. He could see Qiao Mai's feelings for Cen Xiao, so he once said these words to Qiao Mai, but Qiao Mai obviously did not listen.
When her father was mentioned, Qiao Mai's nose and eyes streamed down her face, her thoughts were in turmoil, and she said, "I didn't intend to do anything to her, let alone poison her. Someone made me do it."
Upon hearing this, Qiao Shu was more excited than anyone else: "Who is it? Who is it?"
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