Therefore, the Qiao family excluded Qiao Xuan and publicly declared that she had nothing to do with them. They emphasized that whatever Qiao Xuan did outside had no connection to the Qiao family.
Qiao Xuan had not known about this until Shao Yunduan, who had contacts in the capital, found out and informed her.
This news was exactly what Qiao Xuan wanted.
It saved her a lot of trouble. She had never received anything from the Qiao family nor expected anything from them.
She was pleased that the Qiao family had effectively done what she wanted to do herself.
However, what the Qiao family didn't realize was that they might regret their decision when they saw Shao Yunduan become the actual King of Jiangnan, someone on par with the princes of the Qin family, and even more popular.
At least, Officer Qiao and Madame Qiao regretted it. Madame Qiao felt an added layer of hatred in her regret.
Both Madame Qiao and Qiao Wei were stunned.
"What did you say? This…"
