The scheming of the Third Young Madam and Mrs. Zhao, working in concert, could not unsettle Qu Fulan.
But the possibility of encountering Xiao Shiqing's mother and sister, however, made her uneasy.
To her, meeting anyone else was better than meeting the Xiao Family.
Because if it were someone else, she could simply deny it to the death and bluff her way through.
Most ancient ladies of noble birth rarely went beyond their family compound, and few would have seen her. Even if they had seen her once or twice, they might have forgotten her.
But the Xiao Family and the Li Family were old friends, and their homes were adjacent. Back then, the Xiao Family wasn't as powerful as it is now and had not yet moved to the Capital City.
The original Li Jirou often visited the Xiao Family as a child, and her childhood friendship with Xiao Shiqing began then.
