Lady Qi felt dissatisfied, but did not dare to contradict him, so she returned to the rear courtyard with a sullen face and sent someone to notify Third Madam Qi, while dispatching a confidant to deliver the taels of silver to the third household.
She herself was unwilling to meet Third Madam Qi, who usually showed little respect for her, simply because her own family background was not prestigious enough, leaving Lady Qi unable to hold her head high.
Time and again, Madam Wang acted arrogantly with her identity as the second daughter of the Jiangnan Academy's director, even though it's Elder Qi San who engaged in the business affairs, relying still on their family's lord. Yet the lord had ordered them to yield to Madam Wang, enduring this for over a decade.
Now, finally, waiting for Madam Wang to stumble, she naturally couldn't be happier.
Who would have thought that now, with the third brother gone, the lord still wanted her to continue enduring.
