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Lady Cai's face hurt, but her heart hurt even more. Tears fell like rain: "Master, if you're going to hit me, you should at least give me a reason!"
"Reason?" Cheng Wenhong's face was full of anger: "You sent out four invitations to the Fu Family, which stirred up rumors and made Mother faint. You still want me to give you more reasons?"
"Lady Cai, I warn you, you'd better go apologize to Mother and beg for her forgiveness. Tomorrow at Mother's birthday banquet, you must behave well. If any rumors about your discord with Mother spread again, you can pack up and go back to the Cai Family!"
He usually did not interfere with matters of the back courtyard, so he knew his mother and wife did not get along but did not involve himself much. He'd merely tell his daughter to show filial piety before the matriarch. But now that internal family conflicts have become public, this is something he cannot accept.
