"Yes!" Several people curtseyed in response, but Tong Xiyang did not approach the Lady as usual and instead stood silently beside Xiqiu. The Lady suddenly stopped her steps and looked at Tong Xiyang, saying, "You shouldn't go. Go back early and finish embroidering your dowry; that's the real business. Don't bother with anything else; you're someone who will marry soon."
Tong Xiyang halted her steps rigidly, looking at the Lady in disbelief.
Xiqiu frowned slightly, puzzled. Logically speaking, a concubine's daughter without a mother marrying into a prestigious family should be cared for to gain her loyalty. Wouldn't she treat her stepmother as her real mother in the future? The Lady would surely think of this, yet she didn't act this way. Perhaps she, like the First Master, dislikes someone so much she avoids anything related to them.
