191, Frenzy (2 more updates)
It was a rage born of humiliation and anger.
Yes, she was a young lady of the Duke Residence, but there were others even more pampered than she.
Like princesses and Commandery Princesses, truth be told, she wasn’t the eldest legitimate daughter; in the eyes of the Royal Family, it was customary to marry the eldest legitimate daughters, for they were born to be eldest and thus received different tutelage.
Although she was a legitimate daughter, in reality, she was only a daughter in name; born of a concubine, her stepmother treated her neither warm nor cold, and there was absolutely no comparing her to the two daughters of her father’s wife. Even her dowry would not match that of her legitimate sisters, and her stepmother would certainly not take out her own dowry to supplement hers.
Whatever the Duke Residence provided, whatever the bridal gifts were, that would be enough to save face for them both.
She understood all these things.
Therefore, Qingdai’s words had stepped precisely on the carefully hidden sore spot of her heart.
Looking splendid on the surface, yet inside, already festering and suppurating.
“You shut up, you shut up!” Han Jiaqi screamed.
There was a hint of madness, and a touch of insanity.
Qingdai was frightened.
She hadn’t expected Han Jiaqi to suddenly go mad like this.
“Miss, miss…”
Mrs. Mou heard the noise and rushed over to hold Han Jiaqi, “Miss, miss, calm down, don’t be like this!”
Meanwhile, she gave Qingdai a vicious glare.
Qingdai shuddered in fear and dared not even lift her head, regretting and fearing what she had done.
What if, what if the miss confronted that Xie young lady and her lies became exposed…
It took Mrs. Mou a good while to calm Han Jiaqi down.
She looked pitifully at Mrs. Mou, tears filling her eyes, her complexion pale as death, “Nanny, some country bumpkin, what right does she have to look down on me, by what right?”
Han Jiaqi’s voice was soft, crying as she spoke and ready to start shouting again.
Mrs. Mou covered her mouth, her voice dropping to a harsh cold, “Miss, if you don’t start behaving, I’ll wash my hands of you!”
The warning was intense.
Han Jiaqi looked at Mrs. Mou, tears streaming down her face in grievance, but obediently nodded.
Her aunt had given birth to her only to survive and never cared whether she lived or died or what kind of life she led under her stepmother. Only her nanny had been wholeheartedly on her side, always scheming and planning for her.
Otherwise, she would have died long ago in that bustling Duke Residence, without even a corpse left to be found.
“…” Mrs. Mou sighed, loosened her grip, and hugged Han Jiaqi in her arms again, whispering comforting words, “There, there, no more crying, tell me what’s wrong!”
Han Jiaqi sobbed as she recounted Qingdai’s words. Mrs. Mou’s face grew dark as she questioned Qingdai, “Are you sure that the words you said earlier came from that Xie young lady?”
Qingdai trembled, “Nanny…”
“Speak!” Mrs. Mou’s voice was stern, her expression extremely unsightly.
Han Jiaqi had a difficult temperament, but she wasn’t particularly clever.
Qingdai, who served her closely, knew Han Jiaqi’s nature best, and Qingdai herself was somewhat restless.
“Nanny, I, I…” Qingdai stammered.
Mrs. Mou realised everything without further explanation.
“Looking at you like this, you cannot stay by the miss’s side any longer. Someone, fetch the human trafficker here, take this girl away, sell her far away!”
Upon hearing this, Qingdai was scared out of her wits.
She hurriedly tried to explain, “Nanny, nanny, please listen to my explanation, I, I…”
But Mrs. Mou would not listen to any more.
She had long wanted to deal with Qingdai, who failed to consider the miss’s difficulties and always stirred up trouble, spurring the miss into creating incidents.
Even if that Xie young lady was nothing but a country bumpkin, she had caught the eye of Prince Han, and one had to treat her with the utmost respect.
To look down upon and bully her was simply begging for death.
“Take her away!”
Chapter 192