Having said that, she stood up and gave Mrs. Li a slight bow by bending her knees.
Mrs. Li was so angry that she was shaking and couldn’t speak.
In her heart, she kept repeating one sentence: I can’t stay here anymore, I can’t stay here anymore...
Everyone was as silent as sparrows, looking at each other, with an unusual atmosphere flowing in the air.
"Servant, servant..." Mrs. Li’s face turned frighteningly pale, her expression unspeakably hurt, embarrassed, and pained. She hadn’t expected soone to think of her and speak of her in this way! Could it really be that she was in the wrong? She treated the young master both as a child she nursed and also as her master. She only wished well for him and his family, nothing more!
Her own children, her husband, her family were all gone! All her affection and efforts were invested in the young master! He was her emotional anchor and support.
Her devoted efforts, in the eyes of others, had turned into being stubborn and arrogant! It beca a confusion of ranks.
"What are you saying, Sister!" Sang Wan stood up, held Mrs. Li’s hand tightly, her face stern and eyebrows coldly raised, "It’s a blessing having Mrs. Li to guide . Without Mrs. Li, who knows what turmoil Ningyuan would have been in by now! Mrs. Li in Ningyuan is the master, not a slave! Sister, if you have objections, feel free to argue with the lady and the young master! Speaking such in front of , I don’t know if you are instructing Mrs. Li or teaching ?"
"Big Madam!" Mrs. Li’s eyes reddened, her voice choked.
Gu Fangzi abruptly stood up, her lips curled in mocking laughter, unafraid as she t Sang Wan’s gaze, "You put her on a pedestal like a Bodhisattva, isn’t it just that you want to use her to kill with a borrowed knife! At the end of the day in your heart, she is nothing but a sowhat useful knife that has not yet gone senile. Once the day cos when this knife rusts and becos useless, I bet you’d be the one most eager to see her leave!"
Gu Fangzi’s words struck everyone like lightning, they all froze, so people couldn’t help but secretly ponder: Could it really be so? Thinking about it, after Mrs. Li ca back, she indeed did many things for the Big Madam! Many things that Big Madam couldn’t do herself, many words she couldn’t say herself, it was all done by Mrs. Li.
Mrs. Li herself also slightly changed color, her heart instantly in turmoil!
"Even if Sister wants to sow discord, you shouldn’t speak so harshly! How Sister wants to think is your own business, no one can change that, but do not use your standards to asure others. Mrs. Li has been living in Shi Mansion for decades, she’s eaten more salt than we have rice, she surely doesn’t need anyone’s guidance on how to handle things, right? What she does is rely what she believes she should do, how co it gets twisted in your words, Sister? You are too admiring of , and you underestimate Mrs. Li too much! I respect Mrs. Li for one reason only, because she is my husband’s wet nurse! In Ningyuan, there will always be a place for Mrs. Li!"
"Big Madam!" Mrs. Li was utterly moved, secretly ashad of the thoughts Gu Fangzi had unwittingly incited in her, she couldn’t help but want to kneel to Sang Wan, "With Big Madam’s words, even if this servant dies a thousand deaths for Big Madam, there would be no regrets!"
"Mrs. Li, please get up!" Sang Wan quickly helped Mrs. Li, speaking softly, "Mrs. Li, do not take idle chatter to heart! Think more about the young master, think about Miss Wan!"
"Yes, yes, Big Madam is right!" Mrs. Li brightened up imdiately, nodding continuously, her complexion also improved quite a bit. Indeed, as long as the young master whom she had painstakingly raised had no objections, what did the others matter? They were "irrelevant" - why should she care!
Gu Fangzi, stimulated by Sang Wan’s term "my husband," flashed a cold smile, "Sang Wan, clever techniques, indeed! I truly underestimated you! You really know how to win people’s hearts! Hmph, the truth hurts, doesn’t it? So people don’t like to hear it, and only when they suffer will they realize whether I, Gu Fangzi, am right or wrong! All of you," Gu Fangzi pointed at Liu Ya and the others and coldly commanded, "Keep your eyes wide open and watch carefully! See whether what I say is right or wrong!" She then spat towards Sang Wan, "What ’your husband’? How dare you call him that! The whole Shi Mansion knows that your cousin had no choice but to marry you, otherwise, he wouldn’t have delayed the marriage over and over again! And yet you truly think you’re the big madam of the Shi family! Do you deserve that title?"
"Fangzi!" Shi Fengju suddenly strode in from the outside, his face stern and full of anger, his piercing gaze frosty as he stared at Gu Fangzi.
Gu Fangzi was startled and suddenly her face turned ashen, muttering hesitantly, "Cousin..."
"Cousin, things have co to this point, there’s no need for cousin to conceal anything from sister, let’s just lay it all out, it’s better for all of us! You don’t have to suffer so much anymore!" After a mont of silence, Gu Fangzi quickly changed her tone.
"Enough!" Shi Fengju was furious, his matters were not up for others to decide! "You, get out!"
"Cousin..."
"Get out!" Shi Fengju’s face was frosty.
Gu Fangzi’s tears suddenly started rolling down, and with a turn, she covered her face and ran out crying. Lan Xiang called out, "Miss!" and hurriedly followed.
Sang Wan felt extrely embarrassed!
She stood there dazed, her mind buzzing chaotically. Gu Fangzi was right, this was a truth everyone in the entire Shi Mansion knew, a truth no one dared speak in front of her, and suddenly it was exposed publicly like this, no one could understand her feelings at this mont.
Even though she saw Shi Fengju drive Gu Fangzi away, the embarrassnt filling her heart still did not subside one bit.
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