Chapter 867: Sacrificing Oneself to Save Old Madam
"Don’t talk nonsense, Xuexue is not that kind of person." Although the Old Madam said this, her eyes were filled with doubt.
"Zhizhi isn’t lying to you, Grandmother. If you don’t believe me, you can ask the maids in my courtyard, they can all testify."
Xuexue had just risked her own life to save the Old Madam, and it was too harsh for her to say anything else, so she could only force a laugh and say: "Hehe! Zhizhi, your elder sister has just returned to the General’s Mansion and doesn’t know yet how tricky your mouth can be. It will be fine once Grandmother clarifies things with her."
Situ Zhi: "Hmph! I think she did it on purpose."
Xuexue really had no affection for this troublemaking child, so she replied: "The entire General’s Mansion uses these ingredients, am I mistreating everyone in the General’s Mansion?"
"Their lowly lives, how could they compare to this Young Master?" Situ Zhi was quite arrogant.
At the mere age of nine, he had been instilled by the Old Madam and Lady Tang from a young age that his noble birth made him superior, that even a breath he took was more precious than others’.
Therefore, he never took the lives of maids and servant boys seriously. When displeased, he would beat or scold the maids and servant boys in the courtyard, resulting in a twisted psyche at such a young age, and even more so in multiple lives ruined by his hands.
Of course, the Old Madam was unaware of all this and thought that Situ Zhi was a well-behaved child. The only one who knew the truth, Lady Tang, kept this matter tightly sealed, and anyone who knew too much had been killed by her.
"Grandmother, please stand up for Xuexue. I really haven’t skimped on Zhizhi’s food. Every meal there’s chicken and meat served. How come in the end, not only do I not receive gratitude, but instead I become the evildoer? Is it because Xuexue was destitute in the common folk since a young age, which is why Zhizhi has always been against me?" Xuexue hung her head down, appearing almost tearful. How pitiful she looked.