Chapter 1120: Called the Wrong Name
"Old Master, what right do you have to hit me?"
Auntie Tang looked utterly shocked, unable to believe her eyes. Although Situ Yongjie had always disliked her, in more than ten years he had treated her with courtesy and had never laid a hand on her. Yet now, for the sake of that wretched girl Xuexue, he had struck her across the face.
Auntie Tang felt deeply hurt.
For this man, she had forsaken her noble status, fallen to the position of a concubine, and dragged her children down with her, condemning them to a life branded as concubine-born son and daughter. In public, they were always inferior. Even when the daughters marry someday, they could never become a main wife—generation after generation, they would only be concubines.
Thinking about it now, it was utterly not worth it.
Situ Yongjie’s slap had left Auntie Tang’s heart icy cold, as if the last shred of familial affection between them had been completely extinguished.
Situ Yongjie glared furiously, "You venomous woman! You actually hired assassins to commit murder! Such malicious intent! Xuexue is an unmarried young lady—what problem could she possibly pose for you? Did you really need to go to such lengths to order her death?"
"Old Master, you can’t just accuse without evidence. What proof do you have that I hired assassins to kill her?"
"In the entire General’s Mansion, apart from you, who else could it be?"
"Old Master, is that truly how you see me? As so vicious?"
"Still have the nerve to deny it? Time and again you’ve schemed against Xuexue. As a general, I’ve overlooked your behavior for the sake of the children you’ve raised, but you’ve only become more outrageous! To the point of hiring assassins to commit murder—this is absolutely unbearable!"
"Old Master, it truly wasn’t me! This is a misunderstanding, I’m being falsely accused!" Auntie Tang was filled with grievance, devastated by this baseless accusation.
But she had a long list of prior offenses, and Situ Yongjie was utterly convinced that tonight’s assassins had been sent by Auntie Tang.