Chapter 1500 - 1502: Really Too Arrogant_1
"Aren’t you going back? What are you standing there for? Do you want a beating?" Commandery Princess Dongyang said again.
"How dare you hit me?" Concubine Tong was also furious. This despicable woman went to Funan for more than half a year and even brought back a son; what good fortune she had.
But what about herself? Ever since the young master returned, she hadn’t seen him once this early in the morning. She intended to find the young master, only to hear that he had left early again, and shortly after, she heard that the princess had guests over, which was why she came.
Yes, she was looking for trouble. After all, with the young master not at home, even if she made a fuss, he wouldn’t dare do anything to her. Who would think that the young master, upon their return, would only stay in this dead woman’s courtyard and not glance at her and her daughter? Hmph, if she couldn’t have it easy, then no one would.
The last time she dared to hit her was when the young master was at home, having the young master’s backing. This time, with no young master present, what was there to fear from this bumpkin princess.
"You! You scoundrel!" Commandery Princess Dongyang was so angry she could hardly speak. How utterly arrogant.
This woman was even more arrogant than before.
"Hmph, you’re just a common commandery princess. Do you really think you’re a royal princess? Do you think you’re so noble?" Concubine Tong pushed Su Ma aside and scoffed, "Remember, the Tong Family is a State Duke family for a hundred years in Great Zhou. I am the legitimate daughter of the Tong Family. What are you, a bumpkin princess, compared to me? If it weren’t for you, I would be the young madam of the Mu Residence."
"Hmph, think having a son is a big deal? Think having a son allows you to boss me around? I’ll tell you, having a son is not what’s important, what’s important is whether he can survive."
Yang Chuxia was rendered speechless at these words.
She finally understood how true it was when Dongyang said this wretch had come before her to make a scene.
"A hundred-year State Duke family? I think not much at all." Upon seeing Dongyang’s pale face, Yang Chuxia sighed and reluctantly said, "A mere concubine, daring to yell at her mistress. Is this the way of the State Duke Tong family? You say you’re a legitimate daughter? I think not even a bastard daughter can compare. Without Commandery Princess Dongyang here, whether you could become the young madam of the Mu Residence is not clear to everyone. But the fact is, right now you are just a concubine of the Mu Family, no matter how noble you were as a daughter, you are now just as lowly."
"A concubine, at best half a mistress, at worst nothing more than a lowly servant, a whore who would attract no attention even if sold. Who are you putting on airs for? The hundred-year State Duke family may be formidable, but the Tayun Tribe of dozens is not vegetarian either. I refuse to believe, before the Emperor, that your hundred-year State Duke family is more important than the tens of thousands of Tayun Tribe’s subjects?"
"Commandery Princess Tayun marrying into our Capital City, to be blunt, is to serve as a bridge of peace between the Tayun Tribe and our Han people. If the Tayun tribe chief knew that Commandery Princess Tayun was humiliated by a mere concubine in our Capital City, I wonder if the tribe chief would go to the palace and argue with the Emperor, and at that time, I do not know how the State Duke Tong family would handle it?"
Growing up in the harem, Concubine Tong naturally had her awareness confined to the affairs between women and hadn’t realized how the issue had escalated to involve the Tayun Tribe, the Emperor, and the State Duke family.
Then she heard Yang Chuxia say, "And that remark you made just now, questioning whether the child can survive, are you making a threat? It just so happens that Mu Shaoling will be in Shandong for the coming period, I might take the opportunity to ask him if he cares not at all for Chengcheng, or has a mere concubine become so bold as to lord it over his son?"