Because of this incident, the Old Madam was quite angry. No sooner had she returned to the General's Mansion than such a frustrating event occurred.
Therefore, she decided to keep out of sight and out of mind, spending all day in the Buddhist hall praying and meditating, seldom dealing with the affairs of the mansion.
Thus, the control of the finances of the General's Mansion still fell on Xuexue.
The situation that Situtu Qinger and her sisters had hoped for did not materialize. They could only secretly resent the injustice of fate, bemoaning their own bad luck for having offended the Old Madam on her very first day back at the mansion.
Moreover, with the recent scandal unfolding, rumors were flying all over the Capital, and they were too preoccupied to deal with Xuexue.
Qingyuo Pavilion
Zi Xia was standing guard in front of Xuexue's room door. At this Shichen Chinese Time every day, the young miss would take her afternoon nap.
