Rebirth: Pampered by the Lord
Chapter 1120: Called the Wrong Name

Chapter 1120: 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.

Besides, with Prince Pu’s Mansion backing Auntie Tang, she absolutely had the means to hire assassins.

"I may have had misunderstandings with Xuexue in the past, but in recent days, haven’t we been getting along well?" Saying this, Auntie Tang turned around and looked at Xuexue, forcing a smile more pained than tears. "Miss Xuexue, please step forward and explain to the Old Master that tonight’s matter has nothing to do with me."

Xuexue stood pitifully in place and said softly, "Whatever Auntie says must be the truth. Anyway, I am alone and unprotected here in the Capital, and even the General’s Mansion cannot shield me. From now on, I will listen to everything Auntie says. I beg Auntie not to send anyone to kill me."

Such a response was even more infuriating than staying silent.

Auntie Tang was almost driven to fainting by anger; how could this wretched girl be so impossible to deal with, skipping any vague attempt to defend her and directly implying that she was the murderer?

Situtu Qinger grew increasingly angry as she listened. While she didn’t know if the assassins tonight had indeed been hired by her mother, she understood that they absolutely could not admit it. Otherwise, she and her mother would never have a chance to recover.

"Elder Sister, my mother has humbled herself to plead with you, and yet you don’t have a shred of compassion?" Situtu Qinger’s voice was laden with indignation.

Xuexue raised her tear-stained face, delicate like a flower in the rain. "Younger Sister, you keep addressing incorrectly."

Qinger was momentarily dumbfounded. "What? What are you saying?"

"Auntie Tang is merely a concubine. You mustn’t call her ’Mother.’"

Only then did Qinger realize what Xuexue was implying. "That’s not the point, alright? We’re talking about the assassin issue."

"This is also very important. Families like ours value rules above all." Xuexue’s expression was utterly earnest.

Qinger rolled her eyes in disdain. A girl from the countryside, daring to preach rules to her—it was outright laughable.

"Fine! I understand the rules. I don’t need Elder Sister to lecture me about them."