Rebirth: Pampered by the Lord
Chapter 764 - Chapter 764 Chapter 764 Selling the Dear Daughter in Agony

Chapter 764: Chapter 764: Selling the Dear Daughter in Agony Chapter 764: Chapter 764: Selling the Dear Daughter in Agony The next day, the Capital was abuzz with rumors and gossip.

Everyone was spreading rumors that the daughter of General Situ’s Mansion, brash and overbearing, showing no regard for her elders, actually had the tigers throw Prince Pu and his wife out of the mansion.

In everyone’s words, there was unanimous sympathy for Prince Pu and his wife.

They thought it was so pitiful that at their age, they had to endure such treatment.

These rumors reached the ears of Situ Yongjie, who was extremely annoyed, and at the same time, he was very clear that someone was definitely scheming behind the scenes, aiming to ruin Xuexue’s reputation.

Xuexue had only returned to the Capital a few days ago.

She hardly knew anyone.

Aside from the people of General’s Mansion, there were only Prince Pu and his wife.

Therefore, Situ Yongjie knew very well that the person who hated Xuexue so much could only be Lady Tang or Prince Pu and his wife.

However, since he had no solid evidence, what could he do to them?

Even the matter of Lady Tang poisoning Madam Xie had to be let go to maintain peace, much to his chagrin.

To comfort Xuexue, Situ Yongjie transferred the power of managing the General’s Mansion’s inner court to her.

Managing the affairs of the mansion was a piece of cake for Xuexue; in her previous life, as the Crown Princess Consort, she often had to worry about the affairs of the Crown Prince’s Mansion.

Thus, when Situ Yongjie handed her a large ring of keys and a stack of account books, without saying much, she agreed to take on the responsibility.

Managing General’s Mansion would deprive Lady Tang of her all power, and Xuexue expressed that she was very willing to take over the General’s Mansion.

Ever since Xuexue returned to the mansion.

Lady Tang had been on a streak of misfortunes, seething with anger, but since she had just failed to poison Madam Xie and nearly lost her own life for it, and given that Situ Yongjie was extremely disgusted by her actions, ignoring her even when she tried to make amends personally, Lady Tang dared not make any rash moves despite her inner fury, at least for the moment.

General’s Mansion seemed to have calmed down on the surface.

But Xuexue knew that given the nature of Lady Tang and her daughter, they would not compromise easily; otherwise, there wouldn’t have been her tragic death in the previous life.

The servants in the mansion, while outwardly respectful towards Xuexue as their mistress, secretly looked down on her, believing that as a country girl, she had no qualifications to manage them.

Northern Courtyard.

Here, rows of houses accommodated all the servants,

During the day, they worked at their respective posts, and at night, they would return here to rest.

That day, in the maids’ rooms, there was a lot of discussion.

“I’m telling you not to have too high expectations for the young mistress. After all, she’s just a country girl with no background, illiterate, while Auntie Tang is different. She has substantial financial and material resources and has Prince Pu’s Mansion backing her. She might be on the decline now, but with her capabilities, I believe she will soon be in charge of General’s Mansion again.” The speaker was a pretty maid, none other than Little Mei, Auntie Tang’s personal maid.

She had been ordered by Lady Tang to spread rumors and sway the hearts of the other servants, to make Xuexue’s management of the General’s Mansion go poorly, giving Lady Tang a chance to regain control.

The maids all nodded, clearly resenting Xuexue’s management.

“Sister Xiao Mei, how can this country bumpkin, the young mistress, expect all of us to listen to her? If Old Master hadn’t brought her back, who knows where she would be picking up cow dung now!”

“Ahahaha…!”

Everyone burst out laughing at once.

Among the maids, many came from poor families. Their homes were so impoverished, they didn’t know where their next meal would come from, and some parents sold their daughters to make a few taels of silver to buy food.

Some parents, truly desperate, sold their daughters as a last resort, so that they would have something to eat and a way to live.