Chapter 351 - Old Madam Rudely Insists On Moving Objects (1/2)

After hearing that, Old Madam put on a fiercer face as she became angrier, knocking on the ground a few times with her walking sticks, chiding with her deep voice, “Girl Tong, you’d better apologize to your second sister now. Families like us place value on respect. Don’t fool around and lose your decency.”

Apologize? Mo Xuetong lifted up her head and sneered. Not only was she a princess, but her position as a consort after marriage would also mean that there’s no need for her to apologize to a businesswoman like Mo Xueyan. Furthermore, her apology today would invoke rumors everywhere, judging from the unfriendly faces of the nannies beside her.

It was merely one purpose to move the objects today, but not the main objective!

Before the matter was made clear, Old Madam needed to suppress her and mess around, thinking she was still the doted on Mo Xuetong like before.

Many more entered the living room then and Mo Xuetong saw a retreating figure at the corner of her eyes. She pulled on Mo Lan’s hand, signaling her to follow the person from the crowd.

A simmer of coldness flashed across Mo Xuetong’s face as her face turned serious, “Old Madam, I am a woman of the imperial family, and that surely is a prestigious position. However, Second Sister was merely the daughter of a business family, having a lower status in society. Comparing our status, it is clear who the more prestigious one is. Is it so that the face of the imperial family cannot be compared to that of a businesswoman? Where do you place the face of the imperial family and that of the law? If someone reports this to the Emperor, second sister can be charged because of the few words she said.”

Her words were extremely sharp and direct as if she wanted to seriously deal with Mo Xueyan. The crowd was shocked at her response and the few nannies behind Old Madam retreated a few steps, shutting their mouths in the process. If they angered Princess Anping, the Old Madam and Second Miss might not be harmed as they were relatives. However, their lives might be lost.

Mo Xueyan froze and was speechless and nervous since her sister had upgraded this small conflict between girls to a higher level, suppressing using her status. She gritted her teeth since Mo Xuetong called her a businesswoman but she dared not rebut since it did concern the imperial family’s status, something a peasant like her should not talk about.

Furthermore, she was about to marry into Mingguo Manor, and she knew her place.

Even so, she could not just suffer in silence as she ran to Old Madam and cried to her, “Grandmother, Third Sister uses her status to suppress me! Is there a need to talk about status in our family!”

She implied that Mo Xuetong was using her power to bully her.

“Of course we shouldn’t be talking about status amongst sisters. However, if the second sister insisted on discussing this topic, it would be my fault if I didn’t clarify my stance.” Before Old Madam could reply, Mo Xuetong answered coldly.

She directly ignored Mo Xueyan’s useless ramblings and used her own words against her own argument. Mo Xueyan was shamed by that, as she noticed that she was not as weak as when she first saw her. Old Madam looked at her in hatred as she figured that her sharp mouth was like the b.i.t.c.h Luo Xia, and thought that it was indeed a terrible idea to follow the Luo Xia b.i.t.c.h.

Old Madam was not Mo Xueyan and knew that there would be no consensus on this topic. Hence, she coughed, suppressing the many whispers in the room. She then patted Mo Xueyan’s head as her face turned into once of benevolence. “Girl Tong, let’s not talk about these. I only came here to take my things. I used them for a long time and thought that they were comfortable for me. Now, I was living with your second uncle and figured that I shall bring everything there so we need not buy new ones.”

Old Madam spoke as if that’s the right thing to do. Even though she did not say that those objects were hers, she implied it by saying that she was merely moving them after using them for a long while. That was difficult to rebut, making Xu Yan at a loss of what to do. She was merely a stepmother and could not say much.

No one could afford the criticism of being unfilial!

They did this as they were sure that n.o.body here dared to oppose them when they moved her father’s objects to Mo Xueyan’s manor.

“So grandmother is here to move your things?” Hiding the cold sneer under her smile, Mo Xuetong appeared as if she only knew the information.

“Of course grandmother was here to move her things. See, we even brought our own people here. Let your men go, we are very busy and will go once we finished moving.” Upon hearing the change of topic, Mo Xueyan stood up from Old Madam’s arms and explained proudly. She was excited at the thought of the many antiques and decorations in Old Madam’s household. Those were priceless objects that excited her immensely.

“What are the objects that you are moving away?” Dumbfounded, Mo Xuetong asked.

“Naturally, it’s the objects in the grandmother’s room. Grandmother said that most of those objects were for my dowry when I marry into Mingguo Manor.” Seeing that Mo Xuetong dared not rebut her, Mo Xueyan became even more arrogant.

Seeing her arrogance, the nannies and servants beside her all looked at her with disdainful eyes. It would require an unmarried lady to be extremely shameless for her to discuss her own dowry in front of everyone.

Even Old Madam was uncomfortable as she gave Mo Xueyan a stern stare.

“The objects in grandmother’s room…” Mo Xuetong seemed to be in deep thought as she asked hesitantly, “The ones that grandma bought?”

“Of course grandma bought those objects in her own room. Third Sister, let’s not waste time and allow us to come in and move the objects. We are busy and have other things to settle.” Seeing the reactions of those around her, Mo Xueyan exclaimed ever so proudly, even smiling joyously. With filial piety as their excuse, even with the position of Princess Anping, Mo Xuetong could not stop them from moving those objects.

“Mo Yu, which objects in our grandmother’s room are bought by grandma? It’s not right to ask her to settle this, and we should find out ourselves.” Mo Xuetong feigned ignorance and asked Mo Yu.

Mo Yu came forth and explained cleverly, “Miss, the objects in Old Madam’s room were bought by Old Sir. Old Madam didn’t spend a single cent.”

This statement caused commotion in and out of the garden, and the glances people threw at Old Madam were different.

“Did you mean that I come deliberately to lie and steal from my eldest son?” Old Madam lowered her voice and stared at Mo Yu harshly, “What does a cheap slave know?”

“Even though uncle bought those items, grandma spent her money on it. Naturally, those objects still belong to our grandmother. If you don’t believe in me, you can ask uncle yourself.” Mo Xueyan agreed with Old Madam.