Seeing this, Fang Shi felt both heartache and anger. “Why are you crying again? I’m trying to teach you!”
Seeing this, Qiao Xuan quickly patted Shao Taotao’s shoulder and softly advised, “Mother, our Taotao is kind-hearted, much better than them. If there’s anything that needs to be changed, we can do it slowly…”
Fang Shi sighed softly. She also knew that she shouldn’t have been hasty.
She also felt some resentment. It was all that old man’s fault. If it weren’t for him, it wouldn’t have turned out like this.
Fang Shi looked at Qiao Xuan with satisfaction. “You’re really good. You protect Taotao for me. In the future, pay more attention for me!”
“Yes, mother!”
Just as they were speaking, Niu Shi and Ma Shi angrily brought Shao Meiling and Shao Xiaozhi with them.
Niu Shi had just been mocked and rebuked by Fang Shi in the morning, so she was boiling with anger. Now, both new and old grudges surged up at once. She came in and sneered, “Big sister-in-law, you’re really powerful now! You’ve married a good daughter-in-law, and you think you’re some high and mighty lady, don’t you? Our Meiling is at least your niece. You bully your own niece. How can you justify that?”
She then stared at Qiao Xuan and sneered, “Niece, even if you were born into the emperor’s family, once you enter our Shao family, you are part of the Shao family. Let alone anything else, shouldn’t sisters be friendly to each other? As soon as the niece arrived, she starts sowing discord among us sisters, causing quarrels and conflicts. What’s the reason behind it?”
“Could it be that the niece feels wronged to marry into our Shao family and intentionally causes trouble?”
Ma Shi also chimed in, “That’s right! Niece, you’ve gone too far! If you don’t want to marry, then don’t! Our Shao family isn’t forcing anyone. Once you’re in the family, you create trouble and chaos, making a mess of everything. What kind of look does that give us?”
“That’s right!” Niu Shi was genuinely annoyed. The more she looked at Qiao Xuan, the more displeased she became!
Both of them were studying at Minghua Academy in the county. Last year, the youngest became a scholar, and their sixth son, unfortunately falling ill before the exams, failed to make the list. Now, such a good opportunity had fallen on the youngest son, with the county magistrate’s support. He was bound to soar!
Their own sixth son would be left far behind, wouldn’t he?
Their sixth son was truly aggrieved!
Qiao Xuan secretly cursed Niu Shi for her cruelty. Perhaps she didn’t know what it meant to kill someone’s spirit, but her words clearly did just that.
If the mother-in-law was a confused person, she would inevitably be affected by these words and become suspicious in the future. Wouldn’t she end up on the losing side?
Fortunately, the mother-in-law was not a confused person.
So Qiao Xuan didn’t worry.
She was a junior and a new bride. Of course, she wouldn’t clash with Niu Shi right from the beginning. After listening to these words, she could only helplessly look at Fang Shi for help.
Fang Shi glanced at the two of them. “My daughter-in-law knows to protect her little sister as soon as she comes in. I’m so happy about this! Second sister-in-law, third sister-in-law, you don’t have to worry about our family’s affairs!”
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