"What did Wanrou ever do to deserve this? You know how much she values her reputation, and yet you pushed her so far in public. If she falls ill because of this, if anything happens to her, can your heart stay at peace? Or have you truly become so heartless after returning from the capital?"
At this point, she had spoken so much that even the maids behind her looked tired.
One of them secretly shifted her feet.
The other lowered her head.
Both of them, however, still made proper little worried faces, because this was part of their role. If their mistress was acting like a sorrowful, wronged mother, then naturally they had to stand beside her looking as if they too had suffered on behalf of family feeling.
Bai Lingling finally lifted her small cup and drank a sip of warm water.
That simple movement nearly made the woman choke, because of how relaxed and unmoved Bai Lingling looked.
It even made her feel insulted.
