Father and son stood at an impasse, neither willing to yield. The atmosphere hung heavy and tense. Lady Wei's gaze darted back and forth between the three men, completely at a loss as to whom she should urge to relent.
All the serious business of the day had been cast aside; what ought to have been done was neglected, and every single thing that shouldn't have been done was carried out.
One had to know that whether a young woman's life fared well after marrying into her husband's family depended entirely on how much backing she had from her maternal family. What the Nan Family had pulled here was practically a slap across Nan Zhirou's face; they were making it painfully obvious to the world that they viewed her as no different from an ant.
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