Xie Liming only half-understood. Shi Hanyue rarely talked to him about inner-courtyard matters; all he knew was that his father's legal wife had been bedridden and unconscious for years, with no one to care for her.
Shi Hanyue didn't say much either. Seeing the large handprint on her son's face, a surge of burning fury made her want to vent it all on Madam Xie, the Gu woman.
She led Xie Liming to Chunyi Hall. The servants, usually lazy and idle, were standing guard at the doors strictly and properly today, blocking her way the moment they saw her coming.
Chapter 65