Su Qiao gave her a disdainful look. "You're not stupid—you're incredibly stupid."
Stupid enough to be outdone by even a pig.
"You... you...?"
Su Yuxin was no match for Su Qiao when it came to trading insults. So furious that she could only point at Su Qiao, she was rendered speechless.
"Seize her! Today, I'm going to get even for those two slaps and teach her a lesson."
By then, Su Yuxin had completely forgotten her father's warning and her mother's repeated reminders. She only wanted to vent the resentment bottled up in her chest, so she ordered the four maids behind her to make their move.
"Who dares!"
Xiao Yu was beside herself with anger. She quickly stepped in front of Su Qiao, planted her hands on her hips, and looked absolutely furious, as though she would allow no one to lay a finger on her.
"My mistress has personally received an imperial oral decree from His Majesty forbidding anyone from harming her. Are you planning to defy the imperial edict?"
The maids, who had already been hesitating and were reluctant to step forward, now became even more afraid to act. One after another, they tried to persuade Su Yuxin.
"Miss... why don't you let it go?"
"Yes, Miss. Didn't Madam repeatedly remind you not to...?"
Madam had repeatedly warned them to keep an eye on their mistress, not let her sneak out of the residence, and, even more importantly, not let her provoke Eldest Young Lady again.
Eldest Young Lady now had more than just the Fourth Prince and the Crown Prince backing her. Even His Majesty protected her.
These days, even the Prime Minister did not dare speak harshly to Eldest Young Lady. Madam did not dare utter a word of reproach, even when Eldest Young Lady