When she returned to the residence and learned what had happened there, she was extremely surprised.
In her eyes, her mother was the most capable person in the world, and her parents had always loved each other. How had things ended up like this?
"Mother, what exactly happened to Father? Why is he treating us like this?"
"Hmph, your father has been bewitched by that little slut in the rear courtyard."
After all the turmoil she had been through, Madam Su had already begun to give up. She could no longer suppress the viciousness she instinctively carried, and she no longer pretended to be kind and benevolent in front of her daughter.
"But Mother has thought it through. None of that is important. What matters most is your relationship with the Fourth Prince."
"Once you marry into the Fourth Prince's residence and become the Fourth Prince's Consort, even if that slut really gives birth to a son, she'll still have to live according to my whims."
"So you must make me proud, understand? You must listen carefully to the two Nannies' instruction. You must know clearly what to say, what not to say, what to do, and what not to do."
Madam Su placed all her hopes on her daughter.
Now, she had finally thought things through. What husband-and-wife affection, what men, what vows—none of them could be relied upon. Only money and power were truly dependable.
"Mother, I understand. Once I become the Fourth Prince's Consort, I'll definitely avenge you."
In Su Yuxin's eyes, her mother and father were the true couple, while all the women in the rear courtyard who seduced her father were shameless mistresses and vixens.
As if she had remembered something important, her small face creased slightly.
"But Mother, that slut Su Qiao is already