Madam Su's face darkened. Gritting her teeth, she said, "The Imperial Decree has been issued. At this point, this is our only option."
"Mother told you long ago—so what if you're a Secondary Consort? So what if you're the Primary Consort? The most important thing is still to firmly hold on to a man's heart."
A ruthless glint flashed in her eyes as she said coldly, "As long as his heart belongs to you, are you still afraid you won't have a chance to rise later? As for some stones that are in the way, just pull them out."
Su Yuxin froze, forgetting even to cry.
Pull them out?
Did her mother mean... kill them?
Although everything she had experienced during this period had made Su Yuxin much more mature and her heart much harder—she no longer spoke kindly even to the servants—she had still come from a peaceful world. Killing someone was extremely distant from her, so distant that she had never imagined that one day she would do such a thing.
Su Yuxin's face turned cold as she pushed her away. "Are you afraid?"
"If you're afraid, then wait for others to trample you underfoot and throw their weight around! Just like that little slut earlier—can you endure it? Are you willing to accept it?"
Su Yuxin was certainly unwilling to accept it, but she was still very afraid of killing someone. "Mother, but... but she said that the person from Grand Tutor Jiang's Estate is very formidable."
Seeing the fear filling her daughter's eyes, Madam Su ultimately found herself unable to be ruthless. She gently stroked her face. "Silly child, she deliberately came to frighten you. As long as you obey Wet Nurse/Nanny and listen to your mother, no matter how formidable someone is, it won't matter.