People often said that ladies from distinguished families were proper in conduct, that marrying one brought good fortune to the household and could make the family prosper.
Yet there were many ways to describe and judge a lady from a distinguished family, and "shrew" was definitely not among them. And yet Ding Zhanyun and Ding Yuqin had come to blows—two sisters brawling like common shrews.
When the Ding Family Head first heard the news, his first reaction was to punish them under the family rules and teach those two audacious daughters of his, with their improper conduct, a harsh lesson.
But after coming to his senses, he realized he could not punish either of them. After all, Ding Zhanyun was Meng Zhao's concubine, while Ding Yuqin and Dragon City could also be considered a pair. Neither was someone he could afford to provoke, so he could only swallow his resentment.
Some might ask: Meng Zhao was beyond his reach, but what was so remarkable about Dragon City? He was merely better at martial arts, a mere brute. He could be driven from the Ding Family at any time, and the man would not dare make a great spectacle of striking back. Otherwise, if he angered the local powers, Dragon City would not be able to bear the consequences either.
But that had been before. Since learning that Dragon City might have a powerful force supporting him, and that he himself might be connected to the Rebel Army in Liang Prefecture, the Ding Family Head no longer dared do anything to him—at the very least, he did not dare openly fall out with him.
What if—just what if—Meng Zhao were careless enough to be defeated by Dragon City, and Lingwu City changed hands? Then his connection with Dragon City could, in