Hearing the resentment in Xiang Yuan's words, Cheng Yuling knew the child had been wronged. She hurriedly soothed him with kind words, while also taking the opportunity to kick the Xiao-surnamed one while he was down, disparaging him as utterly worthless.
Though she was comforting a child, there was indeed a measure of self-reproach in it.
Cheng Yuling was deeply annoyed with herself. Fearing that Xiao Lingyue might follow in her old footsteps, she had let concern muddle her judgment. She secretly swore that next time, she would think before opening her mouth. The Xiao-surnamed one was the Xiao-surnamed one; Xiang Yuan was a good child. She could not beat a genuinely good person to death with one stick just because the Xiao-surnamed one played at being a good man every day.
That said, Cheng Yuling still decided to say a few more things. Her daughter was absent, after all, and a seductive fox spirit who oozed charm from her very bones lived next door to Xiang Yuan. Taking precautions could never be wrong.
"Blah blah blah, wibble wobble..."
Cheng Yuling held Xiang Yuan down and let loose to her heart's content. Halfway through, she suddenly veered off course, inexplicably bringing up several names Xiang Yuan had never heard before. Then Cheng Yuling's tirade became exceptionally aggressive.
In a daze, Xiang Yuan seemed to see Xiao Lingyue making snide, barbed remarks at Chan'er.
If his guess was right, those unfamiliar names belonged to several of King Zhao Residence's consorts.
Tsk tsk, King Zhao Residence really was full of entertainment!
Xiang Yuan was no longer sleepy on the spot. Xiang Yuan chimed in with her in shared indignation while urging Cheng Yuling to give him more, already thinking that he ought to stay at King Zhao Residence for a couple of