Reborn: Femme Fatale First Daughter

After hearing that, Old Madam put on a fiercer face as she became angrier, knocking on the ground a few times with her walking sticks, chiding with her deep voice, “Girl Tong, you’d better apologize to your second sister now. Families like us place value on respect. Don’t fool around and lose your decency.”

Apologize? Mo Xuetong lifted up her head and sneered. Not only was she a princess, but her position as a consort after marriage would also mean that there’s no need for her to apologize to a businesswoman like Mo Xueyan. Furthermore, her apology today would invoke rumors everywhere, judging from the unfriendly faces of the nannies beside her.

It was merely one purpose to move the objects today, but not the main objective!

Before the matter was made clear, Old Madam needed to suppress her and mess around, thinking she was still the doted on Mo Xuetong like before.

Many more entered the living room then and Mo Xuetong saw a retreating figure at the corner of her eyes. She pulled on Mo Lan’s hand, signaling her to follow the person from the crowd.

A simmer of coldness flashed across Mo Xuetong’s face as her face turned serious, “Old Madam, I am a woman of the imperial family, and that surely is a prestigious position. However, Second Sister was merely the daughter of a business family, having a lower status in society. Comparing our status, it is clear who the more prestigious one is. Is it so that the face of the imperial family cannot be compared to that of a businesswoman? Where do you place the face of the imperial family and that of the law? If someone reports this to the Emperor, second sister can be charged because of the few words she said.”

Her words were extremely sharp and direct as if she wanted to seriously deal with Mo Xueyan. The crowd was shocked at her response and the few nannies behind Old Madam retreated a few steps, shutting their mouths in the process. If they angered Princess Anping, the Old Madam and Second Miss might not be harmed as they were relatives. However, their lives might be lost.

Mo Xueyan froze and was speechless and nervous since her sister had upgraded this small conflict between girls to a higher level, suppressing using her status. She gritted her teeth since Mo Xuetong called her a businesswoman but she dared not rebut since it did concern the imperial family’s status, something a peasant like her should not talk about.

Furthermore, she was about to marry into Mingguo Manor, and she knew her place.

Even so, she could not just suffer in silence as she ran to Old Madam and cried to her, “Grandmother, Third Sister uses her status to suppress me! Is there a need to talk about status in our family!”

She implied that Mo Xuetong was using her power to bully her.

“Of course we shouldn’t be talking about status amongst sisters. However, if the second sister insisted on discussing this topic, it would be my fault if I didn’t clarify my stance.” Before Old Madam could reply, Mo Xuetong answered coldly.

She directly ignored Mo Xueyan’s useless ramblings and used her own words against her own argument. Mo Xueyan was shamed by that, as she noticed that she was not as weak as when she first saw her. Old Madam looked at her in hatred as she figured that her sharp mouth was like the bitch Luo Xia, and thought that it was indeed a terrible idea to follow the Luo Xia bitch.

Old Madam was not Mo Xueyan and knew that there would be no consensus on this topic. Hence, she coughed, suppressing the many whispers in the room. She then patted Mo Xueyan’s head as her face turned into once of benevolence. “Girl Tong, let’s not talk about these. I only came here to take my things. I used them for a long time and thought that they were comfortable for me. Now, I was living with your second uncle and figured that I shall bring everything there so we need not buy new ones.”

Old Madam spoke as if that’s the right thing to do. Even though she did not say that those objects were hers, she implied it by saying that she was merely moving them after using them for a long while. That was difficult to rebut, making Xu Yan at a loss of what to do. She was merely a stepmother and could not say much.

No one could afford the criticism of being unfilial!

They did this as they were sure that nobody here dared to oppose them when they moved her father’s objects to Mo Xueyan’s manor.

“So grandmother is here to move your things?” Hiding the cold sneer under her smile, Mo Xuetong appeared as if she only knew the information.

“Of course grandmother was here to move her things. See, we even brought our own people here. Let your men go, we are very busy and will go once we finished moving.” Upon hearing the change of topic, Mo Xueyan stood up from Old Madam’s arms and explained proudly. She was excited at the thought of the many antiques and decorations in Old Madam’s household. Those were priceless objects that excited her immensely.

“What are the objects that you are moving away?” Dumbfounded, Mo Xuetong asked.

“Naturally, it’s the objects in the grandmother’s room. Grandmother said that most of those objects were for my dowry when I marry into Mingguo Manor.” Seeing that Mo Xuetong dared not rebut her, Mo Xueyan became even more arrogant.

Seeing her arrogance, the nannies and servants beside her all looked at her with disdainful eyes. It would require an unmarried lady to be extremely shameless for her to discuss her own dowry in front of everyone.

Even Old Madam was uncomfortable as she gave Mo Xueyan a stern stare.

“The objects in grandmother’s room…” Mo Xuetong seemed to be in deep thought as she asked hesitantly, “The ones that grandma bought?”

“Of course grandma bought those objects in her own room. Third Sister, let’s not waste time and allow us to come in and move the objects. We are busy and have other things to settle.” Seeing the reactions of those around her, Mo Xueyan exclaimed ever so proudly, even smiling joyously. With filial piety as their excuse, even with the position of Princess Anping, Mo Xuetong could not stop them from moving those objects.

“Mo Yu, which objects in our grandmother’s room are bought by grandma? It’s not right to ask her to settle this, and we should find out ourselves.” Mo Xuetong feigned ignorance and asked Mo Yu.

Mo Yu came forth and explained cleverly, “Miss, the objects in Old Madam’s room were bought by Old Sir. Old Madam didn’t spend a single cent.”

This statement caused commotion in and out of the garden, and the glances people threw at Old Madam were different.

“Did you mean that I come deliberately to lie and steal from my eldest son?” Old Madam lowered her voice and stared at Mo Yu harshly, “What does a cheap slave know?”

“Even though uncle bought those items, grandma spent her money on it. Naturally, those objects still belong to our grandmother. If you don’t believe in me, you can ask uncle yourself.” Mo Xueyan agreed with Old Madam.

Obviously only Old Madam’s servants would vouch that she gave money to Old Sir for the purchase of those items. Since Old Sir was not around, only Old Madam’s words mattered. Furthermore, she was the concubine-mother of Father and her insistence on the matter made it hard for Mo Xuetong to reject.

Mo Xueyan and Old Madam insisted as they knew that Mo Xuetong had to give in. The two of them had eyes that spoke of their arrogance.

“Tong’er, if so… let them move.” Xu Yan pulled on Mo Xuetong’s sleeves and whispered out of concern. It was detrimental to Mo Xuetong’s reputation if she argued with her grandmother. It would not be worth it to ruin one’s reputation for a few objects, especially since Old Madam’s words were the most decisive ones in Old Sir’s absence.

They had to take the loss silently!

However, Mo Xuetong did not want to suffer this loss. She was unwilling to let the unkind Old Madam get what she wanted.

For some people, retreating repeatedly would merely increase their momentum in bullying you, making them swallow your whole in the end. That’s how she suffered in her previous life, and she would not allow that to happen in this life.

“I asked your father to buy those objects for me. I wanted to live here for a long while, but I didn’t expect…” Old Madam shook her head as if she didn’t want to say anything. “Since your second uncle brought me over, I should treat him better and give them those things!”

She was criticizing Father for chasing her out. As a concubine mother, she would naturally want to spend time with her birth son compared to a legitimate son born by the wife. That made no sense even if Mo Huawen was grateful to Old Madam.

But now, her words made the arrangement seem logical, and Mo Xuetong respected Old Madam’s ability to spin tales!

“Did grandma say that she bought everything in that room?” She had no intention to listen to Old Madam’s accusation of her father, merely replying calmly.

“When grandma and I came here, there was nothing inside and we brought the things one by one. Of course, they all belonged to grandma. Could it be that third sister was unable to let go of these objects? With your status now, you surely are not interested in our grandmother’s belongings!” Mo Xueyan retorted cleverly as a simmer of malice flashed across her eyes. She knew that it would be easy to enter the inner garden with grandmother’s help.

How could they possibly live here if nothing was inside when they moved over!

Xu Yan could not endure their accusations anymore and replied, “Old Sir did know that Old Madam was going to enter the manor. How was she going to live if the room was empty!” She was not someone who was timid and scared, but as a stepmother who just entered the manor and who knew nothing about the situation, she thought that she should minimize the impact of the matter. However, Mo Xueyan became ruder and ruder, not only spinning up lies, but also secretly accusing Old Sir of being unfilial.

“Even if there was anything, it was only a bed.” Mo Xueyan knew she exaggerated too much, but she bit her tongue and insisted.

“Girl Yan, stop with that irrelevant information. Bring someone to move those things.” Old Madam stared at Mo Xueyan and ordered her.

Since she already gave the orders, any disobedience would mean that Mo Manor was at fault! Even with the position of a princess, Mo Xuetong dared not be unfilial.

She hid the cold disdain in her eyes as she lowered her head as if she had nothing to say. Mo Xueyan straightened her body proudly as she smiled arrogantly at Mo Xuetong, bringing the group of nannies in aggressively. Mo Xuetong followed in after with her nannies.

The group walked towards Old Madam’s garden. She didn’t live far away as the garden was specially prepared for her in consideration of her old age and the winter weather, with the main door facing the south direction. Afterward, Old Madam was chased out and the place was left vacant. Ever since Xu Yan entered the manor, she left only one or two servants to clear the place as no one was living there, moving everyone else away.

The garden was long empty!

The large crowd came over, making the empty garden immediately lively.

Someone had taken out the nanmu wood chair from inside to flatter Old Madam, asking her to sit. Mo Xueyan rushed in excitedly, unable to contain her happiness as she touched the objects inside. Those things were all priceless objects unable to be bought from the marketplace, a four-legged sofa made from white jade, scented balls with patterns of precious creatures weaved from pomegranate flowers, a golden bomb with patterns of the jade flower birth, a sapphire bamboo cup…

Any single item was better than those in the marketplace! That made Mo Xueyan drool happily!

She could finally move these objects to her own house, and that little bitch Mo Xuetong could say nothing to that!

Mo Xuetong followed over as she glanced at Mo Xueyan’s greedy face, snickering inside her heart. Mo Lan came over secretly and whispered to Mo Xuetong before standing behind her.

Mo Xueyan’s nannies were now already moving Mo Xueyan’s objects and clearing them out. They moved them to the field while Xu Yan and a few servants were tending Old Madam outside. After all, Mo Huawen was grateful to Old Madam and they had to treat her well.

With that incident, any sensible person would be too shameful to come over. However, she came here to snatch her son’s objects!

Of course, any sensible old lady would not commit such an act. Mo Xuetong was completely disappointed in her. Seeing Mo Xueyan proudly pointed at the objects to have people move them out one by one made Mo Xuetong speechless.

It was impossible for this ridiculous grandma and this ridiculous granddaughter to be not from the same family!

Two nannies were moving a flower rack that Mo Xueyan liked, with Old Madam’s bed behind. A nanny was in front and a nanny was behind. However, one of them swayed and fell, pouncing on the flower rack. With the sounds of “boom”, “crash” and “ouch”, a few nannies fell down, and an object dropped on the ground before everyone’s eyes.