Lady Zhao's eyes widened in astonishment; when she had previously declined the Zhou family's marriage proposal to the wife of the heir apparent, Miss Ye had questioned her integrity, albeit in a more veiled manner. But to hear her son put it this way, Miss Ye had brazenly voiced insults to her!
Enraged, Lady Zhao lifted her hand, but ultimately did not dare smash the Qi family's porcelain on the floor. Instead, she turned her wrist and slammed her palm heavily on the table, "This Miss Ye is utterly unreasonable! I have lived my life squarely and honorably for decades, and no one has ever spoken half a word against me. How dare she slander me like this?"
As she spoke, she attempted to get down from the heated brick bed, "I'm going to find her and argue this out; how am I not a good person?"
