Situ Zhi threw a tantrum, grabbing Old Madam's arm and shaking it vigorously.
This tactic was thought up by Auntie Tang, who knew that Old Madam doted on Situ Zhi. So she had a brilliant idea—have her and her sisters visit Old Madam to gossip. If it didn't work once, they'd do it several times until Old Madam came to believe it.
Only then would they, mother and sons, have their day to turn things around.
"Oh dear! My dear grandson, stop shaking your grandmother, I'm frail and easily get dizzy," Old Madam said, feeling nauseated from Situ Zhi's shaking.
"Then promise your grandson to restore mother's power over the General's Mansion's finances. That way, I'll also have good days ahead, and you'll be happy, won't you?"
"Grandmother needs to think it over," Old Madam always had some trepidation regarding Situ Yongjie, after all, it was his decision to have Xuexue take charge of the household. So, even if the answer was to be no, it had to come from Situ Yongjie himself.
