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Chapter 49.2

Liu Ze couldn’t listen any longer and pinched Zhao Jiahua’s cheeks to stuff a pill into her mouth. Zhao Jiahua did not want to swallow, struggling desperately, scratching and kicking, but could not compete with Liu Ze’s strength.

Liu Ze confirmed that she swallowed the pill and strangled her hard: “You will kill us. I don’t want to end up like Xu Matchmaker. So, you must die.”

In the meantime, An Ruochen sat listlessly in the room, dazed. When Chun Xiao saw this, she couldn’t help but ask her what was wrong, and An Ruochen sighed and said, “Chun Xiao, I feel like a waste.”

Chun Xiao was dumbfounded, obviously not knowing why she said that.

“The Purple Cloud House is investigating the traitor, but I cannot help in any way. I don’t have any lead about Zhao Jiahua’s case, and I can’t do anything without the General and Lord Xie.”

Chun Xiao looked at her sympathetically. Steward An was a girl. Why bother to worry about the things that a male officer should do?

An Ruochen barely pulled herself together: “How about this, Chun Xiao, find someone to send a message to my second sister for me, saying that I want to see her.”

“Isn’t Miss having a falling out with Miss’ family?”

“There’s nothing to do now, so I have to find something to do. My family wants to bully me, so I can’t just sit around and wait.”

“That’s right.” When Chun Xiao heard her say that, she was filled with energy, “I’ll get someone to send word. You should teach them a good lesson, so they can’t bully you anymore.” An Ruochen was beaten up by her father and almost forced to marry a 60-year-old man from the neighboring county, which Chun Xiao knew about. “When does Miss want to see your sister?”

An Ruochen blinked, “Do you think it’s excessive for me to let my sister be at my beck and call?”

Chun Xiao didn’t think it was too much. She went to the An House and delivered the message: Steward An was in a bad mood and wanted to talk to the second Miss right now. Of course, she did not force the second Miss to go right now but only invited her to come if she wanted to. But, when the household steward Miss would be in the mood to talk again was uncertain.

Chun Xiao intended to help An Ruochen relieve her anger. She politely relayed the message using a mild tone, but it was contemptuous and humiliating.

The An family’s faces turned green as they listened. What the hell was a steward? It’s just a servant! This servant has the guts to send another servant to the door to the “other family” to tell them what to do! But they could not refute the General’s steward.

Emperor, did you see, ah? The official was bullying the people! An Zhifu almost choked himself to death with a mouthful of old blood.

Chun Xiao was quite satisfied and left with high spirits. On the way back, she practiced her facial expressions hard to imitate the faces of the An family.

An Ruoxi arrived at the Purple Cloud House with a black face. Her eldest sister sent such an arrogant girl over to provoke her. Her anger was no less than her mother’s, Mrs. Tan. She felt even more aggrieved than her parents because the one caught in the middle was none other than her.

Previously, she met her secretly, but now An Ruochen allowed her servant to humiliate her in public, and she has become the joke of the An family.

God knows what kind of nasty things those servants would spew, and if word gets out to the city, what about her face? And yet, she still had to come to the Purple Cloud House. If An Ruoxi didn’t come, all her aggravation would be in vain. She would return to a situation where she was worthless and at the mercy of others. Her suffering would have been all for nothing. She will endure it as long as she can until the day she comes out.

An Ruoxi consoled her parents, saying that for the sake of the family, it was nothing for her to suffer some humiliation. She dressed beautifully and luxuriously, took several servants with her, and arrived at the Purple Cloud House in a sedan chair.

Chun Xiao was enthusiastically imitating the situation of the An family to An Ruochen when she heard the guards come to report. Then, she quietly went to see. When she returned, she happily covered her mouth: “Miss, your sister is here. This time she is impressive. She came with four maids and four male servants. Does she want to compete with us or what? The guards stopped her before she even got close.”

An Ruochen nodded. It was good for her to bring a lineup so everyone knows she was seeing her sister. “Did you let her in?”

“Her servants are waiting at the side yard door. They were not allowed to enter. I led your second sister to the hall. Miss should go there later. Let her wait.”

An Ruochen smiled and drank a cup of tea before going slowly. When she arrived at the hall, as expected, An Ruoxi had a black face and looked like she had some pent-up anger.

“You look quite reluctant to come.” An Ruochen deliberately said.

Initially, An Ruoxi wanted to suppress her anger, but An Ruochen’s words ignited her explosive temper. She sneered: “Sister is now so capable. You became more comfortable with this stewardship. Even though you are a servant, you are still more powerful than the common people.”

An Ruochen also coldly returned: “When it comes to other people, I do not know, but the An family, I naturally have to live better than them.”

An Ruoxi alertly asked, “What do you want?”