General's Mansion, Refreshing Courtyard.
"Mother-in-law, look at that girl Xuexue. As an unmarried young lady, she actually runs outside in the middle of the night. If word gets out, it would be highly improper. If we continue to indulge her like this, and if a scandal occurs in the future, it would be the reputation of our General's Mansion that is tarnished."
Ever since Auntie Tang returned to the mansion from the manor, she has been closely monitoring Xuexue's every move, because Xuexue changed all the servants that originally worked in the mansion, making it very inconvenient for her to carry out her plans.
In order to monitor Xuexue constantly, she spent a good deal of money to bribe and reemploy a few maids in the mansion to act as her eyes and ears on Xuexue.
Just then, in the evening, a maid from Qingyuo Pavilion quietly came over and told her: "The young lady has been out for the entire day and has not returned yet."
