After being praised by her elderly mother, Madam Song was somewhat taken aback and then curled her lips in self-mockery.
Awake? Perhaps.
Although her father earned the title of Duke Zhongyong by fighting alongside the previous Emperor, the Gu Family had been officials for generations and could be considered a noble family, so she had always prided herself on marrying down from nobility to poverty, considering herself superior.
However, after marrying into the Song Family for twenty years, which rose from poverty to become new nobility and whose influence continued to grow, this was undoubtedly due to the Emperor's favor, but more so from her husband's schemes.
With the Song Family's rise, they did not become complacent because they were favored by the Emperor, nor did they allow the younger generation to act arrogantly, conducting themselves without discipline, but instead emphasized education at every turn.
