Upon hearing this, Lady Liu clutched her handkerchief, her heart pounding with excitement. 'The General is still thinking of me. Does this mean I have a place in his heart?'
The concubines, having failed to curry favor and earning a scolding from the General instead, huffed in indignation.
"We've always been perfectly well-behaved. Here in the mansion, we're bossed around all day, but do any of us dare to talk back?" the woman in purple said with a pout, her tone dripping with faux innocence.
"Isn't that the truth? You won't find anyone more obedient than us."
"We were being sincere when we offered to look after the young miss. How could the General say such things?"
The other concubines were all displeased. In all their years at the mansion, they had all kept to themselves and never caused any trouble. 'If you're looking for troublemakers,' they thought, 'the Old Madam and the Second Master's family are the real culprits.'
