"You wretch! Have you ever seen a young mistress of a noble family causing a ruckus in the kitchen? Have you thrown all your manners to the dogs?" Feng Pingqiu berated Feng Yuqin without even glancing at the food box.
"Feng Pingqiu, when it comes to bad manners, if you claim to be second, no one would dare claim to be first. Yuqin is my daughter. What right do you have to scold her?" Yan Aoyun pointed at the food box and said, "Or are you as blind as your concubine? Can't you see that the food in this box is unfit even for pigs and dogs? And yet your concubine sent it for us. As expected of a concubine, even after becoming a co - wife and taking charge of the household, she's still a disgraceful person."
Feng Yuqin mentally gave her mother a thumbs up. Her mother's fighting spirit was truly something!
Hearing Yan Aoyun constantly referring to her as a concubine, the Second Lady's face turned as black as the bottom of a pot.
Feng Qing was also shocked. She never expected that after being submissive for so many years, Yan Aoyun would dare to confront their father today.
After regaining her senses, her wits returned. She sobbed to Feng Pingqiu, "Father, the First Lady is behaving like a shrew. How is she fit to be the First Lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion?"
"Pah!" Yan Aoyun spat in disdain. "Do you think everyone covets the position of the First Lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion? Only people like you would covet it."
"Yan Aoyun, don't push your luck!" Feng Pingqiu had never been scolded like this before.
The position of the First Lady of his Prime Minister's Mansion was coveted by countless women, yet Yan Aoyun despised it so much.
"Sister, don't talk like that. You're clearly the Prime Minister's wife now. Saying such things will make people think you're insincere. If you really anger the Master, and he strips you of your position, you'll have nowhere to cry." The Second Lady spoke in a tone that seemed to be concerned for Yan Aoyun.
"Then let him divorce me. If he had the guts to divorce me so easily, he would have done it long ago." Yan Aoyun said contemptuously, with complete disdain for Feng Pingqiu in her eyes.
Feng Pingqiu's face was extremely ugly. He stared at Yan Aoyun with a cold and menacing look. "Yan Aoyun, don't be so arrogant. Before, I didn't have a proper reason. But don't forget the terms of this bet. I'll divorce you openly. Since you don't like the position of the First Lady of my Prime Minister's Mansion, it's just right to divorce you and let Rong'er take your place."
The Second Lady's full name was Ji Lianrong. Hearing Feng Pingqiu's words, a hint of joy flashed through her heart.
For so many years, she had dreamed of becoming the First Lady.
She had done many things secretly, but as Feng Pingqiu said, without a proper reason, it was impossible to divorce his wife.
So she hated Yan Aoyun for occupying her position.
Since that was the case, she would step on the reputation of this mother - daughter pair to gain her own good name.
Now, because of the bet, she finally saw hope.
Even Feng Qing was excited at this moment. Her mother was finally going to become the First Lady, and she would finally be able to have the status of the legitimate young mistress.
Feng Yuqin saw the expressions of these people and sneered. "In that case, let's wait until three days later. If Father wins, he can divorce Mother. But if Father doesn't stand up for me today, I'll take this food box outside and let everyone be my witness."
"How dare you!" Feng Pingqiu glanced at the food. It was indeed inedible, but he didn't care. In his heart, Yan Aoyun and her daughter deserved to eat such food.
Seeing Feng Pingqiu's attitude, Feng Yuqin knew that her scumbag father was as vicious as the Second Lady. A mischievous smile appeared on her face. "Why don't you try, Father? See if I'll really take this food out and let everyone be my witness."
Feng Pingqiu stared at Feng Yuqin coldly, trying to figure out if she was serious.
Feng Yuqin stepped forward and picked up the food box, heading outside.
"Stop her!" Feng Pingqiu immediately ordered the secret guards behind him to block Feng Yuqin's way.
Feng Yuqin's expression turned cold. "Father, are you going to tear up the pretense? If so, I don't mind. After all, I don't even care about the reputation of the Prime Minister's Mansion. What else would I care about?"
Seeing her like this, the Second Lady immediately understood that Feng Yuqin really didn't care about the Prime Minister's Mansion.
If this matter really got out, the Master wouldn't be affected much, but her good reputation built over the years would be ruined.
She couldn't take that risk. She couldn't bear such a result.
In the Western Song Kingdom, reputation was of utmost importance. That was also the reason why Feng Pingqiu hated Yan Aoyun so much but couldn't divorce her because he couldn't find a proper reason.
"Master, this is a problem with the kitchen. I'll arrange for someone to handle it. Don't be angry with the young mistress." After thinking it through, the Second Lady began to persuade Feng Pingqiu.
However, would Feng Yuqin let her easily shift the blame to the kitchen?
"Second Lady, you're wrong. This is not the kitchen's idea. It's yours." Feng Yuqin raised her eyebrows slightly, her voice cold. "What? Are you trying to make the kitchen staff take the blame? Although they deserve to die, I prefer to expose the mastermind, just like the mastermind behind those assassins."
Speaking of the assassins, Feng Yuqin's cold and detached gaze fell on Feng Pingqiu.
Feng Pingqiu felt a chill in his heart. Looking at Feng Yuqin, a hint of guilt flashed in his eyes.
Seeing Feng Yuqin like this, the Second Lady felt frustrated. She hated Feng Yuqin deeply but had no choice. She thought that if she didn't satisfy Feng Yuqin today, she would definitely expose this matter.
"Young mistress, tell me what you want to do." The Second Lady simply gave up and let Feng Yuqin set the conditions.
Great, this was exactly what she was waiting for.
"First, beat to death the servants in the kitchen who made their own decisions." As soon as Feng Yuqin finished speaking, the old nurses and maids trembled and immediately knelt in front of the Second Lady, begging for mercy.
"Please spare our lives, Madam! Please spare our lives! We were just confused for a moment." A maid kept kowtowing. In just a few breaths, blood oozed from her forehead.
The other old nurses and maids were not to be outdone. They kowtowed and begged for mercy.
The Second Lady glanced at them but didn't say a word. She looked at Feng Yuqin and asked, "What's the second condition?"
Seeing that the Second Lady didn't show any sign of mercy, the kowtowing servants felt extremely cold.
Feng Yuqin sneered. "These people call you Madam. What do they call my mother?"
The Second Lady frowned, her fingernails digging into her palms. She hated Feng Yuqin deeply. She looked at the guards beside her and said, "These maids can't even address their masters correctly. Their tongues are useless. Pull them out."
Yan Aoyun frowned but didn't say a word.
Feng Yuqin glanced at the Second Lady indifferently and didn't care whether these people would hate the Second Lady or her.
After all, these people were not good people. Before, they had to follow the Second Lady's orders and give them spoiled food. But they shouldn't have bullied them every time they delivered something to please the Second Lady. So they deserved what they got today.