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Lady Cao pondered and said, "Could this be a scheme by Doctor Qin?"
It wasn't that she was overthinking, but those Xilin people were too cunning, even able to uncover the Cao family's secrets. She dared not easily trust them.
In the end, Lady Qiao still harbored resentment towards Fu Hanwen and Xiao Ruo due to the gold bricks incident.
"Madam," the old maid considered for a moment, then said, "The woman with the heart illness is a citizen of En City, and her only son was a soldier of the Feng Zhao Army who died at the hands of the Xilin Army. She holds a deep grudge against the Xilin Army."
There was more to the story, which the maid didn't mention. After the woman recovered, she learned that she was saved by the Xilin Country's General's Wife and even attempted to harm her savior. Many citizens of En City couldn't stand it and condemned the woman.
