Shen Yinning lightly shook her round fan: "Do you think that just because Mianmian's parents are away, you can bully her as you please?"
"Princess Zhaoning." Guan Shu gracefully stepped forward and curtsied, "My mother was merely setting rules for my sister-in-law. You must know that all mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law under heaven are the same. Using the word 'bully'—isn't that far too strong?"
"Setting rules?" Shen Yinning smirked lightly, "Who are you trying to fool?"
Her voice was cool and crisp, as if carrying a shard of ice on this summer night.
Seeing her unwillingness to back down, the expression on the old lady of the Guan family grew increasingly grim: "Say what you will, this is still a Guan family affair! I am Xue Mianmian's mother-in-law, half her parent! How I treat her—is that for Princess Zhaoning to comment on? And you, a mere widow—"
"Wei Yu!"
Shen Yinning cut her off abruptly.
