In ancient times, she gave birth to seven daughters and was divorced by her husband's family.

"There is no connection between our daughter and General Zhou. How did this news get out?!"

"...Hey, who on earth was the ignorant person who spread the news?!"

Xie coughed twice and said to Lord Bai, "I guess... a servant from some mansion accidentally spread the news?"

Lord Bai turned his head and glanced at Xie, frowning and saying, "How did you teach your servants? You actually spread this kind of thing!"

"You, a butler, don't even manage the household properly?!"

"what!"

He cursed Xie.

Xie pouted and said, "How could I have spread this news? I have been the housekeeper for many years, so I know that this kind of news cannot be spread."

"In the past few years, when I was the housekeeper, I never made a mistake at home."

"It should be some time ago, you said that I, the concubine, was not a good housekeeper and treated the people in Princess Mingzhu's courtyard harshly... The people in Princess Mingzhu's courtyard came to you to cry, so you gave the housekeeper key to Princess Mingzhu."

"For such a long time, Mingzhu County has been in charge. It must be that Princess Mingzhu did not control her servants well."

"Well, come to think of it... it's all my fault. I am Princess Mingzhu's mother. In the final analysis, it should be me who taught Princess Mingzhu well."

"It is I who should teach the head of Mingzhu County!"

"But...Princess Mingzhu manages the household herself. I am not her biological mother. Even if I teach her, she won't listen."

"..."

Hearing this, Lord Bai blinked.

"this......"

He turned to look at Mingzhu, only to find the house in a mess.

When did their family become like this?! Was it because the three Bai brothers were not around that it became like this?!

It seems that ever since Princess Mingzhu came back, the house has been in chaos.

Why is everything not going as planned?!

Lord Bai suddenly felt disgusted, "Zhiyi! Why don't you listen to your mother and manage the household yourself? You won't listen even if I teach you to manage the household."

"You are from the countryside. Do you know that you can't manage the household? You have to listen to your mother. How can a country girl like you manage things? Isn't this a joke to the people in Kyoto?!"

"Look at you now, you are fine, but something like this happened. The news of your marriage to General Zhou was leaked. What are you going to do if the news gets out?!"

"If you two don't get married, I'm afraid there will be no end to it. But what will happen if you get married? Are you going to become a concubine or a successor?!"

Lord Bai was furious.

Bai Zhiyi was also confused when he heard what Lord Bai said.

She immediately shed tears as white as pearls and cried uncontrollably.

“Wuwuwu…Father, I didn’t mean it.”

"I just want to learn how to be a housekeeper so that I can manage the household well in the future."

"Mother never taught me sincerely. She never taught me sincerely... How can I be a housekeeper?!"

"enough!"

Lord Bai shouted angrily, but this time he did not listen to Bai Zhiyi.

"For such a long time, you have been jealous of your mother. Even if your mother is no longer sensible, she will teach you how to manage the household."

"You are a legitimate daughter! Like Ruyu, you should learn how to be a housekeeper from a young age. If you don't learn how to be a housekeeper! How will you gain a foothold in your husband's family in the future!"

"Your mother will definitely teach you. If she doesn't, she will be mistreating her children! Ever since you came back, you have been fighting over who's who and have been making trouble in the yard for such a long time! But she should be able to tell what's more important than what's less important."

Lord Bai frowned, feeling a little angry.

For such a long time, the family has been in constant turmoil. Princess Ruyu and Princess Mingzhu have been fighting each other, and I know that.

But now... because of jealousy, the affair between General Zhou and Princess Mingzhu was leaked.

This immediately ruined Princess Mingzhu's reputation.

If Princess Mingzhu herself had not failed to teach her servants well, how could such news have been spread? !

Xie has been the housekeeper for so long, how could she spread such news? !

Hearing this, Bai Zhiyi blinked, not knowing what to say anymore. She burst into tears, "Father, don't you believe me?"

"..."

Lord Bai said nothing, just turned and left.

However, Bai Zhiyi had nothing to say.

After all, it was indeed his fault that he had not taught his servants well, and it was indeed his fault that he was the housekeeper.

Xie had taught Bai Zhiyi at the beginning, and she didn't dare not to teach her. If the housekeeper didn't handle things well, Xie's reputation would be ruined.

As a stepmother, if she does not educate her children and teach them how to manage the household, she is not a virtuous woman.

Xie taught him, but Bai Zhiyi didn't learn it well.

Bai Zhiyi felt that Mrs. Xie always looked down on her and was not sincere in teaching her, so she didn't want to learn it and just gave up. She started to manage the household without learning anything.

As a result...when he was the housekeeper, these servants actually did not listen to him and even spread the news.

After Lord Bai left, Mrs. Xie looked at Bai Zhiyi with tears streaming down her face and couldn't help but laugh out loud.

At this time, Lord Bai had already left, so she didn't need to pretend anymore. She giggled happily and said to Bai Zhiyi: "Oh! Why is our noble Princess Mingzhu crying like this?"

"It was you who asked for the butler, and you were the one who took the butler's key. So, when something went wrong...you blamed everything on me, right?!"

"How can you be so lame? You are indeed a girl from the country, you are so uneducated!"

"!!!"

Hearing what Xie said, Bai Zhiyi was furious. She stared at Xie and said, "Don't be so proud! I didn't teach my child well. Don't you have any responsibility as a mother?!"

"What is my responsibility?!"

Mrs. Xie burst into laughter, and she roared, "I am a stepmother."

"Although I am your mother, you never grew up by my side, so your upbringing has nothing to do with me!"

"And...is this my fault? Didn't I teach you?! Are you unwilling to listen to me? Are you unwilling to be taught by me?!"

"You think I'm acting like a mother? That's why you didn't let me finish teaching you and let me go straight away! That's why this happened!"

"Are all the servants in this mansion... taught by you? Is it because you don't manage the family well?"

"What does all this have to do with me as a mother?!"

"I'm just a poor stepmother. You don't want to listen to me and you're divorced from me! If I can't teach you well, it's your bitch biological mother's fault!"