So what if she's a fake heiress? She's being pampered by a powerful figure in Beijing'

Seeing that Zhao Feier was about to talk back, the Fifth Madam quickly stepped forward to block her, forcing a smile at Xie Junfei:

"I'm really sorry, the child is young and doesn't understand. Please give me face and don't hold it against me."

"On behalf of my daughter, I apologize to you. Please forgive her."

"Fei'er is still young. If this kind of shameful thing gets out, how will she be able to face people?"

"Good child, leave some room for others. You are a magnanimous person, please forgive her."

The Fifth Madam seemed to have been given a handle to use against Xie Junfei, and kept trying to persuade him.

Xie Junfei stood in the courtyard as if watching a spectacle, and only spoke slowly when servants from other courtyards came to watch:

"Is that so? Then I'll spare this little slut this time, out of respect for the Fifth Madam."

Seeing that the timid girl had given in, the Fifth Madam finally breathed a sigh of relief.

But before she could even finish celebrating, Xie Junfei changed his tune:

"But if I let that little slut who climbed into my man's bed get away with it so easily, wouldn't that be telling the world that I'm not someone to be trifled with?"

After saying that, she immediately realized:

“How about this, you make Zhao Feier drop out of Beijing Film Academy and never set foot in Beijing again in her life, then I will forgive her.”

Such a request was utterly unreasonable. Zhao Feier stared at her wide-eyed in disbelief.

"Xie Junfei, don't go too far!"

"I finally got into the Beijing Film Academy, studied for two years, and acted in so many plays. If I drop out now, wouldn't it all be for nothing?!"

"You shameless bastard who talks without understanding the consequences! I'd rather die today than drop out of school!"

No sooner had she finished speaking than the Fifth Madam's slap landed on Zhao Feier's face.

Zhao Feier was stunned when her adoptive mother, who had always doted on her, slapped her.

The Fifth Madam pointed at Zhao Feier and angrily rebuked her:

"Who do you think you are? Although Xie Junfei is younger than you, he is much more senior in this old house!"

"Is this how you talk to your elders?"

"You have to pay the price for your mistakes!"

After saying that, the Fifth Madam immediately turned to Xie Junfei with a fawning smile:

"Don't worry, niece-in-law, I'll get her expelled from school right away."

"Besides, it's not good for a girl raised in a family like ours to go out and show her face in public all the time. So let's listen to my niece-in-law and let her stay in Shanxi for the rest of her life."

Xie Junfei watched as the Fifth Madam resorted to almost any means to gain forgiveness, a mocking smile flashing in his eyes, but his words were full of enthusiasm:

"Since Fifth Madam knows her mistake and is able to correct it, then I will be magnanimous and forgive you this time."

"As long as I don't see Zhao Feier again from now on, this matter will be over."

After saying that, Xie Junfei turned around and left, no longer paying attention to the hypocritical mother and daughter behind her.

Once the conflict was over, the servants from each household dispersed to relay the news to the ladies and young women in their respective homes.

Xie Junfei returned victorious.

There wasn't much movement of people in the old house, and the ladies and young women confined to the courtyard led rather uneventful lives.

Therefore, whenever there was the slightest disturbance in the old house, the maids and young ladies would get extremely excited and come out to peek.

Xie Junfei didn't care about any of that and walked confidently in the courtyard, letting them see.

As expected of a prominent Shanxi merchant family, the Huo family's mansion, despite its age, boasts exquisite scenery and decorations.

Xie Junfei walked and looked around. Although it was the dead of winter, the courtyard was covered in silver and white, and did not look desolate at all.

The butler walked beside Xie Junfei and asked in a low voice:

"Young Madam, why didn't you eliminate the threat completely? That woman almost ruined the young master's life."

The housekeeper could never forget the scene when Zhao Feier drugged Huo Shen.

At that time, Zhao Feier and the Fifth Madam dismissed everyone in the courtyard. Knowing that Huo Shen's willpower was different from that of ordinary people, they specially administered an aphrodisiac with a strong hallucinogenic effect, attempting to force Huo Shen to submit.

Who knew that his young master, with his last breath, threw the naked Zhao Feier out of the room and locked the door to the inner room.

When he and Dr. Zhao broke down the door, what they saw was the young master cutting his own arm with a dagger, trying to regain his senses.

When the young master mentioned these things to the young mistress, he only mentioned them lightly and even privately instructed them not to mention his injury to the young mistress.

Thinking of this, Director Guan sighed deeply, somewhat worried.

Xie Junfei chuckled and replied:

"Now is not the time to turn against them."

"If we fight them to the death over such a trivial matter, they might resort to desperate measures and retaliate against Huo Shen."

"The best solution is to appease them on the surface while secretly setting traps behind their backs."

After saying that, she didn't notice the butler beside her looking hesitant, and went back to her room while admiring the scenery.

Huo Shen was already waiting in the house, and when he saw her return, his eyes were filled with smiles:

"Why did you decide to go out? It's so cold outside."

Xie Junfei plopped down next to him and gave him a disgruntled look:

"What's cold? You've wrapped me up like a loaf of bread, how can you say you're cold?"

"I'm almost dying of heat from walking all this way."

As she spoke, she began to take off her clothes.

Huo Shen doted on her, and he put more effort into choosing fabrics for her clothes than he did for his own. The frayed cloak alone was worth a fortune.

Seeing how hard she was struggling to get dressed, Huo Shen offered to help.

As the two drew closer, the man lowered his head slightly and asked softly:

"I just heard from the maid that you were very angry in the yard."

Xie Junfei nodded:

“I fired your mother’s former manager at the winery and kicked her daughter out.”

“That girl entered the old house around the same time as you. I’ve secretly investigated her. The third branch of the family gave the matriarch a sum of money a while ago, asking her to send her daughter in to provoke me.”

Upon hearing this, Huo Shen nodded and affectionately pinched the girl's cheek.

"If you want to kick him out, then kick him out. He's just a servant."

"It's just that you've had a hard time keeping me company here, playing along with those old fogies."

Upon hearing this, Xie Junfei laughed instead.

She looked up, stood on tiptoe, and kissed the man's cheek, her eyes crinkling with laughter.

"What's so strange about that? I actually find it fun."

"Here, without any backing, playing along is truly exhausting."

"With you as my backer, dealing with them is just like playing with a dog when I have nothing better to do."

After saying that, Xie Junfei told Huo Shen about the scene she had just caused in the Fifth Madam's courtyard.

When Huo Shen talked about how they went to Zhao Feier's yard to vandalize it, his expression suddenly became indescribable.

Xie Junfei was somewhat puzzled, and the man could only explain:

"Ever since she drugged me, she was afraid of my revenge, so she moved to the main room of the fifth house."

"Fifth Master was a man of refined tastes who loved collecting antiques; his house was filled with treasures he had collected from all over the country."

Upon hearing this, Xie Junfei immediately went on high alert:

"No wonder the Fifth Madam looked so distressed."

"How much was that pile of stuff worth? I remember smashing it all back then."

Seeing the little girl's anxious expression, the man smiled, pulled her into his arms, and kissed her cheek.

Don't worry, it's not much.

The speaker may not have meant anything by it, but the listener took it to heart.

The butler, who was passing by the window outside, heard this and couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

The young mistress smashed antiques worth tens or hundreds of millions of yuan without a second thought.

Only the young master dares to pamper and indulge people like this; if it were any other household, there would have been a huge uproar long ago.