The eldest daughter's scheming, the crown prince's exclusive favor to the venomous concubi

Jian Yue paused, her lowered eyes narrowing slightly.

The servants used the side door, but she, a young lady from the manor, actually used it! Haha! What a show!

She looked slightly surprised, then said with a wronged expression, "Uncle Qiu, what do you mean by this?"

"It's not my idea, Miss Six. This is Madam's idea, and it's all for your own good. Think about it, although you have a noble status, you have had a hard life since childhood, and your health is so weak now. If it is really because the Qiu family is too good that your illness gets worse, that would be a sin."

Such earnest advice, yet with a smug look in her eyes, made Jian Yue feel nothing but sarcasm. Xiao Cui, on the other hand, was furious and stepped forward, saying, "What kind of logic is this? Although my young lady is frail, she is not someone who can be injured by a mere gate. How can you make my young lady use that side gate for lower-class people because of this unfounded excuse? This is unreasonable."

Upon hearing this, Uncle Qiu suddenly straightened up, head held high. He glanced sideways at Xiao Cui and coldly said, "Insolence! You're just a lowly maid, how dare you talk about the rules of the Qiu family? Now that I'm here, I say these are the rules of the Qiu family, and that's it. Sixth Miss, are you going in or not?"

"you……"

Jian Yue stopped Xiao Cui, who was about to speak, and turned to look at Qiu Bo with a smile, saying, "Uncle Qiu, please don't be angry. My girl is just a country bumpkin. She doesn't know any rules. Please be magnanimous and don't take it to heart with a little girl."

Besides, my mother did this for my own good, and I'm just grateful; how could I not appreciate it? There are doors both ways; it doesn't matter which one I take.”

"In that case, Miss Six, please come inside with this old servant!"

Uncle Qiu's arrogance, the two gatekeepers' gloating, and the gradually closing gate all infuriated Xiao Cui. Suppressing her anger, she stepped forward, supporting Jian Yue's trembling shoulders, and said aggrievedly, "Miss..."

Jian Yue reached out and squeezed Xiao Cui's hand, giving her a reassuring look. She then looked up at Qiu Bo and said softly, "Don't be hasty. A small act of impatience can ruin a great plan. This is just the first show of force. The Sun family's tricks are not so simple. If you can't withstand them now, you won't be able to cross the threshold of the Qiu family."

The Qiu family has resorted to any means necessary, all in an effort to ensure she can never rise again, to make her submissive and always under their control.

The endless suppression made her perpetually timid and subservient to him.

It's just a door, it really doesn't matter.

"Uncle Qiu is right. Let's go in now, so as not to keep Mother waiting."

That last glance at Qiu Bo, her phoenix eyes narrowed slightly as she smiled at him, made Qiu Bo suddenly feel a cold sweat break out all over his body. He couldn't understand what was wrong with him. Why did he feel so scared when this sixth young lady hadn't done anything and was even speaking very softly out of fear?

Shaking his head, he dismissed the unrealistic thoughts in his mind. He glanced at Jian Yue, who was still timidly waiting for him to open the door with her head down, and then waved his sleeve to let the doorman open the door.

Jian Yue and Xiao Cui went inside, but Qiu Bo did not go in. Instead, he had the gatekeeper lock the side door again, but he opened the main door and walked in with his head held high.

"Miss, this is too much! They actually..."

Walking behind Uncle Qiu, Xiao Cui couldn't hold back any longer, and her eyes reddened.