"Tell this concubine, where is my mother now?" Su Mingmei used a commanding tone and tried to look elegant saying it to all the attendants who welcoming her arrival."Report, Royal Concubine, your mother is being locked up in her courtyard house at the behest of Patriarch Su."
One of the servants who welcomed the arrival of Concubine Ming told her mother"s condition. Glancing at the servant who gave the information, Su Mingmei recognized him as one of the servants who had been supported her mother inside this residence.
Hearing the news that her mother was locked up by Patriarch Su, Su Mingmei immediately went to the courtyard where her mother usually lived. Although she married Su Zhuanjin, the son of the second generation legitimate wife of the Su family, her parents never lived together after their marriage.
"Second Master, Su Mingmei has come to visit Su"s residence."
Su Zhuanjin"s manservant informed the arrival of his second master eldest daughter to the man who was drinking wine during the day. Hearing the news given to him, Su Zhuanjin only snorted cynically. He did not care if his eldest daughter came to visit. He never liked the children of Hong Tiaoqing. The woman was a poisonous woman and Hong Tiaoqing educated her daughter to be similar to the poisonous woman.
"Second Master, you can use your daughter"s influence to strengthen your influence inside this residence." Su Zhuanjin"s manservant tried to give advice.
"You stupid! Do you think Su Mingmei will help me to get rid of her mother? "
"Second master, don"t you want to get rid of Fifth Master?"
"Hmph! Su Gaishan, I don"t need to take care of him now. That man has been destroyed after losing his wife. " Looking away, Su Zhuanjin added in a whisper; "Like me who also lost her."
"Second master-"
"Leave-"
Su Zhuanjin"s manservant left the Second Master who drank wine with a grim face, staring at an artificial lake filled with lotus flowers who is liked by the woman he once loves the most. The woman who"s killed by the wife forced by his father to be married.
Su Mingmei arrived at the front door of the courtyard where her mother used to live. At the door, two guards are standing guard lazily. The two guards were surprised to receive the arrival of Concubine Ming, accompanied by several servants wearing court maid uniforms. Some of the highly ranked servants of Su"s residence also accompanied the woman who was previously famous in the Su family"s residence as the most attractive young woman. Su Mingmei"s popularity made the two guards quickly recognize her.
"Royal Concubine-"
The two guards saluted the young woman. Before she becomes Emperor"s concubine, the two guards were one of the people inside the Su residence who were interested in the beauty of this young woman. Unfortunately, their roles as lowly guards prevented them from proposing to this young woman.
"Open the door, this concubine wants to meet my mother." Su Mingmei ordered the two guards who stood guard at the front door of Hong Tiaoqing"s courtyard.
Hearing this young woman"s orders, the two guards looked at each other, both of them feeling unsure if they could refuse the order, but they had been given a strict order by Patriarch Su to refuse all those who wanted to meet Hong Tiaoqing because the woman was receiving punishment from Patriarch Su.
"I"m sorry, Royal Concubine, but we received orders from Patriarch Su to reject all guests who want to meet with Second Madam." one of the guards tried to explain their refusal to obey this young woman"s orders.
"Guest?! Do you think this concubine is only Second Madam"s guest? Second Madam is my biological mother!"
"Regarding that- It"s better for the Royal Concubine to ask Patriarch Su first." the two guards looked confused rejecting Su Mingmei.
"Impudent!"
One of the Palace maids who followed Su Mingmei to visit Su"s residence immediately slapped the two guards. The two guards who were slapped were shocked because they could not dodge the maid"s slap. Are Palace maids all this great?!
Su Mingmei looked coldly at the two guards who received a slap from one of her maids. Walking past the two guards who were lying down because of the deep slap of energy from the maid who was standing back behind her again, Su Mingmei pa.s.sed the gate of her mother"s courtyard which had been opened by one of the Su family servants who accompanied her.
The two guards who had collapsed because of the slap could only see the actions of Su Mingmei who had entered the Second Madam"s courtyard. They could not move after receiving the slap of the young maid who accompanied Concubine Ming. Feeling somewhat afraid, the two guards could only stay silent on the spot. They did not dare to imagine the punishment they would get for letting Second Madam accept someone else"s visit even though the person who came to visit was Second Madam"s biological daughter.
Su Mingmei entered the courtyard that Hong Tiaoqing lived in since the coquettish woman married Su Zhuanjin. This young woman remembered that this courtyard was not as luxurious as it is now because Su Zhuanjin never cared about the condition of the courtyard that her mother lived in. After Madam Xu; the Su Family Fifth died, her mother took over one of the women"s shops which were supposed to belong to Su Qingyi. Madam Xu was a beautiful and elegant woman, Hong Tiaoqing was far behind compared to that woman. Her mother; Hong Tiaoqing loved to vilify that woman and never forgot to make her two children hate the friendly woman. Her mother jealousy looks so clear to Su Mingmei, but she can"t help to let the hate inside her grows to make her also hate Madam Xu"s daughter.
"Mother-"
Su Mingmei called the beautiful and coquettish woman who was lying on the wooden couch lazily under the dim light sun below the lush tree. This woman in her thirties does not look like she is serving a punishment, but is on vacation time. Hearing Su Mingmei"s call, Hong Tiaoqing opened her sleepy eyes. Realizing the presence of her eldest daughter, Hong Tiaoqing immediately sat down.
"Mei-er, you come~"
"Yes, this daughter come to visit you."