"If I had to deal with something like this?" Mrs. Qian, who had a rather hot temper, felt awful just thinking about it.
She slammed her hand on the table and declared, "I would never let anyone walk all over me. If she really dared to scheme against me, I'd bring my people and have her dismantled piece by piece."
Her words were full of a bandit's ferocity. Mrs. Jiang clapped her hands together and asked, "But what if your husband stands on her side?
"We are already past our prime, and those men have long had their souls charmed away. What would you do then?"
Mrs. Qian fell silent. She had spoken boldly at first, but calming down to really think about it, if she were in Mrs. Lin's position, she would probably be just as conflicted.
"Why are the lives of us women so bitter?" Madam Li empathized deeply. "We spend our whole lives bearing children and managing the inner courtyard for them, yet we still aren't treated well. What exactly is all this for?"
