"Why didn't the Old Master eat the food we sent him? Did she eat it all?" Lady Zhang asked when she overheard the conversation.
"Exactly." Lian Yeye repeated what Zhao Xiue had done, how she vomited, and how Old Master Lian handed over the bowl of noodle dough to Zhao Xiue.
"Manman, why didn't you mention this when you got back?" Lady Zhang asked.
"It's not surprising, there's too much to talk about every day; we wouldn't have time for anything else," Lian Manman responded. Ever since Zhao Xiue got pregnant, she had been making a fuss over nothing every day, manipulating people as she pleased.
She didn't speak of it because she didn't want Lady Zhang and Lian Shouxin to get angry as well. Zhao Xiue had everyone in the family under her control, except for Lady Zhou, Old Master Lian, and Lian Xiuxiu, at least for the time being. That's not to say Zhao Xiue hadn't tried.