บท 263: Feeling Shameful

Miss Mu returned to her mansion with her family, witnessing their distressed looks. The Duchess began to wail.

"It's all my fault. I've made you all suffer like this." 

Miss Mu shot her a cold look. "Mother, when our founding ancestor had nothing, he served our late Emperor from the bottom, starting as a lowly soldier. One mustn't forget their roots. Just because our family has achieved status now doesn't mean we should look down on others. The people you disdain are the ones we can't afford to provoke."

"We've suffered an undeserved humiliation."

"Mother, can you stop talking like this? Who brought about this humiliation? If it weren't for you trying to harm her son, would she have acted like this?"

"You... I don't have a daughter like you that sides with outsiders."

"I didn't want a mother who was so callous with people's lives, but I had no choice."

"You!"