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Madam Tian turned to look at Madam Chou before smiling but even though she was smiling she had long grounded her teeth into fine powder. She knew it, there was no way that dual-face Situ Zhilan would let her daughter take the limelight. She said, " Aren't they good friends of your daughter?"
On the other hand, Madam Chou was considerably calm as she replied, " What are you saying? Those three just meet my daughter once in a while. How can you doubt my Lan'er because of that?"
Both women knew that this was a test that Old Master Situ had arranged for Situ Yaoyue. If she succeeds, she will get her own fief along with many other properties of the Situ family. Because Yaoyue was incapable of taking care of herself, all her properties were being shared by Situ Zhilan and Situ Jie.
