Zhulan lowered her eyelids, her fingertips grazing the bottom of the teacup, reflecting on how Lady Fang managed to protect Lady Zhao and teach her to defend herself. Clearly, Lady Fang possessed her own wisdom. From Lady Fang's words earlier, it was apparent that she had a keen understanding of every matter; surely Lady Zhao's temperament took after Lady Fang's!
So, it was meaningful that Lady Fang had disclosed the Qian family's wealth in her presence. There was trust, but even more so, it was an indirect way of telling the Zhou family that the Qian family was affluent, very affluent indeed.
Lady Zhao was dumbfounded, wondering why her mother would say such things in front of her mother-in-law, "Mother."
