"Xing Wang is learning housekeeping from me now; there are some things that aren't quite appropriate to do overtly," the steward refused.
"Are you saying you don't want to help me?" Auntie Liu chuckled playfully, "You wouldn't be thinking of switching sides back to Madame Jiang seeing that the eldest daughter-in-law is now pregnant, would you?"
"What are you talking about, Auntie?" the steward laughed: "What is my relationship with Jin Zhui, and what is yours with her? How could I possibly do such a thing?"
"Jin Zhui is pregnant," Auntie Liu stared at the steward, her voice dropping in tone.
"What?" the steward gaped, stunned, not recovering for a good while.
Auntie Liu inwardly sneered repeatedly; seeing the steward's surprised and not pleased reaction made it all too clear what he was thinking.
