It was a rage born of humiliation and anger.
Yes, she was a young lady of the Duke Residence, but there were others even more pampered than she.
Like princesses and Commandery Princesses, truth be told, she wasn't the eldest legitimate daughter; in the eyes of the Royal Family, it was customary to marry the eldest legitimate daughters, for they were born to be eldest and thus received different tutelage.
Although she was a legitimate daughter, in reality, she was only a daughter in name; born of a concubine, her stepmother treated her neither warm nor cold, and there was absolutely no comparing her to the two daughters of her father's wife. Even her dowry would not match that of her legitimate sisters, and her stepmother would certainly not take out her own dowry to supplement hers.
Whatever the Duke Residence provided, whatever the bridal gifts were, that would be enough to save face for them both.
She understood all these things.
