On my first day in the Duke of Liang’s household, my stepdaughter threw her ceremonial tea onto the floor, and my stepson threatened to have me cast out.
I drenched her with a teapot and took a ruler to his hand.
When their father asked what had happened, I told him I was merely teaching the children our household’s rules.
Everyone says a stepmother’s lot is hard.
But this household would recognize only one mistress: me.