Recently, Emily's relationship with Mrs. Brown has been getting worse, causing her a great deal of distress.
"Mom, can't you just say a few less things to me? I'm not in a good mood today," Emily pouted in response.
Charlotte instructed the servant to clean the corridor and then pulled her into the house, asking, "What's going on? Weren't you supposed to go to James's house? Why did you come back with such a gloomy face?"
"It's all because of James's mom. She was picking on me, so I got upset and came back," Emily replied angrily.
Charlotte sighed helplessly. "Mrs. Brown has a lot of influence in the Brown family, even James's father listens to her. If she disagrees, your marriage to James might be in jeopardy."
"The more she disagrees, the more I want to marry her son, just to annoy
