Sisters in Arms 2
"Wei Qingyan, what do you mean?"
"It doesn't mean anything, I was just praising my elder sister for being kind, what did you hear, Yanmei?" Wei Qingyun asked with a smile, but the smile didn't quite reach her eyes.
Weiqing furrowed her brow, pulled back her sister who was about to step forward and argue, and looked up and down at Weiqing Luan. What's wrong with this girl? She wasn't like this usually. It seemed that since she appeared at the second gate this morning, Weiqing Luan had become different.
Weiqing Luan saw Weiqing Yu pulling her own sister, and coldly smiled in her heart. This Weiqing Yu was always a hypocrite, often stirring up trouble between Weiqing Luan and herself, then coming out as the good person. In her past life, she had been deceived by this very behavior, thinking that Weiqing Yu was a good person.
"Sister, younger sister, is there anything else?" Wei Qinglan asked, she didn't have the energy to linger in this courtyard with them.
Weiqing suppressed the doubts in her heart and smiled, saying: "Originally wanted to come and see my second sister, now that my sister is busy, we won't disturb you." As she spoke, she pulled Weiqingyuan and left with a flourish, just like when they arrived.
Wei Qing let them go, and then coldly ordered the gate of the courtyard to be closed.
Xia Zhi carefully attended to Wei Qing's bath, this was the first time she had seen her own young mistress with such an imposing air, and with just a few words, she made the other young mistresses retreat in disarray. A mistress like this was truly formidable.
"Miss, would you like to take a look at what the old lady gave us?" Xia Zhi asked, holding up the dressing box.
Qing Luan nodded, and Xia Zhi opened the box. Inside was a butterfly hairpiece inlaid with rubies, exquisitely crafted, even the subtle veins on the fluttering butterfly wings were clearly visible. After a moment of contemplation, Qing Luan asked: "Xia Zhi, go ask around and see what the others received."
She didn't know what attitude the old lady had towards Da Fang and Er Fang now, at least she could see a little from this gift.
Summer solstice, didn't dare to linger, busy responded and went out. Only Qing Luan was left sitting alone by the window, her brother had been away at the border for four years now. In these four years, the second house seemed to have already treated this Weiyuan Marquis Manor as their own treasure trove. Her past self couldn't see the sinister relationship within, but this life she wouldn't wait passively for death again.
It's been five days, and Qing Luan hasn't stopped going to Wanshoutang every morning and evening. On this day, Qing Luan went to Wanshoutang at the usual time to pay her respects. As soon as she stepped into the courtyard, she saw several of Li Shi's maids standing under the corridor. To her surprise, Li Shi was also there. Although Li Shi is nominally the wife of the old lady, they are not very far apart in age, and the old lady has taken good care of herself, so at first glance, it would seem that Li Shi is the old lady's sister.
The old lady apparently also knew that she was just taking advantage of her nominal position, exempting a group of people from morning and evening shifts.
On the second day, only Qing Luan came to pay respects in the morning. Qing Yu and Qing Yuan from the second house didn't come at all. However, by evening, Li Shi probably received news and sent a few girls from the second house over.
Because she didn't want Weiqing to monopolize the attention, Li forced Weiqingyu and Weiqingyuan to come over and pay their respects to the old lady. Weiqingyu was okay with it, as she understood the complicated relationships and could handle it well. However, Weiqingyuan took out her frustrations of not being able to sleep well on Weiqinglan, and had been mocking her for days.
The girls in the second house were always punctual and regular, but Li had never appeared before. It was strange that she should appear at this time, which made Qing Luan feel a little surprised.
