Weiyuan Huai

  "Third brother, you're wrong to say that. This old lady should take precedence over nature, and both the master and third brother are seniors of Qing Luan, so it's proper for them to sit before her. Qing Luan, don't you think this is the correct etiquette?" Li Shi smiled and handed this difficult question over to Qing Luan.

  Qin's eyebrows furrowed imperceptibly, although she didn't want to get involved in the conflict between the main house and the second house. However, her impression of Qing Luan was good after these few days together, and she pitied her for losing her parents at such a young age and having to face the second house's ulterior motives alone. She spoke up softly, "Qing Luan, come sit by Grandma's side. Since Cheng Ge isn't here, it can't be a complete family reunion, which is quite pitiful."

  Qing Luan didn't expect Qin Shi to say that, it seemed that her sincere visits over the past few days had an effect. Upon hearing Qin Shi mention Wei Yan, she slightly reddened around the eyes, bowed to Qin Shi and then walked towards him.

  She was wearing a moon-white dress with small floral patterns, her big eyes sparkling with tears, her clean white teeth biting her lower lip, obviously holding back tears. This look was the most pitiful, and it suddenly stirred up Wei Yan's compassionate heart.

  He was a military officer, and his temperament was originally impatient. Moreover, the Weiyuan Marquis's household had already divided into different branches, so he didn't fear the second branch either. He directly spoke to Li Shi, saying: "Second Aunt, when Zhen Er left, she brought your whole family back to the manor in order to take care of Qing Luan more conveniently. Why do I feel like you don't seem to care about Qing Luan at all?"

  Li's expression changed, and the smile froze on his lips: "Third brother, what are you talking about? Which eye did you see that I don't care about Qingyuan?" In Li's eyes, Wei Yanji was just a concubine son, and his status was naturally not comparable to that of Wei Yanhua. However, he didn't think that the other person had relied solely on his own ability to achieve an official position that was even higher than Wei Yanhua's.

  "What's the fuss about? Today is a rare Mid-Autumn Festival, and you have to make everyone unhappy." Wei Yanhua grumbled, his heart resentful of Wei Yanshi for not giving him face, but this sentence was directed at Li Shi, secretly blaming her for being short-sighted despite having long hair, it's just a family dinner, no need to make such a big deal out of it, making it seem like the two of them are ganging up on a lone girl.

  "Third brother, this time it was your second sister-in-law who was negligent, but you can't completely deny your second sister-in-law because of this small matter. It's not easy for her to manage such a large household like the Wei Yuan Marquis Manor so smoothly." After hitting Li Shi with his stick, Wei Yan Hua turned to speak to Wei Yan Xi.

  "Qing Luan, tell me, did your Second Aunt treat you the same way as Qing Yu and Qing Yuan?" Before Wei Yan Xi could say anything, Wei Yan Hua shifted his gaze to Qing Luan again.

  Qing Luan secretly sneered in his heart, it was this hypocritical guy who handed over the so-called "evidence of treason" last time, which brought about the disaster of extinction to their family. If plotting against Wei Yuanhou's title was Li Shi's own idea, Qing Luan would never believe it.

  Unfortunately, she doesn't have any substantial evidence to expose the true nature of the second house yet, so all she can do is plot slowly and wait for her brother to return before making a long-term plan.

  "Second Aunt was naturally kind to Qing Luan." Qing Luan composed the emotions in her heart and glanced timidly at Li Shi.

  Wei Yan did not say anything more, after all Wei Yanqing and Wei Yuhuai were full brothers born to the same mother, in terms of closeness he as the third brother was naturally far away.

  After this small storm, Qing Luan decided to get close to the third house. In her previous life, she didn't have much contact with San Shu's family, and after getting married, they lost touch altogether. But now it seems that San Shu is still a man of great justice. One tree does not make a forest, even if Brother comes back, one person cannot accomplish anything. Uniting all forces that can be united is the right principle.