Su Qingyu explained calmly, "Grandma, you misunderstood. I was supposed to go to the Duke of Wei's mansion today, but Grandma sent someone to call me at the last minute, and I didn't have time to change my clothes."

"It's the first month of the year, so it's not appropriate for me to go to the Zhao family dressed plainly."

"And my fourth sister is busy at the shop early in the morning and has to go to the Song family frequently. She's dressed so poorly, which is unacceptable."

"Grandmother, are you going to hold a funeral for my second sister? Do you want me to give the order?"

The old lady's expression froze in shock. A funeral? The emperor personally punished someone, and the Su family held a funeral. Are they courting death?

"I'm not mourning, I'm asking you two to stop caring about yourselves and think about your sisters as well."

Su Qingyu nodded and said, "Granddaughter will remember this. Grandma, don't worry. I will take good care of my fourth and fifth sisters in the future."

Now, of the sisters in the family, only Su Shunci and Su Zhilan are left alive, so she will naturally take good care of them.

The old lady was so angry that she almost couldn't breathe. Just as she was about to explode, Nanny Yuan walked over to her.

"Are you trying to ease the relationship with the two young ladies today, or just calm down?"

The old lady was startled to realize that she had lost her composure. Su Xiangling was gone, so there was no need for her to get upset over what they wore.

Thinking of this, the old lady took two deep breaths and calmed down her anger.

Then he ordered someone to bring brocade stools for the two to sit on, and said with a smile: "You are right. Your status is different now, so you should pay more attention to your clothing."

Sitting aside, Su Chengye also glanced at his two daughters, and thought to himself, is there really something wrong with the Su family's feng shui?

How come after leaving the Su family, both of them are living well?

Two days ago, he ran into Lin Wanyin and Bai Sulian on the street. They were both in high spirits, arm in arm, as they entered the Fanjin Building. They looked several years younger than when they were at the Marquis' Mansion.

He followed them in, and found that the two had bought more than five thousand taels of silver worth of head ornaments. But he only had fifty taels of silver on him that day, and he had to be frugal.

The old lady saw that Su Qingyu and her sister were sitting there without saying a word, and had no admiration for their elders.

Then he ordered Madam Yuan, "Go get the freshly made peanut and walnut syrup from the kitchen and give it to the two young ladies."

Then he smiled and said, "Knowing you were coming, I told someone to prepare it this morning."

Soon, a maid brought in two bowls of peanut and walnut soup.

Su Qingyu and Su Shunci looked at each other, helpless smiles in their eyes.

The two took it and put it down together.

The old lady was puzzled, "Why don't you drink?"

Su Qingyu and Su Shunci spoke almost at the same time.

“I never ate peanuts since I was a kid.”

“I haven’t eaten walnuts since I was a child.”

Su Shunci looked at Su Qingyu in surprise again and asked aggrievedly.

"Big sister, is grandma trying to intimidate us?"