"I heard that Miss Qiuyi of the Liang family was also sick, but she did not refuse others to visit her. I went to see her a while ago, and Miss Liang looked really bad. I heard that she had just arrived in this icy and snowy northern land, and she couldn't stand the cold and got sick."
"Ms. Liang is the niece of the Empress Dowager. She can endure the bitter cold of Beiguan and live a hard life. If this Miss Wei..."
Jingping Lane, where the Wei family lives, is located in the southern part of the city where civilians live. The entrance to the lane is not wide and cannot accommodate so many carriages.
The girls who came to visit Wei Yunlan had to get off the carriage at the entrance of the alley and walk into the alley.
As they walked, Miss Lu kept talking, and her words often compared Wei Yunlan with Liang Qiuyi.
One steps on you, the other praises you.
As for who is being stepped on and who is being praised, it is obvious.
But after she shook her head and expressed her feelings, no one around responded to her.
The carriage that Qiu Yuehua and Huang Yuling were riding in also stopped behind them. Qiu Yuehua got off the carriage and heard Miss Lu's two sentences.
He immediately sneered.
"The Empress Dowager's niece?" Qiu Yuehua curled her lips. "If I remember correctly, Liang Qiuyi is the daughter of the Second Madam of the Liang Family. She has no blood relationship with the Empress Dowager's niece, the First Madam of the Liang Family."
"Tsk, you're trying to bring up the Empress Dowager. Does Liang Qiuyi know that you're flattering her like this, Miss Lu?"
Qiu Yuehua has always been outspoken and merciless in his words.
Those who have lived in Beiguan for a long time understand her character.
Several girls who had been told by their families to be on good terms with Miss Lu wanted to say a few words on Miss Lu's behalf, but when they saw that the person who started to mock Miss Lu was Qiu Yuehua, they dared not say much and all of them shrank their heads and became quails.
Miss Lu opened her mouth several times but didn't know how to refute Qiu Yuehua's words.
After all, what they said was correct. Liang Qiuyi was the legitimate daughter of the second branch of the Liang family. She was related to the Empress Dowager by blood and was from the eldest branch of the Liang family.
But who would say such things openly?
Just when Miss Lu was feeling embarrassed, the door of the Wei family's mansion in the alley opened wide.
The eldest lady of the Wei family, Cheng Yue'e, personally led a maid out to greet them.
When she first arrived at Beiguan, Cheng Yue'e had gone out with Gao to socialize a few times, and she recognized several of the girls present.
For example, Huang Yuling and Tu You had visited Wei Yunlan's house long before he left for the northwest, so Cheng Yue'e naturally recognized them.
As soon as she saw the door of the Wei family open, Huang Yuling, who was walking behind, took a long step, passed the people in front of her, stepped forward and said with a bow, "Sister-in-law of the Wei family, we are having a gathering today. We learned that Yunlan's health is not well yet, so we agreed to come over to see him. Is it convenient for you?"
While speaking, Huang Yuling had already walked to a position only two steps away from Cheng Yue'e. She turned her back to the other people who came with her and winked at Cheng Yue'e several times.
Cheng Yue'e was slightly startled when she saw this.
He immediately understood that this Miss Huang was friends with Lan'er.
If they really haven't prepared for the response, they can use the excuse of inconvenience to help get away with it.
Fortunately, there is no inconvenience now, and even the coping methods prepared early in the morning are no longer needed...
Thinking of the scene just now, Cheng Yue'e had to suppress the smile with great difficulty.
"It's not a big inconvenience. The weather has been warm recently, and Yunlan's health has improved a little. He was able to get out of bed and walk around today."
"Please sit in the hall for a while. I will go and call Yunlan over."
As Chen Yue'e spoke, she left her maid to serve tea to everyone and went into the backyard.
Encouraged by Miss Lu, the girls who came with her looked at each other in bewilderment. From what Miss Lu said, it seemed that Wei Yunlan was not in Beiguan, but looking at the Wei family members now, they didn't seem to have any guilty conscience.
There must be some misunderstanding here!
The Wei family’s house in Jingping Lane is not big.
The front hall was packed.
Before the maid had poured tea for everyone, the curtain was opened from the outside, and Wei Yunlan, who had not been seen for a whole winter, walked in with her two personal maids, Ningshuang and Tingxue.
"Miss Wei!"
"Miss Wei..."
The eyes of everyone in the hall fell on Wei Yunlan's face at the same time.
Huang Yuling, Qiu Yuehua and Tu You all breathed a sigh of relief.
Miss Lu and the other ladies who were on good terms with her showed surprise in their eyes.
"It's been a while since we last met. You look a lot lighter." Qiu Yuehua looked Wei Yunlan up and down. "I still have some snow frogs sent from Yuezhou. They are the best for replenishing blood. I'll ask someone to send two boxes over later so you can have some to replenish your energy."
Qiu Yuehua spoke in her usual condescending manner.
However, after dealing with her several times, Wei Yunlan already knew that this person was harsh in words but actually had a good heart.
Otherwise, in the previous life, she would not have joined Huang Yuling's women's army and sacrificed her life to protect Beiguan City...
"Thank you very much, Miss Qiu." Wei Yunlan said readily.
She was indeed thinner than before she left Beiguan City, because she had been traveling for several months.
But perhaps because she moved more frequently and the space was continuously upgraded, even though she was thin, her complexion was much better than before she set out.
Now, in order to match the state of having just recovered from a long illness, she deliberately put on two more layers of makeup, making her face look particularly pale.
He exchanged a few words with Qiu Yuehua, Huang Yuling and the other two, and then greeted several young ladies in the hall whom he had met at the party before.
Wei Yunlan set his eyes on Miss Lu's face.
This Miss Lu was tall, the tallest among all the ladies present, except Huang Yuling. Even when she was sitting on a chair, she was half a head taller than the person next to her.
But her cheeks were a little thin, and she looked a little mean.
The upturned corners of her eyes give her an exotic look, unlike the average Central Plains woman.
If it were a few months ago, Wei Yunlan would not have thought of going anywhere else. But after her trip to the northwest, seeing the northwestern countries and several tribes of the northern barbarians, her knowledge was much deeper than before.
Her intuition told her that something was wrong with this Miss Lu.
"I wonder who this person is..."
"This is Miss Lu. She just came to Beiguan to join the army a few years ago. Her father is a border guard in the army stationed in the north." The daughter of an officer who was sitting next to Miss Lu and had dealt with Wei Yunlan in the Nanjiao Forest Farm introduced the two to each other.
"When I came to Beiguan, Miss Wei happened to be ill."
"I have heard of Miss Wei's name for a long time, but I have never had the chance to meet her. Today I finally get to meet her."
Wei Yunlan's inquiring gaze fell on Miss Lu's smiling face.
If we hadn't known that she was the one who instigated today's incident, just looking at this smiling face, who could have imagined that she was the one who was stirring up trouble behind the scenes not long ago?
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