Chapter 100 Tea
Although Chen Wan had no money, she did not feel the urgency of lacking money, nor did she worry about money. If she really needed money, her parents and elder brother would give it to her.
Chen Wan would not take other people's money, except Xie Jingyu.
Who made him bully her like that?
Shanhu handed her the banknote, and Shen Wan accepted it without hesitation.
It's justified and reasonable.
I even wanted to go out right away and spend every penny.
Although it was late and I couldn't go out, just thinking about it made me feel relieved and my anger was almost gone.
After a tiring day, I slept so soundly at night that I didn’t even have a dream. When I woke up, I felt completely exhausted.
Today is the day when Qu Yan comes in to serve tea. After Shen Wan has breakfast, he goes to Mingyue Garden and goes to Shou'an Hall with Shen Yu.
At the wedding banquet yesterday, Chen Yu did not leave the hospital from morning to night. After all, she had been divorced, so she did not get involved in the wedding banquet to avoid gossip.
It is not necessary to show up at the wedding banquet. Qu Yan serves tea. Not showing up is not giving Qu Yan face. Besides, Chen Yu has to pay her respects to the old lady occasionally.
By the time Chen Wan and Chen Yu arrived, almost everyone except the second wife had arrived.
The Second Madam was in a very bad mood. Yesterday, it was Yun and the Third and Fourth Madams who were busy welcoming and seeing off guests. She just sat there and talked with those noble ladies, and she looked uninterested.
Originally, this marriage was for her son, but in the end it went to the fourth wife. The second wife felt upset when she thought about it.
Her husband has a mistress, her daughter cheats on her husband, and her son touches the old lady's maid. The second lady can no longer hold her head up in the circle of noble ladies in Kyoto. The noble ladies who used to be warm and familiar with her have become much more distant from her.
If she wasn't afraid of being laughed at, she wouldn't even want to show her face. The Second Lady arrived late, but no one dared to say she was late.
After the second lady arrived, Chen Xun and Qu Yan came in a short while later.
Chen Xun was full of energy and vigor, while Qu Yan's eyes and brows were tired, with a hint of coquettishness, which showed that she did not get enough rest on her wedding night last night.
But no one teased them, because everyone from the second house was there, praising Chen Xun and Qu Yan as a perfect match made in heaven. This was just to make the second house unhappy, and there was no need for that.
No one praised her. The maid brought a futon, and Chen Xun and Qu Yan knelt down to serve tea to the old lady.
The old lady gave Qu Yan a mutton-fat jade bracelet as a gift.
After paying their respects to the old lady, it was Shen Ji and Yun's turn, and they both knelt down. Shen Ji gave a jade ruyi as a gift, and Yun's gave a pair of gold and jade hairpins, which were luxurious and exquisite.
Then came the fourth master and his fourth wife, who knelt down to serve tea, followed by the second master and his second wife, and the third master and his third wife. They did not kneel down to them, but they were all given greeting gifts.
The younger generations all know each other, and calling her "Fourth Sister-in-law" is considered a greeting.
After drinking the tea offered by his bride, Shen Ji was ready to leave as he had other things to do in the military camp. At this time, Qu Yan picked up the teacup and walked towards Shen Wan.
Chen Wan frowned, and Qu Yan said, "The second young lady and I had some unpleasantness in the Jade Pavilion last time. I hope the second young lady won't take it to heart with me."
Qu Yan is not someone who would give in easily, especially on a day like the tea ceremony, and she had to apologize to her in front of so many people.
Chen Wan's eyes fell on the teacup. In her previous life, she and Qu Yan had a conflict. Her eldest brother said a few words on her behalf, and Qu Yan went back to the Shangshu Mansion in anger. Her eldest brother went to coax her back, and Qu Yan apologized to her. As a result, when she took the teacup, her hand was pricked by something, and she lost her grip on the teacup and dropped it to the ground.
Everyone believed that she did it on purpose. The old lady scolded her for being unreasonable. Even if Qu Yan was at fault, she apologized to her and should let it go.
Chen Wan had no good feelings towards Qu Yan and dared not to be on guard.
Chen Wan didn't take Qu Yan's tea and brought another one. "If Fourth Sister-in-law hadn't told me, I wouldn't have remembered this. I was a little too extreme that day. I hope Fourth Sister-in-law won't take it to heart."
You apologize to me and I apologize to you, there is really a sense of respect between you and your sister-in-law.
Shen Ji said, “We will be a family from now on, so get along well.”
After Shen Ji left, Shen Li and the second master left. Shen Wan also wanted to leave, but she patiently stayed for another quarter of an hour before going to the garden with Shen Yu.
After admiring the flowers in the garden for a while, Yun sent someone to find Shen Yu, and Shen Yu went to see Yun, and Shen Wan returned to Qingyi Garden.
But just as she left, a maid came over and said, "Miss, the maid in the garden came to tell you that the Jade Belt Purple Robe plant you were raising in the garden was accidentally broken by the Fourth Young Mistress..."
Swish.
Shen Wan’s face suddenly turned cold.
She knew that Qu Yan was not a good person. She didn't accept the tea she offered as an apology, but turned around and started making trouble again.
She was a new bride, the daughter of a minister marrying the young master of the fourth house. She was already wronged. She had just entered the house, so even if she made some mistakes, she had to endure it. Otherwise, if it got out, she would be known as a bride-buster.
Qu Yan was not careless at all; she was clearly doing it on purpose, relying on her status as a new bride.
Shen Wan was very angry.
She liked camellia, and the Jade Belt Purple Robe was a gift from Yun Miao. She had originally kept it in the yard, but later when the mansion held a banquet, Chen Wu asked her to move the Jade Belt Purple Robe to the garden so that all the guests could appreciate it.
She did as she was told without thinking much, but after moving it to the garden, she couldn't get it back. The maid planted the Jade Belt Purple Robe in the garden, saying that orchids were delicate and would die easily if dug out after planting, so it would be better to just keep it in the garden.
She was easy to talk to at that time, so she didn't insist on taking the flowers back.
Shanhu asked, "How could it break?"
The little maid also wanted to know. The Jade Belt Purple Robe plant had been growing in the garden for almost a year and was fine, but it was broken when the Fourth Young Madam came. It is difficult to accidentally break a flower.
Shen Wan waved her hand and sent the little maid away.
The little maidservant here went out, and soon another maidservant came in, "Miss, the fourth young lady is here."
Chen Wan guessed that Qu Yan would come. She tried to plot against her elder brother twice but failed, and finally ended up in the hands of the Fourth Young Master. How could she not hate him in her heart? She would not give up until she took advantage of her status as a bride to fight her a few times.
Shen Wan suppressed his anger and stood up to greet her, "Why is Fourth Sister-in-law here?"
Qu Yan said, "Just now, I was in the garden and accidentally broke your jade belt and purple robe. I'm so clumsy. I'm really sorry."
Chen Wan smiled and said, "Fourth sister-in-law, you are too serious. That Jade Belt Purple Robe was mine before, but I planted it in the garden and I never thought of digging it out again. It's a pity that it broke, but Fourth sister-in-law didn't do it on purpose, so why should I be angry?"
The jade belt and purple robe had been broken. She was annoyed with Qu Yan about this and they started arguing, and the old lady just wanted to punish her.
She would never do such a stupid thing.
Qu Yan didn't expect Chen Wan to be so easy to talk to. She was completely different from when she helped Miss Zhao from the Hanlin Academy confront her in the Jade Pavilion.
The feeling of punching like hitting cotton made her very uncomfortable.
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