Chapter 56: Invitation from the City Lord's Mansion
"Liu!" Before she could finish, Old Lady Li interrupted her coldly, "Today is not the first day of the new year. What are you doing in the upper room?"
Liu secretly gave Bai Yaoyao a glare, then returned to Old Madam Li with a smile, her face full of arrogance and complacency.
She first sat down leisurely next to Yao, then took out a handkerchief slowly, and then shook off the dust that was not even on her body. Finally, she spoke slowly, "Mother, it's not a big deal! It's just that Miss Zhu, the daughter of the city lord, will have her coming-of-age ceremony in three days! You know, Madam Hu and the city lord are siblings, so naturally she will bring her daughter Hu Shuangyun to celebrate. I don't know how Miss Zhu found out that our Yaojia and Shuangyun were childhood friends, so she specially sent a letter to our Yaojia, inviting her to attend the ceremony together!"
After saying this, he sat there with a proud look on his face, waiting for everyone to envy him.
In the end, no one spoke. Instead, Li Mingze, with a puzzled look on his face, pulled his mother aside and asked, "Mom, didn't you beg Madam Hu to let my sister accompany Miss Hu? When did the city lord's daughter send an invitation to my sister?"
Liu, who was still pretending to be superior, said: ...
"Puchi!" Matron Hu couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Li Yaojia's face turned pale, and she turned her head away angrily, unwilling to look at anyone.
"Hmph! What does a child know? If you don't understand, don't talk nonsense!" Liu's facial expression took a long time to adjust, and she finally eased her embarrassment. She scolded her son.
"Enough, your words and deeds are not right, why are you scolding the child?" Old Lady Li couldn't stand it anymore and spoke directly, interrupting Liu.
"Yes, mother, whatever you say is right. Your daughter-in-law will listen to you!" Liu smiled awkwardly and said flatteringly.
"Is there anything else?" Old Madam Li didn't buy her talk at all and asked again.
Liu was stunned.
Anything else?
Of course!
However, wouldn't the prerequisite be that everyone would flatter and envy her daughter for having the opportunity to go to the City Lord's Mansion?
Then she took the opportunity to go to the warehouse to pick out some decent jewelry for Yaojia to show off!
By the way, she picked up a few more pieces!
"Mom, you...your only dear granddaughter is going to the City Lord's Mansion. This is something that will bring honor to our Li family. Don't you have anything to say?" She asked again unwillingly.
"Our Li family may not be extremely wealthy, but we are still one of the wealthy families in Sifang City. Even if Yaojia doesn't work hard, the things we will give her in the future will be enough for her to eat and drink without worries for the rest of her life. She doesn't need to curry favor with others at such a young age and put her face on the ground for others to trample on!" Old Lady Li snorted coldly and said.
Liu's face turned pale.
Yao Jiaze's eyes turned red!
Grandmother still loves her! "Mother...what are you talking about? What do you mean by putting your face on the ground and letting others step on it? The city lord is the highest official in our Sifang City. He has been to the capital and met the emperor! Wherever his daughter goes, isn't everyone vying to please her? If our Yaojia can make friends with his daughter, she will also gain a lot of benefits in the future!" Liu argued unconvinced.
"Hmph! No matter how useless my Li family is, we haven't fallen to the point of using children's social connections to gain benefits! Yaojia is your daughter. If you insist on letting her go, I can't do anything about it! But, let me make it clear to you, Yaojia is not only your daughter, but also the only legitimate daughter of my Li family. If anything happens to her outside, I will send you back to the Liu family and never let you come back!" Old Lady Li slammed the ground with her crutch and said sternly.
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