Hearing her favorite older sister praise her, Lin Wanyu's lips curled into a smile that lasted for a while before calming down.
"Sister is so beautiful! She's the most beautiful woman I've ever seen." Lin Wanyu, who was nestled in Qingyin's arms, raised her head again with a slightly infatuated and happy expression.
Looking at her clingy younger sister, Qingyin nodded gently and didn't take any drastic measures against this overly clingy little thing.
It wasn't that Qingyin didn't want to avoid her; it was just that Lin Wanyu was too good at clinging to her. She would always get close to Qingyin unintentionally and end up clinging to her without her noticing. Moreover, she would always be quick to let go of Qingyin when she sensed that Qingyin was unhappy. Qingyin tried to stop her a few times, but she couldn't bear to see the girl being sensible, so she could only let her do as she pleased.
The same thing happened this time.
Lin Wanyu enjoyed the soft, fragrant embrace of her older sister, then looked up, took a sip of her sister's novel milk tea, and began to smack her lips again:
"Hmph, I don't know why His Majesty would directly bestow a marriage upon my sister, and it's with the fifth prince of He Chu. He Chu is so far away, and we don't know if their customs are different from our Dongwei. What will my sister do if she can't stand it?" The more Lin Wanyu thought about it, the more pain she felt. She also thought of something important: her beautiful and angelic elder sister, who had just returned home, was leaving again, and to the distant He Chu.
This meant she would never see her beloved sister again. Thinking of this, Lin Wanyu felt tears welling up in her eyes, but she held back the tears so as not to let them fall and worry her sister.
Qingyin was focused on sipping her milk tea and hadn't noticed what the little girl with her head tilted to the side was thinking.
The little girl's voice seemed to be getting softer and softer.
Qingyin turned her head in confusion. "What's wrong, Yu'er?"
Lin Wanyu forced herself to remain calm, swallowed her tears, and awkwardly changed the subject, saying, "It's nothing, sister. I'm just wondering why Xie Ping designated you as the imperial concubine."
Lin Wanyu, who had just answered Qingyin, had a sudden realization and subconsciously started to think about what she had said. Right, Xie Ping had never met her sister before, and her sister was wearing a veil at the banquet with so many people around her. So why did Xie Ping insist on pointing at her sister and saying that he fell in love at first sight?
No! Xie Ping couldn't possibly have never seen his sister. He must have secretly seen her face. Lin Wanyu had a strange intuition.
She curled her lips, her eyes filled with resentment, as if spitting fire. "Sister, that bastard Xie Ping must have secretly seen you and knows your true appearance, which is why he pointed at you directly at the banquet."
Qingyin looked up in surprise at the indignant little girl.
Unexpectedly, her clumsy little sister figured out the truth of the matter; her intuition is truly sharp.
Qingyin thought to herself, but seeing the little girl about to breathe fire, she hurriedly comforted the girl who had just been downcast and then started to get angry, saying, "It's okay, don't think about it. You'll get into trouble if you say something like that. Xie Ping is the hostage prince of Chu, so you can't say that anymore. Be careful someone doesn't overhear you."
Lin Wanyu pouted and said in a muffled voice, "Yeah, that's what you said, I wouldn't say it to anyone else."
"Mmm, our Yu'er is very good." Qingyin gently coaxed Lin Wanyu, and Lin Wanyu immediately smiled.
But then she remembered that her sister was going to marry the fifth prince of Chu soon and leave Dongwei with the others, and the corners of her mouth quickly turned down.
Qingyin knew that the little girl was feeling down, so she patted Lin Wanyu's head and said with a smile, "Alright, don't be sad. When I go to Dongwei, I will write to Yu'er. If Yu'er misses me, remember to write to me. Don't forget your sister secretly, or your sister will be sad."
"I'm not Lin Yanwei, I would never forget my sister." Lin Wanyu snuggled into Qingyin's arms, her rosy little face full of seriousness.
Qingyin chuckled and gave a few perfunctory "hmm"s in response.
"Lin Wanyu, I have to go to school. I'm not like you, who can stay home with my sister every day. Humph, you secretly talk bad about me when I'm not home for a day!" The lush young man, who looked very similar to the girl, strode in and rolled his eyes at Lin Wanyu without any hesitation.
Lin Wanyu, who had been caught talking badly about Lin Yanwei behind his back, turned her head away guiltily.
Lin Yanwei, with his back to Qingyin, secretly glared at his second sister a few more times.
The boy then proudly pulled out the bag of pastries he had hidden behind his back. It was from a long-established shop on West Street in the capital. The shop had just launched a new type of osmanthus cake with gold and silver fillings. Qingyin had eaten it a few times and liked it very much. So the boy deliberately took a detour after finishing his homework in advance to buy this limited-edition pastry, which was sold out in a crowded place.
"Sister, look at the osmanthus cake I just bought, it's still warm, you should eat it."
Qingyin nodded and praised the steaming boy in the same way as the others.
"Yanwei is really amazing. He managed to buy snacks even though so many people were there. Come and eat with your sister. Xianglian, bring Yanwei the same milk tea as me."
"Yes, Miss."
For some reason, no matter how much the teacher praised him for doing well in his studies, it couldn't compare to Qingyin's casual, almost perfunctory, compliment about buying the boy some snacks.
Lin Yanwei, with his handsome face, smiled somewhat foolishly.
Lin Wanyu couldn't stand her younger brother's smug and foolish look. She pouted and said, "So what if she runs a little faster? Her older sister praised her several times just now."
Hmph, Lin Yanwei shouldn't even think about it; she's the one my sister likes the most.
Lin Yanwei shared the same thoughts as Lin Wanyu.
Watching the two secretly competing, each praising their sister, Qingyin's eyes were full of smiles.
They managed to calm the two down, barely managing to keep them quiet.
However, the quiet didn't last long.
There was a knock on the door.
"Come in." Qingyin looked over in confusion.
It turned out that Lily was leading in the housekeeper, a familiar face from the East Courtyard, along with the family's father.
The old butler didn't dare look at his young mistress's overly beautiful face, and said respectfully, "Young mistress, Xie Ping, the hostage, has come to visit. The master wants you to go over there first."
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