Chapter 262: Pulling Heads

At this time, a group of noisy conversations could be heard from outside the courtyard.

"Madam, the second madam is here with her friends. She came to say hello to you."

"Oh, Speak of the devil, he's here again." Li Niyue said to her maid, "Please bring everyone in."

"yes!"

Not long after they left, Lu Lingyun saw Cui Tonghua leading the two young ladies whom she met at the door today in, talking and laughing.

Cui Tonghua glanced at Lu Lingyun and said, "Sister-in-law Cheng is here too."

"Hello, Madam Cui." Lu Lingyun nodded to her.

"What's the weather like today that makes our house so bustling?" Li Niyue spoke up and took over the conversation.

I was afraid that Cui Tonghua's mouth with nostrils pointing upwards would not be able to spit out any ivory and would confront Lu Lingyun.

Cui Tonghua really didn't want to offend Lu Lingyun at this moment. After all, she had no hatred or grudge against Lu Lingyun.

She simply looked down on Lu Lingyun's background and felt that she, the daughter of a minor official, was not worthy of sitting with her.

The chain of contempt among the upper class nobles is so simple and direct.

Normally, they are not so straightforward and do not openly express their dislike for one or look down on the other, but that is because the two classes simply do not mix together.

Cui Tonghua would naturally not look down on some minor official at home, or disdain someone of lower status than himself in some important occasions.

Those people have nothing to do with her and cannot be connected with her.

But Lu Lingjun actually entered her circle and was able to sit with her.

This is what makes Cui Tonghua depressed.

She was also disappointed because she failed in the previous beauty pageant. How could she accept that the daughter of a fifth-rank civil servant could call her sister-in-law?

But today, Cui Tonghua didn't come to confront Lu Lingyun. She came to find Li Niyue, "Sister-in-law, I just told Miss Zhang Er and Miss Li Si that we are going to Shao Jing to ask Master Miaoyin for another prescription. Do you want to come with us?"

"You guys just go, I won't join in the fun." Li Niyue smiled.

These days, she always heard Cui Tonghua talking about magic pills, and she also knew that they were working on these things.

But she wasn't very interested.

She was born into a family of great scholars, so she had no good impression of those kinds of elixirs. In her opinion, all medicines are poisonous and cannot be taken casually.

"Just come with us, we are still short of one person." Cui Tonghua said to Li Niyue in a rare good temper.

"Why do you have to let me go?"

Miss Zhang Er said, "Master Miaoyin said that every time you ask for an elixir, you must bring a new friend. Then you and I will each get one."

Lu Lingyun, who was standing by, sneered as the tea splashed on her face.

She didn't know that Qin Shaojing had such an operation!

Attract new people...

She coughed violently.

Li Niyue quickly asked, "Lingyun, are you okay?"

"I'm fine." Lu Lingjun took the handkerchief from the maid Shuanghong, wiped the corners of her mouth, and hid her smile.

Cui Tonghua on the side said in disgust, "No wonder a small family like this is not presentable."

Lu Lingyun: "......"

Li Niyue hurriedly protected Lu Lingyun, "Tonghua, if you bully Lingyun in my courtyard again, you will be sent back!"

"Okay, sister-in-law." Cui Tonghua turned around and ignored Lu Lingyun, and continued to talk to Li Niyue, "Just come with us."

"Last time I brought Miss Zhang Er with me, and this time, she brought Liu Si with her. We are still short of one more person. It won't be in vain if you go with us. When the time comes, you will get an elixir, and so will we."

"Master Miaoyin said that if you take three elixirs, you will be forever young. Don't you want to be as beautiful as us?"

Li Niyue: "......"

Lu Lingyun: "......"

Li Niyue looked helpless, and even felt that these people were looking at Lu Lingjun in a crazy way, only to see Lu Lingjun laughing secretly on the side.

"Sister-in-law Li." Zhang Er then added, "Just look at me. I didn't look so good before. I took a magical pill given by Master Miaoyin, and my face became very rosy. My mother even said that I looked better."

"Then why don't you ask your mother to go?" Li Niyue asked.

"Master Miaoyin said that this elixir is only effective for young women under the age of 20, and women who have not yet left the house are best. I was thinking that you are just a few months away from turning 20, so I hurried to take you there so that you wouldn't miss it." Cui Tonghua continued to lobby.

Lu Lingyun on the side: "......"

She probably knew why they were targeting people under 20 years old.

The elixir is very poisonous. Young people with good constitutions may be able to withstand it, but older people will be disfigured immediately after taking it.

In her previous life, Master Miaoyin was cheating in the Jiangnan area. She was exposed quickly because a concubine of a wealthy family wanted to maintain her beauty, so she asked for an elixir in the name of her own daughter, and she ate it secretly.

The next day, my face was covered with acne and pockmarks.

Later, some doctors studied it and said that this elixir is induced by the essence and blood in the body. Young women with abundant essence and blood can become more beautiful after taking this elixir. However, once the essence and blood are burned out, it will cause a lot of backlash, causing them to develop ulcers, pockmarks, and age easily!

If older women ate it, they would not be able to hold it and their appearance would be ruined immediately.

"Sister-in-law Li, just come with us."

"Can we harm you?"

"I don't think it's necessary..." Li Niyue said tactfully.

As a group of people were lobbying, Li Niyue gradually softened. It wasn't that she believed what they said, she was also curious about the elixir, but she was simply trying to save face.

"Ni Yue, you are right. All medicines are poisonous. We should take less of it. There is no need for this." Lu Lingyun helped Li Ni Yue out of trouble.

As soon as she finished speaking, Cui Tonghua angrily said, "What do you know, a country bumpkin?"

Lu Lingyun: "......"

"No wonder Shao Jing didn't ask you to go. She must know that you are an old stubborn bumpkin who knows nothing. It's useless to tell you. Can't you learn more? You always make people laugh and embarrass yourself!"

Lu Lingyun: "......"

"Cui Tonghua!" Li Niyue shouted at the side, "You are really becoming more and more unruly. Lingyun is my guest and is also liked by my mother-in-law. You can't help but look at who it is every day. If you have the guts, come and tell me what you said in front of my mother-in-law!"

Li Niyue brought up her mother-in-law's name, and the arrogant Cui Tonghua immediately lost her arrogance. She glared at Lu Lingyun, then turned to look at Cui Tonghua, "You are so kind, but I took her for granted. I came to you to tell you this good thing because I was thinking of you."

"Thank you for your kindness, but I won't go. Someone, show me out!" Li Niyue didn't give Cui Tonghua any face in front of outsiders.

Cui Tonghua was so anxious that she wanted to curse, and Miss Zhang and Miss Liu both stopped her.

"Forget it, forget it."