Inside the hall, the atmosphere froze instantly because of Madam Sangkui's words.
The women sitting next to Madam Sangkui all shifted their bodies to the side, no longer daring to associate with her.
"When speaking to your master, you must state your identity!" The head matron stepped forward and reprimanded, "Weren't you taught proper manners by the matrons before the selection of concubines?"
Lady Sangkui felt embarrassed. She noticed that Qingyan and Lady Ulanara were getting along very well, and she thought that Qingyan should forgive the actions of the Jue Luo clan and wanted to get closer to Qingyan.
"Yes, Granny, I know I was wrong!" Madam Sangkui quickly came out, knelt on the carpet to beg for forgiveness, "Fourth Princess, please forgive me this time, I will never dare to do it again!"
Madam Sangkui looked at Qingyan with teary eyes, her face showing a wronged expression.
Qingyan felt disgusted after seeing it. Were the Jueluo clan training their illegitimate daughters to be like white lotus flowers?
"How dare you! Crying here during a festival, who are you trying to bring bad luck upon?" After becoming pregnant, Lady Yin Genjue Luo was most afraid of women like this, and her words inevitably went a bit too far.
Madam Sangkui shuddered in fright, and Qingyan sighed, remembering how the young lady of the second master of the Jue Luo family had behaved in the same way before.
"Shut up, Suhua, take her out and let her calm down. Bring her back in once she's calmed down!" Qingyan didn't want the Yin Genjueluo clan to get entangled with the Jueluo clan, so she was going to have Suhua throw her out.
"!" Su Hua came out with two maids and immediately helped Madam Sang Kui away.
Yin Genjue Luo asked in bewilderment, "Little darling, this should be my job!"
"No need. Once you've offended that family, it's like sticky candy—you'll never get rid of them!" Qingyan was extremely annoyed with the Jueluo clan.
Qingyan glanced at all the women, who didn't seem to care about the "interlude." After watching Madam Sangkui leave, they continued talking and chatting with Qingyan and Lady Yingenjueluo.
"Madam, you must be careful of Madam Sangkui." The woman on the left of Jue Luo stood up and bowed, saying, "This servant is Yan, the legal wife of Liu Jia Rao Hao, and is Madam Sangkui's neighbor."
Qingyan looked at Madam Yan with curiosity. She didn't look very old, and her voice was very lively, so she must have been newly married.
Faced with such a terrible neighbor, Yan was at her wit's end.
"I often hear Madam Sang Kui mention the future Eighth Prince's wife." Madam Yan hoped to pledge allegiance to Qingyan.
Rao Hao was a member of the Han Banner Army, while Yan was just an ordinary Han Chinese. After entering the military port, they discovered that they were in a Manchu world, so they hoped to find a powerful patron.
"Yes, I will have the steward arrange for you to have a new courtyard." Qingyan understood Yan's meaning and offered a benefit.
Madam Yan glanced at the Fourth Princess Consort in surprise and quickly expressed her gratitude! Before, Madam Yan hadn't expected that telling Qingyan about Madam Sang Kui would bring her such a benefit.
Mrs. Sanque often had conflicts with her neighbors. In the end, she returned home still looking aggrieved. When Sanque returned home, he listened to her side of the story and went to complain to his neighbors.
The neighbors all wanted to move, and Sang Kui's other neighbors regretted not telling the Fourth Prince's wife.
"Little darling, there are still a few empty courtyards. We can move another family there too!" Seeing the women from the collateral branches sitting there anxiously, Madam Yin Genjue Luo had no choice but to lend a hand!
Qingyan looked at Yingenjueluo with suspicion. She didn't understand why she would ask for help so quickly.
“One of Sang Kui’s neighbors, Liang Wai, is a concubine’s daughter from a collateral branch of the Yin Genjue Luo clan!” Yin Genjue Luo said in a low voice.
Qingyan smiled, realizing that he was helping his family.
“Alright!” Qingyan agreed. “The neighbors on both sides of Madam Sangkui have all been moved out. I remember there are three courtyards near the training ground. You two can choose one first.”
"Thank you, Consort of Prince Xie Zhi, and Consort of the Fourth Prince!" The two ladies expressed their gratitude.
As noon approached, the women dispersed, and they would gather again in the courtyard for dinner.
The two women who were moving went to choose a courtyard house under Su-lan's arrangement.
Qingyan returned to the courtyard and saw Jue Luo sitting in the flower hall, looking at her with a smile.
"Mother, why didn't you go over?" Qingyan asked.
Jue Luo shook her head helplessly: "They came here to seek refuge. If they leave, they'll only cause you trouble!"
Inside the naval port, the women rarely had any entertainment, and they always looked forward to every gathering of them.
"Little darling, did Madam Sangkui make a mistake?" Jue Luo had some fruit prepared so that Qingyan could have a treat first.
Qingyan nodded: "Mother, that person is actually your half-sister? How come I've never heard you mention her?"
"Heh, isn't that right? Nominally she's my half-sister, but in reality, she should be my niece," Jue Luo sneered.
Ugh!
Qingyan looked at Jueluo Shi awkwardly: "Mother, why are you saying this to my face!"
Fortunately, the twins were a bit sleepy, so Su Lan and Su Zhu took them to a side hall to rest. Qing Yan didn't know how to handle the situation if he had to tell the two little ones.
“What’s so embarrassing about it? In large families, these things happen all the time.” Jue Luo shook her head. Her aunt’s head was really too well protected. “If it’s discovered, even the principal wife can’t say anything. After all, those are nominally your children!”
Jue Luo was relieved that the Ulanara residence was clean and free of such messy affairs.
"Mother, that person looks very familiar with the future Eighth Prince's wife?" Qingyan remembered that the person was speaking up for the Eighth Prince's wife.
"Hmm, it is said that the rules for their training together should be similar!" Jue Luo Shi remembered that the female relatives of Qing Yan who returned to her maternal home were also trained with the two of them, so it should be the same.
OMG!
Qingyan instantly understood. She wondered why the three of them looked so similar.
"I knew it! She doesn't look like a legitimate wife at all; she looks more like a concubine!" Qingyan laughed helplessly. "One is a legitimate daughter, and the other is a concubine's daughter. They shouldn't be on the same level."
"Yes, so Madam Sangkui is a fool. She was obviously used as a shield, and she's the only one who's so smug." After getting married, Jue Luo also helped her maternal family. During that time, she also felt that her family was really disgusting, for they had caused so many scandals.
Qingyan listened to Jue Luo's complaints and sighed inwardly that Jue Luo had it tough. She had seen all of this, but she couldn't say anything, otherwise the Jue Luo clan leader would also reprimand her.
"Mother, please rest here in my courtyard. I'll have Sulan tell Father and the others that we can have a gathering tonight!" Qingyan didn't want Jueluo Shi to be disturbed anymore.
"It's against the rules!" Jue Luo also wanted to avoid it, but she still couldn't stay in Qingyan's courtyard.
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