Yi Ling’s face was already covered in frost, watching people in the tea house crowd around the window, and Qing Lei and Qiao Qiao downstairs were surrounded like stars holding the moon as they entered the flowery gates. The smiles on their faces were like flowers, seeming to be the greatest mockery of Yi Ling!
Now they are living in such a luxurious and comfortable world, while she has to be scheming and painstaking, and even compete for love with someone like Ji Xiulan who is not in the mainstream!
"Hey, who is that girl next to Miss Qing Lei and Miss Qiaoqiao? I’ve never seen her before," a man suddenly asked.
"Who? I didn’t notice just now, isn’t it a maid?"
"How could it be a maid? That figure, that temperament, how could it be just a mere maid? Besides, she’s walking with Qiaoqiao and Qing Lei, and the maids are following behind them, you can see for yourself! The one wearing the veil."
"Oh, it’s true. Even though her face is covered, just looking at that pair of eyes, you can tell she must be a beauty. This must be one of the newcomers who will take the stage tonight."
"There’s no doubt about it! Hey, our luck is really good, we even get to feast our eyes in advance. I really don’t know if this girl’s talent and beauty are as stunning as well!"
Yi Ling looked at the girl in the veil, trembling with anger. She had already guessed that the ten girls who had disappeared were Ji Xinhe’s doing, but in the end, it was only a guess. Today, when she saw one of the girls in Flower Filled Building with her own eyes, it was the biggest shock to her!
"Aunt Yun... are you, are you alright?"
The little maid looked at the increasingly dark expression on Yi Ling’s face and the dangerous glint in her eyes, feeling like a thorn in the back, not daring to speak.
Yi Ling’s whole body was shaking, and she let out a cold laugh: "Good! Good! He really has good scheming! It turns out that from the beginning, the only one who has been played is me!"
Now everyone is rising up, except for her! Except for her!
"You won’t let me live in peace, so how can I let you go!" Yi Ling’s grinding teeth said darkly.
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"Madam, Lady Song has arrived," announced Shulan.
Xin He smiled and said, "Let her in quickly."
"Yes."
Outside, the Song family’s horse carriage came to a halt one by one. There were three in total, one was for Lady Song, the other two were shared by the four young ladies, and there was a separate carriage for maids and old ladies.
So, as soon as the carriages stopped, the outside of the house became lively.
Basically, it was the Song family’s servants who were bustling about, which saved Shulan and the others some trouble.
Having received Xin He’s instructions, Shulan personally greeted them at the door, and smiled when she saw Lady Song get out of the carriage: "Lady Song has finally arrived, ever since we received Madam Song’s invitation, our Madam has been looking forward to it."
Lady Song smiled and stepped inside the mansion.
Song Yalin and the others were walking a step behind her, showing the strict rules of the Song family.
The young ladies of the Song family were juniors, so when going out, they naturally had to walk with their elders. However, Song Ya Lan walked extremely slowly, and after a while, she lagged far behind.
"Little sister, walk faster, be careful not to fall behind," Song Yalin reminded.
"Oh!" Song Ya Lan finally withdrew her gaze and there was a hint of disappointment in her eyes.
Yes, disappointment!
From the moment she got out of the carriage, she felt disappointed. The front of the mansion was so ordinary, without any grandeur, and not even half as good as the Song family’s house! 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞
As she entered the mansion, she found that there were only three or five courtyards in the entire house, too small to feel pitiful. In the Song family, even the servants’ quarters had more than three!
On the way, there were quite a few flowers and plants, but none of them were worth any money. Such a small mansion, filled with such ordinary objects and decorations, was indeed a small household.
She had even held some expectations towards the Mu family because of that man, thinking that the Mu family was hiding its true value, but she didn’t expect it to be such a mess.
As Song Ya Lan looked around on the way, she was already very disappointed. The excitement and anticipation she felt when she left home had disappeared, and she even began to feel impatient and put on an arrogant face.
With such a family, did it even deserve her to pay a visit? What were they thinking?
If word of this gets out, the city’s noble ladies would surely laugh at her. After all, getting close to these poor families is not a glorious thing.
Xin He had been waiting in the East Warm Chamber, and welcomed Lady Song who entered the door: "Lady Song is here."
Lady Song smiled and looked at her: "It’s been more than half a month since we last met, and your belly seems to have gotten bigger. Do you feel heavy?"
Xin He touched her belly and smiled with a hint of tranquility: "It’s alright, I can bear it. It’s just that walking can be tiring, and now I just want to rest after taking a few steps."
"Although it’s tiring, you should still walk around every day, otherwise it will be uncomfortable when the time comes to give birth," Lady Song advised.
"Lady Song is right, the doctor said so too," Xin He smiled.
As Xin He spoke, her gaze swept over Lady Song and the other Song daughters who had just followed her in, and a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes: "Lady Song has brought all the young ladies of the Song family today?"
Lady Song smiled: "They wanted to see you too, so I couldn’t stop them. They probably wanted to find a chance to go out and play."
Lady Song jokingly glanced at her four daughters.
The first part of the sentence was official language, while the latter part was more candid.
Song Yalin smiled and said, "Mother, don’t say it like that, we really came to visit Lady Mu with sincerity. If we let Lady Mu think we’re too playful, it would be embarrassing."
"It’s okay, Lian’an Town is lively today, if you want to go out and have a look, I’ll have Shulan accompany you," Xin He laughed.
"Thank you, Lady Mu," Song Yalin smiled.
Lady Song glared at Song Yalin playfully, "You little monkey, just now you said you weren’t out to play!"
Song Yalin covered her lips and smiled, not saying anything more.
In fact, Song Yalin’s efforts were in vain, as Song Ya Lan had no time to pay attention to them. She was already very disappointed with the mansion and the more she looked at Ji Xinhe, the more she felt she was full of a poor and shabby aura. She couldn’t stand it any longer and raised her chin arrogantly, looking at Ji Xinhe with a sarcastic tone, "Since that’s the case, let’s go out and have a turn, this place is too small, and there’s not even a place to stand when we’re all squeezed in here!"
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