Wu Yin'er looked at the tray and weakly pointed at the red crystal, "Yin'er... like this."
Wu Sheyue took out the red one and handed it to Wu Yin'er. It was normal. The younger the girl, the more she liked bright colors.
Then Wu Sheyue took the sea blue one and said, "That Yue'er likes this~"
Wu Jinghua, who finally chose, chose grass green, and Wu Lixiang chose golden yellow. Wu Jinghua was a little better. He had just come out of confinement and his arrogance had not yet risen.
But Wu Lixiang was not too happy. She glared at Wu Yin'er for a while, and glanced at Wu Sheyue for a while. Although the texture of these beads was the same, she always felt that the one she chose later was not as expensive as the one she chose first. So no matter how you look at it, you feel that your own is not as good-looking as others.
After that, Wu Lixiang's long face could not change. The old lady looked helpless when she saw her acting arrogantly. She had been depressed for the past two days, so she quickly told them to disperse.
The four people left Qunxingzhai one after another. Wu Sheyue was holding the blue crystal knot in her hand and was about to stroll back.
Wu Lixiang stared at Wu Yin'er's back and gritted her teeth. She suddenly took two quick steps, passed Wu Sheyue, ran to the front, and stopped Wu Yin'er. Wu Sheyue raised her eyebrows. Does Wu Lixiang like to intercept other people's chats so much
Wu Lixiang took Wu Yin'er's hand affectionately and said, "Fifth sister, that red crystal of yours is so beautiful."
Wu Yin'er lowered her head and said in a weak voice: "Thank you, Fourth Sister, Yin'er likes it very much too."
Wu Lixiang smiled like a flower, stretched out her hand and said, "Then lend me yours."
"Yes." Wu Yin'er honestly placed the red crystal in Wu Lixiang's hand.
Wu Lixiang took a look at it and felt more and more that the one she chose first was the most beautiful one. She put the crystal directly into her sleeve and said sweetly, "It's not good to always carry the same color, so let's change it." Take it with you?"
"I..." Wu Yin'er suddenly raised her head when she heard this, with a little hesitation and reluctance in her eyes.
Wu Lixiang was still looking at her, when Wu Sheyue walked slowly past them. Wu Yin'er's eyes drifted towards Wu Sheyue unconsciously.
Wu Sheyue looked sideways at her, blinked, and then walked away.
Wu Yin'er suddenly plucked up the courage and said, "But Yin'er doesn't like yellow ones and doesn't want to trade them with Fourth Sister."
Wu Lixiang didn't expect Wu Yin'er to reject her. The smile on her face gradually faded, she frowned dangerously, and her voice became colder: "Why are you like this? It's not like you won't change back after you change, so you can lend it to me." What can I do? I recently got an outfit with red beads to match, and wearing yellow wouldn’t look good!”
Wu Yin'er's courage just faded away like a tide, and she was too timid to speak.
Wu Lixiang took out the citrine, put it directly into Wu Yin'er's hand, and said confidently: "Don't say I robbed it from you, this is an exchange!" After Wu Lixiang said that, she turned around and left.
Wu Sheyue looked back at them and thought it was so funny.
Wu Lixiang insists on getting the best in everything, which is actually just childish. A little girl like her who cares about useless things will suffer sooner or later.
But Wu Yin'er can be regarded as taking the first step of resistance~ Wu Sheyue shrugged and continued to turn the crystal with her fingers and walk back.
Wu Yin'er held the citrine and looked at Wu Sheyue from behind. She was hesitant in her steps and didn't know whether to catch up and say a word. But in the end, he still stood there and watched Wu Sheyue walk away.
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In the evening, Bai Lian came out of Jiang Qingxue's place. The food box in her hand still contained the daily tonic for Wu Sheyue.
Bai Lian walked along the way, and did not take the things directly back to the west courtyard. Instead, when passing by the small garden, she turned in with familiarity.
She walked all the way to the rockery, looked around, and saw no one was around, so she squatted down next to the flower crown behind the rockery.
Bai Lian gently opened the food box, looked at the steaming jar inside, and pursed her lips hard.
Ever since she delivered tonics to Wu Sheyue, she would take a big sip first every time she was on the way. Sometimes she would add some water to it, and sometimes she wouldn't.
Bai Lian just felt that Wu Sheyue didn't deserve to drink such a good tonic every day. Besides, who asked Wu Sheyue to show off her face every day! If she treats herself badly, don't expect yourself to treat her well!
Bai Lian opened the lid of the can, took a big sip without fear of burning it, and then stuck out her tongue. It's hot, but it's good stuff. She hurriedly took another sip, and when she drank again, she was about to notice, so she put it back.
Bai Lian wiped her mouth, packed everything, and got up to go back. She couldn't let the medicine get cold on the way.
Before she could stand up, she heard someone's voice coming closer in the distance, so she quickly squatted back down.
I heard a female voice say, "I heard that the third lady gave Grandma Wang a hard time."
Bai Lian was stunned, she actually ran into someone who said Wu Shenyue...
"No!" Another person exclaimed loudly, and then carefully lowered the volume, "No, no? Grandma Wang is so fierce and powerful! I'm afraid of her!"
"What do you know, the third lady is different now! Think about what the third lady was like before, and then look at what she is like now!"
"makes sense… "
Bai Lian listened, and she carefully poked around from behind the rockery. It turned out to be three little maids walking together.
One of the shorter maids said mysteriously: "I think the third lady looks like a different person!"
Another one also chimed in, "Could it be that he's just a different person?"
"No way. I see that the nose, eyes, etc. are still the same as before. Besides, isn't it said that the third lady's aunt did good deeds during her lifetime, and the third lady became better~"
"Tsk, virtue is so important!"
Listening to the words of these little maids, Bai Lian felt inspired. Recently, she felt more and more that Wu Sheyue was difficult to deal with. A normal third lady should never be like this. She might have been replaced! As long as she can prove it to the eldest lady, she can definitely avenge herself!
Then I heard the short man speak again, "I really think the third lady is pretty good."
"Why? I feel that all these masters are the same~ they are all difficult to serve."
"Tsk, think about the white lotus next to her~"
Bai Lian couldn't bear it when she heard her name. Seeing that these people were leaving, she patted her clothes and came out carrying the food box. Bai Lian didn't know how to go up and ask questions, so she followed them from a distance, insisting on hearing what they had to say.
One of them asked curiously, "What's wrong? What's wrong with Bai Lian?"
"There are rumors in the house that the second lady wants to play tricks on the third lady, so..." The other one couldn't help but laugh as he spoke.
The shortest one reluctantly said to them, "Don't laugh, hey... the second lady stripped the third lady's personal maid and threw her outside."
"Really, really?"
"Yes! It is said that many people have seen it."
Bai Lian's head buzzed, and she felt like a bolt from the blue had hit her head. Is it true... Is it true what those people said...
The maids in front were still laughing, and the short one was still saying, "Don't laugh! I'm serious, how pitiful they are!"
The one who was laughing stopped laughing, and the other one also said in a nagging voice, "Speaking of which, the third lady is indeed quite kind. Bai Lian had such a big scandal, and she didn't even drive them away."
"That's the eldest lady's person. Who dares to chase people away if the eldest lady doesn't say anything?"
"that's true… "
"Hey, are there any details? You can tell me more."
"What happened that day was so impressive! Let me tell you, I heard that during the third watch of the night-"
The conversation between the three men in front slowly turned into telling ghost stories. Bai Lian couldn't listen to anything anymore. She didn't continue to follow behind, but slowly squatted on the ground and started crying.
No wonder those people dared to insult her recently, no wonder she felt that the attitude of the people around her was wrong, but no one had ever told her such a thing. It turns out that she was framed by these people!
Bai Lian hated Wu Jinghua the most at this time, because she and Wu Sheyue were ruthlessly implicating herself in their duel. At the same time, she also hated Wu Sheyue. If she hadn't ordered her to fetch water in the middle of the night, she wouldn't have suffered this crime at all!
What should I do, she is still young, how will she get married in the future... She also wants to marry into a small family and be the head wife!
Bai Lian remembered what Wu Sheyue said: If the well water cannot be used, you must go to the big kitchen to get water. Now that I think about it, it was just for her to torment herself! She will definitely not let Wu Sheyue have an easy time!
At this time, Bai Lian completely forgot about pouring dirty water into the well, and her anger had burned out her reason.
She lowered her head and looked at the food box in her hand. If nothing else can fix you for the time being, then use other methods! Sooner or later I will give back everything you gave me!
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It was already dark when Bai Lian got the medicine back. Ning'er came out to open the door and was stunned when she saw Bai Lian's eyes were red. She remembered that the young lady said that Bai Lian was a spy. Could it be that the eldest lady reprimanded her
"Miss's medicine." Bai Lian said with a nasal voice as she handed the food box to Ning'er.
Ning'er took it and nodded, "Okay, you can go back."
Seeing that there was no mention of asking her to come back to serve today, Bai Lian felt even more angry. She said "yes" in a low voice, then turned and left.
Ning'er took the food box back and asked, "Miss, do you want to refill today's food too?"
Wu Sheyue focused on the work in hand and hummed without raising her head. Ning'er took out the medicine jar, opened the window, and poured the still warm medicine under the window.
After drinking it once in front of Bai Lian, Wu Sheyue never drank medicine in front of Bai Lian again, and poured it out directly every time. Ning'er looked at the medicine today and felt something was wrong, as if the medicine residue had not been cleaned out.
She knocked the bottom of the jar casually and put the medicine jar back. "Miss, Bai Lian seems to have cried today."
Ever since what happened with Grandma Wang, Bai Lian has never taken the initiative to mention coming back. If she doesn't mention it, no one will mention it. Wu Sheyue had never paid much attention to Bai Lian, and Ning'er didn't know whether she was confident or just dismissive. (To be continued)