At the turning of a dead end at Bright Frost Garden, where nobody would come without any special reason,

Qing'er was talking to someone tearfully. She wiped the tears from her cheeks with a handkerchief, and said sadly, in a low voice, "Sister, Concubine Ma doesn't like Fifth Young Lady, so she vented her anger on me. What will mom and I live on if they drive me away?"

"Don't think too much. She can't even protect herself now!" Yu Lian said dismissively. She ...