The girl wore a rouge, short coat with wide sleeves, embroidered with plum buds and an aqua, high-waisted skirt. A pair of red ribbons was tied in the shape of Ruyi Jade Knot on the chest. When she turned the screen, a light wind blew the wide skirt up straight, and the cloak embroidered with white cranes floated and drifted in the wind. She looked like a beautiful fairy coming with the wind, very attractive.

As soon as she passed the screen, the girl looked at Wei Changying and said with a giggle, "Seventh Sister, is this the sister from the Wei Family?"

Wei Changying nodded with a smile, waiting for Mrs. Liu to introduce. She took the opportunity to look at Liu Ruoye, the Eleventh Miss of the Liu Family, up and down. Wei Changying had known about her in Fengzhou, who coveted Shen Cangfeng. Liu Ruoye didn't resemble Mrs. Liu and Liu Ruoyu. She had an oval face, but when she aged, her cheeks were slightly round, making her face look like that of Wei Changying at first glance. Because of this childish abundance, she showed a little childishness and simplicity, which made it easy for people to put down their precautions.

At first glance, her face looked delicate; on a second glance, it was as beautiful as a painting, because everything was in proportion: the eyebrows were like crescent moons; the eyes were like fresh apricots, and they were flexible, showing her smartness. The only similarity between her and Liu Ruoyu, the half-blooded sister, was that both of them had a beautifully curved, small, and red mouth, which looked more reddish against the white skin, revealing some seductiveness that did not match their ages.

Such seductiveness was not pretentious or flattering, but there was some temptation between the ages of girls and virgins.

Although Wei Changying came with hostility, seeing Liu Ruoye, she could not help sighing that the girl was born beautiful. Of the six gentlefolks in the country, the Wei Family had the most beauties. Wei Changying's appearance was superior to her sisters, which was one of the proudest of Old Madam Song. Although Liu Ruoye's beauty didn't exceed hers, Liu Ruoye looked as charming as her.

Liu Ruoyu's fragile beauty could have been easily moved people, but when she stood with Liu Ruoye together, Liu Ruoyu's sickness made her inferior to Liu Ruoye, who had childlike tenderness between her eyes.

It was no wonder that their fathers didn't prefer the lineal eldest daughter from the first wife. Because parents didn't like their children to be lifeless and frustrated all day long; instead, they liked the children who were lively and cheerful and could make them happy.

Besides, Liu Ruoyu's voice sounded weak, and she would be breathless after several words. However, Liu Ruoye’s voice was as clear and melodious as the clanging sound of gold and jade, her speed of speech was neither fast nor slow, and the words were clear. Hearing Liu Ruoye's speech, people would believe that she had been trained by the elders and had deliberately practiced.

Wei Changying was the same. Such a tone and utterance were seemingly random, but in fact, she had to undergo repeated tempering and study. To fully reflect the sweetness of the sound, or to cover up the flaws of the sound, no matter what she said, she should make people not be surprised or impatient when listening. So after repeated practice, she had confidence and calmness no matter what she said.

When people got older, they would show grace and quietness with such words.

The children of big families had to learn such manners. Liu Ruoye learned well, no worse than Wei Changying, who had been taught by the Old Madam Song, and Song Zaishui, who had been brought up according to the requirements of the Empress. It could be seen that although Mrs. Zhang criticized Liu Ruoyu, the daughter of her lineal sister, she cultivated her daughter very well.

When Wei Changying was thinking, Mrs. Liu had already introduced them and invited them to be seated again. Liu Ruoye smiled and praised Wei Changying with a silvery voice, "After the sixteenth brother came back from Fengzhou, he boasted that Sister Wei was so brilliant when she pulled jade hairpins and killed snakes with fingers. He had repeated so many times that I have long wanted to see Sister Wei, who has been praised by the sixteenth brother as being unparalleled in the world! Today I come to visit Seventh Sister, taking the opportunity to invite Sister Wei to come and have a look at you. Don’t be annoyed, Sister Wei!"

"Eleventh Miss, you are so kind," Wei Changying also greeted her with a smile, "I have long heard that the first sister-in-law has a pair of beautiful sisters. I'm afraid I won't see you. Now I'm so delighted that the room has been lit up with your appearance, so how will I be annoying? By the way, is Eleventh Miss’s sixteenth brother Young Master Liu, who went to Qingzhou with the imperial command?"

Mrs. Liu and Liu Ruoye both said yes, so Wei Changying said, "Young Master Liu is so polite, and I am flattered! That day, if the colleague of the young master Liu, the young master Deng hadn't acted, I am afraid that the green bamboo snake would have sneaked in my clothes! I'm nothing but dumb. I was really shocked when I saw the green bamboo snake nailed to the bamboo pillar that day! If it wasn’t for the maidservant's support, I couldn’t stand up."

"Sister Wei, I have heard from the eleventh brother that the tail of the green bamboo snake swept onto your curtained hat. When you looked back, it was in front of you. I will shiver when thinking about it," Liu Ruoye said with a smile, "Sister, you were able to get up and go out to thank Mr. Deng. It's much better than us."

Wei Changying humbly said, "At that time, I felt sick when I saw the snake. I remembered to thank Mr. Deng first, lest he should go down the mountain, and I couldn't thank him. Then I returned to the house, and the more I thought, the more... Alas, don’t mention this!"

Liu Ruoye said with a smile, "It's all my fault. The scene really makes me feel uncomfortable when I think about it. I admire your bravery, but I'm sorry to remind you of it."

"Never mind," Wei Changying said with a kind and pleasant countenance, "I am timid. Although I am threatening but it was not dangerous, I can't help thinking back."

The more they talked, the more harmonious they were, and they were almost as intimate as lineal sisters. Naturally, it was impossible to let them go so harmoniously, so Mrs. Liu interjected and said in a smile, "Ruoye, you are still worried that your Sister Wei is newly married, and my third brother is also at home, so it is not convenient for you to visit them in Jintong Courtyard. Huanfei has not gone back for a long time, and you are afraid that your Sister Wei will not come. Do you know what the reason is?"

Liu Ruoye said with a grin, "Seventh Sister, didn't you just say that Sister Wei was newly married?" She smiled innocently and sweetly as if she had never seen Shen Cangfeng, and now she was just teasing Wei Changying. It seemed that there was no jealousy at all.

Others believed her smile, but Wei Changying admired her and Mrs. Liu was regretful for Liu Ruoyu: Liu Ruoye as a daughter was like that, so people could imagine Mrs. Zhang’s power. If Liu Ruoyu had hatred, could she really beat them?

Wei Changying raised her sleeves to cover her face and said, "Eleventh Miss, don't believe the first sister-in-law's nonsense. I forgot to close the window when I wiped my hair last night, and I blew the night breeze. As a result, I got a headache this morning. At noon, I rested for a while. But none of the people around me woke me up when Huanfei came."

Mrs. Liu smiled and said, "Third younger sibling, you have wronged Granny Huang. I just heard Granny refuted that the third brother loved you and he told them not to disturb you. The third brother wanted to read, and he deliberately went to the study, lest the sound of turning the pages would disturb you! How can you blame Granny?"

"The first sister-in-law! Didn’t we just say that we wouldn’t mention that?" Wei Changying blushed and said to Mrs. Liu, "Eleventh Miss is here, and the first sister-in-law said such things... How embarrassed I am!"

Liu Ruoye said sweetly, "Sister Wei, Seventh Sister has been married for more than ten years, but I have never heard of Seventh Brother-in-Law adored her so much like that. Sister Wei, you have only been married for a few days, and your husband cherishes you like this, so how can Seventh Sister not be jealous? Sister Wei, you can't blame my seventh sister, because it seems that there is nobody who can adore his wife as your husband does, except my father! It's reasonable that the seventh sister makes fun of you because, frankly speaking, even I wonder how can I marry such a considerate husband in the future?"

Wei Changying didn't know what to say for a while. Although Mrs. Liu still had a smile on her face, her hands shook slightly. Obviously she was very angry!

Liu Ruoye's remarks made it clear that she was humiliating Mrs. Liu!

Mrs. Liu had been married for more than ten years. She cultivated her children to be brilliant and got along with the affairs of the family! By any standard, Mrs. Liu was a well-deserved wife and mother. She was also the first lineal daughter-in-law! But her sister-in-law Wei Changying had got her mother-in-law's most valuable hairpin of all dowry as a gift before she married into the family; her reputation had been ruined, but her husband sent away the pretty maidservant in the yard, even the maidservant who had been serving him for many years, making Wei Changying hold in all power; since she married in, her husband had been so caring and considerate that he figured out to stay at home with her on the rest day when his lineal grandmother was ill….

Some of these things, Wei Changying knew, but others didn’t. However, the mixed expression of Mrs. Liu in the eyes in a flash made Wei Changying feel awful. In her view, her sister-in-law had already been very powerful, because her lineal eldest daughter Shen Shujing was ten years old and she gave birth to the sole lineal son. The eldest branch had no children. Under the circumstance, Mrs. Liu Yin was famous for her virtue. When Wei When Changying was still in Fengzhou, she had been reminded by her mother Madam Song that her first and second sisters-in-law were famous and virtuous people and that she should be careful not to offend them after she married!

After all, such a virtuous sister-in-law had been widely recognized as being kindness in everyone's mind. When the bride came into the house, everyone still didn't know her temperament. If she had quarreled with her sister-in-law, it must be the bad temperament of the bride!

Since married, Wei Changying also found that her mother's reminder was indeed right. These two sisters-in-law looked kind and considerable, but none of them could be offended! However, Liu Ruoye, who turned fifteen now, had used some seemingly joking words to infuriate her sister-in-law and make her lose her peace!

However, considering Liu Ruoye's age, identity, as well as innocent expression and tone, Mrs. Liu was unable to refute!

And Liu Ruoyu was not here. If it was, the sentence that “there is nobody who can adore his wife as your husband does, except my father” could easily hurt Liu Ruoyu.

This girl was so powerful that Wei Changying was scared in the heart. She also became vigilant now. Wei Changying knew that no matter how much Mrs. Liu had been intimated with her before and no matter how grateful Mrs. Liu was to Mrs. Huang, who had detoxified Liu Ruoyu, it was impossible for her and Mrs. Liu to be intimate since now.

Because the resentment and jealousy revealed by Mrs. Liu were too obvious at this moment, even if Mrs. Liu reacted to explain to her afterward, the explanation was useless. Wei Changying couldn't ignore it. She had been married for less a month and there were a few times that she met Mrs. Liu. So their intimacy was few, and she had to be careful!

What's more, from Mrs. Liu's perspective, after she was exceeded by Wei Changying today, how could she not keep these words in mind?

Her words had separated the fragile alliance between Mrs. Liu and Wei Changying. Liu Ruoye seemed to be unaware of Mrs. Liu’s anomaly, and continued to be happy and innocent, "However, Seventh Sister has always been reserved. Privately, the husband of Seventh Sister maybe even more considerate than the husband of Sister Wei, but she doesn’t say it. Sister Wei, isn't Seventh Sister very cunning? She doesn’t mention the kindness of her husband, so we can't make fun of her and can only be teased by her!"

Wei Changying saw that Mrs. Liu's complexion was still bad, she had to smile and said politely, "Yes. I know that the first brother and the first sister-in-law have been affectionate."

She couldn't help sighing, "Today, she and Mrs. Liu said how well Shen Cangfeng has treated her in order to infuriate Liu Ruoye and make Liu Ruoye unhappy. Why did Liu Ruoye make Mrs. Liu embarrassed?"

Could it be that there was something wrong between Mrs. Liu and Shen Cangli?

Otherwise, Mrs. Liu shouldn't have been so easily provoked.

But whether it was the case or not, Wei Changying understood that even if Liu Ruoyu had Mrs. Liu as a helper, she would not be Liu Ruoye's opponent. Not to mention, behind Liu Ruoye, there was also Mrs. Zhang, who had always suppressed Liu Ruoyu.

It seemed that if she wanted to revenge the Liu Family, she had to do it by herself!

Probably she couldn't count on her first sister-in-law and Liu Ruoyu.