Mrs. Gu asked everyone to return to their seats and told maidservants to replace the dishes on the table with hot ones. Wei Changying pulled Shen Cangning, saying with a smile, "Your hearing is so good. I thought as it is very noisy at the banquet, there is also music, and you looked so bored, leaning your head on the table, you might not be able to hear what Wei Changjuan was saying!"

Shen Cangning pursed her lips, saying, "My third sister-in-law, you didn't see it. Wei Changjuan looked at me for a while first. Seeing that I didn't pay much attention to what you asked, she came to you. I guess she must have thought that as I wasn't keen on responding to your questions, we must have a poor relationship. So, she deliberately came to sow discord between us, hoping that if I listened to it, I would cause trouble for you!"

Surprised, Wei Changying said, "Was it like that? I didn't notice that at all." Although Shen Cangning had helped her, Wei Changjuan was her cousin. However, her cousin from her old family had come to embarrass her, but her sister-in-law had helped her. Wei Changying thought she had lost face, sighing, "Sorry for the trouble, my sister-in-law."

Shen Cangning grunted, "I hate people like this. Do they think I am a fool? She was obviously seeking to use me, like murdering someone with a borrowed knife. Only an idiot like Wei Changjuan could believe that I would fall for such a trap. If it weren't that today is my first cousin's wedding day, seeing she has dared to despise me like this, I shouldn't ease the situation for her. Instead, I should pick a fight with her!"

"My fourth sister-in-law, you are a smart person. The ones who think you are a fool are truly foolish." Wei Changying smiled and pointed her finger between Shen Cangning's eyebrows, saying, "Look, your favorite red braised pork shank is on the table. I shouldn't stop you from having your food. Go back to your seat. Let's talk about it when we go back."

Shen Cangning turned her head, seeing a steaming and tantalizing red braised pork shank was there. Instantly she became happy, so she quickly said, "Sure, sure." Then she returned to the table to enjoy it.

On this side, Mrs. Gu personally brought someone to serve Wei Changying a roasted squab, which was Wei Changying's favorite dish. While the maidservant was serving up the dish, Mrs. Gu whispered, "I just went to the third aunt's to tell her about what happened here, and the third aunt said that since the seventh sister of the Wei Family misses her family in Fengzhou, it will be unkind not to fulfill her wish. As she is not married yet, she will be sent back to Fengzhou to do her filial duty for a couple of days. So her missing her family so much that she cried in public won't be wasted!"

Wei Changying paused, raising the corner of her mouth and thinking. If Wei Changjuan went back to Fengzhou, her life, not to mention her future, would be in her grandmother's hands. Her grandmother Old Madam Song concerned Wei Changying, the lineal granddaughter, a lot. She had started preparing a dowry for her when she still hadn't been born. But as for the children of concubines, Old Madam Song never treated them as people.

Especially, those people came from the second branch.

Anyway, as long as Wei Changjuan went back to Fengzhou, she could never escape from Old Madam Song!

Wei Changjuan hadn't thought through it. It could be expected that she wanted to cause trouble for Wei Changying because of her father. However, she hadn't picked any other day but Su Yuli's wedding day. As her daughter was getting married, Wei Zhengyin had had mixed feelings. Later, her niece had come to embarrass them. So no mother who loved her daughter could stay calm!

Wei Zhengyin was influenced by her mother Old Madam Song and had always regarded the children of her lineal brother, Wei Zhenghong, as her flesh and blood. But she had no deep affection for her second brother, Wei Shengyi, who was the son of a concubine. So she didn't like Wei Shengyi's children that much either. Since Wei Changjuan had been looking for trouble, Wei Zhengyin became furious towards her! What Mrs. Gu had just said suggested that as Wei Changjuan had said in public that she missed her grandparents, she would be forced to go back to Fengzhou.

Wei Zhengyin knew Old Madam Song's temperament very well! She just needed to say one sentence, "On Yuli's wedding day, Changying said she missed you. But in the presence of Changying's sister-in-law, Changjuan passed criticism that Changying preferred her old family over her husband's." Old Madam Song would skin Wei Changjuan! Old Madam Song had been scheming for years, being wary of the second branch as if they had been all thieves. What was this for? It was for the sake of her own children's well-being!

Back then, Old Madam Song had racked her brains to plan for Wei Changying's wedding, hoping that Wei Changying would live her life safely and happily. However, Wei Changjuan didn't need to do anything. Just by being Wei Shengyi's daughter, she was hated by Old Madam Song. Now she had dared to deliberately make things difficult for Wei Changying, which was regarded as a monstrous crime by Old Madam Song. Anyway, she must get rid of this granddaughter!

Seeing that Mrs. Gu was still here after she had said that, Wei Changying smiled, saying, "My second aunt cares for the seventh sister. You are right, Mrs. Gu. The seventh sister misses her family in Fengzhou so much, so it will be inappropriate if she can't see them. Our grandparents are old. Our grandfather can't leave Fengzhou. The rest have to serve them. So no one can come to the capital to be greeted by the seventh sister. If the seventh sister doesn't go back to show her filial piety when she's unmarried, she will not be able to see them unless she is married to someone in Fengzhou."

Mrs. Gu smiled, saying, "Changying, you are being silly. When a young person wants to see his or her seniors, he or she must take the initiative to see them, not asking them to come over!"

Both of them looked at each other, smiling.

On the other side, Wei Changjuan was unaware that the second aunt had got something on her because of what she had said. Wei Changjuan complained to Liu Ruoye, "Sister Liu, what the third sister said just now was inappropriate, so I said it aloud so that everyone could decide what was right. That is also a rule for women in the Wei Family. I am an unmarried girl but I know what should be avoided. But the third sister, a married woman, doesn't know what to do! Why did you go along with what Shen Cangning said? Were you trying to calm things down?"

Liu Ruoye sighed, "Alas, I just turned around and found that you, the seventh sister, had gone to the third sister of the Wei Family. I was wondering why. So, I shot my mouth off. It's all my fault. I harmed you."

Wei Changjuan said immediately, "I am not blaming you, Sister Liu. Sister Liu, you said the third sister had said something inappropriate, and she didn't use the correct title to address the second aunt. You also said it was not a good time to talk to her in case the third sister became very embarrassed and the situation became awkward. It was me who..."

"My seventh sister, you were worried that the third sister of the Wei Family didn't speak sensibly and Shen Cangning might hear what she said and complained about it to the Shen Family. You went to warn her, which was a good intention." Liu Ruoye looked around, whispering, "But what day is today? It is the first sister of the Su Family's wedding day. No matter what, it wasn't a good idea to ruin the festivities, was it?"

Wei Changjuan bit on her lip, saying, "I was too impatient to be aware of it."

She said, "But my third sister was so mean. She embarrassed me so much in front of everyone. I am her cousin from her old family. However, she helped her sister-in-law to bully me!" As she finished speaking, her eyes turned red.

Liu Ruoye said gently, "Once a girl is married, she will depend on her husband's family for everything. The third sister of the Wei Family hasn't been married into the family very long, so her position in her husband's family is not stable. How does she dare to offend Shen Cangning?"

Wei Changjuan grunted, "Shen Cangning... I see that she is good at being calculating, encouraging Shen Cangning to help her cause trouble! She didn't look like she was afraid of Shen Cangning!"

"Fine, fine. Calm down." Liu Ruoye was trying to persuade her to drink mint water to calm herself, saying, "There's something I really don't know if I should say to you."

Wei Changjuan paused in surprise, saying, "Sister Liu, just say what's on your mind."

Liu Ruoye lowered her voice, saying, "My seventh sister, don't blame me for being presumptuous. I have heard about what happened in Ruiyu Hall and the thing between your father and the fifth young master of your family. My sister, I don't want to criticize you, but when you couldn't ease the situation, why didn't you shut up and let me speak for you? You then came out with something random that you miss your relatives in Fengzhou. My sister, please think. If Aunt Wei or the third sister of the Wei family told Old Madam of your family about this, Old Madam might make your wish come true..."

Wei Changjuan's face instantly turned pale!

She was born late, so she had never met her lineal grandmother, Old Madam Song. And she had only heard from her parents and older siblings how fearsome this grandmother was and how she showed her favoritism. Her disgust for Old Madam Song was far greater than her fear. However, last year, when Old Madam Song wrote to her family, ordering her second brother, Wei Changsui, to go back to Fengzhou, everyone in the family was filled with worry. Her mother, Madam Duanmu, wailed in fear in private several times. That scene was deeply etched into her mind.

From then on, Wei Changjuan had hated her grandmother even more. When Wei Changsui was leaving, he acted as if he had been going to die. That scene also made Wei Changjuan think Fengzhou was a place like a tiger's den. All of these thoughts were created by Old Madam Song.

Wei Changjuan could imagine what fate would await her if she went back to Fengzhou.

Wei Changsui had been groveling to Old Madam Song. In the capital Wei Shengyi and Madam Duanmu had done their best to help when Wei Changying's reputation was ruined by the Liu Family and Zhiben Hall, so Old Madam Song was merciful enough to release Wei Changsui back to the capital. Did she have to go and curry favor with her grandmother, who didn't treat concubines' children as people, for a chance to live?

As the youngest lineal daughter, Wei Changjuan who was pampered by her parents could never live that kind of life!

But since Old Madam Song had the power to call Wei Shengyi's second son to go back, let alone the youngest daughter. She was perplexed, pulled Liu Ruoye, and asked anxiously, "What... What should I do now?"

Liu Ruoye sighed, "My dear sister, Old Madam is your senior. I shouldn't gossip about a senior, but I heard that Old Madam Song requires everyone to behave properly. My sister, if you go to Fengzhou, I think you will certainly get disciplined a lot. I don't know if we will ever see each other again. After all, it is possible that Old Madam Song might like you and keep you with her. To carry on being together, don't you think you should go and talk to the third sister of the Wei Family to ask her for kindness and to praise you in front of Old Madam Song? I heard that Old Madam Song loves the third sister of the Wei Family very much. A good word from the third sister of the Wei Family is more useful than anyone else's."

Wei Changjuan was stunned, afraid, and even more jealous. She couldn't help but look at her cousin not far away. Wei Changying in her fancy dress, wearing expensive hairpins, was talking to Mrs. Gu with a smile. Looking pleased and smiling occasionally, perhaps she had already thought of asking her grandmother to call her back to Fengzhou so she could be disciplined?

They were both granddaughters. Even though there was a difference between being directly lineal and being a child of a concubine, why should this cousin be treated like the pearl in her grandmother's palm, while she, the other granddaughter, had to tremble with fear, not being treated as a person?

As the youngest daughter, having always been kindly treated and cared for by her older siblings, Wei Changjuan was used to enjoying the love of her family. When she thought her grandmother, who she had never met before, thought Wei Changying was a treasure but she was a piece of garbage, her restless rich girl's temperament kicked in. Being angry about her grandmother, she blamed everything on Wei Changying, saying with a long face, "I'm not going!"

Liu Ruoye smiled, but she sighed gently. She said, "Don't be like this, my seventh sister. Without the third sister of the Wei Family to help you, you might have to go back to Fengzhou and we will get separated. I don't want you to leave!"

Wei Changjuan said with hatred, "I'll say I'm sick and can't go out! The capital is far away from Fengzhou, I don't believe they can do much to me from there! I'm not going to beg her!"

Thinking her words were filled with the disapproval of her grandmother and Wei Changying, Liu Ruoye was satisfied and was about to say something else when a maidservant walked towards her. The maidservant curtsied and said respectfully, "My Eleventh Miss, the Tenth Miss spilled wine on her skirt and wants to ask you to go over and help her get changed."

Liu Ruoye was surprised, looking concerned. But then she resumed her usual gentle sweet smile and rose gracefully, saying, "Ah, I'll go now." Lowering her head, she said to Wei Changjuan, "My seventh sister, wait a moment. I will be back soon."

Wei Changjuan's mind was in a whirl, nodded and then said, "Sure, Sister Liu, please come back soon..."