Hua Mei silently sighed in relief as she lowered herself to fix Wei Yang’s shoes. As if unintentionally, she said, “Right now, everyone’s been commenting on how elegant and beautiful San xiaojie is. Compared to Si xiaojie and Wu xiaojie, you’re so much prettier!”
Knowing not to mention Da xiaojie, whose beauty was like a fairy, it seems this girl wasn’t that stupid. Li Wei Yang pretended not to hear Hua Mei’s comment as she carefully inspected her shoes instead.
“Nubi is new to the estate but has heard all the mumus saying how San xiaojie was born from Qi yiniang and that Qi yiniang was also very beautiful in her youth!” Hua Mei exclaimed, as if she couldn’t hold it in any longer.
Suddenly Wei Yang lifted her gaze to Hua Mei. Under Wei Yang’s gaze, Hua Mei felt nervous and immediately lowered her head. She proceeded to slap her own face and said, “Nubi is wrong! Nubi has spoken too much!”
Unexpectedly, Wei Yang giggled and said, “Hua Mei, this pair of shoes is indeed very beautiful!”
Seeing that Wei Yang wasn’t angry, Hua Mei was relieved and continued, “It’s good that San xiaojie likes it. Aiya, xiaojie must be so lonely without your biological mother at your side, unlike Si xiaojie and Wu xiaojie. They have Si yiniang to take care of them. At the very least, they could lively happily each and every day.”
Li Wei Yang blinked and purposefully replied, “Hua Mei, what are you trying to say?”
Hua Mei knew how to read people’s expressions and words. “Nubu has heard from the others that, for these past two days, Qi yiniang’s illness have worsened.”
Upon hearing Hua Mei talking about Qi yiniang, Wei Yang unknowingly touched the pendant she was wearing underneath. When she was about to leave Ping Cheng, the Lis in Ping Cheng had helped her retrieved this pendent. The pendant was the only gift she had from her biological mother.
Qi yiniang, also known as Tan shi, was originally a servant beside Da furen who was in charge of washing feet. One time when Li Xiao Ran was drunk, he had impregnated Tan shi with Wei Yang who was born in February and eventually forced to leave the estate. To show off her benevolence, Da furen allowed Tan shi to become a yiniang. In the Li’s estate, all the other yiniangs had a proper background, had beauty or had a child who was respected. They were able to use those factors to strengthen their position in the estate, all except for Qi yiniang. She had no background and had given birth to a child in the unfortunate month of February. Thus, she had angered Li Xiao Ran. In the previous life, she had passed away due to an illness half a year before Wei Yang returned to the estate. However, in this lifetime, Wei Yang had returned to the estate one year earlier so Qi yiniang was still alive.
In the past month, Li Wei Yang had used every means to find out news regarding Qi yiniang but all she had found out was that Qi yiniang was not favoured by Li Xiao Ran, had no reputation or status, had a weak body and was sent to live in the isolated Nan Yuan by Da furen. Nan Yuan was far. It was separated from the main courtyard and located right beside the servants’ bedchambers.
Not only was Qi yiniang the poorest out of everyone, she was also the one who everyone else stepped on. The thought of it was painful to Wei Yang, like a needle pricking at her heart. But then Hua Mei was Da furen’s people and right in front of Wei Yang, she was talking about Qi yiniang. There has to be a catch.
Wei Yang laughed on the inside, but on the surface, she calmly stared at Hua Mei. Since they have already taken the first step, she couldn’t sit still and do nothing either. However, it is still unsure who’s going to be the actual loser in this game of chess.