Everybody gradually saw a hint of what really occurred and sighed in their hearts. The Tian Family was really a hard rock. Other than loyalty to the Emperor, they didn’t side with anybody. Even if their niece had married into the wang fu, it didn’t seem their attitude had changed. They didn’t purposefully dissociate themselves but nor did they insincerely flatter. This type of conduct really did seem like what the Tian Family would do.
So sometimes, something that seemed natural wouldn’t cause people to think much of it. Even Wei Qing E and Qin Bai Lu could see that the Tian Family didn’t have the desire to side with He Heng. They couldn’t help but sympathize with Qu Qing Ju. Disregarding the troublesome maternal family, even her uncle’s family wouldn’t change their attitudes for her. How would she continue to live in Duan Wang Fu?
“The snow is getting heavier,” Wei Qing E turned to look outside the window and saw the plum flowers proudly blooming in the snow, “In this white worlds, it is the red blossoms which are the most eye-catching. And they are also beautiful.”
“Of course, the red is the right color. No matter how pretty the other colors are, in the midst of the winds and snow, they don’t distinguish themselves,” Qin Bai Lu smiled and asked: “What does furen think?”
Qu Qing Ju continued her interest in drinking tea. The words on the surface were complimenting the flowers, but underneath, wasn’t it saying that the wife was the right way, and the qie were an embarrassment?
Everybody present was a wife and naturally concurred, full of praise for the red blossoms. A few of the younger ladies who came with their mothers, regardless if they understood or not, smiled and listened as though Qin Bai Lu was really complimenting the plum blossoms.
After admiring the flowers for a long while and the snow get even heavier, the participants were served the noon meal in the pavilion. After the meal, there was tea and conversation. Qu Qing Ju mused that this kind of gathering was boring and at the same time, she defended against the verbal attacks of Wei and Qing. A lot of tea was poured into her stomach in the meantime.
Wei Qing E saw the snow was becoming heavier and heavier so she stood to make her farewells. Seeing the , Qu Qing Ju athe others stood to make their farewells together. But they were persuaded by Qin Bai Lu who said that the snow was too heavy and that the carriages wouldn’t be able to travel easily on the roads to wait for each of the fu to send over their sedans.
Everybody could only agree. They once again sat to chat about hair ornaments and clothes and give mutual compliments.