Chapter 45: The Wei Bei Marquis Estate

  The second lady finished speaking, and Liu Rong saw that Liu Fu had already smiled and approached Liu Xuan, without any resentment from being abandoned earlier. On the contrary, Liu Xuan was stunned for a moment, initially somewhat unnatural, and didn't know what Liu Fu said, but quickly laughed and seemed to have no distance with Liu Fu at all.

  Liu Rong gazed at Liu Fu's furrowed brow and even getting on the carriage was only realized after Dong Er reminded her.

  "Miss, what's wrong?" Dong'er looked at Liu Rong with concern. She rarely saw Miss being so serious. Following Liu Rong's gaze, she saw Liu Fu trying to please Liu Xuan and couldn't help but curl her lip: "This fourth sister is really something, didn't the lesson from before not enough? Now she's still clinging to Ninth Young Lady..."

  In Dong Er's heart, Liu Fu was originally used by Liu Xuan from the beginning, and later Liu Fu became a scapegoat.

  Liu Rong didn't respond to Dong Er's words, but instead followed her onto a horse carriage. As she got on the carriage, she was slightly startled to see that there were already two people sitting inside - it was Da Jie Liu Yun and her personal maid Feng Jiao.

  When Liu Rong got on the horse carriage, Liu Yun reacted very naturally, unexpectedly not only did she not scowl at her because of what happened with Liu Ping, but instead nodded at her: "Ping'er has been spoiled by mother since she was young, this older sister of hers doesn't have any ill intentions, don't take it to heart."

  Liu Rong smiled at Liu Yun and shook her head, indicating that she didn't mind, then leaned against the carriage and closed her eyes to rest.

  Phoenix eyebrow furrowed, about to speak, but was stopped by Liu Yun, who shook her head.

  Liu Rong didn't know there was such a scene, fortunately, as they sat down, the carriage slowly started moving, and didn't let Liu Xuan and Liu Fu squeeze into this carriage.

  Before long, they heard their mother outside give the order to stop the carriage, and it came to a halt.

  As soon as she heard her mother's voice ordering the carriage to stop, Dong'er helped her down from the carriage. Before them stood a pair of stone lions guarding a large gate about 20 feet long. On top of the gate hung a horizontal plaque with four characters "Weibei Marquis Manor" written in bold and powerful brushstrokes, exuding an air of majesty and grandeur.

  "It's said that these four characters were personally written by the first generation of Weibei Hou, don't they look very majestic?" Just as Liu Rong raised her head to notice the four characters, she heard a gentle voice: "Unfortunately, the Weibei Hou Mansion has already abandoned martial arts and turned to literature."

  Liu Rong turned around and saw Liu Yun standing beside her, smiling at her.

  Liu Rong nodded at Liu Yun and led Dong'er into the Weibei Marquis's estate with Madame.

  "Miss, you're so gentle with Xiaojie, why don't you get along with her more? Maybe in the future, she can even put in a good word for you in front of Dà Nǎi." Dong'er said regretfully as he followed Liu Rong.

  Liu Rong slightly shook her head: "Don't gossip behind people's backs, we're in the Weibei Marquis' estate now. There's a mother over there watching you."

  Dong Er stood still and held her breath, looking left and right, seeing that no one was paying attention to her, she let out a sigh of relief, pouting at Liu Rong: "Miss likes to scare me."

  The grand hall for receiving guests had been arranged early, but it was not yet time, so the crowd was welcomed into the main courtyard. In the house of the main courtyard, some elegant and refined ladies were already seated, as well as those with tender faces, obviously similar to Liu Rong's daughters.

  "Whose daughter is this, and what a beautiful dress she's wearing. Is that a new outfit from the Jinxiu workshop?" Just as she was about to step inside, a clear voice rang out, and when she looked up, she saw a woman in a white silk cheongsam with eight blue lan flowers embroidered on it, adorned with tinkling accessories, looking elegant and smiling at her.

  "Left Grand Auntie, you don't know this time, do you? This is the Third Miss of Wencheng Marquis Manor, Liu Rong. Rong Jie, come quickly and sit by your Eldest Paternal Aunt's side."

  Upon hearing this response, Liu Rong only then noticed that among these elegantly dressed women was a familiar face - it was the second sister of the second madam, Zhen Er Furen. At this moment, she was smiling and waving at her, while beside her sat a delicate-featured young girl who was curiously sizing up Liu Rong.

  They all came in together, dressed up elegantly, but no one noticed Liu Xuan, who couldn't help but grit her teeth, looking at Liu Rong with even more resentment.

  She was interrupted by Liu Fu, who narrowed her eyes slightly, and continued: "This aunt is really insightful, my third sister's dress can't be bought in ordinary places."

  Liu Xuan was slightly stunned and looked at Liu Fu, only to see Liu Fu giving her a signal with her eyes, then remained silent.

  The madam frowned at Liu Fu, her face showing displeasure.

  "What? How can that be? Jinxiu Fang is the largest embroidery house in Dashao, are there clothes that even Jinxiu Fang can't make?" The young woman who had been silent all along couldn't help but ask.

  "Naturally, this dress my third sister is wearing was made by her own hands, and there isn't a second one like it in the world." As soon as Liu Fu finished speaking, everyone's gaze couldn't help but be fixed on Liu Rong. Liu Rong couldn't help but furrow her brow, not knowing what kind of trick Liu Fu was playing.

  Before she could think much, several women had already surrounded Liu Rong and were sizing her up.

  "Let me take a look at this garment..."

  "This is indeed a painting, the style of this ink wash painting is good, but unfortunately the fabric of these clothes is not very good."

  "How did this peony flower get its red color? It's incredibly beautiful."

  "I didn't expect that the old lady's mansion still hid such a talented woman, and she had never let outsiders know. But now that she has been brought to the Weibei Hou Mansion, it will be a shocking revelation. When Lady Zuo sees her, she will definitely be delighted."

  "Yes, the second son of the Weibei Marquis's estate has always been arrogant, I heard that he has already made Left Madame anxious to death, perhaps this time..."

  Liu Rong finally managed to extricate herself from these women with great difficulty, and in this brief moment, except for the young girl beside Zhen Er's wife, the others had already gathered together and moved to the outer room. Liu Fu also brought Liu Xuan to those ladies during this short period of time, and it was unknown what she said, but they soon became inseparable.

  Just then, a few people glanced at Liu Rong with disdain in their eyes.

  Madam saw Liu Rong walking out and wanted to instruct her a few words, but was pulled by several old sisters and wouldn't let go. Although the Wen Dinghou Mansion had declined, Madam's reputation was still good, so there were still many people who were willing to socialize with her. On the other hand, Liu Dainai was very deserted, but she sat down in the original seat of these women and chatted with several women left in between.

  As soon as Liu Rong entered the outer room, she found herself completely excluded from the new circle of young ladies that had appeared in the Weibei Hou Mansion. She saw Fang Fang walking towards these young ladies, and they turned their backs on her, as if they hadn't seen her at all.

  Liu Rong couldn't help but shake her head, fortunately she wasn't really a 12 or 13 year old girl, otherwise coming to such an unfamiliar place and being ignored by people of the same age would be heartbreaking.

  It's pointless to get close to these ignorant girls, so Liu Rong walked out of the house and gazed at the scenery outside, feeling a sense of relief in her heart.

  "Is this dress really painted by yourself? What DIY are you talking about?" Just as Liu Rong closed her eyes to breathe in the fresh air, she suddenly heard a curious boy's voice and couldn't help but look down in confusion. She saw a boy much younger than her standing in the corridor, staring at her for who knows how long.

  Jian Liu Rong didn't respond, the little boy seemed to think it was pointless: "Really petty, not even saying anything about such a small matter, and still looking so serious. I guess you're the person Er Shu said, he asked you to meet him in the backyard to hand over the drawings."