Chapter 79: The Ladies Have Arrived (2) (1/2)

A maidservant suddenly rushed out of Mei Court and came to the parlour, heading straight for Madam Zou.

When she reached Madam Zou’s side, she tiptoed a little and whispered something into Madam Zou’s ear. “Eldest Young Madam, Second Madam has something to discuss and wants to meet with you immediately.”

Madam Zou’s expression immediately turned solemn. She nodded to the maidservant, who was dressed in green and was one of her mother’s handmaidens.

Madam Zou turned to look at Chu Lian and found that she looked a little lost. She couldn’t stop worrying, but fortunately, a busty young madam dressed in light yellow had just come walking by.

“Ah-zi, why are you so late?” Madam Zou stepped forward to welcome her in delight.

When Chu Lian looked up at the young madam Madam Zou had called ‘Ah-zi’, she felt a slight chill in her heart. Wasn’t this woman one of the supporting female leads in the original novel? Her name was Wei Fengzi, and she was the youngest sister of Imperial Concubine Wei. She was also the wife of the Ministry of Personnel’s vice minister.

She only made an appearance much later in the novel. Chu Lian hadn’t expected to see her here at Marquis Dingyuan’s longevity feast.

“Yuanjing.”

Wei Fengzi had a faint smile on her lips. Her light yellow dress made her look much younger than her age.

Yuanjing was Madam Zou’s name. From the way they addressed each other, it could be seen that they were good friends.

“Ah-zi, this is my new Third Sister-in-Law. Help me take care of her for a bit; I have something urgent to attend to at my mother’s place.”

“Okay, don’t worry about it, go ahead!” Wei Fengzi sent a reassuring look to Madam Zou. With that, Chu Lian watched as Madam Zou took her maidservants with her and quickly disappeared into Mei Court.

Chu Lian, who was left behind, was extremely troubled.

The original ‘Chu Lian’ had been rivals with this Wei Fengzi!

Wei Fengzi looked Chu Lian up and down with a measuring gaze. Upon seeing her head slightly lowered, Wei Fengzi frowned.

“Little Sister Chu, why don’t you sit here?”

Chu Lian looked up and glanced at Wei Fengzi. Another young madam started to call out to Wei Fengzi from not far away. The corners of Chu Lian’s mouth twitched a little as she quickly offered, “Madam, if you’re busy, you don’t have to look after me. I’ll be fine just sitting over there.”

For some reason, Wei Fengzi just didn’t feel all too happy with this new Third Young Madam from House Jing’an. If not for Madam Zou’s request, she wouldn’t have even bothered with this girl. Since Chu Lian was now rejecting her kind invitation, she naturally no longer had any patience to deal with her.

“Fine, I’ll go over there then. If there’s anything you need, send a maidservant to me.”

Chu Lian nodded obediently and even looked up to smile at Wei Fengzi.

It wasn’t until Wei Fengzi had left that Chu Lian let out a soft sigh. She looked around and found a nice corner outside the corridor, and made her way towards it.

Although she could hear the discussion from the crowd around her and their opinions of her, it was no use getting angry over something like that. They could choose to say whatever they wanted with their own mouths, and she couldn’t control that.

Chu Lian pursed her lips and pretended not to hear anything.

She leaned against the sofa. There were a few plates of snacks on the small tables next to the sofa, so Chu Lian casually picked out a piece to eat. After taking a bite, she frowned and almost spat it out. What in the world was this made of!? It was sweet, but not too sweet. It was also sour, but not quite… In short, it tasted terrible.