Chapter 396 - Unwilling to Pretend that Everything Was Going Well (1/2)
It had always been bustling and busy on the sixth day of the first lunar month of previous years. Everyone would visit their relatives and friends on this day.
However this year, it was cheerless. If unnecessary, people would prefer to stay at home rather than go on the street and people on the street would be questioned very strictly.
Since several princes had experienced kinds of troubles, the Emperor was totally irritated. However, the government found nothing till now. The interrogation against pedestrians was still strictly implemented but nobody would like to be questioned on the street if unnecessary.
The interrogation not only involved passers-by but also carriages.
Prince Cheng’s consort selection was held today in his mansion so the carriage of Qin’s Mansion had been prepared for Qin Yuru and Qin Wanru. They left together after greeting Madam Dowager.
Qin Yuru was beautifully dressed today. Her long lilac dress was very outstanding and drew everyone’s attention to her, coupled with her amazingly charming appearance. Qin Wanru who stood beside her was also pretty and attractive but because she was not fully grown up, she was slightly inferior to her elder sister.
Qin Wanru wore a pale green rolled eight-panel dress whose corner was decorated with interspersed red plums. The design of her dress should have been elegant and dynamic but the material she chose was not good enough, which made her look dull and sluggish. Furthermore, as she was not tall, it seemed that she could not hold the dress perfectly when standing beside Qin Yuru who possessed a tall and slender figure.
Their clothes were equally good but, compared with Qin Yuru, Qin Wanru was like the green leaves used to make the red flower, Qin Yuru, look better in that Qin Wanru was short and small so people would notice Qin Yuru who dressed beautifully first. Looking at Qin Wanru whose appearance was also pretty, people would sigh for her young age and her poor outfit.
It seemed that Qin Wanru was only to make Qin Yuru look better.
Qin Wanru and her servants put in extra hours to make her dress these days.
This time, she didn’t intend to be outstanding in Prince Cheng’s mansion but she could not put down her fringe which made her look sloppy like the last time.
As Qin Yuru was pleased with Qin Wanru’s inferior outfit, she gave a rare bright smile to Qin Wanru and watched her dress carefully. She nodded and said, “Well, you look quite pretty today! Where do you find the good dress material?”
Even though she seemed to praise Qin Wanru, she actually laughed at Qin Wanru inwardly. Pulling a strand of hair near her ear, Qin Yuru smiled amorously.
“Big sister is much prettier than me! After you!” answered Qin Wanru calmly.
Finding Qin Wanru didn’t talk about the dress, Qin Yuru slightly lifted the corners of her mouth in an ironic way. She then lifted her dress and got on the carriage with Mei Xue’s help while later Qin Wanru also got on by holding Yujie’s hand.
The carriage was large. Since Qin Yuru came in first, she then took the innermost seat with Mei Xue sitting on her right side. When Qin Wanru got on, she sat down on Qin Yuru’s left. There was a car window. If the curtain was lifted while the screen window was put down, it was a great viewing point.
Seeing two ladies take their seats, the coachman then whipped the horse and the carriage moved.
It was still early so they didn’t need to arrive at Prince Cheng’s Mansion in a hurry. All of a sudden, there was a flurry of snow. Several snowflakes were dancing in the air, which looked quite beautiful.
Since they both were from Jiangzhou, they liked the snow in the capital city.
Qin Yuru now moved to the other window, reached out her hand and tried to pick up some snowflakes. However, since it was not snowing heavily and the wind blew away those snowflakes hither, she could not catch them and had to watch these snowflakes flying away. Qin Yuru then turned to look in Qin Wanru’s direction reluctantly.
Given the direction, Qin Wanru could catch these snowflakes easily if she reached out.
Qin Yuru had been wronged and sulking because of being grounded for these days. Thanks to Prince Cheng’s mighty invitation, she finally got a hard-won opportunity to walk out and felt quite happy inwardly. Otherwise, she had no right to leave Qin’s Mansion.
“Second sister, can we exchange our seats? I want to sit beside that window.” Staring at Qin Wanru, Qin Yuru asked.
“No!” Qin Wanru turned down her request without hesitation.
“Why?” Qin Yuru’s face looked dark.
“I SAID NO! You have picked the seat first but now you want to exchange the seat with me? Do you just want to exchange everything with others when you think those things others own are better than you?” Qin Wanru answered without looking at her.
Qin Wanru’s arrogance and neglection toward her irritated Qin Yuru. As a trace of anger appeared in her eyes, she quickly calmed down. When she left Qin’s Mansion, Nanny Huang had warned her again and again that she could not conflict with Qin Wanru anymore and had told her Qin Wanru was a clever girl so she had to tolerate Qin Wanru’s behaviors. Only in this way could she step on her!
She could not let Qin Wanru be defensive!
“Second Sister, I just want to appreciate the snow from the window beside you. You don’t have to act like this if you don’t want to. I know I have made many mistakes before! It is because I followed my mother’s words that I refused to treat you as my sister. However, since my mother has become like this, do you still intend to hate her?”
Qin Yuru looked woeful and lowered her head slightly. It seemed that she really felt sad when thinking of her mother’s sickness from her sorrowful look.