Capítulo 1060: Chapter 629: Sisters, Neither Warm Nor Cold
“Sister, are you alright? Your voice sounds…” Su Qingdai asked with a frown.
She was a bit puzzled. What could cause a top distinguished lady of Taiching Prefecture to have a hoarse voice and feel unwell, making it inconvenient for her to see people… Could she have been injured while rescuing Ziyu the other day? Is Ziyu now by her side, taking care of her?
Silence fell again.
A woman inside the room whispered, “I’m… fine.” There was a subtle sound of labored breathing in between.
Su Qingdai nodded and was about to speak, “Sister Zhao, I’d like to…”
“Qian’er.”
A weak woman inside seed unwilling to continue conversing through the door, calling for little Qian’er.
“Coming.”
The young girl quickly turned around, ran back, opened and closed the door, entering the main room.
anwhile, a swing blocked Su Qingdai’s way.
The ssage was clear.
Monts later, little Qian’er returned to the courtyard, crossing hands and said:
“Miss said, I’m sorry for my poor health and for causing Su Miss to laugh, her gratitude for the porridge you brought is acknowledged, but unfortunately, it’s inconvenient to taste it now, hope Su Miss won’t mind…”
Su Qingdai couldn’t help but interject, “It’s alright. If sister is unwell, I could enter the room, and feed sister the porridge, it’s perfectly fine. I’ve learned so techniques for nurturing health in the sect, I could take care of sister.”
As she spoke, her voice grew smaller and eventually paused.
Because the young girl with her hands on her hips was glancing at her from the corner of her eyes.
“Sister Qian’er, go ahead, continue…” Su Qingdai smiled.
“Hmph, you like interrupting now, are you planning to cut in my line in the future too…”
The girl snorted lightly, then directly asked:
“Miss has one last question for you, answer casually, don’t be nervous.” She pursed her lips.
“What question?” Su Qingdai straightened her waist under her skirt.
Little Qian’er asked nonchalantly, “Miss wants to know, does Su Miss have anyone or anything she can’t let go of in Great Li?”
Su Qingdai looked up at the quiet main room, lowered her eyes, then looked up again, and finally lowered them.
“No. The person I’m most concerned about now is Ziyu.” She paused, “Of course, there’s also Sister Zhao and Sister Qian’er. Other than that, it’s just my parents at ho…”
Little Qian’er impatiently interrupted and asked, “So, you only care about our Old Zhao Family, right?”
Su Qingdai nodded, “Sister Qian’er’s summary is precise.”
“What precise, I think you’re foolish.” Little Qian’er muttered.
“……” Su Qingdai.
She waved her little hand, “Alright then.”
Saying thus, little Qian’er dashed back into the main room again.
Then, Su Qingdai entered a period of waiting on the spot once more.
She looked up at the quiet house ten ters ahead, seeing the tightly closed door on the three-step platform barring her entry.
Su Qingdai turned her head, glancing at the Sacrificial Moon Mountain behind her.
Afterward, when the door opening sound ca from ahead again, she silently turned her head back.
This ti, little Qian’er casually withdrew the swing, getting closer to Su Qingdai, circling around her with hands behind her back.
While turning, she said:
“Miss said, the Su family sister should head back first…”
Little Qian’er paused, glanced at the slightly nervous Su Qingdai, and chuckled lightly: “… Return and pack things up, the boat at the second quarter of the afternoon.”
Su Qingdai sighed in relief suddenly, then reacted quickly, “So soon… I haven’t even got a chance to purchase a boat ticket.”
With her hands behind her back, little Qian’er prepared to return, “The whole boat is ours, you don’t count.”
Su Qingdai: “……”
“Oh yes.”
The girl’s retreating figure suddenly paused, as she, whose family status had recently soared, turned and said:
“It’s a pity, you ca in a bit late, besides miss, under her, there’s another sister besides , a clever, talented little Fox Fairy, and wouldn’t you know, she shares the sa surna, Su, her given na is not Dahuang, it’s Xiaoxiao, she joined a day before you, rember to greet her.”
Little Qian’er paused slightly, then tilted her head: “Besides, you’re not fully in yet, just halfway, when we reach Du You City in Taiching Prefecture, miss and I will still see about you…”
Su Qingdai lowered her eyes and nodded, as if with words to say but stopping short.
“Oh, and there’s one more thing.” Little Qian’er smiled lightly and instructed, “From now on, don’t call him Ziyu, but master. Rember your current status as a Su maidservant.”
Becoming a concubine of the Zhao family from a little maid is not that easy, it’s not a market that you can just enter casually?
Moreover, sotis, certain things the Miss can’t say, the second wife has to co forward to say them.
White face, black face, roles must be separated.
And on certain issues, Miss is the main wife, while she is just a young girl, Brother Rong’er may pass judgnt on Miss, but he certainly won’t pass it on her, right.
The girl, having deep understanding of these stakes, smiled and nodded.
Su Qingdai replied softly, “Alright.”
Little Qian’er took a glance at her.
Su Qingdai appeared sowhat absent-minded.
She didn’t mind, turning to leave.
Su Qingdai couldn’t help but raise her head and say, “Sister Qian’er, could you ask Sister Zhao for , if she could… allow a little more ti.”
Little Qian’er asked, “What, don’t you want to co with us? Is it difficult for you?”
“No.”
“Then do you have unfinished business or soone you can’t let go of?”
Su Qingdai shook her head, then hesitated and nodded, “It’s nothing important, just thinking, going with Ziyu… with the master and the sisters, it might be a long ti before we return. I want to go ho first and tell my parents in person.”
Little Qian’er, who was about to make a sarcastic remark, swallowed her words, looked at her for a mont, and nodded.
“Wait.”
Little Qian’er went back to the main room.
To relay a ssage to the young lady.
After a short ti, she returned again.
This ti, the girl with the peach blossom eyes held a cup of hot tea and a silver token.
Little Qian’er didn’t waste words, she directly instructed:
“The young lady said, it’s approved.”
“When the Su family sister goes back to see your father and mother, convey regards from and the master. After these matters are settled, head imdiately north to Du You, co to Taiching Four Mansions, show this silver token at Qinglian Pavilion, and find . Then, we will have a good chat, and discuss your future cultivation plans.”
Upon hearing this, Su Qingdai’s pupils slightly contracted, and she looked at the silver token in Little Qian’er’s hand.
The Sister Zhao, who she hadn’t yet t face-to-face, had arranged everything for her.
Even suggesting that she shouldn’t see Ziyu yet, but first co to see her.
Displaying the authoritative deanor of the chief wife, allowing no objections.
Her character was evident.
Moreover, what Sister Zhao’s words implied was… she could arrange for her to enter the prestigious Taiching Four Mansions!?
“Does the Su family sister have any objections?”
“Ah… no, all right… thank you, Sister Zhao, thank you, Master.”
Su Qingdai ca back to her senses.
She took the silver token handed by Little Qian’er, looked at the patterns on it, and carefully put it away.
Little Qian’er then handed over the cup of tea.
“The young lady also said, today, it was a pleasure chatting with the Su family sister, who is reasonable, and orderly. Sister has nothing suitable to offer, so I gift you another cup of tea. One day, at Taiching Prefecture’s Qinglian Pavilion, I await your presence with anticipation.”
Su Qingdai reached to accept the cup, feeling the warmth of the cup, hesitating, “I should be the one to offer Sister Zhao tea first, it should be .”
Little Qian’er remained composed, “It’s not the ti yet for offering tea to the young lady; we’ll talk about it when you arrive in Du You City. Besides…”
She tilted her head slightly forward and whispered, “You wouldn’t really co to Du You City, would you? Su maid, think it through carefully. Du You City isn’t this little Great Li; Taiching Prefecture isn’t that little Ziwei Pavilion. If you truly join this household, pretending would beco real, and there’d be no turning back.”
The girl looked at the exquisite woman in the black dress with an enigmatic smile.
She did not forget to give a gentle nudge.
“All right… thank you, Sister Qian’er, for the advice.”
Su Qingdai lowered her eyes, took a small sip of the slightly hot tea.
“However, I have said it from the beginning, wherever Ziyu… the master goes, I will go; he is my destined one—in the past, and now still.”
She raised her head, earnestly nodding towards Little Qian’er and the quiet main room behind her, “Thank you, Sister Zhao and Sister Qian’er; after handling my parents’ affairs, I will co imdiately.”
There was still no response from the main room, but soon so male footsteps resonated from below.
Little Qian’er gave Su Qingdai another glance, but didn’t reply.
Shortly after.
Su Qingdai finished drinking the tea and politely took her leave.
…
An exquisite woman in a black long dress left the elegant courtyard.
She turned her back and walked slowly toward the bamboo forest ahead.
Returning to where she ca from.
The delicate food box in her hand, too, was taken inside, now returned intact.
Not feeling particularly despondent or aggrieved.
Yet not overwheld with joy at stepping halfway into the Old Zhao Family.
Su Qingdai squinted and took another look at Sacrificial Moon Mountain.
“Though it appears near, walking to it is quite far.”
Su Qingdai suddenly rembered a lady from Li, called Cicada, who once told her that her character was like this Sacrificial Moon Mountain—not close, not far, and that she was aloof, difficult to truly fall in love with anyone…
The aloof woman was deep in thought and, unconsciously, was already carrying the food box, leaving the elegant courtyard and stepping into the bamboo forest.
At that mont, a male voice called out from behind.
“Hey, wait.”
She turned around.
It was Zhao Rong.
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