Chapter 260 - 259: Misfortune Always Targets the Suffering
Qin Liuxi was impervious to flattery and had a particularly venomous tongue, which really infuriated Third Grandmother Tu and her party considerably.
The Tu Family wasn’t among the top powerful families in Qingzhou Prefecture City, but because they were related by marriage to the Meng Family of the Ancheng Marquis Mansion, and with Third Grandmother Tu originating from the Meng Family, under the favor of Noble Princess Consort Meng, such in-laws as the Tu Family also soared in status, commanding considerable esteem locally.
However, whether this esteem was genuine or simply borrowed influence was indeed debatable.
Because of this, those with discerning eyes did not dare provoke the Tu Family openly, especially Third Grandmother Tu. After all, she had the backing of the Ancheng Marquis Mansion, and her aunt was the much-favored Imperial Concubine. Who wouldn’t give her some respect?
Qin Liuxi did not!
Having provoked Third Grandmother Tu, she saw that the attendant had already brought over the small pot with stored snow water. She took a clean medicine bowl and poured the high-quality pearl powder into it, added the snow water and Jade Snow Skin as well, and stirred it into a paste.
As soon as the bottle of Jade Snow Skin was opened, its unique cool fragrance spread out, instantly invigorating.
Third Grandmother Tu’s eyes reddened, and her heart bled.
Such an esteemed item as the Jade Snow Skin was being so casually mixed into some bowl to form a paste.
Yet what made her even more jealous was seeing that paste being smeared onto the face of a raggedly dressed, impoverished young girl on the couch.
Third Grandmother Tu’s eyebrows furrowed into a chuan character, and somewhat disdainfully she covered her nose with a handkerchief, retreating two steps, as if this would distance her from the impoverished air.