Chapter 483 - 178 Quarrel
Yueyao walked to the courtyard, feeling tired from reading. The summer night was at its most beautiful, standing beneath the ancient tree and looking up at the sky, she felt a different sensation from before.
Yueyao didn’t know what she was thinking about when she suddenly turned her head to Xiang Wei and asked, "The Empress Dowager is from the Bai Family, so why is the Bai Family not prominent in Capital City?" Although the Emperor was not her biological son, he was very filial to his legal mother, and people often said the Emperor was a filial son. But the Empress Dowager was a clever woman, usually uninvolved in affairs, contentedly living each day.
The Bai Family, being the maternal family of the Empress Dowager, had no distinction in Capital City, which really made no sense. In her past life, Yueyao had heard that the Empress Dowager did not have a good relationship with her father’s clan, apparently because the Empress Dowager’s mother died early. Afterwards, she had entered the palace, and then became the Empress and eventually the Empress Dowager, always indifferent towards her maternal family, the specifics of which Yueyao was not clear about.
Xiang Wei glanced at Yueyao and thought about it before saying, "The Emperor doesn’t want the Bai Family to become too powerful, so the Empress Dowager didn’t boost the Bai Family."
Yueyao laughed, "It’s not that the Bai Family isn’t powerful, they have absolutely no power at all. Otherwise, the people from the Bai Family wouldn’t be desperately trying to please the Lady of Marquis Jingning." This could be judged from the rumors.
Xiang Wei looked at Yueyao, who was indeed very clever, and no longer hid the truth from Yueyao, saying, "The Empress Dowager’s mother only had two daughters, the Empress Dowager and the Lady of Marquis Jingning. The current head of the Bai Family is from the stepmother’s side, and the Old Lady Bai wasn’t kind to the Empress Dowager." Xiang Wei meant that the Empress Dowager had suffered at the hands of the stepmother from a young age and no longer regarded the Bai Family as her kin.
Yueyao nodded, indicating she understood, just like herself, who no longer saw the Lian family members as her own blood.
Yueyao looked at Xiang Wei and said, "I heard Bai Yi mention that you understand medical skills, and if you are interested, I can acquire more medical books for you so that you won’t be bored in the estate." Keeping such a person confined to the Inner Courtyard was actually stifling talent.
Xiang Wei smiled but not really smiling, said, "Miss, what I actually know is not medical skills but poison. Are you sure you want me to study poison?"
Yueyao was startled for a moment but, being very open-minded, she then said, "As long as you do no harm, I won’t stop you." Everyone’s interests are different; as long as it doesn’t interfere with others, there is naturally no issue.
Xiang Wei burst into laughter and said, "Miss, you really are a unique person." Other girls in the quarters would have been scared to death if they heard she was dealing with poison, but Yueyao not only showed no discomfort, but she even allowed her to continue her research. Bai Yi really found her an extraordinary and peculiar master.