Chapter 559 - 557: This Place is So Luxurious
She led Lady Zhao to a courtyard that had been expanded from the Second Branch family’s quarters and took them into the main house with rooms both inside and out.
In the outer room of the main house were piled up the belongings Lady Zhao and her company had brought. Lady Zhao glanced at Ye Xinyan and the attending maidservants before checking the luggage, sweeping her gaze thoroughly over the heap without showing too much eagerness.
Ye Xinyan understood the hardships faced by the impoverished and respected Lady Zhao’s choice in her daughter-in-law, but she truly disliked the shrewdness that constantly flickered in Lady Zhao’s eyes.
"This girl is called Qing Min," Ye Xinyan indicated the maidservant by her side, "Before Wong Qiao returns, let Qing Min take care of both of your daily needs. There is also a coarse old woman servant in the courtyard responsible for cleaning and miscellaneous chores; if Qing Min isn’t around, and Seventh Grandma needs assistance, she can ask the old woman servant for help. Seventh Grandma must be exhausted from the journey, so I won’t disturb you further. Please settle down and rest for a bit. Nanny Liu will send someone to invite you to dinner later."
After Ye Xinyan left, Qing Min said she was going to fetch water. As soon as the door closed, Xiuqin immediately sprang up and circled the room, scrutinizing it from the outside. Then, turning back, she clung to Lady Zhao’s arm, exclaiming, "Auntie, this place is so luxurious! Are we going to live here from now on and never move again? Look at these tables and chairs, they are so beautiful, carved with flowers. And over here, these two gorgeous cabinets are a matching set, decorated with full patterns and shiny handles, surely made of brass."
As she spoke, she drew Lady Zhao closer to the cabinets, "Auntie, feel this, even the new furniture we made isn’t as smooth or as polished. Look at these patterns, aren’t they beautiful? And the dressing table mirror, so bright and large ..."
Lady Zhao’s room had been prepared early in the morning, everything was in order long before Wong Qiao’s departure.
In Qi Younian’s view, Lady Zhao was not an outsider. Out of respect for their youngest brother who met an early death at the border pass, he and Cheung Wusi should take great care of Lady Zhao.