Chapter 532 - 276 Listening in the Corner_3
Pan Yue was, if anything, living a better life than the legends suggested. She didn’t at all resemble someone who came from the countryside; she remained as noble and beautiful as ever, as ethereal and out of this world. Her dress wasn’t bright red, but the way her husband constantly held and cajoled her demonstrated his immense love for her. Though her mother-in-law was a rural woman, she watched over Pan Yue at every moment, fearful that even the slightest discomfort might befall her. The harshness of life hadn’t carved many lines on her face; she looked to be under twenty, nearly ten years younger than herself.
She was indeed foolish, her eyes filled with confusion and helplessness when facing Pan family members and Crane Year Hall. But when she was with her husband, children, and mother-in-law, her eyes exuded happiness and tenderness...
How unlike herself, who, although having married into an aristocratic family as she desired and became the principal wife of a legitimate son, still...
What Pan Yuanfeng envied the most about Pan Yue was her three children, all of whom were born to Pan Yue herself.
Pan Yuanfeng cast a glance at a bunch of kids playing with two monkeys in the distance, among whom four called her ’mother.’ Yet, aside from her eight-year-old biological son Cui Haoran, the remaining two sons and daughter were born of her husband and other women.
The excitement and pride that Pan Yuanfeng previously felt vanished in an instant. Even with her elder sister being foolish, she couldn’t surpass her. She pinched her fingers inside her sleeve.
After paying respects to the senior family members in the rear courtyard, Qian Manjiang couldn’t stay there anymore. He handed Pan Yue’s hand to Qian Yixiu, softly instructing his daughter to take good care of her mother, then he and Pan Yang went to the front courtyard again.
Initially, most of the women of the Pan family looked down on Pan Yue and the Qian family. But witnessing this scene, seeing Pan Yue so young and brimming with happiness, they couldn’t help but envy her fortune. Seeing how the Qian family cherished Pan Yue, they also couldn’t help admiring the Qian family’s genuine kindness.
Grand-aunt Pan Yuanyu laughed and said, "My eldest sister is eight years older than me, yet she looks younger than I do." Pan Yuanyu, at nineteen today, indeed looked older than Pan Yue.
Everyone laughed, agreeing that it was indeed so.
Old Lady Pan called for Qian Yixiu to bring Pan Yue to her side and asked Pan Yue to sit with her on the arhat bed. She held Pan Yue and thanked Lady Wu for taking care of Pan Yue.