Chapter 1251 - 393: Never Come Back, Conflict_3
"You were supposed to fetch the silver fungus soup, yet here you are slacking off outside!" Cui Qingrou glanced at her personal maid, yet the corners of her eyebrows betrayed a hint of joy.
The maid’s name was Lvzhi, having just reached the age of adulthood, with above average looks, she was one of the big maids beside Cui Qingrou and also one of the four maids to accompany her in the dowry.
She clearly knew her mistress’s thoughts and felt no fear. She placed the tray on the table, and began to feed the silver fungus soup using a silver spoon to the girl who was wearing the Phoenix Crown and could not move freely, "The scholar has good knowledge and looks good, as well. I merely stood there for a while, and saw so many girls hiding in the corner to sneak peeks, unwilling to leave!"
Such words could be considered very courteous and tactful. The words these girls muttered in private were far more unpleasant. The Cui family was a large family with only one main branch, but many side branches, just like the branches of a large tree. Most of these side branch’s young ladies, though younger in age, were actually contemporaries of Cui Qingrou.
Since Cui Qingrou returned to the Cui family, she had not been spared their overt and covert mockery and ridicule. Later, when they heard she had been betrothed to a man of humble origin, who also had three children from a previous marriage, they felt even more that she had sunk into the mud, never again to emerge in glory.
In their eyes, what Champion Scholar, what favorite in front of the Crown Prince; all that was nothing, as one’s actual status and family background were of the utmost importance.
But now having personally witnessed Mo Qingze’s grace, these girls felt that Cui Qingrou had stumbled upon great luck. A woman who couldn’t even bear children had so fortuitously found such an outstanding husband, they didn’t know whether to say that God was seeing clearly or not at all.
Cui Qingrou was well aware of the nature of those so-called cousins, and knew their words would not be as courteous as those of Lvzhi. However, she only cared about appearances with those people; no matter how unpleasant their words were, she wouldn’t take it to heart.
She sipped the silver fungus soup and said to Lvzhi and another maid named Lvmei, "Don’t mind what others say, what the Mo Family is like, you will see for yourself once you’re there. As long as you girls remain loyal, you will certainly have a bright future."