Jiang Yuehua listened to her sister’s inner voice and looked at the ordinary beaded flower hairpin in her sister’s hand, feeling exceptionally moved.
My sister is the cutest in the world!
Though still young, her sister was already thinking about earning money. As the elder sister, she couldn’t fall behind…
“Alright, I’ll buy it for you…”
“I want that beaded flower hairpin.”
A voice spoke almost simultaneously with Jiang Yuehua’s.
Jiang Yueyao turned toward the voice… and met a pair of cross-eyes.
Oh no, it was a pair of fiercely determined eyes.
[Here it comes, here it comes! The classic cliché where a female rival always competes for purchases has finally arrived]
[Wow, I wonder if there’ll be a handsome, wealthy male lead or supporting character coming to my sister’s rescue]
[Wait… why does this cross-eyed girl look familiar?]
[Oh, isn’t this Fang Qingxue? The pearl of the Vice Minister of Revenue’s household?]
[Right, I remember Eldest Uncle Jiang bought an official position and works as an errand boy in the Ministry of Revenue. That Jiang Yuening girl used to suck up to this Fang Qingxue all the time, but no one paid her any attention despite her drooling efforts]
[Could it be… Jiang Yuening finally got some response from her goddess after all that sucking up?]
[So… Fang Qingxue is here to cause trouble for us?!]
[Meow meow damn it!]
Jiang Yueyao instantly sounded the battle horn in her heart.
As for Jiang Yuehua: …she understood the whole story from her sister’s inner voice.
Had to admit… the Yao Yao brand narrator was quite useful.
A silver needle suddenly appeared in Jiang Yuehua’s hand behind her back.
For troublemakers like this, one silver needle could make them fall unconscious. Jiang Yuehua was already quite skilled at this.
However… Jiang Yueyao blinked and made a gesture toward a certain direction. After receiving a response, she walked over to Jiang Yuehua.
“Sis, let’s just give her that beaded flower hairpin. I like this hairpin better anyway.”
Fang Qingxue: “I want this hairpin too.”
Jiang Yueyao: “Then, then I want this set of ornamental hairpins.”
Fang Qingxue: “The hairpin set is mine too!”
Jiang Yueyao: “Then this pearl necklace…”
Fang Qingxue: …
Jiang Yueyao pointed out several items in succession like this, but Fang Qingxue intercepted every one. Seeing that the quantity was already considerable, and there had even been some bidding— raising a hairpin set originally priced at two thousand taels to five thousand taels— only then did Jiang Yueyao ‘angrily’ look at Fang Qingxue.
“Miss Fang, are you deliberately trying to make things difficult for us sisters?”
Fang Qingxue looked immensely pleased with herself.
“So you figured it out? What if I am making things difficult for you?”
“Jiang Yueyao, no matter what, you were raised by your uncle’s family. Yet as soon as your parents returned, you instigated dividing the household. Someone as disloyal and unfilial as you—I simply can’t stand it!”
Fang Qingxue’s voice was quite loud, drawing the attention of many young masters and misses who were selecting jewelry at the Treasure Pavilion.
Under everyone’s gaze, Jiang Yuehua felt furious.
This Fang Qingxue was actually slandering their Yao Yao like this.
Whoosh!
The silver needle that Jiang Yuehua had previously put away reappeared in her hand.
This time, she wasn’t just planning to make Fang Qingxue unconscious for a while—she intended to paralyze her for three days.
How dare she bully her sister, Jiang Yuehua’s sister!
However…
Jiang Yueyao’s little mouth started chattering, clearly faster than Jiang Yuehua’s actions.”Oh my heavens, Fang Qingxue, how could you possibly think that the Jiang family division could be instigated by just a few words from a young girl like me?”
“Isn’t family division a monumental matter for any household? How could a junior like me possibly have any say in it?”
“Do you mean to say your Fang family’s affairs are all decided by you? Then your Fang family… must be not far from complete ruin.”
“Pfft~”
The young masters and ladies attracted by the commotion couldn’t help but snicker.
They also felt that Jiang Yueyao made a valid point.
This young lady from the Fang family should have at least used a more reasonable argument if she wanted to pick a fight.
Fang Qingxue was hopping mad.
“It’s clearly because of you! If you hadn’t claimed that Yuening’s family was mistreating you, how could your Jiang family possibly have divided? It’s all because of your scheming!”
Usually when Jiang Yuening came to see her, he would bring generous gifts, but this time he only brought a plate of pastries.
Who cared about those wretched pastries?
It was all because of Jiang Yueyao, if not for her…
Jiang Yueyao hung her head with an ‘injured’ expression.
“Miss Fang, these are our Jiang family’s private matters. There’s no need for you to publicly debate their merits.”
“Although our Jiang family has divided into two branches, we remain harmonious. Over the years while I was in the capital, my parents have been sending back cartloads of imperial rewards and medicinal herbs, while my Eldest Uncle Jiang’s family has also… treated me quite well. Miss Fang, you’re overstepping your boundaries quite significantly.”
The crowd reflected on this.
It was true that the Jiang family’s second branch frequently sent things back to the capital. To say that Miss Jiang Yueyao was raised entirely at the expense of the main branch was rather exaggerated – how much could a young girl possibly consume? Most of it must have ended up with the main branch anyway.
And this young girl… she looked so thin and frail. Perhaps she had actually suffered mistreatment instead. No wonder the second branch divided so decisively upon returning to the capital. It seemed… the main branch of the Jiang family was indeed not to be trusted, and now they were even instigating this Fang Qingxue to make trouble, which made them even more unlikable.
In contrast, the second branch of the Jiang family never spoke ill of the main branch even after the division, instead consistently defending them.
The comparison between the two branches was truly stark.
It seemed they should distance themselves further from the main branch of the Jiang family in the future, while the second branch appeared worth cultivating relationships with.
Sensing the surrounding gazes, Jiang Yuehua quietly put away the silver needle in her hand.
Her younger sister’s few words had not only exposed those people’s ugly true colors but also won their family a good reputation…
Despite her young age, her sister could already consider things so thoroughly.
Jiang Yuehua felt both proud and heartbroken.
Her sister must have suffered many grievances while living with Eldest Uncle Jiang’s family, which explained why she behaved this way.
At her sister’s age, she should be as unrestrained and bold as that Fang Qingxue across from them.
If Jiang Yueyao could hear Jiang Yuehua’s inner voice, she would definitely say… Sister, this isn’t because I suffered grievances.
This is all the essence accumulated from years of reading novels!
Verbal sparring is an essential skill for any transmigrated female protagonist!
But unfortunately, Jiang Yueyao didn’t possess the ability to hear inner voices – she could only have her inner voice heard.
[Hmph, you little thing, still daring to engage in verbal sparring with me?]
[My Italian cannon is no joke!]
[Looking at your confused little eyes, you probably didn’t even understand my high-level play]
[Then let me say something you can understand!]
“Sister, this Miss Fang Qingxue is truly strange. She has no real connection to our Jiang family, yet she’s publicly commenting on our family affairs like this.””The key point is… all her so-called guidance is pure nonsense. Do you know what this means?”
Jiang Yuehua played along perfectly: “What is it?”
Jiang Yueyao: “All I can say is, people who charge forward after being provoked are either malicious or foolish.”
“Oh right, they might also be both foolish and malicious.”
Fang Qingxue: “Jiang Yueyao! What did you say?! Are you insulting me?”
Jiang Yueyao: “Wow, you actually caught that? I thought the thing on your neck was just decoration.”
“Speaking of which… Young Lady Fang, you’re quite extravagant, buying so many pieces of jewelry just to help someone stand up for themselves.”
“I wonder how high the salary of a Vice Minister of Revenue really is, to allow Young Lady Fang to be so generous… Being a Vice Minister of Revenue must be really wonderful.”