Chapter 003: Xueqiandai

After the passing of their mother, Aunt Lu, who bore two sons for their father, was officially supported by the Lu family. Due to the grandmother and father, the Lu family did not dare to mistreat them openly, but secretly withheld their monthly allowance and allowed the servants to neglect them, causing them a lot of suffering.

A few days ago, the third sister, Xue Qiandai, received a rare gold hairpin with peacock feathers and red cat's eye inlay from Lu, which she admired. Xue Qiandai kindly offered to lend it to her for a day. Unlike Lu, Xue Qiandai was usually very close to her sisters, so she didn't think much of it and happily took it to wear. However, Lu saw it and accused her of stealing her sister's things. Unfortunately, Xue Qiandai had already left, and no one could testify for her. The grandmother and father were very disappointed in her, and Lu punished her with twenty lashes, causing her to faint.

At that time, Xue Qiandai was still innocent and did not think much about it, thinking she was just unlucky and that Lu had deliberately found fault with her. She still liked and was close to her sister, without holding any grudges against her.

After entering the capital, Xue Qiandai conspired with her cousin from the Xue Ning Mansion to almost ruin her and her sister. It was then that they finally saw the true face of this sister.

Xue Qiandai, seemingly gentle and kind on the outside, was actually cunning and malicious, with a very deep mind. Compared to her sister, who wore her emotions on her sleeve, she was much more cunning!

As Qian Ge was thinking, the door curtain, woven with yellow silk and flower patterns, was pushed open, and Xue Qianwu came in carrying a tray, holding the curtain open with one hand and saying to the outside, "Third sister, come in quickly, it's cold outside."

"Ah, thank you, elder sister." A soft response came from outside, and a woman with a delicate figure, a melon seed face, and big watery eyes walked in. She was followed by two maids, who didn't even bother to hold the curtain, walking in with their mistress under the curtain held by Xue Qianwu.

A cold light flashed in Qian Ge's eyes. Not only did the maids not take the tray from their elder sister, but they also dared to let their elder sister hold the curtain for them. It was ridiculous that she and her sister hadn't even noticed these details and had always treated Xue Qiandai as a good sister.

"Second sister, are you feeling better?" Xue Qiandai glanced at Qian Ge, who was lying on the bed, and her eyes, already filled with tears, immediately welled up with tears, looking like she wanted to cry but didn't dare to.

Qian Ge rested her cheek on her arm, looking at her sister. In her previous life, before the selection, Xue Qiandai's appearance had been ruined by the cousin from the Xue Ning Mansion, and she had been abandoned in an alley. Unlike her last desperate appearance, she now looked like a delicate and beautiful young lady.

She was wearing a pink butterfly and flower-patterned Xiangjin skirt, with a cloud-patterned cape on the outside, her pointed chin buried in the soft fur, her watery eyes timidly looking at her, truly like a delicate and lovely flower, pitiful to behold.

As Xue Qiandai was being looked at like this by Qian Ge, she furrowed her brows inwardly. Today, Qian Ge seemed a little different, her eyes sharper than usual. She even had a feeling of being seen through by her. Impossible! She had always concealed herself well, even her father and grandmother couldn't see through her disguise. Thinking this, Xue Qiandai calmed down, thinking that she must be angry with her for being beaten today.

Xue Qiandai took a few steps forward, letting the tears gather in her eyes without falling, and said, "Second sister, are you in pain? It's all my fault. I only wanted to make you happy by lending you the hairpin, but I didn't expect mother to misunderstand you. If I had known, I wouldn't have done something so thoughtless to please you. Second sister, punish me, even if you want to beat me twenty times, I won't complain."