CH 3.1

Chapter 3 (Part 1): Elder Sister

She still remembered that when her Mother and Third Elder Sister came back in her previous lifetime, she could not go pay her respects to her Mother in time because her illness had worsened but a few days later when her Father returned to the residence, she wore the clothes and ornaments Father brought for her from the capital and went out to meet the guests.

Due to that, her Third Elder Sister, Ren Yaohua, found her even more unpleasant to the eye.

Ren Yaohua hated that she did not put her Mother’s matters to heart and was fickle and heartless.

She also complained that her Mother treated her Elder Sister better than her by hundreds and thousands of time as she was willing to accompany her Elder Sister to go to the village to bear hardships but left her alone in the residence for Concubine to look after. Even when she was seriously ill, she had also never sent people to look at her and even dispatched the physician who was here to see her to her Third Elder Sister who did not even have any ailments.

When Ren Yaoqi thought that she had already forgotten, the past gradually became more distinct instead. This time, when she looked back at those matters back then, she naturally saw the fishiness in it.

Someone was playing tricks in the dark and sowing discord between her relationship with Ren Yaohua in every aspect.

*T/n: A picture:

https://www.pingguolv.com/zy/wumei/

The corner of Jin Ju’s mouth twitched. So the reason it was so difficult to talk to her today was that she was gluttonous. She inwardly let out a sigh of relief instead and stood up to say, “This servant will go now.” As she said, she turned around and left.

After seeing that her figure has vanished from the inner chamber, Ren Yaoqi withdrew the proud expression on her countenance and draped the thick cotton quilt as she got out of bed. Carrying that bowl of medicine, she walked to behind the screen in the inner chamber and poured the medicine into the chamber pot*.

*T/n: A portable toilet

After that, she sat back properly while leaning on the bed. She contemplated, then moistened the corner of her lips with the few drops of medicine left in the bowl.

She looked left and right, then carefully kept the bracelet into her own sleeve and said a sentence softly, “This servant thanks Fifth Miss for rewarding.”

Ren Yaoqi covered her small mouth as she yawned. “I’m sleepy already and want to sleep for a while. You may withdraw.”

“Yes, Fifth Miss.” After Jin Ju waited upon Ren Yaoqi to lie down, she withdrew.

After waiting for a while, she called out softly, “Who’s outside?”