After Ye Yueying met with Master Weng and the others, she knew the Weng family wanted to have a private conversation, so she found an excuse and returned to the Weng Madam’s courtyard.
As soon as she left, Madam Weng couldn’t wait to look at her two daughters, inquiring about what happened today at the Princess Residence. Master Weng and their eldest and second sons also looked at the two with anticipation.
Unfortunately, the eldest and second daughters of the Weng family both lowered their heads in silence, not responding.
Today at the Princess Residence, they realized their own status. In the presence of those noble families, the Weng family was truly insignificant.
Before coming to Beijing, they had high ambitions, but now they are purely disheartened.
In Beijing, without a powerful family as support, no matter how outstanding they were, they were simply ignored by others.
Even though the ladies they met today appeared gentle and kind, they did not bother to hide the contempt in their eyes.
Seeing her two daughters not speaking, Madam Weng became anxious: "Why don’t you say something? Haven’t you befriended any of the ladies?"
The eldest daughter of the Weng family spoke up: "Mother, the people the Princess invited are at least daughters of officials of third rank or higher. How do you expect us to talk to them? Even if we thickened our skin to approach them, they wouldn’t bother with us."
Hearing this, the faces of the Weng family all turned a little unpleasant.
Madam Weng: "Then hasn’t your visit to the Princess Residence today been in vain?"
The second daughter of the Weng family huffed: "We went in vain, but not Ye Yueying."
Upon hearing this, the eldest son of the Weng family perked up and quickly asked, "What about Yueying?"
Feeling uncomfortable, the second daughter of the Weng family turned her head aside without wanting to speak, leaving it to the eldest daughter to explain.
The eldest daughter forced a smile toward her parents and two brothers: "It seems our cousin, Ye Yueying, really caught the eye of Little Prince Xiao. The lantern she made was selected by the Prince and Princess Consort, and during the Lantern Festival, she is to accompany the Princess to the palace gates to see the lanterns. Before leaving the Princess Residence, she even met with the Princess Consort and was personally escorted to the carriage by Little Prince Xiao."
With this, the Weng family collectively fell silent.
After a moment, the eldest brother reacted first, smiling as he turned to Master and Madam Weng: "Father, Mother, if our cousin has such good fortune, it’s an enormous blessing for our family."
"Our cousin is a descendent of loyal officials, and if she marries into the Prince Residence, she’d at least get the title of a secondary consort. In this way, our family would have a connection with the Prince Residence. This is a guarantee both for Father’s official appointment and for my sisters’ futures."
The young lady had a hard life. Heaven’s blessings have finally arrived, as she finally found a suitable family.
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