The Plot of a Concubine's Revenge

Chapter 25: Miss Han

Miss Han sniffed and buried her head somewhat shyly, looking a bit bashful.

Ren Yaohua raised a smile towards Old Mrs. Ren, “I see that Han's sister is a bit formal sitting here, why don't you let us sisters greet her?”

Ren Yaohua in front of Old Mrs. Ren was different from her reticence in front of Ren Shimin, but had a lively and cheerful demeanor.

Old Mrs. Ren laughed and said, “I think it's obvious that you little monkey wants to make new playmates, right? Sister You is a gentle girl who knows the rules, so don't scare people away.”

Sister You should be addressed as Miss Han, so Ren Yaohua turned a somewhat teasing gaze towards Han You.

Han You hurriedly said, “I also like the Ren family's sisters, and was thinking of finding a chance to get close.”

Mrs. Han looked at her daughter with a smile and said to Mrs. Ren, “She doesn't like to go out on weekdays, and she hasn't made any friends her own age in the year since she moved to White Crane Town. Today, she is happy to see a few girls from the Ren family.”

Old Mrs. Ren laughed, “Since that's the case, then let them play with the younger generation. Yin'er, Hua'er, Ying'er you entertain Sister You well, don't neglect the guests.”

Old Mrs. Ren looked like a kind and tolerant elder in front of her guests most of the time.

Ren Yaohua and Ren Yaoyin busily answered.

Old Mrs. Ren looked towards Ren Yaoyin who was standing by the side, and said quite gently in front of the guests, “Since you're here, follow the two older sisters in greeting the guests, and don't be naughty and mischievous anymore.”

This was said as if she had just neglected this granddaughter of hers because she was too “naughty and mischievous” in her day-to-day life.

If it was her last life, Ren Yaohua would have felt aggrieved and sad, but now her heart was concerned and she bowed her head and answered yes.

She taught Ren Yaohua not to lose Mrs. Ren's favor, but did not intend to please her herself.

Some people you try to please her, in the end when it's time to sacrifice you she will still not be soft.

In her second life, with what she had learned, it wasn't difficult to please Mrs. Ren and get her attention, but she wasn't happy to go to this trouble for nothing!

Several people went to the east side of the warm pavilion together, this is where Ren Yaoyin and Ren Yaoying live now.

Ren Yaoyin consciously took on the role of the host, condemning the maids and maids to prepare tea and snacks, everything was done in an orderly manner, very much like her mother, the First Mistress.

“What does Miss Han like to do for fun at home on weekdays?” Ren Yaohua ignored the other owner of the East Warming Pavilion, Ren Yaoying, and led Miss Han to her seat. She had lived here even longer than Ren Yaoyin and was familiar with the Winter Warmth Pavilion.

Ren Yaoying hid the dissatisfaction on her face and sat down under Ren Yaoyin.

Han You looked at the brightly smiling Ren Yaohua, then at Ren Yaoyin, who was forcibly holding back her displeasure, and was somewhat at a loss.

“My third sister likes to play chess and women's red, fifth sister likes to play the qin and read books, and ninth sister and I like to write and paint. That's why third sister asked Miss Han what pastimes you like.” Ren Yaoqi looked at Han You and smiled.

“Han's younger sister has only just arrived, and you're revealing the bottom of your sisters at home.” Ren Yaoyin walked over and gently patted Ren Yaoyi's shoulder in mock dissatisfaction.

Han You was finally less formal, pursing her lips and smiling, “I like to read, and occasionally follow my brother to learn writing and painting, but unfortunately I'm not well qualified to paint well. You guys don't call me Miss Han anymore, if you don't mind, just call me Sister You.”

Ren Yaoyi secretly sized her up and saw that she was quite generous in her words and actions. Although she looked a bit shy, probably because she seldom interacted with outsiders in her daily life.

Ren Yaoqi was curious about the Han family, Mrs. Han and her sons and daughters were well-cultivated people, but in her last life, she had only heard that Mr. Han was a talented and good-looking gentleman, but because he mostly studied in a famous academy in Yunyang City, she had hardly ever seen his people.

As for the rest of the Han family, she actually had no impression at all. She vaguely remembered that Mrs. Han would die of illness before long, and that Miss Han had begun to stay out of the house due to mourning for her mother.

“Doesn't sister You have any other sisters in her family?” Ren Yaoqi asked with a curious face, “My family has many sisters, besides the third sister sitting here, the fourth sister, the ninth sister, there is also the eldest sister and the second sister who have already gotten married. Next door in the East Mansion there is also the seventh sister from the uncle's family and the sixth sister who follows the fourth uncle in the capital. Oh, and ......”

“Alright Fifth Sister, your long list of sisters and younger sisters has me all wound up, so don't mention Sister You.” Ren Yaoyin lost her smile and shook her head to interrupt Ren Yaoyi's words.

Han You said enviously, “It's so lively that you have so many sisters, there's only me and my brother in my house.”

Ren Yaoyin gently consoled, “In the future, you'll come to play often, just think of us sisters as your sisters.”

Han You, however, blushed darkly, “Grandfather and father don't like us going out often, I'm afraid I won't be able to come often in the future.”

“Why don't they let you go out?” Ren Yaoying said curiously.

Han You bowed her head, “Grandmother said that women should be quiet and self-respecting, and it's not good to go out all the time. My mother and I don't go out on weekdays. Today, grandmother only let mother come, but I begged her for a long time before she allowed me to come with her.”

Everyone heard this and were a bit incredulous.

Yanbei was once ruled by the Liao people, and the Yanbei people never really succumbed to the Liao's iron cavalry, but under the leadership of the Yanbei King, the Yanbei people drove the Liao people out of the northern part of the Great Wall. Perhaps because of this historical background, Yanbei people compared to the South to open up a lot, even between men and women's big defense are not as strict as the South, the world's big families of the ladies of the weekdays to make friends to play very normal.

Nowadays, I'm afraid that even those families in the south don't have such a strict family style as the Han family.

“You really don't go out on weekdays? Follow the elders to visit friends and relatives, go to the temple to worship the Buddha ...... these have not been?” Ren Yaoying asked. Even as a concubine daughter by birth, she still had the opportunity to go out and show her face on weekdays.

Han You blushed and shook her head, “When I was in Jizhou there were still clan relatives traveling to each other, and after I arrived in White Crane Town ...... today is still the first time I've gone out.”

The Ren sisters could not say anything else.

Mrs. Han spoke for a while with Mrs. Ren and the first wife who came over afterward, politely declined Mrs. Ren's stay for dinner, and sent someone over to call Han You back.

It was rare for Han You to have so many of his peers to talk with, and he was extremely reluctant to leave, but he still got up without saying anything.

“Why don't you guys go to my house to play later?” Han You invited.

The Ren family sisters all smiled and said yes, and together they sent Han You out the door.

Seeing that the Han family's mother and daughter had left, Ren Yaohua didn't want to stay in the Ronghua Courtyard any longer and said goodbye to Old Mrs. Ren. Ren Yaohua stayed behind to talk with the old lady.

Ren Yaoqi walked back while thinking about the Han family's matters, and couldn't help but stop in her tracks when she walked to the garden.

After pondering for a moment, she instructed the maid behind herself, “Father previously ordered me to make a trip to him before lunch, Xi'er and Xue Li will follow, Qingmei will take them back to the courtyard first.”

Xi'er was the eldest maid in Li's room and had just followed her.

Qingmei looked at Xue Li and smiled, “The slave girl should stay and serve miss, right? You are afraid that you can't serve with only two people following you around.”

Xi'er scolded in a cold voice, “Leave when Miss tells you to, if you still can't learn what it means to be superior and inferior, go to Sister Zhou to receive a beating before you do so!”

Qingmei didn't dare to take on the eldest maid of the main house nowadays.