The Humble Family's Daughter Has A Spatial Pocket! novel Chapter 214

Chapter 214: Chapter 196: Former Princess Consort Ping_1

At the Yan Residence’s front courtyard, Yan Zhigao and a host of colleagues and friends were lively as they enjoyed yellow wine and feasted on hairy crabs.

In the back courtyard of the Yan Family, Madam Li was leading a group of ladies who also ate with great joy.

Because there was an abundance of hairy crabs sent over, Madam Li had sent out cards to a few neighbors who were on good terms with them, and at this moment, ladies from each household were gathered at the old lady’s side, telling jokes and amusing stories while slowly savoring the crab roe, crab cream, and crab meat.

In Shuangxin Courtyard, Auntie Lin leaned against the door of her room, listening to the laughter coming from Songhe Courtyard. She touched her now visible pregnant belly with a face full of desolation.

The happiness and bustle of the Yan Family, even though she had born two children and was now pregnant with another, had nothing to do with her.

As the status of the Yan Residence rose, the distinction between the wife and concubines became increasingly evident.

Nowadays, her brother could no longer freely enter the back courtyard. To come in, he must first inform Madam in advance and, only with Madam’s permission, could he enter, accompanied by a matron at his side.

It was now that she truly felt the sorrow of being a concubine.

In the west wing room, Madam Liao sat by the window, quietly embroidering a sachet. She glanced at Auntie Lin and a hint of sarcasm appeared at the corner of her mouth before she lowered her head to continue her work.

Long ago, she had realized a truth, that one must accept their fate.

From the first time she saw Auntie Lin, she knew she was a person discontent with her lot in life, yet without the luck or means to change it.

Logically, a concubine who could have three children should be considered blessed, a situation hardly dared to be hoped for in some prestigious families.

If her luck were a bit better, her methods a bit more powerful, she might actually have managed to turn her life around.

What a pity, she encountered an even more fortunate Madam.

The three children born to the Madam were exceptional. As long as they were around, Auntie Lin should not harbor any other hopes, thinking about it was in vain.

At that moment, Xue, the maid, entered the room with a food box, smiling.

“Auntie, since it’s the Mid-Autumn Festival today, Madam has asked the kitchen to prepare extra dishes, and later, you can also get two plates of mooncakes.”

Madam Liao looked at the dishes and smiled.

She was very content with life at the Yan Residence, even though the master had never visited her room, Madam had never mistreated her.

She knew that, with her background and origins, only by behaving properly could she have a life to live.

For this, she had not a single complaint, even though she was not yet twenty years old.

Compared to the other sisters who were tormented to death or sold by their official wives, she was indeed far luckier.

Madam Liao put down her embroidery hoop and said to Xue with a smile, “You should go have your meal too!”

….

At the main peak of Wuhua Mountain.

Inside the temporary palace, Xiao Yeyang also feasted on hairy crabs with Dong Yuanxuan and others.

As Yan Wenkai roughly cracked open the large claws of the hairy crabs, he nudged Dong Yuanxuan with his elbow and whispered, “What’s up with the Little Prince, insisting on spending the Mid-Autumn Festival here at the temporary palace?”

His suggestion to go to their place had been declined.

Dong Yuanxuan glanced at Yan Wenkai, who was covered in grime, with some distaste, then turned to look at the composed Xiao Yeyang, and said with deep meaning, “Mid-Autumn Festival is naturally a time to spend with family.”

Yan Wenkai was somewhat puzzled.

At the mention of Beijing, a cold glint flashed in Guo Ruomei’s eyes. _{freēwebnovel.com}