Xiao Shuning’s voice arrived before she did.
Wan Niang hurriedly sidled up to the Old Madame, her expression souring the moment she saw Chunzhi trailing behind the others. That cheap thing—how had she managed to change into a green cloud-brocade dress in the blink of an eye? Meticulously groomed, with skin as smooth and fair as cream, she looked surprisingly like a lady of a respectable household. How could Wan Niang not feel a pang of jealousy? No matter what tonics she used, she could never recapture that twenty-year-old freshness.
"Who told you to come here? Don't you know your place?" Wan Niang tilted her head and shot a look of pure disdain at Chunzhi.
Chapter 39