The Pheonix and The Dragon

39.Thoughts on Marriage?

After this awkward event, the ladies present pretended nothing had happened, in order to maintain the families' faces. Mistress Wu's expression was not good. While she managed to keep up a small smile, everyone could see she was not quite happy. In the capital, while the Bae Family was not as prestigious as the Jung and Lee families, they were still famed, and had great reputation in their ancestral Fan Prefecture.

The Bae misses had been raised with great care. So seeing her daughter schemed against by the Jung Third Branch, Mistress Bae was naturally not very happy. Fortunately, she remembered that this was the empress dowager's birthday, and managed to swallow her anger.

Lee Bae Jiah who had not spoken much suddenly laughed softly. "Lady Jung's niece is a rare beauty."

The mistress of the eldest Jung branch was from a prestigious and noble background, the Park Family of Qinlin Prefecture. The Park Family had produced many people who had been recorded in the history books. Park Bom's father was a scholar revered by many other students, and even though the Park Family resided in Qinlin Prefecture, Park Bom had a lot of reputation among the women.

Once Jiah started to speak, Park Bom knew the other was mocking her but still smiled politely and responded, "The third branch has raised her well."

At these words, the ladies present immediately understood. The eldest branch was discontent with the third branch. Otherwise, why would they say such a thing and not mention Jiah's words?

Chaerin watched the conflict between the Lee and Jung families coldly. She bent her head to blow softly at the tea leaves on the surface.

At the side, Mistress Chen looked at the Jung family members, sneered, and then walked to the back of the hall. When she thought of her daughter and unborn grandson killed by the Jung Family, she felt so disgusted she could throw up.

Chaerin saw her in-law leave and turned to say a few words to Duchess Yang before following.

When she walked to the back of the hall, Chaerin heard her daughter-in-law comforting her. She hesitated and did not follow. Jisoo's death was the Chen Family and Kim Family's pain. The Chen Family may not want to see the Kim Family.

This was not because the Chen Family was unreasonable, but people's emotions were sometimes not controlled by their logic. Maybe the Chen Family would think that the Kim Family had not taken good care of Jisoo, or it would have been good if the Kim Family hadn't allowed Jisoo to go to Five Estates Temple.

In reality, she had thought of this. That day, if only she hadn't agreed to Jisoo going to Five Estates Temple. Then, Jisoo would not have died, and her son would not be grieving and depressed now.

On her seat, Lisa looked worriedly at the empty seat that her mother should be in. She only sighed in relief when she saw Chaerin return to her seat.

The empress dowager saw her inattention when sitting next to her and said, "I know you miss your mother. Go get her tea and pastries."

"Aunt, don't be angry. I also want to pour you tea." Lisa stood up, made a new cup of tea for the empress dowager before bobbing a curtsy. "This subject will do as you say and go serve my mother tea."

The empress dowager saw this, and was both amused and exasperated. She waved her hand and said, "Go, go."

Seeing Lisa leave, the empress dowager's smile did not fade. She turned and said to Jungkook, "You know what I like the most about Lili?"

Jungkook had been peeking at Lisa's back. Hearing the empress dowager's words, he stilled and then said, "In this son's view, Junior Sister is good in all aspects."