She led Lady Zhao to a courtyard that had been expanded from the Second Branch family's quarters and took them into the main house with rooms both inside and out.
In the outer room of the main house were piled up the belongings Lady Zhao and her company had brought. Lady Zhao glanced at Ye Xinyan and the attending maidservants before checking the luggage, sweeping her gaze thoroughly over the heap without showing too much eagerness.
Ye Xinyan understood the hardships faced by the impoverished and respected Lady Zhao's choice in her daughter-in-law, but she truly disliked the shrewdness that constantly flickered in Lady Zhao's eyes.
