Time Travel: The Noble Family-Chapter 117 - 52: Embarrassing Moment

Chapter 117 -52: Embarrassing Moment

On the second day, Qiao Lan tied Yueyao’s hair into a simple bun. Yueyao picked a pearl silver hairpin from her jewelry box and slanted it into her bun.

To match the pearl hairpin, Qiao Lan chose a pair of pearl earrings for Yueyao. She also wanted Yueyao to wear a white jade bracelet, but Yueyao shook her head, “That will be enough.”

Hua Lei brought over a set of pale blue clothing. Yueyao still shook her head and picked out an ivory dress for herself, with an added plain woven gauze coat.

Hua Lei and Qiao Lan exchanged glances, and Hua Lei couldn’t help but say, “Miss, isn’t this too plain?” “Wouldn’t going out like this stir up some unfavorable gossip?

Yueyao laughed lightly, “Everyone in the residence knows that I am in mourning, and I believe both Nanny and the tutor are aware too.” When visiting the Upper Chamber, although Yueyao would dress plainly, she never wore all white to avoid arousing Old Madam’s sorrow. But today Yueyao didn’t need to go to the Upper Chamber to greet the Old Madam; she was heading straight to Jingsi Garden after using her morning meal, so this concern did not exist.

After having breakfast, Yueyao left home and still heard Brother Zheng’s loud and clear reading voice. Every time she heard Brother Zheng’s pleasant voice, Yueyao would smile comfortably. It had already become a beautiful sight in Lanxi Garden.

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Yueyao had the farthest distance to travel and it took nearly forty-five minutes to reach Jingsi Garden. When Yueyao arrived, Yueying and the others had already been there.

Today, Yueying wore a green dress that highlighted her fair skin and made her even more beautiful and attractive – the twelve-year-old girl was already showing her bloom.

Yuebing was in a light yellow short-sleeved shirt with a moon-white inner garment featuring a double lapel, paired with a bright blue trailing skirt from Xiang River. The colors she chose were very lively. She also wore a rather complicated bun, decorated with a silver lily-of-the-valley hair ornament and a Beaded Flower with pearls. With her slender figure, glossy black hair, and fair complexion, if one could ignore the impatience and disdain in her eyes, she would be even more pleasing to behold.

Yuehuan wore a dress embroidered with pale green twining roses and had a bun similar to Yueyao’s. Such an attire was proper and unremarkable.

Watching Yueying and Yuebing, Yuehuan couldn’t help but inwardly sigh. At the ages of twelve and nine, the girls’ gracefulness was already evident, whereas in modern times they would only be elementary school students. How peculiar the ancient era was.

However, when Yuehuan saw the elegant and refined Yueyao, she had to lament this abnormal society. An eight-year-old in modern times would have just started first grade, while here, they were already learning how to dress, match their clothes, and how to enhance their own value.

When Nanny Wang came out and saw the four young ladies’ attires, it was clear to her well-trained eye that much could be discerned from their clothing choices alone.

Nanny Wang paused for three seconds looking at Yueyao before contemplatively asking, “Third Young Lady, have you learned proper etiquette before?” Judging by her walking posture and those movements, she must have been taught.

Yueyao nodded, as it wasn’t a secret, “I was taught by my mother when I was in Jiangnan.” To say she was taught wasn’t entirely accurate; it was more an influence that the Second Madam had on her own daughter.

Before her arrival, not only the nannies but also the tutors had investigated the main family’s situation, so Nanny Wang knew that the Second Lady of the Lian Family used to be the legitimate eldest daughter of a Marquis’ household. A young lady from such a household would definitely have impeccable manners, which didn’t require deliberate teaching but could be acquired by mere exposure.

Before Nanny Wang began teaching etiquette, she first addressed the four young ladies, “I will teach you with all my heart. How much you learn and how well you learn is up to your own comprehension. As for the teaching process, I will not show favoritism or cut corners.”

Yueyao now studied etiquette with the utmost diligence. Nanny Wang was very satisfied with her attitude. She had initally thought Yueyao might become arrogant because she had learned some manners before, but to her surprise, Yueyao was very eager to learn. She had heard that Third Young Lady, with her pride in her talents, looked down on others, but she now seemed nothing like that.

A young lady of quality should walk without rustling her skirts or making any sound. Not only that, but posture when sitting or standing, the way to eat, how to bow or serve tea; even finer details, such as the way to hold a writing brush, required particular attention.

Yueyao and Yueying listened attentively, and Yuebing tried hard to engage. Yuehuan, however, found the instructions astonishing – if one had to be so mindful in daily habits, what joy was there left in living?

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After the explanation came practice, and naturally, the first thing to practice was walking. Practicing just walking took up the entire morning. Yueying was also very attentive, and though Yuebing was somewhat restless, under the cold gaze and continual punishments from Nanny Wang, she too complied obediently.