Gu Qingtu looked at them – two sisters around ten years old, with large eyes, small straight noses, pouting lips, and round faces. Both girls had red-rimmed eyes, clearly having just cried.
“Whichever of you wants to follow me, speak up,” Gu Qingtu said, not wanting to force them.
Everyone knew Gu Qingnu had a proud and difficult personality. Luo Xue and Luo Xiao looked at each other, neither wanting to go with her, taking small steps backward. They felt they were jumping from the frying pan into the fire.
Finally, the older sister Luo Xue, out of love for her sister, carefully stepped forward: “Gu Qingnu, I’ll follow you.”
“Mm,” Gu Qingtu responded lightly, and Green Fruit led Luo Xue behind her.
Liang Luoxi was out learning etiquette today and couldn’t choose, but even if she were present, Ruan Niang would have let Gu Qingtu choose first. So after selecting her disciple, Gu Qingtu stepped aside and watched the courtesans selecting from the six maids.
The two young girls were obviously close to the maids and began to cry, thinking about how they would be reduced to lowly courtesans because of the Leng family.
One courtesan lifted a maid’s chin: “You look so pitiful. You might as well follow me.”
The selected maid didn’t feel happy at all and cried tragically, which even made Gu Qingtu feel somewhat sympathetic.
“Hey, stop crying. I don’t like crybabies. Sister, you take this crybaby, and I’ll choose one who doesn’t cry,” another courtesan said, selecting a maid who stubbornly pressed her lips together and refused to cry.
After selecting the two most attractive maids, the courtesans left.
After the selection, Ruan Niang kept Gu Qingtu behind.
python:src/backend/main.py Ruan Niang sent Green Fruit and Luo Xue outside, had Luo Xiao sent to Luoxi Pavilion, and then slowly said: “I heard you got involved in the Xie family’s disputes?”
“No such thing. It was just a quarrel between sisters-in-law. I just happened to see it,” Gu Qingtu firmly denied, not wanting to get involved.
“That’s good. In these big family disputes, just watch. Don’t say anything, and definitely don’t get involved.”
“Thank you for the advice, Ruan Niang.”
