The two spoke to Lady Luo and then stood up to head to the warm pavilion.
The warm pavilion was near the Jifang Pavilion, less than a hundred meters away when turning left outside the door, built atop an artificial hill.
"Auntie really baffles me. Clearly you are her biological daughter, yet she introduced Seventeenth Sister to Lady Shangguan first!" Ran Meiyu grumbled.
Ran Yun glanced at her lazily and said, "That's fate for you. Who made my mother not hail from the Zheng Clan of Xingyang or any influential family listed in the 'Clan Chronicles'?"
Ran Meiyu couldn't deny it and snorted. Since arriving in Chang'an, she had gradually understood the undeniable power of maternal clans and could somewhat comprehend why her mother employed such ruthless methods, for often one's birth determined their fate.
When Lady Gao married into the Ran Family, she had the choice to either overthrow all who stood in her way or resign to live under the status of a woman long deceased.
