"Just a cousin, not a real sister. No need for formalities," Yue Li Lian replied bluntly.
Her answer also cleared up Li Tianming's doubts.
Clearly, if she had a biological younger sister who also held such a lofty position, Yue Li Lian's circumstances would certainly be better. Si Fang Zhengdao and Lan Zhe Cangyue would not dare disregard her so completely.
After all, truly blood-related sisters with such icy relations were still relatively rare.
Yet in some great families and major clans, cousins—whether sisters or brothers—were often fierce rivals, especially over resources, where they fought until their heads were bloodied.
Yue Li Ai, the Imperial Tutor of Kanglong Chen Palace, seemed accustomed to Yue Li Lian's impolite reply. She emerged like a ghostly shadow and sat upright behind the black table, while Feng Buqing, who had been there before, rose and stood attentively at her side.
Feng Buqing seemed displeased by Yue Li Lian's attitude. In his eyes, status had its ranks, and rank demanded respect. Even Yang Xu, the chief residence liaison of the Primordial Chaos Army Manor, had to bow when meeting Yue Li Ai.
The Upper Yu Seeds all held lofty status, let alone an Upper Yu Seed Imperial Tutor of Kanglong Chen Palace!
Figures like Kun Tianzhen and the manor gods alike had to be polite before Kanglong Chen Palace.
Still, Feng Buqing had some manners. He merely frowned slightly and did nothing more. Nor had he spared a glance for the five "participants" from the Thirteenth Army Manor. Perhaps to him, geniuses trained in a branch army manor's Heavenly Origin Camp truly held no value for reference.
After Imperial Tutor Yue Li Ai sat down, she no longer looked at Yue Li Lian, as though Yue Li Lian no longer existed. Instead, she said to