"..."
Lin Daiyu, standing among the crowd, sighed inwardly. At last, she couldn't help exchanging a glance with Tanchun.
They had come together, and since arriving, they had stayed close by one another's side.
So!
With nothing to do, the two exchanged a look and, while the elders in front weren't paying attention and Consort Yuan hadn't arrived yet, quietly began speaking to each other through a secret sound-transmission technique derived from the Five Manor Immortal Arts and its Qiankun methods.
"This is ridiculous..."
"How much longer?"
"Sister Lin, this is really..."
"My legs are getting sore from standing. Who knows how much longer we'll have to wait?"
"We've been standing here for nearly an hour, haven't we?"
As they spoke, Tanchun couldn't help complaining as she looked at the restless crowd around them, though no one dared make a racket.
Both Daiyu and Tanchun were being very discreet. To outsiders, it looked as if they were merely exchanging glances and making faces at each other. They weren't making a sound, and no one could tell what they were talking about.
"Tired already?"
"It hasn't even been an hour, and we didn't come at the fifth watch."
As Lin Daiyu spoke, she glanced toward the Jia Residence's collateral relatives and servants at the back of the line. Her brows furrowed slightly, then she sighed inwardly.
A moment later, her eyes glimmered with a faintly amused look. She turned her face aside, covered the corner of her mouth with her handkerchief, and murmured through the sound transmission:
"Actually, we're doing pretty well. Look at the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals, and the wives and young ladies from the collateral branches. They're the ones who arrived early."
"The Heavenly Soldiers and Generals can't be helped. They're on duty, after all. Standing for three