Overlord Residence, rear courtyard.
Newly arrived, Jiang Yingjun kept her eyes lowered and her manner meek, standing there like a lackey. Before her, three grand chairs stood in a row. From left to right sat Xiao Lingyue, Chan'er, and Xiao Lingyan.
There was a particular logic to this seating arrangement.
According to Chan'er, she was the principal wife of the residence and ought to sit in the middle, seizing the C-position first;
Xiao Lingyan could sit anywhere. She neither fought nor scrambled for a seat, only sitting down after her two elder sisters had taken theirs. With such an obedient, well-behaved nature, she would presumably receive a party invitation before long;
Xiao Lingyue had originally intended to sit in the middle. But thanks to Xiao He stabbing her in the back, she truly had no grounds to stand on. Chan'er had snatched the chair, and there was nothing she could do but take the foremost chair on the left.
It was not a major issue. From left to right, the chair on the left was still the seat of honor.
Certain demonesses might think they had taken the main seat, but that was not actually the case. With three chairs, the middle one looked like the main seat at first glance—but what if there were four chairs? Five chairs...
Xiao Lingyue: ()
Wait, why was she having such a terrible thought?
Xiao Lingyue stared expressionlessly at Xiang Yuan. "Do you have other women outside?"
Xiang Yuan: |)
The Overlord of Western Chu poked his head in from outside the room. Eighteen this year, he had no seat—not even as much standing as a lackey.
Entering the room to stand around was out of the question. Matters in the rear courtyard were to be handled by the rear courtyard itself. If