Xu Wan returned to her own small courtyard feeling rather sad.
She had thought about what it would be like to be unwelcomed by her maternal family upon her arrival.
However, her nanny, Nanny Wang, and her maid, Du Juan, always reassured her, saying that it was the Marquis Mansion and that the Old Dowager, being her real grandmother, would surely treat her well.
She then imagined that after her arrival, she would become close with her cousins and would also be dutiful towards her grandmother and her aunts and uncles.
But upon her arrival, she found that her grandmother was not as kind-hearted as she appeared to be, and her second uncle and second aunt did not care for her either.
Only her eldest uncle's family was reasonably good to her.
Thinking she would have to rely on others hereafter, Xu Wan felt a sense of sorrow as spring faded into autumn.
After she sat down, she began to miss her father who was still in Yangzhou, and she desperately wanted to go home.
