The moonlight wasn't beautiful, but gentle, intoxicating to behold. Unfortunately, Yueyao was in no mood to admire the moonlight at that time.
Yueyao worried every time she thought of how her grandmother had passed away in August in her previous life, and she brought up again her desire to move to the Upper Chamber to accompany the Old Madam. But as soon as Yueyao spoke, the Old Madam refused her. Yueyao knew that the incident last time had caused her grandmother to hold a grudge against her.
Yueyao pinched the only water lily in the basin: "If not favored, you mustn't favor, and I won't let the Lian family sell me off again just for the sake of consideration." This was her bottom line; she resolutely wouldn't agree if pushed beyond it.