Qin Xi was the eldest legitimate daughter of the Qin family. From childhood, she fulfilled her filial duties in her father's place and was sent to the countryside to keep her grandmother company.
When she returned to the capital at twelve, she discovered that the lychees bestowed by the palace were large and red when given to her elder brother and younger sister, while the ones given to her were unripe and inedible.
Her grandmother's treasured Duan inkstone was, according to her father, wasted on a daughter, so he forced her to give it to her elder brother.
The gold phoenix hairpin her maternal grandmother had given her was, her mother said, to be kept in the family treasury. The next day, it appeared in her younger sister's hair.
Her elder brother took the fan pouch she had embroidered, and it became her younger sister's birthday present to a young master of the Chen family.
The Chen family son betrothed to her even made a fuss about changing the engagement. Both the Qin and Chen families pressured her to agree, saying, "You're the eldest legitimate daughter. Why can't you just give way to your younger sister?"
Her maid asked if she was heartbroken that her family was so biased.
She said, "Their hearts are with them. They can be as biased as they like."
All she could do was treat others as they treated her.
She stuffed the unripe lychees into her elder brother's and younger sister's mouths.
She sold the inkstone and put the money away as her dowry.
She snatched back the fan pouch and cut it in two. One half went to her elder brother, the other to her younger sister.
As for the gold phoenix hairpin, she wrote to her maternal grandmother directly, explaining that her mother had decided to give the previous one to her younger sister and asking for another. This made her mother lose face in front of her entire maternal family.
As for the Chen family son, she was very grateful to her younger sister for taking that scumbag off her hands. She took the generous compensation and agreed without hesitation.
In the end, both families, including the Chen family son, regretted it.
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