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CHAPTER TEN- CHANGES

        Ancient times

          It was noticed all over the Han manor that Jiangxue was no longer the person she used to be before the accident. She was no longer the weak and submissive girl she used to be. She was strong and now had an aura of pride surrounding her. She no longer did chores as she was forced to before, she wasn't clumsy anymore and she wasn't scared to stand up to anyone who tried to oppress she and the members of her courtyard.

        Mingxiang was the first to receive her defensiveness first hand. She came and met Jiangxue practicing her calligraphy in front of her room. "Jiangxue" called out Mingxiang.

         Snowfall slowly rose her head and stood up smiling slightly at Mingxiang, "greetings jiejie, what brings you to my here".

        "I'm I no longer welcome here" asked Mingxiang arrogantly.

     
        "Of course not I just didn't think that you'd leave the comfort of your courtyard to pay me a visit, either way now that you're here please take a seat" said Snowfall, ignoring the tension that had built up just by both of them standing in the same room.

           Mingxiang looked down at the tattered stool, afraid of ruining her dress, she kindly rejected the offer. "So let's quite the chitchat what do you want" asked Snowfall nonchalantly, continuing with her writing.

         Mingxiang was stunned by her boldness, never in her entire life had Jiangxue talked to her in such a manner, she was usually even too scared to look her in the eyes. She decided to brush it away and said with a smile that didn't reach her eyes "well Jiangxue if you must know, you have to wash my clothes today".

         "Oh" Snowfall replied, placing her brush back in place, finally seeming to have interest in what was being said. She pretended to think for awhile "but that's strange, among all the children from the family of Han, you have the most servants, why do you need me to wash your clothes" she asked.

           "B..b.. because I want you to wash it" replied Mingxiang not expecting Jiangxue(Snowfall) to actually question her.

            "No thanks, I'm busy" said Snowfall as she said uninterested, as she picked up her brush and continued with her writing.

            Mingxiang was stunned and angered by the audacity of the girl. She slammed her fist on the desk and screamed furiously "HOW DARE I TELL YOU TO DO SOMETHING AND YOU REFUSE".

           "Hey easy, don't spill the ink on my paper, I've been working on it for a while now, no need to ruin my effort" she said lifting up her paper away from the ink the avoid spillage and started to blow it to dry, completely ignoring Mingxiang.

          Mingxiang got angry and pull her by the arm, making her rise from her seat. "You dare ignore me, I am your elder sister and I'm telling you to wash my clothes, how dare you refuse me" she seethed angrily.

          Surprisingly, Snowfall pull her hand from the grip that Mingxiang thought was so powerful, pushing her a few steps back from the force of the release. She raised her hand and pointed at Mingxiang saying "you listen here young lady, I am the eldest di daughter of this family, borne of the legitimate wife of this family and I won't let an ordinary shu daughter abuse me, motherless or not I still stand as the only pride of this family so you better watch what you do, remember zumu has entrusted extra eyes around the manor so you better be careful what you say or do because it can lead you to a whole lot more trouble than you bargained for".

 
          "Are you threatening me" Mingxiang asked in disbelief.

          "No I'm politely asking you to give me your clothes to wash, of course I'm threatening you, unlike you I don't hide my intentions, I make them loud and clear" replied Snowfall sarcastically.