In fact, aside from the reason of status, Nangong Lifen was filled with jealousy toward Liu Ying, the latter having such a perfect appearance! Even when she was young, she was not as beautiful as Liu Ying.
If only she had had the other's beauty, how could she have been so despised by her husband back then, who later married a younger second wife and directly cast her into the Cold Palace.
Driven by this jealousy, she was dissatisfied and found everything about Liu Ying, whose looks surpassed her own, unpleasant. However, because Liu Ying was her daughter-in-law-to-be and hadn't yet married in, she did not show it on the surface!
Looking at herself in the mirror, her unrivaled beauty, exquisite beyond compare, actually made Liu Ying disgusted. She now disliked her own appearance!
