The three ladies fell into deep thought. Surely life in such a prominent household was better than their own?
"It's because there are so many rules in those prominent households," Bai Suihe said, shaking her head with a bitter smile. "Even the Gu Family back then, despite having no real wealth to speak of, still had to put on grand airs.
"As a branch family, and one born of a concubine at that, they had many heavy burdens pressing down on them. I'm afraid their life in the inner courtyard could only be described as walking on thin ice. With their status and position, they either had to curry favor with their superiors or play the fool to appear harmless.
