Pei Jingyu's invitation letter was used to invite her mother, Madam Ren.
Pei Ziheng's mother passed early, while he was too young and had yet to marry. Thus, Madam Ren had been taking care of the Pei family's matters. She could be regarded as the actual matriarch of the family. For events such as the flower ball, a woman of such seniority was needed to carry things out.
As such, she could only invite her mother and not any other sisters.
But Pei Ziheng's circumstances were different—now that the elders of the Pei family were all present, he could use his invitation to bring another sister along. He could find a suitable match for her sister and form alliances with other families through her marriage.
But he did not do it.
Instead, he brought along an orphan who had no ties to the Pei family.
Who was Xia Ling even? Count on her to form alliances for the Pei family? Ridiculous!
