Qi Hong knows the character of her own young lady, and she has already inquired from Mama Zhu and the old lady's sisters when she was a child, since the young lady entered the palace, Mama Zhu's attitude towards the young lady is obviously different, Qi Hong asked her about it, and if it does not involve the old lady's secrets, Mama Zhu is willing to say it. Even the sisters in the old lady's yard who have played since they were young have different attitudes.

"The maid inquired, Mrs. Gu married to the Cai family is not good, the aunt is from a poor family, when he was studying, he had already set a family business, it was a merchant He family, and the aunt was funded by the He family when he was studying, but he did not say it when he discussed his relatives with the Hou Mansion, and he still married our Hou Mansion. Later, when my aunt returned to Jiangzhou, I accepted the daughter of the He family as a noble concubine, and the He family also relied on my aunt's business to get bigger and bigger, and it was also the number one merchant in Jiangzhou. It is said that the noble concubine is also very capable, and she coaxed the aunt very well, and the aunt was in charge of the house at home, and she was also safe. And the old lady of the Cai family doesn't like Mrs. Gu, so she often rubs Mrs. Gu, and sometimes she has to persuade Aunt He. Qi Hong said carefully, "That Cai Lansi is Aunt He's daughter, she is usually more delicate than Miss Cousin, and her mouth is sweet, which is very liked by the old lady of the Cai family, but Miss Cousin is a serious daughter-in-law, and her temperament is cowardly and wooden, and the old lady doesn't like it." In addition to Cai Lansi, Aunt He also has two sons, both of whom are under the name of his wife, but raised by his aunt's own side. Because the young master is weak and does not study well, but Aunt He's two sons are more valued at home. ”

"I heard that the young master of my aunt and cousin has been married, and it is Aunt He's niece who is set, because my aunt and cousin are not in good health, and I didn't come to Kyoto this time, but the second cousin of Aunt He followed, saying that my aunt wanted to find him a good family in Beijing, and it would be a help in the future. Now I also live in our house. ”

An Jin was dumbfounded when she heard this, a young lady from the Marquis Mansion, married to a poor scholar, and she had to rely on her mother's family to get promoted, and she still lived like this, which was also desperate. She also summoned her housekeeper, Mama Li, and asked Ruan about his temperament when he was not married.

Mama Li said: "Back then, there was only one young lady in the family, who was also pampered, although she was not very assertive, she also had a temper. It is said that when she was not out of the cabinet, the eldest lady gave her a bad gift because of the poor dowry, and she secretly laughed at the eldest lady. And because his wife was of noble birth and had a big shelf, he refused to coax her, and he made things difficult for his wife several times. Who knew that after getting married, he would become such a character. ”

An Jin nodded, she didn't want to do much about other people's housework, she only told Qi Hong to pay attention to the news of the young ladies who were temporarily living at home on the old lady's side, and if there was anything wrong, tell sù herself, the second sister was about to get married, and it was better to have more than less.

Mama Li said something again, and said: "Miss, you are not at home, two days ago, Miss Wu brought two Miss Tang and two Miss Cousins to Miss's courtyard, saying that Miss Wutang wanted to see Miss's picture book and collect a single picture book, and wanted to go to Miss's study. ”

An Jin frowned and said, "You did a good job, I won't be there in the future, no matter who wants to enter my study, you will have to stop it." If you can't stop it, you can quickly order someone to inform me. Thinking that it was not easy to enter the palace to deliver news, he added, "Go and inform the housekeeper of the Changhua Eldest Princess's Mansion and ask them to send me news." As he spoke, he ordered Yinzhu to take two golden nudes and give them to Mama Li, praising her for managing the affairs of the courtyard well in the past few months, and rewarded Qi Hong and Xue Qing respectively, as well as a group of little maids and sisters-in-law.

Thinking of Ruan Antong, before An Jin entered the palace, she felt that she had studied with Mr. Min and her temperament was more stable, why hadn't she seen her for a few months, and her temperament was more out of touch than before? However, it can be seen that she should have lived a very happy life in the past few months.

An Jin had lunch in the room, took a nap, and was sorting out her picture and book album in the study, when she heard Xue Qing report that Miss Six had brought two Tang Ladies and two Cousin Ladies over.

An Jin hurriedly went to the hall to entertain guests, and as soon as she arrived in the hall, she saw a group of sisters who were welcomed in by Qi Hong.

Ruan Zhenyi smiled and said to An Jin: "Seventh sister, we came uninvited, don't blame it, it's really Sister Tong who talks about her sister every day, and praises her sister's painting skills very well, and collects a lot of unique albums, which makes our family tattoo sister very excited, and I always want to come and see it." ”

An Jin hurriedly said to the third cousin and laughed, and asked the little girls to serve the sisters in addition to the cloaks, and took a few small hand stoves to warm everyone's hands, and said, "It's freezing this day, and it's difficult for the sisters to come." ”

At this time, it is the wax moon, the weather is cold, and it has just snowed a while ago. For example, the old lady said earlier that she would go to the garden to play, and everyone was just responding to the scene, and then the cat was playing some games in the room.

Everyone sat down, and when Yahuan served tea, Ruan Antong ordered his Yahuan Qiaoyun to send a gift that he brought back from Jinhua Academy to An Jinjian, but it was a set of life atlases of the academy, which was said to have been painted and sold by the scholars of the academy when they had nothing to do.

Ruan Antong said: "You have always liked these things, and you originally said that you want to go to Jinhua Academy, and when I saw this, I thought you would like it." ”

An Geun opened the thick atlas, there were pictures of the scenery and buildings of the college, as well as pictures of the students playing and partying and reading.

Looking at the atlas, An Jin sighed in her heart, her fifth sister is not stupid, and her heart is not bad, but she is emotionally insecure, her temperament is uncertain, she is easily influenced by others, and she is easy to be coaxed by others. But if you want to change a person's heart, An Jin smiled bitterly, I am afraid that a very determined mother will have to take her by her side for a long time and raise her personally.

An Jin quickly reasoned about it, looked up and said to Ruan Antong: "I have always thought that the fifth sister is fun-loving, but I didn't expect to go to the academy here, and it immediately became elegant, and the things sent were all elegant things of literati and artists." But sister, I'm going to be cliché today. He turned his face to Biluo and said, "Biluo, you go and bring all the gifts I prepared for my sisters." ”

Biluo answered, turned around and brought a golden silk nanmu tray from the side hall, on which was covered with a thick white muslin cloth, on which were lined up with more than a dozen delicately crafted beaded flowers, as well as seven or eight grates and some flower uranium. An Geun ordered her to put the tray on the table and said to the sisters, "I just sorted out the gifts for the sisters, first come, first served, so please choose the sisters first." ”

Each of these small jewelry is only inlaid with a small amount of pearl gemstones, which are also the size of rice grains and sesame seeds, which do not look valuable, but are better than the exquisite workmanship, and the materials are also very luxurious.

When everyone saw this, they smiled and thanked An Jin, and they all chose their favorite bead flower and a grate comb or a few flower uranium one by one. Cai Lansi said: "These styles are somewhat similar to those in our Jiangzhou, but this kind of color can only be seen in Jiangbao Pavilion, and ordinary shops can't do such quality." ”

"Jiang Baoge? But the Jiang Baoge of the royal jewelry designer? I heard that most of the jewelry designs in the palace were drafted by Jiang Baoge as tribute, and then improved by the decoration department of the palace Shangfu Bureau. Ruan Zhenwen asked.

Cai Lansi nodded and said with a smile: "I didn't expect Jiang Baoge's reputation to even be heard of in Cangzhou. ”

Cai Lansi just sighed casually, but Ruan Zhenhui was unhappy, and snorted coldly with a faint smile: "What's so strange about this, Jiang Baoge has branches in all big places, although we are not as well-informed as the merchants, it is not that we have never seen the world." The sarcasm in his tone was not disguised at all.

Cai Lansi's face flushed, although this thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl is a concubine, but on weekdays at home is her aunt in charge, her grandmother is spoiled, her father is used to it, and her aunt's family is the number one merchant in Jiangzhou, she raises more expensive than her sister Cai Lanhui, and she is the daughter of the prefect when she goes out, who is not holding it, who knows that after coming to Kyoto for a few days, there are people everywhere who ridicule her, and give her a look, she is extremely aggrieved and angry, thinking of this, she secretly glared at Cai Lanhui when others were not paying attention, Cai Lanhui noticed her eyes, I was stunned for a moment.

Several other people heard the irony in Ruan Zhenhui's words, but they all ignored it and only laughed. An Jin secretly paid attention to the expressions of several people, and naturally did not miss Cai Lansi's eyes glaring at Cai Lanhui, as well as Cai Lanhui's fear, she sighed in her heart, the old lady is a daughter of the Ruan family, she used to be far away in Jiangzhou, she couldn't take care of it, and the Ruan family has never sent a letter to complain, but this time she came to Kyoto, I am afraid that when the second sister gets married, the old lady will definitely take care of this matter.

After laughing for a while, Ruan Antong said: "Seventh sister, Sister Wen saw a lotus pond painting of you last time at the fourth sister, I like it very much, I just said that my sister doesn't know how many things like this, last time I brought Sister Wen and them over, I want to go to your study to see, but I hate that people don't let us in." This time, my sister came back, or let Sister Wen and them go to see your picture books, Sister Wen is also very interested in your collection of unique picture books. ”

An Geun smiled, but did not answer, but sat on the chair, lowered his head, pinched the teacup ear with one hand, and slowly plucked the tea leaves with the other hand.

The surroundings slowly quieted down, and their eyes looked at An Jin, Ruan Antong didn't wait for An Jin's answer, she looked at both sides, and also felt the strangeness of the atmosphere, and called out a little stunned: "Seventh sister." ”

An Jin raised her head, smiled at Ruan Antong, and looked at everyone with a smile, sweeping the expressions of several people into her eyes, Ruan Zhenwen smiled quietly and steadily, her eyes were tolerant and gentle, as if she only heard the sisters say a very ordinary thing, Ruan Zhenwen raised her eyebrows, and looked at An Jin's eyes with some provocation, and Cai Lansi still looked a little unhappy, at this time, she just looked at An Jin as if she was watching a good show, Cai Lanhui looked at An Jin, her eyes were a little dodgy and cowardly, and she was a little afraid of causing trouble.

After reading everyone's expressions, An Jin replied to Ruan Antong with a smile: "Fifth sister, is the fifth cousin coming to see it?" It's just some picture albums, and the fifth cousin of labor came to me to go to the study a few times, and I really can't help it. I'm going to order the maids to take out some and give them to my fifth cousin. ”

Without waiting for others to speak, he turned his head and called Qi Hong, and said, "Qi Hong, go and bring all the travel books I drew when I went to Huangzhuang last time and show them to my fifth cousin, otherwise next time I am not there, you will snub your cousins again, but it is all my fault." ”