An Jin's feet rested for more than ten days, and when she could barely walk, Mrs. Zhao packed her and threw her into the carriage, and took her back to the Guogong Mansion with Ruan Anqi.

Ruan Anzheng and An Geun were warmly welcomed when they arrived at the Guogong Mansion, even the second aunt Zhuang reluctantly expressed their cordial care, although they smiled a little sadly, but they were smiling, wasn't they?

In addition to Zhao Chengyi, there is no young master and young lady who is about the same age as An Jin, and the only unmarried ones are Min Xi from the big house and Min Yuan from the second room, both of whom are fourteen or fifteen years old, and they are good friends with Ruan Anzheng and Ruan Anmei, and they have nothing to say because of the age difference between them and An Jin. They don't think they have anything in common.

Both of the Anjin sisters were placed by the old lady in Tingfeng Ju, not far from their main courtyard, which had been prepared for Ruan Antan to come and live in for a long time. The sisters also didn't live in Ruan Antan's room, so they found two idle rooms in the courtyard and stayed there.

After staying here, the cousins all came to see them and expressed their joy and welcome, but Zhao Chengyi never came to see An Geun, and did not even attend the welcome banquet on the first night. An Jin casually asked the eleven-year-old red clothes that the old lady allocated to her little girl, only to know that Zhao Chengyi was beaten by his second uncle after returning to the house last time, but he was an only son, and the second uncle who rushed back stopped him, but he was only injured, but he still couldn't get out of bed for many days, and now he still has to lie on the bed to recuperate most of the time. Actually, it doesn't get in the way, but you just can't sit, and it's not convenient to dress for the wound, so it's not good to run around wrapped in strips of cloth.

gloating, but An Jin still pulled Ruan Anzheng to accompany him to see Zhao Chengyi, this kid suffered such a big crime this time, and it was all because of himself, if he didn't visit her, it would inevitably make people feel cold.

"You really pinned her in the water and didn't let her come up? What if you drown? A few people exchanged a few words, and then they were a little cold, and An Jin suddenly asked.

Zhao Chengyi glanced at the mother's maid ring on both sides who was eyeing the enemy and Ruan Anzheng who was sitting on the side with a depressed face, and he really didn't have any interest in talking. said lazily: "It's just a short while, and I can't die." Seeing his gaze, An Jin also subconsciously glanced at the two maids, and understood, so he quickly got up and politely said goodbye.

Back in the courtyard, Ruan Anzheng sneered: "This is all to prevent us from being thieves, hmph, seventh sister, you are only nine years old, that kid is guilty, but he has settled the accounts on his sister's head." Now that my grandmother is still there, I may not be able to return to this Shunguo Mansion in the future. It seems that the second uncle's mother is not pretending to be like it, at least even Ruan Anzheng feels cold.

An Jin was stunned for a moment, although what he said was still the truth, but there are some things, just know it in his heart, but when he says it, he seems to care too much and be extreme, it seems that those words Ruan Anzheng is in his heart and lungs, and it is difficult to get out for a while.

"Third sister," An Jin thought about the wording, "it's just a little thing, and I don't marry him, so why bother?" The second aunt didn't do much to me, didn't she still politely shush the cold and ask for warmth? It's always good to be on guard. "You can't expect her to hate you in her heart and really care about you like a spring breeze, so you're scared, aren't you?

Ruan Anzheng looked at his sister's serious and somewhat cautious little face, and couldn't help but feel bored: "Who am I doing this for!" Stay away from that kid in the future, you don't have to suffer a loss, this matter depends on your grandmother, the better that kid is for you now, the more bad you are. An Jin opened her mouth slightly to look at her sister, sister, isn't it too early for you to tell the nine-year-old about this?

Zhao Chengyi listened to the return of the red clothes, and his face turned dark. If she doesn't marry him, who is she going to marry? Also, is the conversation between the sisters too blunt? The wall has ears, and there are rings around you, just such nonsense. In fact, this is what he wronged the Anjin sisters, when they spoke, they were still a few steps away from a few maids, and they were all confidants who grew up with them, knowing that they had a lot of things, and this kind of episode still didn't have to be avoided. The red coat is something else. Who knew that the red clothes were Zhao Chengyi's people, and they paid special attention to eavesdropping.

The red dress is the third-class little girl ring in Mrs. Zhao's house, usually she helps the big girl ring in the old lady's house to take care of some of the old lady's food and clothing, and also helps run errands to pass the word or something, the old lady is quite clever and considerate because she looks at her, and because she often runs errands and is familiar with the situation in the house, she is allocated to An Jin for temporary use.

An Jin never dreamed that the red clothes were Zhao Chengyi's person. How did she know that Zhao Chengyi would buy the red clothes that had just entered the mansion half a year ago for her own use, waiting for the old lady to give the red clothes to An Jin?

At the beginning of July, Mrs. Zhao was going to visit Concubine Zhao in the palace.

Concubine Zhao is one of the four concubines of the former emperor, Concubine Shu, and she is the sister-in-law of the grandfather of the old country. And the former queen was the cousin of the grandfather of the country and the only daughter of the former grandfather of the country. The former grandfather of the country was born and died unexpectedly without a child, so his younger brother, who is the father of the current grandfather of the country, attacked the lord, and his wife was pregnant, and unfortunately fell after hearing the bad news, bleeding profusely, and died twice. His only daughter was only five years old at the time, and was taught and raised by the mother of the current grandfather of the country, and when she grew up, she was still the crown prince and hired as a concubine, until the first emperor ascended the throne and became the queen, almost the only favorite, but the shortcoming was that she had not given birth, and she was suddenly pregnant until she was almost thirty years old. The first emperor was grief-stricken, and although he later appointed the noble concubine Yuan as his successor, he insisted on appointing the four princes from Empress Zhao as the crown prince.

Concubine Zhao entered the palace and did her best to the imperial prince, raised him, and supported him to ascend to the throne. Therefore, although the palace is respected by the Empress Dowager Yuan, the status of Concubine Zhao is actually the most transcendent.

Concubine Zhao herself only had a little princess, that is, Princess Changhua, and was later married to Lingnan Wang Xiao. This Xiao clan said that it was a vassal king of the opposite sex, but in fact it was more like a vassal state, and its territory included the current Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan and part of the territory of Fujian and Yunnan, where the military power was controlled by the Xiao clan, and it was only necessary to make offerings to the imperial court every year. Therefore, Princess Changhua married the king of Lingnan far away, and it can almost be said that she was kissed.

After Princess Changhua got married, Concubine Zhao lived in seclusion in Qingyou Palace, and was no longer willing to take care of palace affairs and participate in palace banquets, and every day was to copy scriptures and recite Buddha, ignoring world affairs, until Princess Changhua's eldest son, Xiao Ye, the son of Lingnan Wang, lived in Kyoto as a proton when he was five years old, and Concubine Zhao begged to be raised by Xiao Ye herself. Xiao Ye was sent back to Lingnan when he was eleven years old, and I heard that he had returned to Kyoto not long ago to visit Concubine Zhao.

Mrs. Zhao decided to take the Ruan Anzheng sisters to meet Concubine Zhao, and if she could, she begged the concubine to keep their sisters in the palace for a while, and then take them back to the Gongfu after the begging meeting.

Hongyi handed Zhao Chengyi the news that An Jin was going to enter the palace, and Zhao Chengyi thought of the news that Xiao Ye had come to Kyoto a few days ago, and couldn't help but be a little irritable. He remembered that before Ruan Antong was given marriage as Xiao Ye's side concubine, Xiao Ye begged His Majesty for An Jin, and it was his aunt and grandmother who begged for the concubine Niangniang to replace Ruan Antong. But Xiao Ye didn't insist too much, so he wasn't particularly worried, but any contact between Xiao Ye and An Jin made him irritable and uneasy.

Before the An Jin sisters entered the palace, Zhao Minyuan and Zhao Minxi came to visit the two of them together. Zhao Minyuan has already decided to marry, and it is the second son of King An's mansion. Zhao Minxi is fourteen years old this year, and she is also discussing marriage, but because she is a concubine, the eldest lady herself has many children, and now she has several grandchildren, and she has to be fed in the palm of her hand, and the energy to share it with the concubine is really limited, so she has not carefully selected it. Fortunately, the daughter of the Zhao family is famous for her stunning appearance, and there are many people who seek marriage, so she is not worried about getting married.

The old lady and Concubine Zhao are friends who grew up together, and this friendship became even closer after the old lady married Concubine Zhao's brother, and it never faded because of Concubine Zhao's entry into the palace. Therefore, the old lady will go to the palace to visit the concubine several times a year, but except for the eldest granddaughter Zhao Minyi, she has rarely brought her granddaughter into the palace.

However, the girls in the Guogong Mansion are very well educated, Zhao Minyuan is dignified and generous, and she has always been good friends with Ruan Anzheng, she knows Ruan Anzheng's difficulties, and she is happy for Ruan Anzheng in her heart, and she understands in her heart that even if the old lady promotes Ruan Anzheng, she can't marry better than herself, so after coming over, she reminded Ruan Anzheng sisters. Although she does not enter the palace with her grandmother, she often enters the palace with her aunt and mother, and the etiquette in the palace and the preferences of the nobles are one of the compulsory courses for the concubines of the Guogong Mansion.

Although Zhao Minxi is a concubine, although there is a little cowardice between her eyebrows, she is still a moderate advance and retreat, and she is graceful and generous. She saw that Zhao Minyuan seemed to have a lot of private things to talk about with Ruan Anji, so she said to An Jin with a very good eye: "Sister Jin, I heard that your painting skills are very good, I want to make an embroidery on the Qiqiao Festival, and now I have embroidered a few pieces, but there is nothing new, why don't you go to Sister Jin's yard and show me the tricks, see how to be more unique?" ”

Of course, An Jin was very happy, she could see that Zhao Minyuan was seriously mentioning Ruan Anzheng, but some of the nobles in the palace were really not suitable to say in front of them, and they wanted to find some excuse to give them some private time, and now Zhao Minxi opened her mouth, she was extremely happy, and she was busy responding, and said: "Sorry cousin said that I laughed, I have long heard that my cousin and aunt are Hunan embroiderers, my sister has learned a good cultivation art since she was a child, and it is really good to have the honor to appreciate my sister's embroidery today." The two of them confessed to Ruan Anzheng and Zhao Minyuan, and left with some laughter.

Zhao Minxi's embroidery skills are really good, she let Yahuan take out a few small embroidery screens, flowers, grasses, insects and birds have several patterns, it seems that it has been prepared for a long time, the scenery she embroidered is beautiful and exquisite, and it is even more rare that the embroidered image has a strong sense of three-dimensionality, vivid, vivid texture, it is really lovely, which is very rare for a little girl who is only fourteen years old. The two played for a while, and An Jin would also talk about how to make the pattern clever by ordering small elements in the pattern, but it was just a joke, and she didn't take it too seriously, and she felt that adding it later might lose the original coordination.

When saying goodbye, Zhao Minxi specially chose a pair of duck playing in the water and gave it to An Jin, this pattern is funny and joyful, it is cute, but it is not suitable for participating in the begging competition, An Jin did not refuse, thank you and took it. I thought to myself, in two days, I would send her a unique scenery painting as a gift in return.

Early the next morning, Biluo got up and prepared to wait for An Geun to freshen up and enter the palace, but when she lifted the mosquito net and told An Geun to get up, she screamed in fright and the clothes in her hands slipped to the ground. An Jin frowned, looked at Biluo and looked at herself with a frightened face, thinking, this early in the morning, when you see me, how can it be like seeing a ghost?

She suddenly seemed to feel something, felt a little itchy on her hands and body, and looked down to find that there were a lot of small red rashes on her body. Hurriedly asked Biluo to take the bronze mirror, and sure enough, he saw that there were a lot of rashes on his face. Throwing away the bronze mirror, An Geun lay back on the bed and sighed deeply.