Under the soft curtain near the window, sat two young girls in peach-colored short skirts and bright yellow pleated dresses, one was older, about seventeen years old, one with thin and long eyebrows, and a mean face, and the other was still young, looking only twelve or thirteen years old, and her face had not yet grown. The ill-intentioned gaze that Zhu Yan noticed just now came from the two sisters.

Bai Yu frowned slightly, and then smiled gently: "Miss Zhu, these two young ladies are also the girl's cousins." This is the third lady Xingfang and the fifth lady Lingfang of the big old man's family. ”

Zhu Yan smiled, and sure enough, according to the aesthetics of the eldest aunt Yang, her two baby daughters were also dressed up vulgarly enough. Especially the one called Xingfang, a pair of small eyes glanced around on him, which was really carved out of the same mold as the Yang family.

Out of a god's work, Bai Apple had already introduced herself to the other ladies in the room, and they all stood up and greeted each other with a smile. Although the others are all young ladies from the former courtiers' families and have a good upbringing, seeing that Zhu Yan's appearance is more outstanding than all of them, it is inevitable that there is a little displeasure in their eyes.

Only Xu Yuqing smiled happily, perhaps because she was going to get married next month, and she naturally didn't care about these girls' family competition for the limelight.

"Miss Zhu's clothes are really amazing, I don't know if it is the masterpiece of the ready-to-wear shop in Bailang Town?" The voice came a little abruptly, but the speaker didn't seem to have any malicious intentions, and the warm voice sounded very moving.

Zhu Yan looked at the place where the voice came from, and saw that it was a woman with a dark collar looking at her. On the pitch-black shirt, the neckline and cuffs are red classical patterns, and under the blue-gold waist, a red long skirt that looks like blood spots is faintly exposed. The black and shiny green silk was tied on the head, coiled high into a spiritual snake bun, but there was only a phoenix hairpin with a little green on it.

Zhu Yan narrowed her eyes slightly, such a clean but solemn outfit reminded her of those princesses who were high up.

"Sister Shu." Xu Yuqing called her, turned around and looked at Zhu Yan again.

The two of them are black and white, both of which are decorated with heavy red, which reminds people of the thrilling wars of the previous dynasty, but Zhu Yan's dress seems to be more comfortable, after all, the first thing she reminds people of is the red plum that blooms proudly in the ice and snow, and Shu's dress always reminds people of the boundless blood and night.

"Miss Zhu, this is Miss Shu, the same age as Miss Zhu, that is, the sister of Jing Gongzi who the second miss is going to marry." Bai Apple's voice sounded on the side again, and he was indeed dutiful.

Shu...... Difficult...... Pacify...... Country......

Zhu Yan remembered that he seemed to have seen such a record in the "History of Letters", when the previous dynasties were all conquered, there was a little princess and a little prince who disappeared in the war. Someone once saw that they were taken to Jiangnan by a high-ranking official, but later the high-ranking official was also cut off, and the two royal lineages were naturally forgotten.

It seems to say that the title of the little princess is to relieve worries. And the prince was really too young, and the war was in a hurry at that time, so it was not recorded, and it is very reasonable to think that the elder sister named her younger brother "Jing".

Thinking like this, he couldn't help but glance at the woman in front of him again. With exquisite makeup, upright sitting posture, and self-esteem and nobility between the eyebrows, I am afraid that it is indeed impossible to be the daughter of an ordinary family.

However, Zhu Yan didn't plan to talk much, just smiled lightly, "Miss Mengshu's blue eyes, this shirt was made by her mother for Zhu Yan herself." ”

"Oh? ...... is Lingtang? Shu's expression was grim, as if he was recalling something.

"Xu's silk treasure." Zhu Yan bowed his head and answered refreshingly.

Shu raised his eyebrows, seemed to think of something more, and raised his head and smiled for a while, "Shu hasn't seen my aunt for a long time, and I will come to visit with Ah Jing in a few days." ”

Zhu Yan was secretly surprised, how could this princess be so kind when she heard her mother's name, they seemed to know each other very well?

However, another sharp voice quickly interrupted her thoughts, "Cousin Yan, you see that this new dress on my body is also hand-sewn by my mother, you look at this material, but it is the best peach blossom yarn today." ”

Without looking, Zhu Yan could also recognize that it was Xu Xingfang from the voice that was the same as Yang's.

"This peach blossom yarn is indeed good, but the color of this Luo skirt doesn't seem to be uniform enough." Zhu Yan pursed her lips and chuckled, such a vulgar match, only such a silly girl is embarrassed to let others look at her.

Xu Xingfang's face turned red, her family is not very wealthy, if a set of clothes is made of the best materials, how can she afford it? Turning his eyes and staring at the clothes on Zhu Yan's body, from the inside out, he couldn't find a single mistake.

"Cousin Yan just thinks it's good-looking!" Xu Lingfang saw her sister and hurriedly joined this battle of words, "My mother said, this is the material bought with the silver returned by my cousin, since my cousin thinks it is good, it is worth it." ”

The girl's voice is still a little immature, but her words are more scathing than that of her sister. As soon as the words fell, there was really a little commotion around, and all the girls turned their heads to stare at Zhu Yan in unison, only Shu elegantly held the pipa sleeves and was quietly tasting the fragrant tea in his hand.

Zhu Yan raised his eyebrows, and just as he wanted to speak, Xu Yuqing was annoyed first, "Cousin Xingfang, cousin Lingfang, Cousin Yan was so sick before, and my father and mother also helped a lot, only my uncle and aunt asked him to take some silver out, as if they wanted his life." Aunt Silk Zhen is not an outsider, why is she so stingy? ”

The crisp voice is like a silver plate roll-on, clever and clever, and there is no room for refutation.

Xu Xingfang's face became more and more red, and she suddenly laughed as if she had touched a trump card, Zhu Yan looked at her strangely, estimating that she would not be in a hurry and commit madness, right?

"I, who is a cousin, is really a little angry, and I don't care enough about Cousin Yan's body. I heard that Cousin Yu Qing has also been quite unwell recently, and now she naturally has to take care of her sister as a sister. Xu Xingfang said, took out a piece of broken silver from her sleeve, and slapped it on the table with a "dang" sound, "Cousin Yan's medical name is very good now, it is better to ask my cousin to diagnose the pulse, and the diagnosis fee will come from the elder sister." ”

Xu Yuqing and Bai Apple's complexions changed, but then they calmed down again, and the indifferent Shu on the side was also stunned, and the tea in his hand spilled slightly.

"Okay, cousin, please stretch out your wrist." Zhu Yan knew that there must be a secret in this, but he shirked it, but he was afraid that it would be more troublesome.

Xu Yuqing glanced up at Zhu Yan, with a little worry and a pleading in her eyes, and then she hesitantly stretched out her hand.