The Perfume Pavilion, one of the largest courtyards in Anfu, is located on the left side of the main courtyard, passing through the secluded path of Qujing, and entering a vertical corner gate is the courtyard of the Perfume Pavilion.

The mother-in-law who was guarding the door, Mama Ying, saw Angel coming, and an old face with orange peel was suddenly full of flattering smiles, and she bowed to Angel slightly, "The second lady came so early, it's really filial, no wonder Mrs. hurts Miss so much, I heard that Miss was going to enter the palace yesterday, and I was reluctant to turn around in the house, and I was in the house early in the morning." ”

After hearing this, Angel glanced at Mama Ying differently, helped her slightly, and Bing'er on the side immediately took out a purse, which was considered to be a reward for him.

When Mama Ying saw the style of the purse, she immediately smiled, and after respectfully pursing, she ran back to the yard to sweep the floor.

To be honest, Angel doesn't like this old woman very much, because she always smiles very flatteringly at people, and she is old, and she has been doing rough work, and she doesn't look very good-looking, and she has the potential to be a wall grass, although she is just an old woman who guards the door, she can inquire about the affairs of her mother's inner courtyard, which is really surprising.

Soon after, a little girl dressed in pink peach, half-used silk came over, made a small salute to Angel, and said sweetly, "Second Miss, come in!" My wife has been looking forward to you for a long time! ”

Angel took off her cloak and handed it to Bing'er beside her, there was a lack of earth dragons and braziers in the main courtyard, as soon as she entered, there was a wave of heating coming to her face, the windows around were sealed, and the bright paper paste windows added a touch of brightness to the winter, and her mother did not light any incense, she generally preferred natural spices, which was somewhat similar to hers.

In the bedroom, a woman of about thirty years old is carefully weaving a knot, a pair of skillful hands quickly weave a variety of patterns, small pearls on it to form a different kind of embellishment, the delicate Wufu Luo Zi may not only attract the attention of women.

"Mother!" Angel stepped forward and pressed her shoulder with the right amount of force, her euphemistic voice calming her feelings.

"You're here!" Nalan June smiled when he saw Angel, took her hand, patted the empty space beside her, and motioned for her to come by her side.

Angel didn't have any hypocrisy with her, she walked to her side with lotus steps, and looked at Nalan June carefully, as Mama Ying said, she really didn't seem to sleep well, her eyes were full of faint bloodshots, and there was an obvious green black under the corner of her eyes, which was not a very prominent face, looking a little weak and pale, as if she was a person who had just recovered from a serious illness.

"I heard that my mother didn't sleep well last night, and the soothing incense sent by my eldest brother ran out? If you run out, let the manager buy it, and the lavender shop has recently withdrawn a few other spices, and buy them back to check with the imperial doctor to see if they are helpful to the mother. ”

Nalan June patted Angel's hand, "I know that you are filial, but most of my illness is caused by worry, if you want to cure it radically, you still have to relax, these so-called soothing incense is only a symptom but not a cure, so why waste that money to buy me this and that." ”

"That's not what I said, everything inside and outside the house depends on you to take care of, what's the matter with just a soothing incense, the important thing is your body."

Nalan June is not Angel's biological mother, but her stepmother, Nalan family is Concubine Xiang's mother's family, Angel's biological mother is Concubine Xiang's half-sister Nalan Xiyue, and Nalan June is different from Nalan June, Nalan Xiyue is from the side room, which is equivalent to half a concubine, and her status is much higher than that of Nalan June.

Yuguo has strict status standards for wives and concubines, divided into concubines, flat wives, side rooms, noble concubines, good concubines, cheap concubines, and through the room.

Nalan Xiyue's biological mother was the daughter of a merchant, and later entered the court as a palm musician, and was released from the court when she was old, and married the then founding prince as a side room.

Nalan June's biological mother is the personal girl of the founding prince, and was later pointed out by the founding lady to the son as a room, after giving birth to Nalan June, the founding son of the country was concerned about his mother's face, so he raised the room into a good concubine, Nalan June and Nalan Xiyue are naturally shorter than each other.

Nalan Xiyue is still a concubine from a certain point, and although An Ruozhi at that time was famous, she was still a concubine, and the two had zài feelings since childhood, and the marriage when they grew up can be regarded as a good match.

It's a pity that the royal family and the court often can't help themselves, after Nalan Xiyue gave birth to two sons, An Ruozhi was forced to marry the concubine from the Bapin Guozijian as the side room, and a year later obeyed the order of the British duchess, and married the concubine of the British duchess's maiden family as a flat wife.

In the sixth year after marriage, Nalan Xiyue gave birth to Angel's daughter, An Ruozhi regarded it as a treasure and gave the word Ruoxi.

But I don't want to, Nalan Xiyue didn't have good conditioning after giving birth, and her body became more and more tired, and then she had a miscarriage and passed away when Angel was four years old.

An Ruozhi has treated his wife the most over the years, where would he not agree, the only time he sang against the people of the British government, and married sixteen-year-old Nalan June to fill the house.

Many people say that they and Nalan June are both blessed people, or that the two of them have a special fate for each other.

When Nalan Xiyue died, it coincided with Nalan June's kiss, and his mother-in-law intended to marry Nalan June to the third son of the Ministry of Shangshu as his wife, and everyone in Kyoto knew that the third son of the Ministry of Officials was a good boy and a boy, and the whole Kyoto could be regarded as avoiding this person.

The official department has been in the court for many years, far from what ordinary people can imagine, so he promised a large number of dowries, and the concubine of the family was still begging, how could anyone disagree, Nalan June happened to be among them, and the wife of the founding candidate was also very tempted.

At this moment, An Ruozhi is being promoted to the position of a scholar of the Wenyuan Pavilion of the Fifth Grade, and the marriage connection between the founding candidate and the British Duke is absolutely unbreakable, and An Ruozhi himself is even more promising, so he married Nalan June to Angel's father, and married the fifth daughter of the family, Nalan May, to the third son of Shangshu.

After entering, Nalan June and An Ruozhi are not in love, but they are also respectful of each other, treating the two sons and a daughter born to their sister as their own, handing them over to learn literature and martial arts, hiring Xixi to educate Angel in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and treating other children as courtesy.

If it is a person in the past, then it is better to directly kill the children of the ex-wife, let alone raise them to adulthood, most of the children of the concubine may be worse than the concubine, or it is not as good as a slave who is more subjected.

Nalan June handed the Luo Zi to Angel, "How is it?" Is it good-looking? ”

Angel took the yarn and observed it repeatedly, I have to say that her stepmother's piano, chess, calligraphy and painting may not be as outstanding as her mother, but the embroidery and the yarn are really incomparable, and the things made are extremely dexterous, which makes people love it.

"It's very beautiful, the seventh sister must like it very much, it's her birthday in a few days, I've been clamoring for a rope, I just have time to make one for her recently, and now I can't take it when I see my mother." Angel returned the thing to Nalan June with some regret, although she liked it very much, but the gentleman did not take the favor of others, not to mention that it was just a connection.

Nalan June shook his head, put the luo in the palm of Angel's hand, and said gently, "Here you go!" ”

"This? Isn't this for the Seventh Sister? What's wrong with me? Angel looked at her puzzled.

Nalan gave birth to a son and a daughter in June, the youngest son is eight years old this year, and the daughter is only five years old, with a baby fat face, the whole person is snow jade and cute, likes to wear a red short jacket, and the whole looks like a good wealth boy.

Nalan June shook his head, "This was originally meant for you, not only you, but even several other girls in the family, the one of your seventh sister I plan to use a big red line, this style is quiet and elegant, I guess you may like it, this is for you to use." ”

"Thank you, Mother!" Angel helped her body slightly, and handed this yarn to Bing'er behind her, she liked it very much, plus Nalan June said that every girl in the family would have it, and Angel took it generously.

Angel still looked at her with some puzzlement, "Mother didn't sleep well last night, is there something that upsets my mother?" Although Ruoxi is young, she is also willing to relieve her mother's worries. ”

Ruoxi is her word, when she was born, her father gave it to her, and among the daughters in the family, only she and her eldest sister, and two brothers-in-law have words.

Nalan June sighed and gently stroked Angel's cheek, "It's just a little sigh, you will be fifteen years old after the New Year, and the next year will be the day of the election, when you hugged me in front of your lap, you were the same age as your seventh sister, and in the blink of an eye, you were already a big girl." After the election, we will learn some things about housekeeping with me, and if we marry into my in-law's family, we will not be blinded. ”

Angel nodded lightly, and made a small salute respectfully to Nalan June: "Daughter, obey her mother's orders!" ”

A little girl hurriedly walked in, "Mrs., the second lady led a group of young ladies, side rooms, and aunts to come to say goodbye." ”