Chapter 197: Confession
Yongning Marquis Mansion marries his daughter, the house is full of lights, jubilant, exquisite and beautiful, flowery courtyard can be seen everywhere in the brocade clothes of the guests.
There was still some time before leaving the banquet, Mrs. An arrived at the Yongning Hou Mansion with the ladies of the house, and was welcomed into the inner hall by the Yongning Hou Lady.
The two sides met the courtesy, greeted each other politely, and after learning that there were enough people and did not need help, Mrs. An said that she would go to the backyard to talk to Mrs. Yongning Hou, and take the juniors in the family to meet Mrs. Yongning Hou.
Mrs. Li of Yongning Hou arranged for a maid to guide the way, and sent Mrs. An and the ladies of the An family to the main courtyard of the inner house where Mrs. Yongning Hou lived, while the five concubines of the Murong family stayed in the inner hall of the front courtyard and greeted the rest of the ladies.
Because of the marriage of the eldest granddaughter, the old lady of Yongning Hou is very happy today, she wears a Taijun hoop, wears a crimson gown, her face is ruddy and joyful, she looks full of spirit, and is surrounded by a group of old ladies to congratulate her, smiling from ear to ear.
"People are in good spirits when they are happy, I can hear the laughter of the old sister from afar, and the old sister I also bring the girls to be happy." Before I saw him, I heard his voice first, and before Mrs. An and the juniors stepped into the door, they shouted with a smile.
"Yo, who's here?" Old Madam Yongning Hou patted her knee and smiled even more happily.
The two old sisters laughed with their hands, and Mrs. An asked the six sisters to come forward to say hello.
An Ruolan followed behind An Ruojin, and while saluting the old lady Yongning Hou and the rest of the old ladies in a proper manner, she secretly looked at the noble and solemn old lady Yongning Hou in front of her.
Majestic and steady, I think he is a strict elder.
An Ruolan commented in her heart.
At the same time, the old lady of Yongning Hou was also observing and looking at her.
It is not a secret that the concubine of the fifth room of the Marquis of Wenxin Mansion went to the big house, and for this sixth girl of the An family, who rarely appears in front of people. Everyone is a little curious, and when they see a real person now, they can't help but look at it twice.
Polite, cheerful, bright-eyed, looks like a well-behaved and sensible person, not as cold and arrogant as rumored.
The old lady of Yongning Hou nodded without a trace. From the bottom of my heart, I scoffed at those untrue rumors.
What a girl. But it was discredited by those gossip.
The people present were all old men from famous families, all of them were old people, and they thought of the clues they had heard in the past. instantly understood the reason, and for a while, there was no resentment and pity in my heart, and there were regrets and feelings, and the eyes looking at An Ruolan became much softer and more loving.
Good tutoring literacy. So that they don't gossip.
An Ruolan was confused, why did the grandmothers' attitudes change all of a sudden?
Fortunately, the old ladies did not pay much attention to her. After asking her a few words, the care let the little sisters go to the next room to play for themselves.
The next room was brought by the old lady next to her, the most favored young lady in each house, An Ruojin's six sisters, entered. was separated, and was pulled by the young lady they were familiar with.
Although An Ruolian and An Ruoyun are concubines, they have also attended several banquets with their mothers-in-law. It is because they also know each other, and the nobles of the family who can talk to them talk to them.
The sisters were all pulled away. Only An Ruolan stood in front of the partition in a daze, a little at a loss.
The room is very lively, sitting or standing, there are a lot of girls huddled together in twos and threes, An Ruolan looked at it, the colorful dresses, the delicate and beautiful jewelry, she was almost dazzled, just looking at it, she couldn't find a familiar one, only two or two looked familiar, and they only had a relationship when they met the Queen Mother in the palace before, and they couldn't talk about knowing each other at all, let alone talking about getting together.
Standing in front of the partition for a while, An Ruolan turned around and returned to the main hall in despair.
In the main hall, a group of old ladies talked and laughed, and because they felt bored, they asked their subordinates to set up a few tables, brought dominoes, and touched Pai Gow.
As soon as An Ruolan came back, what he saw was the scene of the old ladies enthusiastically drawing cards.
Mrs. An and Mrs. Yongning Hou both had smiles on their faces, and it seemed that they had won.
"Grandmother."
After a call, An Ruolan sat down beside Mrs. An.
Mrs. An glanced up at her during the interval between the cards, and asked gently, "Don't you play with your sisters?" β
An Ruolan shook her head lightly and sat a few closer to her.
Mrs. An suddenly understood, her heart was pitiful and painful, she stroked the top of her head, and said with a smile: "Then accompany your grandmother to play cards, and if you win, you will be yours." β
The old lady of Yongning Hou also squinted at her, and saw her depressed little appearance, like a mirror in her heart, Yan SΓΉ's face showed a smile, and said: "This dare is good, your grandmother has won a lot, enough for you to buy a lot of small things." β
The old lady next to her also laughed and said that she would teach her to play cards.
Old and young, don't look at this group of old orders on weekdays in front of the younger generations, dignified and graceful, in fact, they all have a child's heart, this no one started, everyone gathered around An Ruolan, one by one to teach her to play cards.
An Ruolan was not interested in Pai Gow, but he couldn't resist the enthusiasm of the old ladies, so he followed and learned while playing and played a few games. I don't know if she was lucky today, or if everyone let her, after a few sets, she won.
Seeing this scene, many old ladies pulled her to sit beside her, which was really a coincidence, but whenever she sat down, the people around her would win the cards, and the old ladies said that she was a blessed person, scrambling to sit with her.
It's not that I care about the few silvers, but I value the joy of winning the cards.
And whoever wins the card, he will inevitably stuff some silver to An Ruolan, saying that he will buy her jewelry snacks.
An Ruolan was a little polite at first, and she didn't dare to accept it, but when Mrs. An opened her mouth, she accepted it all, thank her grandmother one by one, and her mouth was very sweet.
Her moderate, modest and studious, well-behaved and submissive appearance made a group of old ladies who love children more and more pity and love her.
Just sat with the elders for a while, and An Ruolan had several more grandmothers.
Mrs. An listened to a lot of good words, and she was very proud and proud in her heart, she was worried that her granddaughter would be bored with a group of Mrs. Lai, so she let her go out for a walk, and Mrs. Yongning Hou also let her personal maid Bisha follow her to take care of her.
To be honest, after leaving the courtyard of the old lady of Yongninghou, An Ruolan was really relieved. It's not that the old ladies are difficult to serve, it's that she's really not used to it, and she doesn't have the ability to deal with so many people at the same time, and she is also an elder, although she has gradually become cheerful and lively, but some deep-rooted temperament has not changed.
Her nature. Always with a chill.
Bisha saw her like this. couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle, and said in her heart that this Miss An Liu is really frank and innocent.
Although the scenery of the Yongning Marquis Mansion is not as luxurious and magnificent as the Jin Palace, it is also not as rich as the long-standing heritage of the Mengguo Mansion. But it has its own quiet charm of the Jiangnan garden, which makes people linger like a picture scroll.
An Ruolan played and wandered, but he felt that it was better than being bored in the house. It's just that Bisha was hurriedly called away by the maid halfway. She didn't want to go back to the house, so she had to take Bailing to wander around the house by herself.
Stop-and-go. Unconsciously, the two of them arrived near the back garden, and they heard a burst of shouting and shouting from a distance. It's noisy and out of step with the quiet surroundings.
Vaguely, An Ruolan also heard a few familiar voices.
I sighed in my heart. With doubts, An Ruolan followed the direction from which the voice came. When I turned around a cluster of lush and turquoise brocade, I raised my eyes and saw a bunch of boys sitting or squatting, gathered on the steps of the verandah, playing dice.
The big eyes stared at the small eyes, the eyes were frozen for a while, and there was a quick movement, and he quickly hid the dice.
An Ruolan's eyes rolled, and his eyes swept over the embarrassed sons and buddies one by one, and finally stopped at An Wensheng and An Wenqi.
An Wenqi was weak and hid behind his eldest brother.
was caught messing around by his sister, An Wensheng's face turned red, and he couldn't speak, but Meng Sanshao was thick-skinned and said with a smile: "Little Liu, why don't you come over for a drink?" When did it come? β
An Ruolan raised her eyebrows, smiled coquettishly, and replied crisply: "I came with my grandmother, and I have been sitting with my grandmothers in Grandma Zhao's yard for a while, and because I feel bored, I came out for a walk." β
"Oh." Meng Sanshao bowed, Grandma Zhao, it should be the old lady of Yongning Hou, listening to this tone, I am very familiar with it, I heard that many old people are talking to the old lady of Yongning Hou.
Thinking about it, he quietly flicked the large pile of silver he had won to his side.
An Ruolan stared at him with wide eyesβthe silver at his feet.
"......" Meng Sanshao's eyelids jumped, and he understood in seconds.
Gritting his teeth, he grabbed a small handful of golden melon seeds and handed them to her, Meng Sanshao smiled and said, "Brother is lucky today, hey, I'll buy you snacks to eat and flowers to wear." β
"Uh-huh." An Ruolan took it with a smile and unceremoniously put it into her purse.
Meng Sanshao twitched the corners of his mouth, it was better to be happy alone, he turned his head to the other boys who were standing dumbfounded and at a loss, and smiled: "This is Sixth Sister An, who just came from the old lady of Yongning Hou." β
deliberately accentuated the sentence "where the old lady of Yongning Hou" was.
So the boys understood in seconds and offered one after another.
Chen Ershao was also among them, he handed a handful of golden beans to An Ruolan, and said indignantly: "Don't talk nonsense, you girl." β
His grandmother is also with Mrs. Yongning Hou, and Fang Cai An Xiaoliu calls the old ladies grandmothers, which can be seen to be painful for the old people. If An Xiaoliu went to complain, he wouldn't be able to eat and leave.
An Ruolan patted the bulging purse with satisfaction, squinted with a smile, blinked innocently and ignorantly, and said, "I don't know anything." β
Very good, that's what I wanted, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
As autumn approached, they were bored from reading, so they took the opportunity to get together for recreation, but they didn't want to be trained.
"What's going on? Don't play anymore? β
Suddenly, a clear and smiling question sounded, and everyone looked up, and saw Zhao Yi walking slowly with two young men with a raw face, followed by a girl who was probing his brain.
Seeing the person coming, An Ruolan's eyes lit up, and his liver fluttered and jumped.
I didn't expect to meet Wei Xing and Wei Shao here!
That's right, of the three people that Zhao Yi brought with him, two of them were the Wei brothers and sisters, and the other was the second prince.
Although there was a slight difference from his adult appearance, An Ruolan still recognized the handsome young man at a glance.
Wei Xing and the second prince are close friends, except for the Wei family, Wei Xing only sued her. It's just that I didn't expect that they already knew each other at this time.
For the second prince, An Ruolan has a gratitude in her heart, although this person is disgusted with herself, but if it weren't for this person, she wouldn't have been able to see the last side of Wei Xing in her previous life.
Thinking of this, she smiled kindly at the second prince.
Meng Sanshao stood up, with a bright smile, the corner of his eyes shone brightly, and he greeted: "Yo, it's just right, hurry up." β
Zhao Yi and the others don't know why.
Chen Ershao made a small report to An Ruolan and said, "They are accomplices, and Zhao Yi got the dice!" β
The other sons and brothers next to him also coaxed and shouted: "I can't let it go!" β
Zhao Yi roughly guessed the reason from everyone's words, and smiled helplessly, but he still took out a handful of golden beans and handed it to An Ruolan.
An Ruolan smiled so much that she couldn't see her teeth and eyes, and thanked her: "Thank you, cousin Yi." β
As soon as the words fell, a stack of silver tickets was suddenly handed to her, she was startled at first, and then looked up along the hand holding the silver ticket, it turned out to be a guard!
With a "boom", An Ruolan's face burned red, and he didn't pick it up, and he didn't answer it.
Will he feel that he is treacherous and cunning, greedy for money and powerful, not simple and cute enough?
What if you make a bad impression on him?
Thousands of thoughts flashed through her mind, and the more she thought about it, the more flustered and shy she became, and she was stunned and didn't know how to react.
It's a little strange to be punished, isn't everyone going to give it? Why don't you take him, because it's less?
With that in mind, he pulled out another stack and sent it to her.
An Ruolan is crying and funny, what kind of trouble is this, making her look like a ruffian hooligan who collects protection money on the street.
This face is bigger!
This is not over, and immediately after, the second prince also handed over a bag of gold leaves, and said with a joke: "The one who sees it has a share, this sister should accept it quickly." β
The second prince did not miss An Ruolan's kind eyes looking at him, and he couldn't help but feel a little curious in his heart, he was sure that he and her were meeting for the first time.
seemed to feel that An Ruolan was not embarrassed and embarrassed enough, Wei Shao also came to make a kick, grabbed a handful of Dongzhu and stuffed it into her hand, and grinned: "And I still have me!" We're meeting again! β
An Ruolan wanted to cry without tears, so she could only blush, and she accepted everything.
She didn't even dare to look up at the guard's face.
The sons and buddies present are all measured people, and what was given to An Ruolan are golden melon seeds, golden beans and the like, but they didn't give others a chance to break their mouths.
Subsequently, Zhao Yi concealed the true identity of the second prince, and introduced Wei Xing and the second prince to everyone.
An Ruolan was pulled by Wei Shao to watch them play, just like in the house of the old lady of Yongning Hou, where she stood, the people around her would win. Finding this, a group of sons and buddies all called a sister affectionately, asking An Ruolan to stand beside them.
An Ruolan wanted to stand beside Wei Xing, but thinking that An Wensheng was also there, she had to stand behind An Wensheng obediently. She is now the eldest lady of the big house, and An Wensheng is her brother-in-law, at this time, of course, she has to help her brother.
Seeing An Wensheng kill one after another, everyone was not convinced, especially An Wenqi and Meng Sanshao, who said sour words. An Wensheng is called a smug.
A group of people played until it was close to noon, and they dispersed when they saw that they were not far from the table. (To be continued)
ps:There's a short chapter later.,Let's read it tomorrow morning.,Momoda R466.