Chapter 68: Entering the Palace (1st Watch)
The Queen Mother's Xiluan Palace is luxurious and atmospheric, a corridor and a pavilion are all carved beams and paintings, and the momentum is extraordinary.
The Queen Mother received the summoned wives in the side hall of Xiluan Palace.
The young ladies who came with them all gathered in the flower hall on the side of the side hall.
An Ruolan and the two were also taken to the flower hall after greeting the Queen Mother, they arrived late, and when they went in, the girls who came first had already gathered together in twos and threes, and they chatted very familiarly.
An Ruojin found two young ladies who knew each other sharply, and immediately pulled An Ruolan over with great interest.
An Ruolan's mind was still on the glimpse just now, and when he was pulled away, he kept looking at the bead curtain separating the side hall and the flower hall.
Although Fang Cai only glanced at it secretly, she was sure that the young woman sitting next to the Queen Mother was Wei Xing's mother, the Duchess of Wei Guo, that is, her mother-in-law in her previous life.
Compared with the old and haggard in the last memory of her previous life, the current Duchess of Weiguo is heroic, bright and moving, revealing a capable and bold temperament, which is unforgettable.
But the strange thing is that she looked around and didn't find Wei Shao.
Because the Queen Mother said that she would order the wives to bring the young ladies of the house into the palace, she also thought that the Duchess of Wei Guo would bring Wei Shao, the sister of Wei Xing, into the palace together.
I couldn't help but feel a little lost.
In her previous life, she had a bad relationship with her sister-in-law, and she thought that she would cultivate her relationship first in this life, so as to lay the foundation for getting along in the future.
Hiding the depression in her heart, An Ruolan cheered up to deal with the two young ladies introduced by An Ruojin.
The two girls who are familiar with An Ruojin are both demure and amiable people, one is the concubine of the Yongning Marquis Mansion and the other is the concubine of the Hubu Shangshu. The two were neither intimate nor distant from An Ruolan, only after learning that she was the granddaughter of Meng Guofu. A hint of surprise flashed in the eyes of the two.
"Sixth Sister An rarely walks around the house, but this is the first time we have met. It's not like the rumors. One of them, Miss Chu Si, smiled faintly.
"Yes, be much more cheerful and lively." Another Miss Zhao San answered.
Although it was only for a moment, An Ruolan was keenly aware of the surprise in their eyes, and couldn't help but smile bitterly in her heart, thanks to her mother's blessing, she could be famous even if she didn't go out.
Bending the corners of her lips, she grinned and said, "Hearing is false, seeing is believing, I have also heard some rumors about Sister Chu and Sister Zhao, everyone says that the two sisters are smart and beautiful." I saw it today, but I didn't think it was right. ”
Wrong? What's wrong?
Do you think they don't live up to their name?
Thinking like this, Zhao Chu's two young ladies changed their faces, and squeezed out a few smiles: "Oh? What's wrong? ”
An Ruojin, who was watching from the side, was a little anxious, for fear that she would offend the two best friends.
An Ruolan didn't care at all, she still smiled innocently and cheerfully, her eyebrows and eyes were crooked, and she said firmly: "The two sisters are obviously amazing, where are they just smart and beautiful?" ”
"......" everyone was stunned. The next moment, Miss Zhao and Miss Chu burst out laughing, pinched her face, covered her lips and smiled, "Ouch." This little mouth is sweet, no wonder your sister Jin protects you! ”
"That's what it was." An Ruolan pretended to be dissatisfied, and pouted.
The two young ladies of Zhao Chu laughed even more happily, and coaxed her to eat fruit snacks in a row. An Ruojin secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
That's all. The two young ladies of Zhao Chu became close to An Ruolan.
The atmosphere was much more relaxed and lively than before, and a few people just chatted a few words. An Ruolan heard a call and looked back. It was Zhou Mi'er standing behind her, and I don't know how long it had been here.
Her eyes lit up, and she called out happily: "Cousin! Just as she was about to get up, Zhou Mi'er pressed her shoulder and winked at her.
Raising her eyes to look at the few people present, Zhou Mi'er smiled and greeted familiarly: "Fourth Sister Chu, Third Sister Zhao, Sister Ruojin, I didn't expect everyone to be here, what a coincidence." "Obviously the two sides know each other.
"It turned out to be Sister Zhou, please take a seat." Several people hurriedly got up to salute, and smiled and gave up their seats to Zhou Mi'er.
Zhou Mi'er was not polite, she sat down next to An Ruolan and said with a smile: "As soon as I entered the door, I saw that it was very lively here, what interesting things did the sisters talk about, and they were so happy?" ”
Hearing this, Miss Chu Si covered her lips and chuckled, and said, "Where is there something interesting to talk about, it is Sister An's sweet and tight mouth, which makes everyone happy, but it makes Sister Zhou laugh." ”
"Oh?" Zhou Mi'er raised her eyebrows and looked at An Ruolan in surprise.
An Ruolan smiled, she also sold her good girl in order to make friends with this group of girls.
Zhou Mi'er smiled and stroked the top of her head, thinking that Sister Lan had really changed, but this was good, much better than her cold appearance before.
Looking at the intimate behavior of the two, An Ruojin was secretly frightened, she remembered that Sister Lan and this cousin were not close, why didn't she look like that today? Then she thought of the changes that An Ruolan had changed bit by bit these days, and she was relieved.
It's a good thing to be left and right, so why do you care about her so much?
Putting aside her doubts, An Ruojin chatted with a few people present.
Because they are all familiar with each other, there are not so many restraints in talking, and a few people chatted quite happily, but during the period, there were constantly young ladies on the side to talk, although they deliberately covered it up, but a few people could still see that most of these people came to Zhou Mi'er.
An Ruolan was a little surprised, her cousin looked very unreliable, she didn't expect her popularity to be so good. But she also knows that those people are not all simply friends, and some have a purpose.
The second aunt has been sitting in the seat of the Ministry of Rites for several years, and now he is in the cabinet, and he is very hopeful of entering the cabinet. It's just that An Ruolan knew that the second aunt refused this opportunity. She didn't understand it in her previous life, but she figured it out in this life, Mu Xiu is in the forest, the wind will destroy it, and at the current age of the second aunt, it is still too early to enter the cabinet. Presumably, the second aunt also had this concern, so he would take advantage of it in the later period.
However, thanks to Zhou Mi'er's blessing, several people took the opportunity to get acquainted with a lot of ladies.
The girls present are either the daughters of the family or the daughters of important ministers, and their identities are extremely noble, and they can make a few more friends, whether it is for themselves or for the family, it is beneficial. It's just that there are too many people coming, and several people have drunk two more cups of tea, and when they get to the back, they are a little overwhelmed.
When no one finally came over, several people breathed a sigh of relief and smiled at each other.
Later, he talked about the recent interesting things in Beijing.
If you want to say that the biggest thing that happened in Shengjing City during this time, it is none other than the move of the Weiguo Mansion and his family into Beijing. Speaking of the grand occasion when Wei Guogong entered Beijing that day, several young ladies of Si Swenwen had become little sparrows, chattering non-stop.
An Ruolan pretended to be nothing, pricked up her ears and listened carefully, seeing that everyone was talking energetically, she was a little depressed in her heart, she didn't even know such a sensational thing, it was really useless. (To be continued......)
PS: Let's have a short chapter first, and then come to the thick and long Jun in the evening, Mo Da~~~