Chapter 33: Small Talk

Mrs. Qing'an Hou is a person who can greet everyone with a smile, whether it is to her family or to people who don't look very pleasing to her eyes, such as Bai Huanru, the concubine of Duke An Guo.

In the eyes of Mrs. Qing'anhou, Bai Huanru is not worthy of Su Hanran even if her background is good. Su Hanran grew up under her watch, she knows better than anyone how good this child is, and it is not an exaggeration for Mrs. Qing'an Hou to say to Su Hanran that it is better than her own son.

Since Su Hanran's seventeenth year, Mrs. Qing'anhou has been looking for a girl of the right age and marriage, but Su Ge Lao has always said that he is not in a hurry, this time it is good, such a girl with a bad reputation, if she listened to her, she would have decided Hanran's marriage a few years ago, how can there be these bad things now.

If it weren't for the fact that she didn't get half of the news that day, she directly asked Su Ge Lao to lead Su Hanran to the Anguo Mansion, and Mrs. Qing'an Hou was afraid that she would have stopped her for anything. But Mrs. Qing'anhou is indeed curious, she has not seen this white girl too much in the past, and her impression of Bai Huanru is shallow, but she is deeply impressed by the flamboyant and domineering concubine of An Guogong. The eldest sister is all that virtuous, and it is no better to come here as a white girl, and the daughter of a good family can spread rumors all over the capital to discuss.

So that's what the big family says about both prosperity and loss, no matter how good the daughter in the family is, as long as one of them has a bad reputation in the eyes of outsiders, the rest of the girls are a puddle of mud in the eyes of others even if they are made of gold.

Not to mention that the two girls of the Bai family are not good people in the eyes of others.

Therefore, when Bai Huanru saw Mrs. Qing'anhou, although Mrs. Qing'anhou was smiling, the laughter did not reach the bottom of her eyes, as if Bai Huanru was just a character who did not hurry up, and it was not Bai Huanru who was married to Su Hanran.

This flower-viewing banquet is indeed not a big event, but Qing'anhou in the front yard also invited a few close young talents, and these people naturally include Su Hanran.

Chen's original intention was to want Bai Huanru and Su Hanran to meet each other, although they couldn't get acquainted with each other, but they also wanted Bai Huanru to know what life they were going to marry like.

But Mrs. Qing'anhou doesn't think so, according to her, it is the best policy to destroy this family affair if it can be destroyed. But she also knew in her heart what a stubborn old man Su Ge was, since he could personally lead Su Hanran to the door to propose marriage, it meant that this matter could not be destroyed.

In this case, Mrs. Qing'anhou held such a flower-viewing banquet with the mentality of wanting to see Bai Huanru make a fool of herself, and Bai Huanru's reputation was already stinky, so what if she added another one.

Chunting has been with Bai Huanru for so long, and he is not a fool, although he is not as clever as others, but Mrs. Qing'anhou's attitude, even Chunting feels that something is wrong.

Raising his head and glancing at Winter Cocoon silently, and then at Bai Huanru, who did not change color in front of him, Chun Ting lowered his head, and could only follow Bai Huanru into the backyard of the Qing'an Hou Mansion.

Qing'anhou can be regarded as a rising star in Beijing, and now Qing'anhou is the second generation, seeing that the third generation is hopeless, and the foundation in Beijing is unstable, the old Qing'anhou used the most brutal and effective method, marriage.

That daughter's marriage to exchange for the future future of the family is a very cost-effective deal in the eyes of Lao Qing'anhou, Su Hanran's mother married into the Su family in this way, although she has a thin life, she has indeed never broken off contact with the Su family.

It's a pity that Mrs. Qing'an Hou only gave birth to Luo Yu, and she can't do anything, standing next to her cousin Su Hanran, except for that face that can compete with Su Hanran, the rest are not eye-catching.

Bai Huanru sat in a gazebo in the courtyard, smiling and greeting the noble girl beside her. Chun Ting, who was standing on the side, was a little uncomfortable with such an occasion, looked around uneasily, and rubbed against the winter cocoon to settle down.

The most important thing in the capital is the powerful, and the most effective way for the upper circles to maintain relations is marriage. There are always two or three nobles who can climb up to relatives when they sit together. It stands to reason that Bai Huanru's family background is prominent, and there should be someone around her to stammer, but a few days ago, in addition to that kind of thing, those girls were far away from Bai Huanru.

Bai Huanru just thought that she was clean, and judging from the attitude of Mrs. Qing'an Hou, she didn't want to see Su Hanran today, she just wanted to go out and relax.

But this scattered heart is not very comfortable, if there is no inquiring gaze around, it really makes Chunting feel very uncomfortable, but when he looks up, the nobles around him are gathered in twos and threes, and no one is looking at this side at all.

Winter Cocoon tugged at her sleeve and said in a low voice, "You just have to take care of yourself, don't pay attention to those people." Left, but we'll stay for three or two hours and then go home. ”

Chunting took a deep breath and prepared to suffer to the end, not to make trouble, to stay away from right and wrong, to cultivate oneself, and to hold on until the banquet was over. Who knew that they were safe and secure, but trouble came to the door.

Originally, Mrs. Qing'an Hou said that it was too boring to enjoy the flowers only in this courtyard, and the troupe was invited in front, all of whom were young girls, and they went to the front to be lively.

Bai Huanru was reluctant to listen to the play, and was always wary of Mrs. Qing'anhou's small movements, so she simply stayed where she was.

Chunting likes to hear it, but since her girl has decided to stay, she naturally has no objection. Listening to the play, you can find the time at any time, it's not bad this time, and the Qing'an Hou Mansion may not invite a good opera troupe. Chun Ting kept breaking thoughts in his heart, and he felt better.

Bai Huanru knew what kind of virtue Chunting was, and said with a smile: "If you want to listen to the play, just go to the front, I have a winter cocoon and nothing will happen." ”

"The girl will make fun of the slave." Chun Ting stomped his feet, "How can anyone leave his master and go out to play by himself, where is the slave and maid that kind of person!" ”

"Then let's wait here." Bai Huanru was no longer as tense as Fang Cai, "Don't say it, this Mrs. Qing'an Hou really has some skills in serving flowers and trees, and this snack is also more chic than others." Why don't you two taste it? There will be no one left and right, and when I go back to the house, I won't be able to find a second copy. ”

Mrs. Qing'anhou did work dim sum, and I heard that she specially dug a cook from Jiangnan.

The dim sum was exquisite, and she didn't eat much when she came out in the morning, but this time she unconsciously ate a few more pieces, which made the winter cocoon laugh at her.

It wasn't long before Chunting heard the faint sound of conversation not far away. Chunting didn't want to be nosy, but there seemed to be a man in the voice, and he didn't mean to leave for a long time, so he had to talk to Bai Huanru about it.

Bai Huanru was also surprised, this is the inner courtyard of the Qing'an Hou Mansion, and no man can easily enter it, not to mention that Mrs. Qing'an Hou has a banquet today, it should be more strictly guarded, how can she be so negligent to let the man into the inner courtyard?

Bai Huanru motioned for Chunting to go over and take a look, but don't startle the snake. Chunting nodded, and then tiptoed over.

The sound came from behind a rockery, and Chunting didn't dare to get too close, so he shrunk up and hid behind a dense flower tree, and then cautiously looked over there.

Not far away stood a man and a woman, the woman was not tall, and she looked like a fairy in a sunny skirt after the rain.

Look at the man on the other side...... Chun Ting frowned, feeling that this person became more familiar the more he looked at it, and stared at the person's face for a long time before he suddenly realized.

Isn't this person her family's quasi-aunt Su Hanran!

Chunting was in shock, and when he saw the woman stumbling under her feet, she went to the past towards Su Hanran, and Su Hanran ...... Su Hanran took a step to the side and watched the woman fall on the rockery.

Chun Ting rubbed his shoulder, grinning at it, and didn't know that she thought that the person who hit the rockery was her.

Then I heard Su Hanran say: "Miss Mu is also self-respecting, men and women don't kiss, if you want to come to Miss Mu's maid is near here, I won't send the girl to the side room to rest, the girl is at her own convenience." ”

Chunting was not close, although he heard it vaguely, but he also roughly knew what Su Hanran said, in short, he was avoiding suspicion. Look at Su Hanran's appearance, as if that Mu girl was some kind of flood beast, and he couldn't avoid it.

Although he felt that Su Hanran was right to do this, Chunting still couldn't help but worry, the appearance of this Su Gongzi and the appearance of saving her girl that night were 108,000 miles away, which one is true? This Su Gongzi can't marry her girl, and he also has this attitude, right?

Chun Tingyou quietly walked back to the pavilion and told Bai Huanru everything he had just seen. Although Bai Huanru was surprised by this, she was suddenly surprised when she heard Su Hanran's name.

Su Hanran is the nephew of Qing'anhou, and he is deeply loved by Mrs. Qing'anhou, so it is not unusual to be able to enter and exit Qing'anhou's inner courtyard freely. It's just that what Miss Mu did is worth studying.

If I remember correctly, there is only one Miss Mu who came to the banquet today, and it is Mu Lian'an, the second daughter of General Mu, who is fourteen years old and not yet engaged.

But although Mu Lianan is not engaged, Su Hanran is engaged, and it cannot be ruled out that Su Hanran took the initiative to find Mu Lianan. But if not, what does Mu Lian'an want to do? Is it the corner of the wall?

Since everyone was hiding in the corner to discuss things, Bai Huanru didn't want to do much, who knew that when Su Hanran went back to the outer courtyard, he took another way in order to bypass Mu Lian'an, and happened to pass by the pavilion where Bai Huanru was.

Looking at each other, there was an air of embarrassment in the air.

In fact, Su Hanran was also wronged, originally he thought that it was his aunt's arrangement to bring him to the inner courtyard to let him meet Bai Huanru secretly, but who knew that it was not his fiancΓ©e who was waiting for him, but Mu Lian'an, who was crying, and the girl who was crying Su Hanran's head was big, and the words she said made his head crack.

Su Hanran prides himself on being a righteous gentleman, so he naturally rejected Mu Lian'an with righteous words, but who knew that when he turned his head, he ran into Bai Huanru again......

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