In addition to being good at all the projects that the prodigal sons in Chang'an City are good at, Guo Yan also has a great hobby, which is to raise flowers.

Therefore, when his only sister got married, there were some strange flowers and plants in the dowry, and two long rows of flower pots were placed under the corridor of Yiqiu Palace, which were fragrant and pleasant.

Nian Yun personally pruned and watered these flowers and plants from time to time.

On this day, when she was tending to the flowers and plants, she suddenly noticed that someone was poking her brain outside. Nian Yun casually asked, "Yuzhu, who is outside?" ”

Before Yuzhu could answer, a little girl of the same age as Nianyun jumped out, with a goose egg face, big eyes, wearing a new narrow dress and small sheepskin boots decorated with gold threads, looked at Nianyun proudly, and suddenly looked very sad: "They are not wrong, no wonder my brother would rather not play with me than marry you." ”

It turned out to be Li Chun's sister. Before Nianyun passed the door, he heard that Li Chun had a sister Li Chang of the same mother, who was a little arrogant and not easy to get along with, but he had a good relationship with Li Chun.

It's strange to say, she is the same as Li Chun, she is very likable to the saint, so she was named the lord of Deyang County early, and naturally no one in the East Palace dared to offend her.

Nian Yun smiled: "Your brother doesn't like me, and now it's still Hui Niang's exclusive scenery." ”

"Just the daughter of that little eunuch?" Li Chang said disdainfully: "My brother's most valued Yuzhu and Chonglou were given to you, and Ning'er's little cub was also given to you, and you were born so good-looking, although I don't know what he is doing now, but he will love you sooner or later!" ”

is really a proud girl, who likes and dislikes can be directly on her lips, and she can say whatever she wants, without worrying about whether others are happy or not.

Nian Yun smiled awkwardly, "What is the county lord worried about, you only had a brother in the past, and now you have an extra sister who loves you." ”

The county lord was suddenly annoyed for some reason, and rolled his eyes unappreciatively: "It's not rare! ”

After speaking, he turned around and ran away, leaving Nianyun standing alone with black lines on his face, not knowing why.

Li Chun either rested in his study for a few days, or went to Hui Niang's side, and Ding Xiang and Hui Niang tried several times but didn't understand why the husband suddenly snubbed the new lady.

It is said that the new lady was born with such a good appearance and bearing, that is, she has a bad temperament, and she should have been favored for so many months, not to mention that Li Chun did put some effort into marrying her a few days ago, and went to the Guo family every once in a while to offer courtesy, which is not a great secret in the East Palace.

Even if Li Chun married her for the support of the Guo family, she shouldn't be so snubbed, otherwise if she went back to her parents' house and said a few words that she didn't like, even the East Palace would be embarrassed to slap the Guo family's face like this.

However, she herself doesn't seem to care much about competing for favor, and she has always been calm about Li Chun's neglect, and she can't see loneliness and resentment at all.

The two concubines were still not at ease, and they persisted in trying, greeting each other in the morning and evening, and slowly began to slack off, and from time to time they prevaricated with physical discomfort, but Nianyun didn't react, and generously said that they didn't have to come if they weren't in good health.

Everyone slowly ignored her beauty and extraordinary family background, and gradually felt that the new lady seemed to be weak and easy to bully, and even the maids were not as neat as they were at the beginning.

There were even bold ones who began to deduct Mrs. County's clothing and eat it as shoddy, but after trying several times, Mrs. County did not react, so they gradually became bold and no longer took Mrs. County in their eyes.

Lilac even quietly mentioned to Li Chun that she wanted to take Ning'er back, but Li Chun didn't answer, she vaguely realized that something was wrong, so she didn't dare to mention it again.

Nianyun seemed to be unaware of these undercurrents, she still enjoyed visiting the market, asking about the prices of various goods in the market while watching, and even learned to bargain with the lady who sold eggs under the guidance of the maids.

As for the things bought, except for the gadgets for Ning'er, most of the rest were distributed to the subordinates, making everyone happy.

In the interval between visiting the market, Nianyun would chat with the maids about some small gossip in the East Palace, such as which housekeeper is a relative of which aunt, which cook has a personal relationship with the maid, and so on.

Whoever told the anecdote made her satisfied, and when the lady was happy, she would tell herself to pick a few things she liked, and buy them to see and appreciate.

Therefore, accompanying his wife to the market soon became a good errand for everyone in Yiqiu Palace, easy and happy, and he could get a valuable reward.

Even if the master is not favored, so what, the position is there, and there are a lot of monthly money and rewards, but there is still nothing to complain about.

Therefore, the original maids in the East Palace also put their minds at ease, and often told Nian Yun the stories they had just heard, and Nian Yun was very happy to hear them.

It's just that every night, even if it was late when he came back from the market, after coaxing Ning'er to sleep, Nianyun would hide in the inner room and pick up the lamp to read and write until late. It is said that she was copying scriptures for her sister, who died young.

Li Chang was not very friendly to Nian Yun at first, but he couldn't help but ask the maids about the new lady.

Gradually, she learned that Nianyun was not treated by Li Chun, but she liked to go to the market, but she became very interested in Nianyun.

On this day, I heard that Nianyun was back, so I ran to find her.

Nian Yun was returning from the West Market and bought an ivory dancing girl mask from an Indian merchant and placed it on the table. The smooth face, deep eye sockets, and high nose are exotic and beautiful.

Li Chang took the mask and looked left and right, and couldn't put it down.

Nian Yunben didn't care much about the things outside his body, and when he saw that Li Chang liked it, he said very generously: "If the county lord likes it, I'll give it to you." ”

Li Chang was naturally happy, but also a little uncertain, and frowned: "I don't believe you are so kind." Do you want me to say a few kind words for you in front of my brother? ”

Nian Yun smiled when she heard her say this: "The mask was given to you by me, and it has nothing to do with your brother." I saw that you liked this mask more than I did, so I gave it to you. For this mask, if you can find a better owner, don't you also have their own place? ”

Li Chang smiled at this time, happily put the mask on his face, and said to Nianyun: "I feel that you are different from them, but it can be seen that it is indeed different." ”

Nian Yun was curious: "What's the different method?" ”

"They all wanted me to help them talk and please their brother, but none of them really treated me. My brother is not a fool, doesn't he know who is good and who is bad, so I have to tell him? ”

Nian Yun smiled. It seems that Guo Yan is right, from ancient times to the present, women compete for favor, it is nothing more than a few means, and the women of the East Palace are nothing more than that.

Li Chang looked at her with a masked face: "What are you laughing at?" ”

Nianyun said: "Your Highness has a group of wives and concubines around him, and your brother also has signs of following in his father's footsteps, and the county lord is really hard." ”

Probably no one has ever said this, Li Chang spit out bitterness like catching a savior for a while: "Everyone says that I am the stars holding the moon, who knows that it is really hard to be held!" Today's one came to give me clothes, and tomorrow's one gave me things, either to show off my skills in front of my father and brother under the guise of using me, or to beg me to do something, if I don't accept it, I don't know if it's good or bad, and I can't say all the bad things! ”

Nian Yun folded a branch of plum and inserted it on Li Chang's head, and said with a smile: "Look at it, the proud daughter of the sky still has so many complaints, if you change your identity, your father and brother will treat you as nothing, and naturally no one will stutter, but I am afraid that you will know about desolation at that time!" ”

Li Chang expressed dissatisfaction, "I think that's good." However, aren't you just like me, and you're still pestered by those aunts and concubines all day long! ”

Not really. She is so unfavored, she is still too busy to take care of herself, and she is already thankful if people don't step on her, how can she catch up and stutter?

However, she almost forgot that Guo Muye was dead, and she was Guo Nianyun.

She smiled: "My mother is a princess, and my father only has two or three old and decrepit concubines by his side, so what else is there to fight for!" My eldest brother and second brother moved out of the princess's mansion after they got married, and they rarely met, only one third brother was left, but he was relaxed, there were no concubines, and there was no maid in the room. ”

Li Chang was surprised: "Your third brother doesn't have a woman?" ”

When he was in Pingkangfang for a long time, he messed around with those gentlemen all day long, and there was no reason to keep himself like jade, but he didn't have a concubine.

Nianyun said: "Probably I haven't met Kexin all along." ”

Li Chang was very curious, and his attention was diverted: "Could it be that your brother is a person who only knows how to read all his life and doesn't care about women?" ”

Nianyun said with a smile: "If he dies studying, it will save my mother a lot of heart!" Bisheng is the most playful, the strange toys in Ning Er's hands, the strange flowers and plants under the corridor, all come from him. ”

That's amazing.

The men Li Chang has seen in his life are all dragons and phoenixes among people, a brother of the county king who is a combination of the world's spirits, a frail and elegant prince father who directs the country, and the rest of the brothers are also very good, and there is also an emperor's grandfather in the deep palace.

Ordinary men naturally can't get into her eyes, is there still such a talent in the Guo family?

She is also a frank woman, and she does not hide her curiosity: "If your brother comes next time, will you introduce me to him?" ”

Nianyun's heart moved, although Li Chang was a spoiled child in the East Palace, he didn't have any bad intentions, if he could be her third sister-in-law...... Not bad. At that moment, he said, "What's so difficult about this! ”

Li Chang became happy: "Sister-in-law, I'm bored to death all day long, and my brother hasn't played with me much since he got married, can I come to you often to play?" ”

Nian Yun was very lonely in the East Palace anyway, she had nothing to do all day long, she was playing every day, she naturally didn't mind having multiple playmates, so she agreed: "Of course you can!" ”