Although Zhenguo Gong returned to the capital, Wan Jinlan's eldest brother Wan Muxing and second uncle are still in the southwest, as well as her cousin Wan Songqing, as well as the other two rooms and the children and nephews of the Wanjia family next door.

The sum of the Yan branch and the side branch is a lot of people with the surname Wan, and there are even more people in the Southwest Army who have Wan Wan.

Obviously, although Zhen Guogong returned to Beijing to take up his post, he still wanted to let the juniors in his family have a good experience in the army.

Tang Xiuning's incident happened on the birthday, but fortunately, Wan Jinlan and Wan Jinyu reacted in time and did not make a big wave.

But the old lady still knew.

In the past, when there was a banquet in the Zhenguo Mansion, Shen Qing would send her mother-in-law to watch the doors that could lead to the backyard, and in the courtyard of the hall where guests were entertained, there would also be four strong mothers-in-law who could swim in the water next to the lotus pond, for fear that a girl would accidentally fall into the water and make something else.

In the Gaomen compound, there are many people whose reputation has been ruined because they fell into the water and were rescued by the gentlemen, and there are also those who specialize in using this trick to calculate marriages, and those who take the initiative are both men and women.

The old lady was clear about these things, but she didn't think that the two daughters-in-law would drop the chain this time.

Tang Xiuning was about to get married, and the old lady didn't want to make extraneous branches, so she didn't go out of the way because of her grandson.

So, the housekeeping power returned to Shen Qing's hands.

Shen Qing is not a person who loves to take power, but there are some things that she can't push away if she wants to.

Zhenguo Gong is the concubine of the long house, she is the Duchess of Yipinguo, if she can't hold up, not only will she be looked down upon, but her children will be looked down upon.

Therefore, although she doesn't like to take care of things, when the stewardship is in her hands, she will still do her best to do it well.

In August, the weather cooled down in the morning and evening, and although it was still hot at noon, it was much more comfortable than in June and July.

On the ninth day of the eighth month, it began to rain.

Wan Jinlan stood outside the Tribute Courtyard with an oil-paper umbrella, looking at the search officer inspecting Wan Zhijing's body.

After waiting, Wan Zhijing turned around and saw his sister under the carriage at a glance outside the crowded tribute courtyard, and he waved his hand to ask her to hurry back with her mother.

Wan Jinlan got into the carriage with an umbrella.

Shen Qing also withdrew his gaze from the bamboo curtain window, "Go to Jinhua Building." ”

Jinhualou is Shen Qing's dowry, selling gold and silver jewelry, and among many gold buildings in Beijing, Jinhualou is also the number one.

Wan Jinlan smiled, not to mention that she was about to make a move, even when it was ordinary, Shen Qing would often give her some jewelry, as long as it was a woman, how could she dislike her with too much jewelry.

Shen Qing, as the owner of Jinhua Building, naturally has a separate elegant room in Jinhua Building. However, when the mother and daughter went in, they happened to run into Xiao Minghuan.

Duan Wang's biological mother is a gorgeous dancing girl, his appearance is naturally not bad, at this time he wore a moonlight embroidered silver brocade robe, half a palm-wide belt tied around the waist, more slender.

Duan Wang is known as a gentleman in Beijing, and Wan Jinlan always feels that there is always a sense of déjà vu between his clothes and walking.

Inexplicably, she remembered the figure of Xiao Feng, the king of Qi, wearing a blue and jade-colored shirt, standing on the bow of the ship looming in the mist.

Compared with skin and bearing, Duanwang lost.

She thought silently in her heart, and saw Xiao Minghuan greet her.

"Aunt and cousin don't have to be polite."

Xiao Minghuan said with a smile: "Sister Anyang is depressed in the palace, so I thought about buying her some jewelry to make her happy." ”

Princess Anyang is the only daughter of Concubine Wan, Xiao Minghuan can feel that the concubine's treatment of him is obviously different from that of Anyang, and he is used to making Anyang happy.

In recent days, I don't know if it's his delusion, the concubine treats him a little coldly.

Every day, he went to Yongfu Palace to ask for peace, and he has not been allowed to enter it in recent days.

There was a faint panic in his heart, and he always felt that something was wrong.

He hated the feeling of being out of control.

In the final analysis, it was all because he was not close enough to the Zhenguo Mansion.

Although he is now the son of the concubine, the mother-son relationship with the concubine is not deep.

If he could marry the concubine of the head of the Zhenguo Mansion as the main concubine, everything he was worried about would not be a problem.

Since Wan Jinlan returned to Beijing, he has been staring at the mansion every day, but whenever she goes out, he will get the news quickly.

When he didn't have a chance, he created it himself.

Now he is in the Criminal Department, which is not a very important position, and he has recently been investigating the case of missing persons in Beijing, and he is quite free in terms of time.

Since the birthday banquet, Wan Jinlan has also gone out once.

She didn't expect to meet Xiao Minghuan so coincidentally.

Looking at the burning heat in his eyes, she thought, maybe it's more than a coincidence?

The three of them exchanged a few simple greetings, and with the previous incident, Shen Qing has always been wary of Xiao Minghuan.

"Since it is given to Princess Anyang, King Duan can take whatever he likes, so he doesn't have to be polite."

Looking at the backs of Shen Qing and Wan Jinlan going upstairs, Xiao Minghuan clenched his fists.

In his eyes, there was a necessity.

Wan Jinlan is really the best candidate for her concubine, not to mention that she was born in the Zhenguo Mansion, and her mother Shen is also very rich.

He went out of the palace to build a mansion for only a year, and he needed silver everywhere, he was different from King Shun An, the two princes each had the support of the Chen family, and they also had some property of their own, and they were not short of silver.

Only him, although he is nominally the son of a noble concubine, and the Zhenguo Mansion also has money to support him, but it is really not much. He not only has to support his staff, take care of the upper and lower levels, but also buy properties in private, and the silver is simply not enough to spend.

If you can marry Wan Jinlan, a golden doll, back home, it can be said that you will kill multiple birds with one stone.

"Madam, the green silk bracelet has been boiled and washed with herbs, and it can be worn directly."

Shen Qing handed the green silk bracelet that had just been made to Wan Jinlan, "See if you like it?" ”

The green silk bracelet is made of thin and uniform silver wires twisted together, and after being boiled and washed by herbs, the color is smooth and shining with silver light, like snow and the moon, and it lasts for a long time.

Every girl who is a girl will receive a green silk bracelet.

The silver thread twisted together represents the girl's hair, and after the woman is married, the green silk bracelet can be given to the future husband, which is considered a token of love.

Wan Jinlan put a rather heavy bracelet on his wrist, the thickness was just right, "Not bad." ”

With that, she took off the bracelet and looked at the other jewelry.

August 15 is the palace banquet for ministers and their families above the third grade, Wan Jinlan did not go, because Anyang passed the word yesterday, today she is going out of the palace, and she will travel to the capital at night.

Since the Duke of Zhenguo released the military power and returned to Beijing, Emperor Jian'an's favor for Wan Guifei has risen to a new level, and even Princess Anyang's request to leave the palace on the Mid-Autumn Festival has been agreed.

Compared with the night banquet in the palace, Wan Jinlan and Princess Anyang unanimously felt that it was still lively in the capital.

Wan Zhijing still didn't come out in the tribute courtyard, and when he went out tonight, it was Wan Jinyu and her brother plus Wan Jinlan and Princess Anyang, in addition to the girl and the guards, not more people, and the elders in the house would not rest assured.

And a young man from Yangzhou was patiently squatting in the alley eating dry cakes, thinking about how to hand over the letter in his hand to Wan Jinlan, the daughter of the mayor of the Zhenguo Mansion.