Flower viewing banquet?
After returning home, Yan Chan immediately asked the servant to inquire about the situation of the Guan family.
She didn't want to know about Miss Guan Er, she just wanted to know more about the officials who had just arrived in Beijing.
After all, this Lady Guan will be working under her good brother's father.
Yes, that's it.
After Yan Chan gave the instructions, she stayed in the study. She set out a large desk and placed pen, ink, paper and inkstone on it.
With one hand he held the wide sleeves of his robe, while with the other he held a brush and wrote and drew on paper.
She stayed in the study for the entire afternoon.
When she picked up her pen again, a picture of snowy scenery appeared on the paper.
This is the view of the pier today.
But the center of the painting was empty. Yan Chan picked up his brush and wanted to add two more strokes, but he didn't know what to draw.
The brush that fell on it did not give her any chance. A drop of ink fell, leaving no blank space in the snow scene.
Yan Chan looked at the ink spreading on the paper, and the hand holding the brush trembled slightly.
He sighed again and leaned back.
His expression was visibly annoyed.
In fact, she had already thought of what to add.
Yan Chan opened the window a little, letting the cool air outside in to cool her hot head.
Suddenly, the servant's voice came from outside the study.
"?" Could there be news so soon? Yan Chan opened her eyes abruptly and quickly stood up. She took a step before realizing she was a little too impatient...
So she calmly straightened her clothes and then called the servant in.
As soon as the servant closed the door and turned around, he saw Yan Chan holding a book and reading it with great interest.
He had just taken two steps forward when he saw Yan Chan's outstretched hand, so the servant hurriedly handed over the thing in his hand.
Yan Chan rubbed the fingers holding the thing, and casually threw the book in his hand onto the table.
"...What is this?" Yan Chan confirmed that she wasn't seeing things. How could this be a post?
Yan Chan sneered and threw the note in his hand onto the table.
"Master, this is a letter from the Duke's Mansion."
Yan Chan waved her hand and told him to go back. She walked around the room a few times in annoyance before she took the post in her hand again and looked at it carefully.
Flower Viewing Banquet
What flowers to enjoy in winter
Yan Chan thought about it for a while, and suddenly remembered that there seemed to be several girls of marriageable age in the Duke's Mansion who had not yet been engaged.
I'm afraid this flower viewing party is just a cover for a blind date party...
Her eyes were slightly cold, and her fingers stroked the edge of the teacup, and the unhappy memories of the celebration party came back to her.
Things were actually fine when she first returned to Beijing, but in recent times, although her mother didn't mention it to her, Yan Chan knew a little about it. Some thoughtful families had already come to her house and proposed the idea of marriage.
But my mother managed to get through it all.
Are you going to turn it down this time too... Yan Chan was silent for a long time, and the only sound in the study was the sound of her fingertips tapping on the table.
Ten days later, at the Duke's Mansion.
The weather is very good. It snowed a few days ago, and the snow on the ground has not completely melted yet. The sunlight shining on my body seems to bring some warmth.
Yan Chan got off the carriage wearing a fur-collared cloak. She was attending the banquet with her mother today.
After paying her respects to the Duke's wife, Yan Chan hid in a secluded place.
It is surrounded by rockery and accompanied by exotic flowers and plants.
She originally wanted to take a rest here for a while, but she never expected to hear the voices of conspiracy.
Yan Chan raised her eyebrows and leaned against the rockery to listen to the conversation between the two of them word for word, except for the protagonist's name which she didn't hear clearly.
How dare you use such a clumsy plan in the Duke's Mansion? Are you really that bold?
Yan Chan didn't want to get into trouble, so she left after the two of them left.
Passing by the plum garden, her steps stopped involuntarily. She had heard that there was a plum orchard in the Duke's Mansion, and now that she happened to pass by, she really shouldn't miss it.
Although her favorite flower is not plum blossoms, the red plum blossoms swaying in the snow are still a beautiful sight.
Swallows and cicadas strolled among them, exhaling a cloud of hot air.
There is still a thin layer of snow on the plum branches, which seems to be left there intentionally.
Yan Chan grasped the plum branch and bent it, and the snow on it fell off and melted with the snow at her feet.
"Crunch" was the sound of stepping on snow. Someone was coming towards her, deliberately slowing down his pace.
Maybe he didn't want her to notice, but unfortunately, there was snow on the ground, and even though she was very careful, it was inevitable that there would be noise.
"Lin Xunyan." Yan Chan turned around slowly, still playing with the plum branch in his hand, not even bothering to lift his eyelids.
"Fifth brother!! You actually found me after all." Lin Xunyan snatched the plum branch from her hand, raised it to his nose and sniffed it.
There is actually a sweet fruity scent.
Yan Chan sighed and looked at his empty palms, feeling helpless.
"I thought you wouldn't come today. Isn't the cold just right?" The two of them walked through the plum forest. Yan Chan walked in front and brushed away the plum branches that blocked their view.
"Second brother is here too," Lin Xunyan defended herself, even dragging her own brother into the water. "Fifth brother, you know I have no time to rest at home. Fortunately, the Duke's Mansion held a flower viewing banquet, otherwise I would have grown mushrooms."
"Lin Shuo? Where is he? Why isn't he with you?" Yan Chan asked sideways.
"My second brother is having a banquet in front. He doesn't like to come to places like this." Lin Xunyan curled her lips.
"You are quite capable. You actually came here to find me." Yan Chan smiled silently, moved away and continued to lead the way.
"You misunderstood me. I didn't know that fifth brother was coming today." Lin Xunyan followed Yan Chan with small steps.
"Fifth brother usually hates to attend banquets in various mansions, why are you here today?" She raised her foot and stepped on the new footprints made by Yan Chan.
"I came here when I wanted to. Why so many questions?" Yan Chan did not explain. Seeing that they were about to reach a crowded place, she instructed Lin Xunyan to go first, and she would stay for a while.
Although it was a secret party for young men and women to meet each other, it would still be inappropriate for others to discover that a single man and a single woman were together.
Yan Chan swayed for a while, and when he thought it was about time, he finally returned to the bustling crowd.
Most of the people here are young people, gathering together to chat and drink tea, while the ones laughing and playing are the younger children.
The ladies were greeting each other with smiles not far away, occasionally glancing over here.
Yan Chan found a place to sit down, and before she had even had a cup of tea, Lin Shuo and Lin Xunyan came over.
Lin Xunyan called out "Fifth Brother" in a crisp voice. Not only did Yan Chan turn around, but even the people chatting nearby turned their heads after hearing it.
Although Yan Chan didn't often attend banquets, the young men and ladies in the capital knew her and were close to the Lin brothers and sisters, so they were not surprised.
Yan Chan stood up with a smile on his face and walked around the garden with the two of them.
The three of them were walking along the corridor and ran into the girls from the Duke's Mansion at a fork in the road. There was a group of noble ladies behind them.
A group of people came over in an imposing manner.
Yan Chan glanced at it indifferently and showed no interest in it.
She had heard her mother mention most of these noble ladies, and even some of them had visited her Loyal and Brave Marquis Mansion.
Yan Chan also knew that his mother liked several girls among them, but which one to choose still depended on her opinion.
Just as she was about to look away, she suddenly caught a glimpse of a girl in light orange clothes.
Yan Chan subconsciously compared her with the one she wore a few days ago. Well... she didn't look as good as the one in pink.
The headdress is not very good. It would look better if there were some fur balls on both sides.
Yan Chan didn't know what was wrong with her. She was not satisfied with everything about Guan Zheng's outfit.
Does the Guan family treat their legitimate daughter so harshly?
Suddenly she remembered the news about the Guan family that the servant had inquired about a few days ago.
Much more than Lin Shuo knew.
In the early years, Mrs. Guan loved Miss Guan very much, but as the number of illegitimate sons in the family increased, Mrs. Guan became infertile for a long time.
Looking at the arrogant looks of the young men in the family, Mrs. Guan couldn't help but blame Mr. Guan in her heart, but she also often asked the second girl why she was not a boy.
If she were a boy, he would be the legitimate son of the family. Even if his talent was mediocre, she would never allow a concubine's son to act tyrannically in the house every day.
Even the concubines took advantage of this to become arrogant and dared to put on airs in front of her.
Guan Zheng listened to it so many times that her heart grew colder.
Fortunately, she was a smart person, so she was not eaten alive by the people in Guan Mansion.
Although she was born of a legitimate wife, as a woman, she was thought to be rarely subjected to those dirty tricks used in the mansion.
But she never thought that those despicable inner court methods would be used on her again and again.
Of course, she is not a softie who can be bullied by anyone. Guan Zheng has fought back, but her father is too biased to care about her.
Not only did he not teach those who really did the bad things a lesson, but he often punished her by making her kneel in the ancestral hall.
Even though she looked calm on the outside, she was still very sensitive and lost inside.
But Guan Zheng didn't intend to let them continue to humiliate her. The next time she took action, she would make sure they fell hard.
Later, Mrs. Guan gave birth to a legitimate son, and the love she left for Guan Zheng became increasingly less.
Yes, the three-year-old child held by a wet nurse that Yan Chan saw at the dock that day was the legitimate son of the Guan family.
Guan Zheng’s younger brother.
"Young Marquis." The girl in the lead was the first to recognize Yan Chan, with a look of surprise on her face.
Yan Chan didn't want to communicate too much with them, but since they called her, she couldn't fail to show courtesy, so she replied, "Miss Shen Wu, how are you?"
Guan Zheng was standing at the edge, and when she looked up she saw the person who was talking. When she saw Yan Chan's appearance clearly, she recognized at a glance that this was the person who looked like a banished immortal at the dock.
She took a breath of cold air in surprise, and her eyes, which had been shining, quickly dimmed again, and she quickly lowered her head.
The fingertips clasping the heater gradually tightened.
It turns out he is the young marquis of the loyal and brave mansion...
If the fifth lady of the Duke's Mansion called him the prince, Guan Zheng might not know which family Yan Chan was from, but it happened that in the capital, only the family of the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery was called the Young Marquis.
Perhaps she had hoped...
But now that she knew Yan Chan's identity, Guan Zheng realized that this was a marquisate that was far beyond her reach, so she gave up.
Indeed, if it weren't for a royal family, how could someone like him be born...
Guan Zheng recalled that she often dreamed of the young marquis at night these past few days, and she couldn't help feeling bitter.
After all, the two of them were not destined to be together...but a single encounter made her fall in love with him.
Guan Zheng often felt annoyed that she was someone who cared so much about appearance.
But if she really married an ugly man, she wouldn't be able to eat.
When she thought of those aunts recommending their ugly nephews to their mother, she felt disgusted by their slick and unattractive appearance.
Before she even reached marriage age, those people were eager to get rid of her.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
