Honeysuckle waited for the person to walk away, then quietly approached: "Miss, logically speaking, this handkerchief is really worthless. When you said it was exchanged privately, were you trying to protect them?"
An Qingran smiled bitterly: "What do you know? We have to be on guard against everyone now, especially the Shen family..."
Honeysuckle really doesn't understand.
As soon as Fang walked out of the yard, her smiling face turned ugly.
Shen Zhiyun didn't know why, he just whispered: This An Qingran has a good reputation, but I didn't expect her to behave so inappropriately. She is so stingy and miserly. If it were me, I would give my aunt not only a handkerchief, but also beads.
Fang looked at her daughter deeply and said, "What do you know? This is the most appropriate way for her to act. Although you are older than her, you really need to learn from her in this regard and be more careful..."
"Why can't I understand?" Shen Zhiyun said unconvinced.
Fang sighed, "You, I wanted to take her handkerchief back and give it to your brother, and then make it happen. It's really unexpected that she is so vigilant."
When Shen Zhiyun heard her mother say this, she curled her lips and said, "She has so many tricks up her sleeve, and you still want to marry her. Aren't you afraid that she will bully her brother later..."
"Once she enters the Shen family, she is a member of the Shen family. Look, she is not that ignorant shrew. Moreover, your aunt said that she is a very smart and sensible person. I don't know how many schemes she has. When she gets married, she can help our Shen family to be glorious. This is what your aunt meant. I was still hesitant before, but now it seems that I am very satisfied with her."
When Shen Zhiyun heard her mother say this, she didn't agree with it: "Maybe she is just a petty person, but you guys have analyzed her so much that she has become more cunning..."
Fang just smiled and said nothing more.
An Qingran went to the East Warm Pavilion.
She couldn't sleep at night if she didn't visit her brother several times a day. Mingchen was especially cute now, and a little whiter and fatter than before. He had just recovered, so she paid special attention to him, fearing that something might happen again.
Lian Jinyu has been extremely busy these days because there are guests, so she has a lot more work to do, including providing food and horse feed for the guests, and also specially arranging several maids and servants to take care of those people.
"Mom, have the Shen family said how long they will stay?" An Qingran asked her mother.
Lian Jinyu shook her head: "How can I ask that? No matter how long this relative stays, I can only try to keep him, I can't chase him away."
An Qingran sighed: "Mother, do you know what my aunt did today?"
An Qingran told her mother what had happened, and Lian Jinyu looked unhappy when she heard it.
She didn't expect that her daughter, who was her pride, became the target of others' calculations. What should she do with so many people thinking about her?
This matter is over.
*****
Lanxiao Pavilion.
Lian Jinrong sat in front of the mirror, looking at her beautiful face with waves of smiles on her face. She was fiddling with a white jade hairpin in her hand. She had served the general very well last night, and he had just sent someone to deliver this hairpin to her. Although the hairpin was not worth much, it was a token of his thought, which she hadn't received in the past year.
Before, he was a good husband. If there was anything good, he would first get his hands on it before Lian Jinyu could have it. But now, she hasn't made new clothes for a long time. When she was demoted to a concubine, she didn't even get a pair of shoes.
She tried the hairpin left and right, but nothing seemed right. An Yanran came in, called her mother, took the hairpin from her hand, and inserted it diagonally into her mane.
Lian Jinrong smiled.
"Mom is so beautiful." An Yanran blurted out.
"I'm old..." Lian Jinrong sighed.
"Mom doesn't age at all, but I feel that person has aged a lot in this year. It seems that having a child is not a good thing." The person that An Yanran was talking about was of course Lian Jinyu.
"What do you know, kid? If it weren't for An Mingchen, how could she continue to hold the power of the family? As for her old age? I think it's because her precious daughter makes her worry, don't you know? The new Shen Zhihua is thinking about her again. There is a prince above and a young master below. I don't know how many families a daughter should marry..."
Lian Jinrong sneered.
An Yanran didn't care: "It's better for her to marry Shen Zhihua. In this way, she will be inferior to me in the future. Even if I don't care, she is still a princess, don't you think so?"
"Of course. So, I will praise these two children with your grandmother and tell them how well-matched they are. Why not let your grandmother talk to your father directly? Your father is a filial son and he won't object..."
"Yes, even if Shen Zhihua passed the imperial examination and became the top scorer, how can he compare with the prince?" An Yanran seemed to be determined to marry Shen Zhihua.
The mother and daughter talked for a while, and An Yanran left contentedly. She decided to go find Shen Zhiyun to chat for a while.
Shen Zhiyun didn't have any special feelings for An Yanran. She had just returned from An Qingran's yard and was still pondering over her mother's words. She didn't think there was anything good about An Qingran.
"Sister, this is the rouge specially made in the palace..." An Yanran took out a rouge box made of carved silver and placed it in front of Shen Zhiyun.
Shen Zhiyun was of course interested in the things made in the palace. She had never seen them before, but she played with them for a while: "I heard that you are the Princess of Kang. Is this a gift from the King of Kang?"
An Yanran felt a little resentful in her heart. Did Shen Zhiyun do this on purpose?
But she looked careless, and obviously she didn't know the reason, so she didn't mind. She just smiled and said, "This is really not a gift from Prince Kang. It's something my aunt gave to my mother. My aunt is Concubine Shu."
Shen Zhiyun's eyes lit up obviously, and the expression on his face became much more affectionate: "Yanran, then you will be married into the palace soon, congratulations."
"Thank you, but have you found someone yet?" An Yanran started chatting.
"No." Shen Zhiyun's face flushed. "Mother said that we may not decide where to settle in the future. If my brother does well in the exam, he may become an official in Beijing. Then we can move to the capital. So, she is reluctant to arrange a family for me first."
"Oh, Brother Shen's knowledge is really good, comparable to Sister Qingran's."
"Why? Qingran is quite knowledgeable?"
"Of course, her poetry and dance are also unique. Many men can't compare to her in poetry writing." Even if An Yanran was taking advantage of her, she felt uncomfortable when she praised An Qingran.
Shen Zhiyun nodded when he heard this, thinking to himself, maybe she really has some ability and can be worthy of her brother?
The two talked for a while, and then An Yanran left.
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