Now she is the only one sent by the Queen Mother. She cannot lose to Ren Yaoqi, otherwise she will not be able to report to the Queen Mother, and she will not be able to hold her head up in the Yan family in the future.
However, Miss Yan wanted to reconsider, but the people around her didn't give her the chance. After all, they had been sitting here for half a day and were getting a little hungry. The maids sent by the Queen Mother were worried that the Yanbei Palace and Ren Yaoqi would go back on their word, so they hurriedly helped Yan Ningshuang agree.
Pei Zhiyan leaned back in his chair, tilted his head and pondered for a moment, then asked, "Mr. Wei once visited a place called Lao Hu Ao by the locals. What is the staple food that the villagers in Lao Hu Ao eat in winter?"
Yan Ningshuang was stunned when she heard this, and after thinking about it carefully, she said, "Master Pei, this is not mentioned in Qiu Yang Miscellaneous Stories."
Pei Zhiyan smiled pleasantly: "Miss Yan, are you sure? Where's Miss Ren?"
Ren Yaoqi stood there with a strange look on her face. She was very familiar with this scene.
"Miss Ren?" Seeing that Ren Yaoqi didn't say anything, Pei Zhiyan called her again.
Ren Yaoqi coughed lightly and said, "It's sweet potatoes and cabbage."
Pei Zhiyan raised his eyebrows, the smile in his eyes faded, he nodded, and praised: "Not bad."
Yan Ningshuang's expression changed as she explained, "Qiuyang Miscellaneous Stories" doesn't mention the winter staple food of the villagers in Laohuao.
Pei Zhiyan looked at Ren Yaoqi and said with a smile: "What do you think, Miss Ren?"
Ren Yaoqi suddenly felt like laughing, but she replied seriously, "It's true that the miscellaneous notes about 'Laohuao' don't mention it. However, in the same book, in the article about 'Yuyang Mountain' in the neighboring county of Ziyang, it says that on the Double Ninth Festival, Wei Xiucai and a friend went up a mountain and met a woodcutter. The woodcutter's daughter-in-law was from Laohuao. Ahem. He mentioned something about food."
Pei Zhiyan looked at Yan Ningshuang again: "Miss Yan?"
Yan Ningshuang bit her lip, her face was pale and her eyes were red.
The nanny beside her hurriedly said, "Master Pei, why don't you ask another question? The two young ladies are not ready yet."
Pei Zhiyan glanced at the nanny with a half-smile, lowered his head to drink tea, and said nothing.
Someone laughed at him, "Yeah, it would be best to ask Miss Yan something that Miss Ren doesn't know, so that both Misses can be considered ready."
Now the nanny was embarrassed, but this was in Yanbei, and even if she was the Queen Mother's servant, these unruly people would not buy into her account.
However, Ren Yaoqi said magnanimously: "Master Pei, just ask another question." Otherwise, she would always feel like she was going home to complain and ask the adults to bully Yan Ningshuang together, which was really not very kind.
Seeing Ren Yaoqi say this, Pei Zhiyan said, "Then let me ask another question." He looked at Yan Ningshuang and asked with a smile, "Have you both read "Zhiguai Ji" and "Yinchuan County Chronicles"?
These two books were what Yan Ningshuang had asked Ren Yaoqi about before. Anyway, it seems that Pei Zhiyan still takes good care of Yan Ningshuang.
Ren Yaoqi nodded. Yan Ningshuang also nodded.
Pei Zhiyan spoke gently and soothingly, "The Collection of Strange Tales mentions a sea monster with a bird's head, a snake's body, and fleshy wings. It hides during the day and comes out at night, feeding on fresh brain marrow. Let me ask you, if over 300 sea monsters migrated from Minchuan County to Yuyang County in the summer of the 22nd year of the Guangyuan era, how long would it take?"
Another baffling question. Yan Ningshuang mentally estimated the distance from Minchuan County to Yuyang County. While sirens possessed fleshy wings, according to the records, they couldn't fly for long before needing to forage. Furthermore, they moved slowly, so it would take at least a month. However, Yan Ningshuang didn't dare to speak this answer out loud. She couldn't help but glance at Ren Yaoqi.
There was no extra expression on Ren Yaoqi's face, and it was impossible to tell whether he knew the answer or not.
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