peaceful ancient life

Chapter 16
"Could this be the concubine of the Shengyang Hou Mansion?"

"It can't be the concubine of Shengyanghou's mansion. Mrs. An Guogong's appearance is mostly inherited from Mrs. Shengyanghou's. Could it be a relative from Mrs. Shengyanghou's natal family?"

"Well, it should be, and that's the only way to make sense."

While all the wives here were still whispering to each other, the three of Mrs. Yang had already walked up to Mrs. Hou and gave a blessing ceremony.

Mrs. Hou was also shocked when she saw An Nuannuan, but she was well-informed after all, and she didn't show any strangeness on her face. She still smiled and said kindly to the three of Yang: "Don't be too polite, please take a seat. .”

Madam Hou signaled to the big maid beside her to give An Ning a purse as a gift.

Later, seeing that everyone was very curious about the three of Yang, he smiled and pointed at Yang and introduced to everyone: "This is Ann Yang, the mother of Jinke Tanhua Anjin." Then he pointed at An Nuannuan and An Ning: "This It's Tanhualang's wife and daughter." Then he introduced the ladies present to the three Yangs.

"I don't know if such a beautiful little girl has been promised." There was a wife with an unmarried concubine and a concubine who looked at An Ning and whispered softly.I don't know how the little girl's family background is. If she is good, she will be matched with a concubine, and if she is bad, she will be matched with a concubine.

After the three of Yang and the wives had finished meeting the ceremony, someone arranged seats for Yang and An Nuannuan, and asked the little maid to call her granddaughter Zhou Xian, and after introducing them, Zhou Xian entertained An Ning.

Zhou Xian took An Ning to the side hall.

Zhou Xian knew that An Jin's father, An Jin, was good friends with her own father, so she treated An Ning very politely, and didn't treat her coldly just because of her humble family background.

Of course, Zhou Xian's good upbringing does not allow her to do such unreasonable things.

Because there were more female guests, Muyang Hou Mansion asked Zhou Xian to entertain those older girls, and Zhou Xian's younger sister Zhou Ya was entertaining the younger ones.

Originally, An Ning should be entertained by Zhou Ya, after all, they are the same age.It's just that An Ning is a little taller. Mrs. Mu Yanghou didn't know that An Ning was only 14 years old, so she asked Zhou Xian to entertain An Ning.

An Ning followed Zhou Xian to the side hall.

As soon as she entered the door, Zhou Xian smiled at the ladies who were already chatting happily inside: "Everyone chatted so happily as soon as I left. Fortunately, I was still worried that you were bored here, so I kindly thought of giving it to you." You kidnapped a beautiful little sister to accompany you."

A girl in red glanced at An Ning who was following Zhou Xian and said with a smile, "Hey, I really kidnapped one. Whose sister is this, she is so beautiful."

An Ning stood by and bowed to everyone, and smiled reservedly: "Hi, sisters."

As soon as An Ning finished speaking, she felt an unfriendly gaze staring at her, and the owner of the gaze was the girl who bumped into her in the teahouse.

An Ning was really puzzled, except for the time at the teahouse, she had never seen her before, so why did she have such hostility towards him?
At this time Zhou Xian turned around and came over with An Ning on her arm and sat next to the girl in red, smiling and pretending to be mysterious to everyone, "Guess, you will definitely not be able to guess."

"Have you guessed it?" Another girl in blue asked with a smile.

Zhou Xian rolled her eyes: "How about this, if anyone guesses it, then I will give her my collection of Yang Ci's original painting of flowers and birds, how about it?"

The girl in red concealed a chuckle: "It's really a big deal, everyone has to make a good guess now."

"Then let me see who will bring my painting of flowers and birds home in the end." Zhou Xian smiled very calmly.

"Look at her arrogance, everyone guess quickly, win her bird and flower painting away, and let her cry when the time comes." The girl in blue also laughed and teased.

At this time, some people began to guess: "Master Wang of the Ministry of Punishment?"

Zhou Xian shook her head: "No."

Another guess: "Ma Shilang's family?"

Zhou Xian shook her head again: "No."

"What family in Shao Zhan's mansion?"

"Master You, the Ministry of Rites?"

Everyone guessed a few more wrong one after another.

A girl in purple sighed: "It seems that everyone failed to take the painting away today. Well, I admit defeat."

An Ning was a little worried when she heard Zhou Xian's words before. After all, others didn't know, but the girl who was hostile to her must know, but she didn't know why she didn't say it.

Seeing that everyone had conceded, Zhou Xian smiled and said, "Okay, let me introduce to you, the person next to me is An Ning, the daughter of Jinke Tanhua Lang An Jin."

Zhou Xian then introduced the girls present to An Ning.

The girl in red is Wei Xueqing from Xuande Bo's Mansion, the girl in blue is Liu Xuan from An Guogong's Mansion, the girl in purple is Xiao Yao from Grand Master's Mansion, Yang Yurou from General's Mansion, Li Yun from Shengyang Hou Mansion, the Prime Minister Zheng Ziying from the Mansion, Yan Bingmeng and her cousin Wu Yunqiu from the Xuanhebo Mansion.

Wu Yunqiu is the girl who is hostile to An Ning.

Xiao Liuwei, the three beauties of the capital that Qian Yushu had heard about before, was among them, and all three were of different types of beauties.

Xiao Yao has a bookish elegance in her beauty, Liu Xuan has a dignified and quiet beauty, and Wei Xueqing has a flattering but not vulgar beauty in her beauty.

Although the other girls were slightly inferior in appearance to these three, they were all beauties of various colors that were either gentle, cute, delicate, or elegant, which were rare to see.

An Ning sat down next to Wei Xueqing after meeting the girls from various prefectures.

"Miss An, how old is this year?" Wei Xue looked at An Ning lightly and asked with a smile.

"Just call me Aning, I'm already fourteen years old." An Ning replied with a reserved smile.

"You don't look like Fourteen, I mean you are quite tall, you are not usually able to have a figure at the age of 14." Wei Xueyao explained after finding something wrong.

Yang Yurou, who was on the other side of Wei Xueqing, looked at An Ning: "It's really tall, it's about the same size as me." Yang Yurou turned sixteen this year.

An Ning smiled shyly: "Everyone in my family is quite tall."

Li Yun on the other side also joined in and said: "This is true. I went to see the champion on the day of the parade. Your father is considered to be the most outstanding one among the candidates."

"I've won the award, I'm ashamed of it." An Ning smiled politely, but was also proud of her own father's excellence in her heart.

A few people were talking and suddenly heard a "hum", and when they looked back, they saw Wu Yunqiu turned his head to the other side with a sneer and disdain.

An Ning: "..." What does this girl mean?If you are sick, you must be cured, and the medicine cannot be stopped, dear.

Wei Xueqing coughed lightly, and said softly, "Don't pay attention to her."

Li Yun smiled and changed the subject: "By the way, Aning, are the living customs in your hometown the same as those in Beijing?"

"It's more or less the same, I don't think there's any difference." An Ning thought for a while.

Yang Yurou asked curiously, "Is the countryside fun?"

An Ning saw that she was not looking down on her sarcastically, but was simply interested, so she smiled and said: "It depends on where you play, some places are quite fun."

Yang Yurou asked excitedly, "Is that so? Where's the fun? Tell me about it."

Seeing that not only Yang Yurou, but also Wei Xueqing and Li Yun were curious, An Ning said, "Actually, it's nothing, just go climbing or go to the stream to play in the water. I believe you have done all of these."

Yang Yurou was disappointed: "That's all."

An Ning felt embarrassed: "Why don't I tell you something interesting."

Yang Yurou's eyes lit up, and she nodded quickly.

An Ning cleared her throat: "One day at noon, when a little girl who was almost three years old was playing in her yard, she suddenly saw a small black shadow behind her. She walked to the right and the shadow also walked to the right. She walked to the left and the black shadow also walked to the left, she took two steps back and the black shadow followed her, she screamed in fright and ran away quickly."

"Wait, what is that little black shadow?" Wei Xueqing asked curiously when he interrupted An Ning.

Yang Yurou and Li Yun next to her also looked at An Ning with wide eyes.

An Ning laughed "hehe" and said, "It's just a human figure."

Yang Yurou: ...

Li Yun: ...

Wei Xueqing covered her mouth with a light smile and said, "What happened next?"

"Later, the little girl ran two steps and looked back, ah, that black shadow was chasing her, she ran like this for a while, and suddenly found that the black shadow was running ahead of her, she was startled and was about to back away She tripped over her own feet, and now she didn't run away and just sat there and started crying."

"Pfft, hahahaha that little girl is so funny, she's also afraid of her own shadow." Yang Yurou couldn't help laughing.

Now Wei Xueqing and Li Yun couldn't help laughing either.

An Ning smiled and said, "She's still young, she doesn't even know what a shadow is."

The people next to them heard their laughter and asked curiously: "What are you talking about laughing so happily?"

"Nothing." Wei Xueqing replied with a smile.

At this time, a little maid came to report that the banquet was about to start, and everyone got up and went to the banquet table.

The place where the male guests and the female guests eat banquets is not in the same place, and the Muyang Hou Mansion has arranged a separate place for the unmarried girls to be entertained by the girls of the Zhou family.Originally, An Ning's family background wanted to sit at the back, but Wei Xueqing, Li Yun, and Yang Yurou felt that An Ning was a good fit and insisted that An Ning sit with them.

An Ning couldn't let the three of them follow her to the end, so she could only go to their seats with the cheek to sit next to them.

During the banquet, a little maid accidentally spilled a soup on An Ning's skirt. An Ning looked at the soup-soaked skirt and was speechless.You can't just sit here with wet clothes on.He had no choice but to let the little maid lead him to a vacant room, the little maid took him and then retreated, An Ning asked Ah Zi to go to the carriage to get clothes, and she waited in this room.

An Ning pulled the skirt that was sticking to her body, sat on the chair and waited boredly, when she heard the door open with a "squeak".

"So fast?" I thought it was Ah Zi who came back, but when I looked back, it was Changle Hou Tangyan.

"Why is it you?" An Ning looked at him blankly, and asked foolishly.

(End of this chapter)