Chapter 241 – Attack of the maternal aunt
It seemed that this matter was different from what they expected, and it was even more anxious not to come.
Dongfang Jin had even more prejudice against Kang Wang in his heart because of this.
An Qingran is in the General’s Mansion, unaware that the Imperial palace has been stirred up because of her marriage.
She only knows that she will not allow anyone to stir up the water in the General’s residence.
She was practicing in the courtyard, when suddenly Rendong ran in: “Miss, the General’s Mansion has a guest ……”
The word “guest” made An Qingran instinctively wary, not knowing why, this was a guest, but it brought her trouble and threat.
Therefore, she did not open her mouth.
Rendong looked at her strangely, “Miss, guess who’s here?”
“It doesn’t seem to be my cousin aunt(biaogu)” An Qingran finally joked.
“It’s the old Madame’s younger Sister-in- Law, with a gongzi and a young lady have arrived at Beiyaun ……”
“Strange, how come we weren’t informed in advance to greet them?”
“Perhaps the guest is more aware of manners and doesn’t want to trouble our host family.” Rendong said with a smile.
“How many people have come? Only three?” An Qingran didn’t dare to be careless about anything now, especially about her grandmother; she hadn’t told anyone about her brother’s incident last time, but that didn’t mean she had forgotten.
Whoever harmed Mingchen had an axe to grind with her, and she would never let it go, but because of her own carelessness the evidence had been destroyed and she had no way to accuse her grandmother, otherwise, others would think she was malicious and slanderous.
“Slave servant will just go and explore …… again,” said that Rendong went out.
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“No need, I will go and see Mingchen.” An Qingran collected her momentum, her body felt much lighter lately, perhaps this was progress.
Dongnuange
Her mother was busy, and people kept coming in to answer questions.
It looked as if they were preparing for a banquet, some came to confirm the menu, others, to get the keys, to open the building and move the tables, others took orders to pack a new room, and others came in to ask if there would be songs and dances for the dinner.
An Qingran sat quietly on one side and picked up An MingChen, who looked at her and grinned as if he was smiling, and An QingRan’s heart warmed: “Brother, you grow up quickly, so that when you grow up and take over the house, Mother can have an easier time, right?”
When she said this, just as Lian Jinrong walked in, she heard all those words in her ears and her heart sank. This person An Qingran who she hated the most. She was alone ability, as if everything was in her grasp. She just couldn’t stand to see it, she didn’t believe that she wouldn’t be able to fight this little hairy child?
However, she doesn’t show it at all, but as soon as she enters the house she affectionately says: “jiejie, there are guests at home, is there any thing need meimei to do? Jiejie can just say.”
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The moment Lian Jinyu saw that it was her, she immediately said: “You’ve come at the right time, here are a few household lists, you can help me calculate and see how much rent has been collected, but how long is it enough to spend. Now, the General’s Mansion looks very grand and well-off on the outside, but who knows, the expenses are really huge ……”
“Jiejie, keep your voice down, if people hear you, they will think we don’t welcome guests. That is mother’s sister-in-law, our aunt ……”
“I don’t hold it against them, mother has ordered down to prepare the feast today. The notice is too late, good thing there are still plenty of ingredients in the mansion ……”
“Even if we don’t have the ingredients, we’ll have to go to someone else’s house and borrow them now to make this welcome feast a success.” Lian Jinrong also said helplessly.
Lian Jin Yu smiled bitterly.
“Jiejie now knows that being in charge of the home of this General’s Mansion is not an easy task, right?” Lian Jinrong joked.
Lian Jingyu did not laugh.
An Qingran did not laugh either, but spoke instead, “When yiniang was in charge, it was very hard. Father loved yiniang so much, that’s why he let Mother take over these things ……”
Lian Jinrong’s face was bitter, speechless.
This An Qingran, she would deal with her sooner or later.
The dinner party had not yet started.
An Qingran went with her mother to the Beiyaun. Before she entered the house, she heard a burst of laughter coming from the house, and when she entered the house, she saw at a glance the slightly thin but still sort of charming beautiful woman beside Old Madam An, all dressed in a black with red flowers. It doesn’t look backward at all, but it resembles the fresh style of the capital.
Next to her sat a girl of a similar age, her eyebrows were clear, but she was dressed in a crimson satin dress with a sheen to the fabric, but few girls wore these.
An Qingran was secretly judging her character, but that likes luxury?
After everyone had finished identifying each other, they realised that the girl’s name was Shen Zhiyun and she was granduncle’s Di granddaughter.
The woman was Fang Shi.
When she saw An Qingran, she smiled like a flower: “Quickly let me see. At home I heard that Zhongtao had a Di daughter, clever and tactful, and not much worse than a son ……”
She rushed to An Qingran and extended her hand, An Qingran approached and just smiled: “Auntie overpraised, how dare Qing Ran deserve it.”
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“What? You didn’t do that saving the Di mother and the mother of the nation? We all have heard of your reputation in our little remote place over there.When thinking about going to capital, I must take a good look, whether you have grown three heads and six arms*. I also have a daughter, but didn’t learned well, so it’s not easy to have some insights? Zhiyun, come over and see Qingran. She can regard as your meimei. You are five months older than her…”
Notes:lit. to have three heads and six arms (idiom); fig. to possess remarkable abilities; a being of formidable powers
Shen Zhiyun then went forward, the two smiled and salute each other. Shen Zhiyun looked all over An Qingran in the morning, for the simple yet elegantly dressed An Qingran, she just smiled and said, “meimei looks very good ……”
An Qingran just smiled and politely said a few words, then everyone sat down to chat together.
Fang Shi was a very articulate person and soon afterwards Lian Jinrong also came over with a pair of children and we all had another meeting.
Fang Shi’s attitude towards Lian Jinrong was not quite the same as her mother’s but somewhat lighter. Obviously she is not a person who pays attention to the people, then she was a person who spoke of etiquette and law, where a wife was a wife and a concubine was a concubine.
Shen Zhiyun was just as warm and polite to An Yanran.
The conversation was lively.
Soon, the servants informed that the meal was ready, so everyone let each other go outside. In the dining room, the male guest was sitting outside, accompanied by An Zhongtao and others, that is Fang Shi’s son, Shen Zhihua. An Qingran and others didn’t see him, but wondered what kind of character he was. And what An Qingran thinking was just that no matter what kind of character, as long as he was quiet within the General’s residence, she would consider him a good guest.
During the conversation, they found out that Fang Shi had brought her children to the capital for Shen Zhihua’s imperial examinations since he passed the provincial level imperial examination in first place*. So, he came to capital with the hope of not only his family, but also the hope of his fellow villagers. He felt that he would definitely be pass the exam.
Jieyaun- first-placed candidate in the provincial imperial examinations.
