Chapter 238 Prime Minister's House, Cold
Dou Haowei sent Leng Xuanrong to the gate of the royal palace. Out of the house, Leng Xuanrong saw a soft sedan chair with indigo suede parked not far away. A circular pattern was embroidered on the curtain in front of the soft sedan chair, which must be the symbol of the imperial palace.
After saying goodbye to Dou Haowei, Leng Xuanrong got on the soft sedan chair. The four sedan chairman walked steadily and walked steadily for about half an hour before stopping. Leng Xuanrong picked up the curtain of the sedan chair and looked out. Her heartbeat suddenly accelerated. The first thought that flashed in Leng Xuanrong's mind was that she had finally returned here.
The soft sedan chair stopped at the door for a while. Leng Xuanrong heard that someone seemed to come and ask the sedan chairman a few words, but their voices were very low. What on earth were they saying? Leng Xuanrong couldn't hear clearly in the sedan chair. No one came to pick up the sedan chair curtain, and Leng Xuanrong sat still. It was not until another neat footsteps sounded that Leng Xuanrong's sedan chair curtain was picked up by a sedan chair man.
The sedan chairman said respectfully to Leng Xuanrong, "Miss, my third lady has arrived."
Leng Xuanrong came out of the soft sedan chair and saw another sedan chair embroidered with the round pattern on the curtain next to the sedan chair she was sitting on. A little girl with an attendant went to open the curtain, and Miss Dou San came out.
After Miss Dou San came out of the sedan chair and stood firmly, she looked up and down at Leng Xuanrong. Seeing that she seemed to be satisfied with Leng Xuanrong's dress, and then she came over and said with a smile, "Sister Xuanrong, you remember the words of the third sister. You follow me, even if you enter the prime minister's mansion, you don't have to be afraid of anyone."
Leng Xuanrong nodded and thought to herself that Miss Dou San kept giving me courage, and it was clear that she wanted me to touch that He Ruiping. Although she didn't know what benefits Miss Dou San would get after she touched her, since Leng Xuanrong decided to follow Miss Dou San's wishes, she was not afraid to have another fight with He Ruiping in this prime minister's mansion.
After the follower came forward and reported, the Prime Minister's mansion opened the corner door, and Leng Xuanrong followed Miss Dou's third into the Prime Minister's mansion.
Many places in the Prime Minister's mansion are also strange to Leng Xuanrong, because as her previous life, she can't move around the whole prime minister's mansion at will. But when they walked through a corridor to a courtyard in the inner house, the memories of their previous lives suddenly surged into Leng Xuanrong's mind.
The grass and trees in this yard are extremely familiar with Leng Xuanrong. Taking this yard as a starting point, she can find many places in the Prime Minister's mansion she has been to in her previous life.
is back, really back.
When she first came to this yard in her previous life, Leng Xuanrong had only pain and despair in her heart, but in this life, she was no longer a humble person like an ant.
Only Leng Xuanrong knows how difficult this moment is, and only she can experience the wonderful feeling in her heart at this time. His breathing became a little short, and Leng Xuanrong suddenly came to her senses and found that her body was also slightly trembling.
Miss Dou San noticed the strangeness of Leng Xuanrong. She frowned slightly and gently patted Leng Xuanrong's arm to comfort her.
Going further in, Miss Dou San thought to herself that she heard Haowei say that what Leng Xuanrong had done. She thought she would be a person with a heart and strategy, but she didn't expect that she could scare her like this when she entered the Prime Minister's mansion. Sure enough, she is a woman from the mountains. She has no knowledge. In the past, she was bold just because someone around her supported her. Does she think I'm not her backer, that's why she is so scared? If so, at least this girl still has some vision.
In the yard, several women saw Miss Dou San hurried forward to greet her. Leng Xuanrong glanced at the women and found that they were all people she knew.
Walking in the front is the seventh concubine of Prime Minister An. Because she is relatively favored in front of An Longyi, the Prime Minister's mansion respectfully calls her the seventh lady. The seventh lady was actually not much different from He Ruiping. She was the daughter of a small official in the imperial city. The little official tried her best to ask for this girl to be sent to An Longyi. Because she was beautiful and knew what An Longyi was thinking, she was left in the house and became the seventh lady. Leng Xuanrong remembered that she was appointed by the eldest lady to help He Ruiping buy something for marriage.
Behind the seventh lady is An Qiaoqiao, the youngest daughter of An Longyi. Leng Xuanrong has no good impression of An Qiaoqiao. On the surface, she looks like a lively and innocent little girl, but in fact she is a more vicious woman than He Ruiping. In her previous life, Leng Xuanrong was often able to hear from the people under Anfu that An Qiao's servants were abused by her. At that time, as long as she came to this yard, Leng Xuanrong and the people around her who came with He Ruiping would try to hide far away like a plague god. Probably the only thing that has had friction with An Qiaoqiao is He Ruiping's close-fitting girl, Red Leaf.
In addition to the seventh lady and An Qiaoqiao walking in front of them, it was He Ruiping and her close girl Hongye who followed them. They had been bowing their heads and looked regular.
The seventh lady came to Miss Dou San, nodded slightly as a courtesy, and then smiled, "I've heard that the eldest lady has invited Miss San several times, and I'm looking forward to it."
Miss Dou San also smiled and said after returning the gift, "Looking at what Mrs. Seven said, I don't know how to do red needlework, and secondly, I don't have the eyes to pick things, so I'm just to join in the fun."
"Miss San, I'm counting on you to pick out good things here. Today, I called all the shopkeepers of Dabuzhuang in the imperial city. After a while, all the people arrived, and we decided to decide on the goods on the spot."
In fact, Miss Dou San is not the only one invited to the Prime Minister's mansion today, and several famous ladies will also come. As Mrs. Seven said, she called several Dabuzhuang shopkeepers in the city. When these ladies arrived, several Dabuzhuang shopkeepers took out the best goods in their store and introduced them. If these people liked it and ordered it on the spot, the cloth was used by He Ruiping on the day of marriage.
The seventh lady made this specially, not to pick out good things for He Ruiping, but to take this opportunity to get together with those prestigious ladies. This is also a rare opportunity for her. It is only good and no harm for the Seventh Lady to have a good relationship with these women.
After a few words of greeting, Qifu pointed to Leng Xuanrong and asked Miss Dou San, "This girl looked at the eyes. Which lady is this?"
Miss Dou San pulled Leng Xuanrong and introduced, "Did you hear about Mr. An Chang's banquet with his old friends in Guide Building a few days ago? This is the Xuanrong sister.
The poisoning of Leng Xuanrong has long spread in the imperial city. Naturally, Mrs. Seven has heard many rumors from various channels. She looked up and down in surprise. Unexpectedly, this seemingly inconsideless little girl was an old friend of Anping's banquet.
The so-called old friend is actually just a rumor, and Mrs. Seven is not clear about the details. But since she is a woman who has something to do with An Pingzhi, the seventh lady naturally dares not neglect her. She was just stunned, and then hurried forward to take Leng Xuanrong's hand and asked softly, "Miss Xuanrong, have you recovered? This poisoning is not a trivial matter. You must take good care of it.
Leng Xuanrong also hurriedly pretended to be frightened and whispered, "Thank you, Mrs. Seven. Xuanrong has been taken care of by many parties. It's all right now."
"Multi-party care?" The seventh lady paused and suddenly remembered that the poisoned girl was the guest of King Xiaohan, and she had some friendship with the young master of the Dou family and was a mysterious person. Thinking of this, the seventh lady got a little closer to Leng Xuanrong. She patted Leng Xuanrong's hand and smiled and said, "This woman's body is the most noble. How old am I am? What I tell you are all good words. Miss Xuanrong, you have to listen to Mrs. Seven. Don't be careless after you go back. You must keep it, ah."
The tone of the seventh lady's words was really like a kind entrustment from an elder to the younger generation. Leng Xuanrong knew that she was hypocritical, but she was also a little sweet. In this life, it is the first time that someone has spoken to her like this.
After being a little moved, Mrs. Seven suddenly remembered something and waved An Qiaoqiao to introduce to Leng Xuanrong, "This is the little aunt of the An family. I think you should be a little older than her, so let's call Sister Qiao Qiao." With that, she turned her head and asked An Qiaoqiao, "Is it okay, Qiaoqiao?"
An Qiaoqiao looked up at Leng Xuanrong on the pink little face and smiled, "What's wrong with this? I have heard about Miss Xuanrong from my eldest brother... Miss Xuanrong, let me ask you, what did my eldest brother tell you when you and I were imprisoned in the same room in Chaoyang Village? Did he mention me?
Leng Xuanrong's expression was stagnant when she heard the words. She had never heard anything about this coincidence from An Ping's mouth, but from the fact that she knew that the two were locked together in Chaoyangzhai, An Pingzhi may have said everything to his sister. In his previous life, Leng Xuanrong had no chance to contact the two of them, so whether the relationship between them was good or bad was completely unclear. At this time, An Qiaoqiao suddenly asked such a question, and Leng Xuanrong really didn't know how to answer.
After an awkward silence, An Qiaoqiao pouted and said angrily to Mrs. Seven, "Mrs. Seven, I said that the eldest brother doesn't like coincidence at all. The two of them have been together for so long that the eldest brother has never mentioned a coincidence.
The seventh lady raised her hand dotingly and patted An Qiaoqiao's head and comforted him, "The eldest son likes Qiaoqiao and can't tell anyone casually. Why don't you wait for him to come back and ask him?"
An Qiaoqiao nodded, and then glanced at Leng Xuanrong coldly and said nothing more.
Her eyes were obviously bitterly cold, and Leng Xuanrong's body trembled involuntarily, but one hand immediately pressed on her shoulder and suddenly dispersed the cold. Leng Xuanrong turned her head and found that it was Miss Dou San who held her down.