It’s still very hot in Pingjiang Prefecture in mid-July.
Early in the morning, Li Xiaonan squatted at the door of the kitchen, facing the water in the basin, and looked at her face carefully.
This summer, she and her eldest sister ran out almost every day. The only sun protection equipment they had was an ugly hat that Sister Mei had sewn for her.
Naturally grown lotus leaves.
Alas. This summer, she darkened several shades, and her spots were exposed!
In the rouge pollen shop in Pingjiang Prefecture, there are rows of various facial creams, including ancient recipes and secret recipes that are only used by the palace. They are all real ancient recipes, but she has no money to buy them, and the eldest sister will not let her buy those that they are not supposed to use.
something.
The third sister does have some, quite a lot, but the eldest sister has said that she is not allowed to ask the third sister for this or that.
It’s just Sister San’s temper. If she says one mouthful, Sister San will give her a mouthful of a whale’s mouth. At least, it has to be the mouth of a hippopotamus. She can’t even take a bit of it secretly.
Alas.
Li Xiaonan was sighing into the washbasin when Wan Qing's voice sounded outside the courtyard door, "Is the fourth lady at home?"
"Yes!" Li Xiaonan responded and quickly wiped the water off her face.
"You just got up?" Wan Qing stepped into the courtyard door, looked at Li Xiaonan who was still washing her face, and screamed.
"No, I washed my face late. Are you alone?" Li Xiaonan poured water and put the basin on the basin stand.
"How can I get out alone! Do you still want to change clothes?" Wan Qing looked at Li Xiaonan.
"Isn't this good enough?" Li Xiaonan lowered her head and looked at herself.
"Okay! Here's the muslin skirt." Wan Qing pulled Li Xiaonan's skirt.
"It's made of three pieces of cloth. Sister Mei made it for me. The patchwork is folded into the pleats. You can't see it, right?" Li Xiaonan turned around to show Wan Qing.
"Why can't you tell that these three patterns are different?" Wan Qing said bluntly.
"It just looks different! Let's go. Sister Mei, I'll be back in a moment." Li Xiaonan shouted to the backyard and pushed Wan Qing out.
"Not for a while. Sister Mei and grandma aren't at home for lunch." Wan Qing shouted directly.
"Where are you going?" Li Xiaonan heard Sister Mei's response and walked out of the courtyard with Wan Qing.
"Linhai Town!" Wan Qing said in a brisk and excited tone.
"You haven't been to Linhai Town either?"
"Have you been there? Oh! You're a local, have you been there?" Wan Qing came to her senses mid-sentence.
"No. I heard that Linhai Town is very lively, even more lively than Pingjiang City?"
"Although Linhai Town is called a town, it is much bigger than a town. Get in the car."
At the entrance of the alley, Wan Qing motioned to Li Xiaonan to get in the car first, followed closely, and continued talking.
"Linhai Town is divided into three areas, one here, one in the north of the river, and a large area in the middle of the river. It is said to be bigger than Pingjiang City."
"Is Linhai Town under the control of Pingjiang Mansion?" Li Xiaonan asked.
"If you don't return, you can't even control the two Zhejiang roads. It's under the direct control of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and there seems to be a Ministry of War. I don't know. Let's not talk about this." Wan Qing moved closer to Li Xiaonan, lowered her voice, and looked like a gossip.
, "Miss Shi Da is sick!"
"Huh? Are you just sick, or is there something wrong with you?" Li Xiaonan's eyes widened.
"I heard." Wan Qing moved again, next to Li Xiaonan, and whispered together.
"Our prince asked our uncle and wife to introduce a marriage to Miss Shi Da.
"Our uncle and wife came here specially from Hangzhou and told Mrs. Pan that Mrs. Pan is Mrs. Shi's second aunt. I heard that our uncle and wife made it clear when they came up that it was the prince who thought it was appropriate and asked her to make an ice cream.
Human!"
"Miss Shi Da fell ill? It's not serious, right?" Li Xiaonan was surprised.
What's so good about getting sick?
"Why not! Please speak softer. I heard that Miss Shi Da always thought that our prince's decision to cancel the engagement was out of anger and that the young couple were at odds. Now, our prince has entrusted our uncle and wife to propose marriage to her. This is nothing.
It’s different!”
Wan Jing smiles.
"Isn't that what you told Shi Gun and the others about the quarrel between the young couple? Miss Shi Da thinks so too? Also, who did you hear these things from? You tell me and I tell you, more than three people
Everything will change, and the black ones can turn into white ones." Li Xiaonan warned Wan Qing seriously.
"When our uncle and Mrs. Pan were talking, it was Xiao Yao from the tea tray department who told me. Xiao Yao was waiting for tea that day. He heard it with his own ears and told me personally!" Wan Qing turned to Li Xiaonan. p>
"What about the second one who heard about it? How did Ms. Shi think that others knew about it? How did you hear about it?" Li Xiaonan asked next.
"You!" Wan Qing slapped Li Xiaonan on the back, "Our cousin, Miss Wei Si, you have seen her before."
Li Xiaonan nodded.
"Yuemei was waiting in the yard of the fourth girl. Yuemei said that the day after Miss Shi fell ill, she said that the fourth girl was gossiping with Yinxing. Yinxing was the eldest girl next to the fourth girl and they were all talking about Miss Shi.
That's it for now. She said that Miss Shi was crying for something. She said that she originally thought that she had gone too far in admonishing our prince, and our prince was angry. Who knew that our prince actually wanted to marry her?
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"Yuemei said that there were three or four people on duty in the yard at that time. The fourth girl's voice was not low, and she didn't let them avoid it, hehe."
Wan Qing winked at Li Xiaonan.
Li Xiaonan glanced sideways at Wan Qing, "It's none of your business whether your eldest son and Miss Shi are having trouble as a young couple? Do you deserve to be so happy? Look at the gloating on your face."
"Of course I'm happy. We are all happy. We don't like Miss Shi." Wan Qing gave Li Xiaonan a roll of her eyes.
Li Xiaonan let out a long ooh.
She remembered that Mrs. Shi and the prince were both very clever and loved to deduct monthly payments. If they worked together, they would have to deduct monthly payments for many years.
"Is Miss Shi still sick now?" Li Xiaonan asked.
"Well! Our Crown Prince told Mrs. Pan Er that Miss Shi must have fallen ill because she was not accustomed to the local environment."
Li Xiaonan burst into laughter, Wan Qing covered her mouth and laughed together with Li Xiaonan.
The two people were chattering, and the car stopped in the blink of an eye.
Wan Qing quickly patted her face, with a serious look on her face, smoothed her clothes twice, got out of the car in a polite manner, and raised the curtain.
Li Xiaonan jumped out of the car and looked at Gu Yan, who was riding a horse and looking at her, smiling brightly.
Gu Yan raised his eyebrows slightly at her smile and immediately glanced sideways at Wan Qing.
What did this idiot Wan Qing say to her again? There was something obviously wrong with this little girl’s smile.
"We're going to Linhai Town, right? It's so exciting! How wonderful!" Li Xiaonan followed Gu Yan's gaze and glanced at Wan Qing, and hurriedly explained.
She laughed too hard just now. Before getting off the bus, she should have followed Wan Qing's example and slapped her face to look serious.
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Disclaimer: Xiaoxian does not have any book club, has never joined, and will not join any book or anyone's book club. Hereby declare.
