An Qien smiled slightly and nodded: "Cousin."
"Qi'en, sit down and talk." Mrs. Liu was delighted.
"Yes, mother."
An Qien sat on the side, facing Liang Wanru.
Mrs. Liang looked at An Qien calmly and said with a smile, "Your Majesty is so lucky to marry such a beautiful and virtuous wife."
These were just words for the occasion, and An Qi'en responded politely: "Thank you, aunt, for the compliment."
Mrs. Liu was very satisfied and agreed: "My daughter-in-law is indeed hard to find in Beijing. She is beautiful, smart, and virtuous. She is indeed a blessing to my Hong'er family."
Mrs. Liang insinuated, "I don't know if my family, Wanru, is lucky enough to find a good family. When a girl gets older, life-long events become a mother's worry."
Ms. Liu was good-tempered and kind to others, so Aunt Liang didn't hesitate and directly stated the purpose of her visit.
Mrs. Liu looked at Yan Liang Wanru and said with a smile: "Wanru, quiet and good-looking, will be from a good family."
Mrs. Liang took a sip of tea and asked, "Then I'll leave my sister to worry about it."
Mrs. Liu also took a sip of tea: "You guys will stay in the house for a few days. If you have a good idea, I will naturally consider it for Wanru."
Mrs. Liang winked at Liang Wanru happily: "Why don't you thank your aunt soon."
Liang Wanru said: "Thank you, aunt."
Mrs. Liu smiled slightly, her eyes showing that she was very satisfied with Liang Wanru.
After a brief chat about home affairs, An Qien left.
Returning to Qiushui Residence, she told Bai Lu: "Let Mrs. Liang and Miss Liang live in the guest room, choose two maids to serve them, and go to the warehouse to collect some food and clothing expenses."
"Yes, ma'am."
Bai Lu frowned and said, "Madam, this Aunt Liang, Miss Liang, is several levels apart from Madam. They are not close sisters. She is quite embarrassed to call her sister."
Just now in Shuiyingtang, Bai Lu saw Mr. Liang looking at An Qien's eyes. She looked at Mr. Liang who was very thoughtful.
Qingbi agreed: "That's right, the old lady is not willing to have too much contact with relatives like them. It seems that Aunt Liang wants to live in the Hou Mansion forever and has to find a suitable husband for her girl."
An Qi'en took a sip of tea and listened to the two maids talking about each other.
She put down the teacup and said, "You guys, you just met them once, why do you have so many opinions?"
Bai Lu felt sorry for her master and said: "It doesn't matter that they are here, but you have to work hard. From now on, mother and daughter will have something to do, and my wife doesn't care about the house. In the end, won't everything fall on you, Liu Xiange There are two aunts who are incompatible with each other. Everyone in this family and outside the family will have to work hard for you, and I feel sorry for you."
As he spoke, Bai Lu's eyes turned red and she wiped her tears with her sleeves.
An Qi'en happily reached out and took Bai Lu's hand, holding it tightly. She teased Bai Lu dotingly: "You are a big girl, and you are still crying. These are trivial matters. I don't take them to heart. But you The nest is on fire."
Bai Lu burst into laughter and couldn't help but said: "Girls are so funny."
As soon as she finished speaking, she realized something was wrong and immediately changed it to: "Mrs."
An Qi'en wiped her tears with a handkerchief: "Okay, there are pastries in the kitchen, peach blossom cake, your favorite, I will punish you to eat them all!"
Qingbi leaned down on her elbow and Bailu said to her: "Stop crying. Don't you mean to make Madam sad? Our Madam is very powerful, so stop worrying in vain."
Bai Lu stopped crying immediately, wiped away her tears and said, "Yes, I'll prepare something for them."
After saying this, Bai Lu walked away in high spirits.
Qingbi couldn't help laughing and said: "This Bailu is like a monkey, changing his face whenever he wants."
An Qien: "She has been like this since she was a child."
The master and servant chatted and laughed.
Bai Lu went to the warehouse and selected daily necessities for the Liang family's mother and daughter. When they came, they brought two changes of clothes with them.
Bai Lu thought that they would not leave for three to five days, so she prepared a lot of things, including bedding, tea sets, bowls and chopsticks, rouge and gouache, and pajamas.
After the maid delivered these things to the guest room, Aunt Liang was not satisfied just by looking at the bedding.
She said to the maid: "I'm afraid of the heat. Please change me into a brocade quilt. I'm sorry for bothering you, girl."
The maid couldn't say anything. The visitor was a guest and a relative of the Liu family. The maid had no choice but to carry the quilt back to the warehouse.
When Bai Lu learned that this Liang family actually wanted the divine brocade quilt, she was so angry that she cursed in her heart and returned to Qiushui Residence to report.
An Qi'en sneered lightly, Aunt Liang really took herself seriously.
Bai Lu said angrily: "She had to sleep on cotton wool, but when she came to the Hou Mansion, she chose from here and there to enjoy the blessing! She really doesn't know what is good or bad."
Qingbi: "She is so embarrassed to say it, can she cover the divine brocade quilt? Not to mention how expensive this quilt is, it is very difficult to give birth to, and the two divine brocade quilts in the warehouse are the dowry for the young lady. This Aunt Liang is really capable of irritating people."
An Qien told Qingbi: "Go and tell Jiang Xue about this."
Qingbi was overjoyed: "Okay, Madam."
The dowry of such a personal thing cannot be used by others, so Jiang Xue will naturally go to Aunt Liang to make trouble.
There was no need for her to greet Aunt Liang. Jiang Xue, a little girl, could make a fuss and cry, and the harmony would not be damaged afterwards.
In the guest room, Liang Wanru learned that her mother wanted a divine brocade quilt, and she immediately closed the door and scolded Ms. Liang.
"Mom, how can you be so picky about the things my cousin gave me? What does she think of us? Have you forgotten what we came to do?"
Mrs. Liang comforted her confidently: "Mom will not forget it. Don't worry, I do things in a measured way."
Then he said: "Their Hou family has a great business, but they are just bed gods and brocade quilts. We are relatives of the Hou family. Why are we here and just send us an ordinary silk quilt? I don't care about the cost. I'll give it to you." Can you be careful when choosing a husband? Mom just wants to tell them that we are guests, and besides, we are relatives, and the Marquis must treat us well, and we cannot be careless. If this is careless, then they will also be careless about your marriage. "
Liang Wanru felt that doing so was offensive, but her mother was right. Those who worked hard to come to the Marquis Mansion should choose a good husband.
Bang.
Suddenly, the door was pushed open.
I saw a little girl about 10 years old, crying and pointing at the two of them and saying, "There is no way you can use my dowry! It doesn't matter whether you are worthy or not!"
Mrs. Liang was startled and frowned. From the little girl's words and demeanor, she guessed that she was Mrs. Liu's daughter.
She said warmly: "Why would aunt use your dowry? Stop crying. Tell aunt what happened?"
With that said, she stepped forward with a kind face and took a handkerchief to wipe Qiao Jiangxue's tears.
Qiao Jiangxue opened her hand: "Don't be so hypocritical. You don't like bedding. You insist on covering me with my divine brocade quilt. Aren't you, aunt?"
