Children of Loulan

As the tambourine gradually stopped, the dance slowly ended, and Mrs. Luke clapped her hands with a smile of joy:

"Good, good, good, my daughter's dance is getting better and better. I'm afraid there are few people in the whole Loulan Kingdom who can compare to her!"

The girl heard this and said shyly:

"Mom, you're here!"

"Well, I also brought someone here for you to meet!"

After saying that, she shouted towards the door. Seeing no movement, she turned around and saw Hanguli with a dazed look on her face. She shouted louder:

"Hanguli"

Hearing the louder shouts, Hanguli responded subconsciously:

"what?"

Seeing her like this, Mrs. Luke asked curiously:

"what happened to you?"

Hanguli suddenly came to her senses, and she couldn't help but feel ashamed and regretful: Oh! I was so out of control just now, just staring at it infatuatedly, completely immersed in it, and even lost my mind. She hurriedly bowed and responded earnestly:

"Madam, Miss, please forgive me! I was extremely rude just now. It's really... Your lady's dancing posture is as graceful as a startled swan and as graceful as a swimming dragon. It's like a fairy descending to the earth, which makes people intoxicated and forgetful... So I beg Madam and Miss to forgive me."

These words came from the bottom of her heart, and Hanguli was really sincere. The young lady in front of her was really beautiful, wearing a pink dress and dancing like a fairy descending from the sky. Her stunning appearance was simply breathtaking.

How could Mrs. Luke be angry when she heard others praising her daughter like this? She smiled and said:

"It's okay, come in! I see you are about the same age, if you want to learn, you can ask her to teach you later!"

Seeing Hanguli lower her head in shame and slowly walk into the house, Mrs. Luke took the girl's hand and said to her:

"Her name is Hanguli, and she is from our village. You always say that you only have brothers but no sisters. Can she come to accompany you more often in the future?"

The girl listened to her mother's story and looked at the girl who came in curiously. She was wearing plain clothes with two small puddings on them. She was obviously from a poor family. She had two long braids hanging down and only a simple flower hat on her head without any other jewelry. Her skin was slightly dark, which was obviously the result of frequent work in the fields and frequent sun exposure. However, it is worth noting that she had a beautiful teardrop mole under her right eye, which also added some beauty to the girl.

While she was looking at him, Hanguli had already walked up to her, bowed and said:

"Meet Miss!"

Mrs. Luke turned around and looked at Hanguli with a smile on her face, took her hand and said:

"This is my daughter, her name is Ainur, you should come and spend more time with her when you have time!"

After that, she looked at her daughter and said:

"Hanguli will be your sister from now on. You must take good care of her."

As she spoke, she held their hands together.

Ainuer looked at Hanguli who also had a smile on her face and greeted her:

"Hello, Hanguli!"

Hearing her words, Hanguli also responded:

"Hello, Ainur!"

Seeing the two of them greeting each other, Mrs. Luke found an excuse to leave, leaving the remaining two to get along with each other.

Because she had told her daughter long ago that her father had already found someone to replace her in the talent show, and that person would come to her home. The reason why she let the two of them meet was also to let her daughter teach Hanguli what the style of a young lady is, and at the same time let her get more familiar with her family's situation, so as not to accidentally reveal the truth in the future.

Moreover, Hanguli came to Kuturuk's house today because she knew that she was not a spoiled young lady. The calluses on her hands would be noticed by others. Therefore, she wanted to see if she could make her hands more delicate in half a year. However, she could not do it at home, so she could only come to Kuturuk's house.

She thought about it and realized that there was still half a year left, so her plan was to come to Kuturuk's house every day during the first four months, use good moisturizer to take care of her skin, learn some basic etiquette, and go home to accompany her parents and brother at night. When it comes to the last month, she will live directly in Kuturuk's house to make final preparations.

When Ainur first touched Hanguli's hand, she was shocked because she never knew a girl's hands could be so rough. At the same time, she felt the calluses on her palms. Seeing that her mother had left for something, she immediately pulled Hanguli towards her dressing table, saying with some heartache as she walked:

"Why are there so many calluses on your palms? Come, I have some moisturizer, rub it on!"

As they were talking, they had already walked to the dressing table. After they sat down, Ainur took out a delicate little box from her dressing table, opened it, and brought it directly to Hanguli, handing it to her.

When Hanguli saw the small box handed to her, she instantly smelled a pleasant fragrance. However, she did not take it, but looked at the person who handed it to her with some helplessness.

Seeing that Hanguli didn't move, Ainur seemed to see her confusion. She smiled and walked forward, saying softly:

"My dad bought this for me. It's very useful. Try it!"

Seeing Ainur's sincere face, Hanguli took the small box from her hand, took out a small piece, and gently rubbed it on her hands. After rubbing, she instantly felt that her hands were much smoother than before. Although there was no difference from before to the naked eye, when she touched it, it was indeed not as dry as before.

Seeing Hanguli applying the moisturizer, Ainur smiled and closed the small box, then put the whole box in her hand.

She said: "Take these, apply them thicker before going to bed at night, and rub your hands more, like this, when you wake up in the morning, you will find that your hands are thin and tender."

As she spoke, she taught Hanguli how to apply the lotion better.

After doing all this, she suddenly seemed to remember something, so she turned around and took the other two boxes and handed them to Hanguli, and then she continued:

"Oh, yes, there are these two. This one is for your face, and this big one is for your whole body after bathing!"

Hanguli took the three boxes of different sizes from Ainur's hand and did not refuse, because this was also the purpose of her coming here. Whether the young lady of the Ku Mansion was sincere to her or not was no longer important. The most important thing now was how she could be like a young lady from a wealthy family, so she said:

"Thank you, Miss!"

Ainur waved her hands and said, "No thanks!"

Because she felt that she was not worthy of even a word of thanks. The girl in front of her wanted to enter the palace in her place, so how could she ask her to thank her!

After saying this, Ainur recalled the stunned look on Hanguli's face when she first saw her. She turned to look at the hand drum and tambourine in the maid's hands, then turned to look at Hanguli and asked:

"Do you want to learn?"

She was afraid that Hanguli didn't know what she was talking about, so she pointed towards the maid while she spoke.

Hanguli looked at Ainur, then looked at the direction her finger pointed at. She immediately understood what Ainur meant. She answered expectantly:

"Can I learn?"

Hearing her question, Ainur smiled and said, "Of course, if you want to learn, I can teach you everything, including the dance I just danced!"

Hanguli heard Ainur say this and looked at her smile, thinking, maybe this rich lady doesn't hate her? Thinking of this, she smiled knowingly.

At dusk, Hanguli returned home with a lot of bags. Han's mother was very puzzled. She had been unhappy since she knew her daughter was going to the palace. Seeing her daughter carrying so many things, she asked:

"What are you doing?"

Hanguli knew her mother was always worried about her, so she looked at her mother with a smile on her face:

"These are all sent by Ainur. Oh, Ainur is Uncle Kuturuk's daughter?"

Hanguli was smiling as she spoke. Seeing her like this, Han's mother felt a little uncomfortable and said:

"You are about to enter the palace for her, and you are still smiling. How come she bought you off with just a little favor?"

Upon hearing this, Hanguli immediately took her mother's arm and replied with a smile:

"Oh, mother, don't think like that. If you want your daughter to enter the palace, she will be a concubine and enjoy a good life. After I take the position of concubine, you can also benefit from it, right?

Besides, it is his Kuturuk family who is begging me to enter the palace to be a concubine. I should not refuse these good things from his family!"

When Han's mother heard her daughter say this, she was also helpless and could only pat her daughter's hand and said:

"You are the only one who thinks clearly!"

Hanguli: "Mother, it's not that I think clearly, but in this matter, I took advantage of it. Someone invited me to the palace to be a concubine and gave me many benefits.

Look at other commoners like me. If I want to enter the palace, I have to give benefits to others. And if I don’t have a background, it’s very difficult to become a concubine!"

Hearing her daughter say this, Han's mother knew that her daughter was comforting her and didn't want to make her worry, so she could only pretend to have let it go so as not to distract her daughter too much. Because her daughter couldn't be distracted by what she was going to do next, otherwise if she was discovered entering the palace in the future, she didn't dare to think about what would happen to her.

Thinking of this, she could only answer:

"Well, I can't argue with you!"

Seeing her mother finally smile, Hanguli grinned and said:

"That's right, mother, look what I brought back?"

As he spoke, he opened the large and small bags he had brought back from Kuturuk's home, and looked up at the room.

Asked: "Mom, where is Mamtim?"

Han's mother said helplessly:

Ever since you went to Kuturuk's house in the morning, he has been in a bad mood and didn't go out all day. Finally, I told him that he should be worried about him. Then he went to the fields with your father to check the herbs in the afternoon. He should be back soon!"