Noble Lady

Miss Taotao was gone for a while and then brought back two girls of the same age as her.

One of them looked 30% similar to her, and was very graceful. She called her Sixth Sister.

The girl was wearing a moon-white pleated skirt with large sleeves embroidered with crabapple flowers, also moon-white. She looked gentle and kind, with a tranquil tenderness between her eyebrows and eyes.

The other young girl was wearing a tight outfit, looking smart and neat, with her hair tied up high, looking extremely chic.

However, Xue Luoyan recognized this dashing girl and whispered to her as soon as they met: "Sister Princess!"

Then he subconsciously hid behind Xue Chenyu.

"Little Luoluo!" The princess rushed over as soon as she saw Xue Luoyan, and pulled her out from behind Xue Chenyu without any hesitation and rubbed her little face.

"Stop rubbing my face, it's going to be disfigured, ouch——"

Xue Luoyan couldn't bear the rubbing and struggled to hide in Xue Chenyu's arms.

"Sister, save me." The little girl looked pitiful, her cheeks rubbed red.

Xue Chenyu sighed, blocked the princess's sister's "devil claws" that were about to reach out again, and asked in a low voice, "What is this lady's name?"

"Sister, she is Prince Cheng's sister, Princess An Ning."

Without giving Miss Taotao a chance to hide her identity, Xue Luoyan revealed it in one sentence.

During the annual Qiqiao Festival, Xiao Luoluo followed Madam Xue to Prince Cheng's Mansion and attended Princess An Ning's Qiqiao Banquet, so she knew Princess An Ning.

However, Xue Chenyu didn't go at that time because she didn't want He Minzhi to take advantage of her. She had no chance to meet Princess An Ning before, so she didn't recognize her.

Of course, Weng Xuemei also recognized Princess An Ning, but Princess An Ning did not recognize her, so she did not bother to say hello.

However, Miss Taotao and another person who played with Princess An Ning of Prince Cheng's Mansion must have had high status as well.

This is consistent with Xue Chenyu's initial guess about Miss Taotao.

"Yes, this is Princess An Ning from Prince Cheng's Mansion." Miss Taotao said with a smile, "She is a very good sister to my sixth sister and me."

She had no intention of introducing the girl next to her, for fear that Xue Chenyu would ask about her identity.

Instead, Miss Taotao's sixth sister said softly and gently, "Just call me Jinghua."

Xue Chenyu was also tactful. After some politeness, she invited them to sit down. She did not take the initiative to talk to the three of them. She asked Yuzhu to get the ointment and apply it on Xiao Luoluo's cheek.

"Sister, what kind of medicine is this? Why is it cool and fragrant?"

"I bought it from Grandpa Xu at Jishantang. You said your face hurt, didn't you? This is for soothing and removing scars. It will stop hurting in a moment."

Xue Luoyan pouted and looked at Princess An Ning sadly, but she didn't do anything after all.

After a while, looking at the seating arrangement, it was clear that almost all the guests had arrived, and Chen Lizhu finally had time to come over.

Then when he saw Miss Taotao and the other two, his eyes couldn't help but darken: No, if you all come here, what should we do over there?

Of course, she couldn't say these words, so she could only walk over in silence, greeted Xue Chenyu first, and then glanced at Princess An Ning and the others.

"My mother has already arranged seats for you, why are you all here?" If those people in the palace investigate and say that you were unfairly forced to sit in such a remote position, who will be responsible?

"It's comfortable here." Miss Taotao said, "I came here on my own initiative."

Princess An Ning also said, "Xiao Luoluo is here. It's fun here. I like it. I can't blame anyone else."

The girl named Jinghua also smiled gently and said nothing.

Chen Lizhu knew that she could not persuade these little girls, so she turned to Xue Chenyu and said, "Sister Xue, these little girls didn't do anything, did they?"

Xue Chenyu: "No, they are all very well behaved. But if I pick up some food for the maids later, it wouldn't be too rude, right?"

There is nothing wrong with what she said. In terms of age, she is several years older than these little girls.

"No, no." Princess An Ning and the other two didn't take her advice about picking up food for the maid seriously at all.

When they saw that Xue Chenyu didn't act like an adult and didn't respond to them submissively like others, they immediately became more interested in her.

After waiting for a long time, the banquet finally began.

In addition to the common chickens, ducks, cattle, sheep, etc. on northern banquets, there are also large fish and extremely precious crabs.

Very rich.

Xue Chenyu ate elegantly. Since there were not so many people at the table, she asked several maids to stand behind her, took a bowl, and picked up the food for them.

If this wasn't outside, she would have set up a separate table for them.

But this was a banquet at the Duke's Mansion, so she could only let them taste it.

This scene surprised Princess An Ning and the others: Why did she care about the servants' food while she was eating at the banquet? They had never seen anything like this before.

Besides, isn’t it her sister who is working hard to open the crab shell next to her? Why doesn’t she help?

Princess An Ning asked Xue Luoyan, who was trying very hard but to no avail, "Xiao Luoluo, if you can't pry open the crab legs, why don't you ask the maid behind you to do it?"

Xue Luoyan looked at Yuyan and said, "She can't open it. She's not strong enough."

In fact, Yuyan wanted to help, but she didn't let him.

"Sorry, Princess, Luoluo can do it on her own." Xue Chenyu said softly.

When he turned to look at Xue Luoyan, he finally couldn't help but frown and said, "If you want to eat it, then eat it. I've been fiddling with those crab legs for a long time. What do I usually tell you at home?"

Your hands are covered in oil, what a joke.

Before he finished speaking, Xue Luoyan broke the huge crab leg with a "crack".

Then he said hesitantly, "I just wanted to try and see if I could get the crab meat out without breaking it and give it to my sister."

Xue Chenyu: "You can try again at home, but not here. Miss Chen San, please find someone to lead the way. Qiuhua, take Miss Er to wash her hands."

Qiuhua quickly took Xue Luoyan away.

It was obvious that if this wasn't at the Duke's Mansion, the girl would have beaten the child.

Princess An Ning and the others became inexplicably nervous. At that moment, they felt as if they were being stared at by the teacher.

Weng Xuemei retracted the chopsticks that were originally reaching for the crab.

After that, the girls at the table ate much more quietly, and did not dare to whisper to each other until the end of the banquet.

Fortunately.

The depressing atmosphere only existed at the banquet. After eating and drinking their fill, everyone's true colors showed up and they gathered together to discuss which dish was delicious, which dried fruits were good, and so on.

Then Xue Luoyan put her hands on her hips and said, "All the dried fruits in my house are from Sipinzhai! My sister prepared dozens of kilograms!"

When the foodies heard about delicious dried fruits, their eyes all drifted towards Xue Chenyu.

Looking at Miss Xue Er's proud look, how could Xue Chenyu lose face for her younger sister?

"They're just some dried fruits, not worth much, but we didn't bring any with us when we went out. If you don't mind, come with us to your house and try some."

"Can you really go?"

Xue Chenyu nodded.

Afterwards, Princess An Ning and others ran away for a while, and when they came back, they said to Xue Chenyu with a happy face that she could go with her.

The best thing about the whole process was that there was no direct confrontation with Madam Du. There were many guests at the Duke's Mansion today, and Madam Du was sitting at the main table, so naturally she would not come here.

Afterwards, they went to the new house together.

It is a customary procedure to visit the newlyweds after the banquet. However, the girls were not very interested in the bride. They took a look around and then said they were leaving.

Xue Chenyu and Chen Lizhu stood in the room for a while, looking at each other with Du Jingyuan. No one spoke, only a tacit smile.

Afterwards, Xue Chenyu brought a group of young girls back to the Marquis' Mansion.