After a group of people led by the Taiwei Mansion entered the Prince Ping's Mansion, they were led to the front hall by a servant.
In the front hall, many wives and daughters of officials gathered together to chat.
"Mrs. Ji, how are you? I guess this is the second Miss Ji."
A woman who seemed to be in her forties came to Gao Xinman.
The woman was dressed elegantly and luxuriously, and from her words, it seemed that she was a domineering person.
Lin Cuiying saw that the woman standing next to Gao Xinman was quiet and polite, and her first instinct told her that this was the second Miss Ji's family.
"Mrs. Wang is also well-behaved, A Yu, call someone."
"Hello, Mrs. Wang."
Lin Cuiying looked at the obedient and quiet Ji Ruoyu and liked her very much from the bottom of her heart.
"No need to be polite, I have always heard outside that the two girls of the Ji family are not only beautiful but also well-educated. I met the eldest girl a few years ago, but now it seems that the second girl is inferior to her sister."
"Thank you for the compliment, Madam."
Ji Ruoyu smiled softly with her lips covered.
"By the way, Madam Wang, where are your girls? Are they here too?"
Lin Cuiying pointed in the direction of the back garden and said.
"They are all there."
Gao Xinman turned to Ji Ruoyu and Pan Mengqiu and said.
"I think there should be a lot of girls gathered in the back garden. You should go there too."
Ji Ruoyu and Pan Mengqiu agreed and left.
"Sure enough, Madam Ji taught well. Those people in the Li family are praising your eldest daughter for being pregnant and still busy and doing everything by herself. Now it seems that you are still teaching well."
"Madam Wang, you are too kind. It's just that the children are more sensible and don't let me worry so much. By the way, will your son come back this year?"
"Yes, he wrote to me and said that he would take time to come back after he finished the things at hand. He only comes home once every two or three years and doesn't stay for a few days."
Gao Xinman patted Lin Cuiying's hand and said.
"This child is also trying to accumulate more military merits to make you happy. By the way, is your son married?"
Lin Cuiying shook her head with a painful expression when she thought of this.
"Don't say it. Whenever he talks about this, he will avoid it in various ways. Now he is 24 years old. If it were someone else's child at this age, they would have been playing soy sauce."
"Relax, maybe he just hasn't met the woman he likes yet. Don't think too much."
Lin Cuiying said with a forced smile.
"I hope so. I'm not afraid of anything else, but I'm afraid that he is affected by the things his mother did back then..."
Gao Xinman's expression suddenly changed. It was obvious that she was also aware of the things that Lin Cuiying said back then.
The two tacitly didn't mention this topic.
"Ayu, do you know who that person was just now?"
After Ji Ruoyu and Pan Mengqiu walked away, Pan Mengqiu pulled Ji Ruoyu aside and whispered.
"Isn't she General Weiyuan's wife?"
Pan Mengqiu looked at Ji Ruoyu with a look of disappointment.
"That's not what I meant. I mean, do you know about their family affairs?"
Ji Ruoyu's curiosity came immediately, and she pestered Pan Mengqiu to tell her.
"Madam Wang has two daughters, and Jin Xiaoniang, General Weiyuan's favorite concubine, also has two daughters. Although Madam Wang doesn't like them, she has never criticized them, but these two concubines are even more respectable than the legitimate daughters of the main wife because of General Weiyuan's favor.
This General Weiyuan is also a confused person. He favors his concubine and ignores his wife, and allows Jin Xiaoniang to step on the head of the main wife. And..."
Ji Ruoyu looked at Pan Mengqiu curiously.
"And what?"
Pan Mengqiu looked around and saw that there was no one around, so she lowered her voice and said.
"I heard that this young lady Jin has a murder on her hands. This Madam Wang's legitimate son is not her own. His biological mother was originally a concubine of General Weiyuan. Although she gave birth to General Weiyuan's only son, she was not favored by the general.
It's just that Madam Wang is kind and often takes care of them. But I don't know what happened later. Suddenly, the news of the concubine's death came, and even the death news was suppressed. I heard that the sisters who were good friends with the concubine secretly went to see the concubine for the last time. The concubine's mouth and nose were full of black blood. It was obviously poisoned to death. But without evidence, no one dared to accuse General Weiyuan, so the matter was suppressed. But fortunately, the child was taken by the kind-hearted Madam Wang and raised under her name."
Pan Mengqiu just finished speaking and hurriedly stopped the topic, motioning Ji Ruoyu to look at the distance not far ahead.
"Look, those people are from General Weiyuan's mansion."
Ji Ruoyu looked in the direction of Pan Mengqiu's finger, and saw that the four girls were dressed in the same way, and it was indeed difficult to tell which one was the legitimate daughter and which one was the illegitimate daughter.
"The two on the left are Wang Qing'er and Wang Ning'er, both of whom were born to Jin Xiaoniang. Wang Qing'er looks more delicate and is the elder sister, while Wang Ning'er looks more mean and is the younger sister. The two on the right are both born to Madam Wang. The one with a more childish face is the younger sister Wang Yuan'er, and the other is the elder sister Wang Yan'er."
After saying that, the four sisters of the Wang family seemed to have sensed something and looked in the direction of Ji Ruoyu and Pan Mengqiu.
Wang Yan'er and Pan Mengqiu had met once before. After seeing Pan Mengqiu, she pulled Wang Yuan'er towards Pan Mengqiu.
"Miss Pan, how are you? Who is this?"
Wang Yan'er bowed and looked at Ji Ruoyu in confusion.
"Miss Yan'er, how are you? This is my sister Ayu, the second lady of the Taiwei Mansion."
Ji Ruoyu also smiled and nodded to the two of them, which was considered a greeting.
"But is it Miss Ruoyu who was promised to Prince An?"
"Yes."
"Miss Ruoyu, how are you? My name is Wang Yan'er, and this is my sister Yuan'er."
"How are the two ladies? I was just guessing who the two ladies were, and you came."
Ji Ruoyu half-jokingly opened the topic, and the atmosphere became lively. The four people began to chat casually.
"What are they talking about?"
The person who spoke was Wang Ning'er. The two sisters have always disliked the other two sisters.
"Let's go, too."
Wang Qing'er naturally would not miss this good opportunity to show up, and hurriedly pulled Wang Ning'er to come behind them.