The Reborn Noble Girl Is Hard To Find

Chapter 16 : Intrigue

After dinner, Han Yan wrote in the room. It was rare for Zhou Shi and her daughter to be so quiet.

Although Han Yan was planning some things, she didn't want her peace to be disturbed.

Unexpectedly, just after she wrote a line, the maid sweeping the yard came to report that Mei Shi was here.

Han Yan raised her eyebrows. Before she went out to look, the other party was already in her room. It saved her a lot of trouble.

She put down the paper and pen in her hand and said warmly, "Is Aunt Mei here? Come in quickly."

The charmingly dressed woman frowned as she entered Han Yan's boudoir. The furnishings in this room were extremely simple and ordinary. Han Yan, as the legitimate daughter of the Zhuang family, was actually almost the same as Zhuang Qin, the concubine's daughter.

Han Yan stood with her head down, pinching the corner of her clothes, looking at a loss: "What did Aunt think of Yan'er?"

Mei Shi looked at Han Yan carefully. Seeing Han Yan's innocent face and a hint of caution between her eyebrows, Mei Shi immediately felt that her status was raised.

The anger she had suffered from Zhou's mother and daughter in the past few days also eased, and she found Han Yan more pleasing to the eye. She reached out and patted Han Yan's hand, saying gently: "Look at what you said, Aunt Mei is of course thinking about the Fourth Miss. Fourth Miss has just recovered from a serious illness, and I am afraid that you are not in good health, so Aunt Mei brought some food."

Han Yan suddenly felt a chill in her heart. When her mother was alive, this Mei Shi had never been so kind to her. However, she was arrogant and didn't take her the Fourth Miss seriously. This kind of kindness at this time made Han Yan feel like she had swallowed a fly in her heart, and she was speechless.

Mei Shi saw that Han Yan didn't answer and thought that she was scared so Mei Shi decided not to take this legitimate daughter seriously. She just thought that Han Yan was easy to control, so she decided to establish a good relationship with her.

Han Yan smiled sweetly at her: "Thank you for your concern, Aunt Mei. Yan'er has been ill these days, and the Aunties really care about Yan'er. Yan'er was very touched."

Her words were sincere, but Mei Shi was shocked to hear them. She asked anxiously, "Aunties..? Has anyone else come to see you?"

Jiao Meng quietly pulled the corner of her clothes, and Mei Shi realized that she had lost her composure and coughed lightly to cover it up.

Han Yan didn't seem to notice her misbehavior and still answered obediently: "Aunt Wan asked Third Sister to come once, but Aunt Zhou and Sister Yushan came often and brought so many gifts."

When Mei Shi heard this, she immediately clenched her hand, secretly hating this Zhou bitch for being so quick!

Han Yan continued, "Yesterday, Aunt Zhou went to visit Fifth Brother and gave him a lot of things, including a bird."

When Mei Shi heard that a bird was sent, she felt something was a little strange, but she vaguely couldn't grasp the key point.

However, she understood those exquisite little things. Although she was a Hu Ji woman sent by the Emperor as a gift, she was taught in the palace in her early years and understood the war of women in the inner courtyard how to compete for favor. After thinking about it, she smiled and asked Han Yan: "Do you like the Zhou mother and daughter?"

Han Yan shrank her neck and said as if she was afraid: "Aunt Zhou and Sister Yushan are good to Yan'er and Yan'er knows it. Although she is not my mother..." Her voice gradually faded away.