Chapter 110: Courtesy
The next day, just after breakfast, the Sixth Girl came to find Qin Xiaoning to go to the ancestral temple together.

Qin Xiaoning packed up and followed the Sixth Miss out of the Chuihua Gate. The luxurious carriage was already prepared. Just as they were about to get in, the Duke's wife, the Second Lady, Li Lanchun and the Fifth Miss also hurried out.

Aristocratic families all have their own ancestral temples, and the women in the family always like to go to the temple to burn incense on the first and fifteenth days of every month.

The Duke's Mansion has been having difficulty in having children in recent years. The Duke's wife and the second wife would take the female family members to worship Buddha on this day every time, rain or shine.

Yesterday, the Xia family brought good news, and everyone was very happy today, especially the Duke's wife and the Second Lady, whose faces were filled with joy.

Seeing the visitors, Sixth Girl and Qin Xiaoning turned around and greeted them.

When the Duke's wife saw her daughter and daughter-in-law, she said, "Good morning, both of you."

Even the sound of his voice was filled with joy.

Seeing her mother happy, the Sixth Miss was naturally happy too, and asked, "Yesterday, my mother kept saying that the Third Sister-in-law's pregnancy was a manifestation of the Bodhisattva, and kept saying that she would fulfill her vow today and burn more incense."

Then he pointed at the carriages and said, "Normally we go out with three carriages. There is an extra carriage today. Could it be that it is loaded with incense, paper and tribute fruits?"

He then smiled and joked to the Duke's wife and the Second Lady: "This is too much. I'm afraid the Bodhisattva Hall will be filled up."

"Child, stop talking nonsense." The Duke's wife glared at her daughter and said, "Even if you want to thank the Buddha, it's not enough just once. You need to do it over a long period of time."

Li Lanchun continued, "My cousin from the Wang family wants to go with us today, so we prepared more carriages and horses." Then, she explained, "My grandmother said yesterday that she was worried that my cousin would feel bored in the mansion, so she asked us to take her out for walks more often."

The sixth girl said "Oh" and then asked, "Where is my cousin?"

"I just asked someone to invite her, and she will be here soon." She said to the Fifth Miss, the Sixth Miss and Qin Xiaoning, "My cousin is new here, so she may be afraid of strangers. You guys are the same age as her, so please wait for her here. When you get in the car, chat with her for a while." As she spoke, Li Lanchun led the Duke's wife and the Second Lady into the carriage first.

As he was speaking, a graceful figure appeared from the hanging flower gate.

The woman was tall and slender, with a high bun and a warm satin cape with a red peony pattern. She walked slowly towards this side with a dignified posture and a cold temperament.

Needless to say, this is Wang Fengyi, the third daughter of the Wang family.

When the person approached, the sixth girl spoke first: "Sister-in-law was just talking about my cousin, and my cousin came."

The fifth girl then greeted Wang Fengyi and said warmly, "Cousin, your cape is really beautiful."

The girl was dignified and beautiful, with an oval face and fair skin. The most amazing thing about her was her eyes. The corners of her almond-shaped eyes were slightly upturned, which made her already dignified temperament even more graceful and capable.

"Hello, Fifth Sister, Hello, Sixth Sister." Wang Fengyi approached and greeted the two girls slowly. Then she looked at Qin Xiaoning beside her with a question in her eyes and asked politely, "What should I call this lady?"

The Sixth Miss spoke quickly: "This is Sister Qin, she is close to my second brother."

Wang Fengyi understood immediately after hearing what was said, but his expression remained the same. He then turned to greet Qin Xiaoning as a guest.

She was dignified in her manners and her every move showed the demeanor of a noble family. The two young ladies in the mansion were both outstanding noble ladies, but in front of Wang Fengyi, they could not help but pale in comparison.

Li Lanchun accompanied the two ladies into the car first. Seeing Wang Fengyi, she could not help but praise: "This cousin of the Wang family is really the best among ladies." The Duke's wife said without thinking: "The daughter of the Wang family of Langya, how can she be worse."

Upon hearing this, the Second Lady raised her eyes and glanced outside, then said, "The Third Miss is indeed good." Then, she turned her head to look at the Duke's wife and said, "I think she is better than the Second Miss that the Wang family wanted to marry to Ji'er back then."

Upon hearing this, the Duke's wife glared at the Second Madam and said, "This happened eight hundred years ago. It's hard for you to still remember it."

The Second Madam said, "I remember that when I first saw the Second Miss of the Wang Family, I was dazzled. That girl was so outstanding in appearance."

The Duke's wife tried hard to recall, then frowned: "Ah! When we talked about the marriage, they were still children. I have long forgotten what the child looked like."

The second wife was surprised: "That was the person who almost became your daughter-in-law?" Then she smiled helplessly: "Forget it, I know you, you are a rough person."

This was Wang Fengyi's first time in Beijing. Although she was a close relative of the mansion, she had never been here before and was unfamiliar with the people here. That was why Li Lanchun asked several girls to take care of her.

But everyone underestimated the third daughter of the Wang family. She was a very dignified person. Although this was her first time interacting with so many people, she was not afraid of strangers at all.

After Wang Fengyi exchanged greetings with several girls, she slowly came to the carriage where the ladies of the mansion were sitting. She looked through the window and politely saluted to the ladies in the carriage, and then got into the carriage with the Sixth Girl and others.

When they got on the carriage, Wang Fengyi took a dressing box from the maid and said with a smile, "These are some silk flowers I brought from Jinling. I'm giving them to my sisters to play with."

When dealing with the young ladies of the mansion for the first time, it is most appropriate to give them these thoughtful little gifts.

The Fifth Miss loved beauty the most, and she said in a humorous way, "They say the pearl flowers in Jinling are the best, but I have never seen any."

Wang Fengyi smiled faintly when she heard this, raised her hand and opened the dressing box, and several exquisitely crafted pearl flowers appeared before everyone's eyes.

She looked up at the fifth and sixth girls and said slowly, "Sister Qin is older, how about letting her choose first?"

The fifth and sixth girls have always been close to Qin Xiaoning, so they naturally had no objection. Wang Fengyi held the pearl flower in front of Qin Xiaoning with a smile on her face: "Miss Qin, which one do you like?"

This girl from the Wang family is worthy of being a woman who can live in the imperial palace. She is not only beautiful, but also has extraordinary determination.

Although she had just arrived and was completely clueless about the people and affairs in the mansion, she could still see the key points.

I am just a concubine, but I am worthy of her respect. It can be seen that she had already seen her status in the mansion in that brief moment under the car just now.

She is a person valued by the prince of the mansion and is well-liked by everyone in the mansion. Her status is incomparable to that of an ordinary concubine. If she is abandoned and the two young ladies are allowed to choose first, it would be considered as looking down on her. Letting her choose first now shows respect for her, and the fifth and sixth young ladies will not interfere.

He has a clear understanding of things and is also very good at dealing with people.

Qin Xiaoning didn't make a fuss. She looked at the pearl flowers when she heard that. One of them was a peony pearl flower inlaid with rubies, which should be the favorite of the sixth girl. There was also a butterfly flower made of fine pearls, which was most suitable for the temperament of the fifth girl.

Qin Xiaoning knew the tastes of the Fifth and Sixth Miss very well, so she would naturally not take away the ones they liked. She avoided their preferences, picked one at random, and then politely thanked Wang Fengyi.

Sure enough, when it was the turn of the fifth and sixth girls to choose, the two sisters did as Qin Xiaoning had expected, one chose peony and the other chose butterfly.

(End of this chapter)