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The Dazhou Kingdom paid attention to their sons and daughters. Their daughters were their masters, while their daughters were their concubines. Similarly, the status of a wife and concubines were vastly different. No matter how pampered the concubines were, they would always be inferior in front of their wives.

However, Princess An passed away very early, Prince An did not marry anyone to return home, and Madam Li, this aunt, replaced her first wife to be in charge of all the affairs of the backyard, naturally including the teachings for An Lingge, this direct daughter.

In the past, they had only heard that the great miss of Prince An's Palace was timid and stupid, and couldn't even show his face. He had even mocked and ridiculed her in her heart, but today, they could see that it was completely different.

Not to mention that An Lingge had shone brilliantly at the Spring Festival, just to see her again, she was gentle, polite and dignified. Although she did not talk much, her entire body was releasing a strong Spirit Qi, how did she look weak and stupid?

The madams present were all intelligent people, and they only needed to think for a moment to know what was going on.

"I've only heard that the youngest daughter of the Prince An is extremely intelligent and nimble, but I don't know that his eldest daughter is the most outstanding. Without the guidance of a master, he could play such a melody by himself just by fumbling around."

"That's right, my son still told me. Miss An is the most special person he has ever met, if fate wills it, I hope that we can get to know each other more."

There were a lot of meanings in his words, the Mrs. Shang Shu covered her lips and chuckled, sizing up An Lingge with a gaze that also had some other meaning.

Madam Li was sitting at the side with a helpless smile on her face.

She knew that these wives looked down on her identity as a concubine, but to say that An Lingyi was not as good as An Lingge in front of so many people, was really too embarrassing.

Moreover, the reason for the banquet today, was obviously to announce the return of the Old Mistress and the rest, but when An Lingge came, everyone's gaze fell on her, completely forgetting about them.

An Lingxue's heart was even more unwell. She was clearly a direct descendant, but because she was born in the third house and her father did not inherit the throne, her status was much lower than An Lingge's.

Now that she had returned to the capital, the gazes of these wives had never landed on her. How could the usually arrogant An Lingxue endure this?

Hearing Madam Shang Shu's words, An Lingxue's eyes flashed, her cute and innocent face revealed a hint of a smile, "Big sister's popularity is so good, not only is Hereditary Prince Mu and her engaged, even other people want to be big sister's friend. This won't do, if big sister gets snatched away by someone else, no one can play with Little Xue anymore."

"When she mentioned Mu Junhan, it was as if Madam Li was reminded, she smiled at the ladies," Second Miss is wrong, the relationship between First Miss and Hereditary Prince Mu is extremely close, that's because Hereditary Prince Mu is the Eldest Miss's future husband, the relationship between the two of them is already close, if there is any conflict between the two of them, it won't be a good thing.

A flash of surprise appeared on the Lady Shang's face, and the warmth in her eyes gradually faded.

Since An Lingge had already been betrothed to another, she naturally could not speak of her son's thoughts anymore.

"So Miss An is already engaged." She nodded slightly with a look of realization on her face.

"Madam, please don't tease me." An Lingge lowered her head, her voice tinged with a rare shyness, "In terms of intelligence and dexterity, Little Sister Little Xue is a truly exquisite person."

She pulled An Lingxue's hand and introduced her to the crowd, "It's just that Little Sister Little Xue has been staying in the ancestral residence the entire time. Everyone here has never heard of her name, if you all knew of Little Sister Little Xue earlier, you would have definitely liked her the same as I do."

An Lingge's expression was sincere, no trace of falsehood could be seen on her face.

Seeing that she was the one who took the initiative to introduce An Lingxue to everyone, the old lady's eyes finally had a look of satisfaction.

An Lingxue was overwhelmed by the favour, and quickly waved her hands, "Big sister, don't make fun of me, how can I be considered as intelligent and nimble."

She was a little helpless, and when she turned her head to look at An Lingge, she just so happened to expose half of her beautiful face.

Seeing An Lingxue's pretty appearance, the Lady Shang Shu's thoughts became lively again.

"Oh, the second miss is such a cute person sitting next to me, but I didn't see it." She pretended to be annoyed, patting her forehead, and eagerly held her opponent's hand. "I feel very happy when I see you, as if you are the same age as my daughter."

You want to know how old she is now?

An Lingxue's eyes flashed a trace of disdain, but her expression was still innocent and innocent. "I'm two years younger than Big Sis, right now I'm exactly thirteen years old."

Thirteen years old, an age to be sure.

Madam Shang nodded her head, and the smile on her face intensified.

Being ignored at the side, An Lingyi bit her lips in dissatisfaction.

She gave An Lingmeng a glance, and the latter hesitated for a moment. In the end, she still voiced out, "Big sister and second sister have the best relationship, it makes me a little jealous."

An Lingmeng's sense of presence in the manor had always been low, as if she was an invisible person. Now that she had suddenly opened her mouth to speak, even the Old Mistress looked over in surprise.

When An Lingge heard her intimate and coquettish words, the expression in the depths of her eyes did not change, but a gentle smile surfaced on her face, "Although Fourth Sister and Second Sister have grown up in the Ancestral House, you are both my sisters. I am the same towards you, why is Fourth Sister still not satisfied?"

"Big Sis is lying." An Lingmeng pouted, and said in a tasty manner, "We've been back in the manor for so long, big sister only played with second sister and she never came to look for me and third sister."

When everyone heard her words, they felt that An Lingge was actually interacting with the direct daughter An Lingxue, and did not pay any attention to her and An Lingyi at all.

In other words, An Lingge was completely different from the gentleness and generosity she saw on the surface.

An Lingyi sat beside An Lingmeng, and when it was appropriate, she lowered her eyes, as if she was very disappointed, but she continued to berate An Lingmeng, "Fourth Sister, don't spout nonsense. Big Sister has always been good to me, and has never ignored us."

She had suffered a few losses at An Lingge's hands, but now she knew that she had to restrain her arrogance in front of everyone, and show that she was weaker than others, in order to gain the upper hand with her words.

Madam Li patted her hands with a pained heart, her eyes also showing some displeasure, "Yeah, this is a private matter between you two sisters, if Fourth Miss takes it out, wouldn't all the other ladies laugh?"

Although he said that, Madam Li's words confirmed An Lingmeng's words.

Madam Shang Shu's eyes landed on An Lingge's body, her gaze becoming mysterious.

Glimmers danced in An Lingge's eyes as her hand tightly gripped the pouch at her waist.