Just listening to this voice, Ling Qingwan felt warm.
As the tea was brewed for a longer time, the tea aroma became stronger. Ling Qingwan was bored waiting, so she asked Qiao'er to get a new book and read it with great interest while leaning against the door.
"Miss! Miss! It's bad! The princess is coming!"
Luoluo trotted all the way and rushed to Ling Qingwan.
Ling Qingwan raised her head from the book and looked at Luoluo with a confused look on her face.
Doesn't An Yi come here often? Why did Luluo react so strongly? Ling Qingwan was puzzled.
Green Radish swallowed her saliva.
"Miss Zhang and Miss Gu are here too."
"… "
Ling Qingwan knew the reason.
The weather was getting colder, and she didn't want to go out anymore. Therefore, during this period of time, Ling Qingwan stayed in Ling Mansion and didn't go anywhere. When she went out to play, naturally someone would take the initiative to find her to play.
An Yi counts as one, and Zhang Shuying and Gu Zhi also count as one.
One time, by chance, the two sides bumped into each other. Unexpectedly, An Yi and Zhang Shuying couldn't stand each other and quarreled for a long time. Finally, Ling Qingwan saw that she couldn't persuade them, so she took Gu Zhi to chat aside and let An Yi and Zhang Shuying quarrel.
It's quite interesting to talk about how the two little girls became estranged from each other.
It happened two years ago. During a lantern festival, the two dressed up to go out, but they bumped into each other on the street by accident, and found that they were wearing exactly the same clothes.
An Yi asked Zhang Shuying to take off her clothes and change into new ones, but Zhang Shuying got angry and refused to do so. In the end, neither of them could convince the other, and neither of them wanted to wear the same clothes as the other, so naturally, they didn't have a good time and went back early.
From that day on, An Yi and Zhang Shuying officially became enemies.
Adhering to the idea of "either I or she, or she or I", the two little girls almost never met each other again. When they met, they would roll their eyes at each other from a distance and avoid each other.
As it happened, both of them liked Ling Qingwan and loved to be close to her.
In this way, An Yi and Zhang Shuying will inevitably meet each other.
"What's the situation now?" Ling Qingwan asked while rubbing her temple.
She knew without thinking that the two people must be arguing.
As expected.
"There is a bridge in the back garden. The princess and Miss Zhang had an argument over who should walk in front and who should walk in the back." Luluo told Ling Qingwan.
"Go pick them up and tell them that I prepared some roasted sweet potatoes and sticky rice dumplings for them. Ask them to come quickly, or they won't be warm enough."
Maybe if there is food as bait, the two of them will be more anxious and make a decision more easily.
Green ivy agreed and turned around and left.
At this time, in the back garden of Ling Mansion.
"I entered the Ling Mansion first, so I should be the first in line." An Yi stiffened his neck and said to Zhang Shuying aggressively.
"I was here first." Zhang Shuying pouted, her face full of dissatisfaction.
"I don't care, just get out of the way." An Yi frowned and urged Zhang Shuying.
"Why should I give in?" Zhang Shuying refused to give in.
Behind them, Gu Zhi looked at the two of them helplessly.
It's not that she didn't try to persuade them, but An Yi and Zhang Shuying simply wouldn't listen.
Just when the few people were in a stalemate, Luluo finally arrived.
Ling Qingwan's method really worked. Especially An Yi, when she heard about roasted sweet potatoes, her eyes sparkled. Then, while Zhang Shuying wasn't paying attention, An Yi quickly bypassed her and went up the long bridge.
Zhang Shuying had no choice but to follow behind.
But even so, neither of them had ever given in to the other. As soon as they crossed the long bridge, Zhang Shuying quickly ran to the front.
An Yi was not willing to be outdone, and the two of them almost ran into the Orchid Garden.
When Ling Qingwan saw the two of them, An Yi and Zhang Shuying were so tired that they were out of breath. They took the tea handed to them by Qiao'er and drank it all in one gulp.
"It's just the distance from the front door to the backyard, why are you so tired?" Ling Qingwan didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"You can only blame her. She doesn't have to walk but insists on running, as if she is the only one with two legs and my legs are broken. Humph, it's so funny." An Yi rolled her eyes to the sky.
"I don't know who was sneaky and walked in front of me when I wasn't paying attention. Whoever competed with me first knows best." Zhang Shuying complained about An Yi in a sarcastic tone.
"Who are you calling the sneaky one?"
"You! I'm talking about you! You you you you you! I'm so mad at you!"
For no apparent reason, the two started arguing again.
Gu Zhi happened to see this scene when he entered the yard.
Ling Qingwan raised her eyes, and the two smiled at each other.
Seeing Gu Zhi coming, Ling Qingwan asked Luluo to bring the prepared roasted sweet potatoes and glutinous rice dumplings. Seeing the food, An Yi and Zhang Shuying temporarily stopped eating.
It’s cold, and it’s so happy to eat hot sweet potatoes and glutinous rice dumplings.
Zhang Shuying and An Yi were particularly satisfied with the meal.
Gu Zhi didn't like sweets, so she didn't eat any. But she drank three or four cups of tea made by Ling Qingwan.
"By the way, why did you suddenly come to play with me today?" Ling Qingwan became interested and started chatting with a few people.
"I just finished my homework and had nothing to do, so I sneaked out." An Yi answered first.
"I was originally going to the poetry gathering, but when I got to the door, I ran into someone I hated. The poetry gathering is only two blocks away from the Ling Mansion, so I came to find you too late."
It turned out that none of them came to Ling Mansion specifically. Ling Qingwan couldn't help laughing.
"Isn't it me who you hate?" An Yi raised her eyebrows.
She didn't remember that she had been to the poetry reading today.
"There's someone even more annoying." Zhang Shuying snorted coldly.
"Who?" An Yi was curious.
"Of course it's Ling Chuchu." Zhang Shuying replied unhappily.
In fact, Ling Qingwan guessed it.
Zhang Shuying and Ling Chuchu had a fight at the last princess' birthday banquet. Whenever Zhang Shuying mentioned someone she hated, Ling Qingwan almost immediately thought of Ling Chuchu.
Moreover, Ling Chuchu did go to the poetry reading today.
"You hate Ling Chuchu too?" An Yi found it unbelievable, her eyes wide open.
Because of their common enemy, the relationship between An Yi and Zhang Shuying eased slightly.
Naturally, the two of them couldn't help but talk about why they hated Ling Chuchu.
An Yi's reasons were simple. First, Ling Chuchu bullied Ling Qingwan, and second, she couldn't stand Ling Chuchu's stubbornness and hypocrisy. Moreover, Ling Chuchu caused her to fall into the lake.
"What about you?" An Yi asked Zhang Shuying.
Zhang Shuying looked at Ling Qingwan, and seeing that Ling Qingwan was also curious, she spoke.
"The grudge between Ling Chuchu and I started from a poetry gathering two years ago. At that time, there was a poetry competition, where some scholars and writers gathered together to write poems and compete. Before the competition, Ling Chuchu read my cousin's poems under the pretext of appreciation."
"Later, during the competition, Ling Chuchu used the poem written by my cousin and shamelessly put her own name on it, and won first place. My cousin was not convinced and exposed it in public, but Ling Chuchu threw dirty water on him, saying that my cousin was jealous of her good poetry and got a good ranking. After that, my cousin became a joke among the literati in the city."