“Stop all.”

The voice was not small and the old man heard it from inside the house, raising his voice, “Yue’er, come in.”

Song Wangyue gestured for Xu Liang to stop first, walked quickly into the room, and without waiting for the old gentleman to speak, she hurriedly said, “I know that my maternal great-grandfather loved me, but those calligraphy and paintings would be a waste if they were given to me. As you know, I am not interested in anything else but medicine and business, and when these calligraphy and paintings are in my hands, they are just like waste paper.”

The old gentleman was unmoved, the regent had given so much as a bride price, Yue’s could not be shabby, lest she be gossiped about later.

“These are all orphaned pieces and are considered worthy of those bride-price gifts from the regent, other great grandfathers can’t help.”

“How can you not help? You can give me some silver, more is better, even if you give me your old capital, I won’t mind.”

“Don’t play games with me, I don’t know what you have in mind. I’m telling you, my great-grandfather won’t be fooled this time.”

What’s the difference between giving her the money and giving it back with all sorts of excuses?

“Those things were given to you by your great-grandfather, you have to take them or leave them, there is no negotiation.”

“Xu Liang!”

Xu Liang answered from the courtyard, “Old man.”

“Send it over and tell Wan’er that this is my dowry for Yue’er.”

“Yes.”

……

Time passed quickly, and a month or so passed before the day came for the two to be married.

There were no old people in the Regency House, and everything was run by the Lady of the Ding Dynasty.

All the people in the royal residence had not slept all night, yet they were all still in high spirits; this was the first happy event in the royal residence and they had to do it right.

Especially Housekeeper Gu, who has been walking a lot in the past two days and has blisters on the soles of his feet, but he doesn’t feel any pain at all and is still on his feet.

He was also the one who organized the marriage of the King and the Princess back then, and the process is still clearly remembered in his heart.

The Lady of the Ding State has been staying here for several days.

Today she is also dressed in new clothes and in high spirits.

Looking at her grandson who hadn’t slept much all night and had gotten up before dawn and started to get nervous, she couldn’t help but smile, “Don’t worry, Miss Song won’t be able to get away.”

If it wasn’t for the fact that the bride and groom couldn’t see each other the day before the wedding, her grandson would have gone to visit Miss Song’s boudoir last night and kept watch over her until dawn.

“Mm.”

Chu Yunxiao gave a hint and looked down to see if his clothes didn’t fit.

The Duke of Ding’s wife smiled and shook her head, she had seen those who were nervous during the wedding, but not those who were this nervous, as if he was the bride.

Housekeeper Gu ran in quickly to report, “Your Highness, Old Lady, Consort Xian is here.”

The Duke of Ding’s wife hastily got up, and Chu Yunxiao went forward to help her walk outside, just before she reached the courtyard, Consort Xiao Xian had already entered, and without waiting for the Duke of Ding’s wife to pay her respects, she quickly stepped forward to hold her in place, “Mother.”

After the new emperor ascended to the throne, Xiao Xianfei did not allow him to enthrone herself as the empress dowager, she said that she would not see the late emperor again in her life and did not want to be buried with him after her death.

The Duchess of Ding was not polite with her own daughter, and anyway there were no outsiders in this royal residence, so no one would spread the word.

“Auntie.”

Chu Yunxiao curtsied.

The young man in front of him, dressed in red, was magnificent and graceful, and it was not too much to describe him as a stunning beauty rarely found in the world.

“Xiao’er is the most handsome groom in this world, when Miss Song sees him today, she will certainly not be able to take her eyes off him.”

All of a sudden, Chu Yunxiao’s eyebrows and eyes were tinged with smiles.

Xiao Xianfei was in a trance for a moment, as if she saw her elder sister smiling at her.

“Why didn’t the Emperor come?”

Concubine Xiao Xianfei returned to her senses and held the other side of the Duchess of Ding and walked towards the house, “He went to the Song family and will come back later.”

……

Song family.

The number of people who came to fill the boxes was only greater than on the day of the maturity ceremony.

They said congratulatory words and presented the gifts they had prepared.

Xiao Yao ordered someone to take careful note of them.

“His Majesty has arrived!”

A shrill voice came.

There was a silence in the courtyard.

Then they all knelt down.

The Emperor, dressed in a bright yellow robe, walked slowly into the courtyard, followed by a group of chamberlains, two by two, carrying boxes

The crowd counted the boxes, thirty-six in all.

“If it were not for Sister Song who came to the palace to heal me, I would not have lived today. These are my thoughts, wishing Sister Song and the Regent a hundred years of good fortune and a trouble-free life.”

“Thank you, Your Majesty.”

Song Si thanked Song Wan Yue for her.

“I will leave Sister Song alone and go to the Regent’s Palace first.”

Sending the people away, Song Si gave the gift list to Xiao Yao to be registered, and had these returned to Song Wan Yue’s dowry.

Qing’er once again ran to the backyard with flying feet and a joyful face, “Miss Song, His Majesty has personally sent over thirty-six additional boxes of gifts.”

There were many ladies who had brought their daughters over today, and many of them were in the house at the moment, and when they heard Qing’er’s words, they let out a low gasp of surprise.

The emperor must have sent all the finest products, and thirty-six carriers would not be an exaggeration to say that they were worth a fortune.

They looked at Song Wangyue with even more envy.

I’m afraid that Song Wangyue was the only one in the whole capital who could get a gift from the Emperor.

“Old body, I’d like to meet Miss Song.” A laughing voice rang out, it was Mrs. Quanfu, Mrs. Wang, whom Meng had invited.

She was in her sixties, with a head full of silver hair and an ordinary appearance, but she was a famous Quanfu person in the capital.

Her husband loved her and her children and grandchildren were filial.

“Please, Madam.”

Song Wangyue blessed her body.

Old Lady Wang, however, avoided this salute from her.

The Wang family was a merchant family, and she had never imagined that she would one day be asked to be Mrs. Quanfu of the Regent’s residence.

“Miss Song is very kind, it is a blessing for the old woman to be Miss Song’s Mrs. Quanfu.”

Qing’er brought up the comb.

Mrs. Quanfu picked it up and sang in a host of nice tones as she combed it.

Everyone in the room looked on enviously.

The corners of Song Wangyue’s mouth couldn’t be restrained from rising.

In her new life, not only had she met the best family, she had also met the person she would be with for the rest of her life.

They would be husband and wife and would grow old together.

There will also be many children, a son like her and a daughter like Chu Yunxiao.

The Regent’s Palace.

Seeing that the time to welcome the bride was getting closer and closer, Chu Yunxiao became more and more nervous, looking down at her wedding dress from time to time, lest there was something wrong.

“Is Brother Regent nervous?”

Seeing him like this, the new emperor smiled and joked.

Surprisingly, Chu Yunxiao didn’t deny it, instead he gave a hmph.

He had imprinted the person in his heart from the first moment he saw the little girl many years ago, and he had thought then that no matter what means he used, he would definitely trick the little girl into his hands.

Now that his wish was about to be fulfilled, how could he not be nervous.

Hearing that he had actually admitted it, the new emperor’s eyes widened in surprise and he circled him several times, “You, are you the regent’s brother? You haven’t been swapped, have you?”

How could the Regent’s brother, who was so strong, so tough, so unchanged in front of the mountain, be nervous?

Chu Yunxiao glared at him.

The new emperor covered his mouth and his eyes narrowed.

So the Regent’s brother had this side too, he would have to write it down and tell his mother about it properly later.

“Your Majesty, it’s time to go and welcome the bride.”

Housekeeper Gu walked over on his feet and reminded.

The royal family was about to have a royal concubine, and it would never be cold in the royal family again.

Chu Yunxiao finally arranged his wedding dress, took the big red silk flower from the butler’s hand and put it on, walking out of the Regent’s residence.

Outside, the two thousand soldiers, led by Hu Yong, were dressed in their new clothes, all carrying a huge basket with red seals inside.

In front of the door, there was a brand new palanquin with eight carriers, in front of which Xiao Si was waiting with his horse, which also had a large red silk flower tied to its head.

Chu Yunxiao took the reins, rolled onto his horse and lightly clipped the horse’s belly as it clattered forward.

Behind him, the palanquin bearer followed, carrying the palanquin.

The two thousand government soldiers also turned in unison and followed two by two.

The sound was unparalleled.

It caused people from half of the capital to come and see the spectacle.

As we rounded the corner, the soldiers in front of us began to scatter red seals.

Like a rain of red, it fell in a dense stream.

The onlookers grabbed them, laughed and said congratulations.

“May the Regent and Miss Song grow old together and have a son soon.”

“May the Regent and Miss Song have a good marriage for a hundred years.”

“Best wishes to ……”

Congratulatory voices rose and fell, and the red seals rained down even faster.

It didn’t stop until it reached the front door of the Song family.

The gates of the Song family were closed.

The drums and music were louder.

Chu Yunxiao got down from his horse.

The twenty soldiers of the House who were walking at the front handed their baskets to their companions and went up to knock on the door.

The door was slowly opened and Song Shen stepped out, looking at Chu Yunxiao from a high position.

“Regent, I ask you, will you be good to your little sister for the rest of your life? Dote on her and love her?”

Chu Yunxiao looked upright, “Yes.”

“Will you not take concubines and have only her for the rest of your life?”

“Will.”

“Good, please remember your promise today, Regent, and if you ever break it in the future, our Song family will take little sister Bai back.”

“Second Brother, don’t worry, you won’t have a chance.”

Song Shen nodded and stepped aside from his body.

Hu Yong and the others looked at each other, so simple to let the king in?

Chu Yunxiao took big steps inside.

The closer he got to the backyard, the harder his heart beat, one after another, as if it was about to jump out of his chest.

Inside the house, Song Wangyue’s heart was also beating hard.

Listening to Chu Yunxiao’s footsteps getting closer and closer, listening to him walk into the house, listening to him come to the bed, hearing his voice with tension and excitement, “Little girl, I’m coming.”

“Mmm.”

Song Wangyue gave a “hmmm”.

I don’t know who couldn’t hold back a light laugh.

The sadness in the room dissipated and even Xu, whose eyes were red, smiled.

Today was a good day for Yue’er, she could not cry.

She wanted to see her daughter get married happily and let her be the happiest new bride in the world.

Chu Yunxiao bent down and reached out to hug Song Wan Yue, but was stopped by Song Si, who glared at him before squatting down in front of Song Wan Yue.

Xiao Yao and Meng Jiao both helped Song Wan Yue onto Song Si’s back and made their way out.

Chu Yunxiao followed behind, forcing himself to resist the urge to grab someone.

Song Si walked steadily to the palanquin, and the Quanfu people lifted the curtain and welcomed the bride into the palanquin with the sound of singing.

Chu Yunxiao rolled onto his horse and his eyes fell on the palanquin, there was the person he had longed for, the person he had identified at first glance all those years ago. He could never forget the palpitation of his heart the moment he opened his eyes, he knew then that that tiny person would be his wife, the mother of his child, the person his heart had always wanted for his life and his …… sunshine!

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They saw the Prince Regent sitting on his horse in a vivid red dress, his eyebrows like a painting, with a smile in the painting, making people unable to take their eyes off him.

Behind him was an endless procession of bridal gifts, the front of which had already arrived at the Song family’s door with the Regent, and the back was still moving forward in an orderly manner.

It was Song Si who greeted him at the door, and when he saw the long bridal procession, he didn’t know what to say for a moment.

“Big brother.”

Chu Yunxiao rolled onto his back and dismounted from his horse, his face covered with joy.

He was a different person from just now.

It’s just as well, the one you’ve been longing for is about to be married, so it’s strange not to be happy!

When he thought of the way he had persuaded the Lady of Ding to take advantage of the day to mention the marriage, Song Si did not give him a good look.

He didn’t even offer a salute, saying directly, “Come in.”

“Good.”

Chu Yunxiao took a step behind him and followed into the house.

Hu Yong and another member of the House soldiers carried the first bridal gift into the house.

The two big, burly men had sweat on their foreheads, so you can imagine that the contents of the box were not light.

It took half an hour for the bride’s gifts to be brought in and placed all over the courtyard.

Even the wives of the six ministers had never seen so many bridal gifts, and they were envious of them.

Especially when the boxes were opened one by one and they saw the contents, they were even more envious.

There were some things they had never even seen before.

The Song family didn’t expect there to be so much either, including Song Si, who all looked dumbfounded.

The old man stroked his beard as well, but in his mind he was already thinking about what kind of dowry to prepare for Song Wangyue.

If the Regent was so generous, Yue’s dowry should not be shabby either.

His personal stash could be compared to this, but it was too small and could only hold two lifts at most.

Meng was thinking the same thing.

Qing’er ran quickly to the backyard again, full of excitement, “The regent has given a hundred and eight lifts of bride price.”

“One hundred and eight lifts?”

Meng Jiao exclaimed in shock.

Qing’er nodded her head like a chicken pecking rice, “They are all good things, the slave servant has never even seen them before.”

When the box was opened, the servant heard their gasps clearly.”

If she were there, she would have to huff and puff too. The Meng family is now the richest in Jiangnan, and her grandfather is a royal merchant, and her marriage was only thirty-six lifts, a hundred and eight lifts is three times as much as hers.

Meng Jiao could not hide her excitement and stood up, “I will go and take a look.”

Xiao Yao hurriedly stopped her, “If you want to see it, wait until the guests have all left, then you can go and have a look, don’t go and join in that fun now, be careful of your health.”

Looking down at her belly, Meng Jiao obediently sat back, “Alright then.”

It was only after sitting down that she saw Song Wangyue with a calm face.

“Little sister, did you know that the Regent had prepared such a large dowry?”

Song Wan Yue shook her head, the gold hairpin on her head swaying with the movement, becoming more and more dazzling.

“I don’t know.”

“You’re still so calm when you don’t know?”

If she had, she wouldn’t have been able to resist running over to see it.

Song Wan Yue held her face in her hands and said without modesty, “Second sister-in-law, your little sister I am beautiful and have a good hand in medicine, and I can also earn money, not to mention a hundred and eight lifts, even two hundred and eight lifts is not too much.”

Meng Jiao,……

……

After the guests had all left, looking at the courtyard full of dowry, the Song family was in a quandary. With so many bridal gifts, they would have to take up at least three rooms, and there was also the fact that these bridal gifts were so good that they would inevitably be coveted by those with an agenda.

Song Wan Yue laughed so hard, “You all think too much, with Chu Yun Xiao’s status as regent, even if you give those thieves a hundred guts, they wouldn’t dare to come and steal it.”

Song Si glared at her.

Song Wan Yue immediately withdrew her laughter and sat down with a straight face, “Why don’t I go and ask Chu Yun Xiao for some people to come over?”

“There’s no need for you to go, if he had it in his heart, he would have sent someone over himself.”

Song Wangyue touched her nose, knowing that her big brother was relenting in his anger.

In fact, she didn’t care about when the wedding was, but the family didn’t think so. However, she was truly wronged, she really didn’t know that Chu Yunxiao would come up with such a move today.

“I am to blame for this, the Duke of Ding’s wife said something pitiful at that time, so I agreed.”

Grandma Song regretted a little, she shouldn’t have been soft at that time, but the bride price had already been sent, so it was useless to regret, “It’s too late to say anything now, let’s discuss about the dowry.”

According to the rules, the woman had to pay the same amount of dowry as the man, but how could the Song family compete with the Regent?

“There is no need to prepare, just carry the bride price back as it is.”

Song Wangyue said.

“That won’t work ……”

Song Lin disagreed.

He had such a daughter, and although he couldn’t prepare a dowry for his daughter like the big families, he couldn’t be too shabby either.

“Don’t worry about the dowry, we’ll think of something, oldest and second daughter-in-law, you guys accompany Yue’er to talk.”

Xiao Yao and Meng Jiao knew that the family was trying to detach Song Wan Yue, so they immediately got up, “Let’s go, little sister, let’s go and have a good look at your dowry.”

……

In the following days, the Song family searched everywhere for good things, especially Song Si, who took the carriage to the street every day after going to the Hanlin courtyard to order the dao, and went through all the shops in the capital, buying back whatever caught their eye.

Xu and Song Lin were called over by Meng.

Meng gave Xu a dozen lists, “This is the dowry mother prepared for you back then, take it now and give it to Yue’er.”

Back then, Xu and Shen Yan had already agreed on a wedding date, and they were only waiting for Shen Yan to return to marry, so naturally the dowry was all ready.

The thirty-six carriers had remained untouched all these years.

He said, placing a pile of silver cheques in Xu’s hand, “There are also these, you all take them.”

Xu’s lips moved, although those were the dowry prepared for her, she did not use them, it had been so many years, it should also be returned to the public.

“Don’t worry, I’ve told your elder brother and sister-in-law, and they’ve both agreed. Your elder brother has also searched for some things and said he’ll send them to you in a couple of days, as well as your grandfather’s side, who has had his private collection for so many years packed up and will also send them along.”

“It won’t take that much.”

Song Lin hurriedly said.

Grandfather didn’t have any other hobbies, he just loved to collect some calligraphy and paintings, and most of these calligraphy and paintings were orphaned pieces that couldn’t be bought even with silver, grandfather liked them very much and took them out from time to time to look at them, how could he give them to Yue’er?

“This is out of my hands. If you don’t want them, let Yue’er say so, no one can persuade her but her.”

Meng did not want the old man to give Yue’er his private collection, not because she could not bear it, but because she could not bear it.

Only Xiao Si, seeing the movement of his hair combing, subconsciously took a step backwards.

The king had started practising with them two months ago for today.

At the beginning, he almost didn’t comb their scalps off, so much so that the people in the house, whether it was Doctor Yao or Housekeeper Gu or the 2,000 soldiers, as well as him, who had served him since he was a child, avoided seeing the king those days, lest they be caught by him practicing.

After combing, Chu Yunxiao flipped his wrist and pulled Song Wangyue’s hair into a beautiful bun.

Xiao Yao carried the tray with the hairpin and was just about to go up ……

Chu Yunxiao took out a gold hairpin, on which was a blooming lotus flower, with a ruby set in the heart of the lotus, emitting a dazzling light in the sunlight.

The crowd of people watching the ceremony almost blinded themselves.

The anger that rose in Song Lin’s heart also subsided instantly.

The Lady of Ding Guo was even happier.

After the ceremony was over, she dragged Grandma Song into the house, “My in-laws, should we set a date for the two children’s marriage today?”

In the Regent’s residence, apart from a few maids in charge of washing, there was not even a palace maid, so it really did not look like a royal residence.

The Duke of Determination’s wife was heartbroken for her grandson and wanted him to marry her back sooner.

Of course, this was what Chu Yunxiao had dreamed of.

The Song family expected that after the marriage ceremony Chu Yunxiao would ask a matchmaker to come to the house to set a date for the marriage, but they never expected that the Duke’s wife would be so impatient to bring it up today.

“I know you all love Yue’er and want to keep her for a few more years, but Xiao’er is already eighteen this year, and there are children all over the capital at his age. You have always treated him like your own grandson, how can you let him be laughed at?”

“Besides, look at his palace, it is cold and empty, there is no atmosphere at all, people who don’t know think there is no one living in it, so take pity on Xiao’er and let him have a home sooner.”

Grandma Song, who had never heard of such things, said, “We’ve thought about it and will let them get married at the end of the year.”

“I went to Qianshan Temple that day and asked Master Jingfan to calculate a good date, the 26th of next month. Although it’s a bit late, Master Jingfan said that if they get married on that day, they will have a smooth and prosperous life, with many children and grandchildren. I think we should set that day. Don’t worry, we’ve already prepared all the things for the wedding, so you don’t have to worry about anything.”

“This ……”

“Older sister, please have pity on Xiao’er and let him have a home soon. I promise you, he will be good to Yue’er for the rest of his life, listen to Yue’er, he dare not go west when Yue’er tells him to go east, he dare not shoo the chickens when Yue’er tells him to beat the dogs.”

“Then …… well.”

The Duke of Ding’s wife was so happy that she slapped her thigh, “Then let’s choose a day, I’ll go find Xiao’er and ask him to go back and carry the bride price.”

After saying this, she went out with the wind at her feet.

Grandma Song tried to pull her back, but she couldn’t.

A group of ladies then saw the Duke of Ding’s wife come out of the house in a gust of wind, shouting as she walked, “Xiao’er, Xiao’er.”

Chu Yunxiao came out of the flower hall, “Grand grandmother.”

“Quickly, go back and carry the bride price, the in-laws have promised to let you and Yue’er get married on the 26th of next month.”

As the words fell from Lady Ding Guo’s lips, the crowd only felt a flash of silhouettes in front of them, without the figure of the Regent.

The crowd looked at each other in disbelief.

Song Si, who had come out with Chu Yunxiao, was even more on her feet.

The family had already discussed the marriage of his little sister, and if, according to Song Lin’s wishes, he kept her for two more years, if Chu Yunxiao was not willing to wait, he would be allowed to marry someone else.

But Grandma Song and Xu had convinced Song Lin to let them marry at the end of the year or early next year, considering that Chu Yunxiao was not too young.

How could it be that in the blink of an eye, it would be the twenty-sixth of next month?

The rest of the Song family were also confused and went to Grandma Song to ask what was going on.

Qing’er ran to Song Wangyue’s house, “Miss Song, just now Lady Ding Guo said that the wedding date between you and the Regent is set for the 26th of next month.”

Song Wangyue raised her eyebrows.

The hairpin in her hair swayed a little as she moved.

Meng Jiao covered her mouth and laughed, “Our brother-in-law is a regent, so he really has the means.”

She had naturally attended the family’s deliberations, and it had taken grandmother and eldest aunt a great deal of effort to get eldest uncle to agree to Yue’er’s marriage at the end of the year or next year, and once brother-in-law had made his move, it was booked for next month.

“It wasn’t the regent, it was the old lady. The Regent froze for a moment even after he heard it.”

Qing’er said.

“You silly girl, if the Regent hadn’t come up with the idea, how could the Lady Ding Guo have easily persuaded Grandma.”

Qing’er tapped her head, “It’s still true.”

Then she added, “The old madam also said that it would be better to choose a day than a day, and has already asked the regent to carry the bride price.”

Meng Jiao was dumbfounded.

This, this was too soon.

……

Chu Yunxiao flew out of the Song family, and in just a quarter of an hour, he was back inside the Regent’s residence.

Housekeeper Gu thought he would stay at the Song family’s house for dinner, and when he saw him return at this time, he thought something big had happened, so he quickly stepped forward, “Your Majesty.”

“Uncle Hu!”

Hu Yong dashed out, “Your Majesty.”

“You take the men and carry out the prepared bride-price, change into new clothes and follow me to the bride-price.”

“Yes.”

Hu Yong greeted the men and scurried off.

Butler Gu hadn’t reacted yet.

Was it the one he was thinking of to place a hire?

Hadn’t the prince gone to attend Miss Song’s maturity ceremony, why was he suddenly going to place a bride-price again?

“What are you still standing there for? Where are the clothes for me? Go and find them quickly.”

Housekeeper Gu took three steps and went to the main courtyard, found the clothes and ran out with them again.

Chu Yunxiao took off his outer robe straight away and put it on.

Butler Gu ran again to get the bride-price list and handed it to Chu Yunxiao.

It was more than ten pages long and full of writing.

A large part of it was given by the emperor when the mansion was built, and the king didn’t even let them put it out there, it was directly used as a bride price.

Hu Yong led the men to carry out the bride-price gifts.

Two of them were tied with red silk, a hundred and eight of them.

The government soldiers carrying the chests were dressed in uniform crimson clothes, with red silk also tied around their waists.

With Chu Yunxiao in the front and the bride-price carriers at the back, they left the Regent’s Palace in a great hurry and headed for the South City.

On the way, many people were attracted to follow.

They had lived in the capital for a long time and had seen the world, but they had never seen such a huge bridal shower before.

The Song family.

The ladies who had come to observe the ceremony did not disperse, but all stayed behind to see the bride-price given by the Regent.

Not to mention the gifts left behind by Mr and Mrs Qin, the new emperor’s bounty alone was not small, and they estimated that there must be 60 carriers.

There was a commotion outside.

Tomorrow the Song family will be going back and Song Lin and Xu stayed over. When they heard a movement in the kitchen, they dressed and got up and came to the kitchen.

When they heard a commotion in the kitchen, they got up and went to the kitchen. They saw that Grandma Song was busy making breakfast and went up to help.

“Mother, why are you up so early today?”

Song Lin asked as he added firewood to the stove.

Grandma Song looked as usual, “I heard from Yue’er that the Qianshan Temple outside the city is very famous, so your father and I want Yue’er to take us there.”

“We have nothing to do today either, so let’s go with Father and Mother.”

“No, it’s fine for your father and I to go, you guys stay home and sort out the things you want to take back.”

After breakfast, Hu Yong also arrived.

Grandma Song, Master Song and Song Wangyue got into the carriage and followed Hu Yong out of the city.

After walking for two hours, they arrived at a farmhouse.

The man who was guarding it was an old man in his fifties, with white hair and a slightly stooped back, but the moment he saw Hu Yong, a bright light appeared in his eyes.

“Uncle Liu.”

Hu Yong introduced, “This is Miss Song, our future royal concubine, I brought them to the manor to have a look.”

“Old slave, I’d like to meet Miss Song.”

Uncle Liu hurriedly saluted, Song Wangyue held him up, “Uncle Liu doesn’t need to be polite, we are just taking a casual look.”

Uncle Liu understood, “Please follow me, everyone.”

Several people followed him into the manor and walked out of the courtyard from the other side, and then saw a separate house.

The house was very new, probably newly built, with three main rooms and a hedge wall, so that from a distance they could see the courtyard at a glance.

At the moment, a woman was sitting on a chair in the courtyard, her stomach high.

Outside the courtyard wall, a man is carrying water to water the vegetables, looking at the woman from time to time.

Grandma Song covers her mouth and Master Song’s eyes are red.

It was good to be alive, it was good that they were alive.

“Song San Xiao ……”

Qi’s tone was not very good, “I’m thirsty, go and get me a glass of water.”

“Coming right up!”

Song San Xiao Gao responded, throwing the ladle into the bucket and quickly went inside, quickly bringing out a glass of water.

Qi Ying took it, took a sip, and his brow furrowed, “It’s too hot.”

“I’ll go and add some cool water.”

Once again, Song San Xiao quickly entered the house and quickly came out again with water.

Qi Ying still took a sip and frowned again, “It’s cold.”

“I’ll go and heat the water again.”

Qi Ying said disgustedly, “Stupid, you don’t know how to get the kettle out, you have to make a trip.”

Song Sanxiao slapped his head and laughed, “My daughter-in-law is still smart, why didn’t I think of that.”

After saying that, he turned around and quickly went into the house, brought out a kettle in each hand, squatted in front of Qi Ying and added some hot water to her.

“Don’t get so close to me.”

“Good.”

Song San Xiao obediently took a step back.

“How are you going to refill my water when you’re so far away?”

“I was wrong.”

Song San Xiao moved forward a tiny bit in acknowledgement of his mistake, without any impatience on his face.

Grandma Song and Elder Song watched from afar.

Looking at the heartfelt smile on their son’s face.

After a long time, the two withdrew their gaze.

“Let’s go.”

Their son was fine and having a good time, and they were relieved.

“It looks like Third Aunt is going to have a baby soon, and I’ll have someone tell you if you’re having a boy or a girl then.”

“No need, as long as we know they are still alive and living well, we will be relieved. As for the others …… since he chose to cut ties with the family in the first place, we don’t have this son anymore.”

……

The flowers blossom and the blossoms die, spring goes and autumn comes.

In the next year, Song Wangyue’s maturity was reached.

All kinds of carriages were parked in front of the Song family’s gate.

The wives of the six ministries, the Shuntian governor’s wife, the wives of the cabinet ministers, and the wives of Song Si’s colleagues in the Hanlin Academy.

Those who were involved came, and those who were not involved came with the idea of being involved.

The Song family could not sit in the house, so some of the lower-ranking ladies were seated in the courtyard.

Even so, no one complained.

Song Wangyue was a proper regent consort, and they had long wanted to be in the same boat.

Inside the house.

Lin Shuang, whose belly was slightly protruding, told Song Wangyue about the situation outside, “So many people have come before the hour, in another hour, I’m afraid the carriages will block the road in front of the gate.”

The family had expected many people to come today, but they did not expect so many.

It was lucky that they had come early, otherwise the carriages would not have been able to pass.

Song Wangyue also did not expect so many people to come.

It was only a maturity ceremony.

According to her intention, she could just get a hairpin and have her mother pin it on.

The family disagreed, and they all came to the capital early.

Meng Jiao smiled and joked, “No way, our regent brother-in-law hasn’t come yet, who dares to block the road?”

Lin Shuang also laughed.

“What are you talking about, so happy?”

Xiao Yao came in carrying a few plates of pastries. On an occasion like today, she should have been outside to greet the guests, but she had just had her happy pulse taken the day before, and her family was afraid she would be tired, so they had specially instructed her to come inside to keep Yue’er company.

Meng Jiao smiled and answered, “What about our Regent’s brother-in-law, I wonder what gifts he will give to my little sister today?”

They could all see how much the Prince Regent cared for his little sister, and the gift he would give her on this special day would be no ordinary gift.

“We’ll find out later, won’t we? Eat your snack first, this is something my little sister has just thought up.”

He said, placing the pastry on the table.

The two of them didn’t feel polite, each picking up a small piece and eating it.

“The Regent has arrived!”

A loud shout rang out.

A host of ladies, whether seated in the courtyard or in the house, rose in unison and came outside to greet them.

Chu Yunxiao slowly stepped into the courtyard.

He was dressed in a brocade robe and a jade belt, and his eyebrows were clear.

Not to mention the ladies, even Song Lin, the old man, had to admit that Chu Yunxiao’s looks were excellent and matched his daughter …… very, very well.

The only thing is, when he thought of the purpose of his visit today, Song Lin’s heart suddenly became uncomfortable.

“Your Majesty, this way please.”

Song Si stepped forward.

Without glancing at him, Chu Yunxiao followed him to the flower hall.

When he disappeared, the ladies exhaled quietly. The Regent was handsome, but his aura could not be ignored.

The time had come for the ceremony to begin.

Song Wan Yue, dressed in a short coat, knelt facing the incense burner, and Xu was about to go up and comb her hair ……

“Mother-in-law, I’ll do it.”

Accompanied by the words, Chu Yunxiao walked over and picked up the comb.

The courtyard was full of silence.

Xu also froze for a moment, opening her mouth to say that it was inappropriate.

Chu Yunxiao had already started to comb her hair, one by one, with gentle movements, as if she was treating some rare treasure.

The words Xu wanted to say were left in her throat.

Although the late emperor had guarded against them at every turn, he had always outwardly favoured them, feeding, clothing and clothing them the best, and even teaching them the best.

Eating meat straight from the hand, he hadn’t even thought of it!

Chu Yunxiao didn’t care about him, he also tore a piece of it with his hands and brought it to his mouth and took a big bite.

The new emperor hadn’t moved yet, so they didn’t dare to eat it.

“You have to eat a whole sheep with your hands to make it more enjoyable.”

Song Wangyue swallowed the lamb in her mouth and gestured to the new emperor to tear a piece as well.

The aroma was overwhelming, plus the two of them ate in big, tempting bites, and the new emperor gulped a little.

Eunuch Zhang, observing the situation, rolled up his sleeves and tried to tear off a piece for the new emperor and put it on the plate, but before his hand touched the lamb, the new emperor stopped him.

He stretched out his hands and gestured to the court to pull up his sleeves.

“Your Majesty ……”

Eunuch Zhang reminded that they couldn’t try it if the emperor tore it directly.

“No hindrance.”

In front of the Regent’s brother and Sister Song, no one dared to poison him.

Eunuch Zhang could only pull the new emperor’s sleeve up.

The new emperor followed Song Wangyue and Chu Yunxiao’s example and tore off a piece of mutton directly and took a bite, the fragrance spread in his mouth, a delicacy he had never enjoyed before.

“Delicious.”

The people in the courtyard, ……

lowered their eyes, not daring to look at the new emperor with oil bubbling at the corners of his mouth.

“You can eat what you want, you don’t have to worry about me.”

The crowd looked at Chu Yunxiao and when they saw him nod, they let go.

Soon, the backyard resumed the bustle from earlier.

Hu Yong took advantage of the crowd’s inattention to rip off a leg of lamb and covered it up as he went out of the backyard and quickly to Master Chu’s courtyard.

The courtyard was silent with no servant girls waiting for him, and Master Chu was sitting in the courtyard, not knowing what he was thinking.

When he heard footsteps, he looked towards the courtyard door.

Hu Yong’s heart jumped as he stepped into the courtyard door and met her gaze. He stopped his steps and stammered, “Miss Chu, Miss Chu, the King asked me to bring you the leg of lamb.”

“Bring it over. ”

Hu Yong’s heart pounded as he took a step in front of Master Chu, his voice trembling, “Miss Song, Miss Song said that it tastes better when torn by hand.”

“I know.”

The moonlight fell on Master Chu’s face, bringing a soft colour to the scars all over her face.

Hu Yong dared not look directly at her, hanging his head low and handing over the leg of lamb with a shaking hand, before turning and walking quickly out of the courtyard without saying a word.

Turning a corner, he leaned his back against a tree and covered his chest, standing for a full quarter of an hour before he returned to the backyard as if he had made up his mind about something.

The new emperor was completely liberated and not only did he gorge himself on meat, he also gulped down wine; tonight was a completely new experience for him.

So much so that he ate to his heart’s content.

“Could the Regent show me around the house?”

To see what the Regent’s House was like, and to take a bite out of it.

“I’ve been tired all day and would like to rest early, Your Majesty would be better off returning to the palace early.”

Chu Yunxiao unceremoniously shooed people away.

He hadn’t had a proper talk with Yue’er for days, and today he had a chance to do so, how could he let the new emperor spoil it!

The new emperor was undeterred, he had come out for once and didn’t want to go back so early, besides, he hadn’t had a good talk with sister Song yet.

“Then let Sister Song accompany me.”

Chu Yunxiao slowly and methodically wiped his hands and looked at him, his gaze calm.

But for some reason, a chill inexplicably ran down the new emperor’s back.

He swallowed quietly, “That …… sister Song is also unavailable, it’s fine to have someone else accompany me.”

“Uncle Hu!”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

Hu Yong answered and with a wave of his hand, dozens of government soldiers entered the backyard, and in just a few moments, the remaining mutton, tables, chairs and stools were cleaned up, even the ashes on the ground were not left at all.

The new emperor, ……

helplessly stood up, “I am going back to the palace.”

“I respectfully send off Your Majesty.”

……

After the new emperor left, Chu Yunxiao took Song Wangyue’s hand and went to the main courtyard.

The subordinates all had the good sense to hide.

The entire royal residence was silent.

“I want to take Grandma to see Third Uncle tomorrow, where exactly are they?”

“Uncle Hu.”

Hu Yong appeared in front of the two and returned, “Third Master Song is at the foot of a hill outside the city, tomorrow my subordinate will take Miss Song there.”

“Thank you, Uncle Hu.”

“Miss Song is very kind.”

After saying the words, he stood without moving.

Chu Yunxiao glanced at him.

Hu Yong clenched his hands and suddenly knelt down, “Your Majesty, my subordinate would like to beg to marry Miss Chu.”

With those words, the air around him went silent for a moment.

The only sound Hu Yong could hear was his own rapid heartbeat.

He had long been in love with Miss Chu, but he knew that he was not good enough for him, so he had always kept this love deep in his heart.

If Miss Chu still looked as clear and beautiful as she did, he still wouldn’t dare to say it to the King.

But Miss Chu’s face was ruined, and he felt that this was a chance given to him by God, and he did not want to miss it.

He would spend the rest of his life treating Miss Chu well.

The breeze brushed by and the courtyard was silent.

Hu Yong’s heart was in his throat.

Chu Yunxiao did not expect Hu Yong to ask for his aunt’s hand in marriage and froze for a moment.

He had kept his aunt in the house because he wanted to raise her for life, but it would be better if she had a home.

Just ……

“I will not make decisions for my aunt, if you want to ask for a marriage, use your own skills to get her to agree.”

Hu Yong raised his head haughtily and met Chu Yunxiao’s gaze, the corners of his mouth unconsciously grinned, “My subordinate understands, thank you, Your Highness.”

“Go, Yue’er and I have a word, don’t let anyone disturb us.”

“Subordinate understands, subordinate ……”

Before the words were finished, the watchman came over quickly, “Your Majesty, Lord Song Si Song is here, saying that it is late and he has come to take Miss Song home.”

No sooner had the words left his mouth than he felt a coldness come over him.

He subconsciously shivered and tried to recall what he had said wrong.

Looking at Chu Yunxiao’s instantly darkened face, Song Wangyue fell on top of him with a smile.

How could she not know what was on Chu Yunxiao’s mind? She had been prepared to accompany him today, but who let him come back late and the new emperor came to dine.

Chu Yunxiao held her upright and gave her a punishing knock on the forehead, then took her hand again and sent her out helplessly.

Since they were engaged, he had spent less time with his little girl instead. Apart from the fact that he had to go into the palace to help with the imperial documents, the Song family watched very closely, and whenever the two of them stayed together for more than a quarter of an hour, someone would find every excuse to interrupt.

But there was nothing he could do, the little girl had not yet reached maturity, even if he wanted to marry her back, he would have to wait until next year.

Outside the royal residence, Song Si stood by the carriage.

Seeing the two of them come out holding hands, he bowed towards Chu Yunxiao, “Your Majesty.”

“Big brother.”

Chu Yunxiao shouted as usual and added, “I will see you back.”

“Don’t bother Your Majesty.”

After saying that, Song Si gestured for Song Wan Yue to get into the carriage.

Song Wangyue obediently did as she was told, waved her hand towards Chu Yunxiao, and nimbly got into the carriage.

Song Si gave another salute before also getting on.

Chu Yunxiao stood at the door, helplessly watching the carriage go away.

At the same time, he also pricked up his ears high, he also wanted to eat Miss Song’s cooking.

Now that Miss Song has just got married to the King, he can still have a bite of her cooking thanks to Master Yao’s light, but when Miss Song becomes the King’s Concubine in the future, he would not dare to eat the dishes made by the King’s Concubine again even if he is beaten to death.

“Good, how about roast whole lamb?”

Hearing the words “roast whole sheep”, not only Master Yao, but also Housekeeper Gu’s eyes lit up. Without waiting for Master Yao to say anything, he hurriedly said, “Yes, I’ll order someone to buy the sheep.”

“There are two thousand people in the house, buying less is not enough to satisfy the craving, buy ten of them, and ask Hu Yong to come over.”

“Yes.”

Butler Gu ran out with the wind at his feet, and in a flash he was gone.

This old man, when he said food, he ran faster than a thief.

Master Yao withdrew his eyes and stopped pounding the medicine, walking to the side to wash his hands.

Song Wan Yue walked to the table at this time, drew a pair of grills and waited for Hu Yong to come over to give them to him, “Make ten pairs just like this, find an open space in the mansion to set them up, and prepare more firewood.”

Hu Yong answered and also ran out.

The people of the house moved quickly, ten sheep were bought and slaughtered, and the grills were set up.

While Song Wangyue moved her mouth, Hu Yong led the men to tie the slaughtered sheep to the grill and light the fire.

The smell soon spread out.

……

In the palace, the new emperor asked Chu Yunxiao to help him with his zhengqi on the pretext that he had to attend classes.

When the time came, Xu Yan packed his things and left the palace, while the new emperor went back to the imperial study.

The new emperor went back to the imperial study. He used to teach in the imperial study, but since he had asked Chu Yunxiao to help him with the imperial documents, the place of instruction had been changed to next door.

Chu Yunxiao’s face was foul.

If he had known that the new emperor had asked him to help him with the imperial documents, he would not have resumed his status as the son of the emperor, and he would not have had to be the regent.

The new emperor walked over and curtly brought a cup of tea to him.

Chu Yunxiao slanted a glance at him, put down his pen, took it, and took a few sips.

Eunuch Zhang bowed in, “Your Majesty, Your Majesty, someone came to report just now that a fragrance was wafting from the Regent’s residence, and the whole street could smell it.”

Thinking of something, Chu Yunxiao put down his tea, got up and walked quickly outside.

After two steps, he remembered that he was still wearing his dragon robe and immediately ordered, “Quickly, change my clothes, I want to go to the Regent’s residence to have a meal.”

Chu Yunxiao rode back to his house.

Before he even entered the house, he smelled the fragrance wafting out, and the corners of his mouth involuntarily rose upwards.

Yue’er was the only one who could make such delicious food.

He had been detained in the palace these days, and had not eaten with Yue’er for several days.

Just this fragrance ……

“Your Majesty, you have returned.”

The watchman came forward with a grin and took the reins; Hu Tau could have said that they would have a share in the whole roast lamb tonight.

“Miss Song is in the backyard.”

Chu Yunxiao didn’t even change his clothes and went straight to the backyard.

The backyard was in full heat.

Dr. Yao, Housekeeper Gu and Auntie were all there.

Hu Yong led the men behind Song Wan Yue, turning the grill at her command.

“The King has returned.”

Hu Yong swallowed the saliva that was about to come out of his mouth.

After more than ten years in the mountains, although there was no shortage of food and drink, he had never eaten anything as delicious as this, and he had long been craving for it.

Chu Yunxiao gave a muffled sound.

“It’s just in time to come back, it will be cooked in a little while.”

Song Wangyue smiled as she sprinkled the condiments.

Sweat permeated her forehead and her sleeves were rolled up a little, revealing her snow-white wrists.

Chu Yunxiao walked over and took the jar of spices from her hand and handed it to Hu Yong, then turned sideways to shield her from everyone’s gaze and lowered her rolled up sleeves, “Is there no one else in the house? You still need to do it yourself.”

Song Wan Yue raised her eyebrows?

Is this a case of being angry at the palace?

It’s true, anyone who is used to being free would not be able to bear being detained in the palace at first.

She stood on tiptoe and kissed his forehead soothingly.

The courtyard fell silent for a moment.

Everyone stood frozen in place as if they had been nudged.

The only sound was the crackling of dry wood burning.

Hu Yong, who was closest to them, had his mouth wide open.

My God!

Miss Song had actually kissed, kissed, kissed the king in front of so many of them!

Chu Yunxiao turned his head to glare fiercely at the dumbfounded crowd.

The crowd instantly covered their eyes in unison.

Even Master Chu was not an exception.

Song Wangyue was crying and laughing, she had just kissed her fiancé, what was the point?

Chu Yunxiao turned back, the knot in his throat twitched, but in the end he resisted the urge to kiss him back.

He took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat from her forehead, and then took her hand and walked to the table where Master Chu was sitting and sat down, tapping his hand on the tabletop.

Master Chu parted the two fingers covering his eyes and let out a slit to see the two of them sitting across from him in a disciplined manner.

Master Chu lowered his hand and asked carefully, “Shall we go elsewhere to eat?”

“No, a roast whole lamb needs to be eaten by a large crowd to be lively.”

When Song Wangyue said this, Chu Yunxiao naturally didn’t say anything to drive people away.

The crowd secretly let out a sigh of relief.

If they had to move to another place, the fire would have to be extinguished, and then the roasted sheep would not taste as good.

“It smells so good.”

The new emperor, who came over a step later, could not help but praise the strong fragrance as soon as he entered the courtyard.

The crowd looked over at the sound.

Apart from Hu Yong and Master Yao, no one else had seen him before.

But the bright yellow robes and the dozen eunuchs following behind were enough to explain his identity.

The crowd was so shocked that they were about to kneel down and salute.

“Don’t salute, I am here to dine today, and there are not so many rules.”

The crowd stopped moving, no longer as casual as they had been earlier.

“Sister Song.”

The new emperor walked over to the table where the two were sitting and sat down, calling out with a smile.

His eyebrows, which bore a slight resemblance to Chu Yunxiao’s, were arched and his demeanour casual.

“Your Majesty is truly blessed with a mouthful, this is the first time I have baked.”

Song Wan Yue was also casual.

“Then I’ll have some more. ”

As she spoke, the corner of her eye swept towards Master Chu, who was standing to the side with his head hanging low.

When he entered the backyard, this woman was sitting with the Regent and Sister Song.

It should be the girl that Imperial Uncle had raised back then.

Noticing his measuring gaze, Master Chu’s head hung even lower.

The new emperor withdrew his gaze and looked towards the roasted whole lamb in a row.

“How long before it’s cooked, I’m hungry.”

Master Chu stepped back silently, she had no blood ties to the new emperor and was not fit to stay here.

Retreating to where no one was looking, she turned and left the backyard.

Hu Yong, who had been keeping an eye on her, took it all in, looking at the nourishing roast whole lamb and thinking that he would have to send a large piece to Miss Chu later.

Naturally, Chu Yunxiao and Song Wangyue also saw it and did not call out to Master Chu.

Master Chu did not have his curtain hat on, and the scars on his face would scare the new emperor.

Moreover, with the new emperor here, Master Chu was afraid that he would not eat well either.

A quarter of an hour later the roast was ready and Hu Yong and one of the government soldiers carried the sheep up.

Song Wangyue tore a piece of mutton with her hands and put it directly into her mouth.

The crowd looked on in amazement.

All the girls who were not married, whether they were from poor or rich families, were envious. The Regent was so powerful, yet he did not have any attitude and promised to treat Song Wan Yue well for the rest of her life.

There are also those who are jealous, who originally thought that they would have a chance to be side concubines when the Regent marries, but hearing the Regent’s promise, they can’t even be concubines.

While there is much talk outside, Song Wan Yue’s room is warm and inviting.

The matchmaker left, followed by the twelve soldiers who came to deliver the marriage proposal, and Chu Yunxiao stayed behind on the pretext that he wanted to eat Song’s grandmother’s cooking.

“From today onwards, I’m going to be the public enemy of all the women in the capital.”

He thought with the soles of his feet about how many women would be jealous of her if word of what happened today got out.

“Public enemy?”

“That is, a common enemy.”

Chu Yunxiao lost his smile and lowered his head to give her a kiss on her forehead, “It’s alright, I’ll help you deal with them.”

“That’s what you said.”

“Well, I said it, regardless of that, and I will remember what I said to grandparents and the others.”

Song Wangyue glared at him.

Chu Yunxiao’s heart softened at the anger and was about to bow his head when a surprised voice came from the courtyard, “Shen’er!”

“Second brother is back.”

Song Wangyue stood up and walked outside.

Chu Yunxiao ground his teeth and followed him out as well.

Song Shen, who had been winded and dusty all his life, couldn’t afford to give his family a chance to speak, striding towards the two of them, his gaze falling on Chu Yunxiao’s face.

On the boat, he had heard Meng Yang talk about what had happened in the capital, and he was so scared that he wanted to grow wings and fly back.

“Second brother.”

Song Wangyue shouted.

Song Shen nodded slightly, his gaze straightening to meet Chu Yunxiao as his fist swung out instantly.

Chu Yunxiao’s body leaned back slightly, dodging.

Song Shen’s other fist also arrived.

He could understand Chu Yunxiao’s desire for revenge, and he knew that Chu Yunxiao had done the right thing. But Chu Yunxiao shouldn’t have dragged his little sister into it, going through so much danger when none of them knew.

These days on the mountain, apart from thinking about how to escape every day, Song Shen also secretly followed the water bandits who practiced martial arts to learn a few moves, and his fists swung with a tiger’s wind, one after the other.

When the Song family came out of the house, Xu opened her mouth to say something, but was stopped by Song Lin. If it weren’t for his inappropriate status, he would have wanted to beat up this brat.

Chu Yunxiao just dodged.

Song Shen was soon panting and glaring at him angrily, “Don’t dodge if you have the guts.”

Chu Yunxiao’s face was not red and he was not panting, “I’m not capable.”

Song Shen’s breath caught in his mouth and he wanted to spray it all over Chu Yunxiao’s face.

To say “incapable” so righteously, shameless!

Chu Yunxiao didn’t care what he thought, he had always been the only one to overpower Song Shen, how could he let Song Shen overpower him?

Not at any time.

Seeing that Song Shen had stopped, Liu Cui Lan hurriedly came forward to pull her son, “What’s wrong? Why did you do something to Xiao’er as soon as he arrived?”

Xiao’er?

The anger Song Shen was filled with suddenly dissipated.

Being a regent and still being able to have his family call him that, it seemed that he hadn’t forgotten his previous affection.

“I’ll spare you for today, but if you dare to neglect Yue’er in the future, see how I’ll fix you up!”

“Second Brother won’t have that chance.”

Song Shen grunted, before turning to the family and calling out to them one by one.

He hadn’t returned home for months, and the family was worried, asking him what was wrong.

When he heard the family ask, Song Shen then glared fiercely at Song Wangyue.

Song Wangyue curtly folded her hands and asked him not to tell the truth.

Naturally, Song Shen knew that, and said in an evasive manner, “I thought that my family’s workshop would not be able to open for a while anyway, so I stayed in Jiangnan for a few more days.”

When he said this, he was afraid that his family would ask again, so he hurriedly changed the subject, “Grandpa, Grandma, Father, Mother, Grandfather Meng has promised to marry Meng Jiao to me, and they have also come to the capital.”

“Excellent.”

Liu Cui Lan instantly forgot about her son who had just returned.

“Mother, sister-in-law, let’s quickly go back to the house to discuss when we will go to propose marriage.”

But Song Si patted Song Shen’s shoulder, “Go and freshen up first, then go to my study, I have something to ask you.”

“That ……”

Song Wangyue spoke sheepishly, “I’m going to see Grandfather Meng and Cousin Meng Jiao.”

After saying that, she hurriedly dragged Chu Yunxiao away.

……

The marriage between Song Shen and Meng Jiao was soon set, and the wedding date was set for the end of the year.

It was one happy event after another for the Song family.

The Song family’s mouths were never closed these days.

However, the capital is no better than home, and Master Song and Grandma Song want to go home.

Liu Cui Lan and Song Shu naturally wanted to go back with them.

As for Song Lin and Xu, they stayed in the capital, they would wait until Xu Cotoneaster was married before going back.

Naturally, Song Wangyue would not follow them either.

Two days before she left, Grandma Song called Song Wan Yue to her house.

“Yue’er, tell grandma, is your third uncle he …… is still alive?”

The third son said he had gone away for a trip, but had not returned so far.

After so many things, Grandma Song would no longer simply think that Song Sanxiao had really gone away.

She only wanted to know if he was still alive.

If he was alive, she would be relieved, if not ……

Grandma Song covered her sore chest.

“Grandma, don’t worry, Third Uncle is still alive.”

Grandma Song’s lips twitched.

It was good to be alive, it was good to be alive.

“They’re just outside the city, I’ll take Grandma and Grandpa to see them tomorrow.”

Grandma Song’s eyes suddenly reddened.

She wanted to say no, she knew it was good that people were alive, but that was after all the son she had grown to love, and she wanted to know if he was doing well.

Choking back a sob, she nodded, “Yes.”

When Song San Xiao was sent away by Chu Yunxiao, Song Wan Yue only knew that she had brought him to the capital, but she really didn’t know where he was.

After pacifying Grandma Song, she went to the Qin Wang Mansion.

To this future mistress, the people in the mansion were all very respectful, especially Housekeeper Gu, who heard the report and ran to Song Wan Yue with the wind at his feet, “Miss Song, you’re here.”

“Has he returned yet?”

“In reply to Miss Song’s words, not yet, please sit in the flower hall first, I will send someone to send a letter to the palace immediately.”

“It’s not an urgent matter, no need, I’ll go and see Master first.”

“Old Yao’s courtyard is this way, Miss Song please.”

Master Yao’s house was piled high with medicinal herbs and was currently pounding them, when he saw Song Wan Yue, he hummed through his nose, “You still know there is a master like me.”

“Look at you, I’m busy these days, that’s why I haven’t come to see you.”

Master Yao hummed again.

Song Wangyue smiled and came up to him, “I’m free today, what would Master like to eat, I’ll go and make it.”

Master Yao’s eyes lit up.

He then put down the pestle and mortar in his hand and absently clapped his hands, “I’m tired of the ones you used to make, make some new dishes for me.”

When she heard that the Duke had just returned from court and said that Xiao’s title had been decided, she couldn’t hold back.

“Wait in peace, grandma will go now.”

The Duke of Ding had his grandmother dress her up and take her to the South City with ten maids and ten servants in the most expensive carriage in the house.

……

The gate of the Song family was open, and Grandma Song was playing with Song Rui in the courtyard, while Liu Cui Lan was washing clothes. Xiao Yao had gone to the shop, Song Si had gone to the Hanlin courtyard, Song Lin and Xu were at the Xu house, and Song Shu had also gone to help in the shop. It was just the three of them in the mansion.

When she heard the noise outside, Grandma Song only glanced outside, but Song Rui ran towards the door with his short legs, and Grandma Song hurriedly followed her.

“In-laws.”

The Duke of Ding’s wife just happened to get off the carriage, just in time to see Grandma Song and shouted out affectionately.

Song Rui knew this maternal great-grandmother and struggled to cross the threshold to go out, tilting her small face, “Maternal great-grandmother.”

Her heart melted at this shout, and with an “ai” she bent down to pick up the little one and walked towards Grandma Song.

As soon as she said “in-laws”, Grandma Song knew what she had come for and smiled as she let her in.

Liu Cui Lan, who was doing the laundry, saw that it was the Duchess of Ding, and got up quickly, wiped her hands on her apron and quickly stepped forward to take Song Rui, “Give it to me, the baby is quite heavy, don’t get tired.”

Although they had become in-laws with the Duke of Ding’s family, Liu Cui Lan and Song Shu were still very restrained when facing the Duke of Ding and his wife, afraid that if they said something wrong, they would annoy the Duke of Ding and his wife and bring trouble to their son.

The Duke of Ding’s wife gave the child to her in passing.

She did miss the child and wanted to hold him more, but she had more important things to do today.

When she entered the room and took her seat, the Duke’s wife opened the door, “My in-laws, I am here today to propose a marriage for my grandson, who was married to Yue’er with a different face, but now that he has regained his appearance, my lord and I feel that the marriage should be renewed.

“Naturally, yes.”

Grandma Song didn’t take Joe either.

The Ding Guofu had already given the Song family a great deal of face by coming to the house in person, so even if Grandma Song had any anger in her heart, it was gone now.

Besides, she also knew that Xiao’er had cheated death in order to protect the Song family.

“I’m going to ask the official matchmaker to come to the house tomorrow to propose the marriage.”

The Duke of Ding’s wife came and left as quickly as she could, going straight to the best official matchmaker and coming to the Song family the next day with great fanfare to propose the marriage.

Song Wangyue had already been betrothed to Prince Regent Chu Yunxiao, but now she had hired a new official matchmaker to come.

The news spread, and half the alley was filled with people who came to see the fun.

It was the hour.

Chu Yunxiao rode in slowly on his horse, followed by twelve soldiers carrying the marriage proposal two by two.

The matchmaker, wearing a large red flower on her head, followed behind with a red face.

She had been a matchmaker all her life, but today was the most spectacular time.

Song Si did not go to the Hanlin courtyard today, wearing a brand new blue robe, standing at the door, waiting for Chu Yunxiao to approach and was about to salute ……

Chu Yunxiao jumped off his horse and called out to the people first, “Big brother.”

Song Si’s salute couldn’t go on.

Suo couldn’t either.

Turning sideways, “Your Majesty, please come inside.”

Chu Yunxiao took the lead and went in, the matchmaker followed closely behind, and the twelve government soldiers carrying the box walked at the end.

The Song family were all present, sitting together in the flower hall, the stance was not like welcoming Chu Yunxiao, but rather like a court meeting.

The matchmaker, who had one foot inside the door, had a sudden surprise in her heart, and the smile on her face froze for a moment, then she put on a professional smile, “Congratulations to the Song family, congratulations to the Song family, congratulations to the Song family. …”

She wanted to say that she had been blessed in three lifetimes, but swallowed back in time.

The Regent was good, but Miss Song was even better than him, not to mention saving the new emperor and the people of the capital, she was more than worthy of the Regent.

“In short, ah, the two of them are a match made in heaven.”

As her words fell, Chu Yunxiao called out to people one by one, “Grandpa, Grandma, Uncle, Auntie, Second Uncle, Second Aunt.”

The attitude was as respectful as it could be.

The matchmaker felt that her eyes had been opened.

The Prince Regent was above all others, but he could put himself in such a low posture. It seemed that he was really in love with Miss Song and would not marry her, as rumours had it.

“Have a seat.”

Master Song slabbed his body straight.

Although Yue’er and Si’er had both said for them to behave as usual, but it was the Regent who had come, so how could he be as casual as usual?

Chu Yunxiao did not sit down, but bowed slightly towards the crowd, solemnly, “Grandfather, grandmother, uncle, aunt, second uncle, second aunt, don’t worry, I will treat little girl well for the rest of my life, and there will only be one mistress in the royal residence.”

“Mm.”

Song Lin nodded his head with little expression.

When Song Yin came to the door to ask for his hand in marriage, he was happy in his heart, because Song Yin promised that he would be wherever Yue’er was, which meant that even after the marriage Yue would not leave their side.

But now it was different, as Chu Yunxiao was the regent and would be living in the capital for a long time, and Yue’er would stay here after her marriage, so from now on, he and his daughter would be hundreds of miles apart.

Thinking of this, he was tempted not to agree to the marriage.

Once again, the matchmaker’s eyes were opened.

If it were any other family, the regent himself would still be fainting with joy when he came to the door to ask for a marriage? Miss Song’s father even had a bit of a black face, was he not satisfied with this son-in-law?

When she thought of this possibility, the matchmaker’s mouth opened slightly and her eyes widened.

Master Song coughed lightly and said once again, “Sit down.”

Chu Yunxiao sat down honestly, his hands resting on his knees in a disciplined manner, looking as if he was ready for a lecture.

The matchmaker’s mouth grew even wider, and after a long time she stammered, “I’ll, I’ll go wait outside.”

She was afraid her eyes would glare out if she didn’t go outside.

As soon as she left, everyone in the room breathed a sigh of relief too, so tense were they for such a formal occasion.

“O Xiao’er, you must do what you say, if you dare to treat Yue’er badly in the future, we won’t be able to spare you.”

Grandma Song spoke up.

“Grandma, don’t worry, I will be good to little girl for the rest of my life.”

“No bullying her.” Song Lin stressed.

“Don’t worry, uncle. I won’t bully her.”

“Nor can I fail her.” Song Shu followed suit with emphasis.

“Second Uncle, don’t worry, I won’t let her down.”

“Let her down in every way.” Liu Cui Lan said

“I know, Second Aunt.”

……

Xiao Yao also wanted to say something, but swallowed her words back when she thought that this was her own cousin.

Outside the door, the matchmaker had listened in awe.

Xu Yan nodded.

The prince pondered for a long time and smiled lightly, “That’s appropriate.”

Xu Yan let out a sigh of relief without a trace.

Once he had this title, even if Xiao’er did not join the court, the officials would not say anything about it.

He saluted, “If Your Highness has nothing to do, I will go back first.”

“Tai Fu take your time.”

Xu Yan walked out of the imperial study.

The prince looked at his back and smiled again.

He was just testing today to see what his brother thought, and sure enough, he did not want to stay in the court.

But then, it was all up to him, who had promised his mother and himself.

Once the tutor goes back to say so, his brother will be relieved.

When I give the order in a few days ……

A mischievous smile surfaced on the prince’s face.

“Zhang Fu.”

Eunuch Zhang stepped forward, “My servant is here.”

“Come with me to see Father.”

“Yes.”

……

The Emperor’s Bedchamber.

Since the Sixth Princess left that day with the Tiger Talisman, the Emperor was quiet for a few days, no longer as hysterical as before.

However, as time passed, the emperor had a bad feeling in his heart when he was unable to hear from the Sixth Princess.

He then shook his head.

Qin’er would not fail to help him, only if he sat in that position would he be able to guarantee Qin’er a sound of glory and prosperity, and it would be impossible for any other person.

Qin’er was also clear that she would help herself, there was a chance that she would be watched and never find the opportunity to leave the city, she would have to be patient and wait.

……

When the prince walked into the courtyard, all the palace staff in the courtyard instantly froze, forgetting to even salute.

They thought that the Crown Prince had placed the Emperor under house arrest and would never visit again for the rest of his life.

Looking at the courtyard of frozen palace staff, they were gathered in twos and threes, without anything in their hands, not as if they were working, but as if they were gathered to chat.

“How dare you! Don’t kneel down yet!”

Eunuch Zhang shouted, and the palace staff reacted and knelt down in panic.

The prince didn’t even give them a look, and while walking in unhurriedly, he ordered, “Father is sick, and you still don’t serve him with such care, so don’t stay.

“Yes.”

The palace was greatly alarmed.

They were about to beg for mercy when Eunuch Zhang waved his hand and a palace staff came in, covering their mouths and dragging the men down.

The prince pushed open the door of the bedchamber.

The emperor was sitting in his chair, glaring at him angrily.

The prince walked in unhurriedly and bowed, “Greetings, Father.”

“What are you doing over here?”

“My son has come to see Father.”

“The cat is crying and pretending to be merciful.”

“Father is wrong, I have come to see Father with all my heart, and by the way, I would like to tell Father that my enthronement ceremony is in five days’ time.”

The emperor’s eyes narrowed and his hand on the armrest tightened, then relaxed, five more days, there was still a chance.

“I wanted my father to witness the ceremony, but unfortunately he was not well and I could not bear to ask him to do so. In addition to telling Father about the enthronement, I have another matter ……”

said the crown prince, taking out the tiger talisman, “Thank you, father, for handing it over to my son.”

“You rebellious son!”

Yelled the emperor, and his hand came up to snatch it.

The prince took a few quick steps back with it, and Eunuch Zhang had already rushed up with a few junior eunuchs and blocked him.

His eyes were red and he tried to push them away, but after all, he had been poisoned and his body was not as strong as before, so he could not push them away.

Seeing him like this, the Crown Prince did not panic and reminded, “Father, it is better not to be so agitated, you must not forget that you have had a stroke before, if you fall ill again, it is not always possible to hire a divine doctor.”

Without the throne, what was the use of living?

Instead of being frightened, the emperor’s eyes turned even redder and he lowered his head, biting fiercely on the neck of Eunuch Zhang who was in the forefront.

Eunuch Zhang let out a miserable cry, and the rest of the palace staff froze for a moment.

The emperor took advantage of this to rush past several people and leapt towards the prince.

Today he would die with this rebellious son.

The Prince took a few quick steps back again and the Emperor’s body landed heavily on the threshold, a fishy sweetness spurted out of his mouth before his eyes rolled back and he passed out from the pain.

“Your Majesty!”

Eunuch Huang pounced over.

The prince looked on coldly.

He would not be a patricidal king, nor would he mistreat his father, but if his father had asked for it, he would make it happen.

……

As the crown prince expected, Xu Yan returned to his house and spoke the crown prince’s words to the old man and Song Wan Yue.

After listening, the old man nodded, “If Xiao’er really gets this title, he will be free from now on.”

“Not necessarily.”

Song Wan Yue was not that optimistic, that day Consort Xiao Xian and the Crown Prince had made it clear that they wanted Chu Yun Xiao to stay in the court and only leave after the Crown Prince’s wedding.

“The Crown Prince might be testing the waters, or trying to use his uncle’s mouth to reassure us that he will never crown Yunxiao as the Promised King.”

Hearing her words of certainty, the old man said, “Are you saying that the crown prince wants to make Xiao’er the regent?”

“Eight or nine times.”

As long as he was the regent, only then would Chu Yunxiao have a place in the hearts of the hundred officials; the crown prince was trying to make amends, and also wanted Chu Yunxiao to help him.

The old gentleman and Xu Yan looked at each other.

If that was really the case, it didn’t have to be a bad thing.

They didn’t want Xiao’er to be the regent because Yue’er said she liked living in the countryside, but in relation to the bigger picture, if Xiao’er became the regent, he would be a great help to the crown prince, and the two of them joining forces might be able to put the Great Qing Kingdom on a peaceful and prosperous path.

……

Five days later, the crown prince ascended the throne.

He was seated on the dragon chair amidst the hail of the civil and military officials.

An imperial decree was then issued.

The Prince of Qin was given a thousand acres of good land, two hundred palace staff, thirty thousand taels of gold and countless curiosities.

When the decree was issued, the court was in an uproar.

Some imperial officials objected, citing a dozen reasons why the son was not suitable to be the regent. The prince listened patiently, but did not accept it, “I am the Son of Heaven, and I can’t go back on my word, if you are not convinced, you can resign and go home.”

At the end of one sentence, all those who objected were silenced.

Their official positions were more important than their opposition to the Shizi being the regent.

The rewards were carried into the Regent’s residence by the handful, taking up two whole treasuries.

It was also a sensation throughout the capital.

Everywhere there was talk of the matter, praising the new Emperor for being truly kind to the Regent.

Chu Yunxiao, however, was sitting in his study at the moment, looking at the list of rewards from the new Emperor.

There were several large pages, all of which were rare and antique items.

Housekeeper Gu was waiting at one side, waiting for orders.

Things that were rewarded by the Emperor were usually treasured.

But Chu Yunxiao put the list on the table and got up to walk out, instructing as he went, “Leave those things like that for now, I’ll go find my grandmother.”

Housekeeper Gu opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but then suddenly thought of something and closed his mouth again.

Chu Yunxiao went to the Ding Guo Gong Mansion, “Please ask Grand Grandmother to help Grand Grandson go to the Song Family to propose a marriage.”

At the same time, the last smallpox patient was completely cured and the quarantine outside the city was removed.

The governor of Shuntian came to the palace to report, “The greatest contributor to this epidemic was not only Miss Song, but also the man she hired, Mr. Yao, who lived there almost until the last person was completely cured, and I think His Majesty should reward such a person.”

This was the first time that the Prince had heard of this person, Mr. Yao.

“The man invited by Miss Song?”

“Yes, it is said that he is from Qingping Prefecture, his family owns a medical school and he met Miss Song by chance. Later, when the plague broke out in the capital, Miss Song sent someone to invite him, and Boss Yao followed him without saying a word.

The crown prince thought for a moment.

“Reward him with ten thousand taels of silver, in addition, you go and ask him what the name of his medical school is, this palace will personally inscribe the name and have the governor of Qingping send it to him personally.”

Hearing the Shuntian governor’s words, Yao the shopkeeper could not believe his ears.

The Yao family’s Renshantang had been in business for several generations and had never been able to flourish, so if with the Crown Prince’s inscription ……

Yao’s boss knelt down in a poof and kowtowed in the direction of the palace, “Many thanks to His Highness the Crown Prince.”

“Outrageous!”

Doctor Yao snorted at him, but the corners of his mouth couldn’t help but turn upwards – with the Crown Prince’s title, Renshantang would soon become the number one pharmacy in the capital, and the two of them would be considered worthy of the Yao family’s ancestors.

The Shuntian governor took a few furtive glances at Dr Yao, who somehow looked familiar, but he couldn’t remember where he had seen him before.

After the Shuntian governor left, Dr Yao handed over ten thousand taels of gold to Yao, “Take this and expand Renshantang when you return, the foundation of the ancestors depends on you.

“No, Brother, the Prince has rewarded us with ten thousand taels of silver, it’s enough.”

“I have no children, what do I need so much money for? Take it all and use what you can, but if you can’t use it, save it in the money bank.”

“Brother, won’t you …… come back with me?”

Yao Daifu waved his hand, “No, I’m not going back, I’m going to rely on having Shizi give me a pension.”

Yao’s lips twitched, even if he didn’t go back for his old age, big brother should have gone back to pay his respects to his father and mother, back then he had been nowhere to be found, and his father and mother hadn’t even been able to close their eyes when they were dying.

The company’s main business is to provide a wide range of products and services to the market. As for my identity, you must not tell anyone to the outside world.”

It was only in the last couple of days that Boss Yao learned that his elder brother had joined the King of Qin’s residence as a doctor, but later, when the King of Qin was in trouble, he had not contacted his family for fear of dragging them down.

But now the dust has settled, hasn’t it?

The man who is in charge of the company’s business is a man of the world, and he is a man of the world.

After seeing off the shopkeeper, Doctor Yao slipped away and went to King Qin’s residence.

The royal residence had already been repaired and was only waiting for a date for the son to move back in.

Just ……

Yao Daifu looked up at the door plaque, which was somewhat inappropriate given the status of the Shizi nowadays.

“Doctor Yao.”

Hu Yong came out of the door, not knowing what to be happy about, the corners of his mouth grinning up to the back of his head.

Dr. Yao withdrew his gaze, looked at him, gave a hint and walked into the house with his hands backwards.

Hu Yong scratched the back of his head, thinking that today’s Dr. Yao was very mysterious, but he didn’t take it to heart, he had to hurry to buy the things that Miss Chu needed.

Walking along the familiar corridor, Dr Yao felt as if he had gone back to the time when he first arrived at the royal residence, when the king had not yet married and Miss Chu was still young, and as she was always ill and rarely went out of the courtyard, there were very few court maids in the residence.

It was the same now, the long corridor was devoid of half a palace servant girl except for the occasional one or two palace soldiers carrying things.

Following the direction he remembered, Doctor Yao went to the courtyard where he had once lived, which was still exactly the same as it had been all those years ago, even the location of the medicine room had not changed.

It was just that when he pushed open the door, it was empty and there was no hint of the fragrance of medicine inside.

“Doctor Yao.”

Gu Butler’s voice came from behind him.

Doctor Yao turned around.

“You old man finally came over, this courtyard of yours was personally watched by me to have it restored, is it still satisfactory?”

“It’s not too bad.”

“Not too bad?”

Butler Gu’s old eyes glared, “Tell me clearly, what do you mean it’s okay? This is clearly the same.”

“I don’t have any medicine left inside.”

Housekeeper Gu choked.

So many years had passed, even if there was still medicine inside, it would have rotted long ago, this old man was clearly looking for a fight.

“Has the House opened fire?”

Housekeeper Gu was not good-natured, “Of course it is firing.”

“I’ll move back in a moment and we’ll have a nice drink tonight.”

Butler Gu subconsciously was about to choke him back, when he raised his eyes and met his gaze, for some reason, his heart sank and he nodded, “Don’t have a drink, let’s have a drink if you want.”

At this moment in the palace, Xu Yan had finished his lecture and was about to pack up his things and leave the palace when the prince called out to him, “Taifu, my palace would like to discuss something with you.”

Xu Yan stopped packing and said respectfully, “Your Majesty, please speak.”

“What title does Taifu think the palace should confer on the Shizi’s brother?”

Xu Yan froze slightly.

In private, he and his grandfather had also discussed this status.

Xiao’er was a son of the royal family, so naturally he would be crowned king, but what kind of king to crown was a difficult matter.

If the title was high, the civil and military officials would not be convinced, as Xiao’er had never been involved in the government.

If the title was lower, it would cause public debate.

“What does the Crown Prince think?”

“My palace would like to have my brother, the Shizi, help with the court affairs together.”

Xu Yan was shocked.

“This palace thought it would be good to make brother Shizi a regent.”

“I don’t think it’s right.”

Xu Yan blurted out.

After saying this, he realised that he had been impulsive, but the words had already been spoken and it was too late to take them back, so he simply continued, “The son has no merit, and I am afraid that the title of regent will not convince the civil and military officials.”

“Who says there is no such thing? Wasn’t his brother promoted to the rank of lieutenant in just a few days at the border? He also led a group of generals to win many battles, that’s merit.”

Xu Yan was silent.

He said, “What the crown prince said is not bad, but that kind of merit is not very great, moreover, Shi Zi has not been exposed to the imperial government, so I think it is not appropriate.”

The burden of being a regent was too heavy, and if he handled the affairs of state well, it was his duty, but if he didn’t, he would be impeached by all officials.

In the future, Xiao’er would be married to Yue’er, he did not want Yue’er to be dragged into this, it was better to have a leisurely official position, not only did he not have to work hard, but also did not lack power.

“Then, according to Tai Fu’s meaning ……”

“I think that the Free King is quite good.”

He had asked Xiao’er privately, and Xiao’er said he did not crave power, and so did Yue’er.