The glow in the Fourth Prince’s eyes had receded and he returned to his regular appearance, “In reply to Father’s words, it is delicious.”
“Oh?”
The Emperor did not stop in his steps, and when he reached the room and sat down, the palace maid immediately brought in tea carefully and placed it on the table beside him, bowing and retreating.
“How is it delicious, tell Father.”
“All are not eaten by my son anymore, there are a few slightly spicy dishes, my son ate two steamed buns and a bowl of rice.”
The Emperor smiled, Consort Xiao Xian and the Fourth Prince bowed their heads, not seeing that his smile didn’t even reach the bottom of his eyes, “When did the Xu House have such a good cook, to the extent that even the dishes from the imperial kitchen in the palace were compared down.”
“It wasn’t the House’s cook, it was Song Wan Yue who made it.”
“Song Wangyue? She can cook?”
Without waiting for the Fourth Prince to answer, he added, “I did ask nonsense, since she can figure out something as rare as hotpot base, she naturally knows how to cook.”
“After dinner, my son even played a game with her and lost badly.”
“Oh?”
The Emperor’s voice lengthened, “She still knows how to play chess?”
The fourth prince nodded, “The teacher said that she and the old man are quite good at chess.”
If it had been anyone else, the Emperor would have thought it was an exaggeration, for Xu Yan to say such a thing, then it must be true.
“Can you still remember the game of chess?”
The Fourth Prince nodded again.
“Repeat the game out, Father, and take a look.”
Consort Xiao Xian ordered someone to set up the board, the Fourth Prince held the black pieces in his left hand and the white pieces in his right, the black pieces moved three pieces first and then moved up step by step.
The emperor looked at it and smiled meaningfully, “Coming up and attacking straight away, it fits that girl’s character, it’s a pity.”
Pity what, he did not say, but Xiao Xianfei heart tightened, but the surface does not show, smiling to change the subject, “I would like to ask a grace from Your Majesty.”
“Say.”
“My concubine would like to wait for the day Yao’er gets married to go and see her off.”
The emperor narrowed his eyes.
Since entering the palace, this was the first time Consort Xiao Xian had requested to leave the palace.
“I have watched Yao’er grow up, and I want to personally see her off, so that I can back her up, and let Song Si know that if he dares to harm Yao’er in the future, this palace will not spare him!”
The emperor suddenly laughed, “Song Si for your niece, but even I refused to give marriage, and how will you bully your niece?”
“By the way, speaking of the Sixth Princess, I came over to ask you to take care of her marriage.”
“I’ll take care of it?”
Consort Xiao Xian was surprised.
“I don’t want to see Consort Shu now, I don’t want to see her at all, I asked the Qintian Supervisor to calculate the date, the sixth day of the waxing moon, so you will be the one to handle it, just tell me what you need.”
Xiao Xianfei got up, “Yes.”
……
The Grand Prince’s residence.
Hearing that the Fourth Prince had gone to the Xu Mansion today, the Grand Prince turned around the house a few times and called for the butler, “Has Zheng Fan found Xu Ling’er?”
The butler bowed, “No news has come from the Shi Zi’s side yet, I don’t think he has found her.”
“Tell him to find her even if he has to dig into the ground.”
……
The second prince had also received the news, but was not as anxious as the eldest prince, his breakthrough was Song Wangyue, as long as he hitched a ride with Song Wangyue, the Xu family was in the bag.
……
October 16th.
The Song family arrived in the capital, followed by Song Shen and Erma, which Song Wan Yue had specifically instructed them to come over and see the world before she arrived.
Song Shen lifted the curtain of the small window and looked out, while Er Ya squeezed over and looked out with her.
Even though it was winter, it was still very busy, with shops lining both sides of the street, hawking and shouting in unison.
Erma didn’t even blink as she watched, and said in a childish voice, “Second brother, the capital is so nice.”
Song Shen also thought that the capital was nice and prosperous everywhere, but when he thought of the dignitaries he couldn’t afford, he didn’t think it was nice anymore, and stroked Erma’s head in an old-fashioned way, “It’s just a bit bigger, but the rest is similar to our Qingping County.”
Erma didn’t know what to be attracted to, her eyes were glued to the past, and she nodded her head not quite in the right way.
The carriage went all the way to the southern city and stopped in front of the pastry shop’s mansion.
Before the crowd could even get off the carriage, they heard the noisy sounds of people, and Erma couldn’t wait to lift the curtain and let out a wow, “So many people!”
The crowd saw it too and were naturally beaming with joy.
Song Wangyue had told the people in the shop early on that her family would be coming over in the next few days, so they should keep an eye out for them. The pastry seller at the entrance saw two carriages parked at the entrance there and hurriedly told Huang Gao.
Huang Gao quickly came out of the shop, took the people inside and instructed them to go to the Xu family to tell Song Wan Yue.
……
The Ministry of the Household, several officials looked at each other, smiled cheekily and walked to Song Si’s table, gossiping like, “Your Excellency, how come I haven’t heard that you’ve placed an appointment?”
When people get married in the capital, the bride-price is usually given after the date is set, so that the woman can prepare the dowry according to the bride-price.
Song Si did not have an official stance and got along with them “very well”, smiling as she replied, “It’s set for the day after tomorrow.”
“The day after tomorrow. ……”
The man who spoke and the rest of the group looked at each other, “Do you need our help, we should be fine that day.”
“Sure.”
Song Si smiled and agreed, “You all know that I don’t have many servants at home, I’m worried that I won’t have anyone to carry the bride’s gift, so I’ll trouble you all, I’ll buy you a drink afterwards.”
“No trouble, no trouble.”
……
The Song family took a day off.
October 18.
The first thing Grandma Song did was to run to the west wing to look at the bridal gifts.
The first thing she did was to go to the west wing to look at the bridal gifts, which had been carried from the Xu family to this house yesterday.
Song Wan Yue saw her movements and followed her over with a smile, standing at the doorway and joking, “Grandma, big brother is the Minister of Household Affairs, so anyone who has eyes would not dare to steal them. ”
The first time I saw this, I opened the lid and looked at it once before closing it again, saying, “I don’t know, this is still the foot of the emperor.
Song Wangyue smiled.
After the meal, Grandma Song urged Song Si to change her clothes, and Xu and Song Lin also came over, bringing over some of the Xu family’s servants.
At the beginning of the hour, the people from the Ministry of Household Affairs who had come to help also arrived, and when they saw the eighteen boxes laid out in the courtyard, several people looked at each other and smiled towards Song Si, “Your Excellency, this is quite a sight for you.”
Usually, only powerful and noble families would have so many boxes for their bridegrooms.
A crisp voice rang out from the side, “Our family’s workshop makes a lot of money every day, so if we hadn’t been in a bit of a hurry, we wouldn’t have had only eighteen lifts.”
A few people looked over and saw a young girl standing in the doorway of the house, looking at them with a smile.
A few people immediately guessed who it was and their hearts jumped, and a quick reactor smiled and said, “You must be Miss Song, I’ve heard a lot about you.”
Song Wangyue nodded with a smile, “I’ve bothered you all to come and help, I’ll let my big brother treat you to a drink some day.”
It was the middle of the hour.
The people carrying the bride price went out, attracting many people to follow them along the way, and when they were about to reach the Xiao residence, one of the people from the Household Department suddenly slipped and stumbled, and the people behind him failed to hold on, and the carrying pole slipped and the box fell to the ground, the lid popped open and the contents were revealed.