The words “family” froze the second prince and he looked straight at Song Wangyue, but his heart was beating like a drum.
Song Wangyue meant that the Ding Guoguo House was also willing to submit to him?
“You, what do you mean?”
Song Wan Yue blinked, “It means literally, there is no deep hatred between Concubine Rou and Concubine Xian, isn’t it right to go around?”
Yes, that’s right!
It took a lifetime of self-control for the Second Prince not to let himself lose his temper in front of the two, he had never dreamed that he would be surprised like this.
Concubine Xian was in favour, especially after the loss of her child, and the emperor had been responsive to her. If she was willing to befriend her mother and hold the harem, the throne would not be far from him.
He pressed and pressed, but he could barely suppress his unsteady heartbeat and nodded, “You are right, we are indeed family. I’ll send a message to Consort Xian, and I’ll be in the palace in a few minutes.”
“Thank you, Your Highness, there is still a lot of soap outside, please send someone with me to bring some over.”
The Second Prince nodded and ordered someone to send them out, and just as the two left, he rose to his feet with a big stride and went back to the study.
Several of his staff were still waiting there, and seeing his face full of joy, they looked at each other, and one of them asked, “What is Your Highness so jubilant about?”
Not bothering to sit down, the Second Prince said what Song Wangyue had just said word for word. After hearing this, the staff members were also overjoyed and bowed in unison, “Congratulations, Your Highness, congratulations, Your Highness, you have gained another great help.”
This help was too important, although the Ding Guo Gongfu might not seem as prosperous as it was more than ten years ago, its heritage was still there, and it could certainly be of great use at critical times.
“It’s not too late, I’ll go into the palace to find my mother consort right away, and you guys spread the word about the soap.”
Speaking of which, the second prince slapped his head, he gave pleasure to forget, and immediately had his attendants go and bring over the scented soap, demonstrating its use, and the staff, seeing it for the first time, praised it as a good thing.
The second prince did not care to listen to their praise, so he took a few different scented ones and hurried into the palace.
On the other side, Song Si and Song Wan Yue returned to the carriage and exhaled a long breath at the same time.
Consort Soft was as her name suggested – soft in looks and temper, she was always gentle with everyone. But how could someone who could raise the Second Prince be as she appeared to be?
Because of the loss of her child, the emperor was now obedient to her and kept her close to whatever goodies she had, which had already caused discontent among the other concubines in the palace, and with Concubine Soft, she would be able to keep some unnecessary trouble away and would no longer be so noticeable.
“I hope we haven’t done anything wrong.”
Song Si murmured, he didn’t know if this was the right step to take, the fourth prince was still too young to compete for the throne, and he didn’t know how long he could cope with the second prince, in case ……
“Of course we didn’t do anything wrong, don’t worry second brother, we’ll be fine.”
Song Si did not know where Song Wangyue got such confidence, the man on the dragon chair if one day really changed, it was okay if it was the second prince, if not the second prince, he did not even dare to think about going down.
Now was not the time to tell him about Chu Yunxiao’s identity, Song Wangyue did not say more, and when they reached the entrance of the Ding Guo Gong Mansion, the two of them got off the carriage.
The watchman shouted for the aunt to come forward.
Song Si asked him to bring down the box holding the soap.
The Duke of Ding came back from court to change into his official clothes and was washing his hands when he heard the subordinate report and asked someone to bring them to the main courtyard.
As she handed him a handkerchief to wipe his hands, Lady Dingguo said, “Now that Miss Yue is back, Yao’er will be able to suffer less.”
Duke Ding dried his hands and put the handkerchief on the tray, “What you said is true, Yue yatou is highly skilled in medicine, curing pregnancy vomiting should not be a difficult task.”
When it comes to her granddaughter, both of them show their concern. They have never seen pregnancy vomit so badly, even if they drink a mouthful of water, they have to throw up, and they are so thin that they are turning into a bone.
The curtain was lifted and Song Si and Song Wan Yue came straight in.
“Grandfather, grandmother.”
“Your Highness, Old Lady.”
The Duke and his wife laughed in response, and the Lady of the State was even more direct in reaching out and pulling Song Wangyue over, taking a closer look, “Taller and better looking.”
“The water and soil in Jiangnan nurtures people, if I go there again in a couple of years, I will bring my sister-in-law and you with me.”
The Duke of Ding’s wife smiled, “That’s good, I’ll go out and see it too.”
“Sit down and talk.”
Everyone took their seats and when the maid finished serving tea, Song Si instructed the servants to bring in the soap, “This is the soap Yue’er brought back from Jiangnan, it’s very good.”
The first time the Duke of Ding’s wife heard the name soap, she was very surprised, she picked up a box and opened it, smelling the faint fragrance, before she knew what it was for, she already praised it, “It’s really good.”
“It is indeed a good thing.”
Song Wangyue smiled and answered, telling the usage of the soap, “I brought back a lot, the rest were put in the shop and sold, only one box was left, all the way here there were only thirty pieces left, good thing another boat is already on the way, when it arrives I will ask big brother to send some over.”
“These will be enough.”
How much can you use for washing your face and hands and bathing?
“The people in the house naturally have enough, and I thought I’d ask you to send some to Queen Consort Xian in the palace, so she’d like it.”
In order to avoid suspicion, they rarely sent anything to Concubine Xian, so as not to cause any trouble for their daughter.
“Since it is Yue’er’s kindness, tomorrow you will hand in a sign to make a trip to the palace, just in time to see Consort Xian.”
The Duchess of Ding smiled and agreed, she hadn’t seen her daughter for several months again and missed her too.
Song Wan Yue looked at Song Si, who understood, “Grandfather, I encountered something at the court today and would like to ask you for advice on how to solve it.”
This was a big deal, and Duke Ding immediately got up and took him to the study.
On the other hand, the second prince entered the palace and met Concubine Zo.
Consort Soft was surprised, the Second Prince had just come the day before, and today he came again, so frequently that it would attract the Emperor’s attention.
“Is there something wrong?”
“My son went on an errand today, and when I passed by a shop I saw people rushing to buy the things inside as if they didn’t want money, so my son also had someone go and buy some, and I specially sent them to Mother Consort.”
Consort Zuo raised her eyebrows.
What good things could there be in the palace that would need to be bought from outside and sent in? But looking at her son’s smiling face, she asked with a smile, “What good things.”
“Scented soap.”
In reply, the Second Prince took the box from the palace maid and opened it one by one and laid it on the table.
The name was not even heard of by Consort Zuo, who was very curious to pick up a piece and look at it carefully, the faint smell was very nice, but did not see what it was for.
The Second Prince had already asked the palace maid to fetch water and instructed Consort Zuo to put her hands in the water.
The second prince told her to put on the soap again.
After washing, it was smooth and delicate, and her hands still had a faint fragrance. Consort Soft was delighted, “It’s really good.”