Hearing him addressed, Xu Cotoneaster raised his elbow and abducted him, taking advantage of Zhu Wen’s painful retreat to step forward, “Cousin, when did you come back?”
“It’s been more than two hours, I went to the South City first.”
Xu Cotoneaster intuited that she had gone to South City because she had something to do, and was very distressed, “Tired, aren’t you? Go in first ……”
“Hey, cousin ……”
Meng Jiao who was ignored was reluctant, back then Xu Yan went out to look for Xu Qingwan and had lived in Jinling for a period of time, Meng Jiao and Xu Cotoneaster were well acquainted, “You’re going too far, can’t you see that I’m such a big person?”
Xu Cotoneaster really didn’t see it, he only had Song Wangyue in his eyes, but he couldn’t say it outright, so he added in a good-natured way, “Cousin Meng Jiao, you’ve had a hard journey, go inside and rest.”
“That’s more like it.”
The three of them turned around and walked inside, Zhu Wen was also not in pain and immediately followed, ever since he had played chess with Song Wan Yue last time, he had been thinking about it, thinking about when he would play a game with her again, so these days the capital and Xu Cotoneaster came to the Xu family to dine, so that when Song Wan Yue came he would not look abrupt when he came over.
“Miss Song ……”
Just as the words left his mouth, he was covered by Xu Cotoneaster.
Xu Cotoneaster knew his intentions, if it was on a normal day, it would be fine for him to stand by and let the two play a game, but today Yue had just returned and had not yet rested.
“You guys go to great-grandfather’s first, we’ll go back and do our homework.”
“Uhhhhhhh ……”
Zhu Wen tried to say something, but was covered tighter by Xu Cotoneaster, and watched the two walk away before being released.
Zhu Wen glared angrily at Xu Cotoneaster, but Xu Cotoneaster walked towards his courtyard as if he didn’t see it, saying coolly as he went, “Go back if you don’t want to do your homework.”
After coming so many times to see Song Wan Yue, he was not going back. Zhu Wen glared at his back for a moment and followed him quickly.
After sending Meng Jiao to Meng’s side, Song Wan Yue didn’t go anywhere and went back to her courtyard to rest. When it was time for dinner, Xu Liang came over and called out to her, saying with a smile, “Lord Zhu has come over to visit, saying that he heard that Old Master had returned as soon as he left the courthouse, so he came over without even returning home.
Song Wan Yue was in tears, she had never seen such an obsession with chess before.
Xu Liang also knew Lord Zhu’s intention, and he couldn’t help but laugh along with him, he just saw that the old gentleman also looked helpless, if it wasn’t for Lord Zhu’s help when Miss Sun went to the capital to sue the imperial government, the old gentleman would have ordered the people to be thrown out.
The first time I heard the news that my father had come over, I urged Xu Cotoneaster to let the servants set the meal quickly, he had to eat quickly, so he could go and see the chess player after eating.
Xu Cotoneaster read his mind and deliberately did not hurry, slowly putting his things away and washing his hands before ordering the meal to be served.
Zhu Wen ate quickly, finishing his meal in half the usual time. Seeing that Xu Cotoneaster was still eating, he snatched the chopsticks out of his hand and put them on the table, “It’s easy to gain weight by eating too much at night.
“I’m not full yet.”
Xu Cotoneaster picked up his chopsticks again and slowly continued to eat, and when Zhu Wen came over to grab his chopsticks again, he coolly threatened, “If you grab them again, you won’t have to eat at my house in the future.”
Zhu Wen was threatened and waited anxiously and helplessly for him to finish eating. When he put down his chopsticks, he yanked him up, “Go, go.”
When the two arrived, Zhu Zhihong was already playing with Song Wangyue. Zhu Wen let go of Xu Cotoneaster and didn’t even have time to give the old man a salute, standing behind his own father, watching with rapt attention.
Today, Song Wangyue had given Zhu Zhihong a little face, and only when she had played the fiftieth piece did she win against him.
Zhu Zhihong was still playing, and Zhu Wen was watching in awe. But Zhu Zhihong was more sensible than his own son and knew that it was wrong for them to disturb the old man just after his return.
Zhu Wen wanted to say something, but he pulled him away directly.
After getting on the carriage, Zhu Zhihong stroked his beard, recalling the chess game he had just played, Zhu Wen made the same move, but he didn’t have a beard, he just rubbed his chin, “Father, you said that Miss Song had reached the peak of her chess skills at a young age, how did she do it?”
Zhu Zhihong was thinking about it, when he was interrupted by his words, he said with no good humour, “Naturally, it is the result of diligent and hard practice, unlike you, you don’t pay attention to anything you learn, you are three years older than other Miss Song, but your chess skills are not even 30% of theirs.”
Zhu Wen, ……
He was tempted to remind his father that you were not much older than Miss Song, and your chess skills were almost only 30% of hers.
But he did not dare to say this, he could only stay away from his own father and also shut his mouth.
After they left, Song Wan Yue played another game with the old gentleman before returning to her courtyard. Meng Jiao had come long ago, washed up and climbed into bed to talk to her.
……
The next day, the Duke of Ding’s wife went to the entrance of the palace to hand in the sign, and soon the sisters in charge of Kunli Palace came out to welcome her personally.
The Duchess of Tingguo asked her maid to give the soap to the palace staff at the palace gate for inspection, while talking to the Sister and waiting.
The palace people had already experienced the soap that the second prince brought into the palace yesterday and were not surprised to see that it was soap today, so they checked it and let it go.
The Sister in charge smiled as she led the way, “Her Majesty is very happy to hear that you are here.”
The Lady of the Ding Country suppressed the bitterness that filled her belly and asked with a smile, “Is the Queen’s health well?”
“It has completely healed, my appetite has increased quite a bit, and all the flesh that fell off has grown back.”
“That’s good, that’s good.”
When she saw her mother, she didn’t wait for her to curtsy before she quickly went over to help her, and then took the arm of the Duchess of Determination, as if she had been at home with her mother when she was not married, “I was thinking that if Mother didn’t come to see me again, I would have someone go and invite you.”
Hearing that she sounded cheerful and looked well, the Duke of Ding’s wife put her heart at ease, “Knowing that you miss me, I have come to the palace to see you, and I have also brought you something nice, come in later and take a look, you are guaranteed to like it.”
When mother and daughter entered the house, Consort Xian helped her to sit on the soft collapse and sat herself opposite her, personally poured tea for her, and then asked with a smile, “What good things did mother bring?”
The court lady brought up the soap and placed it on the table, and withdrew.
“This is fragrant soap, Yue’er shipped it back from Jiangnan, it’s good for washing hands and face and bathing, not only is it silky and delicate, it also leaves a lingering fragrance.”
The fragrance wafted out, she put it on the end of her nose and smelled it, “It’s really good.”
“It is indeed good, so I brought some more over, you can share it in the palace.”
The concubines in the palace appeared to be harmonious, but in reality they were all fighting with each other and had all kinds of intentions. Her mother also knew that she would never ask her to share things with others, lest she be set up, but today she said so ……
The first thing that happened was that the court had to send all the concubines away, “Mother, is there something that I need to do?”