Within an hour, word spread through the capital that the Regent had come to the house to propose marriage.
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.”