Chapter 285 Knows My Heart Best

"It's just a small matter of going from the Chang'an Palace to the Song Residence. What can I say or do to him?"

Song Wan'er felt that there was nothing to hide, so she said frankly, "But I think he's really nice, so I invited him to attend my coming-of-age banquet."

"What?" Madam Mu was quite surprised when she heard this. "Who did Wan'er invite?"

Although Song Wan'er always said that she liked the hero and even made a wish in front of her godmother and sister, everyone knew that her heart and eyes were filled with storybooks and she had never thought about getting married so early.

Moreover, most of the people who attend a girl's coming-of-age ceremony are relatives and friends of the family, or people who are interested in marrying into the family and come to see the daughter-in-law.

Today's guests were all arranged by Song Anlan, and Song Wan'er suddenly invited someone on her own initiative, which really surprised Mrs. Mu.

"General Shao Feiyang, we hit it off at last night's banquet. On my way back, he happened to be on the way, so he gave me a ride. I figured since we already knew each other, I might as well invite him to my coming-of-age banquet for a drink. The general is a really straightforward guy and agreed immediately."

Song Wan'er didn't think there was anything wrong with this at all. She and Shao Feiyang really got along well.

After hearing this, Chunzhi's lips curled up unconsciously.

When she first met Shao Feiyang, she felt that this young general was a good match for Wan'er.

Later, after knowing each other for a long time, I learned that the Shao family had a clean and upright family tradition, and that Shao Feiyang was a young and promising man, proud but not arrogant, and was truly a leader among men.

Seeing that Wan'er and Shao Feiyang hit it off right away when they first met was exactly what Chunzhi wanted.

"He agreed as soon as you asked him?" Madam Mu listened and also felt that the two of them were happy. "It's rare for you young people to get along so well."

The Shao family was also a famous loyal minister and general in the court. Seeing that her adopted daughter had reached the age of marriage, Madam Mu had been looking for a man for her. Now that she had met a man with a good family background and good character and appearance, she was naturally happy for her. She just wanted to screen her at the coming-of-age banquet.

"Why can't I agree to this?" Song Wan'er whispered, "I just want him to come to the banquet for a drink, not to do anything big."

Madam Mu knew Wan'er was young and innocent, so she smiled and said, "He just met you, and it's a rare honor for him to come to your coming-of-age party."

"We're all friends."

Song Wan'er devoted herself to the whole box of storybooks.

A total of eight hundred books, enough for her to read for a long time.

Seeing this, Yuzhu handed over the gift she had prepared for Song Wan'er. "This is a little gift from me. It's not worth much money. Wan'er, please don't despise it."

"How could that be." Song Wan'er took the mahogany box handed to her by Yuzhu, opened it, and saw an embroidery. She unfolded it and found that it was also a painting.

It is Song Wan'er's most charming and beautiful look, painted with embroidery, and the embroidery is very lifelike.

If she didn't love Song Wan'er so much and her painting and embroidery skills were not so outstanding, she would never have been able to create such a masterpiece.

"Sister Yuzhu has great skills. Such exquisite embroidery paintings are hard to come by even with a fortune. Sister, you are so thoughtful. I like it so much."

Song Wan'er couldn't let go of the embroidery and raised her hand to hug Yuzhu.

Yuzhu smiled and said, "As long as you like me, then forget it if you don't marry me."

When Chunzhi and others heard this, they couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Yuzhu!" Song Wan'er was teased by Yuzhu and couldn't help stamping her feet and said, "Why are you like this?"

Yuzhu smiled and said, "Then I take back what I said and ask you to say it again."

"I won't say anything more." Song Wan'er really wanted to hug Yuzhu and kiss her twice, but now that she had been interrupted by her, there was no point in saying anything more.

Seeing this, Nian'er came over and slapped Song Wan'er hard on the face.

Song Wan'er was drooling a lot.

This immediately made Song Wan'er happy.

Song Wan'er said, "Nian'er still likes me the most."

Nian'er blinked and kept looking at Song Wan'er.

Chunzhi smiled and said, "With Yuzhu and Yanran Zhuyu in front of me, it's hard to take out the things I prepared."

Song Wan'er became even happier when she heard this, "Sister also prepared a gift for me?"

"Knowing you enjoy studying medicine and poisons, I've collected some rare books." Chunzhi took the wooden box from Cui'er and handed it to Song Wan'er. "They're not as good as Yanran's eight hundred books, nor are they as good as Yuzhu's needlework, which was all handmade. Take them and play with them."

Song Wan'er took the wooden box handed to her by Chunzhi, opened it and saw three tattered medical books and poison books lying inside.

It is obvious at first glance that it is an extremely precious and unique copy.

"Sister, you understand my heart best." Song Wan'er held the wooden box in one hand and held Chunzhi's hand with the other. She was so happy that she didn't know what to say.

Chunzhi had been busy traveling in Xizhou and had just returned to the capital for a few days, yet someone prepared such a thoughtful gift for her.

It was obvious that they were not brought in at the last minute to make up the numbers; they had clearly been prepared a long time ago.

Song Wan'er likes to study the art of medicine and poison, but her brother actually doesn't like it. Song Anlan thinks such things are too dangerous, and he doesn't like Wan'er to do dangerous things.

Song Wan'er knew that her brother was doing this for her own good, so she only did these things secretly.

Moreover, the last time she used poison to knock down Jiang San, she felt even more that it would be great to know some medical and poison techniques, so that she could protect herself at critical moments.

But my brother cannot know this.

Song Wan'er thought so and hid the wooden box under her pillow. Then she told Jin Shu, Luo Shang and the others, "No one wants to tell my brother. Remember that?"

The servants said helplessly, "We'll remember this."

Seeing this, Madam Mu said softly, "Okay, hurry up and get dressed."

Song Wan'er told the maid to put away the storybook and embroidery, and then she was surrounded by everyone and sat in front of the bronze mirror to dress up.

Hundreds of flowers are in full bloom in the garden, and the girl from the Song family is the most beautiful one today.

Mrs. Mu helped to arrange all matters.

Chunzhi, Huo Yanran and others sat in Song Wan'er's room. The maids made tea and brought cakes over. They enjoyed the spring scenery in the courtyard and watched the beauty dressing up.

And at this moment, the palace.

Today is the grand court meeting.

The emperor sat in the Golden Palace and discussed state affairs with his officials.

This was the first time that Prince Chang'an Huo Zheng attended court after returning to the capital from Xizhou.

Yesterday, the emperor issued an edict to confer the title of King of Xizhou on Prince Chang'an, ordering him to leave the capital to assume his fiefdom within ten days. The news had spread throughout the capital, and all the civil and military officials in the court knew about it. Seeing Huo Zheng standing in the council hall with a calm expression, watching the emperor reward those who had made contributions to Xizhou, they couldn't help but have their own thoughts.

A prince who made great contributions but lost the emperor's favor because he refused to abandon his wife, after going to Xizhou, will he have the chance to return to the capital in this life?

The eyes of all the ministers in the Golden Palace fell on Huo Zheng, either explicitly or implicitly.

Huo Zheng was used to it and dealt with it calmly.

All those who made contributions in Xizhou this time were rewarded according to their merits.

Shao Feiyang was promoted from a fifth-rank general to a fourth-rank general, three levels in a row.

Jiang Hao was a great hero who killed the rebel leader and led tens of thousands of rebels to surrender to the imperial court. Before the emperor awarded the reward, he specifically mentioned Huo Zheng's name and asked, "Prince Chang'an, what reward do you think Jiang Hao should receive for his contribution?"