Zhou Qiongyue was happy that Yuan Bohua was so kind. "Don't worry about it. I've asked Gu Le to prepare everything. Just ask them to load the carriage and we'll leave."

Yuan Bohua was not a person who would spoil the fun. Since the princess had prepared everything, of course he would satisfy her. "Let's go!"

So Zhou Qiongyue, Yuan Bohua, Yuan Chaokang and their family of three took a carriage and went straight to the Cheng'en Marquis Mansion.

When the three of them arrived, Lady Jin, the wife of the Marquis of Cheng'en, was instructing the attendants about what to eat for lunch. A servant came in hurriedly to announce, "Prince Fu'an, his wife, and Prince Yi are here."

Jin could only instruct the people around her to add a few more dishes that the prince, princess and duke liked, and then hurriedly took her people out to welcome them.

If her daughter and grandson had returned, Jin Shi could have chosen not to go out to greet them. But since her son-in-law was a prince, and the marquis was not at home when he arrived, Jin Shi naturally had to go out to greet him.

Jin received the person at the second gate. She smiled and walked forward to greet him. Zhou Qiongyue and the other two consciously avoided him.

Zhou Qiongyue stepped forward and took her mother Jin's arm as usual, saying coquettishly, "Mom, there's no need to be so formal. The three of us are just here to have lunch."

Yuan Bohua also quickly echoed Zhou Qiongyue's words, "Yue'er is right, mother, there's no need to be so formal. We just strolled to the Cheng'en Marquis Mansion and stopped by for lunch."

Yuan Chaokang said more casually, "Grandma, I'm here to eat again."

"Okay, I'm happy that you're here." Jin's attitude towards her son-in-law and nephew was much warmer than her attitude towards her daughter.

One of them didn't come often, and the other was a generation apart, so Zhou Qiongyue was naturally put behind her mother.

Jin warmly invited Yuan Bohua and Yuan Chaokang to go inside. Zhou Qiongyue didn't care. She just held her mother's arm tightly and refused to let go.

Yuan Bohua hadn't seen such a scene for several years. When he saw it again, his eyes were still full of smiles.

When Jin received the news, she sent someone to find the Marquis and asked him to ask for leave and come back if he was not busy.

When the Jin family arrived at the main courtyard, Zhou Yirong was already waiting at the gate. Although Zhou Yirong was only thirteen years old, he was the only male in the mansion who was free.

Zhou Yirong calmly stepped forward and saluted Zhou Qiongyue and the other two. Zhou Qiongyue looked at her nephew, and for a moment she saw the shadow of her elder brother in him.

Zhou Qiongyue couldn't help but sigh in her heart, "She is indeed a child who grew up beside her elder brother. Even at such a young age, she already has the shadow of her elder brother."

Yuan Bohua personally helped Zhou Yirong up. He reached out and took out a jade pendant from his waist and placed it directly in Zhou Yirong's hand. "Take it and play with it!"

Zhou Yirong accepted it generously and thanked him generously.

Just based on this one action, Zhou Qiongyue and the other two had a good impression of this nephew.

Yuan Chaokang took the initiative to step forward and called out "cousin!", which immediately confused Zhou Yirong. Logically, this cousin from his aunt's family should call him cousin, but this cousin was a prince! He was just a scholar.

Everyone present laughed.

Yuan Chaokang had a good first impression of his cousin. He walked up to Zhou Yirong, put his arm around his shoulders, and took him to the side.

Yuan Chaokang took the initiative to bring up a few topics about Quanzhou, and the two became familiar with each other after chatting for a short while.

Yuan Chaokang was very satisfied with this. Is there anyone else he couldn't win over?

By the time they had lunch, Yuan Chaokang and Zhou Yirong had become good friends.

Today, Marquis Cheng'en was busy, so he sent a message back, saying, "Wait for him to come back in the evening for a drink."

So after Zhou Qiongyue and the others had lunch together, Yuan Bohua took Yuan Chaokang, Zhou Yirong and five-year-old Zhou Yide out to play.

As for Zhou Yiyan, who was also five years old and the eldest son of the fifth brother Zhou Zhiquan, Yu held him tightly throughout the whole process and Yuan Bohua would not take the initiative to offend others.

Once the men left, only the women were left in the room. Zhou Qiongyue took the initiative to sit next to her eldest sister-in-law. The two hadn't seen each other for several years and had a lot to talk about.

Women’s friendship, even if you haven’t been in touch for a long time, you can chat about this and that and it feels like you can quickly reconnect.

Fifth Madam Yu looked at her mother-in-law who was smiling the whole time, while her sister-in-law was only whispering with her eldest sister-in-law, and she couldn't get a word in at all. She felt quite unbalanced.

But she couldn't afford to offend the three people present, so she could only hold her son's hand tightly.

After chatting for a long time, Zhou Qiongyue finally got to the point, "In a few days, the prince and I are going to live in the manor for two months. I want Rong Ge'er to come with us, but it depends on whether my sister-in-law is willing to let him go.

Chang'er and Kang'er are going too."

When Zhou Qiongyue said this, her face looked quite tense, and Cheng immediately realized that it might not be that simple.

Since it was about her son, Cheng was definitely cautious, so she moved the food from her side to her sister-in-law.

Zhou Qiongyue understood immediately, and went over to tell her sister-in-law Cheng about her plan in detail, and let her sister-in-law make her own choice.

To Zhou Qiongyue's surprise, her sister-in-law Cheng immediately agreed as soon as she finished her explanation.

Only Zhou Qiongyue was left with a look of surprise, "Sister-in-law, don't think about it for a few days. Anyway, it's still a few days before the prince and I set off!"

Zhou Qiongyue was genuinely surprised. In a world where smallpox was considered a stigma, she was talking about vaccinating her child against cowpox, claiming vaccination would protect against smallpox. She felt that even if she told her mother, Jin, she wouldn't be as straightforward as her sister-in-law.

"I believe in you, little sister. No matter what the consequences are, your elder brother and I will not blame you." Jin Chengshi was not an ungrateful person. Her sister-in-law was taking a huge risk by mentioning this to her.

Besides, my sister-in-law has always been reliable. Since she dared to give seeds to Chang'er and Kang'er, it should be a sure thing.

Even if there are some unexpected events, Cheng is willing to take the risk. After all, if it really succeeds, she will be much more relieved in the future.

If De Ge'er wasn't still young, she would have wanted to pack up De Ge'er and send him over as well.

"If you're relieved, let Rong go with us on the day we leave the city! But whether you're willing or not, just keep it a secret for me. You can talk to my eldest brother and father privately."

Zhou Qiongyue still gave her sister-in-law time to hesitate. After all, this was indeed a big deal.

Zhou Qiongyue had no intention of announcing this yet. After all, their palace was already impressive enough, and didn't need any major achievements. She planned to benefit her family first, and the rest would wait for the right time!

Yu was very curious about what her sister-in-law and elder sister-in-law were talking about, but she could tell from just a few words that it was definitely not a good thing.

In any case, Yu would never let her sister-in-law touch her son. She was not the kind of sister-in-law who would use her son to please her sister-in-law.