Chapter 164 Father Meng Enters the Capital

In July, it rains frequently, bringing a touch of coolness to the earth.

Su Mansion, main hall.

Su's father set up a lounge chair on one side.

At this moment, he was holding Su Chuyao in his arms, leaning on the back of a chair, smiling and playing with his grandson.

Upper left.

Su Yuan glanced at the messy look on her daughter's face, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and said in a casual tone:

"Did Daddy dress Luo Luo like this? Look, except for the mouth, everything is covered with gold, silver and jade. Isn't it a bit too exaggerated?"

Father Su lowered his head and turned her around to face him. He glanced at his eldest granddaughter and shook his head.

"I don't think it's an exaggeration. Look at how pretty my eldest granddaughter is. She has all the good qualities of you and Nan Chu. When she grows up, she will win the hearts of many young men!"

Tsk tsk!

Looking at those watery almond eyes, twinkling with joy, it makes the grandfather's heart melt.

Su Yuan shook his head and did not argue with him. He turned to look at Meng Yunlan who was sitting below him and asked:

"Yun Lan, Yun Qiao and the others will be arriving in the capital in the next two days. I heard that my father-in-law will also come to see you. Have you prepared everything for the guest house?"

Meng Yunlan nodded slightly, the corners of his mouth raised more and more, and he smiled faintly:

"It's ready, don't worry, my wife."

After saying that, he turned his head to look at the sky outside, lowered his eyes, pursed his lips and said:

"Although I just received a letter a few days ago saying that we will arrive in the capital in five days, the journey is long and I have a male family member accompanying me, so I can't estimate exactly when we will arrive in the capital."

Su Yuan took a sip of the Longjing tea at hand, then slowly put down the teacup and sighed:

"Alas! I have sent servants to wait at the city gate these days. Also, I gave Yun Qiao the address in my last communication. I believe she will be able to find it easily."

Lower left.

Nan Chu and Song Yuezhong were sitting next to each other. When he heard them sighing, he didn't join in. Instead, he picked up a piece of sweet-skin duck with chopsticks and put it into his mouth.

Nan Chu's eyes lit up, and he raised his chin slightly and gestured to Song Yuezhong, who was chewing pastries expressionlessly, saying:

"Yue Chong, the sweet-skinned duck at Ruyi Zhai is a must-try. It's sweet on the outside and fragrant on the inside. I haven't eaten it for several days. Now it's delicious again. You should try it."

After listening to this, Song Yue picked up a piece of duck meat and put it into his mouth.

The cold expression on his face eased slightly, he nodded, and said in a cold voice:

"good."

Without saying anything else, he served himself a small bowl of Polygonum multiflorum chicken soup, skimmed off the floating oil with graceful movements, and then brought it to his lips to take a sip.

Nan Chu saw that he was drinking so happily, so he also filled a bowl and took a few sips. Then he looked at Meng Yunlan who was talking to Su Yuan across from him, blinked and said:

"Brother Meng, would you like a bowl?"

Meng Yunlan raised her eyes slightly, glanced at the two men who were enjoying their meal, and shook her head:

"No need. We just had breakfast not long ago. You two should drink more to replenish your body. Especially since Yue Zhong is pregnant, it is reasonable for her to eat more meals."

Nan Chu nodded.

He hasn't spoken yet!

There was a sound of hurried footsteps outside the door. Hearing the sound, everyone in the room looked outside.

From a distance, I saw a man and a woman walking in quickly behind the doorman.

After seeing the two people's appearance clearly.

Everyone in the room stood up. Meng Yunlan, who was sitting at the lower right, was particularly excited to see his father and sister coming from afar.

Mr. Ruyu, who is always dignified on weekdays.

There is no time to be polite right now.

Meng Yunlan stood up from the chair with a "swoosh", lifted the hem of his robe and ran quickly to Meng's father, timidly reaching out to hold Meng's father's arms.

His eyes were covered with a thin layer of mist, his shoulders trembled, and he let out a low, suppressed sob:

"Woo, Daddy——"

"You, I finally see you!"

A hint of excitement surged on Mr. Meng's weather-beaten face. He looked at Meng Yunlan carefully, and his eyes were slightly moist.

He turned his head and used one free hand to quietly wipe it off.

Then he turned his head and looked straight at his son, smiling with the corners of his mouth raised to the maximum arc:

"Silly child, why are you crying when your father is here?"

After saying that, he put his hands on the man's shoulders, turned him around, looked him over, and sighed:

"I'm glad to see that you're okay. You don't know that Daddy has been having nightmares every night since the past few months, dreaming that my son has met with an accident."

"I was so worried that I couldn't eat all day. Your mother was very worried. Yun Qiao was summoned to the capital, so she asked me to come with her to see you. Now that I have seen you, I can finally put my worry at ease."

Here, the father and son reunited and shared their true feelings with each other.

On the other side, Meng Yunqiao pounced on his friend like a hungry wolf when he saw him.

After the two separated.

Su Yuan walked to Father Meng's side, bowed politely to him as a junior, and said with a smile:

"Meet my father-in-law."

"Father-in-law has had a hard journey. Now that you are in the mansion, why don't you go into the main hall and have some hot tea and reminisce with Yunlan?"

On the side.

Hearing this, Father Meng turned his head and glanced at Su Yuan, then a satisfied smile appeared on the corner of his mouth and he nodded:

"Okay, I'll go in right away."

He held his son's hand and walked towards Su's father who was standing behind with the child in his arms. He sat down with a smile on his face and greeted people.

Behind.

Su Yuan smiled faintly, then reached out a hand and patted his friend's shoulder, saying:

"Let's go!"

She walked to the top seat and sat down, her eyes swept over the people sitting in the room, raised her hand slightly to call Su Qinger who was standing at the door, and instructed:

"Go to Ruyi Zhai and order some good wine and food."

Su Qing nodded slightly, said "yes" and turned around and strode out of the main house.

Next.

Meng Yunqiao sat close to her hand in order to chat with his friend. Hearing this, she sighed and shook her head:

"We are not strangers, why should we go to the restaurant to order food? We can just ask the kitchen in the mansion to cook a table of food for us."

Su Yuan shook his head and explained:

"It's already noon, and the kitchen in the mansion is out of ingredients. Also, you and your father-in-law have traveled all the way to the capital, so how can we just put up with this first table of welcoming banquet?"

She took the tea that the waiter had just served her, took a sip from it, and started talking about business:

"His Majesty summoned you to the capital to be conferred the title of Imperial Merchant. I guess he also wants to meet you in person. You should take a short rest today. Tomorrow you should hurry up and go to the palace to pay your respects, so as to avoid being caught by someone and turning a good thing into a bad one."

Meng Yunqiao nodded, stroked his slightly wrinkled sleeves, sighed, and replied:

"That's what I thought."

Seeing that she knew what was going on, Su Yuan stopped talking and instead talked about the shop he had chosen in the past two months:

"After this matter is settled, I will take you to Lin'an Street the day after tomorrow to have a look at the shop I opened. Anyway, you plan to stay in Beijing to develop your career, so it's better to get started as soon as possible."

Meng Yunqiao nodded in agreement, and then chatted with him about the imperial examination in the second half of the month.

About another half hour passed.

Su Qinger came over to report that a table of wine and food had been prepared in the dining hall, and everyone was invited to sit down and eat.

Several people in the room said hello, and then walked towards the dining room talking and laughing.