Now Xie Qing and Qin Wan are an engaged couple. They can meet openly without having to climb over the wall in the middle of the night.
However, when Xie Qing arrived at the Xuanwu Marquis' Mansion, he naturally had to pay a visit to Xuanwu Marquis Qin Zhan first, and then to Qin Sheng and Qin Xie before he could meet Qin Wan.
Xie Qing held her hand and said with a smile: "Of course I have asked my parents, and they will let you decide."
Qin Wan pulled her hand back and slapped him with the booklet in annoyance: "We haven't even gotten married yet, yet you've already changed your mind."
Xie Qing touched the place where she was hit. It didn't hurt at all. Instead, her angry look was particularly attractive. He couldn't help but say sweet words: "I have to change sooner or later. Wan'er, you choose the wedding date. If you marry me sooner, won't you change your mind openly?"
Qin Wan blushed as she opened the booklet, her eyes fixed on the tablecloth. "When do you want to get married?"
Xie Qing took her little finger and gently shook it along the table. His eyes curved up, full of tenderness, and a bit of mischief: "If I want it now, can you marry me now?"
Qin Wan spat at him in anger, but didn't pull her hand away. She just said, "If you were an ordinary person, getting married right now wouldn't be impossible, but you're the crown prince. How can it be that easy?"
Even when worshipping heaven and earth, there are many more rules than for others.
Qin Wan didn't complain about this, but lowered her eyes to look at the booklet.
The Imperial Observatory seemed to know that their Crown Prince was eager to get married and that the Emperor wanted to have a grandson as soon as possible, so the several wedding dates given were all very close and were written in great detail, even predicting the weather conditions for the day.
On the contrary, as for the wedding date next year, only the date was written and nothing else was written.
The closest wedding date this year is June, then early August, and then October. There are no dates after that.
Next year's wedding dates are in spring, autumn, and winter, and there's also one the year after...
But after that, Qin Wan didn't look at him anymore. She just looked up at Xie Qing. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would not want to get married next year.
Qin Wan thought about it and decided that June was too close, August was too busy, and October was just right. She smiled and said, "October."
Xie Qing started from her little finger, one by one, and took her fingers into his big hand. He looked up at Qin Wan and asked with a smile: "Oh? Why? Why not August?"
Xie Qing did not ask about June. June was too close. There was only a little over a month left. Even if he was willing, the wedding preparations at the Ministry of Rites would not be perfect.
He wanted to give Qin Wan a perfect wedding, so he had to make concessions on time.
Qin Wan had a different idea. She counted the time on her fingers to tell Xie Qingqing: "June is the busy farming season. The grain from Guangling and Nan'an will be harvested soon. I need to check the harvest situation there to see if I should send people there. I also need to oversee the trial planting of new seeds."
"Also, the fruits and vegetables we grafted last year have all borne fruit this year. If the fruit performs well, we'll have to send people south. After all, the variety of fruit in the south is richer than in the north. We'll also need to bring some fruit trees back to cultivate and graft..."
Qin Wan was really busy: "In August, our grain in the north will be harvested."
She looked at Xie Qing and said, "Aren't you curious about the yield per mu of the third-generation cold-resistant and drought-resistant hybrid rice on your farm?"
This was naturally not the first time that Xie Qing had heard of hybridization. In his previous life, he had learned about this from Bai Wanyi, but because he died early, he had never witnessed the yield of these grains.
He was tempted: "Three generations of hybridization? Does this mean that what I planted is the third generation?"
Qin Wan nodded. "You're planting the best-yielding varieties from the first batch of grains I cultivated. When they were planted in Shenyang, they were already the second generation. I cultivated the second batch of hybrid grains in Shenyang, and the harvest will probably be in July or August. It's raining heavily in Shenyang right now, so if these varieties are waterlogged and appreciate rain, the yield will be high."
Hearing this, Xie Qing suddenly laughed: "From now on, the new grain seeds will be planted by the common people. The people in the Imperial Observatory will be busy. They have to estimate the season and whether there will be abundant rain next year to decide what kind of seeds to plant next year."
Qin Wan mourned silently for the Imperial Observatory: "If they miscalculated the weather and planted the wrong crops, I'm afraid the people at the Imperial Observatory would be criticized and scolded by the people."
"That's because they are not skilled enough." Xie Qingke did not sympathize with them. This was their duty.
The two smiled at each other, and Xie Qing agreed with her choice: "Then it has to be October."
Once the wedding date is set, everything will be put on the agenda.
Qin Wan's wedding dress was prepared by the palace, but her family still had to prepare a lot of things for her daily wear.
Moreover, Qin Wan will be the Crown Princess in the future, so many of her clothes and jewelry must be suitable for her status.
All the jewelry is new.
Qin Xie rummaged through boxes and cabinets and took out her most treasured possessions, and her two sisters-in-law also competed to add makeup to Qin Wan.
Sister-in-law Wu Meiyun lamented: "I found some good wood, but unfortunately, the palace doesn't require measurements to make furniture. Otherwise, those materials would be excellent for making furniture for you."
Qin Wan smiled and joked, "You can just give it to me so I can save up some for my children's dowries."
"Okay." Wu Meijun nodded her head with a smile: "Okay, then I'll open the warehouse and you can choose, okay?"
Qin Wan clapped her hands and laughed, "Great, great, the things in sister-in-law's warehouse are the best."
Next to her, the second sister-in-law Xiang Rong covered her chest with her hands, looking terrified: "Sister-in-law, what you did is not authentic. You are willing to give away the good things in the warehouse. I am so hurt."
Qin Xie watched her daughter-in-law and daughter getting along harmoniously, and she interrupted with a kind smile: "Okay, stop talking nonsense. Haven't you prepared all the makeup? Let Wan'er see it."
The two looked at each other and handed over the makeup lists they had prepared.
Wu Meijun said, "I don't know what my sister likes. If you don't like anything here, tell your sister-in-law and she will prepare something new."
"That's right. After all, the wedding is in October, so we have plenty of time to prepare." Xiang Rong also said.
Qin Wan was also stunned when she saw the two booklets in front of her. Others added one or two pieces of makeup at a time. Wow, these were given by her two sisters-in-law, and they must be full of boxes, right?
"This is too much." Qin Wan shook her head.
"We still think it's not enough." Wu Meijun recalled that when Qin Wan married Lu Yan, they had originally prepared a lot of dowry, but her mother-in-law refused.
The mother-in-law felt that the Lu family had a bad tradition and refused to let them prepare too much. The dowry prepared by Qin Xie was also made up of silver and money, which was more than daily necessities.
It’s different now. She is marrying the prince and becoming the prince’s consort. No one needs her for financial support, so she can give him all kinds of things in different ways.
Qin Wan opened the booklet and found that the wood her sister-in-law had mentioned was indeed all in it. Why did she need to ask for it?
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