"You two little bastards!"
Old Madam Yan raised her cane and poked Yan Bojian and Yan Funing, "I would never do such a wicked thing as switching babies!"
After saying this, he left with his servants, supported by Yan Yan'er.
Yan Funing frowned. If it wasn't Old Madam Yan, then who was behind this?
Yan Bojian said ashamedly, "Sister, it's Third Brother's fault. I was careless just now. We should have taken it easy."
"You can't blame Third Brother." Yan Fu stared at the direction where Old Madam Yan left. "She's right. If they were to switch babies, it would be more devastating if any one of them were switched, rather than me."
Especially the eldest brother.
The eldest brother is the prince of the Duke's Mansion and the future Duke.
If Madam Yan wants to deal with Nanyuan, the best target would be my eldest brother.
Now, she was unable to find out the truth about her encounter, and the most convenient way for the empress dowager to revoke her imperial decree was gone.
For a moment, I didn’t know what to do next.
Footsteps were heard and Yan Funing looked over.
I saw that it was my parents coming back.
It was almost time for dinner, and if my parents came back at this moment, I guess the eldest princess would not be welcome.
It's all because of her, that's why.
Then she looked at her parents with an apologetic look: "Dad and Mom, I think I did something wrong just now."
"It's not my sister's fault, it's my son's fault." Yan Bojian bowed and said solemnly, "Son, please punish me, father and mother."
"What punishment?" Yan Cheng was puzzled.
Yan Bojian pointed at Gao Wei and said, "This man is the one who made the other jade pendant back then. I brought him here today to identify him. I didn't expect that the woman who made the jade pendant that year wasn't someone close to my grandmother."
"It's okay, I've offended the old bitch." Yan Cheng waved his hand and strode towards the flower hall.
Hong Qingyi pulled Yan Funing's hand and followed.
Seeing this, Yan Bojian also chased after him: "Dad, what do you mean?"
"She rashly agreed to Fu Ning's marriage and instigated Fu Ning to give the arranged marriage to Yan Yan'er. She has already offended our Nanyuan. Why are you afraid of her?" Yan Cheng asked back.
Yan Bojian smiled when he heard this: "Of course my son is not afraid, but I am afraid that the old woman will bully my sister."
Hong Qingyi said, "Your father and I came back just now to tell you a piece of news. The eldest princess and Marquis Shi said that they can put aside what happened today and agree to cancel the engagement."
"Really?" Yan Bojian's eyes lit up as he looked at Yan Funing happily, "Sister, look how amazing our parents are!"
Yan Funing took her mother's arm and said, "Thank you, Dad and Mom!"
"You two haven't heard what your mother has to say yet." Hong Qingyi glared at them with a smile. "The Princess and Marquis Shi may not care, but they won't take the initiative to ask the Queen Mother to revoke her order. If we want the Queen Mother to retract her order, we have to rely on ourselves."
Yan Funing nodded.
Yan Bojian asked Zhenfeng to take Gao Wei away, and the family went to the flower hall.
"Second Miss Yan." A voice came from behind them.
Yan Funing turned around and saw Fu Jiang walking towards her quickly.
He saluted: "Greetings to the Duke, the Duke's wife, and the Third Young Master!"
Then he said, "My son has been ordered by the Emperor to face the wall and reflect on his mistakes for three days. He asked me to come and tell you that after three days, he will come to discuss with the Second Young Lady about canceling the engagement."
"Why would you be asked to face the wall and reflect on your mistakes for three days?" Yan Funing was puzzled.
Fu Jiang said truthfully, "The young master went to the palace today and asked the emperor to speak to the empress dowager and ask her to cancel the imperial decree granting the marriage."
Yan Funing said, "Please tell him to stay in his own residence and not to anger the emperor again."
Fu Jiang said he was leaving.
Seeing him leave, Yan Cheng couldn't help but yell, "What a troublemaker! Can't you take it easy?"
He is so straightforward, I wonder how he managed to reach the position of third rank?
Now, he was confined to his house for three days.
Yan Funing held her forehead and explained in a low voice: "Dad, Master Fu probably thought that the emperor would help speak for him."
Yan Cheng snorted, "The Emperor granted him the Cai family's daughter in marriage, and you and he just divorced. How could the Emperor help you?"
Unless the troublemaker accused the emperor in some implicit or implicit way, the emperor would lose face and punish him immediately.
Being confined for three days is still a light punishment.
The family of four went into the flower hall to discuss.
Not long after, Yan Xinghe returned home.
After hearing about everything that happened today, he made a suggestion: "Old woman, this way is not feasible, sister, why not try another way."
"What way?" Yan Funing looked up at him.
Yan Xinghe said calmly, "Grandfather."
After a slight pause, he added, "It's a pity that our grandfather doesn't care about things. This is the difficulty."
Yan Funing smiled and called out cheerfully, "Thank you, second brother!"
It was the first time that Yan Xinghe heard his sister call him so clearly, and he was extremely happy: "If you can't follow grandfather's path, tell me, I will help you find a solution."
"No need." Yan Funing said with a smile, "Dad, Mom, Second Brother, Third Brother, and Grandfather, I can go and talk to them myself."
Yan Cheng said, "Okay, if that's not possible, I can go to the emperor and plead with him."
Even though the emperor was very concerned about his reputation, it was indeed difficult to ask him to intercede for you.
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The next day, Yan Funing got up early.
I went to East Third Street early in the morning, entered Chengwen Building, and went straight to the kitchen.
"Tietou, Huadao, Lü Pin, Pidan, Yuan Luobo, Zhang Doudou, all of you, listen to my orders!"
Six chefs in uniform stood in unison: "Young Boss, we're waiting!"
"Show us your skills today. I'm going to make some cold dishes suitable for the elderly in summer. Shrimp paste, glutinous rice and lotus root, cold bean curd sheets, spiced edamame, assorted shredded chicken, stir-fried conch slices with sauce, etc..." Yan Funing raised her finger. "They need to be light, delicious, and easy to chew and swallow."
Tietou patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, young shopkeeper. I have a lot of experience in cooking for the elderly."
Yan Funing reminded him, "These elderly people are not ordinary elderly people. My grandfather is one of them. They have tasted all kinds of delicacies from land and sea. We must not only introduce new things, but also make them delicious."
When the six people heard this, they began to feel troubled.
Pi Dan asked: "Young Shopkeeper, what should we do?"
Yan Funing rolled up her sleeves and said, "I'll go with you. There are quite a lot of elderly people there, so we can finish it quickly together."
When the guys heard that Yan Funing wanted the cooks to help, they also went into the kitchen.
Xiang Yang asked, "Young Shopkeeper, what should we do then?"
"Divide into two teams. One team will go buy large bones with meat on them to cook for the dogs. The other team will go prepare corn, millet, small fish and shrimp for the geese. They should be eaten in larger quantities."
"good."
The guys split up.
Seeing Yan Funing busying herself in Chengwen Tower early in the morning, Liu Song and He were very puzzled.
Liu Song frowned: "My daughter, we understand that you cook for your grandfather, but cooking for geese and dogs is also... "
The couple really don't understand each other.
Yan Funing smiled and said, "Uncle and aunt, I have decided to be with Master Fu. Now, if I want the Queen Mother to withdraw her decree granting the marriage, I can only ask Grandfather for help."
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