Chapter 145 Wedding Invitation
Returning to Qingyi Garden, Shen Wan rewarded Chen An with ten taels of silver before sitting down to eat lunch, feeling in a good mood and with an even better appetite.
Nanny Wu fell and returned to the palace. The next day, Shen Ti went to the palace to visit her and only brought the palace maid back. Queen Song did not send another nanny to teach Shen Ti the rules.
Time passed day by day, and in the blink of an eye, it was the day when Duke Dingguo's mansion sent out wedding invitations and invited all civil and military officials to the mansion to drink in celebration of their daughter's wedding.
When the maid reported, Shen Wan was surprised to find that time had passed so quickly, "Are you sending the wedding invitations already?"
Shanhu smiled and said, "The girl will be getting married in six days, so the wedding invitations must be sent out."
What Chen Wan cared about was not sending wedding invitations, but news from the border.
Chen Wan knew that Xie Jingyu would not listen to her. Even if there was a war at the border, he would not postpone the wedding date. But in her previous life, the border would have been sent to the capital in an express delivery of 800 miles. Why is there still no movement at this time in this life?
Chen Wan also didn't want to fight. She didn't want her father and elder brother to go to the battlefield, nor did she want Xie Jingyu to go. The Jingbei Palace was a strange place to her. She was not even familiar with Xie Jingyu, let alone others.
She has been reborn for several months, and many things in Kyoto have changed compared to her previous life. However, Ning Dynasty is thousands of miles away from North Vietnam, and she should not be able to influence North Vietnam. How could such a big difference happen?
Shen Wan was thinking about this when the little maid came in and said, "Miss, the eldest aunt is back."
The eldest sister is back?
Shen Wan was delighted and immediately put the matter behind her, then stood up to greet Shen Yu.
Chen Wan walked to the garden and saw Chen Yu walking towards her from a distance. She was wearing a cloud brocade embroidered crabapple dress, her skin was fair and rosy, and she was in better spirits than before she got married, which showed that she was living a comfortable life in the Zhaoping Marquis's mansion.
Shen Wan went up to greet him and asked with a smile, "Eldest sister came back alone?"
Chen Yu said, "My husband came back with me. It happened that my elder brother invited him to a dinner party."
The two sisters chatted and laughed as they went to see Yun, but Yun was very busy and the stewards were coming in and out. After they had exchanged a few words, Yun sent the two sisters away to talk privately.
Chen Yu came to give Chen Wan some makeup, a set of gold and ruby headdresses, which she specially picked out at the Jade Pavilion. She also thought about giving Chen Wan something she had embroidered herself, but she always felt that she was not so lucky. Although she and the Prince of Zhaoping finally got married, the process was too bumpy. After much thought, she decided to buy something ready-made.
There is no need for them to be so distant from each other as sisters.
Chen Wan was happy with whatever Chen Yu gave her, and the two sisters had endless things to talk about.
We had lunch at Yun's place. Yun's eyes were red. "Now that you're married, you won't be able to eat with me for a few meals a year."
Shen Wan said, "Then I won't get married, okay?"
Nothing like that would ruin the atmosphere.
Yun's sadness instantly vanished, and she glared at Chen Wan, "What nonsense! The wedding invitations have already been sent, how can you not get married? There's no other man as good as the Prince of Jingbei, even with a lantern in the whole of Kyoto. The sooner you marry, the more your parents will feel at ease."
Shen Wan said, "Mother, aren't you worried at all that Prince Jingbei will bully me?"
Yun said, "Why not worry? Mother is really a little worried that you will bully the Prince of Jingbei..."
Shen Wan, “…”
The feeling of being moved just now disappeared without a trace when I heard the next sentence.
The corners of Shen Wan's mouth and eyes couldn't stop twitching.
How much her mother thinks highly of her as a daughter.
Bullying Xie Jingyu?
Even if her parents and elder brother lent her all their courage, she still wouldn't have the guts.
Thinking that Chen An would follow her wherever she went, Shen Wan was really worried that Chen An would hear what she said. Mother underestimated Xie Jingyu too much.
Poor girl, she has been bullied countless times, but she doesn't dare to complain to her parents. Instead, her parents are worried that she will bully Xie Jingyu. Is there anything more depressing than this?
She just didn't understand why her parents liked Xie Jingyu so much, and her elder brother had often encouraged her to choose Xie Jingyu.
Shen Wan lowered her head and ate her rice. Yun Shi thought she was shy and put some food into her bowl, "Eat more."
After lunch, the kitchen manager came to find Yun, and Chen Yu and Chen Wan watched Yun handle things. In fact, as long as the old lady didn't interfere, Yun would be able to manage the Duke Dingguo's Mansion better. Unfortunately, the old lady liked to be in charge too much and wanted to take charge of all matters, big and small.
Fortunately, the Yun family has become much stronger now. After the second and fourth branches were separated, the Yun family can truly take control of the family.
After waiting for half an hour, Chen Li and the Prince of Zhaoping came to pay their respects to Yun. Chen Li escorted the Prince of Zhaoping and Shen Yu out of the house.
When leaving, Shen Wan asked Shen Li, "Brother, has there been no news from the border recently?"
Shen Ji holds military power, so if there is any movement at the border, Shen Li will definitely know.
But Chen Li was confused by the question, "My sister is getting married soon, why is she concerned about border affairs?"
"I'm just asking..."
Chen Li smiled and said, "You are worried about getting married. There is a war at the border, and your brother-in-law has to go to the border?"
Shen Wan, “…”
It’s not happening, okay?
Shen Wan glared at Shen Li, "Brother, will you tell me?"
Chen Li said, "There is indeed news from the border that has been sent to Beijing recently."
Shen Wan immediately asked, "What news?"
Chen Li laughed and said, "North Vietnam sent troops to the border, but they turned back halfway."
Shen Wan, “…???”
"What is North Vietnam doing?" Shen Wan was puzzled.
Chen Li laughed, "Even father and King Jingbei couldn't guess North Vietnam's intentions. I wish I could guess it, brother. Don't worry, sister, there won't be a war in the short term."
Not fighting is a good thing, but why would North Vietnam turn back halfway through mobilizing troops? I have never heard of this in my previous life.
What's even more strange is that Xie Jingyu didn't even know Xiahou Yi, the third prince of Beiyue, yet Xiahou Yi sent people all the way to assassinate Xie Jingyu...
For some reason, Shen Wan vaguely felt that these two things were related.
Shen Li sent Zhaopingbo's son and Shen Yu out of the house, and Shen Wan returned to Qingyi Garden.
After the wedding invitations were sent out from the Duke Dingguo's Mansion, ladies from prominent families came to the mansion one after another the next morning to give Shen Wan some extra dowry. Shen Wan's status was already noble enough, and she was marrying the prince of Jingbei. The two of them were married by imperial decree, so anyone who had even a little friendship with Shen Wan came to give her some extra dowry.
Chen Wan asked Shanhu to write down everything one by one. It is a matter of reciprocity. If you accept someone's extra dowry, you have to return it in the future. Even if she doesn't go in person, she will send someone to deliver it.
For three consecutive days, Chen Wan was busy greeting the ladies who came to give her extra dowry.
That day, Chen Wan was in the garden greeting Miss Zhao Ru, the eldest daughter of the Zhao family. They were drinking tea and chatting when a maid came over and said, "Second Miss, the fourth lady of the Weiguo Mansion is here."
When other ladies from prominent families came, Chen Wu and Shen Yao all greeted them warmly, but when Miss Wei Si came, they pretended not to hear.
Chen Wan then instructed Shanhu, "Go and welcome Miss Wei Si."
After Shanhu left, Chen Wu stood up and said, "I'm a little tired, so I'll go back and rest first."
Chen Wu and Wei Mingzhu have always been at odds with each other. When Chen Wu left, Shen Wan didn't take it seriously. However, Shanhu was gone for a long time and Fourth Miss Wei didn't come back. Shen Wan became a little worried and was about to send someone to check on her when she saw Shanhu limping back with the help of a maid.
Shen Wan walked out of the pavilion and asked, "What happened?"
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