Chapter 406: Conspicuous
Xie Jingyu had an excellent memory. He just couldn't remember where he had eaten the pastries. He felt that this matter was not important and didn't want to spend time thinking about it.
When Shen Wan mentioned the princess, he instantly remembered her.
He ate this pastry at his mother's house!
Once, my mother was appreciating plum blossoms and caught a cold. She had no appetite and had no appetite for several days. My father brought back some cakes from outside the palace. My mother liked them very much and ate several pieces.
He didn't like sweets, but when he saw his mother liked it so much, he reached out to take it. His father didn't let him, so he went against his father and snatched a piece.
The style of the pastry is the same as that of the Ning Dynasty, but the taste is that of Dongliang.
There was also the princess's old illness. Although he did not get the princess's medical record, Xie Jingyu clearly remembered that his mother had participated in many palace banquets, but she had never attended the emperor's birthday banquet.
The emperor’s birthday is not celebrated with great fanfare every year, and Dongliang and Beiyue do not come to congratulate the emperor every year. But every year when the emperor’s birthday comes, the princess falls ill and cannot leave the house.
In addition, apart from the emperor's birthday banquet, the princess would also be ill for a few days at irregular intervals throughout the year, so Xie Jingyu did not give the princess medicine to the prince in order to avoid Dongliang's thoughts.
My father is afraid that others will find out what's going on, so he's deliberately creating confusion!
But this time was different. He already knew about his mother's old illness. It was his father who gave her the muscle softening powder. But his father continued to give his mother the medicine. This was too obvious.
Is my father so afraid that my mother will be seen by the people of Dongliang?
Xie Jingyu hadn't forgotten that after something happened to the Crown Prince of Gaoyang in Dongliang, his father had sent his trusted confidant, Uncle Li, to look for him...
My mother was the adopted daughter of the Jiang family and married to my father. She lost her memory and forgot everything before she came to the Jiang family. She even couldn't remember her previous name.
Could it be that my mother has something to do with Dongliang?
But if it is related, how did my father know?
He had too many doubts, but his father was extremely stubborn and wouldn't tell him.
But even if I don’t tell you.
He will definitely be able to find out!
Xie Jingyu said, "Bring more, Mother will definitely like it."
Xie Jingyu spoke loudly, loud enough for the prince sitting above him to hear. The prince paused for a moment while pouring the wine, then continued.
The prince didn't know that Xie Jingyu said this while looking at him, and his son could see every slight abnormality of his.
Over there, the emperor tasted the Dongliang cakes. Empress Song asked, "Your Majesty, what do you think of the Dongliang cakes?"
The emperor said, "The taste is very different from our Ning Dynasty. It's not bad to try it occasionally."
The emperor probably didn't like it, as he only ate half of the cake and put it down.
The envoys from Dongliang were very happy, as the local climate and soil nurture the local people and also the local tastes.
Ning Dynasty is too far away from Dongliang. There are almost no restaurants in Kyoto that cook Dongliang food. Even though the food provided in the palace is delicious, they don’t like it that much.
These pastries were really authentic and finally satisfied their cravings.
The Dongliang envoys praised the pastries highly.
Empress Song smiled and said, "I think the envoys are not used to our Ning Dynasty food. Your Majesty may want to ask the imperial chef to go to the temporary palace and cook Dongliang dishes for them for a few days."
Her daughter no longer had to marry into the Dongliang clan. Queen Song's attitude towards the Dongliang envoys was extremely good, fully demonstrating the demeanor of a mother of a country.
The Emperor approved Queen Song's proposal.
The three envoys stood up and expressed their gratitude.
After they sat down, another drake voice came from outside:
"Prince Ling has arrived!"
"Princess Heshun has arrived!"
Everyone in the hall looked towards the door and saw Xiao Huaijin and Princess Heshun walking in side by side.
Xiao Huaijin was dressed in a sky blue brocade robe and a jade crown on his head. His every move and gesture exuded an air of nobility, especially his eyes and eyebrows, which looked so much like the emperor that you had no reason to doubt that he was not the emperor's biological son.
Princess Heshun wore a peach-pink brocade dress. Her waist was slender, not even thick enough to be held in one hand. Her steps were light, and as she walked, her skirt fluttered, and the flowers, plants, and butterflies embroidered on it seemed to come alive.
I have to say that Duke Song was thoughtful.
The fake princess's features resemble those of Concubine Chen, and she wasn't just picked to make up the numbers.
The two men stepped forward and saluted the emperor.
Xiao Huaijin and Princess Heshun paid their respects to the emperor, which should have had nothing to do with Chen Wan, but Chen Wan ended up being conspicuous again.
The emperor looked Xiao Huaijin up and down, then at Princess Heshun, and finally his eyes fell on Shen Wan.
At that time, Shen Wan was eating cakes and watching the fun. The emperor looked over and their eyes met.
Shen Wan didn't expect the emperor to look at her, and she started coughing in surprise.
Then it attracted everyone's attention.
Shen Wan, “…”
Do you want to die?
She was eating cakes quietly, why did the emperor have nothing to do but look at her?
It scared her.
Shen Wan felt that she was not coming to the palace to attend the banquet, but to embarrass herself.
The emperor had a dark face.
Is he, the emperor, such a scary father? But just one look at his daughter scared her.
I don't even know how to practice my courage.
A certain unofficial prince consort received another look of disdain.
Xie Jingyu, “…”
Shen Wan's face flushed red, and she drank half a cup of tea before she suppressed her cough.
The emperor retracted his gaze and said to Xiao Huaijin and the others, "Please sit down."
Xiao Huaijin's seat was opposite King Cheng, and Princess Heshun was below Xiao Huaijin, but they did not sit at the same table.
The Dongliang envoys had been in Beijing for some time and knew how the Concubine Chen returned to Beijing with great fanfare and was buried with great ceremony. Xiao Huaijin was even more favored by the emperor, who made him a king and granted him the Qianlong Residence. The emperor was afraid that he would suffer any injustice.
But although they were daughters of the same mother, Princess Heshun was very different.
As soon as she recognized her ancestral roots, she was sent to Dongliang to marry.
Although the princess cannot be compared with the prince, she should not be treated like this because of her love for the princess.
The Dongliang envoy suspected that the princess was fake.
They are responsible for welcoming the bride, but they cannot bring back a fake princess. This is a matter of life and death, so they must be cautious.
The Dongliang envoy stood up and pulled out a piece of paper from his bosom. He said, "Just now when I came out of the palace, someone shot a letter through the palace gate with an arrow. The letter said that Princess Heshun was a fake..."
The Dongliang envoy stood up and attracted everyone's attention.
As soon as these words came out, the whole hall fell silent.
Civil and military officials looked at each other in bewilderment.
They all suspected the princess's origins, but how could anyone tell Dongliang about this?
Princess Shouzhen was sitting there, and when she heard this, she suddenly became flustered.
If the story about Princess Heshun was fake, then she would still be the one to marry in the end.
Queen Song's face turned pale, and her eyes swept towards Shen Wan and Xie Jingyu, suspecting that they were the ones who sent the letter.
They were the only ones who most hoped that her daughter, Princess Shouzhen, would marry into the Dongliang clan!
Shen Wan sat there, also feeling strange, and asked Xie Jingyu in a low voice, "Who would do such a thing?"
"Dongliang."
Shen Wan, “…???”
Chen Wan was confused for a moment, then he understood what Xie Jingyu meant.
Dongliang suspected that Princess Heshun was fake, but he couldn't make such a rash suspicion, so he came up with this.
It turns out that the person who welcomes the bride is not chosen randomly.
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