Chapter 463 Bitter Meat
On the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month, snowflakes began to fall from the sky again.
Chen Wan held his hands warm and leaned on the small couch to watch the snow.
Chun'er came in from outside and said, "Princess Consort, Second Young Master Yun and Second Young Madam Yun are here."
My cousin and his wife are here.
Chen Wan was delighted and while sending Shanhu to greet him, he got off the small couch.
But her belly was so big that it was inconvenient for her to move, and whenever she moved in a hurry, Shanhu Yinchuan would get worried.
Yin Chuan said, "Prince's Consort, please sit still and don't scare the Second Young Master and the Young Mistress."
If anything goes wrong, I won’t dare to visit you again.
A few days ago, Yun Yue married Zhou San's daughter Zhou Suining. Chen Wan was pregnant, so she couldn't attend the wedding.
Knowing they were coming, Xie Jingyu came out of the study and led them into the house.
Zhou Suining was wearing a crabapple-red dress and a big red fox-fur cloak. Her face was red, as if her rouge box had been overturned, perhaps because of the cold wind or because of shyness.
"Cousin, cousin-in-law."
Shen Wan shouted enthusiastically, "It's so cold, why are you here?"
Yun Yue smiled and said, "I don't know when this snow will stop. If I don't come today, I'm afraid I won't be able to come until after the New Year. I just came to see you and thank you."
He was able to marry Zhou Suining thanks to his cousin and the Duke Dingguo's Mansion. It was a pity that his cousin was pregnant and couldn't attend the Yun family's wedding, otherwise he would have toasted his cousin with a glass of wine.
Shen Wan said, "We are a family. Why are my cousin and I being so distant? I'm afraid my cousin's wife will be frozen to death."
Chen Wan pulled Zhou Suining to sit down, Shanhu moved the charcoal stove closer, and Xie Jingyu asked Yun Yue to go to the study to talk.
The old lady of the Zhou family and the old lady of the Duke of Dingguo's mansion are sisters. Zhou Suining should call Shen Wan "cousin", but since she married her cousin, Shen Wan no longer knows how to call her...
Chen Wan smiled and said, "Are you used to living in the Yun family?"
Zhou Suining's cheeks flushed, "Everyone in the Yun family is very kind to me."
The girl that my second cousin likes must be loved by my grandparents. The Yun family is good in every way. The only bad thing is that due to their status, they cannot use many things. Otherwise, with the wealth of the Yun family, who knows how luxurious their life would be.
The two of them sat on the small couch and chatted, but Chen Wan couldn't sit for a while because her waist felt sore. In addition, the baby in her belly was making noises, and even Zhou Suining could feel the fetal movement.
She reached out and touched Shen Wan's belly, feeling very curious and... a little bit of anticipation.
Shen Wan saw it and smiled, "Cousin's wife likes children, you can have one with your cousin soon..."
Zhou Suining was thin-skinned and could not stand such teasing. His face turned red as if blood was dripping out.
Shanhu smiled and said, "My cousin's wife has been married for several days now. She might be pregnant already."
"That's true."
The master and servant were talking back and forth, Zhou Suining's cheeks were burning and he wanted to leave quickly.
Dong'er came in from outside, pulling open the cotton curtain. "Princess, the palace has sent a reward."
Shanhu pushed open the window, and Chen Wan saw Xiao Xizi from the imperial study bringing people to deliver the reward.
At this time of year in previous years, the palace would send rewards to the mansions of various ministers. Shen Ji was trusted by the emperor and received quite a few, and the Jingbei Palace received even more.
Chen Wan didn't go out, and Xiao Xizi came in. Chen Wan asked Shanhu to reward him. Xiao Xizi was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling. "When I came here, Eunuch An said that a lot of tributes have been delivered to the palace in the past few days. He asked me to ask the princess if there is anything she likes or wants, and he will help her keep an eye out for it."
Shen Wan lacked nothing, but she appreciated Eunuch An’s kindness, “Eunuch An is thoughtful, please help me thank him.
Xiao Xizi stepped back.
Shanhu Yinchuan went to see what the emperor had rewarded her with, which included two pieces of Yun brocade and two pieces of Shu brocade.
Chen Wan said, "I'm offering this to you as a token of my gratitude. Please take these four pieces of silk back with you, cousin."
Zhou Suining shook his head repeatedly, "This is a reward from the Emperor, how can I accept it?"
Shen Wan said, “My cousin and I will not be polite.”
The Yun family is rich and can buy all kinds of Yunjin and Shujin, but due to their social status, they cannot wear them even if they buy them.
Chen Wan is the Crown Princess of Jingbei Prince Mansion. It should be okay if she gave it to him. Even if others ask about it, they will not dare to offend her, the Crown Princess of Jingbei Prince Mansion.
More importantly, these silks were gifts from the emperor.
Zhou Suining didn't dare to accept it, so Chen Wan asked someone to move the silk to the carriage they were riding in. Now he couldn't refuse even if he wanted to.
Yun Yue and Zhou Suining had never expected that their trip to the Jingbei Palace in the snow would bring them a lot of rewards for the Yun family.
After delivering the reward, Xiao Xizi went back to report to the emperor and mentioned that the Second Young Master Yun and the Second Young Madam Yun had gone to see Chen Wan.
The Emperor had always known about the Yun family's love for Shen Wan. He had never expected that even though it was snowing, the Yun family would still go to the Jingbei Palace to see his daughter. He immediately instructed Eunuch An, "Send a portion of these rewards to the Yun family later."
Eunuch An, please take note of this.
Chen Wan was afraid that the snow would get heavy and the road would be slippery, so she asked Yun Yue to take Zhou Suining back early and come to the Jingbei Palace more often to talk to her after the New Year and spring.
Xie Jingyu escorted them out of the mansion when a maid came over and said, "Concubine Wen went to the study to look for the prince. I don't know what happened, but she knelt outside the study..."
Really noisy.
I wonder what trouble Concubine Wen is going to cause next.
Not to mention the prince, even Shen Wan felt overwhelmed just by listening to it.
Yinchuan said, "Go and find out."
If I didn't know this, I would feel like I was being scratched by a cat.
The wind was strong outside, so Chen Wan turned around and went back to the house. Just as she entered the house and sat down, a little maid came in and said, "Crown Princess, the marriage between the Prince of Yuzhang and the fourth daughter of the Duke of Weiguo's mansion has been decided..."
We are finally engaged, which is not easy.
Shen Wan was happy for Prince Yuzhang and also for Wei Mingzhu.
The two have similar personalities, otherwise Prince Yuzhang would not have worn a mask. Wei Mingzhu didn't even know what the person under the mask looked like, but she fell in love with him. In addition, she was thrown into the lotus pond by Prince Yuzhang, and her reputation was damaged. Few people dared to propose to her. In fact, the two were a perfect match, but Prince Yuzhang had to create so many twists and turns.
Fortunately, the engagement happened, otherwise the Prince of Yuzhang would not have had a good New Year.
Shen Wan was happily eating cakes when Xie Jingyu returned from the outer courtyard. Shen Wan didn't have the patience to wait for the maid to inquire about the news and asked Xie Jingyu directly, "What is Concubine Wen doing now?"
Xie Jingyu said, "Tomorrow is the 28th, which is also the Little New Year. Concubine Wen wants to take my second brother to the grave to pay respects to the people in the Wen Mansion, but my father disagrees..."
Shen Wan, “…”
The prince will definitely not agree.
Xie Jingze, no, it’s Xie Jingan.
The second young master has been wandering around for many years, using the alias Zhou Qian'an. Now that he has returned to his ancestral home, it is no longer appropriate to call him by this name. His original name was Wen Jingze, so the prince gave him a new name, Xie Jing'an.
Xie Jing'an was tortured by the Wen family and escaped through a dog hole. The Wen family did not raise Xie Jing'an at all. Xie Jing'an was injured before and had a high fever repeatedly. After he finally got better, Concubine Wen couldn't wait to take her son to pay homage to the Wen family. I don't know what she was thinking.
More importantly, the Wen family was sent to the guillotine, and the evidence was found by Xie Jing'an. Knowing that the Wen family was his maternal grandfather's home, Xie Jing'an must have felt bad.
Asking him to pay homage to the Wen family, isn't that just rubbing salt into his wounds?
Is this how Concubine Wen loves her own flesh and blood, whom she finally found?
Fortunately, she was worried that blood is thicker than water and Xie Jing'an would side with Concubine Wen. It would be strange if he did.
Soon, Xia'er came in and said, "The Second Young Master knew that Concubine Wen had knelt down to beg the Prince, so he went to the Prince and said that he would accompany Concubine Wen to pay homage to the Wen Mansion tomorrow..."
Concubine Wen's self-torture trick was ostensibly used on the prince, but in reality it was used on her own son.
Being able to collect such complete evidence of the Wen family's crimes, Shen Wan and Xie Jingyu didn't believe that Xie Jing'an couldn't see through it.
This is his own choice, and the two of them won't care.
But no one expected that when Xie Jing'an and Concubine Wen went to pay tribute to the Wen family, they were both carried back to the mansion in the end.
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