Su Chenyu agreed so readily that it was beyond Lord Ma's expectations. He felt like he was shooting himself in the foot.
"The Emperor will hold a banquet in the palace in two days. Please invite Duke Fengyi and his wife to attend."
"Of my own accord."
After getting Su Chenyu's promise, Lord Ma finally breathed a sigh of relief. He had already prepared himself to be embarrassed, but he didn't expect that this matter would go quite smoothly.
"Madame Xu, please see Master Ma off."
"Thank you, sir."
Madam Xu escorted Lord Ma to the door. She turned around and saw the shopkeeper standing next to her. She immediately said, "Shopkeeper, we have reserved the Jinyan Pavilion. As long as we stay here for one day, no other guests are allowed to step in."
The shopkeeper was a little bitter. Some guests had come today but had not been able to eat. She complained: "Madam, it costs too much to book the entire Jinyanlou..."
Before the shopkeeper could finish, Aunt Xu interrupted him and said, "This expense will be paid by the Xixia royal family. Are you worried that your Xixia treasury can't afford the money?"
The shopkeeper fell silent instantly. When Master Ma heard this, he staggered and almost failed to cross the threshold. Fortunately, Tan Yanxi, who was standing at the door, helped him up: "Master Ma, be careful where you step."
Lord Ma always felt that there was something else behind his words and just wanted to get away from Jinyanlou immediately. Tan Yanxi looked at Lord Ma's back as he almost fled in panic and scratched his head in confusion. What happened to Lord Ma?
Madam Xu returned to the guest room and said to Su Chenyu, "My dear, everything has been done."
Su Chenyu nodded and said, "We still have two days before entering the palace, so we can take a walk around Xiajing in the next two days. We can call Miss Xiang to go for a walk with us later, as she has been bored for a while."
"yes."
It was almost evening when Su Chenyu and Baili Yanqing went out, accompanied by Xiang Lan, Li Mucheng and Li Muyuan.
Xiang Lan looked at Chen with some excitement: "I've heard that Xixia's night market is very prosperous. Today is a good opportunity to see it for myself."
At night, there were more people on the road than during the day, and vendors on both sides had set up stalls. Su Chenyu and her friends went there on purpose with empty stomachs, just in time to try the food of Xixia.
As they walked along, everyone's stomachs were slowly filled. Xiang Lan saw a stall selling roast goose rice in front of him and pointed at it and said, "There's such a long queue over there, the roast goose rice must be delicious, let's queue up and buy some."
"Run slower." Su Chenyu saw that Xiang Lan had already passed him and lined up, so she pushed Li Mucheng and said, "Hurry up and catch up with him."
Li Mucheng walked over and stood next to Xiang Lan. The two of them were very conspicuous.
After all, judging from their attire, they were obviously from wealthy families, and it was really rare for them to come and queue up in person.
The girl standing in front of Xiang Lan couldn't help but secretly look at Li Mucheng a few times. Li Mucheng was not used to being looked at like this, so he asked, "Miss, is there anything wrong?"
The girl was also quick to speak: "I have never seen anyone who loves his wife as much as you do. You even queue up to buy roast goose rice with her."
Xiang Lan and Li Mucheng were both stunned, but Xiang Lan was the first to react and explained, "We are not, you misunderstood."
The girl looked at the two of them and smiled with a hint of teasing in her eyes, but she said nothing more. She just turned around and continued to queue.
Xiang Lan always felt that she had misunderstood and wanted to continue explaining, but Li Mucheng held her back and shook his head at her. There was no need to explain something that did not exist to such an unimportant person.
Xiang Lan understood what Li Mucheng meant and said nothing more. However, she felt empty in her heart as she queued up.
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