Chapter 341: Prince Xiang's Mansion, Princess Jiacheng
The next morning, Su Wan dressed herself up. She was a princess now, so the clothes she wore to attend grand occasions had to match her status and couldn't be too plain.
The palace rewarded a lot of fabrics for princess-sized clothes, and the ladies in each palace also sent a lot. There were all kinds of fabrics, including Shu brocade, cloud satin, and Juan gauze, countless of them.
Su Wan found embroiderers and designed many styles himself, and asked the embroiderers to make ready-made clothes for him.
A few sets were just delivered a few days ago, and Su Wan just needed them.
In mid-April, when it is neither too cold nor too hot, it is most suitable to wear a horse-faced skirt.
She was wearing a pink and white horse-faced satin skirt with a pattern of hundreds of butterflies and flowers, which made her look extremely fresh.
An eight-point good color only requires two-point matching. If you add seven or eight-point matching, it will only be more beautiful.
Today, Su Jing and Su Chen also have to go to Princess Xiang's house to celebrate her birthday.
Today, male and female guests are seated together, which means there is no separation between men and women, and many children of royal nobles can be seen.
This kind of occasion is similar to a large-scale blind date scene, where girls and boys of appropriate age may fall in love with each other.
Su's mother dressed conservatively and traditionally. Su Wan chose them for her, and there was nothing wrong with them.
After packing up, the mother and daughter went to Prince Xiang's Mansion first, and Su Jing and Su Chen would go there after the court session.
When we arrived at Prince Xiang's Mansion, there were already several carriages parked in front of the gate, and more people were coming in from behind.
The servant came forward to greet Su Wan. The housekeeper stood under the eaves, and the servant led them up the stairs.
Liuyun presented a gift and introduced himself.
"The old lady of Minister Su's residence and Princess Xuanle congratulate the princess on her golden birthday."
Hearing that it was Princess Xuanle, the housekeeper immediately became respectful and bowed, saying:
"This old servant greets Princess Xuanle and wishes Madam Su well. Please come into the mansion and take a seat."
Su Wan nodded, and the servant led Su Wan in, through the front hall, and came to the back garden of Prince Xiang's Mansion.
The palace is the palace, which is even bigger than the Su Mansion. Some of the ladies and rich girls have already gathered in the garden.
You must first go to the flower hall to pay your respects to the princess before you can move freely.
The eunuch at the door heard what the usher said and immediately announced loudly:
"Princess Xuanle of the Ministry of Personnel's residence, Madam Su has arrived."
The title of Princess Xuanle is now talked about a lot in the capital. Some time ago, when the enthronement ceremony was held, all the prefectures sent gifts, and the warehouse was almost full.
Su Wan generously donated money to fill the national treasury, which invisibly helped some people. Otherwise, the emperor would immediately find someone to investigate corruption and fill the national treasury, which would surely cause quite a stir in the court.
Now that Princess Xuanle has solved the emperor's urgent problem, some officials who were feeling guilty have breathed a sigh of relief. They went back and told the female relatives in their families to be polite and try to curry favor with the princess when they see her in the future.
So when Su Wan appeared, everyone in the flower hall looked at her.
The ladies who can stay here are all of high status. Madam Shen has just arrived, but she did not bring Shen Qingli with her today because she is about to get married and cannot go out during this period.
Princess Xiang also knew that Su Wan was a hot figure now and was highly valued by the higher-ups, so she had to pay attention to him as well.
The Su family is now the new rich in Kyoto. They are indeed capable and no one in the family is a freeloader.
So she stood up and smiled gently at Su Wan and Su's mother.
"Xuan Le congratulates the Princess on her golden birthday."
Su Wan told Madam Su to follow her in the carriage and do whatever she said. She didn't have to say anything, just laugh.
"My Lady and my Lady are so polite. Please take a seat."
The status of the mother and daughter has been elevated to a higher level because of Su Wan's identity, and they now sit above Madam Shen.
"Jiacheng, you are also a princess. You must take Princess Xuanle for a good tour of our palace."
The Prince of Xiang's Mansion also has a youngest daughter, who was born when the princess was in her thirties. At that time, many people secretly laughed at her for giving birth to a pearl at an old age.
But it doesn’t matter. The prince wants a daughter, right? Let her laugh. If they have the ability to dance in front of her and make her laugh, then they are considered capable.
Princess Jiacheng was sitting next to the princess. Upon hearing this, she stood up and saluted Su Wan.
Su Wan had just sat down and had to stand up again. The two princesses greeted each other.
Princess Jiacheng has a bright and beautiful appearance, with thick eyebrows, big eyes, and bright red lip rouge, which makes her skin look even whiter and more tender.
Princess Jiacheng's dress is also very bright. She is described as one of the princesses in the novel who are loved by everyone, unrestrained, bright and confident.
"Princess Xuanle, how about I take you out for a walk now?"
Jiacheng raised his eyebrows at her, and Su Wan understood something. She looked at her mother and then at Madam Shen, meaning, please help take care of it.
Madam Shen smiled and nodded slightly, and Su Wan finally agreed to Princess Jiacheng's words.
"Then I'll have to trouble you, Princess."
After saying this, she whispered to her mother:
“I’m leaving first, remember what I taught you, Madam Shen is here too, don’t be nervous.”
Upon hearing this, Su's mother nodded with a smile on her face. She was really obedient and had been grinning since she entered the palace.
She was still nervous, but she also had to remain dignified and graceful.
Su Wan and Jiacheng went out. Today the breeze was not dry, the sun was shining, and the flowers in the garden were in full bloom.
As soon as the two men walked out, the noble ladies in the garden looked at them, and whoever passed by had to bow to them.
Jiacheng just smiled and asked Su Wan:
"Princess Xuanle, how old are you this year?"
She wanted to see who was older between the two.
"I'll be eighteen at the beginning of next month." Su Wan answered truthfully.
"Then how many months older are you than me? I was born in August, so I will call you sister from now on." Jiacheng was quite familiar.
Su Wan nodded and said okay.
Jiacheng took her to find a place to sit down, and the noble ladies gathered around.
Everyone had seen it at the last palace banquet, and everyone knew Su Wan’s current identity.
When the ladies got together, they would just chat and talk to each other, and the topics were mostly about clothes, jewelry, rouge and so on.
He is talented and can speak eloquently from time to time.
Su Wan would interject from time to time so as not to appear out of place. Everyone was probably being cautious because of their identities, afraid of offending them, so the atmosphere was quite harmonious.
On the pavilion in the center of the lake, there were children of high-ranking officials gathered, reciting poems and composing essays.
Even though men and women were seated together, everyone was very well-behaved. The ladies and gentlemen would not gather together to talk too much unless there was something important to talk about, and they would not be alone together, unless they were siblings.
At this time, someone praised Su Wan's clothes for being beautiful.
"I noticed that Princess Xuanle's outfit today is really beautiful. The butterflies on it are embroidered very well, with fine stitches, which shows that the embroiderer's skills are superb."
Su Wan didn't know which noble lady she was from, and he could only laugh.
"I just found an embroiderer in the city to embroider it. It's really good. If you are interested, I can tell you which embroiderer embroidered it."
"Okay, Princess, please speak quickly."
So Su Wan told them the place.
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