Chapter 154 Welcome Banquet
"Aunt Zhang and Aunt Wang have both watched me grow up."
Shen Lingshu explained with a smile, without asking Chu Cong why the Crown Prince was in charge. She just quietly told Chu Cong where there were good farmlands nearby that were suitable for growing three-season rice.
Chu Cong goes out early and comes back late. Shen Lingshu prepares some delicious food in the farm every day. In the afternoon, she brings some sweet soup to Chu Cong who is busy in the fields. In the evening, she goes to the garden to pick vegetables.
If Chu Cong had come back earlier, he could have stayed with Shen Lingshu.
During the two days at the manor, Shen Lingshu felt like they were just an ordinary couple, working from sunrise to sunset and resting from sunset to sunrise.
On the third day after arriving in Nancheng, Chu Cong started to be busy. He went out early every day and sometimes even had no time to come back.
"Concubine, seeing that the prince treats you so well, we are relieved." Aunt Zhang, Aunt Wang and others were worried when they learned that Shen Lingshu entered the prince's mansion as a concubine.
Shen Lingshu smiled. After arriving at the farm, she could clearly feel that Aunt Zhang and Aunt Wang cared about her as if they cared about the younger generation in the family.
Zhuangzi was comfortable, and Shen Lingshu specially wanted to meet Uncle Wu. Listening to Uncle Wu talking about how to plant early rice and three-season rice, she added more details to make it more complete.
Chu Cong stood in front of the dam, watching the prince and his men enjoying delicious food, while the people who were building the dam were all very thin and dark, looking as if they were malnourished.
Chu Cong ordered people to send some meat and vegetables over. After eating the meat, the people said in unison, "Thank you, Your Highness the Crown Prince."
When the Crown Prince heard the news, he raised an eyebrow. He drank his scented tea and looked at Chu Cong and said, "They are just some lowly people. Don't you think they can do anything to me, my second brother?"
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince chuckled and said, "Second brother, you are just too cautious."
"Brother, it's not easy for the people to build the dam."
Chu Cong asked, "I wonder how Prefect Xu is handling the early rice issue?"
"Don't worry, the seedlings have been planted, but whether they can grow is hard to say."
The prince took a sip of his tea and said, "Second brother, I'm not saying this to you, but as a prince, you should enjoy the splendor and wealth. What's the point of living in that remote manor?"
"Even if you don't care, second brother, doesn't your concubine care?"
"I finally get to go out. My two little nieces should also come to South City and see the beautiful scenery here."
The prince smiled at him and said, "Prefect Xu is hosting a welcoming banquet for you and your family. I'd like you and your concubine to join us, my second brother, and I to join the fun."
“…”
Before Chu Cong could say no, the prince said, "Tomorrow, I must drink with my second brother and not leave until I'm drunk."
"And your concubine, Lingyi, has no one to talk to in the mansion."
"yes."
Chu Cong responded and began to inspect the embankment as he couldn't sit still. He could still vividly remember the flood disaster last year when tens of thousands of people downstream were displaced and left homeless.
Therefore, he also paid special attention to this dam.
night.
"A welcoming banquet?"
When Shen Lingshu heard that she was asked to attend the welcoming banquet, before she could say no, Chu Cong said, "Brother said that your elder sister has no one to talk to."
Shen Lingshu: "..." Would her elder sister want to listen to her?
I guess he just wants her to stay away from him?
Shen Lingshu always felt that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had bad intentions. She was worried about leaving the two children at the farm, so she had no choice but to take them to the prefect's house.
Prefect Xu and his wife were at the door early to greet them. Prefect Xu, Madam Xu, and the two daughters of the Xu family, Xu Zhizhi and Xu Lanlan.
"No need to be polite."
Chu Cong had a cold face and protected Shen Lingshu into the Xu Mansion.
Shen Lingshu smiled politely, but when she saw the young and beautiful Xu Zhizhi and Xu Lanlan, her eyes deepened. Xu family, are you still thinking of giving your daughter away?
Xu Zhizhi and Xu Lanlan, who have dressed up deliberately, one is gentle and the other is innocent, each has her own beauty.
"Sister, we're both in South City, and it's really not easy to see you."
Shen Lingyi looked at Shen Lingshu enthusiastically and said with a smile: "After we two sisters got married, we finally returned to Nancheng and were able to see each other from time to time. You have been living in the manor. Do you dislike your sister?"
"I dare not disturb my elder sister."
Shen Lingshu retreated without leaving a trace.
"Is this my little niece? She's so pretty."
Shen Lingyi looked at her twin daughters with a hint of contempt and disdain in her eyes. Shen Lingshu was really not destined to give birth to a son, but gave birth to two daughters.
"Your Highness, look quickly! Is your niece as beautiful as her mother?"
Shen Lingyi said, reaching out to hold the child.
"Sister."
Shen Lingshu hurried forward and said, "Please trouble Miss Xu to prepare a wing room. The two children are hungry and want to drink milk. It's time to pee."
It sounded like she was hungry, but Shen Lingyi was fine. When she heard that she was about to pee, she immediately retracted her hand in disgust. She couldn't hold her, so she said, "Nurse, take her down quickly."
"Second brother, your twin daughters are so tempting." The prince looked at the two little nieces in the wet nurse's arms. He just took a glance and found that the two little nieces were as beautiful as their mother.
"Big brother already has three sons, so the younger brother should be envious of him."
When it came to his daughter, a hint of tenderness appeared in Chu Cong's cold eyes. At the welcoming banquet, male and female guests were separated.
"Concubine Shen and Concubine Shen are actually sisters?"
Mrs. Xu was also surprised when she heard the two of them addressing each other at the dinner table.
"Sister is of noble status, how dare I, your younger sister, marry you?" Shen Lingshu took the initiative to speak.
Shen Lingyi sat up straight and said, "A concubine's sister is still a sister, how could this concubine dislike her?"
"Madam Xu, this concubine's younger sister is the favorite of His Royal Highness Prince Lin." Shen Lingyi praised, acting out the deep sisterly love.
Shen Lingshu raised her eyebrows, but did not explain anything. She wanted to see what Shen Lingyi wanted to do.
Soon, Shen Lingshu figured it out.
"I think Sister Zhizhi is as beautiful as the moon. She is no less beautiful than my concubine's younger sister."
Shen Lingyi said jokingly: "If Sister Zhizhi entered the palace, the prince would definitely like her when he saw her."
"Concubine."
Xu Zhizhi blushed and looked at Shen Lingshu quietly. In front of her, the beauty that she had always been proud of seemed to no longer exist.
“…”
Shen Lingshu ate silently without answering. Shen Lingyi wanted to stuff someone into the Prince's Mansion. If she had the ability, she could just stuff him into the Prince's bed.
"Ling Shu, what do you think?"
Shen Lingyi named the name directly.
After being named, Shen Lingshu slowly swallowed the food in her mouth and said, "The two young ladies of the Xu family are both good girls. They will definitely find their ideal husbands in the future."
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