Lu Da bowed to Su Xuening: "Everything is here. You have the gift list. This old servant will take his leave now."
"Thank you for your hard work, Eunuch Lu." Su Xuening looked at Bihe.
Bihe immediately stepped forward and gave Lu Da a money bag.
Lu Da accepted the money pouch and thanked her with a smile, "Thank you for the generous gift, Miss."
As soon as Lu Da and the eunuchs left, the maids and servants of the General's Mansion surrounded the exceptionally luxurious bridal sedan chair, looking at it with curiosity.
"This sedan chair is really beautiful!"
"This is the first time I've ever seen such a magnificent bridal sedan chair!"
"The things in the palace are indeed exquisite; even the bridal sedan chair is so luxurious!"
"This must be a real eight-person sedan chair."
"What eight-bearer sedan chair? I think it would take at least sixteen people to carry such a big sedan chair, eight in the front and eight in the back!"
"That's right, such a magnificent bridal sedan chair naturally needs sixteen people to carry it to make it look grand!"
Bihe circled the bridal sedan chair several times, then excitedly ran to Su Xuening's side and said, "Miss, this bridal sedan chair is so beautiful. Please use this sedan chair for your wedding tomorrow."
Before Su Xuening could speak, Green Lotus asked curiously, "The Holy King's Mansion should also have a bridal sedan chair to welcome you tomorrow, so why is Consort Su preparing another bridal sedan chair for Miss?"
Su Xuening glanced at Green Lotus and had to admit that Green Lotus was indeed smarter than Bihe. Compared to Green Lotus, Bihe was just too naive.
Su Xuening beckoned to Green Lotus with her finger, and Green Lotus immediately leaned in to listen.
Su Xuening whispered, "When you go to the Holy Prince's Mansion, you don't need to see the Dowager Consort. Just see Granny Shang and tell her that Consort Su has prepared a bridal sedan chair for me as part of my dowry. Ask her whether we should use the Holy Prince's Mansion's bridal sedan chair or Consort Su's bridal sedan chair tomorrow?"
Green Lotus looked at Su Xuening with even more curiosity: "Are you sure you want to ask that?"
Won't the Holy King's Mansion be angry if we ask that?
Su Xuening raised her chin at Green Lotus and said with certainty, "Ask as I say."
"Yes." Green Lotus dared not ask any more questions and immediately went to the Holy King's Mansion.
Upon arriving at the Holy King's Mansion, Green Lotus, following Su Xuening's instructions, had someone fetch Granny Shang.
"This servant greets Granny Shang." Upon seeing Granny Shang, Green Lotus bowed respectfully.
Having dealt with her for several days, Granny Shang naturally recognized Green Lotus and hurriedly asked, "Does your young lady have something to instruct you on?"
Green Lotus bowed and replied, "Today, Miss entered the palace. Consort Su prepared additional dowry for Miss and also prepared a bridal sedan chair. Miss would like to ask the Dowager Consort whether our Miss should use the bridal sedan chair from the Holy Prince's Mansion or the bridal sedan chair prepared by Consort Su tomorrow?"
Green Lotus didn't understand her young mistress's intentions, so she didn't dare to change a single word she said.
Upon hearing this, Granny Shang frowned and her expression turned somewhat unpleasant.
Seeing this, Green Lotus didn't dare to breathe loudly, lowering her eyes as if waiting for an answer.
"Please wait a moment, I'll go back and ask the Dowager Princess for her opinion," said Granny Shang before entering the Prince's residence.
Inside the manor, Madam Bai was still busy preparing for tomorrow's wedding banquet, looking at the menu.
"Your Highness, someone from the General's Mansion has arrived," Granny Shang reported as soon as she entered the room.
Upon hearing the name of the General's Mansion, Madam Bai took a moment to look up and asked, "Who is it? Is something wrong?"
Granny Shang seemed a little embarrassed to speak, but she still went over and whispered a few words to Madam Bai.
Upon hearing Granny Shang's words, Madam Bai immediately became angry. Not at Su Xuening, but at Consort Su: "That Consort Su, she's everywhere! The Emperor has already bestowed marriage upon Zhan'er and Su Xuening, so why is she sending Su Xuening her bridal sedan chair? What kind of nonsense is this, Su Xuening getting into her bridal sedan chair?!"
Granny Shang frowned and said, "I thought Miss Su was a reasonable person, why would she ask such a question?"
These words reminded Bai Shi. Bai Shi's first reaction was not that Su Xuening was ignorant of manners, but that Su Xuening could not possibly be ignorant of manners: "That's right, there must be a reason why she sent someone to deliver this message."
Bai's mind raced, and suddenly she thought of something: "Did the palace also send a bridal sedan chair?"
Granny Shang suddenly realized: "Yes, this morning the palace sent over a bridal sedan chair, saying it was prepared by the Imperial Household Department for the Prince and Princess."
"The Imperial Household Department?" Madam Bai scoffed disdainfully. "I'm afraid it's Su Fei's doing again."
"I heard that the Emperor not only bestowed a marriage upon Zhan'er and Su Xuening, but also upon Xuan Yuan Yu and the eldest daughter of the Prime Minister's family?" She seemed to have heard this when Zong Jiu came to deliver the decree that day, but at the time she was only concerned about the marriage bestowed upon Zhan'er and the others, so she didn't pay much attention to Xuan Yuan Yu and the others.
Granny Shang had found out all the details: "Yes, the wedding is tomorrow."
"The wedding is tomorrow!" Madam Bai repeated, instantly realizing what Consort Su wanted to do. She immediately said to Granny Shang, "Go and tell her that our Holy Prince's Mansion will arrange a bridal sedan chair tomorrow, and that Miss Su can wait patiently."
"Yes." Granny Shang didn't dare to delay and immediately went out.
Having received a reply, Green Lotus also curtsied to Granny Shang: "This servant will go back and report to Miss. This servant will take her leave."
After seeing Green Lotus off, Granny Shang returned and said, "Your Highness, she has gone back."
Madam Bai slammed her hand on the table in anger: "This Consort Su is truly audacious! She doesn't dare to disobey the imperial decree, so she comes up with such a scheme, daring to plot against the Holy Prince's Mansion!"
Granny Shang was also quite angry. Their prince had become like this; if tomorrow's wedding was also rigged, she really couldn't imagine what the consequences would be.
"Your Highness, what do we do now?"
Bai narrowed her eyes coldly: "Go to the Prime Minister's residence and meet with Madam Zhao. Since Consort Su is so cunning, we should give her a good talking-to."
Dare to scheme against her?
Let's see how she causes discord between her and her mother-in-law!
"yes."
Knowing that the Dowager Consort was not one to suffer losses, Granny Shang responded and went to do it.
Back at the Prime Minister's residence, when Madam Zhao and Zhao Zhenzhen heard what Granny Shang had said, their joy was instantly dampened.
Granny Shang disregarded the feelings of the mother and daughter, delivered the message, and then took her leave.
Back at the General's Mansion, Su Xuening breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Green Lotus's reply.
The Holy King's Dowager Consort was intelligent and should have understood her meaning.
Consort Su not only sent her a bridal sedan chair, but probably also arranged for one from the Holy Prince's residence. Sending her another sedan chair was just to ensure everything went smoothly.
Now, thanks to her reminder, the Holy King's Mansion should not use the bridal sedan chair arranged by Consort Su tomorrow. Moreover, both the Holy King's Mansion and the General's Mansion understand Consort Su's intentions, and even the Prime Minister's Mansion may understand everything. After all, the Holy King's Dowager Consort is not the type to suffer losses, so Consort Su's plan will definitely not succeed tomorrow.
If Consort Su knew that her unnecessary actions had ruined her entire plan, I wonder what her expression would be!
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