It’s the Spring Festival.
Su Qi had to entertain the families of officials of the third rank and above in the palace, so she arranged the banquet in the imperial garden.
The weather was cold, so a greenhouse was set up in the Imperial Garden early.
Gu Beiheng also hosted a banquet for all the officials in the Imperial Garden, mainly to find wives for the generals in the army.
A greenhouse was built, with a row of lush camellia flowers in the middle separating the seats for men and women.
Yue Jiushao and Yue Qinggang were also invited because they had a good relationship with Gu Beiheng and Su Qi.
Su Tianze returned from Yunzhou City.
Gu Beiheng allowed him to stay in the capital and made Ying Wu the lord of Yunzhou City. All the guards of the Ying generation were given the surname Gu, and Gu Beiheng changed his surname back to Long.
Su Ting, Su Yan, Gu Beihe and others all entered the palace.
Gu Beihe, Gu Beijing, and Gu Beiting were given the title of Princess. Gu Beimei and Gu Beilan were given the title of County Princess. As for the other branches, no titles were given.
Gu Beiyao and others were also blocked.
They relied more on their own strength, and Gu Beiheng conferred them the title of Marquis. Several of them were also in the capital, waiting to be sent out in the spring.
The palace became more lively than ever before.
Since the last incident, Yue Jiushao has not seen Su Ting again.
He looked for opportunities several times but was rejected by the Su family, who said that since the wedding date had been postponed, both parties should give it more consideration. It was useless for Yue Jiushao to worry, as his mother actually wanted him to marry Xiulian.
When the head of the Yue family heard the whole story, he scolded Yue Jiushao's mother.
Don't let her go out again, and don't let Xiu Lian into the house.
When Yue Jiushao and Yue Qinggang arrived at the palace, he kept glancing towards the woman, hoping to see that familiar figure.
"Jiu Shao, you haven't got the beauty yet?" Yue Qinggang looked at the depressed Yue Jiu Shao with a smile.
"Su Ting ignored me. I couldn't even see her, and all the gifts I sent to the Su family before the festival were returned."
"You. Where is the Ninth Master who used to act decisively? All Su Ting wants is your attitude. What does your sister Xiulian think?"
"Nothing."
"You are not interested in girls, so does that mean she is not interested in you?"
Yue Jiushao was speechless. If it was before, he would definitely say that it was not interesting. Now he was not sure.
"I only want Su Ting."
While the two were talking, they happened to meet several young and promising officials.
It seems that he holds an official position of the sixth rank, which is quite impressive for his age.
One of them looked nervous and asked the people around him, "Who was that woman wearing the Thousand Years Green Crane Cloak we just met?"
"Brother Chang, have you become tempted by worldly desires?"
"That woman is truly a stunning beauty. I'd like to ask someone to arrange a marriage for her."
"Brother Chang, several generals have just taken a fancy to that woman. It is said that she is the Empress's third sister."
"Why haven't I met such a stunning woman earlier? No, I have to ask my grandmother to send the official matchmaker to propose marriage as soon as possible."
Several people were whispering, and Yue Jiushao was so angry that smoke came out of his forehead.
"The girl you are talking about has already been betrothed to someone else." Yue Jiushao said unhappily, looking at those people with a knife in his eyes.
"Nonsense. I asked the eldest young master of the Su family, and he said that neither of the two sisters in the family has engaged." One of them retorted.
The others suddenly realized, "So it's Jiu Shao. You're not saying nonsense on purpose because you like that girl."
Yue Jiushao was so angry that he wanted to go find Su Tianze to settle the score.
He caught a glimpse of Su Tianze's shadow from the corner of his eye, but still followed him angrily.
"Su Tianze. Stop right there." Yue Jiushao followed him to the plum forest in the imperial garden and called out to Su Tianze who was turning the corner.
Su Tianze turned around and saw Su Ting and Su Qi standing beside him.
Yue Jiushao saluted Su Qi awkwardly, then looked at Su Ting with a resentful and pitiful look. "Ting'er, can you talk?"
Su Ting didn't refuse this time, she just nodded and went to the side with Yue Jiushao.
Su Tianze glanced back at Yue Jiushao unhappily, his fists itching again.
"Brother. Stop looking."
"Qiqi. I met Miss Lou this time."
Su Qi turned her head in surprise when she heard this, "Didn't she fall off a cliff?"
"It is said that she was rescued by a farmer's family and married to their son. The son was a consumptive, so they let him marry Miss Lou and then separated from the family and lived on his own."
"Miss Lou said that fortunately she had learned some medical skills in Mengjiazhuang and had also seen a lot of doctors in Yunzhou City. She actually used her medical skills to cure her man. When I met them, Miss Lou was about to give birth."
Su Qi smiled and looked at Su Tianze. "Brother, have you let it go?"
"Yeah. Miss Lou also helped me put my worries aside. She said she has found true love now." Su Tianze smiled knowingly, "I met a very interesting girl on my way back to Beijing. I just saw her again."
"You want me to keep an eye on you?"
"Yes, and you also have to let her family know that you intend to propose marriage to her on my behalf." Su Tianze cunningly told Su Qi who it was.
He didn't want others to get there first.
This time, Su Qi nodded in agreement without hesitation.
If Su Tianze doesn't get married, Yun Manyu's hair will soon turn white.
Here, Yue Jiushao and Su Ting were talking. Su Ting told Yue Jiushao that she would go to Jinyang Prefecture first after the New Year.
"Ting'er. Don't you want me anymore?" Yue Jiushao reached out and hugged Su Ting tightly, not letting her struggle at all.
Su Ting struggled to pull out a letter from her purse. The letter told Su Ting that he liked Xiulian. "This was sent by the servant in your yard."
When Yue Jiushao read the letter, his expression suddenly changed.
"It looks like my handwriting, but it wasn't written by me."
"I don't believe it was you who wrote it, so I didn't return the betrothal gifts you sent." Su Ting returned the letter to Yue Jiushao, "It means your family doesn't want us to get married."
"Ninth Master. I don't want to get married for the time being. I'd rather pursue my career and experience the beauty of the country first."
"Okay. I'll listen to you, but I'll go with you." Yue Jiushao tore up the letter. He didn't want to ask anymore.
Su Ting neither agreed nor disagreed.
Seeing this, Yue Jiushao simply decided not to attend the banquet.
He directly pulled Su Ting out of the palace and said he would take her to a place to see beautiful plum blossoms. Su Ting didn't want to go, but she finally surrendered under the attack of Yue Jiushao's beautiful phoenix eyes.
After the Spring Festival.
Su Tianze is engaged.
Su Ting and Yue Jiushao stopped talking about marriage and left the capital together, saying they were going to travel around the mountains and rivers and do business along the way.
Gu Beiheng arranged a marriage for Gu Beiting and Qiu Aotian, but they did not stay in the capital. Qiu Aotian followed the imperial order and stayed in Jinyang Prefecture with his troops. After marrying him, Gu Beiting returned to Jinyang Prefecture to live.
Xie Yi and his wife have been living in Jiangnan, and occasionally come to the capital.
Gu Beiheng and Su Qi invited Xie Yi to dinner at Guanju Palace. Xie Yi's wife didn't dare to come, her legs trembling with fear.
After dinner, Xie Yi was still saying that Su Qi and Gu Beiheng were still so down-to-earth.
She kept nagging Su Qi to marry Yue Qinggang, no matter how beautiful or ugly she was, as long as she was a girl.
Yue Qinggang was so angry that he kept saying it was unreasonable.
This day.
News came from Ningshou Palace that the Empress Dowager was unwell.
There was no time to call the imperial physician, so Su Qi and Gu Beiheng rushed over.
Qin Wan leaned against the bed, her face pale. Zhan Wang sat beside her, a worried look on his face, holding Qin Wan's hand. "Wan'er."
"Father, please loosen up a little. Let me take Mother's pulse." Su Qi finally pulled Qin Wan's hand out of King Zhan's hand.
Gently taking her pulse, Su Qi could feel the anxious eyes of Gu Beiheng and Zhan Wang on her hand.
"Qiqi, how is Mother?"
Su Qi looked at Qin Wan in surprise, then turned to Zhan Wang.
"The Queen Mother is pregnant and has been pregnant for more than three months."
Qin Wan's face turned red as an eggplant. She glared at Zhan Wang in reproach. Then she turned her head away without saying anything.
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