Begonia and Silver Frost are the ones who love sending things to the Yun family the most.
I never come back empty-handed.
This time, the gift is another engagement jade pendant. The second young master is delighted and will surely reward him handsomely.
Haitang readily agreed and eagerly delivered the jade pendant.
After Haitang left, Lord Tao and his wife couldn't sit still and got up to take their leave. Shen Wan didn't try to stop them, and Steward Zhou saw them off at the mansion.
Without having to endure the bumpy ride to the Tao residence, Shen Wan was overjoyed to have arranged her second cousin's marriage.
Xie Jingyan went to the study, and Shen Wan followed, intending to pick out a couple of books to take back to her room to pass the time. However, no sooner had she entered the study than a maidservant rushed over and reported, "Your Highness, the Emperor has summoned you to the palace."
Thank goodness they didn't go to the Tao residence, otherwise Xie Jingyan would have had a reason not to enter the palace. If the Emperor knew that Xie Jingyan had accompanied her to the Tao residence to arrange a marriage, he would be furious.
From the selection of the Minister of Rites, Shen Wan was certain that the Emperor was paving the way for Xie Jingyan. However, the man beside her did not appreciate it and was always irritating the Emperor. What made Shen Wan even more speechless was that the Emperor just happened to prefer Xie Jingyan.
Last time, the Emperor summoned Xie Jingyan to the palace to have him in charge of his birthday banquet. I wonder what he wants to see Xie Jingyan about this time.
Unlike Empress Song seeking her out, the Emperor's visits to Xie Jingyan were not always good news, but at least they weren't bad news either.
Even if the previous intention was to have Xie Jingyan investigate the Xizhou Dam case, Xie Jingyan would still be given authority along with the assignment.
Xie Jingyan has not taken on any official duties so far, so naturally he has no power whatsoever.
In this way, the emperor forcefully promoted Xie Jingyan's close associates and recommended people, giving Xie Jingyan the power to rival the eldest prince and Xie Jingyin.
Shen Wan was still thinking of persuading Xie Jingyan to refuse to enter the palace, so she could try to persuade him. But before she could even try, Xie Jingyan said, "I'm going to the palace to see my father."
Father Emperor...
In private, he usually addresses the emperor as such.
It seems that the Emperor unexpectedly agreed to her request for Xie Jingyan to recommend Lord Chen, and Xie Jingyan was somewhat touched by this.
It's really not easy.
The Emperor would be very happy to know that Xie Jingyan also calls him "Father" in private.
Xie Jingyan went to the palace, and Shen Wan picked out a few books in the study before returning to her room. She lay on the small couch reading, feeling extremely comfortable.
After finishing just a few books, it was almost noon, but Xie Jingyan hadn't returned, nor had Haitang.
Shen Wan turned her gaze away from the water clock. Outside, Dong'er stood outside the beaded curtain and reported, "Your Highness, the Prince sent someone back to say that Young Master Yun is hosting a dinner party and he won't be coming back for lunch."
Shen Wan wanted to know why the Emperor had summoned Xie Jingyan to the palace, so she could only wait.
Dong'er went out, and soon Haitang's voice came from outside the door, "Where's the parrot? Why is it gone?"
Dong'er replied, "The parrot was a little dirty, so I took it downstairs to give it a bath."
Because Shen Wan liked to touch the parrot's feathers, Xie Jingyan had the maids wash the parrot clean every day.
Haitang carried a bundle into the house, and Yinshuang greeted her, saying, "You went to the Yun family to deliver the engagement jade pendant, and you were gone for half a day. The princess was getting impatient waiting, but you came back and asked the parrot first."
Haitang said, "I didn't ask casually. After I delivered the jade pendant, I went for a walk on the street and met a guy who spoke in a very interesting way. He spoke exactly like our parrot, even the tone of his voice was the same. I even suspected that the parrot had become a spirit."
It made Haitang suspect that the parrot had come to life...
It must look absolutely amazing.
Could that be the parrot's former owner?
Shen Wan guessed what was going on in her mind, then shook her head and chuckled.
Haitang opened the bundle she had brought back, handed a ball of knotting thread to Yinshuang, and then gave her a purse.
The thread for making the knots was what Yinshuang wanted. She mentioned it last night, saying she should buy more thread when she went to the market, so Haitang brought it back for her. But her purse—
Silver Frost asked blankly, "Why are you giving me a purse?"
Haitang smiled and said, "This is a gift from Second Young Master."
Yinshuang was instantly overjoyed, "I didn't go to the Yun family to deliver the engagement gift, and I still got a reward?"
"Second cousin is happy," Haitang grinned.
Yinshuang took the purse and eagerly opened it. When she saw what was inside, she was overjoyed.
The purse was filled with melon seeds and peanuts, some in gold and some in silver.
It's worth at least twenty or thirty taels.
The second cousin generously rewarded her with almost a year's worth of monthly allowance!
Haitang said to Shen Wan, "Second cousin was very happy that the Princess Consort arranged his marriage so quickly. He said he would come to thank the Princess Consort and the Prince tomorrow."
From the way he admired the silver frost and the crabapple blossoms, Shen Wan could feel her second cousin's happiness. She couldn't imagine how painful it must have been for him in his previous life when he couldn't marry the woman he loved and could only look at the jade pendant and think of her. No one even knew about it, and he had to endure it all by himself. Fortunately, everyone can have a happy ending in this life.
Xie Jingyan didn't come back for lunch, so Shen Wan ate alone. After finishing lunch, she rested for fifteen minutes and then took a nap.
However, when she woke up, Xie Jingyan still hadn't returned.
Xie Jingyan returned home close to evening. As he entered the house, Shen Wan looked at him and said, "I thought you weren't coming back for dinner either."
Xie Jingyan felt inexplicably happy. He put his arm around Chen Wan's waist, his eyes brimming with laughter, "Did you miss me that much?"
"...Who misses you?!"
Shen Wan's ears turned red, and she dared not look Xie Jingyan in the eye. "I... I was just a little curious about why the Emperor summoned you to the palace..."
This woman.
They're really stubborn.
He could sense it all, yet she still denied it. Couldn't she just say something nice to coax him?
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