Just as the master and servant finished their conversation, San Ya came in to report that the prince had returned.
Yuan Yue quickly lifted the door curtain and respectfully greeted Song Chengze. Song Chengze hummed, then saw Meng Qi standing before him and bowing, and asked gently, "Did you have a good rest?"
Meng Qi nodded. "Home is the best. It's comfortable everywhere. Your Highness, have you had dinner yet?"
Song Chengze nodded, "What about you?"
"I had a little snack when I woke up in the afternoon, so I'm not hungry now."
Song Chengze sat on the kang and said, "You have lost a lot of weight in this month in Hanyuan. You must take good care of yourself. In addition to three meals a day, you should not eat too many snacks and meals on weekdays. It's true that I see the princess adding more fruits every day." The latter sentence was directed at Yuanyue.
Yuan Yue was delighted to hear Song Chengze's concern for Meng Qi, and she responded crisply. She poured tea for the two masters, then quietly walked out of the room and closed the door.
Mother Liu was just coming in from outside, holding a list in her hand and about to go back in. When she saw Yuanyue coming out, she asked happily, "Is the prince back?"
"Yes, he is inside. It seems that he has something to say to the princess."
Mother Liu murmured "Amitabha" in a low voice. Ever since the last time they had a quarrel and the prince went to Bi Bo Tang in the first month of his marriage, he has never come to Jing'an Garden so late. Now it is dark, and I am afraid he will not leave again tonight.
"That's good now. The princess went to Hanyuan, and the prince finally felt sorry for her."
Yuan Yue whispered, "Who said it wasn't? Yuan Dong told me when he came back that Hanyuan is really Hanyuan. You can even hear mice fighting at night."
Mother Liu put on a distressed expression, "Poor Princess, when has she ever suffered such a hardship? And it was all for the sake of protecting the Second Young Master. Protecting the Second Young Master is protecting the Prince's dignity. This month's confinement was imposed for the sake of the Rui Palace."
Yuan Yue wanted to say something, but when she heard some movement in the west room, she shut up and shook her head towards the west room and Mama Liu. It was really inconvenient for the second young master to move in. In the past, she didn't have to think too much about what she wanted to say in the main room, but now she had to arrange for San Ya to keep an eye on Mama Zhao's situation.
In the room, Meng Qi lit the palace lantern in the corner, lit the candle on the kang table, and blew out the fire starter.
Song Chengze scraped the teacup gently, but did not drink it, and a crisp sound was heard in the room.
Meng Qi sat across from him, thought for a moment, and spoke first, "Your Highness, moving the Second Young Master to Jing'an Garden is a long-term plan or just a temporary arrangement."
Song Chengze put down his teacup, glanced at Meng Qi and asked, "What's the difference between you and me?"
"If it's a long-term situation, I'll have someone clean up the east wing tomorrow and make it a special place for the Second Young Master to live in. I'll also transfer a few of Chu Yuyuan's maids and servants who used to serve the Second Young Master here. If it's temporary, then we can move on. After all, it's in the main room, and it's not convenient for the maids and servants outside to come in and out too often."
Song Chengze nodded, knowing what she meant by inconvenient. After thinking for a moment, he said, "If I want Ran Ge to stay with you for a long time, can you take care of it?"
Meng Qi looked at Song Chengze's serious expression. She really didn't understand why Song Chengze wanted to bring Song Bairan to her courtyard. In fact, the most suitable person to take care of Song Bairan in the Manrui Palace was Li. She had no children of her own and was a concubine. She was not competitive and had a good reputation both in terms of popularity and word of mouth.
But since Song Chengze didn't say anything, she wouldn't ask why.
"What's the point of taking care of it? The Second Young Master doesn't need to be carried around, and he has his usual maids by his side. If Your Highness is at ease, I'll have Madam Liu pack up the Second Young Master's things tomorrow."
Listening to Meng Qi calling him "Second Young Master" all the time, Song Chengze thought of the agreement she had made with him. She was reminding him of their relationship all the time.
But Song Chengze had to admit that in the three months since Meng Qi got married, she had indeed given him too many surprises and unexpected things, especially the gains in Hanyuan.
After returning today, he summoned his confidants to carefully analyze the things Meng Qi found, as well as the things in the small box, especially the jade ring. Zhang Decheng looked at it for a long time. He suddenly remembered who had worn it, but he was not sure. After all, for men from wealthy families, this kind of thing was just an ornament. Song Chengze himself had several, but he just thought they were too big and uncomfortable to wear.
But what is certain is that it is an item from the forbidden area, and not everyone can afford to wear the woman's earrings, at least not palace maids, female palace maids, or even concubines of lower ranks.
Song Lu and Lu Jinzhou both felt that these things should be what Prince Duan had been looking for. If their guess was correct, and Prince Duan was so anxious that he went to a place like Hanyuan to look for these things, it would prove that Prince Duan should know something about these things.
"I don't mean any harm. Brother Mo is old now. Even if Xiao Lin's care for him isn't as attentive as it was in the beginning, she's still his aunt after all, and the kid is sentimental. When he got the notice yesterday to choose a date to move to the front yard, he eagerly came to find me and said a lot of good things about Xiao Lin."
Song Chengze sighed at this point. Meng Qi understood his frustration. After all, he was already eight years old, and those in the royal family matured more precociously. Little Lin was always taking advantage of him, making him extremely adept at judging others at such a young age. Little Lin had been telling him repeatedly that the Lin family was his support, that they depended on him, and that they couldn't lose the prince's trust. As Song Chengze had said, this was Song Baimo's maternal family, after all, and the connection couldn't be severed.
"Yujie'er is a girl, and Wu has raised her well. I know she often uses Yu'er's hand to win favor, but as long as she doesn't go too far, I don't mind. But in order to prevent them from constantly using the child as an excuse, I don't spend much time in the inner courtyard."
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