"Is this charcoal delivered only to our family, or to all families?" Prince Shen asked again.
The servant kept his head down. "This...this servant doesn't know. Miss Gao only said that Miss Jiang asked her to deliver charcoal to the Prince's mansion, and then she left."
This servant saw Miss Gao take away two carts, and leave two carts for our Prince's residence as well.
"Go down!" Prince Shen understood; it wasn't just for his family.
"Did you receive it?" Prince Shen asked Xiao Zhan deliberately.
Xiao Zhan looked at him, puzzled. "What?"
Prince Shen laughed, "Maybe she'll have it when she gets home, but why would she send it to us? Did she guess what happened last time? That's impossible."
Aside from that plum blossom viewing banquet, neither the King nor the Queen had any contact with her!
“She sent us charcoal; she’s quite an interesting person. Your Highness, what do you think we should do in return? After all, she probably doesn’t send it to everyone.” Prince Shen was a little puzzled, but he found Jiang Wei quite intriguing.
Xiao Zhan glanced at his royal uncle, and without even saying goodbye, got up and left.
"Hey... don't go! Stay and have dinner with us!" Prince Shen called out to Xiao Zhan's retreating figure.
Princess Shen glanced at her husband and said, "Why are you teasing him?"
Xiao Zhan felt uneasy for some reason; she hadn't mentioned giving it to him when they were there yesterday.
Although he wasn't afraid of the cold and it wasn't that he couldn't afford it, he still felt uneasy.
Xiao Zhan walked quickly. When he arrived at the entrance of the Prince Shen's mansion, the servants were carrying things inside.
"Did Miss Jiang send all of these?" Xiao Zhan asked, his expression grim.
"Yes," the servant replied respectfully.
"Don't unload them yet. Put what you've unloaded back onto the donkey cart," Xiao Zhan ordered without room for argument.
Although the servants didn't understand why, they did as they were told.
After they finished packing, Xiao Zhan said, "Go tell your prince that I'm taking these things with me. The Prince Shen's residence has everything it needs, so I don't think he'll mind!"
The servant looked at Xiao Zhan in horror; he had not received any notification from the Prince.
But when he met the King of War's gaze, he lowered his head in fear and said, "Yes, this servant will go and report to the Prince."
He had to run fast, in case the Prince of the County tried to stop the Prince of War.
Xiao Zhan finally felt a little more at ease. "Qingfeng, drive the carriage. Let's go back to the manor."
Qingfeng: "......"
"What? The War King took the charcoal away?" Prince Shen asked in disbelief.
Prince Shen laughed in exasperation; he really did want everything.
"Now look what you've done! You've really gotten the better deal!" said Princess Shen.
“Tomorrow I will go to my brother’s side and say something, say something. Is he really that poor? He even steals my charcoal?” Prince Shen said indignantly.
Princess Consort Shen shook her head. She was acting like a child with her own nephew, showing no respect for elders at all.
She didn't say anything more.
Gao Youlan returned home with the charcoal and grain, and handed the silver notes back to her mother.
"You said those things were all given to you by her, without asking for money? She also sent some to the Prince Shen's residence?" Madam Gao asked.
Gao Youlan sat at the table drinking tea and nodded. "Yes, no matter how I tried to persuade her, she wouldn't accept it, so I had no choice but to bring the money back."
"Besides our family and Prince Shen's mansion, did she give any other gifts?" Madam Gao was afraid that Jiang Wei would try to curry favor with them because of the charcoal.
What if they come looking for us every time something happens?
"Lan'er, listen to your mother, send the money over to avoid future trouble," Madam Gao said worriedly.
Gao Youlan didn't understand why she had to send money back for something she had already retrieved.
"Lan'er, I'm afraid that someone will criticize your father because of this little thing." Madam Gao wasn't really afraid that someone would criticize her husband; she was just afraid that her daughter trusted Jiang Wei too much and might be deceived by her one day.
After all, Jiang Wei has a bad reputation.
Her daughter is so innocent.
Gao Youlan understood what her mother meant.
"Mother, this is a gift from Sister Jiang, not for Father. What is he afraid of? Sister Jiang said that since it's so cold today, my visit to see her is a very precious gesture, and she wants to cherish it. So she gave me some charcoal. What does it have to do with Father?"
This was Jiang Wei's explanation for sending charcoal to Gao Youlan, and it was indeed true. If she hadn't known Gao Youlan, she wouldn't have known the Imperial Censor Gao, and they still didn't know each other, so why would she send him charcoal?
"Jiang Wei really said that?" Madam Gao was somewhat skeptical.
She knew how many people fawned over them because of her husband. If it weren't for their family's influence and her husband's official position, she knew without even thinking how those people would treat them.
"Don't worry, Mother, Sister Jiang isn't the kind of person you think she is," Gao Youlan said confidently.
Although Madam Gao could not fully believe her words, she could only wait and see, and then she would learn more about Jiang Wei when the weather improved.
If she's not that kind of person, then it would be good to be friends with her daughter.
......
Jiang Wei hadn't visited her maternal grandparents' house for several days after Gao Youlan left An Sheng Ji.
She also got up and boarded the carriage, heading towards the Chen family's residence.
Chen Yan always felt particularly sorry for Jiang Wei. Seeing her come to see him alone on a snowy day made him feel both happy and satisfied, but also incredibly heartbroken for her.
He smiled kindly and got up to greet her. "My dear, why are you here? It's so cold. You should stay home. It's not safe for you to be out here."
Jiang smiled and took Chen Yan's arm. "Grandfather, Wei'er isn't cold."
"I haven't come to pay my respects to my maternal grandfather for several days. I've missed him so much, so here I am," Jiang Wei said coquettishly.
Chen Yan was delighted by her coaxing, and whenever he saw Jiang Wei, he felt both heartache and joy.
"Is Wei'er only missing her maternal grandfather?" Madam Yu's voice rang out.
The Yu couple walked in.
She was getting a little jealous, since Jiang Wei always acted so affectionately towards her father-in-law.
She didn't even receive such good treatment.
"Father-in-law, Father." After the Yu couple finished their greetings, Chen Yunsheng handed the letter in his hand to Chen Yan. "Father, this is a letter from my third brother."
Chen Yan took the letter, opened it, glanced at it, and handed it to Chen Yunsheng.
"I'm afraid our family won't be able to spend the Spring Festival together this year," Chen Yan said with some disappointment.
After reading the letter, Chen Yunsheng handed it to Jiang Wei.
The letter roughly stated, 'Her third uncle took her second uncle's cousin on a trip and plans to come to Kyoto in a few days. Judging from the time of this letter, they will be leaving in the next couple of days. However, it's snowing heavily in Kyoto; wouldn't it be unsafe for them to come?'
"Does Grandfather mean to write a letter to Third Uncle, asking him to come to Kyoto first? It's really not safe to come to Kyoto at this time." It would be very dangerous if they encountered refugees and displaced people when they entered the city.
In a past life...
Chen Yan was somewhat disappointed. He had originally hoped that his family could have a reunion this year, with everyone present.
In addition, Zhao'er was found. He was overjoyed and looking forward to the Spring Festival. "Yes, your third uncle was originally going to bring your cousin to Kyoto a while ago."
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