Chapter 30 Chapter 30 Just talk, why hold hands...
The next morning, neither of them got up on time, and Lichun came in to wake them up.
Fang Ying was still dizzy when she sat up. She had been sleeping uncomfortably because there was an extra person on the bed. This person also had a bad sleeping posture. He would either put his arm across her shoulders to scare her, or press his legs on her, causing her to dream that her legs were entangled by a snake and she was about to be swallowed.
What's even more infuriating is that the person who had a bad sleeping posture obviously slept better than her. He looked full of energy, humming a little tune from time to time, and even giving her advice on what hairpins she should wear.
"Wear this one with a red ruby." Ji Yanlang picked out a gold hairpin inlaid with a red ruby from the jewelry box. "It looks festive and beautiful."
Fang Ying glanced in the mirror. It was the most gorgeous of the ones Li had given her last time, asking her to wear to impress guests. It was festive, but also very heavy. She frowned and said, "Why wear this at home?"
Ji Yanlang was already gesturing with the hairpin on her bun, and he said, "Why can't I wear it at home? I see you don't usually go out, and you don't wear it at home, so are these jewels just going to sit there?"
"There will be a lot of weddings in the near future, so naturally I'll be going out more often. On the sixth day of next month, there's a wedding happening at my second sister-in-law's family. Her fifth sister is getting engaged, and mother said she'd take us along."
Ji Yanlang gestured for a long time but couldn't figure out where to insert it, so he asked Xiuzhu, who was combing his hair. Xiuzhu pointed out a spot, and he carefully inserted it. He looked at Fangying's appearance in the mirror, made a slight adjustment, and then said, "I heard from my second brother that the man he chose is the third son of Xiao Chongjin, the governor of Zhaohua Army. He's met him a few times and he's a well-behaved and polite young man from a noble family."
"Proper? Does it mean proper appearance or proper manners?" Fang Ying saw that he had put it on, so she let him do it for now. After paying his respects to his uncle and aunt and having dinner, he still had to report to the cavalry camp. She would take it off then.
"I didn't ask that." Ji Yanlang said with a smile, "Second brother just said it casually, I just listened casually."
Fang Ying helped Xiuzhu stand up, holding her hand. "I hope she's good-looking."
Ji Yanlang joked, "Why do you also judge people by their appearance?"
Fang Ying turned around, put on the cloak Lichun had brought, and walked out. "It's not that I judge people by their appearance, but if this person only gives others the impression of being proper and polite, I'm afraid... Forget it, their affairs are already settled, and it has nothing to do with us."
Ji Yanlang went out with her and guessed, "You are worried that this man is too old-fashioned and your second sister-in-law's sister will have a hard time marrying him, right?"
"I just said it casually, just listen to it casually."
Ji Yanlang: “…”
She really doesn't mind being verbally abused!
However, this was indeed the Yue family's business, and there was no point in discussing it in depth. Ji Yanlang remembered that she was on good terms with the young lady from the Zhou family, so he changed the subject and asked, "Did you go to see that person from the Zhou family a few days ago?"
"She's the eldest daughter at home." Fang Ying hadn't slept well and went out hungry. The wind blew, and her mood got even worse. She corrected him directly, "Don't call her that one all the time."
"..." Ji Yanlang touched his nose, "Didn't she almost become the Crown Princess? I heard from my father that the emperor still wants to become an in-law with Uncle Zhou."
"Yeah." Speaking of Zhou Congshan's marriage, Fang Ying forgot her unhappiness and took the initiative to ask, "Have you met His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin recently? Is he interested in Miss Zhou?"
Ji Yanlang said, "That's not my idea. After the King of Qin was enthroned, the Emperor ordered him and the King of Yan to join the Secretariat to attend government affairs. We haven't seen each other since then. Without the Emperor's order, the princes and the royal family must avoid any suspicion with our Imperial Guards."
"Two princes entering the Secretariat together?" Fang Ying frowned. "What did father say?"
"Father said that the affairs of the imperial family have nothing to do with us, and that we should just be loyal and serve." Having said that, Ji Yanlang still had some camaraderie with the King of Qin, and in his heart he still hoped that he would become the crown prince, so he asked Fang Ying, "Does the Zhou family have their eyes on the King of Qin?"
Fang Ying hurriedly shook her head. "If it were up to Uncle Zhou and Sister Zhou, they wouldn't want to marry into the royal family anymore. The Prince of Yan is already married, and with Master Lu's prophecy, no matter which prince she marries, it would be a disaster. I'm asking you about the Prince of Qin, but I personally feel that, given the situation, he's the best choice."
Ji Yanlang agreed with this: "Indeed, in terms of character and talent, the King of Qin is a rare talent. Moreover, after meeting the emperor, I found that the father and son of the royal family are quite similar."
"Is it a resemblance in appearance or..."
"They look alike, they talk and act alike, and they both have the same great knowledge and memory."
"Then he should have..." Fang Ying looked around, only seeing servants in the distance ahead, so she lowered her voice and continued to ask, "That heart, right?"
"I think..." Ji Yanlang took a step closer to her, took her hand hidden in her cloak, leaned forward and whispered, "It's impossible not to."
Just talk, why hold hands? Fang Ying glared at him and pulled her hand back, but he held it tightly and refused to let go.
Worried about the awkwardness of the tug-of-war on the way, Fang Ying stopped struggling and simply said, "Stop messing around. What will it look like if the servants see you?"
"What kind of talk is that? A good story!" Ji Yanlang said confidently, "It's been so hard for the two of us to get to where we are today. Who in our family doesn't know that? What are you afraid of?"
"..." What a turn of events! Who could have thought that one day Ji Yanlang would say these words himself?!
Fang Ying had no way to refute and had to let him lead the way until they reached the main courtyard. She then unexpectedly pulled her hand back, motioning Ji Yanlang to go in first and she would follow.
Ji Yanlang still held her arm and took her into the house. He did not let go even when they reached the courtyard. In front of all the servants in the courtyard, he held Fang Ying's arm and walked into the main hall.
Li and Ji Guangting heard the announcement and came out from the inner room. They couldn't help but smile when they saw this scene.
When Ji Yanlang saw his parents, he finally let go of their hands, invited them to take a seat, and served them tea together with Fang Ying.
Li's eyes turned red from drinking this cup of tea. At the end, she only said one sentence: "From now on, we must love each other and live a good life."
Ji Guangting, however, said a few more words to his son: "You are almost twenty years old, and you have already started a family. You are not allowed to be so willful as before. Help your second brother with the chores at home, and be more careful with your words and actions in the camp. Do more and talk less."
Ji Yanlang respectfully agreed. Seeing it was getting late, Li called for dinner. After dinner, each room came to greet the family. Erlang, Wulang, and Ji Yanlang, who had official duties, left first. Ji Guangting didn't have to attend court today, so he took Sanlang and Silang to the outer courtyard and would meet friends at home later.
As soon as the men left, An looked at Fang Ying and smiled, "What a joyful day, Sixth Brother's wife! All the hardship has finally ended and happiness is finally here." She glanced at Fang Ying's hair and said, "This hairpin is truly auspicious and auspicious. I've never seen you wear it before. Did you save it for today?"
"Third sister-in-law, you're joking. I really haven't felt any hardship." Although Fang Ying disliked the hairpin that Ji Yanlang picked, since An Shi spoke so ambiguously, she deliberately raised her hand to touch the ruby inlaid on the hairpin and said with a sweet smile, "I also think this one is too rich and festive, but Liu Lang insisted that it looks good..."
Seeing An's smile froze and she looked as if she had choked on something, Yue Qing'e immediately smiled happily, "Then you should wear this. Women dress to please themselves."
Li also laughed and said, "On festive occasions, don't you have to wear something this gorgeous? It looks good."
She made the final decision, and An couldn't find anything else to say, so she had to stop and suppress her unhappiness.
Li had already noticed that Fang Ying was not as energetic as usual today. Seeing that everyone had nothing to say, she let them go and return to their rooms.
Fang Ying tried hard not to yawn in Li's room, and only yawned quietly after she left the room. Cheng, who was walking in front of her, caught a glimpse of her from the corner of her eye, deliberately slowed down her pace, and asked with a smile, "Sixth sister-in-law, did you not sleep well last night?"
"Look at what Fourth Sister-in-law is asking," Yue Qing'e said before Fang Ying could reply. "We've all been through this, is there any need to ask?"
Fang Ying was also a little annoyed by the question: "Who knows, maybe Fourth Sister-in-law slept well at the beginning?"
Cheng Shi was very annoyed by this. She said with a forced smile, "Yes, I was busy all day. Unlike my sixth brother's wife, who only had to hold a wedding ceremony last night, I was really exhausted and slept very well."
An chimed in, "That's right. Sixth brother's wife has more free time. Splitting the etiquette into two parts saves a lot of effort."
"My two sisters-in-law are so envious, I should be able to pray for you in my next life." Fang Ying smiled, as if jokingly, "I won't be with you for long. I have to go back and catch up on my sleep."
After saying this, she didn't wait for the other two to react. She said hello to her second and fifth sisters-in-law and walked away quickly.
When Fang Ying woke up from her nap and saw Yue Qing'e again, she mentioned this matter. Yue Qing'e was still laughing, "You didn't see the expressions on their faces, especially Sanniang. She looked as if she had been struck by lightning. She was in disbelief and it took her a while to come back to her senses."
"I really didn't have the patience to deal with them at that time, so I spoke too hastily." Fang Ying said with a smile.
"I think what they said was very good, that's how you should respond to them!" Yue Qing'e was very relieved. "Besides, they have nowhere to complain to. They were the ones who said those rude things first, and you responded to them."
That's right. Aren't An and Cheng's words meant to mock her for having one wedding and two ceremonies? But it wasn't her fault. She didn't feel any regret or hurt. But if these two dared to say this to her parents-in-law, they would be deeply hurt. They weren't stupid, but they didn't have the guts.
"Let's not talk about them." Fang Ying asked about the banquet. "Have you sent out the invitations to everyone?"
"I've sent them all, and most of them have received responses." At this point, Yue Qing'e suddenly frowned, "I still can't say anything about the Cui family."
The Cui family is a relative of the Ji family. Ji Guangting's second daughter married Cui Jia Silang. However, ever since Ji Guangting helped the current emperor to counterattack Shuzhong, the Cui family, which was originally a noble family in Shuzhong, no longer wanted to associate with the Ji family, and Ji Erniang never returned to her parents' home.
"The Cui family is really different from other families. No matter how prosperous our family is... they refuse to have any contact with us." Fang Ying had not met Ji Er Niang very often, so she did not have much feeling about this. She just felt that the Cui family was stubborn and pedantic like no other.
Yue Qing'e said, "I wonder how long they can hold on. I heard that Second Mother's bad-tempered father-in-law has been seriously ill recently. If he dies, the younger generation won't even have a proper job. I don't believe Second Mother won't come back to beg Mother for help."
"Maybe they're willing to stick to their poverty." Fang Ying smiled and changed the subject, "When you find a husband for Si Niang, you have to be discerning and choose carefully. Don't choose one that's too pedantic and too strict. Otherwise, with Si Niang's temper, won't she be easily manipulated?"
When Yue Qing'e heard this, her eyes suddenly lit up. She looked around and leaned close to Fang Ying and whispered, "I heard from your second uncle that the emperor asked if your father had any unmarried children. Maybe Fourth Mother will marry into the royal family."
There is such a thing? How come she hasn't heard about it? "Does mother know?"
"Of course he knows, right? Your second uncle knows, so how could mother not know? When father comes back, he will definitely discuss it with mother."
"Why didn't mother tell us about it?"
"Maybe they haven't confirmed it yet and don't want to make it public."
When it comes to matters involving the royal family, one must indeed be more cautious, and the matter entirely depends on the emperor's wishes. Whether or not one tells them about it will have no impact on the matter.
But Fang Ying didn't think this was a good match. When Ji Yanlang came home in the afternoon, she couldn't help but say to him, "Si Niang has never been talkative and shy. I'm afraid it's not appropriate for her to marry into the royal family."
"Didn't this matter fail? The emperor just asked casually." Ji Yanlang said.
Just a casual question? Fang Ying always felt that something was wrong, but since the matter had not been resolved, it was not appropriate to bring it up again. It was not until the day of the banquet when Zhou Congshan came that he finally told her the truth.
"The official is not asking about your fourth daughter at all. On the contrary, he wants to marry a princess to your family."
"Princess? Marry who?"
Zhou Congshan said with a grin, "Guess."
“…Could it be Jirokuro?”
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