Xu Qier wiped her tears all the way back to her room. As soon as she entered the room and closed the door, Xu Qier restrained her expression.
She knew that pretending to be weak in front of her father was still useful. If her father really didn't care about her at all, he would not agree to take her back to Wangjing.
But it is definitely not possible to rely entirely on her father to arrange a marriage for her. Xu Qier has already missed the opportunity once and cannot make the same mistake again. Her age does not allow her to make the same mistake again.
Xu Qier thought to herself, if she was going to marry, she would marry a prince.
There was more than one prince, Lu Xingzhou. Furthermore, the emperor was still in his prime, and the crown prince had not yet been chosen, so it was still unknown who would inherit the throne.
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Because the wedding date is after the first month of the lunar year, everyone in Prince Yi's Mansion is busy. Uncle Li is the general manager of Prince Yi's Mansion and he has been very busy these days.
But Butler Li was very happy. After so many years, there was finally someone the prince liked and was willing to settle down with. To be frank, Prince Yi's wedding made him as happy as his own child's marriage.
At this time, Wang Wentian was actually interested in chatting with Lu Xingzhou.
Wang Wentian was used to the tight schedule in the northern border, and it was rare for him to return to Wangjing City. Although military reports were delivered every day, there was no need to manage the army or train the soldiers. When the reports suddenly came in, Wang Wentian didn't know what to do.
Wang Wentian folded his arms cheerfully as he watched everyone in Prince Yi's mansion busying themselves. Lu Xingzhou glared at him unhappily, "The wedding is coming up soon. Why are you coming here instead of going back to your mansion to take care of things?"
The Emperor bestowed upon him the title of Marquis of Zhenbei and wanted to grant him another house as the Marquis of Zhenbei Mansion, but Wang Wentian refused. Originally, their family was not in Wangjing, and the original Zhenguo General's Mansion was already big enough. Wouldn't it be a waste of money and manpower to grant him another house?
So the emperor ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to replace the original plaque of the General's Mansion, and to renovate the interior and exterior, and even replace the furniture with new ones.
So there was nothing for him to do in the palace, as he had already finished all the work in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Wang Wentian spread his hands and said, "There's nothing to be busy about. Besides, we won't be living in Wangjing for long after the wedding. The people in Northern Xinjiang will take care of it. As the book says, keep everything simple. There's no need to waste time on extravagance and ostentation."
Lu Xingzhou glanced at Wang Wentian and asked, "Did you call Rushu?"
Wang Wentian rubbed his head and said, "She's almost my wife, so why can't I call her that?"
Lu Xingzhou felt very uncomfortable because he had never called Li Yue before.
Wang Wentian watched as everyone in Prince Yi's mansion was busy, and he became curious, so he asked, "The Emperor has already finished the tasks he asked the Imperial Household Department to handle for me. You are His Majesty's biological son, so why didn't His Majesty send someone to help you?"
Steward Li, who was standing by, heard this and quickly said, "Oh, my Lord, it's not the Ministry of Internal Affairs that's ignoring us. It's our master who's worried that the princess won't be comfortable living here after she marries in. He's been asking about everything and making all the arrangements for the palace himself. If it weren't for the fact that time is running out, our master would have even considered demolishing the palace and rebuilding it."
Wang Wentian was amazed. He didn't expect Lu Xingzhou to be able to do this for Shen Liyue.
Lu Xingzhou had nothing to be embarrassed about. This was what it meant to like a woman. He wanted to give her the best, fearing that she would be unhappy. If it weren't inconvenient to go to the Shen family all the time, Lu Xingzhou would have wanted to ask Shen Liyue's opinion on everything.
For example, the bedding on the bed, whether she prefers silk or brocade, a hard bed or a soft bed, and what kind of books she likes to read, Lu Xingzhou didn't know all these, so he simply asked someone to prepare them and he would slowly find out later.
Because the family split up this year, Shen Wangqiu's family did not go to the second branch's house for a reunion on New Year's Eve. They should have invited the second branch to the Shen Mansion to celebrate the New Year, and sent someone to invite them. But Old Madam Shen said that she was old and lazy, so she didn't come. Since the family split up, there was no need for them to get together.
Chen Wangqiu knew that his mother was still upset about the division of the family, but this was also his bottom line and he could not give in, so on New Year's Eve, only Chen Wanghong's family and the third family had a reunion dinner together.
The first day of the Lunar New Year was the day they had agreed to propose marriage. On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Shen Wangqiu accompanied Jiang back to the Jiang family. So it was not until the third day of the Lunar New Year that Shen Wangqiu brought his wife, children, and the third wife's family to the second wife's house to pay New Year's greetings to his mother.
As soon as she entered the courtyard of the second house, Jiang was shocked.
I don't know if it's because the servants are lazy or what, but it's Chinese New Year, but there aren't many festive atmospheres in the mansion. Although there are a few red lanterns hung hastily under the eaves, the quality of the lanterns looks very poor. It's only been a few days, and some of them have been blown to pieces by the wind.
When they saw Old Madam Shen, the group saluted politely. When they looked up again, Shen Liyue found that Old Madam Shen seemed to have aged a lot.
When Old Madam Shen was in the Shen Mansion, was she not radiant every day?
Now that he is following the second wife, why does he look so much older and haggard?
Shen Liyue had sharp eyes and could tell at a glance that Madam Shen was still wearing the New Year's clothes that Jiang bought for her last year, but now Madam Shen could no longer afford the luxury of these clothes.
Madam Shen nodded calmly, "Since you are here, please sit down."
Shen Wangqiu and Shen Wangshi presented the New Year gifts they brought to Old Madam Shen, and everyone else took their seats.
After Shen Wangqiu sat down, he saw that Shen Wanghong was not there, so he asked, "Second brother is not in the mansion today?"
Old Madam Shen snorted heavily: "What does it matter to you whether he's here or not? When have you ever cared about your brother?"
Chen Liyue guessed that something like this would happen today, but she didn't expect that her grandmother would start to get angry as soon as her father asked a question.
Everyone knew that Old Madam Shen was taking this opportunity to vent her anger, and in fact she was blaming Chen Wangqiu for not taking care of the second house. If the family had not been separated yet, Chen Wangqiu would have provided some support. Now that the family has been separated and everyone lives their own life, Chen Wangqiu did not respond, but just sat there in silence.
When Old Lady Shen saw that Chen Wangqiu did not admit his mistake quickly as usual, and did not take the initiative to ask if the second house had any difficulties, and then obediently help the second house, she became even more angry.
"People say that blood ties ties family ties, and even if bones are broken, the tendons are still connected! It's okay if you don't care about me, I'm an old man and I can only live for a few days! But Hong'er is your biological brother, there is no reason to help outsiders but not your own brother!" Old Lady Shen said, glancing at the third room.
Shen Wangshi knew that Mrs. Shen was referring to herself as an "outsider" and felt a little uncomfortable.
Although he was neither high nor low, he was very respectful to his mother and had never disobeyed her. Shen Wanghong had often made his mother unhappy, but because Shen Wanghong was Madam Shen's biological son and he was born to a concubine, he became an outsider in his mother's mouth.
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