After arriving in Kunzhou, the Empress Dowager stayed at the Kang Prince's residence. Given the personalities of the Kang Prince and his wife, she decided it was best to keep an eye on things herself.
Back when they were in Beijing, they made quite a few jokes. They've been away for several years now, and she's worried about them!
These two are getting more and more unrestrained, and she can't help but keep an eye on them.
The Empress Dowager was at the Kang Prince's residence, and the Gu family members came here every day. Cai Xiaolian, Zhang Shi, and Yang Shi came to help the Kang Prince's wife prepare for the wedding. Apart from Gu Ren, who would only come to report after school with Xiao Mingyue, the other children came to accompany the Empress Dowager.
Thanks to the health-preserving pills made by Gu Xin, the Empress Dowager is in good spirits and can listen to the children talk for a long time every day.
They can also check in on the wedding preparations every night.
They also spent a Mid-Autumn Festival together at the Prince Kang's Mansion during that time.
Soon, it was August 19th, the day before Princess Jinghe's wedding.
Lu Zheng, Xue Qianyu, and Peng Ze, along with several others who had escorted the Western delegation to the capital, rushed back without stopping.
When they arrived in Kuncheng, they felt like they were coming home.
After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the weather has cooled down, and in the past two days, various flowers transported from Chunnan City have filled the streets and alleys of Kuncheng.
The streets of Kuncheng were as clean as ever, and the crowds coming and going were lively, even when it wasn't a holiday.
The people knew that tomorrow was the wedding of Princess Jinghe and their new prefect of Kunzhou, so they spontaneously reminded their children not to pick the flowers on the street just because they were pretty. Those flowers were for the prefect and the princess to use for their wedding. If they picked them, not only the royal family, but even the yamen runners could arrest them.
Lu Zheng, riding his horse, looked at the flowers all over the street and said to Xue Qianyu, "You need to write back later and ask your family to grow more flowers in the greenhouse. It's still quite a distance from the mansion that the Emperor just bestowed upon the Gu family to your home. If you don't get some flowers, my sister-in-law will be unhappy!"
Xue Qianyu rolled his eyes at him: "I am Xin Xin's rightful brother-in-law. I have never heard my parents-in-law say that my sister-in-law has a fiancé. Young Master Lu, please watch your words!"
Lu Zheng: "..."
Peng Ze laughed from the side: "That's right, I've never heard my second uncle and aunt mention that my third sister has a fiancé. But my second sister's husband is officially recognized!"
Lu Zheng looked at Peng Ze in disbelief: "General Ze, when you got married, there were no flowers lining the streets. I'm not your third sister's husband yet, but Sister Hui treats me like a brother."
Peng Ze: "..."
The three of them, like children, teased each other, and once inside the city, they each went home.
When Peng Ze returned to the Peng residence, he was somewhat annoyed to see that the streets around the residence were also covered with flowers. He thought to himself, "Damn it, all this money and grain has been used to spread here."
He looked at them carefully for a while, and finally chose one flower from each of the two flowers on either side of the street outside their house, tied them into a bunch, and went into the house with his hands behind his back.
Just then, Gu Hui was at home, getting ready to go to Princess Jinghe's place. When she saw Peng Ze come in with his hands behind his back, she was taken aback for a moment: "I thought you guys wouldn't make it! I was even thinking about how much wine Jinghe would make you drink, but you still made it!"
Peng Ze smiled without saying a word, closed the door, and walked step by step closer to Gu Hui.
Gu Hui found this person strange; why was he not saying a word? And his smile was particularly eerie.
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