Kang Wang muttered to himself, "She's not even as pretty as my Jinghe!"
As a result, Jinghe pulled Kang Wang aside, glared at him, and said, "Father, think about how you would feel if people said I wasn't good-looking? Do you want the Emperor to exile you even further away?"
King Kang immediately shut up.
The emperor did not hear the Prince Kang's muttering.
Cheng Huaijin: "..."
I honestly didn't pay attention to whether they were pretty or not.
"Your Majesty, what are you doing? You've frightened the child." The Empress Dowager glanced at the Emperor, then looked at Cheng Huaijin with a smile. "You two will have to stay in the capital for a while. You should pay more attention to your own affairs and take a good look at the girls around you."
The Empress Dowager emphasized the three words beside her, then looked at Grandma Gu: "Xianglan, when you have time, help Xiaojin find a husband. Although we have friendly relations between the East and West, in my heart, Xiaojin is a citizen of our Great Zhou, and she should marry a well-educated and sensible girl from our Great Zhou."
Grandma Gu nodded: "Okay, Mother, your daughter-in-law understands."
Princess Consort Kang chimed in, "Grandmother, even if I weren't going to the West with the Prince, I would still have time to help Xiao Jin find a wife! I could also find one for our little one. Now that I'm going to the West, Great-Grandmother, wouldn't you also ask my aunt to help our son find one?"
The Empress Dowager gave her a reproachful look: "Can your two little rascals ever listen to reason?"
Everyone in the room laughed; Princess Jinghe and Prince Kang were indeed not obedient.
Princess Kang changed the subject, and everyone moved on to other things.
After dinner, Cheng Huaijin stopped drinking and made an excuse to go back to the academy to say goodbye. He was really afraid that the old men and women would think of him, the unmarried young man, and bring up the matter of arranging marriages for him again. It was a kind gesture of care, but he didn't want it at all, so he decided to slip away.
Before they even reached the main gate, the butler caught up with them.
The steward of the Kang Prince's Mansion caught up with Cheng Huaijin, carrying a food box: "Prince Ahai, this is from Princess Xinxin, who asked me to give it to you."
Cheng Huaijin: "?"
The steward said, "Princess Xinxin said that this is a dessert that our princess prepared for Miss Yingxue. It's a new invention by our royal chef, and Miss Yingxue has definitely never tasted it before. Princess Xinxin wants to keep our princess company, so she asked the prince to help deliver it."
Cheng Huaijin nodded: "Okay, I understand. Leave it to me!"
After the steward finished his task, he escorted the person to the door, where he happened to run into the uninvited Duke of Zhenguo.
The butler paused for a moment, then stepped forward to greet him.
Cheng Huaijin also bowed to the Duke of Zhenguo with the respect due to a junior. The Duke of Zhenguo was friendly to Cheng Huaijin, asked him a few questions, and when he learned that Cheng Huaijin was about to leave, he did not say anything more and followed the steward into the mansion.
Cheng Huaijin smiled as he watched the Duke of Zhenguo's retreating figure. Xin Xin's future father-in-law is quite shameless, having come uninvited twice already. He wondered if he would get into another fight with Uncle Gu this time.
Although he really wanted to go and see what was going on, Cheng Huaijin didn't want to be caught talking about his marriage. He picked up the food box and left the Kang Prince's Mansion with regret.
The Duke of Zhenguo followed the steward to the banquet hall of the Kang Prince's mansion. At present, there were only the Emperor, the three brothers of the Kang Prince, the Duke of Cheng'en, the three uncles, and General Peng.
Everyone was taken aback when they saw the Duke of Zhenguo. Prince Kang blinked and asked in confusion, "Old Lu, I remember I forgot to invite you!"
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