Chapter 418 Returning Home
Seven days after the Crown Prince's wedding, the palace organized the funeral of the Second Prince. Perhaps because the Emperor felt guilty, the funeral was held with great ceremony. Those who knew the truth and those who didn't all sighed at its scale and said nothing more.
After all, the emperor lost two sons in a row. Let alone the emperor, even if it happened to an ordinary family, few people would be able to survive. What's more, their emperor had to deal with the entire state affairs of Dongyou.
The emperor's aging is visible to the naked eye.
Because of the second prince's funeral, Su Yue's return home was postponed for a few days. However, Su Yue naturally didn't care about these trivial matters. Instead, Shangguan Nanxing, out of guilt, brought a lot of so-called apologies and personally followed Su Yue back home.
After all, Su Yue is the legitimate daughter of the prime minister, so naturally she went to the prime minister's residence when she returned home this time.
"Yuer, you are finally here. Mother is ready and waiting for you."
As soon as Su Yue got off the carriage, Gu Qin'er came to greet her. Then she thought of Su Yue's current identity, so she hurriedly stopped and prepared to salute, but was stopped by Su Yue.
However, when Shangguan Nanxing appeared, everyone was stunned, and then they all knelt down to salute. Even Gu Qiner hurriedly wanted to kneel down to salute, but Shangguan Nanxing held her other hand.
"If you marry me, Yue'er, you will be my mother as well. How can a mother kneel before her son?"
After Shangguan Nanxing helped Gu Qiner up, he spoke to her with a faint smile.
"After all, the rules cannot be broken."
When Gu Qiner heard what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said, she knew that her daughter should have a good life after marriage, so she felt relieved.
"Today is Yue'er's return home. I am here with her as her son-in-law. There is no need to be so polite. It's too formal. Let's go in."
When Shangguan Nanxing heard Gu Qin'er say this, he did not argue, but led Su Yue and Gu Qin'er in directly.
"Everyone, stand up." Shangguan Nanxing then waved to the servants kneeling behind him, and the servants stood up.
"Mother, when did you come? Father hasn't left the morning court yet?"
Su Yue took her mother Gu Qin'er's hand and asked with a faint smile as they walked in. After all, her mother now lived in her own princess's mansion. From what her mother said just now, it seemed that she had been here for a long time.
As for Nanxing, he deliberately did not attend the morning court today just to accompany her to the prime minister's residence.
"Your father's morning court session will probably take a while. Mother heard that you were coming back today, so she came here early."
When Gu Qin'er heard Su Yue mention Su Yan, she just answered normally. The current Su Yan could no longer arouse any waves in her.
The reason why she came to the prime minister's mansion was naturally to ensure that her daughter's parents would be present when she returned home, which would make the scene more beautiful, just like her daughter's wedding.
In Zhiqing Hall, both Old Master Su and Old Madam Su were naturally present. When they saw Su Yue appear, they were about to say something, but they saw that the prince came with her.
"Greetings to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." The two elders hurriedly stood up from their chairs and saluted towards Shangguan Nanxing. When the people in Zhiqing Hall saw the two elders kneeling, everyone followed suit.
The two elders were worried at this time. They had originally thought of not going to greet Su Yue when she returned home, so that their granddaughter would know that even if she was the Crown Princess, she would not be able to act in a pretentious manner when she arrived at the Prime Minister's Mansion.
But I didn’t expect that the prince would also come along.
"The Crown Princess is here too. Doesn't she need to see you?"
When Shangguan Nanxing saw the people kneeling in front of him, he naturally knew what the two elders of the Su family were planning by not going to the door to greet them, so he accepted the greeting unceremoniously and asked in a low voice.
"Greetings to the Crown Princess." The two elders of the Su family certainly knew what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince meant, so they bowed to Su Yue again.
Kneeling down before his own granddaughter, no matter how awkward it was, his granddaughter had become the honorable Crown Princess, and according to the rules he had to perform the ceremony.
"You're all welcome. We're all family. Get up."
Shangguan Nanxing saw that his goal had been achieved, so his tone softened and he loudly signaled for everyone to stand up. There was no trace of the coldness he had just shown.
After Old Master Su and Old Madam Su stood up, they looked at Su Yue with a very bad expression.
"Grandpa and grandma, you are not feeling well. Why do you look so bad?"
Su Yue's tone was extremely caring. After she finished speaking, she let go of Gu Qin'er and looked at Old Master Su and Old Madam Su with a worried look on her face.
Although she appeared to care about the two elders, she was actually sneering in her heart.
Since the grandparents didn't go to the door to greet them, Su Yue naturally knew what they were planning, so when Shangguan Nanxing deliberately asked them to salute just now, she didn't stop them.
They wanted to give her a warning, so don't blame her for taking advantage of the power of others.
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