Chapter 192 Solving the Princess's Mansion
The uncle and nephew looked at each other with smiles.
The fate of the Su family and Princess Yuehua started with the horse-faced skirt. Six years ago, she and her mother went out shopping, and Jiayun Embroidery Workshop spent two hundred taels of silver to buy the blueprint of the horse-faced skirt. At that time, Su Ruojin did not know that this embroidery workshop belonged to Princess Yuehua.
The first time I met the real Princess Yuehua was at the flower party at Prince Jin’s Mansion. Princess Yuehua protected Cheng Yingzhen and her daughter with her horse-faced skirt, and they were grateful. The princess is a really nice person.
And the third fate was the peach blossom forest and the elegant and graceful uncle in front of me.
The person who could have made Princess Yuehua help Su Yanli out of trouble could not have been the horse-faced skirt, and it seemed unlikely to be the uncle in front of her either.
Reason one: Although Su Yanzu was in the capital, he and Su Yanli had almost no contact. He only showed up during the New Year and other festivals to give gifts, and left without even a meal. They were strangers with blood ties. Would he silently pay attention to his stranger brother who was only related by blood? And then help him at the critical moment?
Reason two, the two brothers belong to different circles. How could Su Yanzu know the complicated relationship between officials in the Taichang Temple beyond his circle? Even when the Shaoqing of the Taichang Temple just started trouble yesterday, he asked someone to solve the problem today?
Let’s not talk about whether he has such a powerful ability. Even if he does, it would have happened yesterday and can be solved today?
There is another possibility. Could it be that Princess Yuehua really likes someone so much that she will do whatever he says? After traveling to the thirteenth year of the Dayin Dynasty, Su Ruojin knew too well how omnipotent power was. If Princess Yuehua wanted to force someone, it would be a matter of minutes. However, she still helped her uncle and Shangguan Yu to be together, and only transferred her uncle to her side as a chief historian.
If a chief historian asked her to help his brother out of trouble, perhaps Princess Yuehua would agree to solve it, but it would definitely not be so quick.
Su Ruojin thought that there was a bond between the Su family and Princess Yuehua - Prince Zhao Lan. If it weren't for Zhao Lan, she wouldn't have gone to the prince's mansion to watch the flower show, and she wouldn't have known that Jiayun Embroidery Workshop belonged to Princess Yuehua, and the princess wouldn't have let her uncle and his lover go so easily.
But no matter what the reason was, it seemed that it was not enough for Princess Yuehua to solve Su Yanli's problem so quickly. What could that be?
She couldn't guess and shook her head, "I don't know." She asked for the truth, "Please tell me one or two things, uncle."
"Really?"
"Of course it's true." Su Ruojin curled her lips in annoyance when she was asked the question sincerely and humbly, "If I knew, why would I ask you?"
Su Yanzu's eyes became meaningful, "Then I don't know."
What is this? Su Ruojin looked at her uncle, who was pretending to be deep, and asked, "From your tone, it seems like you know?"
Su Yanzu smiled and looked outside. "It's getting late. I have to go to work. The breakfast is good. Thank you for the hospitality." He stood up and walked away, passing by the counter. "Your young boss will treat us."
After saying that, he left in a leisurely manner.
Huang Shun looked at the young master.
Su Ruojin rolled her eyes at Su Yanzu's back, "Sister Qiuyue, pay."
"Yes, Second Lady."
The matter was resolved, and Su Ruojin put one worry to rest, but another worry arose: why did Princess Yuehua help the Su family so much? The Su family's biggest supporter is the Prince of Jin's Mansion, and only people like Prince of Jin or Zhao Lan could ask Princess Yuehua for help.
The problem is that Prince Jin hasn't met Su Yanli many times in the past few years. Could it be that because Su Yanli is Zhao Lan's teacher, Princess Yuehua encountered this matter by chance and solved it?
Then she had to thank Yuehua and also thank Zhao Lan. Her father’s teaching of this noble student was not in vain and it was really useful at the critical moment.
The result was guessed, but the process seemed to be a long and winding one. At this moment, Su Ruojin had no idea at all. No matter what the process was, it would be the same destination!
After getting the good news, Su Ruojin stopped checking the accounts and rushed home to tell her mother. However, she stopped when she heard the baby babbling.
A little boy about one year old was pushing a walker unsteadily over to the kitchen porch.
She quickly went over to support the little boy, "Ah Zhong, you can walk now!"
Xianggui came out from the workshop nearby, "Second Madam."
Su Ruojin smiled and said, "Ah Zhong is really well behaved and doesn't make any noise at all."
The owner praised his child, and Xianggui smiled happily, "Yes, he is very obedient." After that, she picked up her son with one hand and put the walker against the wall with the other hand.
Shi Liu and Xiang Gui got pregnant in the autumn of the second year after their marriage. The baby boy was born in May last year. They were so happy that they almost cried to death. The thorn of infertility that had been thorning their hearts was finally removed.
For this reason, Xianggui specially asked Su Ruojin for leave, and returned to the mountain once when the child was one hundred days old. The family of three, wearing gold and silver, returned home in glory. Not only did she, Xianggui, who had bullied her, see that it was not that she, Xianggui, could not give birth, but that their son was infertile; she also wanted her grandmother to see that her granddaughter was a capable person. Not only did she make money to support the family with her skills in the capital, but she also gave birth to a big fat son. As much as they looked down on her in the past, now they could not even afford to marry her, and she could not even buy them a candy with the money she earned.
Humph! See how you can still bully the poor youngsters. My life is much better now, but I just want you to see it but not touch it, to piss you off to death.
Su Ruojin wanted Xianggui to leave the child at Su's house and let Li Xiuzhu help take care of him, but Xianggui was reluctant to do so and kept the child under her nose, taking care of the child while working. Su Ruojin couldn't bear it and wanted to hire a maid, but Xianggui refused. She said that children grow up very fast and will be grown up in the blink of an eye. She told her not to worry, there are many people in the shop and everyone will help look after him. She let the child play in the back porch, have food to eat when hungry, and go back to the room to sleep when tired. Compared with when they were children, they were much happier.
Su Ruojin knew that Xianggui was telling the truth, but... compared to Su Xiaomei and Xu Niansong, Shi Guizhong's growing environment was still not good. But Su Ruojin knew that she was not doing charity, and the current conditions were already the best.
Su Ruojin was not in a hurry to go back, so she asked Xianggui to do it. She helped take care of little A Zhong and had lunch with him at noon. She didn't go back until the afternoon when the little guy took a nap.
Shi Liu and Xiang Gui saw this, thinking that the young master was reluctant to let their child suffer with the adults! However, Xiang Gui and Shi Liu never felt it was hard. The couple had a monthly allowance, and the child was right under their eyes. They were well fed and well clothed. As long as the family of three was together, they felt at home and happy wherever they were.
After returning home, Su Ruojin ran to Cheng Yingzhen's bedroom. As expected, she was not in the mood for a nap. She was sitting by the bed doing needlework. Su Ruojin hugged her neck and said, "Mom, Dad is fine."
Cheng Yingzhen, who was anxious, asked, "Who told you that?"
Su Ruojin told her mother everything that her uncle Su Yanzu had said.
"How could Princess Yuehua help us?" Cheng Yingzhen also knew the bond between her uncle and the princess, "Could it be that he has already..." given himself to the princess?
Don't blame Cheng Yingzhen for thinking this way. There are just too many private rumors about princesses and princesses among the people. It is said that they keep lovers and gigolos, and are as romantic as they can be. Even someone like Cheng Yingzhen who rarely goes out can hear them.
Su Ruojin smiled and stopped him, "Princess Yuehua is not that kind of person, and my uncle is certainly not that kind of person either. I guess why Princess Yuehua helped Dad, probably because Dad is the teacher of Prince Zhao, and Princess Yuehua just happened to know about it, so she helped him."
"Oh my god, I have to thank Prince Zhao so much. If it weren't for him, what would have happened to your father?"
Su Yanli probably knew about it in the Taichang Temple office during the day, so when he came back, he was already relieved. The father and daughter met and analyzed the situation, and finally they both agreed that it was Zhao Lan's face that made Princess Yuehua help.
"Although Princess Yuehua is doing this for Zhao Lan's sake, we still have to thank her. How about I design another set of clothes for the princess?"
Su Yanli agreed, "It will be hard for Ajin." His daughter was repaying a favor for him, and he felt he owed her too much.
Su Ruojin smiled and said, "This is happy hard work."
Princess Yuehua was famous for her love of beautiful clothes. Apart from wearing traditional dresses on formal occasions, she rarely wore the same clothes the rest of the time. Moreover, almost every style she wore would become a popular style in the capital.
Su Ruojin and her daughter have also worn this popular style, which shows how much Princess Yuehua loves beautiful clothes.
This summer is particularly hot, and the clothes should not only be beautiful but also cool. In order to thank Princess Yuehua, Su Ruojin really put a lot of thought into it and thought of everything inside and outside. As a result, Ding and Cheng Yingzhen finished it without much effort.
After finishing, Mrs. Ding picked up one of them and rolled it into her palm. "It looks just like a handkerchief. Can it be worn?"
"I've seen the princess's size, she should be able to wear it."
Mrs. Ding's expression was indescribable: "Ah Jin, are you sure you won't be punished for giving this kind of clothes to Her Royal Highness the Princess?"
"What's wrong with wearing underwear in the inner room?" Su Ruojin didn't think that a woman who loved beauty would give up such convenient and cool clothes.
Cheng Yingzhen held the dress in her hand and said, "If it wasn't for Her Royal Highness the Princess, I would also like to make one to wear. It must be beautiful and cool."
"Of course." Su Ruojin smiled, "Mom will make one for me to wear in the room, what's there to be afraid of?"
Cheng Yingzhen shook her head. "Unless the princess agrees, the things given to Her Royal Highness are unique. We, as subjects, should not overstep our authority."
Well, Su Ruojin stopped trying to persuade her and wrote a note asking Qiuyue to find someone to deliver it to the princess's mansion.
The Princess Mansion replied to the post, inviting Su Ruojin to come on June 26th. At this time, it had been almost twenty days since the Su Yanli incident.
The sun was scorching the earth, and heat waves were rolling. On the official road from south to north, several tall horses were galloping through the sparse shade of trees on the side of the road, "Gee...Gee..." In the blink of an eye, they were far away, and their backs became black dots.
The time came quickly. Su Ruojin packed up, took the designed clothes, the ice cream and popsicles she had made, and got on the carriage to the princess's mansion.
I've been to the prince's palace, and now to the princess's palace. I've traveled back to the Dayin Dynasty. I didn't expect that I could meet real princes and grandchildren. Seeing the prosperous mansions they live in, it really is worth the trip!
It's really hot.
Su Ruojin looked outside through the gap in the curtain. There were not many vehicles on the street, the ground was scorching hot from the sun, and there were few pedestrians. She looked up at the sky, but the scorching sun was too strong and she couldn't see the clear sea and blue sky.
Looking straight ahead, a dog was hiding in the shade, panting with its long tongue sticking out. The trees by the roadside stood there listlessly. There was not a breath of wind and the leaves did not move at all.
Su Ruojin thought about it carefully and it seemed like it hadn't rained for more than ten or twenty days. The water level in the wells, both at home and in the shop, seemed to have dropped a lot. She wondered how Uncle Shutong's grain harvest was going in the surrounding counties and towns?
If it continues to be so hot, should we go to the fields to escape the heat? When Su Ruojin thought about it, she felt like going to the countryside especially now, and she was eager to do so.
She took action as soon as she thought about it. She decided to tell her parents about this matter when she returned from the princess's mansion, and ask her father to take a few days off so that the family could relax.
Before they knew it, they had arrived at the princess's mansion. Having been to Prince Jin's mansion before, Su Ruojin was not panicked. The gatekeeper of the princess's mansion was also very polite. When he heard that it was the second lady of the Su family, he opened the side door and politely ushered her in.
Qiuyue and Chunxiao, each holding the young lady on one side, followed the servants of the princess's mansion into the princess's main courtyard, and then the little maid in the princess's main courtyard brought them to the princess.
The last time he saw the princess was during the Lantern Festival this year. Su Ruojin went to the Prince of Jin's Mansion to pay a visit to the Prince of Jin and his wife, and Princess Yuehua of course sat next to her sister-in-law.
"I haven't seen you for half a year. It seems like you've grown taller again."
Thirteen years old is the time when one grows rapidly. Su Ruojin has grown from a little girl of 1.23 meters to a young girl of 1.6 meters. In ancient times, this was not considered short. Her period has not come yet, so she can probably grow rapidly for another half a year and reach about 1.6566 meters. This height is just right for a girl.
The princess praised her, and Su Ruojin smiled brightly, bowing dignifiedly and calmly: "Your Highness, I greet you. May your Highness be well."
The nanny beside the princess came over and helped the young lady up.
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
As soon as Su Ruojin stood still, the princess motioned for her to sit down and thanked her again.
Princess Yuehua quietly looked at the young lady in front of her who was so tender that she could be pinched to extract water. She was wearing a light blue dress with almost no embroidery. Only three or two simple magnolia flowers were outlined on the hem of her skirt. She wore a simple plain belt. She had obviously not yet developed, but she had already begun to take on the figure of a girl, and was slim and graceful.
Her jet-black hair was tied into a bun with a light blue ribbon, and a pair of exquisite pearl flowers were inserted on each bun. It looked both rich and simple, and it made her skin look as white as snow. She had a round face, not sharp facial lines, soft facial features, and slightly wide eyes. She still looked childish, but soft and beautiful like water, and she was full of spirit.
No wonder her nephew asked her for help. It seems that it is more than just a teacher-student relationship. In her opinion, the relationship between senior brothers and junior sisters is probably stronger.
Princess Yuehua smiled and said, "He looks a bit like your uncle."
Su Ruojin: ...suddenly I didn’t know how to respond. Your Highness, you come up and call me your uncle. How can we continue our conversation?
It's quite interesting to see the young lady looking like she's holding back something and doesn't know how to respond.
"I heard you want to thank me?"
Su Ruojin quickly stood up and bowed, "Your Highness, this is not a worthy gift. I just made a piece of clothing with my mother for you. Please don't despise it."
Yuehua smiled slightly and said, "I'm afraid you're thanking the wrong person."
Su Ruojin raised her head suddenly: "Your Highness means..."
Yuehua looked towards the door.
Su Ruojin followed her gaze.
(End of this chapter)
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