Chapter 556 So What?
In the palace, the emperor rewarded the soldiers who had made great contributions and held a celebration banquet in the Ziguang Pavilion.
Civil and military officials gathered together, making the event very lively.
Princess Lou Yishang of the Western Regions was temporarily arranged to stay in an inn and was served and guarded by a special person.
She sat behind the dressing table, looking at her pretty face in the bronze mirror.
"I heard that the Great Xia Palace is holding a celebration banquet. They should be very proud right now, right?"
Yilan, the maidservant at the side, looked towards the door and whispered in her ear, "Princess, we are not in the palace of the Western Regions now. The people of Daxia have a saying that walls have ears."
Lou Yishang didn't care.
"So what? I'm a princess who is married to a foreign country. Can they kill me?" She then put her hands on her chin. "Since ancient times, victors have been kings and losers have been bandits. As the daughter of my father, I don't mind the marriage. But I have to fight with the emperor. My future husband must be chosen by myself."
Yilan asked hurriedly, "Does the princess have a man she likes?"
Lou Yishang looked out the window.
"From my perspective, Mr. Xu is mature and steady, and quite good."
Yilan misunderstood and nodded with a smile.
"Indeed, he is a good young general, full of vigor and vitality, as handsome and strong as the men of our Western Regions. He is a perfect match for the princess."
Lou Yishang glanced at her.
"I'm not talking about some young general, I'm talking about the brother of the general you mentioned." She poked her forehead and said, "Look at you, you look like a fangirl."
Yilan was stunned and touched her forehead.
"Didn't I hear that General Xu's brother already has a wife and children? Would the Emperor of Daxia agree?"
Lou Yishang walked towards the bed.
"So what? Whoever this princess wants, for the sake of peace between our two countries, can the Emperor of Daxia still not give it to her?"
Yilan stepped forward to help her undress, while advising her, "There are so many men in Daxia, why is the princess staring at a married man? There is a saying in Daxia that a forced melon is not sweet."
Besides, although Lord Xu is extremely handsome, he is of a different age from the princess and has a very different temperament.
She felt that the young general was more suitable for the princess in terms of both age and personality.
"Daxia, Daxia, you have studied a lot about Daxia's idioms." Lou Yishang took off his coat and sat on the bed. "I have come all the way to Daxia to marry. If I can't choose a husband according to my own preferences, what's the point of living?"
Yilan smiled and lowered the bed curtain.
"I feel that the princess is just curious about Mr. Xu. Princess, you might as well think about it carefully. Maybe your admiration for him is not a romantic relationship."
Lou Yishang lay down.
"Let's talk later. This princess is tired."
As he said this, he yawned.
Yilan stood outside the bed curtain, crossed her hands in front of her chest and saluted, "I will be on guard outside. Princess, you can call me at any time if you need anything."
Behind the bed curtains, Lou Yishang responded lazily.
"Um."
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Song Yuntang took his son out to play and did not return home until almost dinner time.
She is now more than four months pregnant. Her morning sickness disappeared half a month ago. She is not heavy and it is not noticeable even in her winter clothes.
If you don't take advantage of this month to relax and walk outside more often, it will not be so easy to go out when the baby in your belly grows older.
After dinner, she handed the child to Xu Yongwang and Jiang, and went back to her room to wash up and lie on the couch. She picked up a travel note and read it, and asked Jinshu to rub her slightly sore legs.
"Jinshu, what time is it?" she asked while reading a book.
Jinshu stood up and looked out the window.
"Madam, it's almost 7pm."
"The celebration banquet should have just started by now, right?" Song Yuntang thought about it, and since he was no longer sleepy, he closed the book. "I think we'll have to drink at the celebration banquet. I'll go make a sobering soup, and you can send it to the kitchen and ask Nanny Wang to make it and keep it warm on the stove."
Jinshu responded, took the lamp and followed Song Yuntang to the side room of the east wing.
This is the space that Song Yuntang specially opened up to facilitate medicine making.
It's early winter and the night wind is a little chilly.
After Song Yuntang prepared the sobering soup, he returned to his room wearing a cloak.
Jinshu put the lamp on the table.
"Madam, it may be midnight when the son-in-law and the second master come back. You are pregnant now and cannot stay up with them. Why don't you rest first? When the son-in-law comes back later, I will remind him to move more gently."
Song Yuntang thought about it and said, "That's fine."
Anyway, she was a light sleeper, and if she really fell asleep, she should be able to feel it when Xu Qingye came back to the room.
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Xu Qingye and Xu Wencheng are the ones who will arrive at the hour of Hai.
At this time, Song Yuntang had already stayed in the main courtyard.
Jiang and Xu Yongwang were very sleepy. Thinking that their two sons would be back soon, they couldn't sleep well. So they simply sat at the head of the bed with their clothes on and chatted about random things until they heard some noise in the front yard. They both got dressed, got up and left the yard.
Xu Wencheng had been following Xu Qingye obediently, but when he saw his parents, he hurriedly threw the sword in his hand to the followers behind him and ran towards Xu Yongwang and Jiang.
"Dad, Mom, I'm back."
Jiang smelled the alcohol on him, but she didn't beat or scold him as she did before. She pulled his arm and looked at him carefully, and said with red eyes, "You've grown taller and thinner."
Xu Wencheng raised his hand and wiped the corners of her eyes.
"My son is unfilial and makes me worry."
Jiang smiled and shook her head, "I am already very satisfied that you can come back alive."
Xu Qingye stepped forward.
"Dad, Mom."
"Why."
Jiang responded and saw his eyes sweeping towards the main courtyard. Is there anything else he doesn't understand?
"Tang'er and Hao Ting have already gone to bed. When you return to the room later, please be gentle. The baby is a little older now, and Tang'er has been sleepy lately, so he has to get up several times at night."
Xu Qingye hummed.
"I see."
Nanny Wang came from the backyard with two bowls of sobering soup on a tray.
"Madam is tired, so she prepared some hangover soup before she went to bed. I asked the servant to make it and keep it warm on the stove so that you and the second master can drink it when they come back."
Jiang brought out two bowls of sobering soup from the tray and each of her two sons handed one bowl.
"It's getting late. Go back to your room and wash up after drinking. Your sister-in-law had someone clean up the yard where Wencheng lived two days before she knew you were coming back."
After saying that, he told the nanny beside him to prepare water for the two of them.
After Xu Qingye returned to the main courtyard, he was worried that the smell of alcohol on his body would offend Song Yuntang, so he asked someone to prepare water in the side room. After washing up, he went straight to sleep in the side room.
When Song Yuntang woke up the next morning, he didn't see Xu Qingye by his side. He thought he hadn't come back all night, and he couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.
Jinshu entered the house carrying some water.
"Madam is awake."
Song Yuntang hummed and got out of bed wearing his shoes.
Jinshu looked at her with a smile.
"My son-in-law came back late yesterday and drank a lot of wine. He was worried that he might upset my wife, so he stayed in the side room. He got up at 3 p.m. today to attend the court. I'm afraid he won't be back until the afternoon."
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