Chapter 623 When you have a daughter, you can pass it on
Ever since the imperial decree of marriage was issued, Yu Yongliu had people deliver gifts to Princess Qing'an's window every day.
Princess Ying knew all about this, but she turned a blind eye.
Sometimes it was a pair of cute Daifuku, sometimes it was a box of pastries from a delicious snack shop in the west of the city, and sometimes it was a letter written by him...
Princess Qing'an spent almost every day in joy.
Princess Ying saw this and became more and more satisfied with Yu Yongliu, her future son-in-law.
"When you get married, your two sisters-in-law, the eldest sister-in-law is the eldest daughter of the Marquis's mansion. She was raised by the Su Yang and Song families since she was young, so she is good at managing the household. The second sister-in-law is a good businessman, let alone these things in the account books... Although your mother does not ask you to become a good manager of the household, she just wants you to know a little bit. Although these farms, shops and fields are managed by your subordinates, they are your own property after all. You should also understand them, so as not to be deceived by the servants below."
Princess Ying smiled and tapped her daughter's forehead. "Besides, take good care of these. When you have a daughter, you can pass them down and give them to my granddaughter as a dowry."
Princess Qing'an blushed and said angrily, "Mother~"
As the mother and daughter were talking, someone came in to report that their cousin Sheng Kairan had arrived.
Since Sheng Kairan was predicted to have no marriage destiny and to live a life of seclusion since he was young, Princess Ying still felt sorry for her nephew from her natal family.
As a result, when Sheng Kairan arrived, Princess Ying stood up in shock and pointed at Sheng Kairan's face: "How did it become like this?"
There was now a large red and swollen area on Sheng Kairan's pretty forehead.
Sheng Kairan touched his forehead subconsciously and smiled bitterly: "On the way to Prince Ying's Mansion just now, I passed by the teahouse. It was unfortunate that I ran into..."
After Sheng Kairan said this, Princess Ying realized that when Sheng Kairan came here, he passed by the teahouse and happened to meet Miss Wei Er from the Prince Jiping's Mansion. She was arguing with Yu Chongen, the second young master of the Duke Xin's Mansion in the teahouse. There was another young lady beside Yu Chongen, and Miss Wei Er mistakenly thought that Yu Chongen was out to play with the other young lady, and started arguing.
This was normal, but Miss Wei Er was furious and called Yu Chongen a traitor. Another lady spoke up for Yu Chongen, saying that they just met by chance.
However, Miss Wei Er didn't listen at all and thought that the young lady was deliberately provoking her, so she immediately became furious and started scolding her.
Who would have thought that Yu Chongen would protect that young lady and warn the Second Miss Wei not to be too overbearing.
Miss Wei Er was furious. She cursed them as "adulterers and whores" and pushed Yu Chongen.
The young lady also became angry and started fighting.
Miss Wei Er was not paying attention and was pushed, falling from the door of the teahouse.
Unfortunately, there are several steps at the entrance of this teahouse. If someone falls down, he will at least break some bones.
Sheng Kairan, who was originally watching the excitement, subconsciously stepped forward to lend a hand and fell to the ground together with Miss Wei Er.
This forehead was bruised when he fell on the stairs.
Sheng Kairan concluded helplessly: "…Luckily, my forehead was only swollen. Seeing that Miss Wei was not seriously injured, I left quickly."
Seeing Princess Ying's distressed face, he deliberately made a joke to lighten the mood, "Don't be distressed, aunt. It's all my fault for going to see all the excitement. If I had just passed by and didn't care about anything, I wouldn't have subconsciously tried to save people, and naturally I wouldn't have gotten hurt."
Princess Ying said angrily: "You child..."
She sighed and was speechless.
She felt sorry for Sheng Kairan. What a good child he was, born well, with a good temper and personality. But he had a fate that meant he would never have a marriage and would have to cultivate himself for the rest of his life.
The Sheng family is a big family in Hexi. At first, they didn't believe Sheng Kairan's nonsense about his life of asceticism, so they arranged a marriage for him.
As a result, starting from the age of fourteen, any family that proposed marriage to Sheng Kairan would encounter trouble within three months.
The women either developed a sudden disease or eloped with someone. There was also one who died suddenly just a few days after getting engaged to Sheng Kairan. It was really tragic.
Sheng Kairan didn't believe it at first, but after the girl suddenly fell ill and died, he was unwilling to let his family arrange a marriage for him even though they didn't believe in it.
In order to dispel the idea of his family arranging a marriage for him, he almost became a monk.
This young man, who was born into a wealthy family, has been traveling around all these years and has endured a lot of hardships. Princess Ying feels sorry for her nephew whenever she thinks of him.
Hearing her nephew's forehead swell and teasing her that he shouldn't have gone to see the excitement, Princess Ying felt even more distressed and quickly called the palace doctor: "You should stay in the palace for a few days, don't run around. I'll have someone apply a warm compress to you, otherwise it will be bad if there are any marks left on your face, and it will be a waste of your face."
Sheng Kairan naturally knew that Princess Ying was worried about him. He thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I have nothing to do these days, so I'll just listen to my aunt... Isn't the date for cousin Qing'an's wedding set? Is there anything else my aunt needs my help with? I'm in the palace, so I can lend a hand."
Princess Ying said angrily, "Take care of your face first."
Sheng Kairan smiled and said nothing.
In the afternoon, Xing Xing came to Prince Ying's mansion to play. She accompanied Princess Qing'an in making perfume for a while. Then she heard outside that Prince Jiping's mansion heard that the cousin was staying at the mansion, so they sent something specially to express their gratitude.
Only then did Xingxing learn from Princess Qing'an what happened in the morning.
Princess Qing'an complained to Xingxing about Yu Chongen unhappily: "...Sister Shuangyan had such an incident, and his family didn't want to wait, so they should have been more low-key. Why did they go to see her in such a ostentatious manner and even go out to play with other rich girls? It was really..."
Princess Qing'an just complained to Xingxing for a few words, then news came in that the second young lady and the third young master of Prince Jiping's mansion had come.
Princess Qing'an and Xingxing looked at each other in surprise. They had just mentioned that sentence and already the person had arrived.
Princess Qing'an also felt sorry for Wei Shuangyan, so she quickly asked someone to invite them in.
Wei Shuangyan walked in front with big strides, and Wei Zihang followed behind, jogging all the way.
Normally, Wei Shuangyan should have saluted when she met Princess Qing'an, but Wei Shuangyan was Princess Qing'an's elder sister in terms of age, and she was not in a good mood at the moment, so she did not salute Princess Qing'an.
Princess Qing'an was very considerate of this and said nothing. She just sat down and served tea.
Wei Zihang didn't expect Xingxing to be there, and he was pleasantly surprised: "Xingxing, I haven't seen you for a while, you seem to be taller."
Xing Xing was quite happy to hear people say she was tall. Tete stood up again, stretched out his arms and turned around: "Really? I also think I am taller. Ju Ge'er also said that I am not tall enough. In a few days, I may catch up with him!"