Chapter 777: Busy

Capital city.

After Xingxing and the others left, a not-so-small incident occurred in the capital.

The old concubine of Prince Cheng, who had long lived in seclusion in the mountains to worship Buddha, suddenly fell ill while taking a walk in the mountains and was rescued by Yu Mingzhu.

The old Consort Dowager of Prince Cheng said that she and Yu Mingzhu hit it off at first sight, and since she had saved her life, she adopted Yu Mingzhu as her godson and loved her very much.

After hearing this, Jiao hesitated for a moment while kneeling in the small Buddhist temple, and then whispered to Nanny Jingchun beside her: "Mingzhu has her own destiny. Since she has been adopted by such a good family, you don't need to tell me about her in the future... Right now, I just want to pray for Xingxing."

After saying this, she closed her eyes and muttered some scriptures.

Jingchun sighed and looked at Jiao, who was dressed in plain clothes and kneeling devoutly in front of the Buddha statue, praying to the Buddha to bless Xingxing with safety. He wanted to say something, but didn't know what to say.

Xingxing went out of Beijing for work, and few people know the details.

But the old lady of Duke Xin was trusted by His Majesty and Queen Nie, and she was also Xingxing's grandmother, so naturally she knew some of the inside story.

When Xingxing had just left Beijing, Jiao didn't know at first that Xingxing had left Beijing, but one day she had a nightmare, and from that day on she went to Yu's house every day, wanting to see Xingxing.

The Yu family was kindhearted, and because Jiao was Xingxing's biological mother, they couldn't turn Jiao away every day. So Mrs. Wei went to the old lady of the Duke of Xin in embarrassment, hoping that she could help to restrain her.

The old lady of Duke Xin was furious and called Jiao over and scolded her coldly.

As for Jiao's mother, Xingxing never enjoyed a single day of her blessing. Now that Xingxing has received a secret order to go out of the capital for work, Jiao still goes to Yu's house every day, fearing that others don't know that Xingxing has gone to work, right? Fearing that someone with ulterior motives won't find a chance to harm Xingxing, right? Fearing that Xingxing will return to the capital alive, right? !

When Jiao heard this, she became anxious and wanted to ask for more details, but the old lady of Duke Xin had already coughed and drove her out impatiently.

Jiao was ill.

Yu Mingzhu wanted to come and take care of her, but Jiao refused.

When Jiao got a little better, she struggled to get someone to bring a blessed Buddha statue into the small Buddhist temple, and began to kneel in the temple every day to chant sutras and pray for Xingxing.

When the old lady of Duke Xin heard this, she just sneered and said nothing else, and followed Jiao.

Apart from taking care of household chores, Jiao now spends most of her time chanting sutras and praying in the small Buddhist temple.

She didn't even have the energy to worry about the marriages of her eldest and second sons.

Nanny Jingchun mentioned this tactfully, but Jiao just said calmly that they were all her children, and Xingxing didn't grow up with her, so she didn't have to worry about anything, and she was still growing up well. How could she know that her eldest and second sons were in such a bad situation because she was too controlling?

Children and grandchildren have their own blessings, and now she just wants to pray for Xingxing.

…

The old concubine of Prince Cheng suddenly fell ill in the mountains. Although she was saved by Yu Mingzhu, she still needed to be well nursed. Prince Cheng was worried about his old mother and asked her many times. Finally, the old concubine of Prince Cheng agreed to move back to Prince Cheng's mansion, but there was a condition that Yu Mingzhu had to accompany her back to the palace in the city.

Prince Cheng naturally agreed immediately.

Yu Mingzhu could not refuse again and again, so she had to move into Prince Cheng's mansion.

However, Yu Mingzhu seemed to be very well-behaved. She lived in the same courtyard with the old dowager princess of Cheng Wang. Except for accompanying the old dowager princess of Cheng Wang for a stroll in the garden every morning and evening, she never went out when she had free time.

Prince Cheng felt that although Yu Mingzhu had a flawed background, she was the future consort of the Fourth Prince, who was arranged in marriage by his uncle the Emperor himself. So, she would be a relative of his own in the future.

In addition, Yu Mingzhu is the adopted granddaughter of his grandmother, which means she is their godsister. He therefore instructed his brothers and sisters not to act like they are royal relatives.

Princess Daiyue, the biological sister of Prince Cheng, took her brother's words to heart. Whenever she went out to attend a banquet, she would send someone to invite Yu Mingzhu to go along.

Yu Mingzhu simply said that her identity was embarrassing and politely declined Princess Daiyue's offer.

Princess Daiyue was not angry. Instead, she looked up to Yu Mingzhu. Occasionally, when she visited the old empress dowager, she would go to Yu Mingzhu's room to sit for a while.

When Yu Mingzhu was still the eldest daughter of the Duke of Xin's family, she was one of the top noble ladies in the capital. Princess Daiyue was younger, and Princess Cheng was not in good health, so she rarely took Princess Daiyue out to banquets, so Princess Daiyue and Yu Mingzhu were not very familiar with each other.

Yu Mingzhu is now living in Prince Cheng's Mansion. As a result, the simple-minded Princess Daiyue has developed some friendship with Yu Mingzhu.

Since they have a friendship, when Princess Daiyue is out and sees others talking about Yu Mingzhu, she will naturally say a few good words for Yu Mingzhu.

As a result, fewer people talked nonsense about Yu Mingzhu because of Lord Daiyue.

Yu Mingzhu didn't need to show up for this, and she was able to restore a little reputation for herself.

The Fourth Prince Wei Shibu also had a lot of things sent to Prince Cheng's Mansion with great fanfare. Some were for Yu Mingzhu and some were for Prince Cheng's Mansion, in the name of thanking them for helping to take care of his fiancée.

Wei Shibu thought about it and decided that judging from his father's furious reaction to Lao Wu's proposal last time, his father should still be in favor of him marrying Yu Mingzhu.

That being the case, as a filial son and as a person who shares the same feelings with Yu Mingzhu, he cannot abandon Yu Mingzhu at this time.

Furthermore, Wei Shibu had also heard that Yu Mingzhu had been doing very well in Prince Cheng's mansion recently. After some thought, Wei Shibu felt that his fiancée was very capable as she was able to climb up such a high branch so quickly.

At the very least, if you marry a woman like this, she won't hold you back.

If I could become a great emperor in the future, what kind of woman would I not want?

Therefore, Wei Shibu not only did not ask for permission to cancel the engagement as the outside world had speculated, but instead began to gradually push forward the process of marrying Yu Mingzhu.

This actually earned Bu Ying a good reputation as a man of loyalty and righteousness in times of crisis.

The Third Prince Wei Shiyu even went to find his eldest brother, the Crown Prince Wei Shiqing, for this matter, and said indignantly: "... Is Fourth Brother out of his mind?! The eldest lady of the Yu family has been targeting Xingxing a lot in the past. Since he knew that the eldest lady of the Yu family was a fake, why did he rush to marry her?"

Wei Shiqing was reading a letter, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and he seemed to be in a good mood: "...He is not stupid, he is just being smart."

Wei Shiyu pouted: "Anyway, if my fourth brother marries someone like that, don't blame me, the third brother, for not giving him face."

Wei Shiqing raised his eyes and looked at this younger brother who was born of the same mother, his eyes full of smiles: "Compared with the fourth brother, you are more like the younger one."

Wei Shiyu frowned and thought for a while, then reacted and screamed, "Brother! Are you calling me stupid?!"

He rushed forward and started to fight with Wei Shiqing.

Wei Shiqing smiled, but raised the letter a little higher: "Don't damage it."

Wei Shiyu noticed the letter in Wei Shiqing's hand and curiously wanted to stand on tiptoe to take a look: "What is this? Brother, you have been smiling since just now, and you seem to be in a good mood."

Wei Shiqing pulled his younger brother off him and said with the dignity of an elder brother: "Stand still."

Wei Shiyu said "Oh" and stood still, but he couldn't help but be curious about the letter: "What is it? Can I see it?"

Wei Shiqing then handed the letter to Wei Shiyan, unable to hide the smile in his eyes: "Your second brother is going back to Beijing."

…

The day when Xingxing and her friends set out was a sunny and windy day.

They traveled separately from the officers and soldiers who were escorting Pang Ruhai's family and Tuoba Chi's entourage, and the team looked very small.

Qing Shuang was still a little impatient about riding in a carriage. These days, she had been pretending to be Xing Xing's maid, and had been riding in a carriage every day. Her butt was so stiff from sitting that she had long lost her patience. On the way back, Qing Shuang no longer suppressed herself, and directly jumped on the horse to go horseback riding with Yu Yonggui.

Wei Shiyan's legs healed very quickly, and now he had no problem riding a horse. But he rode at a moderate pace, just around Xingxing's carriage.

If Xingxing wanted to find Wei Shiyan, she could see him by just lifting the car curtain.

Leaving the mountainous area of ​​Anjiang, the official road ahead became flatter. When passing a county town, Xingxing bought a set of riding clothes and started riding horses.

The girl was wearing a bright red riding costume, with small boots sitting in the stirrups, her posture was upright, and she had a bow on her back. She looked so heroic.

But the girl was born extremely beautiful - like the most brilliant sunshine in spring, dazzling, but because of her smiling eyes, this brilliance is not scorching, but makes people fall into it uncontrollably.

As Xingxing rode along, she attracted countless attentions from passers-by.

It's not that there weren't some people who were so bold as to come over and chat with her, but Wei Shiyan always rode slowly and followed not far behind Xingxing. If they really met someone who was so blind as to come over and chat with her, Wei Shiyan would just glance at them expressionlessly, and the courage of most people would disappear completely.

Of course, Wei Shiyan's appearance was also very popular with women.

However, he had such a cold and aloof aura around him that many shy girls only dared to look at him from a distance.

But there are exceptions. Xing Xing and Wei Shiyan were riding their horses at a moderate pace when a carriage caught up with them. The curtains of the carriage were opened, and a beautiful woman was lying on the window. She waved at Wei Shiyan and shouted with a smile, "Sir, my family is very wealthy in Yingchuan, and I am the only daughter. We are in need of a promising person to marry in and inherit our family business. Do you have any ideas?"

Xingxing couldn't help but look a few more times at such blatant teasing.

Wei Shiyan's eyes were cold: "Not interested."

When the woman heard Wei Shiyan's voice, she felt it was as sweet as gold and jade, extremely cold and pleasant.

The woman only felt that the other party was more attractive to her. She hissed, but still not giving up, and put forward another condition: "Then, let's not talk about the marriage, let's get married normally?"

Wei Shiyan's expression was indifferent, and this time he didn't even give her a glance.

The woman still found it hard to believe.

She was beautiful and the only daughter in the family. Ever since she started helping her family run the business in Yingchuan, people who wanted to propose marriage to her were almost knocking on her doorstep. Many handsome men even recommended themselves and expressed their willingness to marry into her family.

It's just that the woman has high standards and aspirations, and is not willing to find an ordinary man, which is why she has wasted her time until now.

She never thought that when she met this man who made her heart beat fast today, after rejecting her once, he didn't even look at her again!

"You..." The woman was still a little unconvinced.

Before the woman finished speaking, she suddenly discovered that a small head popped out from the man's side, looking at her curiously.

The woman opened her eyes wide and realized that she had only been focusing on the man and had not noticed that there was a young girl accompanying him!

Looking at the girl again, the description of her beauty was a little shallow. The girl widened her eyes and suddenly understood.

She bowed repeatedly to apologize: "Ah, it turns out that the young master already has a female companion. It is my fault for being so rude. I wish you two a happy marriage. I wish you a happy marriage."

The woman asked the driver to slow down and stopped chasing them.

Xingxing was stunned by this sudden blessing of "a happy marriage".

ah?

Will she and Brother Yan live happily ever after?

Xing Xing subconsciously looked at Wei Shiyan, but saw that Wei Shiyan was also looking at her.

The two of them exchanged glances and were both slightly stunned.

Xing Xing was the first to react. She suppressed her accelerated heartbeat and said, "... Let's go faster. Fourth Brother said earlier that there is a post station not far ahead. We can take a nap at noon."

Wei Shiyan was silent for a moment: "...Okay."

Without saying anything else, the two of them simultaneously clamped their legs around the horses' bellies and sped up.

The two horses drove side by side and galloped away.

The woman who had flirted with Wei Shiyan earlier couldn't help but stick her head out of the carriage window again. She looked at the two people riding away and murmured, "...Looking at it this way, they really are a perfect match... OK, it's not shameful for me to lose to a little girl like that."

The woman stroked her hair and said, "Besides, I'm not bad either! There's not only one man in the world!"

…

Yu Yonggui and Qing Shuang were waiting for Xing Xing and Wei Shiyan in the woods ahead.

Both of them dismounted and chatted under the shade of a tree.

Xing Xing and Wei Shiyan rode over and saw the two of them at a glance.

Xing Xing smiled and pulled the reins, then dismounted: "What are Fourth Brother and Sister Qing Shuang talking about?"

Yu Yonggui glanced at his sister's red cheeks, but didn't think much about it. He just thought that it was normal for his sister to blush as she had been riding a horse all the way here at a fast speed.

He said, "I was just discussing with your sister Qing Shuang, who should I send the invitation to when we get married?"

Yu Yonggui touched his chin and said, "...We just checked and found that some of my enemies are friends of your sister Qingshuang. Some of them are friends of your sister Qingshuang and some of them are not on good terms with me..."

Qing Shuang came to a conclusion directly: "If it's not time, then don't post it. I'll just have a meal with your family, okay?"

Yu Yonggui asked, "How can that be done?"

Qing Shuang: "Why not?"

The two began to argue.