Madam Yu explained with a smile, "Someone came to propose marriage. They want to marry our You'er. The matchmaker said the other party is a good person, but we've never met him before. We thought the two families could go to offer incense together and let the two girls meet each other. If they're interested in each other, we'll agree. If the other party is completely different from what the matchmaker said, then forget it and don't delay our girl's life."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Jiuniang realized that Youya was not young anymore. It was not too early to arrange a marriage now. Making preparations early would prevent a hasty decision. The wedding date could be postponed for a few more years until she turned eighteen.
Time flies, and that's no joke.
"This is a good thing!"
Jiang Jiuniang reached out and pinched Youya's cheek, and said with a smile, "It's just a visit, no need to be so nervous. All the girls in our family are excellent. Even when it comes to matchmaking, we have to find a good match for the man. If this one doesn't work out, I'll help you find someone else. Relax!"
In the elite circles of the capital, matchmaking usually involves holding some kind of banquet, inviting a group of people to dinner. It's called attending a banquet, but in layman's terms, it's matchmaking.
Since they just got back, wouldn't it be perfectly normal to have a small celebration party?
Youya knew that Jiang Jiuniang was quite open-minded, so she didn't think there was anything wrong with what she said and nodded shyly.
Actually, she didn't have much of an impression of the person she was going to meet. Logically speaking, they had lived in the capital for so many years and their family was in business, so they should know a lot about connections. But this blind date was someone she had never heard of before. Although the other party came from a high-ranking family, he was an unknown person. She felt that he was a bit unreliable.
She wanted to refuse outright, but her mother felt that doing so would easily offend people, so she came up with a roundabout way, saying that the two of them should meet to see if they were destined to be together, so they arranged to meet today.
I was just going out to make do, but my aunt's family came back, so I didn't even have to bother making up an excuse.
"Oh right, you're back. We have important matters to attend to at home, so let's decline the offer of incense?"
Qin remembered this incident and looked at Sun to ask.
While it's important to meet someone, it's far more important to see someone you don't really like than to have Jiang Jiuniang's family come home.
Without a second thought, Mrs. Sun agreed, saying, "Let someone inform you that we have some things to take care of at home, so let's reschedule for another day."
She didn't refuse outright, but instead suggested changing the date. Although changing the date at the last minute was a bit impolite, it was much better than refusing outright.
Seeing how efficiently her mother and grandmother resolved the matter, Youya was speechless, her lips pressed into a thin line.
She had been asking to change the date because the shop was having an event today, which was a busy time, but her grandmother and mother felt that the wedding was more important and refused to let her change the date, even though they had rescheduled the event.
Now that my third aunt's family is back, everything is already arranged without her having to remind them.
Indeed, those who are sentimental are always hurt by those who are heartless...
Jiang Jiuniang had no idea that Youya was having so much going on in her mind, and was even putting on an act. After talking with Sun Shi and her two sisters-in-law for a while, she went back to take a bath. The Emperor Emeritus and Consort Liu had gone through many hardships on the way and had not had a good night's sleep. Now that they had arrived at the Lu family, they washed up and went straight to sleep, having no energy to deal with the Lu family members outside.
Fortunately, the Lu family is now focused on Jiang Jiuniang's family and has no time to care about the Emperor Emeritus and Consort Liu, so everyone is doing well.
Little Xiangxiang is beautiful and well-behaved, and instantly became the apple of everyone's eye. Everyone wanted to hold her. The little one was very good at making people happy. Whoever held her, she would kiss them, making everyone laugh.
"This child is so smart! He's not shy at all, and he's happy no matter who holds him!"
Madam Yu looked at it with great delight. She regretted not having taken charge of the restaurant business herself and instead having another child at home. Now, her second and third sons each had a little one to dote on, while she could only look on with envy.
Her eldest son is almost married now, so it would be too late for her to get pregnant now. She should stop making those jokes.
"Hehe, my little sister is so well-behaved because she knows everyone is family. She won't let anyone hug her when we're out."
Dog was very experienced in this regard. When they were in Cangcheng, the magistrate's wife tried to get close to her and hug her younger sister, but the sister not only refused to be hugged but also cried loudly, making it seem like a slave trader was stealing a child. This attracted the attention of the people around, which made the magistrate's wife very embarrassed.
Hearing what Gou'er said, everyone laughed even harder, showering him with compliments as if they were free, and Xiangxiang was so amused she couldn't stop smiling.
Jiang Jiuniang sat talking to her family and looking after the children. Lu Baichuan instructed someone to go to the palace and inform the emperor of their return, otherwise it would be considered somewhat disrespectful.
Sun asked Jiang Jiuniang quietly, "What exactly happened? Why did you suddenly come back?"
They had previously received a letter from Jiang Jiuniang saying that they planned to stay in Cangcheng for a few more months to get their business going before leaving. Their sudden early return, accompanied by the Emperor Emeritus and Consort Liu, must mean something had happened.
"The Emperor Emeritus and the others were kidnapped on the way. Bai Chuan and I went to rescue them, but the situation was more serious than we thought. It was inconvenient to bring them along, so we had to come back."
What was clearly a serious matter was explained away by Jiang Jiuniang in just one sentence.
Even so, Sun and her husband were still quite frightened. They were the only ones with four people to protect along the way, and the hardships they endured were unimaginable.
The previously relaxed and cheerful atmosphere instantly turned serious. Madam Yu asked, "Third sister-in-law, are you all alright? Are you hurt?"
Jiang Jiuniang waved her hand: "It's nothing, it's just that we'll be busy from now on. Also, when you're doing business outside, pay more attention to people who are short or don't speak clearly. I'm worried they've already infiltrated the capital."
There were people chasing us all the way back to the capital. Although they were all assassins from Beiyan, Dwarf was definitely behind it. Those people might be hiding in the home of some court official right now.
We can't have peace until we catch and eliminate these people.
Everyone nodded, their expressions serious. Although they couldn't offer much help, they could still manage this small task. They dealt with so many people every day in business, and they could tell at a glance who was normal and who had a problem. It wasn't difficult for them.
After dinner, people from the palace came, and the whole family went to the door to greet them.
They had thought the emperor had only sent someone to inquire about the situation, but when the veil was removed, it turned out to be the emperor himself. The Lu family members hurriedly knelt down and paid their respects.
"Rise up and come inside to talk."
The emperor arrived secretly and was genuinely shocked. He wanted to know what had happened, so he personally left the palace to find out.
"How is Father?"
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