Chapter 1107, The Tenderness of Prince Xiao (XIX)
After Prince Ping came out of the palace, he could not contain his excitement. Thinking that his grandson finally had a sweetheart, he burst into tears.
"This brat finally got it."
Prince Ping's face was filled with joy at first, but then he snorted, "You're hiding your love like this when you have someone you like. You're simply not a human being."
Don’t you know how many gray hairs he has had because of this?
"No, I have to meet that Miss Ye." His grandson's parents don't care about his lifelong affairs, so as a grandfather, he has to worry more about it.
Prince Ping looked at Huai En and said, "Go and find out all the families with the surname Ye in the capital. I will investigate them one by one. Once I find out who it is, I can arrange a meeting."
Huai En nodded in agreement and went to inquire in sections.
That afternoon, Huai En returned to the palace with the information he had obtained.
Prince Ping looked at Huai En impatiently: "Tell me quickly, which Ye family?"
Huai En hesitated a little: "Master, I asked the grandson of Governor Wu, and the young prince did not have any secret dealings with the official surnamed Ye in the capital, but..."
Prince Ping saw him hesitating and was extremely anxious: "What is it?"
Huai En: "Mr. Wu said that the young prince and the girl from the Ye family who solved the Ren Feng case not long ago are quite compatible."
Prince Ping frowned. He knew something about the Ren Feng case. "Didn't they say the Ye family was wiped out?"
Huai En said quickly: "There is still one girl from the Ye family left."
Prince Ping frowned: "Then the Ye family girl is an orphan, isn't she?"
Huai En nodded: "After the Ye family was destroyed, Miss Ye was taken in by her maternal grandparents to be raised. After the Ren Feng case was solved, the Crown Prince recruited Miss Ye and the Wang family to the capital. I heard that they are now in the capital."
Prince Ping had a headache. He rubbed his temples and cursed, "That stinky boy Mo Xi, he looked down upon so many ladies from wealthy families and chose an orphan girl instead. This..."
Unable to bear scolding his grandson, Prince Ping directed his anger at Xiao Yeyang and Daohua, who were not in the capital, and scolded them both from head to toe.
"What shall we do now?"
Prince Ping was very helpless: "Forget it, as long as Moxi likes her, she will be an orphan. Our palace does not need Moxi's wife's family to be powerful."
Huai En couldn't help but remind him: "Master, what the prince said is that the young prince might like the girl from the Ye family, but we don't know the details yet."
Prince Ping nodded and said, "You are right. But whether it is true or not, we have to meet. After all, this is the first time in more than 20 years that Mo Xi has been rumored to like a girl."
Huai En's face was full of agreement. If he could make people feel that his little prince liked her, then the girl from the Ye family was worth seeing.
Prince Ping fell into deep thought. "How should I meet her? There are only Moxi and I in the palace right now. We don't even have a hostess, and we don't even have a name to hold a banquet."
Suddenly, Prince Ping clapped his hands and stood up abruptly: "It's not easy to host a banquet at the Prince's Mansion, but it's easier at the Yan Mansion. The Yan family is Mo Xi's maternal family, so they should also contribute."
Huai En nodded: "Then I will go and inform the Yan family right away?"
Prince Ping shook his head: "No, I will go there myself."
After the Wang family came to Beijing, they rented a house in Dongcheng to settle down. The next day after arriving, Master Wang submitted a memorial requesting to meet with the Crown Prince.
However, there are many things to do at the end of the year, and the Crown Prince cannot spare the time for the time being.
"Mother, the capital is much better than Youzhou."
"Of course, the capital is the emperor's home. The place where the emperor lives is naturally the most prosperous and bustling."
Mrs. Wang and her two daughters had just returned from shopping. The three of them were sorting out the things they had bought while talking about what they had seen and heard in the capital.
Miss Wang Er happily held a piece of cloth and gestured on her body: "The jewelry and fabrics in the capital are so beautiful. Compared with the clothes made in Youzhou, they are so tacky."
"Mother, I don't want any of my old clothes anymore. I want to change them all into styles from the capital, so that I won't be laughed at by the ladies in the capital."
Madam Wang smiled and nodded, "Our family has just arrived in the capital, so we really can't let others look down on us."
Miss Wang watched her mother and sister enthusiastically chatting about the people and things in the capital, and she felt angry and regretful, especially when she thought that her sister might marry into a wealthy and powerful family in the capital, which would make her much taller than her. Her eyes suddenly turned red.
"Mother, please help me think of a solution. I don't want to go back to Youzhou and marry Qi Er."
The smiles on Mrs. Wang and Miss Wang Er's faces disappeared at the same time.
Mrs. Wang sighed and said, "My son, this is your fate." Who would have thought that their family would have the good fortune to go to Beijing?
Miss Wang cried even harder: "I don't want this life anymore. Whoever wants it can have it."
Miss Wang frowned, thought for a moment and said, "Big sister, your marriage with the Qi family is not without a solution."
Hearing this, Miss Wang looked at Miss Wang Er suddenly and grabbed her hand: "My dear sister, do you have any ideas?"
Miss Wang smiled and said, "If my eldest sister can be favored by a better family and can bring greater benefits to the family, father will definitely be willing to intervene and cancel the engagement with the Qi family."
Miss Wang frowned, "But we've just arrived in the capital, and we're unfamiliar with the place. How could we possibly meet a better family?"
Miss Wang Er shrugged: "I don't know about that."
At this moment, the housekeeper came in with a note in his hand, his face full of joy: "Madam, the Yan Mansion has sent a note to our family, inviting you and the girls to go to the Yan Mansion the day after tomorrow to appreciate the plum blossoms."
Hearing this, Mrs. Wang and her two daughters all looked over.
Madam Wang looked at the housekeeper in confusion: "Yan family, which Yan family?"
The housekeeper immediately shared the information he had gathered: "Speaking of the Yan family, they are truly a distinguished family. However, they have only been around for a short time, at least not in comparison to the established noble families in the capital."
"But who can blame the Yan family for their outstanding children? The most famous among them is the eldest daughter of the Yan family. She married Prince Weiyuan and gave birth to three children: Prince Xiao, Duke Fuguo, and Princess Chun'an."
"Not only is the eldest daughter of the Yan family extraordinary, the eldest master of the Yan family is a second-rank provincial governor, the third master of the Yan family is the commander of the Jinling Guard, and the fourth master of the Yan family is the deputy general of the South China Sea Navy. The other brothers and sisters also have very good futures."
Listening to the housekeeper's words, Mrs. Wang and her two daughters became more and more excited.
Mrs. Wang snatched the invitation and read it over several times before looking at Miss Wang with a smile and saying, "It's like a perfect match! Isn't this your chance?"
The Yan family is such a powerful family, so the people they interact with must be from similar families. With her daughter's outstanding appearance, she doesn't believe that there is no one who can recognize her talent.
Miss Wang was also very excited. Looking at the pile of fabrics she had bought today, she said quickly, "Mother, the flower viewing party is the day after tomorrow. We definitely won't have enough time to make clothes. Let's go out and buy new ones."
Mrs. Wang was full of approval. After all, it was the Ye family's money that was being spent, so she didn't feel bad at all.
Just as the mother, daughter and three of them were about to go out, the housekeeper asked at an inopportune moment: "Madam, should we call our cousin?"
Mrs. Wang and her two daughters were all stunned.
Miss Wang Er's face was full of displeasure: "What do you want her to do?"
The housekeeper choked. In his opinion, the Wang family was able to enter Beijing only because of the Ye family. Now the Yan family, with whom they had no dealings at all, suddenly sent a notice, most likely because of the Ye family.
Mrs. Wang also thought of this. When she was about to ask the maid to call Ye Yueying, Miss Wang pulled her sleeve.
Seeing that her eldest daughter had something to say, Mrs. Wang waved her hand and asked the housekeeper to leave.
After the housekeeper left, Miss Wang spoke up, "Mother, our family hasn't had a good relationship with Ye Yueying these past few years. If she were to marry into a wealthy and powerful family, how would we fare in the future? She might even retaliate against us."
Madam Wang frowned. She knew very well how harshly they had treated Ye Yueying over the years. She asked herself, if she were Ye Yueying and one day she turned things around, she would never let the Wang family go.
"But this post from the Yan family is most likely directed at Yueying."
Miss Wang smiled and shook her head. "Mother, did the Yan family invite Ye Yueying by name? No, not only that, the invitation only said Mrs. Wang and the girls from the Wang family were invited."
Madam Wang hesitated: "Do you mean not to take Ye Yueying with you?"
Miss Wang nodded. Although she didn't want to admit it in her heart, Ye Yueying's cold and aloof temperament was still very eye-catching.
If she went, the nobles' attention would definitely be on her, so how could they see her?
Miss Wang Er also didn't want Ye Yueying to go: "Mother, isn't Ye Yueying supposed to take care of grandma? Even if the Yan family asks, we have a reasonable excuse."
"Ye Yueying is just an orphan. Why should the Yan family look up to her? And my father will soon stay in Beijing to serve as an official. The Yan family will definitely not say anything."
These words touched Mrs. Wang's heart. The mother, daughter and her two daughters decided not to tell Ye Yueying about the Yan family's invitation.
Ye Yueying only found out about the Yan family's flower viewing party on the day of the banquet.
"Yan family?"
My father is a general in Liaodong, so he probably has no acquaintances in the capital. Ye Yueying doesn't care whether she goes to the plum blossom viewing party or not.
She didn't care, but Mrs. Wang was very concerned and said with great sorrow: "Your aunt is becoming less and less capable of doing things."
Ye Yueying was worried that the old lady would get angry and do something bad. After thinking for a while, she said, "Grandma, the weather is nice today. Why don't we go out for a walk? We have been in the capital for so many days and haven't gone out for a proper stroll yet."
Mrs. Wang couldn't bear to reject her granddaughter's kindness, so she nodded in agreement.
(End of this chapter)
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