Chapter 631: Self-righteous
Xiao Yeyang quickly finished his meal, then called Yan Wentao, Yan Wenkai, and several capable subordinates to discuss the specific details of tomorrow's outing with them, and assigned specific tasks to each person.
"Remember, our goal this time is to wipe out all of the Eighth Prince's forces in Fenxi, Jiguang, and Zhongzhou provinces. Everyone must be cautious. I don't want any of the fish caught in the net to escape."
Yan Wentao and the others all stated: "We will ensure that the mission is completed."
Xiao Yeyang nodded, tapping his fingers on the table, going over the plan of this outing over and over in his mind, checking if there were any omissions.
"The Eight Kings' party will definitely fight back. In order to prevent any accidents, we still need to make more preparations." As he said this, he looked at Yan Wenkai.
"Wen Kai, I'll go back to the Yan family with you later."
Yan Wenkai was stunned: "What are you doing at my house?"
Xiao Yeyang smiled and said, "Borrow a hunting dog from your sister."
Yan Wenkai's eyes lit up: "Hey, why didn't I think of this."
The seven hunting dogs raised by the eldest sister have now begun to help the Yan family guard the house. They are particularly good at finding things. If someone really escapes during the mission, the hunting dogs can be used to chase them.
"Is one enough? How about borrowing two?"
Seeing Yan Wenkai's arrogant look, Xiao Yeyang was speechless. The hunting dog was not his, so why was he so arrogant?
"One is enough, Gou Xiaoqi is a good one." It was the one who found the monk Dunkong's internal martial arts secrets and the list of personnel of the Eight Kings and their party in the three provinces of Zhongzhou, Fenxi and Jiguan.
Yan Wenkai nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go back and borrow it from my sister. Yeyang, you don't have to go."
Xiao Yeyang glanced at him calmly and said, "I'd better go. My subordinates just sent some pomegranates. I'll go and pay my respects to the old lady."
How can you not see the rice flowers before going out?
Finally, after arranging everything, Xiao Yeyang and Yan Wenkai went to Yan's house together.
Yan Mansion.
Daohua was helping Madam Li prepare a Mid-Autumn Festival gift when she saw Pingtong walk in with two maids carrying a large basket of brightly colored pomegranates. She immediately looked surprised and asked, "Who sent these pomegranates?"
Ping Tong smiled and said, "The young prince sent it."
Daohua was surprised: "Xiao Yeyang is here?"
Ping Tong nodded and said, "I'm talking to the Fourth Master in the old lady's yard right now. By the way, Miss, the Fourth Master said they want to borrow a hunting dog from you."
Daohua looked at Mrs. Li.
Madam Li smiled and said, "You should go over and take a look. I'm busy here and won't be coming over. If the young prince needs any help, please do your best to help."
Daohua smiled and nodded: "Mom, then I will go to my grandmother's side."
Soon, Daohua arrived at the old lady's yard. As soon as she entered the house, she saw Xiao Yeyang chatting and laughing with Old Lady Yan.
When he saw Daohua coming, Xiao Yeyang's eyes suddenly showed more smiles.
Daohua walked over to Old Lady Yan and sat down: "Grandma."
Old Lady Yan pulled her granddaughter and said with a smile, "Yeyang and the others want to borrow your hunting dog."
Daohua immediately agreed: "Okay." Then, she looked at Xiao Yeyang and Yan Wenkai and asked, "How many do you want to borrow?"
Yan Wenkai was about to mention Gou Xiaoqi when Xiao Yeyang said, "How about you take us over there and we can choose one."
Old Madam Yan immediately said, "Daohua, just take Yeyang and your fourth brother to choose. They are doing serious business."
Rice Flower nodded.
Then the three of them left the old lady's yard.
Yan Wenkai looked at Xiao Yeyang and said, "Didn't you say before that Gou Xiaoqi was a good choice? Why do you have to choose again now?"
Xiao Yeyang said calmly, "Are you clear about the situation of the seven hounds? I just mentioned it casually before. Our mission this time is of great importance, so of course I have to be cautious."
Yan Wenkai looked unconvinced and snorted, "I think you want to stay with your elder sister for a while longer."
Xiao Yeyang raised his eyebrows and looked at Yan Wenkai: "Yan Wenkai, Fourth Master Yan, don't forget, if it weren't for me, the Su family would never have betrothed Miss Su to you."
Yan Wenkai was choked and speechless.
Seeing the two whispering in the back, Daohua turned around and asked, "What are you two whispering about?"
Xiao Yeyang smiled and shook his head: "Nothing."
Daohua glanced at the two of them and didn't ask any more questions: "I asked someone to take the hunting dog to Fourth Brother's yard. Let's go over there and take a look."
Xiao Yeyang had no objection: "Okay."
After a while, the three of them arrived at Yan Wenkai's yard.
At this time, the servants had not yet brought the hunting dogs over.
Xiao Yeyang sat next to Daohua: "Do you like pomegranates?"
Daohua smiled and nodded: "I like it. It seems that pomegranates are not grown in Zhongzhou. Where did you get them?"
Xiao Yeyang smiled and said, "Every year, officials from Bashu would pay tribute to the imperial palace with pomegranates. I think they taste pretty good. Coincidentally, some of my people were going to Bashu not long ago, so I asked them to bring some back. If you like them, I'll have someone make them for you every year in the future."
Rice Flower shook her head: "There's no need to mobilize so many people. I'll try to see if I can grow it myself."
Xiao Yeyang: "Okay, but don't be discouraged if you can't grow anything. I'm a job seeker now, so I can make you something you like to eat. It shouldn't be a problem."
Seeing him taking on so much responsibility, Daohua smiled and said "hmm", then added: "You must be careful when you go out this time, and come back early."
On the side, the ignored Yan Wenkai looked at the two of them dimly, and deliberately coughed several times. Unfortunately, the two people who were bidding farewell did not notice it at all.
Yan Wenkai was so angry that when he saw the servants bringing the hunting dogs, he stormed out of the house.
The seven hunting dogs were already very big. They were well-fed and had special training. Each of them looked very majestic.
When Yan Wenkai saw them, he carefully selected them and finally chose Xiaoqi, the dog with the best nose.
After choosing the hunting dogs, Xiao Yeyang and Yan Wenkai sat for a while and then left Yan's Mansion. Daohua sent them to the Chuihua Gate and did not turn around and go back until they could no longer see each other.
The next day, Xiao Yeyang took Yan Wentao and Yan Wenkai and secretly left Ningmen Mansion.
The day before the Mid-Autumn Festival, Mrs. Guo held a chrysanthemum viewing banquet, and Mrs. Li took the four Daohua sisters to attend.
During the banquet, Guo Xueming smiled and led the maid to serve a portion of pomegranate to everyone.
Mrs. Guo smiled and said, "Yeyang is a filial child. Whenever he has something rare to eat, he will eagerly send it to us. Last time it was lychees, and this time it's pomegranates."
One of the women immediately complimented him, "Lychees and pomegranates are tributes. Thanks to Madam, we can now taste the pomegranate. This is my first time eating one."
Seeing the envy on everyone's faces, Mrs. Guo was very pleased, especially when she thought that Xiao Yeyang did not give it to the Jiang family, she felt even happier.
"Everyone, please don't be polite. I have more here after you finish eating."
Guo Xueming entertained the girls present with a smile.
Yan Yile looked at the small plate in front of her, which probably contained only a fist's worth of pomegranate seeds, and felt a little amused.
The young prince only gave the Guo family a few pomegranates, and Mrs. Guo took them out to show off. It seems that the nobles in the capital are not that great. You know, she even has a basket of pomegranates in her room.
Guo Xueming noticed the sneer on Yan Yile's lips, frowned, and couldn't help asking: "Why doesn't Fourth Miss Yan eat?"
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Yan Yile was about to say something, but Yan Yihan, worried that she might say the wrong thing, spoke first: "We don't eat this often, and we are reluctant to eat it."
Hearing this, Guo Xueming smiled and looked at Daohua, who also hadn't eaten a single bite. "Lychees and pomegranates are very rare. Cousin Yeyang probably didn't get many either, so he probably didn't send any to your family. Miss Yan, please help me explain this to Aunt Yan so she doesn't get angry with Cousin Yeyang."
Hearing this, Daohua, who was drinking tea, didn't pay attention and spat out the tea in her mouth with a "puff".
Fortunately, she was some distance away from the other ladies and didn't spray anyone.
Yan Yihan, Yan Yishuang, and Yan Yile on the side looked at Guo Xueming with a puzzled look, thinking, are all these young ladies from the capital so self-righteous?
The young prince won’t send it to the Yan family?
Think about the lychees that were sent to their house before. Because they were difficult to keep fresh, the maids around the masters had to share a lot of them.
Pomegranates were given to them quite often. When they went to pay their respects to their grandmother these past two days, they saw that the eldest sister directly made pomegranate juice for their grandmother to drink.
Daohua calmed down and said with a smile, "Miss Guo, I really don't know how to respond to this. How dare our family get angry with the young prince? You are really worrying too much."
Guo Xueming frowned slightly when he saw the strange reactions of the four Yan sisters, but he didn't say much and just asked the other ladies to eat pomegranates.
(End of this chapter)
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