Chapter 842, Embarrassment
The next head of the Jiang family and the eldest grandson who was trained with great effort were killed one after another, which made Gu Jian very happy. Daohua and Xiao Yeyang clearly felt this after they came to Four Seasons Villa.
July is the hottest month of the year, but the scorching weather did not dampen the old man's good mood.
Old Prince Yong was old and couldn't stand the heat, so he would come to the farm every summer to escape the heat. He often chatted and drank tea with Gu Jian, and the two old men became more and more familiar with each other.
During this period, Daohua and Xiao Yeyang did not have a very good reputation, but when the old prince knew that the two were coming, he immediately sent someone back to the mansion to call his grandson Xiao Yexuan over.
Xiao Yeyang saw through Prince Yong's intention, but did not say anything. Although Xiao Yexuan's ability was not outstanding, he was a sincere person, so he was willing to make friends with him.
Being in the royal family, he still needs to build his own network of contacts.
You can’t make friends with the prince, but you can get a little closer to the clan members.
Since there was no other assignment, Xiao Yeyang arranged for secret guards to keep an eye on the Jiang family, and then he and Daohua stayed in the farm.
The day before Chinese Valentine's Day, Kang Naixin and Wu Xirong came to Four Seasons Villa together.
"Why are you here?"
Daohua looked at the two of them in surprise.
Kang Naixin asked with a smile: "Why are you not welcome?"
Daohua immediately smiled and said, "It is a great honor for my humble home to have Miss Kang and Miss Wu here. How can I not welcome them?" Then she welcomed the two into the house.
After taking a sip of tea, Wu Xirong smiled and said, "Tomorrow is Qixi Festival. The ladies of the capital will gather at Yunhe Tower to hold a Qiqiao gathering. Nai Xin and I don't like such gatherings, so we've come to hide in the manor."
"Gatherings with too many people are so boring." Daohua asked the maid to bring chilled watermelon and grapes, and smiled as she chatted with Kang Naixin and Wu Xirong about other things.
Kang Naixin ate the watermelon with a smile: "Xirong and I will stay in the manor for a few days. We will come to visit you every day. Please don't be reluctant to entertain us."
Daohua laughed: "Watermelon and grapes are enough to keep you full."
After eating some fruit, Kang Naixin glanced at Wu Xirong and asked Daohua with a smile, "I heard that Xiao Yexuan often comes to your villa?"
Daohua nodded: "The old prince likes to chat and drink tea with my master. He came here with the old prince."
At noon, Caiju came to inform them that it was time for lunch, so Daohua took the two of them to Gu Jian's yard. As soon as they entered the yard, they saw Xiao Yexuan and Wu Dingbai standing next to Xiao Yeyang.
"Your brother is here too?"
Wu Xirong nodded and said, "My father was annoyed that my brother was doing nothing at home and was always scolding him. When he knew that Naixin and I were coming to the village, he hid out with us."
With a few more young people present, the dinner table suddenly became lively.
Everyone was talking and laughing, and Gu Jian and Old Prince Yong were also very happy.
In the next few days, Kang Naixin, Wu Dingbai and Wu Xirong came to Four Seasons Villa every day. With more interactions, Xiao Yeyang and Daohua got to know them better and better.
During this period, Daohua noticed that Kang Naixin and Wu Xirong always approached Xiao Yexuan intentionally or unintentionally.
She remembered that during the Chinese New Year, these two people also came to her manor. It happened to be when Xiao Yexuan was there. They were all guests and knew each other. At that time, she and Xiao Yeyang had hosted a banquet for the three of them in the pavilion.
One encounter is a coincidence, but two or three encounters are not.
Daohua looked at Kang Naixin and Wu Xirong.
The two men are about a year younger than her, and their family background and appearance are first-class, but they are still not engaged.
I don't know which of these two people has taken a fancy to Xiao Yexuan.
The time spent in the manor passed quickly. In the blink of an eye, it was July 16th. Tomorrow was the Queen Mother's birthday. Even if Xiao Yeyang and Daohua didn't want to go anymore, they had to get up and go back home.
In the carriage back to the city, Xiao Yeyang saw that Daohua was not in high spirits. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Did you have a good time with Miss Kang and Miss Wu?"
Daohua: "It's OK. They are both straightforward and not shy. They get along well."
Xiao Yeyang immediately smiled and said, "Since you get along well with them, then in the future, invite them to the palace to accompany you more often, so that you won't be bored."
Daohua sighed, "Yuanyao has returned to Zhongzhou with Sun Changze, Shiyu has gone to Yuezhou with Fourth Brother, and Jingwan is about to give birth. I can't even find anyone I can talk to in confidence. It's really boring."
Xiao Yeyang hugged Daohua and said with a smile, "The Princess and the Wu family are both neutral royalists. We can make friends with them."
Daohua said "hmm".
July 17th is the Empress Dowager’s birthday.
Because of the death of Prince Jiang, this birthday celebration was not a grand one. The royal family members were simply gathered together and a family banquet was held in the Cining Palace.
Daohua and Xiao Yeyang obediently followed Prince Ping and paid their respects to the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother snorted, and Prince Ping didn't give her a good look either.
Under the gaze of all the clan members, Prince Ping smiled stiffly and sat down with Daohua and Xiao Yeyang.
Compared to the hustle and bustle elsewhere, the place where Daohua and the others were sitting seemed to be separated by a vacuum zone.
Daohua and Xiao Yeyang didn't care much about this, but Prince Ping felt a little uncomfortable.
After sitting for a while, Prince Ping went to talk to Prince Rui.
Princess Huijia also came with Kang Naixin. When Kang Naixin saw Daohua, she smiled and walked up to her and greeted her.
Such an ordinary greeting caught the empress dowager's eye, and she immediately got angry at Princess Huijia and Kang Naixin.
"Huijia, Naixin is not young anymore, why haven't you mentioned her yet? If you don't have a suitable candidate, I can arrange a marriage for her."
Upon hearing this, Princess Huijia and Kang Naixin's expressions changed.
The Empress Dowager's arranged marriage was definitely based on interests, and more importantly, the interests of the Jiang family. What kind of good marriage could it be?
Princess Huijia quickly said, "Your Majesty, I have already found someone for Naixin."
The Queen Mother said: "Oh? Whose family is it? Tell me about it. I will help you to make your own decision."
Seeing that the Queen Mother was going to arrange a marriage unless she told her who the man was, Princess Huijia hesitated. She knew what her daughter was thinking. She liked Wu Dingbai from the Wu family, but the Wu family had never come to express their feelings. How could she bring it up?
Kang Naixin noticed her mother's embarrassment, thought for a moment and said, "Her Majesty, Naixin likes Wu Dingbai from Governor Wu's family."
She only said that she liked her, but did not say that the two families had decided. No matter whether the Wu family was willing to marry her in the future, it would not be considered as deceiving the empress dowager.
The Queen Mother clearly had no intention of letting Kang Naixin go: "You like Wu Dingbai, but does Wu Dingbai like you?"
Asking such a question to an unmarried girl is really humiliating.
Princess Huijia clenched her fists in anger.
"Why is it so quiet?"
The emperor walked into the hall with a smile, glanced at Princess Huijia and Kang Naixin who were standing there, and then calmly sat down next to the empress dowager.
The Queen Mother smiled and said, "Your Majesty, you've arrived just in time. Naixin said she likes Wu Dingbo of the Wu family. Do you want to marry her?"
The emperor interrupted the empress dowager with a smile and said, "Dingbai, that boy is really good." Without giving the empress dowager a chance to speak, he looked at the clan members present.
"Have you prepared all the gifts for the Queen Mother?"
Prince Yong immediately took over the conversation: "It has been prepared long ago, just waiting for the emperor to come and present it to the empress dowager."
The Emperor: "Then what are you waiting for? Present them to me, and let me see what good things you have brought."
Under the leadership of Prince Yong, the royal family members began to present gifts one after another, diverting attention from what had just happened.
Seeing this, the Queen Mother was extremely angry, but she could not confront the Emperor directly. She could only frown and face the people who were presenting gifts to express her displeasure.
Normally, Prince Ping was the most active in offering gifts, but this time, he just sat there without moving.
The Empress Dowager had not been kind to Prince Ping's Mansion before, but he didn't take it seriously because he thought she was old. However, the daughter of Emperor Huijia was embarrassed in public just because she greeted Yan Yatou.
What does the Queen Mother want to do?
Do you want everyone to exclude and ignore the Yeyang couple?
Did she ever think about his feelings when she did this?
Whenever Prince Ping thought about the favors he had received over the years, he always felt like he had made a mistake.
The Queen Mother actually didn't care about him at all.
(End of this chapter)
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