Chapter 803, Letting the cat out of the bag
Guo Ruomei finally couldn't resist Mei Shuang's persuasion, and asked Mei Lan and Mei Ju to take an invitation back to Xiao Yeyang and Daohua.
"Mother wants me and my husband to attend the family dinner at the Duke Dingguo's Mansion?" Daohua took the invitation with some surprise, but then thought about it and felt that there was nothing wrong with it.
After all, the Duke of Dingguo's Mansion was Xiao Yeyang's maternal grandparents' home, and as a new bride, she should go and get to know them. Besides, she hadn't even offered tea to Xiao Yeyang's mother yet.
"I know about this, you guys go down!"
After letting Mei Lan Mei Ju leave, Dao Hua fell into deep thought. When Xiao Yeyang came back from outside, she handed him the invitation.
Xiao Yeyang fell silent after reading the invitation.
Rice Flower: "Should we go?"
Xiao Yeyang asked back: "Do you want to go?"
Daohua knew that Xiao Yeyang had feelings for his uncle's family, so she smiled and said, "I should go. First, I haven't offered tea to my mother yet; second, Governor Guo has returned to Beijing, and as your daughter-in-law, I should also go and pay my respects to my grandfather and uncle."
Hearing this, Xiao Yeyang smiled and said, "Then go."
Daohua smiled and nodded: "Okay, I will go and tell my father tomorrow morning."
Xiao Yeyang wanted to say no, but after moving his lips, he swallowed the words and said, "If we want to go to my grandfather's house, we can only stay in Four Seasons Villa for two days."
Daohua: "Tell Master the reason, Master will understand. Well, at most, after I return to my parents' home on the second day of the New Year, we will stay with Master for a while, and then we can trick Father into joining us."
Xiao Yeyang smiled and said, "I'll do as you say."
The next day, Daohua and Xiao Yeyang got up early because they had to go to Four Seasons Villa and deliver New Year gifts to the Yan family.
Before going out, Daohua took the Guo family's invitation to find Prince Ping.
Prince Ping had already finished breakfast and was playing with birds. When he saw Daohua coming, he quickly waved her over and said, "Little girl Yan, come and see my new pair of parrots."
Daohua walked over with a smile and said, "Anything that father likes is naturally excellent. However, Yiyi doesn't understand birds. You've asked the wrong person."
Prince Ping said with a smile, "I can tell you don't understand at once. What do you want from me?"
Daohua handed over the invitation with a smile.
Prince Ping smiled in surprise and said, "An invitation to me? Whose family is it from? I haven't been able to attend any banquets these days." As he said that, he opened the invitation and began to read it.
Daohua watched Prince Ping's expression darken little by little. She lowered her head and said, "Father, please give your daughter-in-law a heads-up. If you allow us to go, we will go. If you don't, Xiao Yeyang and I will stay with Master at Four Seasons Villa for two more days."
Prince Ping snorted and looked at Daohua with a squint. He knew that this girl was playing tricks on him, but when he thought that she had remembered to come in advance to ask for his opinion, it saved his face. She was much more sensible than that bastard of his legitimate son.
"You can go or not. I don't have time to care about your trivial matters." After saying that, he threw the invitation back to Daohua.
Daohua looked up at Prince Ping and said, "Father, I haven't even offered tea to my mother-in-law yet. So, should Xiao Yeyang and I accept this invitation?"
Prince Ping waved his hand impatiently, "Go wherever you like." He paused, feeling somewhat tired of attending banquets. After a moment's thought, he said, "It's been a while since I've had acupuncture treatment with Old Master Gu. So, I'll go to Four Seasons Villa with you guys later."
Daohua was overjoyed and nodded repeatedly, "That's great. Father can go see Master. Master will definitely be very happy."
Prince Ping curled his lips and said, "I don't think so. Your master has never been kind to me. If it weren't for his good medical skills and your sake, I would have..."
Daohua: "What did you say long ago?"
Prince Ping snorted, turned around and walked away with the birdcage.
He would never say anything bad about Grandpa Gu in front of Miss Yan. He was sure that if he said anything bad, this girl would definitely tell Grandpa Gu about it.
Thinking of the old man who didn't take him, the prince, seriously at all, he was really a little scared.
Watching Prince Ping walk away, Daohua returned to Pingxi Hall with a smile.
"Father has agreed that we should go to Duke Dingguo's Mansion. Oh, and he'll also be going to Four Seasons Villa later."
Xiao Yeyang tied the cloak around Daohua, handed her the hand warmer, and then took her hand and walked out of the house.
I thought I would have to wait for Prince Ping for a while, but unexpectedly, Prince Ping was already waiting in a carriage in front of the palace gate.
Daohua walked to the front of the carriage and said, "Father, I haven't sent the New Year's gift to my mother's family yet. We may have to take a detour later."
Prince Ping said indifferently, "Just go around it a little bit."
Daohua smiled and bowed: "Thank you, father." After that, she turned and walked towards the carriage behind.
Xiao Yeyang stood outside the carriage waiting for Daohua. After helping her get in, he sat in himself.
Half an hour later, they arrived at Yan's residence.
Because Prince Ping was there, Daohua and Xiao Yeyang did not enter the mansion. After having someone deliver the New Year gifts, they took a carriage to Four Seasons Villa.
Four Seasons Villa.
Yesterday, Daohua sent someone to deliver a message. Gu Jian knew that the two children would come over today, so he got up early and went to the kitchen to prepare a table of food himself.
As soon as the meal was ready, Dongli came in with a smile and reported: "Master, the county lady and the young prince have arrived, and the prince has also come with them."
A smile instantly appeared in Gu Jian's eyes. He walked out of the kitchen and returned to his yard.
After changing his clothes, Gu Jian didn't wait long before he saw Prince Ping walking into the yard with Xiao Yeyang and Daohua.
Gu Jian sat in the main seat, waiting for the three people to come in.
As soon as Prince Ping entered the room, he said with a smile: "Master Gu, we are here to see you."
Gu Jian nodded calmly and turned his gaze to the two children behind him.
Because they were newlyweds and it was the end of the year, Xiao Yeyang and Daohua were both dressed festively, both wearing bright red clothes.
Looking at the two talented and beautiful children, Gu Jian showed a satisfied and relieved smile on his face.
Daohua and Xiao Yeyang stepped forward, knelt down, and bowed three times to Gu Jian.
After paying her respects, Daohua said playfully, "Master, I've brought your disciple and son-in-law back to see you."
Xiao Yeyang glanced at her and said with a smile, "Uncle, your nephew has brought his wife back to see you."
Prince Ping thought Daohua's words were normal, but when it came to Xiao Yeyang, he quickly interrupted: "Why are you calling me that? You should follow Yan's example and call me Master. Don't call me nephew or grandson if you don't understand."
Xiao Yeyang realized that he had blurted out something and did not dare to argue.
Gu Jian glanced at Prince Ping and said nothing. He smiled and gave Daohua and Xiao Yeyang each a Maitreya Buddha pendant carved by himself from ebony: "Wear it on your body to ward off evil spirits."
“Thank you, Master!”
"Thank you, old man!"
Daohua and Xiao Yeyang happily accepted the ebony pendant.
Prince Ping craned his neck to look at it. "Old Master, where did you find this fine ebony?"
Gu Jian glanced at him and said, "I have another broken carving here. If Your Highness doesn't mind, I'll give it to you." As he said that, he threw the last ebony Maitreya Buddha to Prince Ping.
Prince Ping quickly reached out to take it and was about to say that he didn't want anything that was badly carved, but when he looked at the lifelike ebony Maitreya Buddha in his hand, he quickly put it into his sleeve pocket.
Not to mention, this kind of high-quality ebony is really hard to find. Even a prince like him has rarely seen it, so it would be a waste not to have it.
"Let's go and eat."
The four of them came to the dining room and learned that all the dishes on the table were made by Gu Jian himself. Daohua and Xiao Yeyang were very touched.
Prince Ping clicked his tongue twice: "Old Master, you really dote on Miss Yan."
Gu Jian took over the conversation: "Yi Yi is my only disciple, who dares to treat him badly?" His sharp eyes swept over Prince Ping and Xiao Yeyang, and the father and son shuddered at the same time.
Daohua smiled, her eyes sparkling with stars, and looked at Gu Jian with admiration.
Just as the four of them were about to start eating, Dongli came to report that Prince Yong was coming with his eldest grandson Xiao Yexuan.
"What's wrong with Uncle Yong? He comes to Four Seasons Villa too often, doesn't he?" Prince Ping couldn't help but say something. It seemed that every time he came here, he would run into this uncle.
As soon as the words fell, the laughter of Old Prince Yong could be heard: "Xiaojiu, you are making up bad things about me behind my back again."
Seeing Prince Yong enter the room, Prince Ping, Xiao Yeyang, and Daohua all stood up and saluted. Even Gu Jian stood up.
Old Prince Yong walked towards Gu Jian and said, "Brother, please sit down. I thought no one was here today, so I thought of bringing my grandson over to have dinner with you."
Prince Ping muttered, "Uncle Wang, if you're here for a free meal, just eat. Why do you always flatter yourself?"
Old Prince Yong laughed and scolded, "Why, you can come, but I can't?"
Prince Ping straightened his back and said proudly, "We are different. Mr. Gu and I are now relatives."
As soon as these words were spoken, Daohua and Xiao Yeyang both started coughing.
The corners of Gu Jian's mouth twitched, and he glanced at Prince Ping with an indescribable look.
Old Prince Yong wanted to laugh, but he finally held it back.
Xiao Yexuan watched the reactions of the crowd, with a flicker of doubt in his eyes. It was already strange that his grandfather was making friends with the master of Shengping County Lord, and now after seeing how they were getting along, he felt even weirder.
Afterwards, Prince Yong took Xiao Yexuan to sit on the left side of Gu Jian, Prince Ping sat on the right side, and Daohua and Xiao Yeyang could only sit opposite each other.
(End of this chapter)
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