Chapter 135 Li Chengxiu is back
Time passed quickly. Just as Xu had busily prepared the dowry, Jiang Wan received a letter that Li Chengxiu had sent back in advance.
Early the next morning, she accepted the invitation and took a carriage to meet him outside the city. Jiang Lao Er and Jiang Lao San, the two lackeys, naturally accompanied her.
Around the hour of Si, we finally saw a group of people and horses galloping towards us on the official road from afar.
"Sister, it must be my brother-in-law who has returned! I'll go greet him first!"
Jiang Laosan shouted into the carriage, then ran happily towards the official road.
"Sister, brother-in-law is back!"
It can be heard that Jiang Han is also very happy. It shows that the gifts Li Chengxiu gave over the years were not in vain. He has successfully won over his brother-in-law and sister-in-law.
Jiang Wan smiled and nodded in response.
"I heard you. Open the door."
Jiang Han pushed open the door, and Jiang Wan got out of the carriage. As soon as his feet touched the ground, he saw a tall and handsome man in black clothes rushing towards him.
"Wanjie'er, I'm back!"
Jiang Wan bowed politely, "Your Highness."
Li Chengxiu reached out and helped her up, looked her up and down, his ears visibly red.
"I haven't seen you for four years, Wanjie, you have grown up."
Jiang Wan curled her lips into a smile, causing the person across from her to blush. So she began to praise him with a smile.
"You've grown taller, too. You're quite imposing and majestic now. You look like a towering figure, and it makes people feel at ease just by looking at you."
"Really? Hehehe, as long as you like it."
Some time ago, he specifically asked Wan Jie'er for a portrait. After knowing how beautiful his wife looked now, Li Chengxiu couldn't sleep well the whole night.
I was extremely worried.
Originally, Wan Jie'er had never liked him when he was little. Now that she had grown up and become even prettier, she must have looked down on him, Li Chengxiu, even more.
So before returning to Beijing, this guy made things difficult for the military doctor and forced him to find a beauty recipe for him. He tried every possible way to tinker with his face every day, and finally made it look a little bit more pretty.
"Wanjie'er, you are much prettier now than when you were a child. I'm not saying you weren't pretty when you were a child, I'm saying you are even prettier now, really!"
"Thank you for the compliment, Your Highness."
"It's not a compliment, it's all the truth! Hehehe, my princess is the most beautiful woman in the world!"
Li Chengxiu raised his chin proudly, making Jiang Wan laugh again. After four years, he had grown from a young boy into a strong man, yet his temperament remained the same. That was really nice.
"Wanjie, I brought you a lot of gifts. Didn't you say last time that you wanted to see the jade from Dongling? I went to the river to dig some for you. I found a lot of beautiful stones. I'll carve a jade hairpin for you myself later. I have to tell you, my skills are pretty good now..."
Li Chengxiu is still the Li Laosi who was fond of the youngest daughter of the Jiang family. He keeps nagging in front of the girl and is willing to spend all his family wealth to show his courtesy.
Jiang Lao San, who was standing by, got goosebumps when he heard this, while Jiang Han looked at his sister and brother-in-law with envy.
"Your Highness, we can discuss this later. Now let's go back to the palace. I think my father and mother are waiting for you."
"I didn't tell them I was coming back today, so I only delivered the message to you."
"Well, I have already gone to the palace to report it."
Jiang Wan didn't say how the emperor and empress called Li Chengxiu a bastard, and how they were so angry that they didn't send anyone to greet him.
"Oh, let's go back to the city then."
Li Chengxiu nodded indifferently, diligently sent his fiancée to the carriage, and turned around to greet his younger brothers and sisters.
"Second brother, third brother, you guys get in the car too. Brother-in-law will drive you back!"
“Thank you, brother-in-law!”
"I understand, brother-in-law!"
Due to the frequent correspondence between the two sides, we didn't feel that these four years had made us any strangers, and we still got along as easily and comfortably as before.
After sending the three Jiang siblings back to the Duke Ling's Mansion, Li Chengxiu paid his respects to the elders of the Yue family and left many gifts. Then, at the urging of his father-in-law and mother-in-law, he reluctantly got on his horse and returned to the palace just in time for lunch.
The Emperor, Empress, and Crown Prince and his wife, who had already received the news, were all sitting in Fengming Palace waiting for him.
"Oh, it's amazing that Your Highness the Prince of Qi can still remember the way back to the palace. I thought you were planning to stay at Old Jiang's house."
Ignoring his father's sarcasm, Li Chengxiu knelt down and kowtowed in a very polite manner.
"Your son kowtows to Father, the Emperor, and Mother, the Empress!"
"Hurry up and get up! Why are you so polite in front of your own parents? Come on, let me see you. After not seeing you for such a long time, my son has become more energetic!"
"Mother, etiquette cannot be abolished!"
Li Chengxiu bowed to his brother and sister-in-law politely.
"Your humble servant greets the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess!"
"Hahaha, Lao Si, you can do it now. You're acting like a face-saving person. Hurry and get up!"
The prince reached out to help his brother, and the princess smiled gently, showing the consideration of a sister-in-law.
"Fourth brother, please stand up quickly and don't be so polite."
"Thank you, Princess!"
Li Chengxiu stood up with the help of his brother, and then suddenly gave him a bear hug.
"Brother, I'm back."
The prince's eyes were filled with a gentle smile. He raised his hand and gently patted his brother's shoulder, but he still looked down on him.
"Alright, let go of your paws. What's the point of two grown men hugging each other?"
"Hmph, don't despise me. After I get married, all this treatment will belong to my wife. I don't mind if you want me to hug you!"
He reached out to push his brother away and rushed to his mother again. That pretty big head of his, like when he was a child, rubbed his mother's shoulder without any care.
"Mom, your fourth child is back. Are you happy?"
"Happy! My silly little son is back, how can I not be happy?"
The queen raised her hand and touched the big head on her shoulder, her eyes suddenly reddened. Without her seeing her, her youngest son had quietly grown from a young boy into a tall and strong man.
Li Chengxiu withdrew his head unhappily.
"Mom! How old am I now? Why are you still saying this to me? What if Sister Wan takes it seriously? Will she dislike me?"
"Don't worry about that. Jiang Wan knew you were stupid from the beginning, so he definitely won't turn around and look down on you."
Seeing that the fourth prince kissed his brother and then kissed his mother, leaving his father aside as a nobody, the petty emperor began to sneer at him again.
"Father, I just returned to the palace. Please don't bother me. Otherwise, I'll start making a scene!"
"Hey, you and Jiang Wan are truly a couple. The threats you use to me are all the same! I'm afraid of her making a scene because I'm worried about embarrassing myself outside. How can I be afraid of you making a scene? Go ahead and show me!"
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