In the capital, Mr. Cen never thought that Madam Cen and Miss Cen had already offended the Jingning Marquis' Mansion, and Madam Cen did not write so in the letter.
At most, Mrs. Cen would write in the letter that she had a good relationship with everyone else, that there were no conflicts, and that others liked Miss Cen very much.
Mrs. Cen was Old Master Cen's daughter-in-law. She didn't want to be looked down upon by her sisters-in-law, and she also hoped that Old Master Cen would help her husband. So of course she had to write a good one. Her husband didn't know about the matter, so of course he thought it was good.
Only these people know whether it is good or not.
"What's the matter?" Mrs. Cen asked Mr. Cen.
"I'm afraid I have to retire and return home." Old Master Cen didn't want to wait until the Cen family was dealt with later. He had to retire early at this time. He didn't know if he could retire safely.
Old Master Cen was worried that the emperor would not want him to step down and would want to deal with him, so he would not be able to leave.
"Have you written the memorial?" asked Mrs. Cen.
"I've written it and submitted it." Old Master Cen was waiting.
After the emperor read the memorial written by Mr. Cen, his face turned grim. It was unclear whether Mr. Cen really wanted to step down or was retreating to advance.
It is impossible for the emperor to just sit there and do nothing, and it is impossible for him to let Mr. Cen step down like this.
The emperor did not visit Concubine Cen, nor did he send the third prince to other places. The emperor knew that if he allowed these princes to stay in foreign lands, some of them might think of rebellion later.
If these princes were not allowed to till the land and were instead kept in the capital, some local officials might have other motives. This kind of thing is always two-sided, so it's hard to say anything.
"Princess Cen has been idle recently, so let her copy a few more scriptures." The emperor did not ask Concubine Cen to copy the precepts and rules for women.
The Cen family's daughters were very familiar with the female precepts and rules, so if Concubine Cen copied them, she would be able to do it quickly. It would be more meaningful to have Concubine Cen copy the scriptures instead.
When Concubine Cen received the emperor's oral instructions, she wondered if something had happened to her family again. The emperor's attitude towards her had changed significantly recently, and he still treated her like this.
The Third Prince hadn't dared to leave the palace recently, nor had he attended court. He was worried about being dragged into those things. He hadn't thought about becoming the emperor at all, but the Cen family kept pushing him forward.
The third prince felt very distressed. The Cen family members could fight for those things on their own. Let the Cen family members fight for them. Why should the Cen family choose him?
It is true that he has the blood of the Cen family, but he does not want to be emperor.
Things have come to this point. It doesn't matter whether he had any ideas before. What matters is that his existence makes the Cen family more noisy.
The third prince felt that the Cen family was terrible and had harmed him to this extent.
"It's so quiet lately?" The Third Prince's wife was a little uncomfortable. The Third Prince had been staying in the mansion recently, and it was too quiet.
"Planting flowers and raising grass is good enough." The third prince said, don't think about anything else, he still wants to save his life.
The Third Prince did not want to go to the palace or see Concubine Cen. If he did, she would tell him he was useless and that she treated Concubine Cen badly.
What's so good about Cen? She's just a concubine who behaves like the main wife and likes to persuade him.
The third prince thought it would be a good idea to let Cen go to Zhuangzi, and after he did so, the emperor rewarded him. If he had not done so, the emperor might have punished him.
"That's good." The Third Prince's wife breathed a sigh of relief. She hoped that the Third Prince really did not fight for those things.
The Third Prince's wife's family was originally neutral, and their family was not that powerful.
When the emperor was choosing a wife for the third prince, he deliberately chose one with a less powerful family background.
This is also the reason why the Third Prince's wife was suppressed by the girl from the Cen family. The Third Prince's wife's family is not that powerful.
The Cen family even dared to plan to make the daughter of the Cen family the queen and the third prince's wife an ordinary concubine.
But that was all in the past. The Third Prince could not ascend the throne. Prince Su had already become the Crown Prince, and Prince Su also had children.
If something really happens to Prince Su, it will be Prince Su's children who will take the blame.
"You too, try not to go out lately," said the Third Prince. "If you don't have anything to do, don't go to those banquets."
The third prince was afraid that something might happen and didn't want others to implicate him at all.
"Okay." The Third Prince's wife agreed. She didn't want to get involved in those things. If the Third Prince could stay so quiet, then she would feel much better.
The Third Prince did not know what the Third Prince’s wife was thinking. If he knew, he would not be angry. He would just take the Third Prince’s wife and hide at home.
In the northwest, many people came to the wedding of Liu Yanjing and Princess Zhaoyang, including He Xiyuan.
He Xiyuan looked at Liu Yanjing's smiling face and wondered when he could marry Liu Yulian.
"Have some snacks." Liu Yulian walked to He Xiyuan's side. She was not so particular and was not afraid of being seen by others.
Those people are now ready to see the bride, so how could they pay more attention to other people?
"Why are you here?" He Xiyuan asked in confusion.
"I saw you here, so I came over to see you." Liu Yulian replied, "It's quite lively today, there are quite a few people here."
"Yes." He Xiyuan thought that when they got married in the future, it would definitely be a lively occasion.
Liu Yanqing and Lin Xiaowan also came, but Aunt Zhao did not come. Aunt Zhao knew her own status. Even if the Marquis allowed them to follow her son, they were still concubines.
Aunt Zhao knew that as a concubine, it was not appropriate for her to attend the wedding banquet of the legitimate son, so she did not come.
Liu Yanqing would stick his head out from time to time, as he was curious about how the second and third wives gave gifts.
"What are you doing?" Lin Xiaowan noticed that something was wrong with Liu Yanqing.
"Nothing, just to see if the second and third brothers are shameless enough to come, or if they are just here to give gifts." Liu Yanqing said, "They may not come, they may ask others to help deliver the gifts."
Liu Yanqing thought that since these two had asked him to help deliver gifts before, they could ask others to do the same. They could just find someone on the street and have that person deliver the gifts.
"Why do you care about this?" Lin Xiaowan was speechless. It wasn't like they were going to give gifts.
"If I don't care about this, why should I care?" Liu Yanqing said, "This is just something to join in the fun. I didn't do any of those things myself, so it's nothing."
Liu Yanqing thought that he had not offended the first wife, and if the people from the first wife wanted to talk about someone, they would probably refer to the second and third wives.
The people in these two rooms are not good people and they deserve more talk about them.
Liu Yanqing didn't see anyone from the second and third wives, but he saw He Xiyuan and Liu Yulian. The engaged couple walked very close to each other, chatting and laughing.
"It's great to be young." Liu Yanqing sighed, "I'm still quite young, so why is it like this?"
Liu Yanqing turned his head and glanced at Lin Xiaowan. He was so young but was controlled by Lin Xiaowan that he had no way to do anything else.
No, it’s not that you can’t do other things, it’s that you can’t look at other women for even a second.
They are now ordinary people. Lin Xiaowan is strong and the financial power of the family is in her hands.
Liu Yanqing didn't dare to think about taking a concubine or not, because he still had to rely on Lin Xiaowan for support. He worked in the fields, but the things he did were not enough for him to live a happy life. He still needed Lin Xiaowan's support.
"Hello, little sister." Lin Xiaowan followed Liu Yanqing's gaze and knew what he was looking at. "You can't compare to her."
"What should I compare myself to with my younger sister? If I have to compare, it's with her fiancé." Liu Yanqing said.
"You can't compare to him," Lin Xiaowan said. "He's more handsome than you, the legitimate son of Duke Cheng, and he's also a scholar. He even came to the northwest for my little sister. What can you compare to him?"
"I...I did go to the fields!" Liu Yanqing lacked confidence, but he thought that he was doing well enough.
Liu Yanqing thought that he didn't know how to go out to work, so why did Lin Xiaowan ask so many questions?
Liu Yanbo and Liu Yanyuan both asked people to send gifts to the eldest wife's house. They did not show up, but the eldest wife's house did not accept the gifts.
The eldest wife did not accept any gifts from others, nor did she accept any gifts from Liu Yanbo and Liu Yanyuan.
The man had no choice but to take the things back, and Liu Yanyuan had no choice but to accept them. Liu Yanyuan simply went directly to the county town to find Liu Yanbo.
Liu Yanyuan did not go to see how Liu Yanjing welcomed the bride, it had nothing to do with him.
In the county town, Liu Yanyuan put the things on the table.
"We didn't accept any gifts from the eldest wife, nor did we accept any gifts from anyone else," Liu Yanyuan explained.
"That's fine." Liu Yanbo didn't think he was stingy, but he didn't want the eldest wife to take advantage of him for nothing.
The people from the first wife's side are not good people at all. Even if they give good things to the people from the first wife's side, the people from the first wife's side will never remember their kindness.
"Let's eat something and go." Liu Yanbo said, "Let's have a good chat, brothers."
Liu Yanbo thought that even if they didn't go to the main house to attend the banquet, they could still sit together and drink.
In the town, Princess Zhaoyang successfully entered the Liu family's main house.
The guests all liked the dishes and pastries prepared by the Liu family's eldest wife, and they didn't think the wedding banquet prepared by the Liu family's eldest wife was bad at all.
"Is this an egg yolk pastry? It tastes really good."
"It's soft, tender, and delicious. What is this?"
"I didn't know there were these pastries before, and these dishes are delicious."
…
Those people liked the things prepared by the Liu family very much. Some people even asked who made them. They wondered if they could buy these pastries.
When those people knew that the Suixin Bakery would be sold in the future, they were even happier. They could send their servants to buy cakes from the Suixin Bakery. The cakes made by the Suixin Bakery were all delicious, and they all liked them very much.
After the bride came in, those people had a wedding banquet.
Liu's mother was very happy. She had been worried about problems, but fortunately nothing went wrong and everything went smoothly.
Liu Yulian didn't go near her mother, and her mother didn't have time to pay attention to her. She just sat in her yard with little Liu Jia and He Xiyuan. She brought some snacks, and they sat there to eat and talk.
He Xiyuan felt that Xiao Liujia was a bit of an eyesore. Couldn't such a cute little girl go somewhere else to play? Why did she have to stay with him?
He then thought, maybe Xiao Liujia still finds him annoying. After all, if he weren't around, Xiao Liujia could be with her aunt, and Xiao Liujia always called her "Auntie" in a very sweet way.
"Delicious." Xiao Liujia likes eating jelly and also likes eating the fruit in the jelly. She thinks the jelly tastes particularly good and wants to eat a few more jellies. "I'm so happy today, I have to eat two more."
Xiao Liujia said that she knew that so many people came to her house today and they were all very happy. Since so many people were so happy, she should eat more.
"Eat." Liu Yulian did not stop her niece. Today was indeed different, so she let her niece eat more.
"Will you continue to be so happy tomorrow?" Xiao Liujia asked.
"Wait until tomorrow and ask your brother," He Xiyuan said. "You have a brother, you know?"
People who have brothers should stop staring at their aunt. He Xiyuan would rather let little Liujia follow Liu Qingyun.
"My brother is not as good as my aunt." Xiao Liujia likes her aunt more. Her aunt is very kind to her and gives her all kinds of snacks. But her brother can't make these snacks.
If only her brother could give her his share, Xiao Liujia would feel that her brother was still a little bit good.
"Yes, hello to your aunt." He Xiyuan said.
"Then you can't snatch my aunt from me." Xiao Liujia frowned, "You can't snatch my aunt away."
"Who told you?" He Xiyuan was surprised.
"I knew it." Xiao Liujia said.
"You are so young, what do you know?" He Xiyuan thought that someone must have told Xiao Liujia, so Xiao Liujia said that.
"I know, I know." Xiao Liujia repeated.
"Don't tell her. You said she's so young, how would she know?" Liu Yulian chuckled. "Everyone else is busy, so we'll just take care of her."
"I'll do as you say." He Xiyuan had no objection.
In Shiyuan Village, Liu Yanqing came back from the town in a good mood.
"The first wife didn't accept any gifts, not at all. People from the second and third wives gave gifts, but they were rejected, and few people knew about it," said Liu Yanqing.
“…” Lin Xiaowan didn’t say anything.
"I was originally wanting to see if they would feel embarrassed, but unfortunately I can't watch it anymore." Liu Yanqing said with some regret, "But it's better this way, there won't be any trouble."
"If you continue talking, we'll be in trouble," Lin Xiaowan said.
They drank until quite late and came back very late. When they came back, Aunt Zhao had already eaten.
Aunt Zhao made some food for herself. Someone in the village invited her to dinner, but she didn't go.
It was not good to go to someone else's house for dinner, and the people here were not that wealthy, so Aunt Zhao thought she should not go. If she went to someone else's house for dinner, she would have to invite them back later, so it would be better to eat at her own home.
The most important reason was that Aunt Zhao was not in such a good mood. She was not really jealous of the first wife. The first wife was originally the legitimate daughter, and she really deserved better.
Aunt Zhao just wanted her family to stay in this village because they had no future.
"You're back?" Aunt Zhao asked when she saw Lin Xiaowan and her husband return. "Is everything going well?"
"Everything went smoothly, without any trouble." Liu Yanqing said quickly, "The wedding banquet over there is also good. Mother, please try it, we also brought some things with us."
"Took it from the banquet?" Aunt Zhao opened her eyes wide. Is her son so shameless?
"No, it was prepared by my eldest brother and his men and delivered separately." Liu Yanqing explained, "Everyone got one, and there were some cakes inside. When we came back, I asked the housekeeper how the cakes were, and he packed some more for me."
Liu Yanqing thought that the butler would be very successful in the future, and the butler actually gave him a basket of cakes. He didn't even ask for so much, but the butler took it directly.
Although he later learned that the main house had prepared several baskets of pastries, Liu Yanqing still thought the housekeeper was good.
There were only a limited number of those baskets of pastries, so the people from the main house didn't have to give them to him.
"These cakes are delicious." Liu Yanqing counted on his fingers. "Jelly, egg yolk pastry, custard buns... they are all delicious. They prepared a lot of cakes. I saw that some people were full with just the cakes and didn't want to eat any vegetables. Those dishes are also good. Just thinking about them makes me drool."
Liu Yanqing said that he hadn't eaten such delicious food for a long time and he really wanted to eat it. It was a pity that they couldn't always run over to eat. He looked at Lin Xiaowan.
Forget it. Liu Yanqing looked at his thin arms, which were not strong enough. He decided not to let Lin Xiaowan learn how to cook those dishes.
If he lets Lin Xiaowan go to study, he will be in trouble.
Liu Yanqing didn't want to do so much work, nor did he want all his private money to be taken away by Lin Xiaowan, so he had to be careful.
Lin Xiaowan saw the look in Liu Yanqing's eyes. How could she not know what Liu Yanqing was thinking? He despised her cooking skills, and she couldn't possibly learn to cook the dishes of the eldest wife. Even if she did, she couldn't cook them as deliciously.
"I didn't ask you to learn it." Liu Yanqing said.
"Wash up, it's time to rest." Lin Xiaowan was too lazy to say these things.
In the capital, Mrs. Huo lay in bed, where she had spent most of her time. She knew that Princess Zhaoyang and Liu Yanjing were getting married today, and she was in a bad mood.
How could Liu Yanjing marry another woman? Mrs. Huo had always thought that Liu Yanjing might not marry.
Although she knew that such an idea was unrealistic, Mrs. Huo still hoped that Liu Yanjing would do so. She did not want Liu Yanjing to be with another woman.
Lord Ouyang had visited Madam Huo today. He knew that Princess Zhaoyang and Liu Yanjing were getting married today, and he also knew that Madam Huo still cared about Liu Yanjing. Rather than saying that Madam Huo cared about Liu Yanjing, it would be better to say that Madam Huo cared about Liu Yanjing's title.
In order to prevent Da Huo from being upset, Lord Ouyang did not dare to say much about Liu Yanjing in front of Da Huo. At most, he asked someone to keep an eye on Da Huo.
Lord Ouyang went to Old Madam Ouyang and asked her to keep an eye on the Huo family.
"The eldest son of the Marquis of Jingning is getting married," Lord Ouyang said, "and he's marrying Princess Zhaoyang."
"Princess Zhaoyang was divorced, if..."
"Don't think too much." Lord Ouyang interrupted the old lady, not daring to let her continue.
Princess Zhaoyang is a daughter of the royal family. Even if Princess Zhaoyang remarries, it will not be the turn of someone like Lord Ouyang.
Lord Ouyang is self-aware, but his mother always thinks about these people. His mother wishes he could marry the princess, but this is impossible.
Lord Ouyang married Mrs. Huo in the hope that his two children would be well, but unfortunately Mrs. Huo was not a good stepmother.
At the beginning of a new day, Princess Zhaoyang and Liu Yanjing went to pay their respects to Liu's mother and father together.
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