"Greetings, Your Majesty!"
[Turns out he was a chubby little boy.]
[He doesn't look very old. He should be around the same age as Jinzhi, maybe a little older than Jinzhi and Lian Jiucheng.]
Why is Grandmother Wang so troubled?
"Please take a seat," Wang Fengru said helplessly.
The chubby boy sat hunched over in the pear wood carved chair, looking at the food on the table.
"I heard that the Empress Dowager has distinguished guests visiting the neighborhood today?!"
"But this little sister?" the chubby boy asked, looking Yun Duoduo up and down.
As he asked the question, he grabbed a green tea and red bean cake from the table and started eating it.
[Emma, looks like a foodie.]
However, looking at this elder brother's wealthy physique, the title of Prince Kuan is indeed very fitting!
"Ah, Duoduo, this is your cousin Jiucheng, Prince Lianxingchen."
Wang Fengru introduced the person in front of her to Yun Duoduo.
“Xingchen, this is Grandmother Nangong from Nanyang, and Princess Yun Duoduo,” Wang Fengru continued to introduce them.
"Greetings, Grandmother Nangong!" Lian Xingchen bowed to Nangong Rui.
Nangong Rui smiled.
Yun Duoduo nodded and bowed very politely: "Greetings, Your Majesty. Your sister is Duoduo."
Yun Duoduo looked at the prince with the punk hairstyle in front of her. He had side-swept bangs that covered half of his face, a round body, a protruding belly, and his blue brocade robe was a bit wrinkled. He was wearing a pair of black cloth shoes.
Isn't he the King of Kuan? He should be very rich.
Is the Shu Kingdom facing a financial crisis recently?
Surely not? The rumors say that Lian Jiucheng's cousin is a shrewd businessman and incredibly wealthy. This doesn't seem like it.
Looking at Lian Xingchen, she suspected that he had come to the palace to beg Wang Fengru for money. He kept staring at the pastries on the table, as if he hadn't eaten for three days!
"By the way, you should go back to the palace to pack your things. Your sleeping quarters have already been assigned."
Several ignorant concubines had entered the main hall one after another, and now a junior demanding repayment had arrived. Wang Fengru couldn't afford to make a scene; she had already lost face.
“My dear sister, you will live with me, and Duoduo will live in the Pear Blossom Palace.”
Nangong Rui nodded. He had stayed with Wang Fengru when she went to Nanyang last time.
"Thank you, Grandmother Wang!" Yun Duoduo replied sweetly.
...
The palace maids led Yun Duoduo toward Pear Blossom Palace, where they encountered Lian Qiao along the way.
"Sister Lianqiao!"
"Little Duoduo!"
Lianqiao was delighted to see Yun Duoduo: "Duoduo, you can stay here in Pear Blossom Palace. The food made in the small kitchen here is delicious!"
"Just ask the people in the small kitchen to make whatever you want to eat."
"Although I don't live here, sometimes when I crave buttermilk or peach blossom pancakes, I come here to ask them to make them for me!"
"Really? That's wonderful!"
The two walked hand in hand, swaying as they went.
"only……"
Lianqiao's expression suddenly turned somewhat unpleasant.
"However, Zhongcui Palace is right next to Pear Blossom Palace."
"Zhongcui Palace?"
"Yes, Consort Yue lives in Zhongcui Palace."
Yun Duoduo recalled the somewhat sarcastic Consort Yue in the main hall.
"Sister Lianqiao, are you talking about that pregnant concubine?"
“It’s her! You know? Did you see her?” Lianqiao nodded vigorously, and she pulled Yun Duoduo to a stop.
“Duoduo, Sister Lianqiao is telling you to stay away from her. She comes from a humble background; she’s the daughter of a county official, and she’s very sensitive about what people say about her birth.”
“Normally, even if people don’t mean it that way, Consort Yue will feel that they are mocking her background.”
"She's a very difficult person to get along with."
Yun Duoduo nodded, "Duoduo will remember, I won't talk to her!"
"Yes, that's what we'll do!"
The two chatted and laughed all the way to Pear Blossom Palace.
The fragrant aroma of pastries wafted from Pear Blossom Palace, and the tables were already laden with all sorts of pastries.
Yun Duoduo and Lian Qiao sat down at the table. She looked at the golden, fragrant chrysanthemum pancakes on the white jade plate, picked up a piece, and savored it. "Mmm, so delicious! This Biluochun tea with chrysanthemum pancakes is really great!"
"Sister Lianqiao, you should eat too!"
...
On the small road in Nanyang, Yun Yishu, Chu Dunshi, Liao Ziwan, and Shi Tou arrived in Shengze. Chu Dunshi hired a matchmaker and, according to local custom, brought betrothal gifts to propose marriage.
He brought some unusual items for Uncle Liao and Aunt Liao: cloisonné, Angong Niuhuang Wan (a traditional Chinese medicine), tiger bone wine, and high-quality tobacco.
Liao Ziwan's father was very satisfied with the high-quality tobacco from the capital.
Chu Dunshi brought some specialties from the capital to Ziwan's uncle and aunt: Baifeng pills, Beijing embroidery, peach blossom embroidery, hot pot mutton, Beijing pickled cabbage, brushes made of old rabbit hair from Shishang, ink from Huizhou, paper from Xuancheng, and inkstones from Duanzhou.
I brought some food for the younger generation in my family: Miyun golden silk jujubes and Pinggu peaches.
The entire Chu family was very satisfied with Chu Dunshi's manners.
After exchanging pleasantries with Liao Ziwan's parents, Yun Yishu and Shi Tou went to settle their belongings, while Chu Dunshi and Ziwan talked in the front hall.
Wearing a blue long gown embroidered with five-colored silk threads, Ziwan sat at home and said to Chu Dunshi somewhat shyly, "My mother told me that they have agreed."
Liao Ziwan's eyes flickered as she looked at Chu Dunshi with a hint of shyness.
"Okay, I've planned everything for the banquet. We'll follow the customs of your area."
"This is for you."
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