Gu Yan hurriedly took the initiative.
Outside the red tent, red candles flickered, casting overlapping shadows.
After midnight, the red candles outside burned out.
"Are you feeling unwell?"
"That's just the beginning." Song Wan blinked, "But I think I'm hungry."
Gu Yan was anxious: "......"
It’s not Song Wan’s fault. She wasn’t tired, but her stomach was empty. If she had known earlier, she would have gnawed on two more pig trotters.
Gu Yan's face darkened with anxiety, it turned out that his previous worries were unnecessary.
"Is there anything to eat?" Song Wan asked affectionately, hugging his neck.
"You take a rest first, I'll go to the kitchen to check." There should be a lot of meat left in the kitchen after today's big banquet. Gu Yan hurriedly lifted the quilt, got out of bed and put on her clothes.
After eating and drinking, the sky outside was getting light.
Song Wan quickly wiped her hands with a handkerchief, having gnawed on two roast chicken trotters, and called to the inner room, "Gu Yan, are you done?"
Gu Yanji was seen carrying two large bags on his back, which were filled with long-lasting snacks collected from the kitchen.
Song Wan stood up, skipped towards him, and hugged him, her joy visible to the naked eye. "We can finally set off!"
She has been waiting for this day for a long time!
If it weren't for the matter of getting married, she would have left before the New Year.
Gu Yan hurriedly placed the letter she had prepared in advance on her dressing table. There was nothing she could do; the dining table was full of the bones she had vomited, leaving no room for more.
He patted his wife's head and said, "As long as you don't leave me, I'll accompany you wherever you want to go."
At this moment, Gu Yan could only be thankful that he went to the Marquis' Mansion to propose marriage after finishing his affairs in the court, otherwise it would be hard to say whether he could get married by this time next year.
Song Wan felt guilty for a moment, as if she had almost forgotten it before.
Gu Yanji pretended not to see it and punished her with a kiss.
The next day.
"Madam, something bad has happened!" Madam Liu hurried in and said to Liu, "The general and the princess's courtyards are empty!"
Liu was confused, "What do you mean empty?"
Madam Liu took a breath and continued, "Everyone is gone, including the maids and servants who came with the princess as a dowry, and the guards. Only this letter is left."
Aunt Liu no longer knew what words to use to express her feelings at the moment.
What she didn't say was that the roasted whole lamb and roasted whole pig left over from the banquet in the big kitchen were also gone.
Liu took the letter, opened it, glanced at it briefly, and quickly stood up from her chair. "Go and call the Crown Prince and his wife over."
Half an hour later, everyone was sitting in the front hall of the palace, with an open letter on the table in front of them.
The Song and Gu families stared at it in silence for a long time.
"Awan is also fooling around! How can she just leave without even saying goodbye?" On the second day after the marriage, his daughter abducted the Gu family's son. Song Zhaoyuan didn't know how to face the Gu family.
Gu Xun had been shocked at first, but now he had accepted it well. He said, "You can't blame the princess entirely. Judging from the handwriting, this letter was written by Yan Ji."
"It's only the second day, why are you in such a hurry?" Qi didn't know what to say. "At least we should wait until we get home..."
"Forget it. The princess wants to travel and enjoy the scenery. It's better for so many of them to go out together than for the princess to sneak away alone." Liu comforted her. She only hoped that after the travel, she would give birth to a granddaughter.
After hearing this, several people fell silent again. It seemed that this was the case.
Li Yu in the palace learned the news after the morning court session. The news was brought to the palace by Gu Lingfeng and conveyed by Zhang Fuzheng.
After hearing this, Li Yu's good mood disappeared. He was still waiting for Sister Awan to come to the palace to teach him Qinggong!
When he heard Zhang Fuzheng say that the letter was written by Gu Yanji, he angrily declared, "Second Brother must have done it on purpose. Sister Awan must have been deceived by him."
Zhang Fu was trying to hold back his laughter. He thought silently, General Gu cannot beat the princess.
When they found the letter, Song Wan and Gu Yanji had already led everyone out of the capital and were on their way to Jiangnan.
There were quite a lot of them, mainly the families of Aunt Chunhua and Sister Hehua. They had three carts in total. One cart was used to carry pots and pans for camping in the mountains on the road, and was driven by Aunt Chunhua's husband. The second cart was used to carry everyone's luggage and some dry food, and was driven by Sister Hehua's husband.
The last car was carried by Aunt Chunhua and Sister Hehua, and the driver was Sister Hehua's son.
Aunt Chunhua's son, daughter-in-law, and granddaughter all stayed in the capital. After all, the work at Xiaoyao Tower could not be interrupted.
Sister Hehua's son is only seventeen this year. Instead of staying in the capital, it would be better for him to come out with her to gain some experience. Maybe he can achieve something in the future.
There was only one carriage, driven by Song Yi, with Song Wan's four maids sitting inside, because they didn't know how to ride a horse.
The four of them were very nervous sitting in the carriage. After all, no family would let servants ride in the carriage while the master rode a horse.
But the princess said that if they didn't sit, she would have to waste time teaching the four of them how to ride, which was not worth it.
They couldn't argue with the princess, so they had to get on the car. Fortunately, they knew how to do everything, so at least they could help the princess make new clothes and shoes.
As for Song Yi, Song Er, Song Wu and Song Jiu, Song Wan had not originally planned to bring them with her. She did not need anyone's protection, and having Song Qi, who she was used to, was enough. However, they insisted on following her.
They also said that Song Qi was unreliable and they were worried about him, but Song Wan felt that they clearly just wanted to come out and travel. After all, in her eyes, none of the five of them looked reliable.
As for Song Twelve, I never thought he could be so shameless before. He just ran away with the roast suckling pig that Song Wan had packed, and she had no choice but to take him with her.
Song Wan rode slowly and hurriedly with Gu Yan through the green fields and mountains, with a large group of subordinates following behind them.
Along the way, they ate, drank, played, visited the mountains and rivers, caught some bandits, and occasionally raided corrupt officials to replenish their pockets. They had a very happy time.
It took more than half a year to arrive at Shengzhou in Jiangnan, the princess fiefdom of Song Wan, and the home of A Yu's maternal grandfather.
Song Wan heard Gu Yan's anxious words, saying that A Yu's father had originally planned that no matter whether A Yu was a boy or a girl, Shengzhou would be his future fiefdom, and he would become a wealthy prince or a noble princess of Dai Yue in the future. However, he knew that things in the world are unpredictable and plans cannot keep up with changes.
When they arrived in Shengzhou, it was New Year's Eve again. Instead of going to the inn, they went straight to Qi's house to find Qi Fu.
Song Wan told Gu Yanji that in her previous world, people were considered adults at the age of eighteen, and Qi Fu would be eighteen after the Chinese New Year. Since they were here, they could help him hold a coming-of-age ceremony together.
There must be a cake for the coming-of-age ceremony, but Song Wan doesn't know how to make it. She only knows the steps. However, since there is no milk here, she asked the cooks to use goat's milk without the strong smell.
After several failures, they finally made a decent cake, but it almost ruined the hands of Song Qi, Gu Wu and the others.
The egg whites are really hard to beat.
The cake was soft and delicate, no worse than those in later generations, and Song Wan was very satisfied after eating it.
They stayed in Shengzhou for more than a month, and Yun Zhuo hurried over with Yuanbao and Ada and his wife.
Yun Zhuo planned to open the third branch of Xiaoyao Tower in the prosperous Shengzhou, where there were many wealthy people and merchants. Now that all the people were growing sweet potatoes, they would definitely be able to earn more money.
He arrived at the right time, just in time to see the cake being successfully made. It had a soft and sweet texture, and was the only one of its kind in Dayue. It would be a shame not to sell it in Xiaoyao Tower.
So after Song Wan and his group left Shengzhou for Xiaoyao City, the word "cake" appeared on the menu of Xiaoyao Tower. From then on, it became unstoppable and became popular throughout Dayue, becoming one of the most recommended snacks at banquets of all the ladies and young ladies of noble families.
Yun Zhuo made a lot of money, so Song Wan's purse for money never emptied, and it even tended to get fatter.
On the way to Xiaoyao City, Song Wan and Gu Yan hurriedly took everyone on a detour to Yizhou to visit Li Yi and his mother. They stayed in Yizhou for half a month, attended Li Yi's wedding, and then took the water route to Qian.
Jiang Zhen was promoted to a higher rank and no longer had to pay out of his own pocket to support the late emperor's army, so he became visibly stronger and healthier, and his three sons were no longer as skinny as when they first met.
Now he is leading the people in Guizhou to grow potatoes and sweet potatoes, and their lives are very prosperous. However, not long after Song Wan arrived, Jiang Zhen sent his three sons to the Northwest Military Camp for training.
Song Wan also met Yao Liqian, who had returned to Guizhou a year and a half ago. In the past few years, he had saved a lot of money and became more pragmatic. Not only did he marry a wife, he also had a son.
Moreover, Yao Lizhen's wife was an acquaintance. Song Wan didn't expect to meet Xiu Yu here, who was supposed to be in Zezhou.
Xiuyu never thought that she would see her benefactor again in her lifetime. She told Song Wan that the eight girls opened a small embroidery workshop in Zezhou. With the help of Madam Yun, the business gradually became prosperous. She met Yao Lizhen when she took several embroiderers from the embroidery workshop to Yizhou to study.
Maybe it was fate that Yao Liwei didn't mind her past. He said that he was a bad person in the past too, and he even followed her all the way to Zezhou.
In this way, the two of them were entangled with each other. Perhaps it was fate that really came. After she dealt with the affairs of Zezhou Embroidery Workshop, she came to Guizhou with Yao Liyun.
After listening to the whole story, Song Wan couldn't help but admire Mr. Yao. How lucky was he to marry such a good wife?
Xiuyu also said that Xiyu had found her home. It turned out that her ex-fiancé had been waiting for her. After learning that she had received help from a noble person, he took all the property he had earned in those years and moved his family to Zezhou.
Their daughter is now two years old.
Song Wan didn't expect that such a story would happen after she left. It seems that Xiyu's fiancé is a pretty good guy.
However, Xiuyu said that her husband had been in a delicate mood recently because her mother-in-law, the former Concubine Yu, was about to get married.
When Song Wan heard this, she almost spit out water and hurriedly asked who she was going to marry.
Xiuyu said that it was none other than Li Hu, who often helped her mother-in-law chop firewood during the time when her husband was not in Guizhou. She heard from her husband that Li Hu used to be the head of his family's guards.
Song Wan didn't know what to do. Yao Xu was not dead yet, and Li Hu actually dared to flirt with his former boss's lover in front of him. He was really brave.
They stayed in Guizhou for another two months. When the autumn weather was clear and refreshing, Song Wan finally set off for Xiaoyao City.
By this time, a year and a half had passed since they left Beijing.
Song Wan sat on the horse's back, stretched, and tilted his head to look at Gu Yan beside him anxiously, "Are you ready? It's time to set off!"
Gu Yan hurriedly helped her tie the cleaned golden whip back around her waist and said, "Jiang Zhen just handed me a bag of cakes made by his wife. Do you want some?"
"Pastry?" Song Wan sniffed and looked at him, "Where is it?"
"In the bag."
"I want to eat!" Song Wan said very straightforwardly.
Gu Yan smiled dotingly, "Kiss me."
Song Wan curled her lips and muttered, "Why is it always this request?"
Forget it, he is her man after all.
There is no other way but to spoil her.
Song Wan grabbed Gu Yan's anxious neck and put her lips close to hers.
Just as the kiss was about to land on his lips, she smiled slyly, hooked the bag behind him and quickly retreated, then rode away, not forgetting to laugh loudly, "Gu Yanji, you've been fooled!"
Gu Yan was anxious: "......"
Suddenly he lost both his life and his wealth, so he had to whip the horse and chase after him.
This also indirectly led to Song Qi, Gu Wu and others who were still securing their luggage to think that their two masters were going to abandon them, so they hurriedly harnessed the carriage and quickly chased after them.
At the same time, he shouted, "Princess! General! Wait for us!"
Gu Yanji finally caught up with Song Wan and forced herself to make up for the kiss.
While Song Wan was panting, she did not forget to give a thumbs up and praise, "Gu Yanji, your kissing skills have improved!"
Gu Yan laughed helplessly, took her increasingly fleshy little hand, and the two of them rode forward hand in hand.
——End of text
The author has something to say:
[To the Jinjiang reviewers: Please open your eyes and see clearly! Okay? ? ? When will you stop imagining things? ! ! !]
That’s all. There aren’t many extra chapters, probably just some interesting things that happened in Xiaoyao City?
For example, a few years later, he went out to sea and brought back durian, etc., and then Gu Wu ignored the princess for a month, hahaha
This is my first time trying out period clothing, so I have a lot of shortcomings! Thank you all for your support along the way, I'll give you a red envelope for commenting on this chapter~
Then I'm looking for a new article in advance~
The Cannon Fodder Wife Who Became the Villain
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Pei Chuning traveled into a book and became a cousin with the same name and surname in the Duke of Zheng's mansion, and the emperor's eldest grandson's concubine.
What a good identity, but unfortunately the former crown prince died early, the new crown prince has been established, and the Duke of Zheng’s Mansion is the new crown prince’s power in the court.
The original owner's cousin was just cannon fodder.
After the death of the previous emperor, the new prince ascended the throne, and all the loyal ministers of the previous prince's lineage were cut off. The former emperor's eldest grandson, Xiao Heng, the villain in the book, was sent to his fiefdom early, Qingzhou in the northwest, the most desolate place in Da Chu.
The original owner, this cannon fodder, even "died of illness" early on the way to his fiefdom.
When Pei Chuning traveled through time, he happened to encounter the male protagonist in the book who was ordered to eradicate the bloodline of the former prince.
According to the plot of the original book, the original owner unfortunately died in this chaos. The villain escaped by chance and led a group of loyal servants to the fiefdom to recuperate and wait for the future.
In the book, Xiao Heng rebelled less than three years after recuperating in his fiefdom, and led his old and new soldiers all the way to the capital. However, a villain is still a villain after all. After killing the emperor, he was captured alive by the soldiers led by the eldest prince, and finally died from being pierced by thousands of arrows.
After recalling the plot, he opened his eyes and saw the villain covered in blood lying in front of him.
Pei Chuning: ...
Forget it, forget it, the most important thing is to save people first.
Small Theater
After arriving in the northwest, Pei Chuning found that it was extremely desolate.
There are few fertile fields and much wasteland on the hilltops. The winters are extremely cold and the people live in poverty.
So Pei Chuning waved his hand and reclaimed the wasteland and planted crops.
Hot and sour noodles, potato noodles, and spicy hot pot come one by one.
Too cold in the winter? You can build a kang. Too hot in the summer? You can make ice with saltpeter.
Later, Qingzhou became the richest city in the northwest and even in the entire Chu.
One day, the villain used a bowl of sweet ice and called his deputy general and said, "Everything is ready. The army will be launched soon."
This is essentially a farming story, with mostly food, a small amount of not-so-serious power struggles, and a slow-burning sweet story.
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