Chapter 109
After Rong Xiangwang helped his fourth brother-in-law into the guest room in the west courtyard, he had the good sense to chat for a few moments and then left.
Feiyun brought some antidepressant tea, but Zhou Xianyang refused to drink it, so he sent her out as well, and pulled Rong Xiangmian with him, “Stay with me for a while.”
Rong Xiangxian had something to ask him, so he closed the doors and windows, let Feiyun Feixue stand guard outside, and helped Zhou Xianyang to relieve himself of the alcohol, and only after seeing that he was more comfortable, did he accompany him to lie halfway down on the bed.
He saw that he was more comfortable, and then lay halfway down on the bed with him. He was surrounded by a soft, warm jade, and the orchids in his hair smelled elegantly of orchids, which was very special. Xian Yang did not have to look down to smell it, and for a moment the boredom of the wine was mostly gone.
He reached out to caress Xiang Xiang’s head of hair, hair unconsciously rubbed against his face, at this moment she is like a well-behaved kitten.
The slight tickling sensation made Zhou Xian Yang feel more and more comfortable. Ever since they’ve been together, the princess has been treating him less and less like a normal couple, and more and more like the normal couple he longs for.
“Why did you agree to sponsor Liu Quanyi?” Rong Xiangshi asked. Rong Xiangshi asked.
“I just want them to see, my wife I cherish like a treasure, I listen to whatever you say.”
Rong Xiang see steeply accused of white, crouched in front of his chest heart indescribable flavor, and worried: “just for my face? Are you not afraid that Liu Quanyi will get you into trouble?”
Zhou Xian Yang laughed: “If you want to get me into trouble, you have to make it through the selection process.”
“Selection?” Rong Xiangmian had never heard of an official selection process.
Zhou Xianyang explained to her, “Since the founding of the country, many sons and daughters have gained official positions due to their grandparents’ achievements, and there are many who have no talent and are paid for their work. The court does not want to keep this group of idle people who eat food, want to remove redundancy, will be implemented in the future assessment. And the new shade official also need to pass the selection to enter the post, although not as difficult as the imperial examination, but also to have the threshold.”
“Oh ……” Rong Xiangmian listened carefully, “You’re so quick to say yes, and you’ve got them all in a tizzy.”
“I did not coax them, if he can pass the selection, I bailed him out, even if it is your favor, but also the division. If he is really like you say uneducated, it is simply not my turn to sponsor. By the way, this matter has not yet been issued, and it is only for you to hear.”
“Don’t worry, I won’t say anything.” Rong Xiangmian saw that he was thinking clearly enough, and wasn’t so drunk that he was having a hard time, most likely he was just excusing himself to want to stay in the mansion, so he wanted to go and get busy with his business.
She got up to straighten her hair and clothes. When Zhou Xian Yang grabbed her, Rong Xiangmian pushed his hand away, “I don’t know what other people will say if you close your door in broad daylight.”
Rising to help him lie down, she twisted a wet handkerchief to cool him down and touched his forehead, which was a bit hot: “You should sleep well first, I’ll go discuss things with my sister-in-law, and I’ll come to see you later. Feiyun is keeping watch outside, just call her if you need anything.”
Zhou Xian Yang clasped her hand over his face and quietly looked at her. No one had ever taken care of him like this when he was drunk, and he was instantly satisfied. Knowing that she was thin-skinned, he didn’t make fun of her, “Just tell Xiao Bei to stand guard outside, you take the maids and go about your business.”
Rong Xiangshi went out and told her sister-in-law about the kitchen. It turns out that the kitchen’s dessert maker, Mrs. Lu, is old and doesn’t have a good memory, so she added more and more flavorings to make the sugar cake sweeter.
Gu said: “A few days ago, I thought it was wrong, so I let her son take over, but her skills are the same. This old woman, who has been in our mansion all her life, let her receive her monthly payment and spend her time in the kitchen watching the fire. I don’t know how, but she can’t be bothered to make sugar cakes. Sister don’t worry, Jing Yi Yuan’s errand, she won’t go over.”
This is a small matter, Rong Xiang Gu put it down without mentioning it, and discussed with his sister-in-law about assigning duties to the subordinates on both sides.
When Rong Xiang Gu went home and Zhou Xian Yang woke up from his sleep, the two of them met and went back to Rong Xiang Gu’s courtyard together, and the aunt and sister-in-law hadn’t finished their discussion yet.
Gu was telling one of the supervisors, “Tell the people below that if you go to the Jing Yi Yuan to serve the banquet, King Yu and Princess Yu will reward you, and if you stay in the residence and don’t go, you will be rewarded if you have a lot of work to do. Tell them not to have any disagreements over this errand.”
“Each person will only take on one errand, don’t worry about other things, and don’t go where you shouldn’t go. On that day, the feather forest guards were all present to guard, if they were suspicious and called for arrest, it would be difficult to do.”
“You vigilant, if you see not wear armband family members want to get involved, must stop, out of the wrong but you bear the responsibility.”
The two men sipped their tea and watched their wives arranging matters of all sizes, smiling at each other. Living at home is just like that.
This time, it was not only Rong’s meeting, but also Gu Frost’s first time to manage a big event, and the two men were determined not to let anything go wrong, and not to bring shame to the Yulong and British Duke’s Mansions.
Seeing that the princess is so dedicated to this matter, Zhou Xian Yang doesn’t gag with her and goes back to the royal residence after dinner, and brings the roster she prepared back to the steward of the royal residence to order it down.
So a few days, Zhou Xian Yang every day to the British Prince’s residence, the British Prince see in the eyes, the gas also subsided, implying that the meeting, the assassin has been handed over to His Majesty to dispose of. Before the day cools down, and Yu Wang in Jing Yi Yuan live for a period of time, a good summer vacation.
Seeing that it is the day when the Empress Dowager and His Majesty leave the palace and drive to the Jing Yi Yuan.
On this day, on the northwestern side of Jinling city, along the road, yellow soil, surrounded by tents, carriages lined up in a long line.
Marquis Yongxiang’s carriage, a green young girl lifted the curtains, looked at the front road of the people and sighed: ”This battle, Rong Xiangmian can really long face. Originally, everyone thought that she married a disgraced prince and could not return to Jinling for the rest of her life, who knew that she froze and became a princess.”
“Who says it isn’t? There are many girls in Jinling City who have a better background than her, and not many of them married as well as she did.” Another more mature woman picked up, “I heard that recently many people went to the Caged Moon Nunnery to ask for blessings in front of the Bodhisattva that Rong Xiangxian had worshipped!”
As the two sisters were discussing, the man on horseback couldn’t help but interrupt, “It’s better to ask the Bodhisattva than to ask the honorable people around you. All the people Rong Xiangmian has met along the way are honorable people, so this fortune is not something you can ask for.”
The woman sighed: “That’s true. Although there are many noble daughters from high families, a few of them have fathers like the Duke of England who are valued by His Majesty. With a virtuous first mother like the Duke of England’s wife, she didn’t send her own daughter to the palace, but instead sent a concubine daughter to the palace. She was also able to win the favor of Your Highness and accepted her as her adopted daughter. Most importantly, to be able to get such a powerful husband like His Highness Yul Wang, who doesn’t care about the birth of the first concubine and wants her to be the king’s consort.”
After saying that, that woman glanced at the people outside the curtain, and that man on horseback snapped and laughed, “What are you looking at me for? His Highness Yu Wang has such ability, and it’s not because he’s His Majesty’s child? Even if I were to go to heaven, I wouldn’t be able to compare to him, right? Just be satisfied!”
“Sister, the imperial family seems to be surrounded by flowers, but secretly it’s a bloody storm, it’s better for people like us to be rich and happy for the rest of our lives.”
The family gossiped and headed towards the Jing Yi Garden.
Zhou Xian Yang and Rong Xiang Xiang live in Jing Yi Yuan one day in advance, in advance to adapt to the matters of receiving the driver, the royal family and the feather forest guards first each out of more than a hundred guards are responsible for the safety.
Early in the morning, Mr. and Mrs. Yuh greeted the guests at the entrance of the garden.
The Duke of England’s House and the Duke of Chang’s House were the first to arrive, and as soon as Rong Xiang Yu looked at Xiang Xiang’s tense appearance, he comforted her: “Don’t worry, didn’t we all say it’s done? You only care about settling the empress dowager and his majesty, the rest have father and mother, the civil officials let big brother to greet, the military generals let your brother-in-law and Xiangwang to greet, the noble families and thousands of gold, I am familiar with, you don’t need to be so nervous.”
Being said so by his second sister, Rong Xiangwang relaxed a bit, Zhou Xian Yang was quite moved as he watched the Duke of England’s large family help each other out. He gave a salute to the Yue family’s relatives, “When today’s events are over, I will definitely set up another table and treat you all well.”
“That’s for sure!” Rong Xiangyu glanced at Rong Xiangzhi with a smile, “Third sister, I’ll only give you one thing to do today, and that is to accompany the Eldest Princess properly.”
Rong Xiangzhi laughed a bit without any good humor, “This is natural, where does it need to be said by second sister.”
Soon, the carriage of the Yunwang Mansion arrived first. Sun Mingyue got out of the carriage and Yun Wang looked at the plaque in front of the gate before coming up, all of the people met and greeted each other, Mingyue pulled Xiangshi and said something similar to second sister, “We’ll help entertain the various royal residences, you guys take care of the empress dowager and father for the most part.”
Speaking, the front loudly reported: “Yongding Marquis House to …… Wen Yinbo House to …… Zhen Guo Gong House to ……”.
For a time, the court was extremely lively.
Most of the nobles in the capital enjoy their wealth, and not many of their sons or daughters hold important positions in the imperial court. Zhou Xian Yang did not remember many of them, and the Duke and Duchess of England helped introduce him.
When the guests of each family got off the carriage, they would first seriously brag about His Majesty’s bestowal of the word, then praise King Yu’s achievements, and then express their envy towards the Duke and Duchess of England, and the whole process was completed before they were introduced into the Qingyuan Salon in the garden to take a rest.
One after the other, both of their faces stiffened with fake smiles. Zhou Xian Yang whispered close to her, “If you keep talking like this, your teeth are going to get sore.”
“Sour teeth are fine, it’s the sore legs that are unbearable.” Rong Xiangyang stood for a long time and paced in place to let her knees relax a bit.
Zhou Xian Yang reached out and wrapped his hand around her waist, letting her lean on him, “Hard to bear? Why don’t you go in first and sit down for a while, I’ll deal with it myself.”
As soon as she pushed his hand away, Xiangmian glanced back at her parents, and they had indeed seen it, their expressions subtle.
Aimi was busy saying, “What are you doing? What does it look like in public?”
“What?” Zhou Xian Yang felt wronged to the core, “You’re tired of standing, I want you to take a break.”
“Don’t pull and tug, people will see and say we are disrespectful.”
“This Jinling City has too many rules.” Zhou Xian Yang snapped and stood farther away.
Just when they were a bit bored, a sound of Marquis Yong’an’s arrival made everyone get in the spirit.
“You invited the Zhang family?” The Second Sisters were quite surprised.
Only to see the Marquis of Yong An riding a snow-white high horse, walking at the front. His youngest son, Zhang Yue, was right behind him, and behind a carriage, Mrs. Marquis and Zhang Shu came with him.