Chapter 16: Congratulatory Gifts
Su Qiqian came to the General's Mansion early in the morning, but heard that Li Zhuer was summoned by the emperor and went to the palace with his father, and the people in the General's Mansion didn't know what was going on. He waited in the general's mansion for a long time, but he didn't see the two of them come back, so he had to go home depressed.
In the afternoon of the same day, the entire Jingyang City knew that the third prince would marry Li Zhu'er, the general of Zhenguo.
Su Qiqian heard about this in the tavern, didn't say anything, only laughed with a few friends, and then said that there was something wrong and went home alone.
He came to the pond in the courtyard again, and the little female cat with three flowers was lying on the edge of the pond, watching the fat koi fish that popped up from time to time in the pond and became greedy.
"You're here too." Su Qiqian went over and held it in his arms.
The little female cat meowed twice, and her little fluffy head rubbed in Su Qiqian's arms.
"Xiaohua, you say, why does Zhu'er want to go to the palace so much?" Su Qiqian stroked the kitten and said in a sloppy manner, "She is stupid, she has a big temper, and when she enters the palace, she will inevitably be bullied by bad women in the future." ”
Xiaohua "meow-" with a sigh.
"What, you said that Zhu'er didn't want to enter the palace, but she just liked the third prince too much? Is the third prince so good, I heard that he is still a sick seedling, what if he can't protect Zhu'er? Su Qiqian said to Xiaohua with a serious face.
Xiaohua rolled over, jumped out of his arms, and ran away without a trace.
"Eh, little flower......"
He paused for a moment as he ran away from the flower, then looked back at the pool.
Suddenly I felt that my reflection in the water looked a little funny.
"This little pigtail is a bit stupid, no wonder Zhu'er doesn't like it." Su Qiqian muttered to himself.
When there were still three days before Li Zhu'er's wedding, Su Qiqian went to the general's mansion to send congratulatory gifts.
He went to see Li Xuan on purpose.
"Nephew Su, you're here." Li Xuan saw him and greeted.
"Uncle Li, my father has not come back from going out to do business, so I will send a congratulatory gift to Zhu'er on his behalf." Su Qiqian said with a smile.
"You're bothered."
The two sat and drank tea, and Su Qiqian asked again, "Can I go and see Zhu'er?" ”
"Go, in her room."
"Okay."
Su Qiqian put down the teacup and stood up, paused before leaving, looked at Li Xuandao: "Uncle, how can you be willing to send Zhu'er into the palace?" ”
Although he smiled, his words were full of sadness, as if he was complaining.
Li Xuan was silent for a moment and sighed.
When she saw Li Zhu'er, she was crossing her waist in the courtyard, and her eyebrows fluttered and she commanded the people to be busy. Seeing Su Qiqian coming, he warmly beckoned him to sit in his room.
Today, Su Qiqian didn't do any strange shapes, the whole person looked refreshing and neat, and his originally handsome and upright posture was quite a bit of a handsome boy.
"You look so much more pleasing to the eye when you dress up so seriously, and you even think you're very handsome." Li Zhu'er praised with a smile.
"I knew that I would be praised by you like this, and I wouldn't be engaged in any wild prairie wind." Su Qiqian also smiled.
"Pearl, are you happy?" Su Qiqian continued.
Hearing such a question, Li Zhu'er felt as if she was choked for some reason, but quickly replied with a smile: "Happy." I've loved Ah Heng since I was a child, and now I can finally marry him. ”
"Aren't you going to be a female general?" Su Qiqian asked.
Li Zhu'er did not answer.
"I originally thought that you could really be a female general, and you would let Uncle Li recruit a son-in-law." Su Qiqian said with a smile.
"Whether I am a female general or not, what does it have to do with you." Li Zhu'er turned her face away.
Su Qiqian looked at Li Zhu'er, smiled silently, was silent for a while, and couldn't help but speak: "Zhu'er, do you know what it means to enter the palace?" If you go in, you will never get out. The palace is full of rules, and if you accidentally break something, you will be severely punished, and you may even lose your life...... That's not the right place for you. ”
"Ha, you all say so, the palace is not suitable for me." Li Zhu'er still refused to look back at Su Qiqian, and her voice seemed to tremble a little, "But I just like Ah Heng, he is in the palace, what can I do?" ”
Su Qiqian looked at Li Zhu'er's petite and thin body, as if she was trembling slightly.
"Do the three princes like you? Is it good for you? He asked softly.
"I like it!" Li Zhu'er said in a loud voice.
But Su Qiqian could clearly hear her forcible crying.
The two men in the room did not speak again for a moment.
Su Qiqian had too much to say, but in this bleak situation, he couldn't open his mouth.
He has no qualifications, and he doesn't have the ability, so he asked Li Zhuer not to marry.
After a while, Li Zhu'er calmed down a little. She turned her face to look at Su Qiqian, and her tone was the same: "Are you here to give a congratulatory gift?" ”
"yes." Su Qiqian also returned to his usual tone and said with a smile, "Don't worry, the gift for your wedding is absolutely rich." After all, my family has nothing but money. ”
"Well, if the congratulatory gift is not enough, I won't spare you."
"Heh, don't worry, I promise to satisfy you." Su Qiqian looked confident, "In addition to the one given to the General's Mansion, I also specially divided a few boxes out and gave them to you." Jewelry, silk and silk are indispensable, and many of your favorite gadgets are also stuffed into it, for fear that you will be bored in the palace, I have collected some novelty objects, several large boxes, enough for you to play. ”
The two chatted for a few more words, and Su Qiqian left.
Not long after he left, a maid came to Li Zhu'er: "Miss, the congratulatory gifts sent by Su Fu said that some of them were for Miss, and the slave maid saw it, there were ten boxes, do you want to bring them into the palace?" The dowry that the lord prepared for the young lady has been loaded into several carts......"
"No need, find a place in my yard to keep it safe." Li Zhuer said.
"Yes, miss." Yahuan responded, "But Mr. Su specially instructed before leaving, saying that the ten boxes were specially prepared for Miss, so don't forget, Miss, what do you ......think?" ”
"Receive it in the wing room on the west side, I'll have time to go over and have a look."
"Yes, miss."
"Those things are his heart. If I really have no heart and lungs to take it into the palace, he will be too pitiful. Li Zhu'er muttered to herself.
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The Langhuan Hall was still surrounded, and Shen Fengjiu was specially allowed by the emperor to enter and exit freely, but he did not allow Lu Zhaoling to sneak out again in the past few days.
Lu Zhaoling got up every morning as usual, practiced knives in the courtyard, and was instructed by Shen Fengjiu a few times.
Shen Fengjiu's residence is the side hall of Yonghe Palace, but after he sees Bai Heng every day, he stays in the Langhuan Palace.
Lu Zhaoling didn't know what this person was doing.
In the blink of an eye, there are only two days left before Bai Heng and Li Zhuer's wedding.
"Qiuxi, in two days it will be the wedding of the three princes, we should send a congratulatory gift, right?" Lu Zhaoling said to Qiu Xi.
That day, when she learned about the marriage of the third prince, when Lu Zhaoling came back, Qiu Xi was afraid that she would be sad, so she persuaded her: "That royal highness is a prince after all, which prince is not a group of wives and concubines, the princess still wants to open some ...... As long as His Royal Highness is interested in the princess, he will always be able to ...... in the future"
As a result, he didn't expect Lu Zhaoling to shout angrily like never before: "Shut up!" Frightened, Qiu Xi took half a step back.
In the past few days, Qiu Xi has not dared to mention the wedding of the third prince in the palace.
At this time, Lu Zhaoling suddenly asked like this, and Qiu Xi didn't know how to respond.
When the princess was a child, she was sent to this foreign country as a hostage, and she was subjected to cold eyes and bullying in the palace......
Why is our princess so bitter?
Qiu Xi lamented in her heart.