While the Su family was busy, Xiao Heng also went out of the city. The musket he brought back from Yunnan before has now come in handy. The Ministry of Industry has now made improvements based on the drawings from Yunnan and has produced a new musket. There has been progress, so Xiao Heng was invited to go out of the city to see it.
Xiao Heng simply went to inspect the military camp, and because of his inspection, Su Yao became free.
Nanny Hu began to teach Su Yao some palace etiquette, and He Xianyi listened.
She lived and ate with Su Yao for a few days, and suddenly found that she and Su Yao had many of the same hobbies.
Su Yao also likes to read miscellaneous notes and travel notes, and also likes to listen to operas, which is completely different from her tough appearance.
He Xianyi usually doesn't like to talk. Her biggest hobby is reading. After reading a book, she likes to recite it in her letters. Now that she has someone who also likes reading, she is very happy. She and Su Yao often sit in the study for a whole morning or afternoon.
Lian Yancao laughed: "If you don't know, you would really think that our cousin and our daughter are sisters. Even if they are sisters, they don't look so alike!"
He Xianyi smiled more often. After coming to Su Yao's place, she felt much more cheerful. Su Yao was not a difficult person to get along with. On the contrary, he was very accommodating. She did not have any difficulty adapting at all. Everyone in the Su family took good care of her.
When she heard Yancao's words, she couldn't help but laugh: "Thank you all for accommodating me like this."
Yan Cao waved her hands hurriedly: "Miss Cousin, aren't you being too harsh on us by saying this? It's because she's easy to get along with that she doesn't make things difficult for us to be servants."
While chatting and laughing, He Xianyi knew that Yancao was about to get married with Qingkun, and she specially prepared fifty taels of silver as a dowry for Yancao.
Yancao was shocked.
The cost of an ordinary slave's marriage was only about twenty or thirty taels of silver, and that was after all expenses were included.
He Xianyi gave her fifty taels of silver at once, which scared her.
He Xianyi smiled and insisted that Yan Cao take it: "Don't be polite with me, I will be happy if you accept it."
Yan Cao went to see Su Yao. She didn't dare to accept the silver, nor did she want to accept it. After all, she was not short of money at all. Su Yao had already prepared a very generous dowry for her. It was the same as what ordinary families would get when marrying off their daughters. The Qingkun family was stunned by her dowry and treated her like a treasure.
Yancao is not greedy.
Su Yao smiled and nodded at her: "Since it is given to you by your cousin, you should accept it."
He Xianyi treated her eldest maid like this, so she would naturally return the favor to He Xianyi's maid in the same way in the future.
It's not really taking advantage.
Yan Cao then accepted it.
Time passed like flowing water, and in the blink of an eye it was the seventh prince's birthday.
Because it was the seventh prince's birthday and it happened to be just half a month after their marriage, the palace sent someone to deliver a letter early, asking Su Yao to go to the palace to attend the banquet as well.
When the day came, Su Yao had already prepared herself and changed into new clothes before entering the palace.
She first went to Ci'en Palace to pay her respects.
It happened that Prince Min and Princess Min as well as the Seventh Prince and his Princess were all there. After Su Yao paid his respects to the Queen Mother, he greeted them as well.
Prince Min and the Seventh Prince were very polite to her and said with a smile, "We are all family from now on. There is no need to be so polite."
Queen Mother Tian waved and called Su Yao to her side: "Yes, we are all one family from now on, don't be so formal, it will make us feel awkward."
Now that the crown prince position has been decided, and Xiao Heng has always been strong, his position is stable. Anyway, everyone knows it, and there is nothing to fight for. Because there is nothing to fight for, the Sixth and Seventh Princes are very peaceful and have a stable mentality. In the future, Su Yao will be the crown prince's principal wife, so who would make things difficult for her
The Seventh Prince's Consort smiled gently and said to Su Yao, "My sister went to your place yesterday. I heard that your house was very lively?"
The Seventh Prince's wife's family background was lower than that of Yin Congqing and Zhao Qingye. Perhaps because of this, she was the first to make friends with Su Yao and even asked her family members to come to Su Yao's house to add to his dowry.
Lin Xiuzhang knows how to behave, so Su Yao naturally cooperates and nods with a smile: "Yes, Miss Lin Si came to visit me. We are of similar age, so we can chat together."
The Seventh Prince's wife is nominally an elder now, and Su Yao will not be hard on her anymore.
Queen Mother Tian listened with a smile for a while, then sighed softly, "It's a pity that Ah Heng couldn't come back in time. Look at your uncles and aunts, they are all in pairs."
The Fifth Prince and his wife just happened to come in and laughed when they heard this.
The Fifth Prince greeted him and said, "Grandmother, what you said is true. Our Ah Heng is a smart man and cares a lot about Yaoyao. Why are you still worried about them? I heard that some time ago, in order to celebrate his fiancée's birthday, Ah Heng went to the Ministry of Industry to ask for dozens of fireworks, just for her to see."
In fact, many people knew about this matter. After all, Prince Min was in the Ministry of Works. If Xiao Heng wanted to get something, he would inevitably have to go through him.
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone looked towards Su Yao.
Princess Min sat up straight at once.
Queen Mother Tian smiled and said "Oh", then asked excitedly: "Really?" Then she looked at Su Yao: "If that's the case, I really can't recognize Ah Heng. I originally thought he was quiet and I was afraid that he was a taciturn person and scared his wife away, but who knew that he was quiet and knew what was good for him?"
No matter how clever Su Yao was, he felt a little shy at this moment. He lowered his head and was reluctant to speak.
When Empress Dowager Tian saw this, how could she not know that this was true
Princess Min's whole body tensed up, like a leopard seeing its prey.
She was so angry that she couldn't bear it anymore.
Xiao Heng is usually such a cold person, but he set off fireworks to celebrate her birthday? !
He is such a loser~!
Being so obsessed with a woman!
The Fifth Prince was close to Xiao Heng, so he naturally liked Su Yao. He smiled and joked for a few times before saying, "How can she answer when the Imperial Grandmother asks her like this? I think it would be better for the Grandmother to wait for Ah Heng to come back and then ask Ah Heng. Anyway, he is thick-skinned, and he won't feel shy no matter how you ask him."
Empress Dowager Tian was happy and said angrily, "You are making trouble again. Ah Heng is out inspecting the military camp. How can he come back today?"
"I don't know if he can make it back before, but now it's such an important palace banquet, and all of them are our family members. How can he bear to leave his fiancée alone? Just wait and see, he will definitely make it back in a while." The fifth prince vowed: "If the Royal Grandmother doesn't believe me, we'll just wait and see."