The two of them played chess and ate fruits and vegetables, leisurely and contentedly.
"Speaking of which, this time, we have to prepare a lot of gifts." Chu Qingyan suddenly remembered, touched her chin and began to think.
Xiao Xu raised his eyebrows and asked.
"You forgot, Xiao Hou and Zhi Jing are about to get married, and Xiao Ran and Miss Jing are about to get engaged."
She rolled his eyes at him. He didn't care about the worldly relationships except for the court on weekdays. If she hadn't been taking care of it all the time, I'm afraid all the things that were sent to him would have been delayed. He was cold enough to hear rumors outside. , If he didn't even maintain the favor on this scene, it is estimated that no one would dare to talk to him on the road in the future.
Listening to her words, he could guess what she was thinking. Xiao Xu naturally knew about these human relationships, but his status was high enough that he could only be flattered by others, and he was naturally not fond of socializing. I prefer to be alone, but if the little guy values these things, just let her toss.
Chu Qingyan continued to talk to herself, "Zhijing has a good relationship with us, and Xiao Ran is the younger brother you value, so these two gifts must be carefully prepared, and I will ask the butler to open the warehouse later to see if there is anything good! "
Xiao Xu was noncommittal, just—
"However, I, the eldest royal brother, got married later than them, so it's a bit unreasonable." Xiao Xu touched his chin, should he ask the royal father to arrange the marriage between him and the little guy in the morning tomorrow?
The chess piece between the two fingers almost slipped down because of his words. She pinched the chess piece again, her expression was erratic, and she said in a coquettish tone, "I'm talking to you about serious business! Where are you going!"
"I'm also talking about serious things, and it's more important than what you are doing now!" Xiao Xu replied solemnly.
Chu Qingyan's face became even hotter, and he said, "It's really not serious!"
A smile flashed across Xuan Mo's eyes, knowing that she was shy, Xiao Xu called Huo Ling over.
"Master, are you looking for a subordinate?" Huo Ling stood upright.
"When will the marriage of the third prince and Princess Nancang be scheduled?" Xiao Xu asked.
"August twenty-fifth."
"When will the fourth prince get engaged?"
"August twenty-six."
Chu Qingyan listened, slightly surprised, "So soon, isn't that only a month?"
Huo Ling nodded, and he explained, "When the envoy Nan Cang was on his mission, he had already shipped the dowry, and the Ministry of Rites had already prepared the marriage matters. The purpose of setting aside this month in the middle is to send the news back to Nancang and invite their people to attend the marriage ceremony."
Between Chu Qingyan and Huo Ling's conversation, Xiao Xu's mind fell on another matter, that is, no matter how early he got married with the little guy, it seemed that he couldn't catch up with them before, and he couldn't help but feel a little depressed.
"I see, no wonder I said that just one month is like a wedding, that's too fast!" she muttered to herself.
Xiao Xu, who was on the side, muttered in his heart, if he ignored the red tape, he could marry the little guy in the door in three days!
Because the weather was too hot, everyone except for the errands in the yard hid.
A red shadow bypassed the long corridor and appeared outside the kitchen.
Huang Yi was instructing someone to fetch water at this time. When he saw the person coming, he couldn't help laughing, "Sister Hongyi, on such a hot day, you are not resting in the house, what are you doing here?"
Hongyi shook the crock pot in her hand at her, "I heard that the little princess has been obsessed with frozen melons and fruits recently, I happened to go to the ice cellar just now, and the person in charge said that it is time to add some ice cubes in the kitchen, please let me take it along. come over."
"You are really caring, I just wanted to say that I will send someone to fetch it!" Huang Yi took the jar and handed it to the little girl behind him, smiling and thanking him.
At this time, Xining happened to come to the kitchen to get something, and when he came out, the two of them couldn't help but nodded with a smile, and then left.
Hongyi saw a few maids behind Xining, and there was a trace of jealousy in her eyes. Before in the inner courtyard, only their big maids had such qualifications, but now the feng shui turns, she is People take up power and become a dispensable passerby in the inner courtyard. Thinking about it, I am really unwilling.
Seeing that Hongyi kept looking at Xining, Huang Yi smiled and said, "Do you think this little girl is very well-behaved?"
Hong Yipi smiled and said without a smile, "It's very good."
Huang Yi didn't understand her smile, just when someone called her, she turned around and responded.
Hongyi saw that she was too busy to get away, so she wandered outside by herself. At this time, a little girl came out with a small basket full of red dates. She thought for a while, and then pinched the things in her sleeves. , and then walked up to it pretending to be inadvertent.
Although Hongyi is no longer in charge of the inner courtyard, Yu Wei is still there. In addition to her rank as a maid, the little girl who was going to find a place to dry things immediately stopped and saluted when she came over, "Sister Hongyi."
Hong Yi smiled kindly, "What are you planning to do?"
"That's right, didn't it rain the first two days? The red dates were not tightly covered and got damp. My aunt asked me to take them out to dry them, saying that they were going to prepare red dates and white fungus soup for the princess these two days." The little girl replied truthfully.
Hong Yi nodded slightly. Before and after Wang Fei's menstrual period, the kitchen would prepare this soup for her. After doing the math, the time was up again.
She stepped forward and flipped through the red dates in the small basket to check, "Then this can't be sloppy. You'll be careful to see if there are any moths. Remember to pick them out."
"If it wasn't for Sister Hongyi's reminder, I wouldn't have thought of this." The little girl nodded gratefully, followed her advice, and searched carefully.
Hongyi watched the little girl squatting there to check carefully, and slowly raised the corner of her mouth.
The silver needle between the two fingers was hidden in the sleeve, and then never seen again.
Chu Qingyan, this time, I don't believe that you can survive with your life!
Hong Yi left the little girl, and chatted with the people in the yard calmly. After Huang Yi finished her work, she turned around and she was no longer there.
Huang Yi glanced at the little girl on the ground who was carefully picking red dates, then turned around and looked around, with doubts in her eyes, what about Hong Yiren
Since the power in Hongyi's hands was divided by the little princess, she was worried that something would happen to her because she couldn't stand such treatment. Unfortunately, since she got a new cookbook from the little princess, she has been sitting in the kitchen all day. She was getting busier and busier, and there was basically no time to chat with her, and Hongyi herself often locked herself in the room and didn't communicate much with others.
A sister, she is very worried about her.
Forget it, after studying the new dishes tomorrow and the day after, she will go talk to her, and relieve the boredom.
Thinking of this, Huang Yi seemed to have solved a major event, and then walked briskly into the kitchen.
The kitchen is her favorite place, and even better if she can live in it!