After dinner, it was already dark. Chu Tiankuo asked Xingnong: "Going back to Xingyuan?"
Xingyuan, that is Chu Tiankuo's residence. Will she get married in Xingnong? Upon hearing this, the Crown Prince of Jin glanced at the Crown Princess of Jin.
The Crown Princess of Jin said with a smile, "The wedding day will be in two days. Although my sister and the Crown Prince have already been married in Jin, the wedding ceremony has not been held in Chu after all. After all, we still have to go out at home. My sister, please come with us back to Hanyuan to stay! Then the Crown Prince will come directly to Hanyuan to welcome the bride."
Several princes of Jin nodded: "The emperor's sister-in-law is right. It's better to stay at my mother's house for the next two days!"
Xing Nong was worried about Xing Qing living alone in such a large mansion, so she said, "I'm staying at the Chen Mansion tonight, you all go back!"
The Crown Prince of Jin thought it was okay to live in the Shen Mansion, as long as he didn’t live in Chu Tiankuo’s residence: “Okay, then my royal brother will come over to accompany you tomorrow.”
Chu Tiankuo also guessed that Xingnong would live here, and he also had to go back to the East Palace and couldn't accompany her: "Grandma and the others will be here tomorrow morning. Then I will go with you to the city gate to pick them up."
"Yeah." Xing Nong nodded.
The Crown Prince of Jin said, "My sister, we have to go to the palace to pay our respects to the King of Chu early tomorrow morning, so we can't accompany you to pick him up."
They had already received an invitation from the King of Chu. Now that they were there, they had to go to the palace to pay their respects, lest it be impolite.
Xing Nong knew about it, so he said, "Royal brother, you guys go and take care of your own business, don't worry about me, I know Chu State very well."
Several princes of Jin: "... ..."
They thought that the imperial sister was familiar with the State of Jin, but not with the State of Chu.
It’s all my fault for my father who seduced me and then abandoned me!
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The next day, early in the morning, Chu Tiankuo went to the Chen Mansion to have breakfast with Xingnong, and then went to pick someone up.
Because there were so many people coming, plus the beauties that the villagers prepared for Xingnong, there was a long line, with hundreds of carriages in total. The people entering and leaving the city thought it was a large caravan entering the city.
However, some officials' families nearby recognized Chu Tiankuo. They saw His Royal Highness the Crown Prince holding a paper umbrella to shade a fairy who was as beautiful as a painting, and heard His Royal Highness the Crown Prince respectfully call a woman "Grandma". Only then did they realize that the Crown Princess's family had come to the capital!
After exchanging greetings outside the city gate, the group entered the city.
Because there were quite a lot of villagers in Taohua Village, the Shen Mansion couldn't accommodate them all, so Xingnong planned to have his two uncles Gu Yuxia and Gu Yudong's families as well as the family of Village Chief Gu live in Xingqing's mansion, and everyone else lived in the Yingbin Building.
Chu Tiankuo, the shopkeeper of the Yingbin Building, has already asked him to post a notice, stating that no outside guests will be received during his wedding days and that the building will be closed to receive villagers.
When Village Chief Gu heard that Xing Nong had arranged for him to live in the mansion, he waved his hand and refused: "The capital is not like the village. In the capital, a brick falling from the sky might hit a high-ranking official. I have to live with the villagers to avoid getting into trouble."
Xing Nong: "Uncle Gu, don't worry. The Yingbin Building only entertains people from our village, and my senior brother has sent people to protect everyone in the Yingbin Building. No one will dare to cause trouble in the Yingbin Building."
Chu Tiankuo echoed: "Don't worry, Village Chief Gu, I have arranged everything."
Village Chief Gu is a very responsible village chief. Otherwise, Taohua Village, as a refugee village, would not be getting better and better and would not be bullied by other villages. He certainly knew that Chu Tiankuo would make arrangements, but he was afraid of the worst. He still waved his hand and said, "I will just live in the Yingbin Building with the villagers! It's a rare trip for everyone to come to the capital. Thanks to you, this is probably the only time in this life. We still have to travel around the capital, and it's convenient to live in the Yingbin Building."
Seeing that he insisted, Xing Nong did not force him and said, "Then when you want to go out for a walk, tell the shopkeeper of the reception building and he will send someone to follow you."
With people arranged by the shopkeeper following, even if there is a conflict with the powerful people in the capital, it can be mediated.
"We will." Village Chief Gu agreed with a smile.
Xing Nong continued, "We have traveled for a long time, and now it is time for lunch. Let's eat in the reception building first. After lunch, you can go back to your room to rest. If you are not tired, you can walk around the capital, or you can come to where we live to take a look and recognize the door. In the future, no one will be afraid of not being able to find the door when they come to the capital."
So the villagers of Taohua Village moved into the Yingbin Building, and Xingnong and Chu Tiankuo brought Gu Yuxia and her two families back to the Shen Mansion.
Xing Nong helped Gu get off the carriage: "Grandma, Xinghui, this is the Princess Mansion that the Emperor bestowed upon Xing Qing."
Because it is a princess's mansion, the gate is very imposing even in the capital.
Gu looked up at the two majestic stone lions and her eyes turned red. These were what her Xing Qing had exchanged her life for!
She smiled and said, "Not bad!"
Gu Yuxia and Gu Yudong's family opened their mouths in amazement when they saw the magnificent gate.
Aunt Song: "Xingqing, your mansion is better than the mansion of the county magistrate of Futai County."
Gu Xijiang had been to many places this year because of his snack shop, and had met many merchants from many places, which had broadened his horizons. Upon hearing this, he said, "Nonsense, people in the capital have rules for building houses. How many princesses can have? How can a princess's mansion not be magnificent?"
Xing Qing smiled. Seeing that Gu's eyes were red, she thought she was crying for joy. She hugged Gu's arm and said, "Grandma, uncles and aunts, let's go in and take a look! The yard has been cleaned."
"Okay, let's go in and take a look!" Gu said with a smile.
Humph, those unscrupulous parents!
She doesn't have to worry about Xingnong anymore, but she is still worried about Xingqing and Xinghui.
She must find a good marriage for Xingqing and Xinghui while she still has a few years to live, so that the two siblings will not be harmed by that unscrupulous parents.
Gu received a letter from Shen Ruoxi a few days ago, saying that when Xingnong got married, she should bring Xingqing and Xinghui to Beijing. Wen Ruiqing had already found two good marriages and would meet them after Xingnong got married.
Gu hasn't told Xingqing and Xingnong about this yet. Although he thinks that the marriage that Wen Ruiqing has found won't be very good and that the man is too profit-oriented, he wants to find out more about it after going to Beijing, so as not to cause trouble for them on such a happy day.
Anyway, she would never allow Xingqing and Xinghui to be harmed by that unscrupulous parents, and she would arrange marriages for them before she was buried.
The group walked into the mansion.
Mrs. Song and her second uncle Mrs. Luo were amazed.
The two of them were like Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden. They were dazzled by the sight and felt like their eyes were not enough to see!
Mrs. Luo: "Sister-in-law, look at the hill built with stones over there. It would be so beautiful if you planted some flowers and trees there! I just realized that putting a few stones in the yard would be so beautiful! I will go up the hill and move a few stones to the middle of the yard later!"
Song: "That's called a rockery. Rich families like to build rockeries in their yards! It looks nice, but it's inconvenient to dry things after it's built."
Mrs. Luo nodded. "That's right. It looks good but is not useful. Forget it. Otherwise, I won't be able to dry my millet. I'll also put two stone tigers in front of the gate when I get home. It will make it look more impressive and won't take up too much space!"
"What stone tiger? That's a stone lion..."
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