In the early morning of the second day, Xue Qingshan personally came to the door to deliver the betrothal gifts. The Xue family was not well-off, but the betrothal gifts he sent filled the front yard of the Marquis Mansion. Everyone is very envious of the dowry gift.
Today, Xue Qingshan changed into a brand new silk shirt, and his hair was combed neatly and shinyly. When he stood in the courtyard, he saw a heroic and tall man. Some of the servants who watched knew the inside story. At this scene, I couldn't help but sigh in my heart. Even though the Xue family's status is not as high as that of the Hou family, it can be seen that they care about Qin Shuang just by looking at the dowry, and these young masters Xue are even more dignified. Confused, this marriage is hers, what a pity! What a pity!
As soon as the betrothal gift was delivered, Qin Shuang's wedding date was also set. It was already the beginning of April. After discussing with Xue Qingshan, Qin Shu and Xue Qingshan set the wedding date before the Dragon Boat Festival on the third day of May. This is an auspicious day!
Qin Wan took Qin Shuang to hide in the back hall and took a look. Qin Shuang used to be a bold person, but this time he ran away with just one glance. When Qin Wan returned to the inner courtyard, Qin Shuang said with a flushed face, "He How do you personally deliver the dowry?"
Qin Wan smiled and said, "He doesn't have any brothers in his family, so it's good to send it in person. Not only did he give the dowry, but even the wedding date was decided by himself, which shows that the entire Xue family is already in charge of him. If he can make these decisions, then you The wife he decides to marry back will definitely not be treated harshly." Qin Wan couldn't help nodding, "This Xue Qingshan is not bad."
Great Zhou governed the country with benevolence and filial piety, and benevolence and filial piety are naturally infallible, but for the daughter’s family, they are afraid that the husband will be insignificant, either weak and incompetent and unable to make any achievements, and eventually eat up the family’s wealth, or obey their parents’ orders in everything Full of foolishness and filial piety, if you meet an unreasonable in-laws, the girl's family will suffer if she marries.
Xue Qingshan discussed giving the dowry yesterday, but today he visited the door in person, gave the dowry, fixed the date of marriage, acted decisively and neatly, but prepared a lot of dowry, which shows that he is a steady and decisive person! That's great!
Qin Shuang's face was full of colorful clouds, and he felt a little nervous for a moment, "Is he really like this? You won't lie to me, will you?"
Qin Wan laughed, "How do you want me to praise him? Why don't you tell me if he's good or not after you're married? Now that I'm looking at it, it's naturally unclear..."
Qin Wan was full of ridicule, Qin Shuang's face was blushing, and a smile spread out, "It's still early!"
As she said that, Qin Shuang became a little nervous and flustered again, "Ah, but it's only been a month, so it's not too early, and I haven't prepared anything yet, what should I do?"
Qin Wan pulled her back to the yard, "Since that's the case, why don't you go back and embroider your wedding dress!"
Qin Shuang talked about all kinds of worries as she walked, but she was immersed in shyness and joy without knowing it. Qin Wan, who was infected for a while, became excited. Although her embroidery work was mediocre, she also helped Qin Shuang prepare for marriage In the afternoon, when he heard that Xue Qingshan was leaving, Qin Wan took Qin Shuang to peek again, and Qin Shuang naturally blushed again.
In the early morning of the second day, the Hou's family went outside the city to sweep graves and pay respects to their ancestors.
At the beginning of April, spring is in full swing, but for some reason, the weather is a bit gloomy. Everyone in the Qin family took four carriages. Qin Yan and Qin Ye rode horses and headed towards the south of the city together. After leaving the south of the city, Go straight to Qiyun Mountain.
Although the second master of the Qin family and his wife were not Qin Wan's parents, Qin Wan did not dare to forget to do his filial piety for Miss Jiu.
Before and after the Ching Ming Festival, tomb-sweeping is a must. After walking out of the city gate for an hour, you will arrive at the foot of Qiyun Mountain. There are many people coming and going on the mountain road. If they knew each other, they would stop the carriage to say hello. In this way, by the time they arrived at the Qin family's cemetery, the time had passed.
The Qin clan who followed first removed the weeds growing in the cemetery, Qin Yan and Qin Ye lit incense candles, first worshiped the old Zhongyonghou couple, and then arrived in front of the Qin Yi couple's tomb, several juniors also followed the incense stick After the ceremony, Qin Wan knelt down and burned the paper money before getting up. After the worship was over, Qin Shu led a few juniors around and lit incense in front of several other Qin family's ancestral tombs. After that, an hour had passed, and seeing that it was getting late, the Qin family and his party were preparing to go down the mountain.
The carriage went down the mountain road, and as soon as it reached the foot of the mountain, Qin Wan saw a familiar figure. Before Qin Wan could speak, Qin Yan had already shouted, "Zhan Butou—"
With this shout, Zhan Yang, who was walking in front of the royal horse, turned his head.
When he turned his head and saw that it was the Qin family's convoy, Zhan Yang reined in his horse and waited for a while. Seeing the carriage approaching, he greeted Qin Shu, Qin Yan and others. host-"
Qin Wan raised her lips, "Zhan Butou also went to pay homage to his family?"
Zhan Yang nodded, "I didn't expect to meet you here."
Qin Yan, Qin Shu and Zhan Yang are very familiar with each other. Since they met, they naturally have to go together. Qin Ye is also a young man, not a few years younger than Zhan Yang. Now he is on duty in the patrol battalion. When we meet, we will naturally have something to say. .
Qin Wan watched the curtain fall for a moment, but was thinking about what Yan Chi had told her earlier.
Zhanyang had a younger sister before, but later died in an accident.
Qin Wan didn't know who the person Zhan Yang was going to pay homage to was, but he didn't want to ask too much, so he suppressed the matter for the time being, and listened to the few people outside chatting and laughing as they rushed to the capital.
In the carriage, Qin Shuang and Qin Wan were sitting together. Qin Shuang also saw Zhan Tuotou, and said in a low voice, "Zhan Tuotou is several years older than the two brothers, but why isn't he married yet?"
Qin Wan shook his head and laughed, "I don't know about that. Women from Dazhou are criticized for marrying late, but men are much better. Maybe Zhan Butou is aiming to make achievements?"
Qin Shuang didn't understand those things, and said in a low voice, "Third brother and fourth brother, I don't know what kind of girl they will marry."
Speaking of this, Qin Wan nodded. It is indeed time for Qin Yan and Qin Ye to talk about their marriage, but the most important thing this year is the wedding between Qin Chaoyu and the crown prince, and other things can't be controlled so much .
In the carriage before the two of them, Qin Chaoyu was talking to Mrs. Hu, "Mother, Qin Wan has now been made princess, how should I marry her in the future?"
When Qin Chaoyu suddenly asked, Hu felt a little strange, "What's the matter? Could it be that you want to marry your sister?"
Qin Chaoyu smiled, "What kind of sister is she?"
Hu was slightly startled when she heard this, "How do you say such a thing? What happened? Don't dare to let Guan'er and your father hear this! Now her status is different, and your father will not allow our family to make any more troubles." Gossip."
Why didn't Qin Chaoyu understand these truths, but in the past few days when she came back, when she thought of Qin Wan delivering tea to Yan Che in private, she felt as uncomfortable as scratching her heart with claws. How could there be such a woman in the world? ! She and the prince are already engaged, but she brings tea to the prince, is this appropriate? !
The more Qin Chaoyu thought about it, the angrier he became, but he also knew that it would be ugly to have an attack, so he just talked to Mrs. Hu.
"I know, it's just that I'm not happy in my heart!"
Hu smiled wryly, "Is it because she was named princess?"
Qin Chaoyu shook his head, but he pursed his lips and refused to say anything. Hu became more worried when he saw it, "What's the matter, you tell mother, if it's really not good to be a girl, I can help you as a staff officer. Is mother's heart still not good?" Can it be towards someone else?"
Qin Chaoyu hesitated to speak, but shook his head for a while, "Forget about mother, you will only feel uncomfortable when you know it. After all, it's not a big deal, it's just that I'm unhappy."
"You are unhappy... is it related to the prince?"
Mrs. Hu was very perceptive. Seeing that Qin Chaoyu couldn't hide it anymore, she told the truth. Mrs. Hu was surprised when she heard that, "Not only did she bring tea to the prince, but she also lied to you?"
"Yes! I even asked her specifically, but she lied to me! If I hadn't gone to the prince, I might not have found out!"
Hu's brows were slightly frowned. Although it was not a token of love, it was really not good! Not to mention the great defense between men and women, it is even more necessary to avoid taboos among sisters. Qin Wan's case really makes people think too much.
Mrs. Hu pressed Qin Chaoyu's hand, "Don't think too much, you don't know what's going on in this matter."
How could it be so easy for Qin Chaoyu to change his mind about something he had decided, "Mother, are you speaking for her?!"
Hu smiled wryly, "Silly boy, how can I speak for others? Just watch it first. If she has something to transgress, then talk about it. If she doesn't, just treat it as if you didn't know about it."
Qin Chaoyu still wanted to say, Hu Shi held her hand and said, "You can't bear even a few packs of tea. In the future, the prince will have a harem of three thousand—"
Having said that, Qin Chaoyu pursed his lips and fell silent.
When the group returned to the capital, Zhan Yang separated from the others and returned to the Hou's Mansion. Everyone was a little tired, and Qin Wan never entered the palace. On the second day, he came to the Hou's Mansion with the imperial decree of Qin Chaoyu and the crown prince's wedding date. !
On June 28th, Crown Prince Yan Che and Qin Chaoyu got married.
At the same time, Cheng Wang Yanqi and Feng Shenbi's wedding is scheduled for July 19th.
The marriage of the two His Highnesses is so close that both inside and outside the uterus are busy. The Hou Mansion has to prepare for Qin Shuang's marriage and Qin Chaoyu's marriage at the same time. Gong Xie En.
When Manhou Mansion was full of excitement, Qin Shuang took Qin Wan to embroider handkerchiefs in the yard. In the afternoon, Yue Ning came to find Qin Wan to enter the palace to greet the Queen Mother, and Princess Taichang entered the palace first.
When Yue Ning and Qin Wan arrived at the Shoukang Palace, they didn't expect Zhao Shuhua to bring Qin Chaoyu to the Shoukang Palace. The Taichang Princess had met Qin Chaoyu in the Anyang Hou Mansion before. While talking to her kindly, Princess Taichang was even happier when she saw Qin Wan and Yue Ning coming.
Qin Wan and Qin Wan saluted, but Yan Sui came out from the side and took Qin Wan's hand.
The queen mother smiled, "You took him with you when you went to Weishan, but now he is not used to it when you come back. You didn't enter the palace yesterday, and he asked you several times."
Yan Sui didn't care what the Queen Mother said, and pulled Qin Wan out. Qin Wan had no choice but to say, "Then I will take His Highness Ninth Prince out to see what he is going to do."
The queen mother smiled and waved. Although Yue Ning was close to Qin Wan, she really didn't know how to play with the little baby, so she didn't go with her.
After Qin Wan and Yan Sui walked out of the main entrance, Yan Sui dragged Qin Wan to the side courtyard, waved away the nuns and maidservants behind him, and instead of going to the gazebo, he dragged Qin Wan to the corner. There was a cage in the corner, and inside the cage was a golden bird.
Qin Wan was surprised when he saw the bird, "Your Highness, is this yours?"
Yan Sui blinked, thought for a moment, and nodded. The cage was placed under the eaves of the corner wall. Yan Sui even made a nest for it on the ground, but he knew that the birds would run away if he put it in the nest. , So he put the cage directly in the nest.
Qin Wan couldn't help but laugh, "You asked me to watch this?"
Yan Sui nodded, and Qin Wan laughed inwardly. She and this bird had some kind of fate.
In her previous life, she met this bird when she followed her mother to the palace for the New Year banquet for the first time. The bird's wings were injured and fell to the ground. Later, she was in a hurry to get out of the palace, but she didn't care about it. She didn't expect the bird to survive, but obviously, she couldn't fly high anymore. She met her again when she entered the palace last time. She didn't know whose bird it was. Thinking that this bird actually belonged to Yan Sui!
"What does Your Highness want me to do?"
Qin Wan squatted down, and asked with a smile, Yan Sui also squatted down, looking at the birdcage, he didn't know what to do for a while, "It's going to run—"
After a long time, Yan Sui said these three words, Qin Wan smiled, "It doesn't live in a cage, if you let it out, it will definitely run away, Your Highness wants to let it out?"
Yan Sui thought for a while, then shook his head, but said with a gloomy look, "It doesn't like me."
Qin Wan's heart sank when he heard that, "How does Your Highness know?"
Yan Sui thought for a while, stretched out his hand, and rolled up his sleeves. With this pull, he immediately saw a red mark on Yan Sui's fair arm, as if caught by a bird's claw. Qin Wan was slightly surprised, but Yan Sui pulled He made a silent tidy up.
"shh-"
"Don't say it, don't let the imperial grandmother know."
Qin Wan felt relieved, and nodded sincerely, "Don't worry, Your Highness, I know." Her voice was also low, with a feeling of confiding in Yan Sui, "Did Your Highness be caught by a bird?"
Yan Sui nodded, Qin Wan smiled wryly for a moment, and then said softly, "Your Highness, birds fly in the sky, but they are also like people. If I hold His Highness to keep His Highness from moving, will Your Highness feel uncomfortable?"
Yan Sui nodded, and Qin Wan smiled, "So, His Highness, let it be in the cage."
Yan Sui looked at the bird cage thoughtfully, and murmured, "I don't like staying in a small house either, shall we build a big one for it? Let it live comfortably..."
Qin Wan didn't know how to express it, "To make it live comfortably, you need a big, big house. I'm afraid the whole palace is not enough. What should I do? Birds are not allowed to fly around in the palace. Yes, it flies out, and it may be shot down... "
Yan Sui thought about it again, "Then we let it out of the palace?"
Qin Wan only thought that the bird really belonged to Yan Sui, and felt relieved to hear him say so, but still asked, "Then your highness may not see him in the future, will your highness regret it?"
Yan Sui frowned again, and Qin Wan looked at him tenderly.
Yan Sui probably didn't understand what Qin Wan meant. He was just a child, and it's normal for children to like weird little things. Under normal circumstances, they would not be willing to give up these little things.
Yan Sui was hesitating and hesitating, Qin Wan suddenly felt that something was wrong, Yan Sui didn't let the nuns follow, but Sui and others saw that she led Yan Sui over, so they were really relieved and didn't follow Courtyard, but now she stopped talking, and she suddenly felt a gaze fall on her.
Qin Wan hurriedly turned her head to look, but when she looked, she saw Yan Che standing there at the door of the side courtyard!
Qin Wan was slightly startled, and quickly got up to salute, "Meet Your Highness the Prince!"
As soon as the voice came out, Yan Sui also stood up in fright. Yan Che glanced at the two of them, and walked over. Yan Che was followed by a smiling Tang Fu, who saluted Qin Wan and Yan Sui as he entered the door, his eyes flickering , saw the goldfinch in the cage, his eyes changed immediately, and he was about to speak, but Yan Che raised his hand to stop him.
Yan Che asked quietly, "What are you doing?"
Naturally, Yan Sui didn't speak, he subconsciously held Qin Wan's hand, still a little scared.
Qin Wan had no choice but to say, "His Highness Ninth raised a bird himself, and asked me to take a look."
There was a wave of excitement in Yan Che's eyes, he glanced at Yan Sui, and Yan Che said, "You were saying just now that you want to let this bird out of the palace?"
Qin Wan looked at Yan Sui, "Have you thought about it, Your Highness?"
Yan Sui took Qin Wan's hand, hid half of his body behind Qin Wan's back, and nodded, "Let go."
Qin Wan smiled deeply, but Tang Fu hesitated to speak. Yan Che looked at the goldfinch and said softly, "Who will let it out? Are you going to let it go?" Yan Che looked at Qin Wan Guan.
Qin Wan looked at Yan Sui again, "Your Highness, you are the master of the birds, what do you think?"
Yan Sui nodded again, "Well, let it go."
"Okay, then I'll obey—"
Qin Wan's smile was gentle and clear, Yan Che's lips were slightly pursed, but he didn't say anything.
Yan Che looked at Qin Wan, and said again, "You are very patient with Xiao Jiu."
Qin Wan looked at Yan Sui, "His Highness Ninth Prince is not good at words, but very well-behaved."
After finishing speaking, Yan Sui shrank back behind Qin Wan again, Yan Che looked at Yan Sui so silently, but looked at the goldfinch again, "Put it far away, so as not to be caught again .”
After finishing speaking, Yan Che didn't say much, turned around and walked towards the main hall.
Yan Che left, Qin Wan and Yan Sui breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, Yan Sui poked his head out from behind Qin Wan, and before he could speak, another figure appeared at the side door, Qin Wan looked up, but it was Qin Chaoyu.
Qin Chaoyu probably saw Yan Che go out from this side door, and looked at Qin Wan with extremely cold eyes at this moment.
Qin Wan frowned, a little confused, but still asked politely, "Are you finished? Are you leaving?"
Qin Chaoyu sneered, "The empress asked me to come out to see what you were doing, but she didn't want to. I saw the scene just now..."
That scene just now... which scene just now
Qin Wan looked confused, but Qin Chaoyu's voice suddenly sharpened, "Are you still pretending in front of me?!"
Qin Wan was even more surprised when he heard this, "What are you talking about? What scene did you see? Did you mean that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince left here just now?"
The only thing that can make Qin Chaoyu angry is his relationship with Yan Che!
Qin Wan could think of this, but he didn't understand why Qin Chaoyu was so angry. Her questioning made Yan Sui hide behind her in fright. Qin Wan continued, "I am here with His Highness Ninth Prince. Come here, just leave after saying a few words, don't get me wrong."
After Qin Wan finished explaining, he felt that his explanation was superfluous. If a man and a widow get along together, Qin Chaoyu might be misunderstood, but now that Yan Sui is still here, Qin Chaoyu really shouldn't!
Qin Chaoyu sneered, "You are talking here, why did His Royal Highness come to the side courtyard after walking outside?"
When Qin Wan heard this, she smiled bitterly. How did she know that Yan Che was here? !
"You might as well ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince about this! I haven't done anything, so don't ask me here, and don't scare His Royal Highness the Ninth Prince..."
The wedding date has been fixed, and she is already a determined princess, not to mention this Ninth Prince, how many people in the palace will care about it
Qin Chaoyu glanced back, Mo Yi beside him immediately retreated to the door to guard, Qin Chaoyu sneered, "What did you say to His Highness today? But about delivering tea?"
Qin Wan didn't understand, so he glanced at the bird cage, wanted to explain but was so annoyed by Qin Chaoyu, it didn't explain to her at all, Qin Wan pulled Yansui, "Your Highness, let's go."
Qin Wan wanted to lead Yan Sui away, but Qin Chaoyu stepped forward to block Qin Wan!
She has endured it for several days. She wanted to endure it all the time, but she didn't expect to be caught by her again today!
"What? You are guilty of being a thief and dare not confront me?"
Being blocked from the way, Qin Wan's face turned completely cold, "This is the palace, you have to go crazy and go back!"
Dare she go crazy? ! Qin Chaoyu was angry and annoyed, she was guarded by Mo Yi, she didn't care that this was in the palace, she laughed angrily, "You also know that this is in the palace?! Who allowed you to have a private opinion with His Royal Highness? Can you be in the palace?" Weishan sent tea to His Royal Highness but lied to me, now you think I will believe what you say!"
Qin Wan really didn't understand, "Why tea? How did I lie to you?"
Qin Chaoyu took a step forward aggressively, "Warming up tea! Your warming up tea! You had some evil intentions and gave the tea first, but you didn't recognize it in front of me. I exposed it today, and you actually denied it?! Previously I thought you were a good one, but I didn't expect you to have the same thoughts as Qin Xiang, what? Do you also want to enter the East Palace?!"
Qin Chaoyu vented all the anger in his heart in one breath, and after saying this, Qin Wan did not argue with her, but just glanced behind her indifferently, Qin Chaoyu's face froze, and he turned around quickly.
When he saw this, he saw that Yan Che, who had just left, had gone and returned.