allonlinenovel Chapter 451 Who will host the flower viewing banquet?
Chapter 451 Who will host the flower viewing banquet?
Su Lingyue wrote the letter and handed it to the manager of Zhao’s Trading Company.
"Please help me deliver this letter to Mr. Zhao."
The shopkeeper respectfully took the letter from Su Lingyue and bowed slightly, saying, "Don't worry, Princess. The team returning to the capital will return to the Western Territory in two days. I will ask the leader to personally deliver the letter to you."
"Okay, thank you for your trouble."
After that, Caiyi took out a hundred taels of silver from her purse and handed it to him, saying, "This is for the shopkeeper to use for bribery."
Sending a letter, especially one from your own caravan to your own young master, would cost less than half of that.
Knowing that Su Lingyue was not short of money, the shopkeeper did not refuse. He could use the extra money to buy his grandson the pony he had always dreamed of.
After leaving Zhao’s Trading Company, Su Lingyue went to the Taifu Mansion.
Su Lingyue asked Lai Fu to pass a message to Qin Wanning in advance. When she arrived, Qiu Wen, who was beside Qin Wanning, had been waiting at the side door for a long time.
Entering the hall of Qinfang Courtyard, Qin Wanning, wearing a lotus-colored auspicious cloud brocade long coat, was lighting incense. After not seeing her for many days, her previously thin face seemed to have become a little plumper.
Looks like I've been having a good time lately.
Seeing Su Lingyue coming, Qin Wanning immediately put down what she was holding, stood up and came to greet her.
"Yue'er, come and sit down." Qin Wanning took Su Lingyue's hand and sat down in the hall. Caiyi and Li Jing followed in and stood beside them.
Looking at the incense on the table, Su Lingyue pretended to be angry: "Okay, you have time to make perfume here, but you don't come to see me. I have to come to you. Our friendship is fake."
Qin Wan Ning closed the incense box and chuckled, "We are so close, I was just looking for you and you came."
"Looking for me? What's the matter?"
Qin Wan Ning glanced at the other maids in the hall and ordered, "Qiu Wen serves here, you all go down."
After everyone else left, Qin Wan Ning spoke in a low voice: "My younger sister will be back in two days. She has a very good relationship with my mother-in-law. When she returns, I'm afraid my mother-in-law will lift the house arrest to give her face. I know this will happen sooner or later. I don't know why, but I always feel anxious in my heart these days, so I mixed the calming incense."
Su Lingyue came here just to find out when He Qianqian would be returning home. When she heard that she would be returning home in two days, she had an idea in her mind.
As for the question Qin Wan Ning asked, Su Lingyue thought for a moment and asked, "Has she improved during these days of house arrest?"
Qin Wanning frowned and shook her head. "I don't know. I have never visited her. Yulin knows that I have a problem with his mother, so he doesn't mention her in front of me. Qiu Wen said that he often visits her."
"After all, mother and child are connected by heart, and I can't stop it."
From what Su Lingyue said, she really didn't want He Yulin to go see his mother.
Seeing the sadness between Qin Wan's brows, Su Lingyue held her hand and joked with a smile: "A lady from a military family must have whipped people before. I will buy you a whip tomorrow! Otherwise, your hands will get sore."
*
She still remembered seeing Qin Wan Ning at a banquet after leaving the palace at the age of twelve.
It happened that day that the son of the Minister of Rites was bullying a weak young man. Qin Wan Ning had just received a new horsewhip brought back by her parents, and was worried about where to practice, so she swung the whip at the son of the Minister of Rites.
When the son of the Minister of Rites saw that it was Qin Wan Ning, his father was a third-rank civil servant, but he could not afford to offend the daughter of the first-rank Marshal of the Western Expedition, so he cursed and ran away with his hands covered.
The person who was rescued was He Yulin.
Qin Wan Ning walked over, looked at the weak young man and said, "You are the eldest grandson of the Taifu family. If your grandfather stood in front of his father, his father would also have to show respect. How could you let him bully you!"
He Yulin must have been so stupid from reading that his face turned red. It took him a long time to utter: "A gentleman should convince others with reason!"
Qin Wan Ning laughed so hard that she couldn't straighten her back. The woman in apricot-colored clothes was as bright as the midday sun, making it impossible to take your eyes off her.
Since then, He Yulin had been entangled with Qin Wanning. From the age of fourteen to seventeen, they finally became husband and wife.
At that time, it was not only He Yulin who was entangled with Qin Wanning, but also Su Lingyue.
Su Lingyue was deeply impressed by the whip and admired him very much.
She exchanged names, residences and addresses with Qin Wan Ning that day, and they became close friends.
Knowing that Su Lingyue's hair was often pulled by her sister at home, and thinking that she was too weak to have the strength to whip her, Su Nanxing taught her how to pull her hair in the most painful way. After practicing a few times, Su Nanxing never pulled her hair again.
After spending a long time with He Yulin, Qin Wan Ning blushed naturally as she watched the frail scholar slowly transform into a modest young man and no longer be so rigid as to only be able to "convince others with reason".
It’s just that the He family is a family of scholars, and they hope that the future wife of the Crown Prince will be a traditional lady from a noble family.
From that time on, Qin Wan Ning never waved a whip again. She became proficient in knitting, needlework, poetry, songs, etiquette and rules, and became a typical lady from a noble family.
*
After Su Lingyue reminded her, Qin Wanning also recalled the past and couldn't help but sigh with a smile: "It was so good back then. There wouldn't be so many troubles now!"
"Do you regret it?" Su Lingyue asked.
Qin Wan Ning shook her head. "Although his mother is like this, Yulin treats me sincerely, and the other elders in the mansion also treat me well."
Having said this, Qin Wanning's expression became serious and determined, as if the willful and bright daughter of a general had returned.
"I will not give up the life I have worked so hard to achieve just because of others. No matter what, this place won't be more difficult than when my parents were guarding the Western Territory."
Seeing the determination in her delicate eyes and eyebrows, Su Lingyue knew that she didn't need to be persuaded anymore.
Before leaving, Su Lingyue took Qin Wanning's pulse.
"After half a year of conditioning your body, the meridian blockage has completely healed. I'll make some more fertility-enhancing medicine and have someone send it to you later."
Qin Wanning's eyes were red. She hugged Su Lingyue and said with a choked voice: "Yue'er, thank you."
Su Lingyue patted her back gently and said softly, "Then I wish Wan Ning to get what she wants soon."
Out of concern, Su Lingyue still told Qin Wanning before leaving: "If Madam He comes out and is restless, just send someone to the palace to find me."
Qin Wan Ning's face was filled with a confident smile, "Yue'er, don't worry, I know what to do. Even if she is my mother-in-law, it is me and my second aunt who are in charge of the family now, so she has to give me some face no matter what. I will be more vigilant, and she can't do anything to me."
Hearing her say this, Su Lingyue felt a lot more at ease.
What's more, Taifu He, He Wen, He Yulin, and the second wife and their spouses are all sensible people and will not allow Jia to stir up trouble and disrupt the family.
*
When they returned to the palace, Xiao Yu had woken up. He had already had breakfast and was leaning against the head of the bed reading a book.
Yan Qing was sitting at the table, fiddling with the chess pieces.
Seeing Su Lingyue coming in, Yan Qing greeted her with a smile: "The princess is back! I have someone check what you said two days ago. Miss Shen's carriage will arrive in Beijing in more than half a month."
Su Lingyue nodded gently, "Wan Ning said that Miss He will come to Beijing in two days, and the next step is to make sure the flower viewing banquet is held."
Xiao Yu threw the book on the low table beside the bed and raised his hand towards Su Lingyue. Su Lingyue took off his cloak and handed it to Caiyi, then walked to the bed, handed his hand to Xiao Yu and sat down beside him.
"Have you figured out where to do it?" Xiao Yu asked softly, stroking the cream in his hand.
"Prime Minister Cui's home."
Xiao Yu nodded, indicating his agreement with her idea.
Su Lingyue continued, "Something will inevitably happen. My position is too low, and I'm afraid Su Nanxing will vent her anger on me. I remember that Prime Minister Cui's house was designed and built by a famous Feng Shui master. If I add some mysterious ideas and wonderful theories, it will definitely be more effective."
Yan Qing was puzzled: "But whose house is the flower viewing banquet held at? How can you interfere, Princess?"
Su Lingyue smiled and said, "I can't, but my aunt can!"
Her aunt has always doted on her, so all she had to do was convince her aunt to order a flower-viewing banquet.
"Isn't the Queen under house arrest?"
Xiao Yu held the small hand that looked like green onion and played with it, and said calmly: "When the future Crown Princess and Concubine return to Beijing, they will definitely go to the palace to express their gratitude. In order to consider the face of the royal family, the Queen must also lift the house arrest."
Yan Qing retracted his gaze, sat up straight, fiddled with the chess pieces on the table, and sighed, "Then all our previous work would have been in vain! If the Queen comes out, she will definitely rescue Su Heng as well!"
At this moment, Su Lingyue felt her hand tighten.
Xiao Yu's face was cold, and he said solemnly, "Since he is under house arrest, I won't let him out easily!"