King Wu Wen, upon hearing Yan Qing’s implications, beca sowhat panicked, especially recalling the Crown Prince’s warning. If the whole country found out that he deliberately caused the epidemic years ago, could he still remain alive and walk out of Beijing?
So, in the face of Yan Qing’s provocation, even though he was seething with rage internally, he feigned calmness and lifted his wine cup to return the toast, shalessly saying, "Well said, well said."
"What’s going on? Could it be that this girl was given to you by King Wu Wen?"
Yan Qing glared at the person who spoke, "Get lost. What do you an by given? She’s the wife I picked up. If you don’t understand, then don’t spout nonsense."
In fact, it should be said that it was the wife who picked him up, but that would be too embarrassing to admit. He still needed to maintain his dignity.
That night, Xiao Yu did not leave the palace but was kept in Changchun Palace by the Empress. Yan Qing also did not leave, because it was too late in the evening, so he went to the Crown Prince’s Eastern Palace within the Imperial Palace of Yan Country.
In this way, Xiao Yu stayed from the first day until the fifth, not leaving the palace until she had breakfast on the sixth. During these days, she changed up recipes to make delicious food for the Empress to celebrate the new year, eventually feeding her to a full circle of plumpness. In this skill, the Imperial Kitchen’s staff all had to feign inferiority.
And through these days of living together, the relationship between her and her mother-in-law sisters-in-law grew closer, to the point where even the two Imperial Grandsons grew fonder of Shen Xiaoyu.
Shen Xiaoyu, with her personal charisma, had forcefully carved out a space for herself in the palace.
Following this, her brother also joined her due to breaking through the Hidden Guard’s assessnt, gloriously becoming one of the legitimate Imperial Family’s Golden Feather Guard with a fifth-rank official title right away. As he advanced higher, his level rose too. At his young age, he was bound to achieve greater success in the future.
To safeguard the only seedling of their family, Xiao Yu planned to create multiple layers of protection for her brother before she left Beijing.
After the spring year, the shop resud business as usual, and their wedding date was also decided on the 10th day of the first lunar month, with the ceremony to take place on the sixth day of the third lunar month.
This was a wedding date Yan Qing insisted on having. He wanted to get married before April; he didn’t want to wait because he planned to go to his fief in the second half of the year.
Yan Qing’s urgency was genuine, and since the Crown Prince saw that he truly intended to leave, he allowed him to begin preparing for the handover in the following months.
The Royal Family was in full charge of the wedding preparations. Xiao Yu didn’t need to prepare anything, but at the very least, she needed to do her own needlework for the bridal gown.
Even though she didn’t have to learn the protocols and etiquettes anymore, the nanny in charge of needlework still waited for her every day in the small courtyard for instruction.
The ancient bridal dress was exceptionally intricate, and with only two months left until the great wedding, Xiao Yu was so busy that she hardly had ti to inspect the shops.
As for the task of allocating costics, that work was eventually moved to whenever she had spare ti in her "space," which left her so exhausted she wanted to cry.
News of Xiao Yu’s elevation to County Master sent excitent through the farm, as it signified they had found a good master, and a promising future was in sight!
In the days that followed, ti flew by because Shen Xiaoyu felt that every day was too short and she had to squeeze every minute out of her "space."
Before she knew it, the end of February arrived, and her bridal dress was finally completed amidst her blood (from needle pricks) and tears (from staying up late).
Although it was not perfect, managing to embroider it to this level represented the culmination of all her efforts.
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