Seeing that she was deep in thought, Xiao Mingxuan didn't say anything for a long time. He smiled lightly and hugged her as he walked towards the bedroom.
"In a few days, Ansheng will be happy. When the envoy from Sangnan Kingdom comes to Beijing, the capital will be lively again."
In fact, there was no need to wait for the envoys from Sangnan Kingdom to come to the capital. There was no calm in the capital.
On the second day after Luo Yuanliang escorted King Zhao out of the capital to go to Jicheng, the emperor's imperial edict of marriage was directly delivered to the Shen Mansion.
The eunuch who announced the edict just held the edict forward in his hand.
The Shen family understood that an edict was about to be announced.
So he huffed and knelt on the ground.
Even Mistress Lu of the Shen Mansion, who had always disliked Shen Miaoqing, didn't know when Mrs. Lu squeezed into Shen Miaoqing's side and whispered beside her:
"Miss, congratulations!"
Her congratulations were strange, and even her eyes seemed full of calculations.
Shen Miaoqing knelt on the ground and ignored her.
Just listen to the loud voice of the eunuch who announced the decree:
"Luo Yuanliang, the legitimate son of the Duke of Yiguo, is twenty-two years old. He is the best in the world in both literary skills and martial arts. He and Shen Miaoqing, the legitimate daughter of the Shen family, are talented and beautiful, and they are a good couple. Now I will marry you two. , all etiquette will be handed over to the Ministry of Etiquette and Si Tiantai to jointly perform. Choose a day to get married. May the two of you play the harp in harmony and advance and retreat together. I admire this!"
"Thank you, my emperor, long live my emperor."
Shen Miaoqing kowtowed in thanks and accepted the order.
Until the eunuch who announced the edict was sent away and looking at the imperial edict in his hand, Shen Miaoqing still felt as if it was yesterday.
She is really going to marry Luo Yuanliang.
This is so crazy and so exciting.
As for the Shen family members, they looked at her with different expressions, some were pretending to be flattering, and some were looking at her with disdain. Even Editor Shen, who had sent the eunuch who had sent the eunuch back, had a hint of indifference in his eyes and a sullen face.
"The Duke's Mansion is the home of the meritorious and powerful. You have such a good fortune. It is a blessing that you will never be able to cultivate in a few lifetimes. Go back to your own courtyard and wait to get married."
After saying that, he turned around and left without even looking at Shen Miaoqing.
"A happy day, sir--"
The new little girl Shen Miaoqing bought back wanted to rectify the injustice for her master.
"It's okay. I'm used to it. Let's go back to the yard."
After her mother passed away and the aunt was promoted to a common wife and became the matron of the Shen family, her father seemed to have changed.
Also, if you have a stepmother, you will have a stepfather.
Because there are no extravagant expectations, there will be no disappointments.
Shen Miaoqing took the little girl out of the front yard and walked to her own yard.
But she didn't know that a pair of eyes were staring at her dimly in the corner.
——
On the day of the winter solstice, the sky was gloomy all morning, and in the afternoon, large swaths of snowflakes fell from the dark sky.
"Master, it's snowing outside."
Nan Zhu walked in from outside the house, rubbing her hands, with a layer of white snowflakes hanging on her hair, and a newly polished cylindrical rolling pin tucked into the creaking nest.
At that time, Luo Jiuli was teaching Nan Xing how to mix the fillings in the basin. On the side was the soft dough.
"It snows on the winter solstice. The auspicious snow heralds a good harvest. It's a good sign, but -"
Luo Jiuli looked at the oil-paper umbrella leaning against the wall.
"It's snowing so heavily. The prince has not returned home yet, and I don't know if he has brought an oil-paper umbrella."
“Why do you need to bring an oil-paper umbrella?”
Nanzhu put the rolling pin in hot water and scalded it according to the master's instructions.
"With such heavy snow, wouldn't it make your hair wet and not be able to dry it for a while? The cold will get into your body and make you sick."
On the side, when Nan Xing heard this, he raised his head and looked at his master in confusion.
"Your Majesty is physically strong, so that little bit of snow is nothing?"
Nan Zhu also took over the conversation.
"Master, have you never seen the prince display his majestic attitude as one against six even when he was ill?"
Luo Jiuli stopped what he was doing and looked at Nan Xing and Nan Zhu.
"When did this happen?"
Nan Zhudao:
"In the secret guard camp of Lingxiao Pavilion, in order to test the skills of the secret guards who came out of the pavilion, the prince, while suffering from a cold, beat one against six and tortured the six secret guards who came out of the pavilion to pieces."
"Your Majesty's mental and physical strength are extraordinary. It's like he has never been down."
When Luo Jiuli heard this, his eyes darkened and he said no more.
How can a person with deep hatred in his heart be dominated by another kind of decadence?
He tortured himself day after day just to make himself indestructible and stronger.
Just wait until the time is right to send troops to the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.
On the side, Nan Xing saw that his master's expression darkened, and knew that his master felt sorry for the prince, so he quickly changed the subject.
"Master, it's such a cold day. If you don't want to eat shabu-shabu, why do you let the cook knead the dough?"
There was also the uncontrolled filling in her hand. The more she stirred, the more she frowned.
Luo Jiuli felt better after her topic changed her mind.
After being in this world for so long, she realized that there was no such thing as dumplings.
And she was not originally a dumpling lover. In her previous life, when she was in an orphanage, one year during the winter solstice, she ate the dumplings made in the orphanage. She suffered from vomiting and diarrhea, and her exhausted soul came out of her body.
Already.
Fortunately, the director sent her to the hospital in time. Later, after tracing the case, we found out that another little girl in the orphanage who was not dealing with her had deliberately poured dirty water into her bowl.
Since then, she has been obsessed with dumplings and has never tried eating them.
"Master, what are you thinking about?"
Nan Xing saw that she didn't speak for a long time.
"Some memories from the past."
Luo Jiuli smiled and said perfunctorily.
"Nan Zhu, go tell everyone in the kitchen to put everything in the front hall of the Second Entrance Hospital as I ordered before, and I will teach you how to make dumplings."
Nan Zhu and Nan Xing didn't know what dumplings were, but they naturally obeyed their master's orders.
The division of labor between the two was quite orderly.
When Xiao Mingxuan returned to the palace, he heard that there was a lot of excitement in the second courtyard.
"What are you doing? So lively?"
As he spoke, he handed the riding whip to the housekeeper and shook the snow off his body.
The butler raised his eyebrows and smiled.
"Replying to the prince, the second lady said that today is the winter solstice, and people in the temple are making and eating dumplings. The space in the main courtyard is limited, so everyone moved to the front hall of the second courtyard."
In fact, the main courtyard has enough space, but after all, it is the courtyard for sleeping. If this person comes in and out, he may disturb the prince's peace.
"dumpling?"
There was a look of surprise in Xiao Mingxuan's deep peach eyes, and then he seemed to think of something again, and his cold eyes were filled with indescribable warmth.
"Last time it was steamed pork and rice in bamboo tubes, this time it's dumplings. Today you are in for a treat."
The butler smiled and nodded.
"Who says it's not the case? How could the second lady be able to develop such a food that looks both appetizing and delicious?"
"Let's go and have a look."
Xiao Mingxuan walked towards the second courtyard.