Guo Gonggong saw a woman wearing a golden peony pattern robe walk in from the door. She had her head full of peonies and was leaning on the pearl on either side of her chest.
"Who is this lady?"
He guessed that Madam Hou was not as young as he was now, needless to say, Matriarch Yang. With that, all that was left was Yang Zizhi's wife and the flower explorer Yang Zixuan's wife.
Su Waner pursed her lips and smiled, then replied: "The Yang family greets Guo Gonggong, how is the Crown Princess doing in the palace?"
The light in Guo Gonggong's eyes flickered as he said with a smile that was not a smile, "So it's Madam Wen Lin. I have come to meet Madam Huang, the Crown Princess is very good at court, and the Crown Prince is very protective of her."
Su Waner heaved a sigh of relief and hurriedly said: "Eunuch, please take a seat. The young lady has already sent someone to report to mother and grandmother."
"It's alright. I've come today on behalf of the princess consort to pass on the message. After that, I'll pay my respects to Doctor Rong Lu and the Matriarch Yang!"
In his heart, he was puzzled as to why the emperor didn't even mention the fact that Yang XIaohua was a talented person and was valued highly by the current emperor, even though he had been here for such a long time.
Su Waner's face lit up as she asked: "Is the princess consort alright? When we were in the pavilion, the family doted on her a lot, and even after going to the palace, I don't know if she got used to it. Today, when we were married for a few days, Mother would often talk about how hard it was to meet the princess consort.
Guo Gonggong turned his head to look at her and said: "I believe that Yang Qi should also know that once the Crown Prince's consort enters the palace, she needs to receive strict instruction in etiquette. All those who kill one another must show their royal manners, and it is only recently, when the aunts say that the Crown Prince's consort has learned the etiquette very well, the Crown Prince is very happy, so he has allowed all of the women in the Rong Lu Manor to gather at the palace."
Su Waner said hesitantly: "It's really a happy occasion, it's just that the little woman's grandmother is already old, I'm afraid she can't stand such red tape."
Guo Gonggong laughed, "The princess consort has already calculated it. She said that the matriarch will enter the palace and the etiquette will be simple. She just wants to meet the old lady and be filial."
Helpless, Su Waner could only say the reason.
So it turned out that two days ago, the old man was greedy and had taken advantage of lass's inattention to secretly take two bites of Frozen Pear. Although he was caught red-handed by Han Xiang, in the end, he still took a few cold pills, and after dinner, he had gotten up and was still taking the medicine for the night!
"Eldest Young Lady, Big Sister Chai Er and Big Sister Huan Er are here."
The little girl came in to report.
Su Waner immediately said: "Quickly call the two in to speak."
He then turned his head towards the Guo Gonggong and said, "They are the two girls that were sent to report to mother and grandmother."
Guo Gonggong laughed: "Come in quickly!"
Chai Er and Huan Er received permission to come in and talk.
In reply to Eldest Young Lady, Guo Gonggong, the Grand Matriarch's body isn't feeling well. She had already slept after taking the soup previously, and upon hearing that the Guo Gonggong had come from the palace, she became very concerned about the Crown Prince's consort. Unable to wait any longer, the Senior Doctor ordered her to lie on the bed and recuperate.
Chai Er lured Han Xiang to his side.
"This servant is Han Xiang, whom the matriarch has been waiting upon. The matriarch was very happy when she found out that her father-in-law had come. She has been worrying about whether the princess' consort is used to staying in the palace."
Han Xiang replied obediently.
The meaning of Matriarch Yang's words was actually to ask if that idiot Yang Juan Er had caused any trouble in the palace.
The Guo Gonggong replied with a smile: "Very good, also because the princess' consort hasn't seen her family for a long time and has her family on tenterhooks, she ordered me to send a message to all the ladies in the palace, inviting them to play in the palace."
Han Xiang's stiff back slowly relaxed as she smiled, "This servant will naturally pass these words to the matriarch. It's just that the matriarch isn't feeling well, and might not be able to make it."
The Guo Gonggong did not mind as he waved his hand, "When you get old, you'll be hard to serve. The more you serve her, the more you'll wake up. When I return to the palace, I'll naturally report this to the princess consort. When the princess is well, then we'll pay respects to the princess consort."
Su Waner quietly swept a glance at Huan Er, signalling her to say what she should, and covered up what she shouldn't reveal.
Huan Er secretly nodded his head, then stepped forward and replied: "This servant has already went to visit Madam and found out that Eunuch is here, she is very happy, but it just so happens that she has been busy these past few days and did not have time to see any guests. Since Madam had asked this servant to bring her some things, she decided to see the Crown Princess when she was free."
Once Guo Gonggong entered, he was served tea and refreshments by the servants. Furthermore, he was with the crown prince's wife, so his words were very friendly. It was as if he was a crab walking horizontally in front of him, staring at the sky.
"Madam is too polite. In the end, she is still the Crown Princess's mother. In that case, please tell this lady that she invited everyone to the East Palace for the Winter Solstice and to eat dumplings."
Su Waner quickly replied with another round of flattery. She also ordered the girl to get a purse, which she secretly stuffed it into the Guo Gonggong's hands when she told Chai Er to send him off.
"Young Mistress, just now Guo Gonggong was talking about all the females?" Chai Er had a question in his heart.
"Otherwise? For better or worse, her husband is the scout that the Emperor wants! " Su Waner replied without looking at her.
Huan Er asked, "Didn't four girls not like you? "Why did you call her?"
"Ah pei, it's most likely that my brother-in-law is a flower scout, his superior is also a close servant of the emperor, and his benefactor is a famous scholar of the imperial court."
Su Waner's heart was extremely unbalanced. From the moment Mu Rousang married in, she had competed all the time.
"Then, we intentionally missed her?" Pei'er then shook her head and said, "I'm afraid that it won't do. There are so many people in the house who heard what the Guo Gonggong said. Besides, we can't hide anything from the matriarch."
"So what if she enters the palace?" After saying that, Su Waner rolled her eyes and laughed: "Little Girl hates her so much, Chai Er, go prepare some delicious vegetables, I want to see my mother, ai, is she still her biological daughter-in-law?"
Chai Er immediately agreed and went down to do what he needed to do.
Mu Rousang only found out about it during dinner time.
"What?" Enter the palace? "Can you go?" She was lying shamelessly on the table.
Aunt Liu laughed and said: "It's not like this is a place to eat humans. Even if this servant were to risk my life, I would still follow Young Mistress to that place."
"Oh, I forgot. Are you a maid or a servant? The Crown Princess doesn't dare to touch you!"
Mu Rousang rubbed her forehead and remembered that the Aunt Liu was not an easy target.
Spring Breeze helped her serve a bowl of rice steamed with rice and placed it in front of her. He smiled and said, "Good young mistress, you'd better hurry up and eat. If you lose weight due to hunger, our young master would feel sorry for you again."
"Hmm, by the way, is that old female chicken soup simmering in the stove?"
Mu Rousang grumbled as she ate: "You said he's just a lowly seventh grade sesame official, but he's busier than those first grade officials."
Chun Jing couldn't help but say, "Young Mistress, you said it yourself, go up and move your mouth to grind your broken leg!"
"Uh, did I say that? Should we get two beauties for his superior? With a beauty in his bosom, how could his boss have the heart to do bad things, hehe! "
Mu Rousang thought about the dirty scene as she picked up a piece of Red Braised pork pork and put it in his mouth. She ate until his mouth was full of oil.
However, it was already past curfew, and she did not have the waist plate like Yang Zixuan who was holding it in her hands. She could ignore the curfew, so she could only lean on the soft couch and lean towards the window as she watched the snow fall outside.
The next day, when it was still pitch black outside, the Gui Yuan was already brightly lit.
It was unknown when Yang Zixuan came back last night, but when he called her to wake up in the morning, she did not wake him up.
She quietly got out of bed and carefully tucked Yang Zixuan in. Then, she quietly went to wash up and tidied up in the next room, changing her clothes to the same color as Yang Zixuan's official uniform.
This was the first time Mu Rousang wore such a set of clothes. Standing in front of the blurred large copper mirror, she looked around and then smacked her lips, "It's so green, so ugly!" This color was truly a foil to those high ranking madams.
"Well said, this is a uniform!" Aunt Liu helped her organize everything carefully, and only after looking carefully at the small flower crown on her head and finding that there was no error did she relax.
Mu Rousang had dressed herself properly, so she had the mind to look at the Aunt Liu who had followed her into the palace. Seeing her unremarkable light Thousand Grass Coloring Garment, with only two plain silver hairpins on her head, Mu Rousang laughed: "Aunt's dress is so plain today, it's my fault that I didn't give you more jewelry."
Aunt Liu immediately replied: "Young mistress must be joking, but the palace has strict rules. One careless step could lead to the crime of decapitating someone's head, and this humble servant saw that Young Mistress did not have anything sharp on her head, so I was careful in making this ship sail ten thousand years ago."
Mu Rousang smiled but did not speak. Even if she was in danger within the palace, she had ways to protect herself, but it was not enough for outsiders.
"Young Mistress, Eldest Young Lady has sent Huan Er to invite you, have you prepared everything well?"
Xia Yu was afraid that she would wake up Yang Zixuan, so she hurriedly went out to say a few words to the little girl who came to report.
Spring Breeze said by the side, "Xia Yu is becoming more and more like Spring Dye."
"Speaking of which, I also miss that little sparrow Chun Yi. Sigh, I don't know if she's doing well in that house." Because Yang Zixuan still hadn't left the Han forest, that newly bought house hadn't hung a plaque on it yet.
Spring Scene said, "Young Mistress, if you had some free time after you returned from the palace, you could bring the servants over to play. The weather is snowing heavily and the best way to roast meat and drink alcohol to keep the cold."
Mu Rousang carefully checked her clothing once again, even to the point of looking at her shoes and socks. When she stared at the small leather boots with green calyx plum branches embroidered on it, she said: "Xia Chan, go and get me another pair of small leather boots."