After Sun Jin left the Xu family home and got on the carriage, he did not go straight back to the inn where he was staying, but came over to find Song Si.
When he arrived at the inn, he found out that Song Si had gone out. Thinking of the letter he had just received, Sun Jin knew that they must have gone to the Ding Guo Mansion, but if they had gone elsewhere, he could have gone there directly.
“Brother Song, but I came over to look for you, you were the one who wasn’t there, don’t blame me for not talking to you later.”
After muttering, Sun Jin got on the carriage and went back to the inn where he was staying.
Master Sun had been walking back and forth in the house with excitement. The fact that the Grand Master had personally sent someone to fetch Jin’er there meant that he thought highly of him and might even accept him as a student and keep Jin’er in the capital.
When he heard that Sun Jin had returned, Master Sun strided over and opened the door, dragging Sun Jin, who had just reached the door, in with a thud and closing the door, asking impatiently, “Jin’er, what did the Great Mister say to you?”
An excited light shone in Sun Jin’s eyes, “The Grand Master said that he would betroth his granddaughter to me.”
Master Sun grabbed his shoulders fiercely, his whole body trembling with excitement, “You, say it again ……”
The granddaughter of the great gentleman, the Xu family, the family of the great Confucian, with the addition of this name, ordinary people can not afford to climb high. Such a good thing had fallen to Jin’er? Master Sun couldn’t believe it.
“The Great Mister said for us to keep everything simple.”
“Then, then, then ……”
Master Sun couldn’t contain his excitement and spun around the room several times, turning himself dizzy before stopping, “Jin’er, pinch father, father doesn’t think it’s true.”
By marrying the grand-san’s granddaughter, his son would be one step ahead, not only would he be able to get a foothold in the capital, he would also be able to get a good job in the court with the grand-san’s connections.
“It’s true.”
Sun Jin poured a glass of water and gulped it down, suppressing the excitement in his heart, “Father will go and ask the official matchmaker now, I’ll take someone to go shopping, and we’ll go to the Xu residence in an hour to propose the marriage.”
……
The parlour of the Duke of Ding’s residence.
When Gu Yi finished speaking, the Duke of Ding laughed once again, “Duke Gu, do the right thing, a good girl should be settled early, let someone snatch her away if she is late.”
Xiao Zheng, ……
This is what he wanted to say, and was preempted by his own father, so what should he say.
Before he could think of anything, Duke Ding shouted for the housekeeper to come in, “You send someone to lead Miss Song to Yao’er’s house, and then personally take Song Si to meet the old lady and madam.”
The housekeeper answered, and took Song Si and Song Wan Yue out.
As soon as their footsteps disappeared in the courtyard, Gu Yi got up, lifted his robe and knelt down, “Xiao’er has met Grandfather and Uncle.”
“Get up quickly.”
Xiao Zheng got up and helped him up, staring at him closely, vaguely seeing the shadow of King Qin and his own elder sister in him, his eyes slightly wet, his voice choked, “Xiao’er, you have suffered all these years.”
If it wasn’t for that beast, big sister wouldn’t have died, and King Qin wouldn’t have rushed into the palace in a fit of rage to kill …… If that hadn’t happened, Xiao’er would now be the envy of everyone, growing up in brocade clothes and jade fur, instead of what he is now, having to hide in the countryside and pretend to be a foolish boy.
“There is no need to be sad, I have had a good time all these years, falling asleep in peace and waking up from it every day.”
“The house has been watched by everyone all these years, and we have not dared to contact you, have you really had a good time?”
“Really well, uncle, don’t worry.”
“How can I put my mind at ease, look at your face ……”
If he wasn’t in the house, he wouldn’t even recognise it walking down the street.
“I left it behind on purpose so that no one would recognise it when I got into the capital.”
Left behind?
To be able to leave so many marks that almost covered his entire face, Duke Ding’s heart was shocked, “Xiao’er, did you have chicken pox?”
If that was the case, he would have to think of going to Qingping County and ask Old Yao, that old thing, how did he take care of Xiao’er? Why did he let him get chicken pox?
“It’s smallpox.”
Duke Ding stood up, and Xiao Zheng was even more nervous as he grabbed him with both hands, his voice shaking, “Tian, smallpox?”
“Yes.”
“How?”
The Duke of Ding could not believe that no news of the smallpox outbreak in Qingping County had come from the court.
“It’s ……”
Gu Yi briefly and succinctly told the story of Gu Hui and his wife setting him up, and the Duke of Ding immediately asked in a deep voice, “Where are they?”
If they dare to set up Xiao’er, he will regret letting them make a trip to this world!
“I took care of them.”
“It’s cheap for them.”
“Grandfather, uncle, I’m going to the capital this time ……”
……
Master Sun went to the capital this time, bringing enough silver tickets with him, thinking that if he ran into a doorway, he would give someone a gift to keep Sun Jin in the capital, and now he used it all.
He gave all the silver tickets to Sun Jin in one go, “Buy all the good things and hold up your face well.”
Sun Jin took it and put it in his arms, led the boy out of the inn and went straight to the best jewellery, silk and pastry shops in the capital ……
The best one is waiting for Sun Jin to return from his shopping and propose marriage to the Xu residence.
……
When Song Si returned to the parlour, he was relieved to see that both Duke Ding and Xiao Zheng were smiling, obviously having a happy talk with Gu Yi.
Over there, Duke Ding’s wife personally went to the kitchen, she didn’t know what Gu Yi loved to eat, but knew what her daughter and son-in-law loved to eat, Xiao’er was their son, so naturally he would love it too, and instructed the people in the kitchen to keep an eye on it there personally after they were unsure.
Mrs. Xiao Zheng, on the other hand, went to Xiao Yao’s house to side-step and ask Gu Yi from Song Wan Yue’s mouth what he loved to eat, hurried to the kitchen, saw her mother-in-law was also there, and busily went forward, “Mother, Miss Song said that Xiao …… Gu Gongzi loved boiled fish, boiled sliced pork, spicy chicken pieces… …”
“Quickly let them do it.”
The cooks had never heard of such dishes before and were dumbfounded.
“Your Honor, Old Lady, I, we don’t know how.”
They knew how to boil water, but they didn’t know what seasoning to put on it.
When her grandson came to eat at the house for the first time and they didn’t know how to cook, the always good-tempered Lady Ding was furious, “Do you all eat for nothing? Didn’t you all brag about your skill and how you could cook anything we wanted to eat, but now you don’t know how?”
The cooks didn’t dare to speak.
Qing’er happened to come over and wanted to ask the kitchen to add another dish, but when she heard that the Duke of Ding was losing her temper, she didn’t dare to enter the kitchen and turned around to go back, “Miss, the old madam is losing her temper in the kitchen, so the servant girl didn’t dare to go in.”
Xiao Yao smiled and froze, “What’s going on?”
“It seems like there is some dish that the people in the kitchen can’t make.”
Thinking about how Mrs. Xiao Zheng had just come over and asked the few of them what they loved to eat, Song Wan Yue smiled and asked, “It wouldn’t be the dishes I just mentioned, would it? If so, it’s normal for them not to know how to cook them.”
“You go and ask.”
Qing’er ran off to the kitchen again and returned a short while later, “It’s indeed the dishes Miss Song mentioned.”
Song Wangyue smiled, “Let’s go then, I’ll go and tell them how to make them.”