State Prison.
As soon as the time for school to end arrived, Zhu Wen immediately grabbed his long-packed things and went to Xu Cotoneaster’s side. He was so curious about Song Wan Yue that he made up his mind to follow her to Xu’s house for dinner this evening.
As soon as he got close, Xu Cotoneaster knew what he was planning to do and frowned slightly; his cousin was a girl after all, how could she meet Zhu Wen so easily?
But Zhu Wen put his things casually into his book bag and hooked Xu Cotoneaster’s shoulders, “Brother Xu, I’m counting on you today, if you don’t let me follow you, I’ll go squat at your door.”
After all these days, he had gotten to know Xu Cotoneaster, who looked cold but was actually quite good to his friends.
As expected, Xu Cotoneaster’s brow knitted tighter and he looked at him, “Cousin has always been with great-grandfather, you just go there, you won’t be able to see her.”
Zhu Wen climbed up the pole, “Just in time, I have some learned matters to discuss with the old man, let’s go.”
Xu Cotoneaster had a bit of a headache, but he also knew Zhu Wen’s rogue personality, if he didn’t take him back with him, he would definitely do what he said and go squat in front of Xu’s house.
When they got off the carriage at the entrance, Zhu Wen dragged him straight to see the old gentleman, but when they got there, they didn’t see Song Wan Yue.
Xu Cotoneaster was unable to do so and had to help him, “Great-grandfather, where is Yue’er’s sister?”
As soon as the two entered the room, he guessed Zhu Wen’s reason for coming, although Zhu Wen had come to ask for chess lessons, the thought that he had come to look for Yue’er made the old gentleman uncomfortable in his heart, without moving, he said, “Oh, they’ve gone back, do you have something to do?”
Zhu Wen was just about to reply, “Nothing, he just came to dine,” but Xu Cotoneaster sold him out first, “Zhu Wen has something to ask you for advice on his studies.”
“Oh? What kind of question?”
Xu Cotoneaster had already said it, and Zhu Wen could not deny it if he wanted to, so he could only stiffen his head and say the question he had thought of long ago.
The old gentleman stroked his beard and finished explaining to him, fearing that he had not yet grasped it, he asked him to make another essay on the question he had asked, and Zhu Wen screamed in agony. Xu Cotoneaster could not help but raise the corners of his mouth. After today, Zhu Wen would have to be more careful if he wanted to cheat his way to the Xu residence.
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Xu’s four returned to the South City.
Daya was washing clothes in the courtyard when she heard the commotion and stood up to wipe her hands clean on her clothes and came out.
“Big sister.”
Er Ya smiled and jumped in front of her, Da Ya held her up and called out to the others one by one, “Master Wei arrived shortly after you left yesterday, and left again today after breakfast, saying that she would not stay here for a few days, and that she would come over before we left.
Xu and Song Lin had never met this Master Wei, they only knew her as a woman, and now they were puzzled to hear that she was not staying at home.
“Yue’er, where is this Master Wei going to stay if she doesn’t come back?”
Song Wan Yue replied without moving, “Oh, Master Wei told me that she has relatives in the capital, so she probably went to stay with them.”
Xu didn’t ask any more questions, thinking about what Meng had said, and didn’t enter the courtyard, “Let’s go to your elder brother’s side to see if your sister-in-law has returned.”
Song Wangyue answered, telling Daya not to cook in the evening, and then sending Erma to practice her calligraphy before going with Xu to Song Si’s side.
Xiao Yao had already returned, along with two cooks and two sisters from the Ding Guo Mansion, the older one was serving the Ding Guo Lady and the younger one was serving Lady Xiao Zheng, who was pregnant.
Xiao Yao was eating a pastry, she didn’t know what was going on, she had obviously eaten enough at noon, but now she was hungry again, when she heard Xu and Song Wan Yue coming, she hurriedly put the pastry down, got up and wiped her mouth as she went out to welcome them.
When she heard that Xu and Song Wan Yue were coming, she hurriedly put the cakes down and got up to wipe her mouth as she went out to welcome them. When the older Sister Sun saw this, she hurriedly went forward to help her, “Miss Sun, you are pregnant now, so you must not get up so quickly in future, lest you hurt the baby.”
As soon as the words left her mouth, Xu and Song Wan Yue entered the door, Sister Sun hurriedly let go of Xiao Yao and greeted the other sisters.
Xu was busy helping her, “Sister, you are welcome.”
The two sisters stepped aside.
Xu smiled and asked Xiao Yao, “Is there anything uncomfortable today?”
Xiao Yao was a little embarrassed, “Nothing else, but I’m hungry very quickly.”
“It’s good that you can eat, the baby will grow strong in the future, whatever you want to eat tonight, Yue’er and I will go and make it.”
Xiao Yao would not let her do it, she said, “My mother has specially sent over cooks who are very skilled, just let them do it.”
“That’s just right, let Yue’er teach them the dishes you like to eat, and let them make them whenever you want to eat.”
Sister Sun wanted to stop her, but when she looked at her delighted face, she swallowed her words, for if Miss Sun was happy, it would be good for the baby in her belly.
The two cooks sent by the Ding Guo Mansion knew Song Wan Yue and were excited to hear that she was going to teach them how to cook, so they quickly prepared all the ingredients they needed.
Xiao Yao stood beside Song Wan Yue and could not wait to eat a few bites of every dish she made.
Song Si came back from the court and heard that Song Wan Yue and Xiao Yao were both in the kitchen, so he went there without taking off his official clothes.
“Auntie is back.”
Sister Sun, who was guarding the door, saw him first and hurriedly saluted.
Xiao Yao heard it and turned back, just in time to meet Song Si’s smiling eyes and blushed slightly, “You’re back?”
Song Si smiled in response, seeing several pots of dishes already on the table, raised an eyebrow, “Is this ……?”
“Yue’er gave the cooks a few dishes that I like to eat, so they can make them when I want to eat them.”
Song Si understood and looked at Song Wan Yue, “How many more dishes?”
Song Wangyue stared at the cooks with unblinking eyes, “The last one, after this one is done, we can start the meal.”
“I’ll go back and change.”
If he had said this in the past, Xiao Yao would have followed him back to the house, but now Xiao Yao stood still and didn’t move, only saying, “You go quickly, the dishes will be ready soon.”
Song Si cried and laughed, so he could only go back to his room by himself.
By the time he had changed his clothes, the food was already ready and brought to the table, and Song Lin and the others had also come over, and a meal was eaten with great pleasure by all.
After they had finished eating, Song Si called Song Wan Yue to his study. He had been waiting for Song Wangyue to come over last night, but he hadn’t waited until almost midnight, so he had been a bit distracted all day today.
“Who was the person who approached you last night?”
“The Second Prince.”
Song Si guessed and his voice sank, “What did he say?”
“For you to defect to him, he personally made a trip to Qingping County during the New Year, I didn’t reply to him at the time and said I had to discuss it with you, he guessed he had sent someone to keep an eye on this side, he knew about it as soon as I arrived and personally came over to ask me the result.”