On the night of the broken engagement, the paranoid prince came to me crying and asking for my statu

Duke Gu’s Mansion.

After soaking in the moat for half a night and being rescued by the secret guards, he returned to the mansion and soaked in cold water for another half a night.

Gu Xiuyan finally managed to suppress the strange feeling of heat in his body.

I lay in bed feeling dizzy and coughing from time to time.

Cong Hui bowed with a grim expression and walked to his bed.

"What's the matter?"

Because he caught a cold from soaking in cold water for too long, Gu Xiuyan's voice was a little hoarse at this time.

Gu Xiuyan's nose has been feeling hot since he woke up.

I asked a doctor to come and check, but he found no signs of Chinese medicine.

Due to the heat emitted by Gu Xiuyan's body, the doctor only dared to prescribe some cooling herbs such as Prunella Vulgaris, and did not even allow Gu Xiuyan to drink ginger tea.

Cong Hui bowed his head, "The Emperor intends to grant Miss Su and the Third Prince a marriage at the palace banquet..."

"You...ahem...what did you say?"

Gu Xiuyan stood up too quickly, lifting the quilt and creating a gust of wind, which even swept the porcelain bowls on the small table beside the bed to the ground.

Conghui lowered his head and repeated what he had just said.

Gu Xiuyan didn't care about the dizziness and grabbed Cong Hui's sleeve tightly.

"Hurry, prepare the gifts. I'm going to the Su Mansion."

"Young Master, the old lady has ordered..."

"Go quickly."

Gu Xiuyan interrupted Cong Hui's hesitation.

I took a look at the sky outside.

The sun is shining outside.

The light and shadow cast by the sun are slightly different from those at noon.

Right now it's probably late noon, early evening...

The Su residence is in the north of Luojing City, and the Gu Guogong Mansion is in the south of Luojing City. If we wait until tomorrow to prepare all the three books and six ceremonies, it will definitely be too late...

Murong Qian's face and Su Suian's desperate eyes flashed quickly through his mind.

He didn't dare to delay for a moment, changed into a purple-red waisted robe, and staggered out.

"It's too late, Conghui, prepare some small gifts first."

...

The sun gradually sets in the west.

The scorching sun was burning the earth. From time to time, a hot breeze blew up, raising gusts of dust. Even the slightly curled leaves were covered with a layer of yellowish sand.

It’s a hot summer day, so it’s time to have a good sleep.

Unfortunately, Su Sui'an was sitting in her boudoir in a restless mood at this time.

There was a palace banquet the next day, and after lunch Ji Lanshuang ordered her not to run around.

New clothes came in and out like water.

It was as if he wanted to buy all the good clothes he had not worn before entering the palace.

Finally, Ji Lanshuang personally took the clothes and hairpins and danced beside Su Sui'an.

Since leaving the Changping Marquis Mansion, Ji Lan Shuang's complexion has been getting better and better. She has become plumper and no longer as skinny as before.

After Su Kang came back, she made some new clothes and replaced all the old-style hairpins and rings with the latest styles. Now she looked healthy and noble.

"In the past, the clothes I wore to attend the palace banquet were all picked up by the first wife and Shoukang Hall. The remaining ones were all made of plain and elegant materials, which looked bland and tasteless, and they didn't allow me to make private clothes. This time, without those unlucky people in Changping Marquis's Mansion, I, An'er, must dress up beautifully."

"Mother, whether it is a palace banquet or a Hongmen Banquet is still unclear, so we should stay out of the spotlight."

Su Sui'an dodged and refused to cooperate.

For someone who is used to being casual, suddenly asking her to follow the rules and wear fancy clothes is simply more painful than killing her.

"It's nap time now. If you don't let me sleep, I'll have to wake up for my nap."

As she spoke, she yawned gracefully with her hands covering her mouth, and a tear squeezed out from the corners of each eye.

Ji Lanshuang gently reached out and poked Su Sui'an's head, with a look of disapproval on her face.

"You kid, what's the Hongmen Feast? If you can't speak, just say less."

As she spoke, she put another newly made dress on her and gestured.

"In the past, when we were in the Marquis of Changping's mansion, we had to live by other people's wishes. In addition, you were still engaged, so we couldn't be too ostentatious in case we stole the limelight from the eldest wife. Now that we have moved out on our own, my little An'er, you should dress brightly and colorfully instead of dull and gray."

Su Sui'an expressed his disgust, but he still cooperated with Ji Lanshuang's gestures.

I heard Ji Lanshuang mention the Changping Marquis Mansion.

She couldn't help but ask, "Has anyone from the Marquis of Changping been here?"

When did you come?

The loving smile on Ji Lanshuang’s face faded and she sneered.

"It was a servant who came in, pretending to be our servant and sneaked in."

"I wanted to deliver a letter to your father, but he had someone tie it up with a rope and threw it back like a dumpling."

"I thought it wasn't a big deal, so I didn't tell you."

Su Sui'an said "Oh" and didn't say anything else.

"Your father is actually sentimental..."

"Mother, if you came here to say something for father, then you'd better not say it. I'm afraid I won't be able to resist and talk back to you."

"You kid."

Ji Lanshuang complained a little, but ultimately did not mention Su Kang again.

After all, the grudge between Su Kang and Chi Er, who had scared her to tears when Su Kang came back, was still there.

Although Chi'er is now willing to talk to Su Kang, there is always a bit of restraint between father and son, and it seems that there is no intimacy between them at all.

Whenever Ji Lanshuang saw Su Kang looking grievance-ridden in front of his children, she felt as if her heart was being gripped by something.

The grip hurt her so much.

"Okay, Mom, I'm really sleepy, let me take a nap. If you have anything to say, wait until I wake up from my nap, or..."

Su Sui'an intentionally changed the subject and took Ji Lanshuang in his arms, "Mom, if you think the weather is too hot and don't want to go back to your own yard, you can take a nap with me here."

"You little monkey." The daughter didn't want to mention it again. Although Ji Lanshuang was helpless, she didn't have any better way. She was afraid that if she was too radical, the result would be counterproductive.

He could only smile and pinch Su Sui'an's nose, "Okay, okay, you have tried almost all the clothes. I think the Xiang Fei colored woven satin dress looks great on you. We will choose a headpiece that matches the color of the dress later."

The color is festive and white, and the style is simple and elegant, just right for her age and also suitable for tomorrow's palace banquet.

"Okay, okay, I'll listen to you, mother."

Su Sui'an nodded and gave a perfunctory smile, then told Mei'er to help Ji Lanshuang wash up and take a nap.

Just then, a little maid came hurriedly reporting outside.

"Madam, something's wrong..."

Ji Lanshuang frowned, and the nanny lightly scolded, "What's the matter that makes you so impatient?"

"Miss, there are a lot of people outside... They say that they are from Duke Gu's mansion and are here to ask for marriage."

Propose marriage?

An ominous feeling came over me.

Before Su Sui'an could even wait for Ji Lan Shuang to react, her whole body stood up as if she had been injected with chicken blood.

"Who is asking for marriage?"

"The young master of Duke Gu's mansion has brought people to the front hall and said he wants to ask for your hand in marriage."

"Nonsense."

The one who spoke this time was Ji Lan Shuang.

Because of anger, Ji Lanshuang's already rosy face became even more rosy.

"What does Gu think of my daughter? He can marry me if he wants to, and cancel the engagement if he wants to. Now he regrets canceling the engagement and comes to ask for my hand in marriage again. What does he regard the most important event of his life as?"

As she spoke, her voice became noticeably higher.

It was obvious that she was full of dissatisfaction with Gu Xiuyan.

Let’s look at Su Sui’an again.

Although her mood swings are not as big as Ji Lan Shuang's.

But her brows, which were almost twisted into a knot, had already betrayed her actual thoughts.

"Mom, I'll go take a look."

The front hall of Su's house.

The betrothal gifts stretched all the way from the front yard of Su's house to the gate, from the gate to the street, and from the street to the end of the alley.

I saw that there was another turn at the end of the alley, and after the turn there was another person wearing red clothes, carrying a betrothal gift...

Seeing this scene, a flash of coldness flashed across Su Sui'an's eyes.

Su Kang was obviously very impatient.

When he saw Su Sui'an stepping into the front hall, he couldn't even keep the perfunctory smile on his face.

"An'er, Mr. Gu is..."

Su Sui'an raised his hand to interrupt Su Kang's words and looked at Gu Xiuyan coldly.

"What do you mean?"

The moment he saw Su Sui'an, Gu Xiuyan's eyes lit up a little, "An'er, I..."

"Gu Xiuyan, don't you understand what people are saying?"

In front of Su Kang, Su Sui'an didn't give Gu Xiuyan any face, and pointed at the big wooden boxes piled outside. "When I kept our engagement, it was you who asked me to give up the marriage. Now that we've broken off the engagement, you brought these junks to ask for marriage. Who do you think I am?"