The fake daughter married into the mountains and had meat to eat every day during the famine

In the palace, the emperor rewarded the soldiers who had made great contributions and held a celebration banquet in the Ziguang Pavilion.

Civil and military officials gathered together, making the occasion extremely lively.

Princess Lou Yishang of the Western Regions was temporarily arranged to stay in an inn and was served and guarded by a special person.

She sat behind the dressing table, looking at the pretty face in the bronze mirror.

"I heard that the Great Xia Palace is holding a celebration banquet. They should be very proud right now, right?"

Yilan, the maidservant beside her, glanced towards the door and whispered in her ear, "Princess, we are not in the Western Regions palace now. The people of Daxia have a saying that walls have ears."

Lou Yishang didn't care.

"So what? I'm a princess married for a foreign mission. Can they really kill me?" She then put her hands on her chin. "Since ancient times, victors have always been kings and losers have always been bandits. As your father's daughter, I don't mind the marriage, but I have to fight with the emperor. My future husband must be chosen by me."

Yilan asked hurriedly, "Does the princess have a man she likes?"

Lou Yishang looked out the window.

"From my perspective, Mr. Xu is mature and steady, quite a good person."

Yilan misunderstood and nodded with a smile.

"Indeed, he is a good young general, full of vigor and vitality. He is as handsome and strong as the men of our Western Regions. He is a perfect match for the princess."

Lou Yishang glanced at her.

"I'm not talking about some young general, I'm talking about the brother of the general you mentioned." She poked her forehead and said, "Look at you, you're so crazy."

Yilan was stunned and touched her forehead.

"Didn't I hear that General Xu's brother already has a wife and children? Would the Emperor of Daxia agree?"

Lou Yishang walked towards the bed.

"So what? For the sake of peace between our two countries, can the Emperor of Daxia still withhold the gift from this princess?"

Yilan stepped forward to help her undress, while advising her, "There are so many men in Daxia, why is the princess staring at a married man? There's a saying in Daxia that goes, 'A forced melon isn't sweet.'"

Besides, although Lord Xu is very handsome, he is not of the same age as the princess and has a very different temperament.

She felt that the young general was more suitable for the princess in terms of both age and personality.

"Daxia, Daxia, you've studied Daxia's idioms quite a bit." Lou Yishang took off his coat and sat on the bed. "I've come all the way to Daxia to marry, but if I can't choose a husband according to my own preferences, what's the point of living?"

Yilan smiled and lowered the bed curtains.

"I feel that the princess is merely curious about that Lord Xu. Princess, you might want to reconsider your feelings. Perhaps your admiration for him isn't just a romantic one."

Lou Yishang lay down.

"Let's talk later. This princess is tired."

As he said this, he yawned.

Yilan stood outside the bed curtains, crossed her arms in front of her chest and saluted, "I'll be guarding the outer room. Princess, you can call me anytime if you need anything."

Behind the bed curtains, Lou Yishang responded lazily.

"Ah."

……

Song Yuntang took his son out to play and did not return home until almost dinner time.

She is now more than four months pregnant. Her morning sickness disappeared half a month ago. She is not heavy and it is not noticeable even when she wears winter clothes.

If you don't take advantage of this period to walk around outside more often, it will not be so easy to go out when the baby in your belly grows older.

After dinner, she handed the child to Xu Yongwang and Jiang, and went back to her room to wash up and lie on the couch. She picked up a travel journal and read it in her hand, and asked Jinshu to rub her slightly sore legs.

"Jinshu, what time is it?" she asked while reading a book.

Jinshu stood up and looked out the window.

"Madam, it's almost 7pm."

"The celebration banquet should have just begun by now, right?" Song Yuntang thought for a moment, and since he no longer felt sleepy, he closed the book. "I think the celebration banquet will inevitably involve drinking. I'll go make some hangover soup, and you can send it to the kitchen and have Nanny Wang make it and keep it warm on the stove."

Jinshu responded, took the lamp and followed Song Yuntang to the side room of the east wing.

This is the space that Song Yuntang specially opened up to facilitate medicine making.

It's early winter and the night wind is a little chilly.

After Song Yuntang prepared the hangover soup, he returned to his room wearing a cloak.

Jinshu put the lamp on the table.

"Madam, it might be midnight when the son-in-law and the second master return. You are pregnant now and cannot stay up all the time. Why don't you rest first? When the son-in-law comes back later, I will remind him to be gentle."

Song Yuntang thought about it and said, "That's fine."

Anyway, she was a light sleeper, so if she really fell asleep, she should be able to feel it when Xu Qingye came back to the room.

……

Xu Qingye and Xu Wencheng are the ones who will arrive at the house at the hour of Hai.

At this time, Song Yuntang had already settled down in the main courtyard.

Jiang and Xu Yongwang were lightly sleepy, and thinking that their two sons would be back soon, they couldn't sleep well. So they simply sat at the head of the bed with their clothes on, chatting about this and that. Until they heard some noise in the front yard, they both got dressed, got up and left the yard.

Xu Wencheng had been following Xu Qingye obediently, but when he saw his parents, he hurriedly threw the sword in his hand to the followers behind him and ran towards Xu Yongwang and Jiang.

"Dad, Mom, I'm back."

Jiang smelled the alcohol on him, but she didn't beat or scold him as she did before. She pulled his arm and looked him over carefully, then said with red eyes, "You've grown taller and thinner."

Xu Wencheng raised his hand and wiped the corners of her eyes.

"My son is unfilial and makes me worry."

Jiang smiled and shook her head, "I am already very satisfied that you can come back alive."

Xu Qingye stepped forward.

"Father, mother."

"Hey."

Jiang responded and saw his eyes sweeping towards the main courtyard. What else didn't he understand?

"Tang'er and Hao Ting have already gone to bed. When you return to the room later, please be gentle. The baby is a little older now, and Tang'er has been a light sleeper lately, so he always has to get up several times at night."

Xu Qingye nodded.

"I see."

Nanny Wang came from the backyard with two bowls of sobering soup on a tray.

"Madam, you are tired. Before you go to bed, you prepared some hangover soup. I asked you to make it and keep it warm on the stove so that you and the Second Master can drink it when they return."

Mrs. Jiang brought out two bowls of sobering soup from the tray and each of her two sons handed one bowl.

"It's getting late. After drinking, go back to the house and wash up. Your sister-in-law had someone clean up the yard where Wencheng used to live two days before she knew you were coming back."

After saying that, he told the nanny beside him to prepare water for the two of them.

After Xu Qingye returned to the main courtyard, he was worried that the smell of alcohol on his body would offend Song Yuntang, so he asked someone to prepare water in the side room. After washing up, he went straight to sleep in the side room.

When Song Yuntang woke up the next morning, Xu Qingye was nowhere to be found. He thought that he had not returned all night, and he couldn't help feeling a little lost.

Jinshu came into the house carrying some water.

"Madam is awake."

Song Yuntang nodded and got out of bed wearing his shoes.

Jinshu looked at her with a smile.

"My son-in-law came home late yesterday and drank a lot. He was worried that he might upset Madam, so he stayed in the side room. He got up at 3:00 AM today to attend court, so I'm afraid he won't be back until the afternoon."