Su Wan drank the cheese and ate half a basket of steamed flatbread. Her stomach was saved and she felt better.
"Brother, I'm done eating."
"Well, eat some snacks. When you get back, I guess my mother and the others will prepare a big meal for you." Su Jing said with a smile.
Su Wan nodded and looked at the red official robe on his eldest brother. It fit him perfectly, as if he was born to wear this dress.
After attending the court, he went to meet with the Holy Emperor and discuss matters regarding this year's imperial examination with the Grand Scholar and the Minister of Civil Affairs.
He has already asked for leave from the Holy Master and will go to the Grand Scholar's Mansion to propose marriage in three days.
When the Holy Father heard that the two families were going to get married, he expressed his full support and praised the two as a match made in heaven.
Su Wan and Su Jing returned home. As expected, a big meal was prepared. Su's mother took Su Wan back. All the servants in the mansion lined up in the yard. As soon as Su Wan arrived in the front yard, they all shouted in unison. road:
"Greetings to Princess Xuanle, may the princess be blessed."
This battle was a mess, and it seemed that it was Su Yun who did it, but today Su Wan was happy, and he was rewarded with a wave of his hand.
Liuyun and Liuying have also changed their names and no longer call them girls, but Princess Suwan.
Su Yun cooked the food himself and prepared a banquet for Man and Han. However, it would be a while before Su Wan happened to eat something on the carriage and needed to digest it.
"Su Wan, please sit down for a while. The food will be ready soon. I'll go back to cooking first."
Su Yun put on an apron and came out. After picking up Su Wan, she continued back to the kitchen.
After the eldest brother pays the betrothal gift, Su Yun will prepare for the restaurant and open Chenglou.
Su Wan couldn't take off her clothes. After eating, Su Yi had to draw a full-body picture of her.
However, Sun Ling'er, Mother Su and Grandma Ye surrounded her and asked her to put on the hair crown.
Su Wan did as they wished.
Mother Su held up the hair crown and sighed:
"Hey, it's quite heavy, much heavier than mine."
She is a third-grade imperial concubine, and she is definitely of a different standard from a dignified princess like her.
After putting it on, Mother Su looked at her daughter with joy and praised:
"Guaiguai is so beautiful, so beautiful."
"It's so elegant. This outfit really has the majesty and momentum of the royal family." Sun Ling'er crossed her arms and nodded.
Su Jing went back and changed out of her official robes and put on moon-white uniforms. She was like a handsome young man again, as gentle as jade.
Wearing official robes, he is a wise, calm, and powerful minister with dignified manners.
After dinner, Su Wan sat on a chair in the yard, with a heavy hair crown on her head, sitting obediently and painting for Su Yi.
"Fifth brother, can you draw the head first? My neck is tired!" she begged.
Su Yi nodded, first roughly sketched the outline, and then asked Su Wan to take off the crown and place it next to him, while he drew the details.
When it was finally completed, Su Wan's painting was perfect. After the painting was framed, Su Wan took it to his yard and found a room to hang it up.
Her matter of canonizing the princess has come to an end. The most important thing for the Su family now is the marriage between Su Jing and the Shen family.
Everyone was preparing carefully for fear of something going wrong.
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On the day of the engagement, Su's father and Su Jing invited the Minister of Civil Affairs to be the witness, and took the matchmaker to the Shen family with the betrothal gift.
Shen Qingli is hiding in her courtyard and is not allowed to show up today. Her parents will prepare her birth date and choose a date to get married.
The matchmaker read out the list of betrothal gifts brought by Su Jing. The standards were quite high and did not belittle the University College. The bachelor and Mrs. Shen were particularly satisfied.
The three books and six rites were followed step by step, and the horoscopes were combined. It was found that the two people's horoscopes matched very well. They were both nobles, so they looked perfect together.
Su Jing and the bachelor both agreed that the sooner the wedding was held, the better. After all, Shen Qingli was already twenty years old this year. If she didn't get married, she would really be laughing at her.
So, the wedding was scheduled for next month, which is early May. Now it is early April, still a month away.
After setting a date, both parties stepped up their preparations. In this one-month gap, everyone would do whatever they wanted to do. Anyway, there was no need to worry about the wedding and the children, Su's mother and the eldest brother had to worry about it themselves.
However, Su's mother had just arrived in the capital and did not understand the rules of the capital. She had to ask Mrs. Shen for advice on how to invite people, what to prepare on the day of the wedding banquet, how to write invitations, and the rules of marriage in Kyoto. Just ask for advice.
Mother Su made several trips for this purpose. She was very busy going in and out.
Mrs. Shen understood the situation of the Su family and knew that Mrs. Su came from the countryside. She did not dislike her. Instead, she answered all questions and even made a list for her to follow.
Such a good in-law, well-educated and sensible, what else is there to be picky about?
Jiang met Su Wan and went to Zhongzhou in advance. He planned to come back before Su Jing's wedding.
This time I went to Zhongzhou, firstly to see my grandfather, and secondly to inform my grandfather that he was going to hire someone for the Su family.
Shen Qingli's wedding dress had been prepared a long time ago. The two parties were not allowed to meet before the wedding, but Su Wan still took the time to visit her from time to time.
Su Yun took advantage of this month to go to work on the restaurant. He wanted to choose an address and a shop, and planned to do something big in Kyoto.
In Kyoto, where there are outstanding people, wealth and charming eyes, his drinking capacity must be larger, even larger than that of Xiangzhou, and it is best to have a three-story drink.
He trained a new team of chefs in Xiangzhou to take over Chenglou in Xiangzhou, and he brought the original team to Kyoto to build a new restaurant.
In the past two years, Chenglou has made a lot of money. Su Yun has some spare money, but Su Wan has not yet asked him to collect half of the profits. He said he would collect them every one hundred thousand taels.
During this period, Su Wan also received a post from Prince Xiang's Mansion, saying that it was Princess Xiang's fiftieth birthday and a birthday banquet was to be held. Su Wan was now the princess, so she was naturally on the invitation list.
Su's mother also has to go. There is no mistress in the Su Mansion yet, so she is the mistress. In the future, when Shen Qingli marries into the Su family, she will not need to come forward in such occasions.
In mid-April, Su's mother had to take Su Wan to Prince Xiang's Mansion for a birthday banquet.
This birthday banquet really gathered all the dignitaries in Kyoto, princes and princesses, princesses and princesses, people from the two major princes' mansions, and various princes' mansions came to participate. This was a big occasion.
Su's mother had never been to such an occasion. She was afraid that she would embarrass Su Jing. She couldn't sleep well two nights before going. It was Su Mu who made her a soothing soup and gave her an injection. Mom had a good sleep, otherwise she would really have to attend Princess Xiang’s birthday banquet with dark circles under her eyes the next day.
It was her birthday this time, so Su Wan picked out a gift that was suitable for her birthday and was worthy of the status of Prince Xiang's palace.
Su Wan picked a blood coral, which was very precious and was given to her by Jiang Yu's grandfather.
The corals they found in the South China Sea were made into ornaments. When Su Wan went to see him, he always left empty-handed and was forced to carry a lot of things with him.
