Chapter 586 - 586: Such a Small Princess Residence?
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Time passed very quickly. In the blink of an eve, there were only a few days
left until the new year.
The vegetables in the greenhouses of every household were almost sold out. They were all prepared to stop selling them. The rest were kept for their families to eat during the New Year, and there were also gifts for relatives and friends.
Nowadays, people from West River Village would be embarrassed to say that they were from West River Village if they did not bring a handful of vegetables with them.
Just as every household in West River Village was preparing to welcome the new year warmly, the imperial eunuch came to deliver an edict.
As soon as the eunuch left the mountain tunnel of Ming Yue Mountain, someone ran to the princess’ manor without stopping. Everyone in Fence Village knew this. As long as someone dressed like the eunuch appeared, they would definitely go to the princess’ manor.
Chun Hua thanked the man and gave him a tael of silver. The man left without even slapping his horse.
Now that they had a life where they did not have to worry about food and drink, it was all because of Princess Ming Yue’s bestowment. How could they take money just to report to her?
If he went home, he would be whipped by his biological parents.
MO Ruyue and Gu Ying dressed themselves and went to the Princess’s manor to open the door, waiting for the eunuch to arrive.
Not long after, the eunuch arrived with his team.
The eunuch alighted from the carriage, and there was another one behind him. MO Ruyue guessed that the palace had bestowed her with something again. Wasn’t she afraid of emptying the palace? Although there were many treasures in the palace, they shouldn’t be rewarded so frequently. It was really too wasteful.
The eunuch read out the imperial edict. The first part was indeed about the various gifts given to MO Ruyue, but MO Ruyue did not feel anything when she heard it.
“Because the Northern Kingdom Crown Prince is more familiar with General
Xue and Princess Ming Yue, I would like to request General Xue and Princess
Ming Yue to properly entertain the Northern Kingdom Crown Prince for me! ”
After the eunuch finished reading the imperial edict, a person got out of the carriage behind him. Who else could it be but the Crown Prince of the Northern Kingdom? “We meet again.”
“It’s so warm here!”
Su Luo sighed with admiration.
MO Ruvue and Gu Ying thought. ‘We don’t want to meet you at all.’
They had already been sent over and could not be returned. What else could they do?
However, Gu Ying felt that there was something wrong with the way the Prince of the Northern Kingdom was looking at him.
“Princess Ming Yue, General Xue, the Crown Prince of the Northern Kingdom has arrived. I will return to the capital to report!’
The eunuch could see that the two of them were unhappy. He had no choice but to leave quickly in order not to be disliked here. He was not even embarrassed to ask for a reward.
He entered the carriage and left fifty soldiers behind to protect the Prince of the Northern Kingdom.
In the end, Chun Hua was still quick and handed the eunuch a food box for him to eat on the way.
“It’s indeed warmer here than in the north. 1 just don’t know that the crown prince is coming here to celebrate the new year.”
MO Ruyue hadn’t thought of a way to talk to the Northern Kingdom’s Crown Prince. In fact, she was a little annoyed when she saw him.
Gu Ying thought that they couldn’t just leave the Northern Kingdom’s Crown Prince there. After all, he was still the Crown Prince of a country. Moreover, the Emperor had specially asked him and his wife to entertain him.
This matter could be considered a big deal. If the Prince of the Northern Kingdom was unhappy and went to the Emperor to say something, or use this as an excuse to do something, it would not be good.
Little did he know that just as he finished speaking, the Northern Kingdom’s Crown Prince sized him up from head to toe, left to right, but did not answer his question.
“l just arrived and heard that General Xue and Princess Ming Yue got married a month ago.”
“Why didn’t you tell me that you were getting married so that I could attend your wedding?”
As he spoke, he waved his hand behind him. The two guards who followed him chased the carriage he was in earlier to the front and lifted the curtain of the carriage.
“l came in such a hurry that I don’t know that Princess Ming Yue and General Xue are married. This is a small token of my appreciation, and can be considered as a supplement for your wedding.”
“This is really expensive.”
“We were in a hurry, and this matter is a long story. It’s really not good to announce it to the outside world, so we have been negligent. I hope the Crown Prince can forgive us.”
“Crown Prince Residence, please!”
Gu Ying made an inviting gesture to the Northern Kingdom’s Crown Prince.
Su Luo thought to herself that it really wasn’t easy. If he didn’t show off the gifts in this carriage, she probably wouldn’t know how long she would have to talk to him at the door before she invited him into the residence.
If it wasn’t for the fact that Princess Ming Yue wasn’t happy, he really wanted to make things difficult for this brat.
He actually married Princess Ming Yue without him knowing!
“From now on, I’ll have to disturb Princess Ming Yue and General Xue. You don’t have to be so polite with me. Just call me Su Luo.”
Su Luo smiled as he entered the princess’ manor. He told them not to be polite, but he said something polite.
“The Crown Prince is the Crown Prince, how can we overstep our boundaries?”
Gu Ying felt that they were familiar with each other, so how could they call him by his name? Although he dared to call him by his name, he had to say something flattering now.
“There’s no need for formalities. Why doesn’t Princess Ming Yue call me Big Brother Su? Actually, I feel that directly calling me big brother will make our two countries seem more friendly.”
MO Ruyue also remembered that when they were at the border, Su Luo had told her that his name was Su Luo.
She thought about it for a while. This foreign prince didn’t stay in his own country to prepare for the new year. Instead, he came to a foreign country and even came to her, the princess’ manor.
This was definitely a request he had made to Ji Hong. Otherwise, Ji Hong would never have sent a foreign crown prince to her residence.
“Then I’ll do as you say.”
MO Ruyue felt that with the status between their two countries, there was nothing wrong with calling him Big Brother Su. She even felt that this should be the way he wanted to address her.
She and Gu Ying looked at each other. Both of them were thinking about the same question. They felt that the main reason why Su Luo came was probably because of MO Ruyue. Did this address mean that she had come here?
However, he could not rule out other possibilities.
For example, he had lost the battle and had to cede territory and pay reparations. He might not be able to stay in the palace and had to come out to hide. It was also possible that there was internal strife in the Northern Palace.
As for Su Luo, who was walking in front, he looked at the princess’ manor. The more he looked at it, the more he frowned. Could this princess’ manor be called a princess’ manor? Isn’t it too small?
To put it nicely, the Emperor of Xi Liang bestowed Mo Ruyue with the title of Princess Ming Yue. It was because MO Ruyue had made many great contributions and deserved it. That Ji Hong was stingy, only giving such a small princess residence?
If he went back to the north, he would definitely build a princess’ residence that was as big as these four!
No matter how unwilling MO Ruyue and Gu Ying were, they could only treat this person well.
MO Ruyue had already asked Granny Rong and Granny Yan to bring the maidservants to the east courtyard to clean up a small courtyard for Su Luo to live in.
On the other side, Chun Hua brought the maids to serve tea and snacks.
Su Luo saw that MO Ruyue and Gu Ying had been accompanying him the whole time, but they didn’t say much. Actually, he was also quite embarrassed.
“General Xue should have a lot of things to do. You can go and do your own things. Don’t worry about me.”
Actually, he had wanted to tell MO Ruyue about their relationship, but seeing MO Ruyue’s resistance toward him, he was afraid that if he told her, she would not let him stay here.
When Gu Ying and MO Ruyue heard him call her Ming Yue, they felt their teeth clench.
“It’s okay. I don’t usually have anything to do.”
“Of course, I have to accompany you.”
Gu Ying sat below the Crown Prince and said with a smile.
Thus, the three of them chatted awkwardly together. Of course, only MO Ruyue and Gu Ying felt that they were chatting awkwardly. Su Luo didn’t feel awkward at all. Instead, he felt that this was a rare and pleasant occasion..
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