With a wave of his hand, the Prince's Mansion's fortune exploded throughout the entire cap

Ranqiu, who was tending to the flowers in the greenhouse at the entrance of the Prince's mansion, saw the familiar carriage appear in the distance and happily called out to the people inside, "The Princess is back!"

"Quickly, go tell the old lady, the prince, and the princess that the princess has returned!"

Ranqiu instructed the maid behind her to hurry to the banquet hall to announce her arrival, while she waited for the carriage to stop and then reached out to help it up.

"Princess, you're back."

Xiao Mingzhu placed her hand on Ranqiu's, smiling brightly: "Ranqiu, it's been a long time."

"Your Highness has arrived so early today. Did you get a good rest last night?"

After standing still, Xiao Mingzhu glared at her with a hint of coquettishness: "Ranqiu, this princess is no longer a ten-year-old child."

"Take me inside to see my niece."

Ranqiu lowered her head and pursed her lips: "Alright~ But Miss may not have finished washing up yet. I'll take you to the banquet hall first, the old lady and the princess are there."

Inside the banquet hall, Lu Wenshu was carefully inspecting all the decorations on the banquet table.

The banquet hall of Prince Jing's Mansion is very large. The original banquet hall of the mansion and the adjacent courtyard were converted into a place for entertaining guests. A flower corridor was set up between the two courtyard walls to divide it into a front hall and a back hall.

The front hall is for male guests, and the back hall is for female guests.

Prince Jing looked at the person nitpicking in the already decorated banquet hall and said helplessly, "Shu'er, it's already extremely perfect."

Having said that, he turned his wheelchair closer and took her hand: "Alright. You've been busy all morning, and the guests will be arriving soon. Let Ranqiu help you with your makeup one last time."

"bluestone."

A blue stone beside him handed him a wooden box.

"Shu'er, inside is a pair of eight-treasure openwork red gold earrings. There is only one pair in this world."

Lu Wenshu looked at the earrings in the box in Xiao Chengyan's hand with amazement in her eyes: "Okay~ I'll go put them on now and show them to my husband when I get back."

Before leaving the banquet hall, Lu Wenshu bent down and kissed Xiao Chengyan's lips after taking the box.

Fu Dong and Qing Shi turned around when the princess bent down.

As Lu Wenshu got up to leave, Xiao Chengyan raised his hand, his slender fingertips gently covering his lips, his eyes full of tenderness.

Leaving the banquet hall, Fu Dong looked at the princess with her ears red and smiled, "Your Highness, this servant will go find Ran Qiu to do your makeup."

"Okay, go ahead."

Ranqiu is skillful and in charge of the princess's makeup and dressing; Fudong is knowledgeable in medicine and in charge of daily life and meals; Jianxia is bold and meticulous and is currently in charge of the prince's Mingxin Residence; Wangchun is thorough in her work and is the most suitable person to accompany the young lady.

"Big brother? Why are you the only one here? Where's sister-in-law?"

Xiao Mingzhu was somewhat disappointed when she rushed into the banquet hall but only saw her own elder brother.

Xiao Chengyan's gaze swept over his younger sister from head to toe: "I had her do her hair and makeup. Her clothes are nice today, and her jewelry is acceptable, but it's not formal enough. I've prepared some jewelry for you when we return to Qinlan Garden."

"My brother said my jewelry wasn't formal enough?"

Xiao Mingzhu raised her hand and touched the kingfisher feather hairpin and the peacock-shaped hair ornament with pearls in her hair. Although it was not as solemn as the princess's palace attire, it was still quite grand.

However, since it was given by my older brother, what's wrong with having a few more beautiful and valuable pieces of jewelry and redoing my look?

She arrived early today; she still has time.

Coincidentally, Fu Dong also returned to the banquet hall to look for Ran Qiu.

Xiao Mingzhu looked at her personal maid: "Lanxiang, go back to Qinlan Garden to do your makeup."

In the east wing of Fulu Courtyard, Wangchun was selecting jewelry from the dressing table.

"Miss, which one would you like to wear? This ruby ​​and sapphire butterfly hairpin, or this coral seed bead hairpin?"

Little Jingjing's eyes darted over the dazzling array of jewelry before her, and she grinned, revealing her baby teeth: "I saw Mother's jewelry yesterday, and she said she's wearing gold today. Jingjing wants to wear gold too!"

Thinking of the nine-tree golden crown and flower hairpins she had seen yesterday, Wang Chun styled her young mistress's hair into a single spiral bun. On one side, she adorned a gilded red and blue sapphire butterfly hairpin and a gold filigree hairpin inlaid with pearls and jade, while on the other side, she wore a gold filigree hairpin inlaid with red jade peony tassels. On each side of the bun, she wore gold-wrapped ruby ​​filigree pearl flowers, and around her neck, she wore a red gold glass pearl necklace.

When Lu Wenshu came to see Xiao Jingjing after dressing up again, she was already dressed up.

"Jingjing looks so beautiful today!"

Upon hearing her voice, Xiao Jingjing instantly grinned, "Mother~ Mother is beautiful! Jingjing is beautiful too!"

[Beautiful! Mother is beautiful, and Jingjing is beautiful too!]

Wow~ Mother's earrings are so beautiful!!! Wow~~~

【Huh? The earrings I saw at Mother's yesterday don't seem to be these!】

Lu Wenshu fastened the white jade pendant, symbolizing reunion, to Jingjing's wrist: "Jingjing, this pendant was sent to you by your great-grandfather. He's busy and can't come back right now, so this is a gift from him to you. When he returns, he'll give you another gift."

Little Jingjing reached out and touched the jade pendant: "Okay~ Thank you, Great-Grandpa~"

[Great-grandfather, that's a tongue twister... We koi fish clan don't seem to have that title, oh right!]

It's Grandma!

"Mother, when will Grandpa be back?"

Lu Wenshu gently patted her head: "Grandma, it may be another two months before she comes back."

Inside the reception room, the old lady's sister-in-law, the wife of the Marquis of Xuanping, arrived early, along with her granddaughter Fang Yuchan, the old lady of the Lu family, and Liu Shuang, along with her eldest son Lu Fusheng. They arrived after Xiao Mingzhu.

Fang Yuhua first asked Lu Fusheng, "Is this Fusheng? I haven't seen him in a long time."

The handsome man in blue stood up: "It is Fusheng. Fusheng greets the old lady."

"Sit down. Fusheng is sixteen this year; he'll be leaving the stage this autumn, won't he?"

Liu Shuang nodded: "The old lady is not mistaken. Fusheng is still young, let him try. If he passes the provincial examination, he can participate in the metropolitan examination next year."

Fang Yuhua nodded: "Good, good. The Lu family is a family of scholars, it's good that they are full of knowledge. I heard that they got engaged to the Xie family's daughter at the beginning of the year?"

When the topic of marriage came up, Lu Fusheng's ears turned slightly red.

Looking at her son's appearance, Liu Shuang was very satisfied: "Yes, the betrothal, name inquiry, auspicious date selection, and gift presentation are all done. All that's left is to set the date and prepare for the wedding."

After saying that, seeing her son's ears turn bright red, she picked up a handkerchief, covered her mouth, and laughed.

"Okay, okay, once the date is set, be sure to let us know as soon as possible."

"Definitely! Definitely!"

After asking her daughter-in-law's family, Fang Yuhua turned to her grandniece: "Chan'er, come here and let your great-aunt take a look."

Fang Yuchan, dressed in a pink and white traditional Chinese dress, stepped forward and said, "Chan'er greets her great-aunt."

"Chan'er has suffered in the Southern Territory these past few years with Qi. Your father is really something, you're the only daughter in the Fang family this generation, yet he still took you to the Southern Territory."

"It's fine if you take him to the southern border, but you actually let him celebrate his coming-of-age ceremony there. When he comes back, your great-aunt will scold him for you."

Fang Yuhua took Fang Yuchan's hand: "After the fifteenth, it's a bit late to get engaged. But don't worry, your great-aunt will find you a good husband. Chan'er, do you have a preference?"