Fragrance Returned

As King Kang and King Ji regained their freedom and regained the favor of the Holy Emperor, the voice in the court for establishing a prince became louder again.

Some officials even impeached the emperor, saying that it was precisely because of the emperor's indecisiveness in appointing the heir apparent that Li and Gao Jie could take advantage of it...

Now the momentum of King Ji has surpassed that of King Kang, followed by King Kang, King Jing again, and King Duan also has the support of several people.

Those who supported King Duan were a few old diehards, saying that King Duan was orthodox and had no direct descendants.

King Duan had no personal contact with those people and acted as if it was none of my business if they had a falling out.

The emperor also granted marriage to the sixth princess Gao Huajing, and the marriage was completed the year after the sixth princess reached the age of sixteen.

The quasi-consort is Yan Jing, the second son of Yan Shilang of the Ministry of Punishment. He is seventeen years old, handsome, gentle and talented. He and Xun Yibo are classmates in the Imperial College.

Although Yan Shilang is a minister, he comes from a poor family, is rigid and rigid, and does not have the support of a large clan behind him. Seemingly high-ranking, in fact it was not of much help to King Kang in winning the heir apparent.

Concubine Cai Shu was so angry that she cried, but the sixth princess accepted it calmly.

Many people could see from this marriage that the emperor still did not like King Kang.

Some people who sided with King Kang withdrew.

Xunxiang secretly slandered that this was the emperor's mentality.

He watched these sons making trouble and remained indifferent. In fact, he was waiting for his eighth son to return to secular life...

Because Ding Li is coming back and is experimenting with "steel-making technology", Ding Zhuang will not go back to his hometown for the New Year this year.

I received a letter from Ding Li at the beginning of the twelfth month, and he arrived in Beijing in the middle of the twelfth month. Not only did he come back, but his young fiancée Li Qianqian and Li Qianqian's eldest brother Li Dan also came with him.

Li Dan studied at Tongjiang Academy in Qianzhou and became a scholar. This time Li Qianqian wanted to come to the capital with Ding Li, but the Li family's parents couldn't resist, so they asked their eldest son to accompany her, which was also considered a study tour in the capital.

Ding Lilai also made arrangements in the letter, asking Xunxiang to take Li Qianqian to eat all kinds of delicacies in the capital, including the delicacies of the imperial kitchen. Please ask Xun Yibo to take Li Dan to visit more famous Confucian teachers, and ask Ding Liren to take him to get to know more of the Imperial College Supervisors...

On the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month, heavy snow fell in the sky and a cold wind blew. It had just turned dark at the beginning of the morning, and the lanterns on the corridor were swaying in the wind.

Xun Xiang, Xun Yibo, Sun Yumu, Ding Lichun, and Ding Liren were eating steaming hot pot in the west wing of the Ziyuan. The special aroma of butter floated in the air.

Yesterday Xun Xiang returned to the princess mansion to reunite with Xun Yibo. Ding Lichun is about to go to the office. He goes wherever his sister goes. He chased her here early this morning, and Ding Liren from Xiu Mu also came with her.

Sun Yumu was invited to take a rest today.

Ding Lichun laughed and said, "I've traveled all over the country and eaten many soup pots and mutton-shabu-shabu, but none of them are as delicious as this pot. Put more chili peppers and spices in the pot, and replace the soybean oil with butter, and it will be different. It's so fragrant!"

Ding Liren smiled and said, "My sister is smart, and even making a soup pot can make a difference."

Xun Yibo opened his mouth and said silently, "It's my sister, okay."

Sun Yumu glanced at Xunxiang and his smile deepened.

She is my wife!

In her previous life, Xunxiang wasn't very good at spicy food and was just average about hot pot, so she never thought of eating hot pot after traveling through time.

She had a dream yesterday, in which she ate hot pot at Zhou Zhou's house in her previous life. She was so hungry when she woke up.

In the morning, I sent people to buy butter, and took people to prepare mutton rolls, beef slices, shrimp meatballs, fish meatballs, chicken meatballs, pork meatballs, pork belly and other meat dishes, tofu, tofu skin, bean sprouts, kelp, cabbage, and fungus. , mushrooms, potatoes and other vegetarian dishes.

Still didn’t add a lot of chili.

They are all acquaintances, and they eat from the same pot.

Xun Xiang still felt normal, eating memories, but the others were so fragrant that they almost swallowed their tongues.

While everyone was enjoying their meal, a servant from the Chengyi Mansion came to report that the third master had returned to Beijing.

Xun Xiang smiled and said, "After eating, I will go home with my eldest and second brothers to see them."

Xun Yibo didn't want to, "It's snowing heavily, I'll go back tomorrow."

Sun Yumu also said, "You can't drink the night wind."

Seeing that several men were unwilling, Xunxiang said nothing.

Sun Yumu patted Ding Lichun on the shoulder again and said with a smile, "Both brothers have fiancées, so you should hurry up."

An old subordinate of Mr. Sun Laohou fell in love with Ding Lichun and asked to see Mrs. Sun.

The girl's father is Uncle Changsheng, who is currently the commander of the Xingwu Guard of the Wei Army. The girl is the second daughter, fair and beautiful, and has a gentle personality.

Ding Zhao and Zhang both liked it very much, but Ding Lichun didn't want to.

Ding Lichun smiled bitterly and shook his head.

More than a quarter of an hour later, the mother-in-law from the outer courtyard came to report again, "The Prince Consort's student Ding Sanye, Miss Li, and Mr. Li are here. They are waiting at the second gate."

Xunxiang screamed and wanted to go out to greet him, but was held back by Ding Lichun.

Xun Yibo said, "Please come quickly."

Several people stood up to greet him at the door of the east chamber.

If only Ding Lilai and Li Qianqian had come in directly, but Li Dan was a foreigner, so it was not easy for him to come in directly.

Not long after, three figures, two men and one woman, walked into the courtyard gate.

Even in the poor light, Xunxiang could tell that the blurry figure was Ding Lilai.

The little brother has grown a lot taller, and because he is slightly chubby, he looks even taller.

The figure of the little girl can be seen immediately. She may be wearing a cloak and she looks chubby.

Xunxiang greeted him.

Ding Lilai also saw Xun Xiang and walked faster, "Sister, I can't wait to see you."

When he went to Beijing, he did not go back to his home, but went to Ding Mansion. I heard that my grandfather and uncle were making steel in Hexian County, and that my eldest and second brothers were at my sister's place, so I hurried over.

As soon as the brother and sister approached, Ding Lilai took his sister's hand and looked up and down.

He grinned with joy, "My sister has grown so tall. She looked like a little fairy when she was young, and she looks like a big fairy when she grows up..."

The little brother is still so cute and he doesn't hesitate to praise his sister.

Xun Xiang smiled and said, "The third brother has also grown into a young and talented man."

Li Qianqian on the side said anxiously, "Come on, brother, you haven't introduced me yet."

Jiangnan has a strong accent and is delicate and soft-spoken.

Ding Lilai pointed at Li Qianqian again and said, "Sister, this is Sister Qian, is she handsome? Hehe, she is only a little bit worse than my sister."

Li Qianqian is half a head shorter than Xun Xiang, slightly fatter, with small and round facial features. She is very cute and full of joy.

Xunxiang held her hand and smiled, "Sister Qian, I miss you very much."

Li Qianqian giggled and said, "I miss Sister Xiang too. Oh my, Sister Xiang is even prettier than Brother Lai said, and also prettier than Chang'e in the painting...

"The first reason I came to the capital was to see my sister and grandpa. The second reason was to eat delicious food. The third reason was that I wanted to open a shop in the capital to use as a dowry."

More honest and straightforward than Ding Lilai, and also very thoughtful.

Ding Lilai introduced Li Dan again, "This is brother Li Dan."

Li Dan is seventeen years old, steady and reserved, nothing like Li Qianqian.

He hugged everyone and presented the gift list.

Everyone was polite and went to the east wing for dinner.

Li Qianqian first smelled something delicious that she had never smelled before. Then she saw this special food and sat down at the table very rudely.

"It smells so good. Bring me some bowls and chopsticks."