All Hail Cousin Brother

Chapter 628

The peony flower cake is filled with fresh peony petals, which can only be eaten during the peony flowering period every year.

Yu Youyao's eyes lit up, and the table set up a plate of crispy baked flower cakes, a cup of milky white milk soup with white jade sea cucumbers, and some delicate desserts and fruits, there were a dozen of them.

Only then did Yu Youyao feel hungry, and her stomach grumbled a few times.

Her little face couldn't help but blush, probably because she was guilty, and her voice was soft and angry: "I was worried about grandma before, so I didn't have much appetite..."

The delicate and sweet, soft and obedient voice, the sound of swallowing, was so delicate that Zhou Linghuai's ears were itchy. He rubbed his ears so hard that they turned red.

Zhou Linghuai filled a small bowl of white jade sea cucumber with milk soup and put it in front of her: "Drink the soup first to fill your stomach."

When you arrive at someone else's house, you can't help yourself, so you should be more cautious, but it is more appropriate to choose when the elders are present when you enter the house.

For the rest of the time, if you can use it, try not to use it.

Not to mention that there are many people at the banquet, and there are many private affairs, even after eating and using things, it is always convenient to change clothes, and it is easy to place orders, which is more troublesome.

In Rongjun Prince's Mansion before, it was because she placed an order that Miss Yin Wu dared to plot against her.

Therefore, many families will bring some food with them, and the maids in front of them will quietly give it to the master in private.

However, after the grandmother passed out, the flower hall was in chaos. She didn't have this opportunity, and she was worried about her grandmother, and she didn't have much appetite, so her stomach was always empty.

After eating a bowl of white jade sea cucumber with milk soup, Yu Youyao couldn't wait to take a piece of peony flower cake and took a bite. The yellow flowing peony filling was sweet, rich and extremely mellow.

Seeing her eating, Zhou Linghuai's eyebrows and eyes were curved, and her lips were also curved.

After eating something, Yu Youyao finally thought about asking: "Cousin, why did you come back with grandma?"

Probably because she was very hungry, the little girl's pink lips were stained with puff pastry flakes, Zhou Linghuai took the handkerchief from his sleeve, and gently wiped it off with her.

Yu Youyao blinked her eyes, but remained still.

Zhou Linghuai laughed lightly: "Knowing that you are worried about grandma's health, you ordered people to arrange the inner palace and wait at the entrance of the palace to meet you."

The carriage of the Yu Mansion entered the second gate of the palace, and there were servants waiting there to help Mrs. Yu pass the card and pass the letter.

The news was also delivered to Shouyan Palace immediately without any delay.

For someone else, as long as the rules are followed, half an hour is still fast just waiting for the card to be delivered.

Yu Youyao smiled and curled her lips: "Sure enough, there are people in the palace who are easy to handle.

Otherwise, grandma dragged her sick body and tossed about following the rules, and I really don't know how much more she would suffer. "

Zhou Linghuai smiled, seeing her eating three pieces of peony flower cakes in a row, worried that her mouth would be dry, so he filled a small bowl of milk, Bai Bai Yuhai, and placed it in front of her.

Yu Youyao lowered her head and lightly stirred the milky white soup in the bowl: "Cousin, do you know that the Rongjun Palace and the Third Prince are colluding together and want to..."

She bit her lip, and her face turned pale.

Qing Yu was almost ruined by others. It's not that she wasn't afraid, but she couldn't take care of the fear. Thinking about it now, she was only one door away from Ziweiwan. Zi stays there, as long as there is a commotion, it will be difficult for her to escape unscathed.

Zhou Linghuai lifted her chin lightly, the little girl was forced to raise her head, her eyes trembled slightly, a drop of crystal tear slid down her cheek and hit his hand.

"Don't cry," Zhou Linghuai said in a hoarse voice. Every time she cried, even his bones became soft. He couldn't blame his father, a man of seven feet, who had gone through many battles, and even his bones were tempered. Turned into soft bones, any man with gold under his knees has become bullshit: "I didn't mean not to tell you."

Yu Youyao sniffled, even her eyes were red.

Zhou Linghuai quickly explained: "Such a dirty thing, originally planned to deal with it quietly, so as not to stain your ears, but the third prince and Concubine Xu are easy to deal with, but the Empress Dowager is not easy to fool."

Yu Youyao was taken aback when she heard that, tears were hanging on her lower eyelashes, she looked even more delicate and soft, and I felt pity for her: "Why is the empress dowager involved?"

Zhou Linghuai felt compassionate, so he took a handkerchief and wiped away her tears: "In the past two years, there have been many disasters all over the country, and there is a scene of peace in Beijing, but in fact, people starved to death in many places, and the imperial court has been reluctant to transfer money. For disaster relief, local officials also pretended to be deaf and dumb, and refused to release food for relief, why do you think this is?"

Yu Youyao's brain exploded, and her face became ugly: "It's because the treasury is empty."

The Xie Mansion in Quanzhou is the most wealthy in the world, this is a well-known fact.

And as a granddaughter, she not only owns a large amount of her mother's dowry property, but also enjoys all the network channels under the name of Xie's family, and manages the business under her name.

In normal times, the business under her name pays a large amount of tax for the court every year, which is a win-win situation.

But in the famine years, the national treasury was empty, and it became the crime of pregnant.

"The empress dowager has the intention to point you to the fourth prince as his concubine." Zhou Linghuai said another shocking sentence, which made Yu Youyao tremble with fear.

Yu Youyao's face was pale.

That's why Zhou Linghuai didn't tell her.

It's distressing, but also reluctant.

Huiji's order can only block the open spear, but cannot avoid the concealed arrow, let alone the empress dowager.

Chrysostomy words are not just words.

Once the empress dowager opened her mouth, it would be useless even if Mrs. Yu took out the order. It is not suitable to be engaged before the age of fourteen. It is impossible to disobey the Empress Dowager and help her find other marriages, and other families dare not marry the Yu Mansion because of the empress dowager.

When Yu Youyao was fourteen years old, the Queen Mother's order came down.

Zhou Linghuai took her into his arms: "Even the emperor has to submit to what the empress dowager decides. Moreover, the benefits of this marriage to the royal family are obvious, and she will not give up easily."

Yu Youyao's voice was hoarse: "Brothers are competing for daughters, fighting in the same room is a scandal and a curse. Only in this way can the empress dowager be reassured. So the matter of Rongjun Wangfu today is also written by my cousin?"

Zhou Linghuai shook his head: "Before you went to Ziweiwan, I arranged for someone to lure another woman dressed similarly to you to Ziweiwan. The matter of the third prince coveting the eldest lady of the Yu Mansion does not need to make a fuss." As we all know, as long as the emperor and the empress dowager know about it, it will be considered a success."

It was related to Yu Youyao's reputation, and he didn't intend to make a big deal out of it.

Where is Xiao, he has calculated everything, except that Yu Youyao has developed skills. Even if he knew that Yin Jinwei led her to Ziweiwan and behaved improperly, not only did he fail to see through Miss Yin Wu, but he also knocked Yin Jinwei out along the way. , quietly arranged for Chunxiao to push the third prince into the lake.

Let his calculations be one step behind.

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It’s a little earlier today, haha, the monthly pass is coming to the bowl soon~