"How can it be a trivial matter? General Xiao's long-lost daughter and hairpin are a big happy event. It just so happens that the canonization of her daughter is going to be announced today, so I decided to come with her."

"Everyone, get up, it's a family dinner today, no need to be formal."

Having said that, those officials who came to enjoy the meal wiped the sweat from their foreheads and did not dare to move - who dares to make trouble in front of His Majesty... Hey, there really are!

The Gu family, Shen family, and Xiao family really got up and pulled out their stools. Gu Changan also asked: "Has your majesty eaten?"

The emperor Congshan Ruliu waved his hand: "No, give me a seat. Come on, Dezi, and declare the imperial edict before dinner."

Suddenly, I felt that the Xiao family was more favored than before.

Who else can let His Majesty come and announce the decree in person?

However, when some people were sighing, the emperor stared at the dishes on the table and whispered: "Dezi, read faster." Otherwise, the dishes will get cold.

Eunuch De:......

Is Your Majesty doing it to appease General Xiao, or is he just here to make a living?

Apart from the gold and silver rewards, the canonization of the princess had been agreed upon a long time ago. Xiaoxiao was not surprised. The etiquette she had specially learned was so thorough that no one could fault it. How could the filter-wearing Bachelor Gu see how satisfied she was with her granddaughter? In an instant, she felt that she had surpassed all the noble ladies in the capital.

Zuo Xiangling has been thrown out, and the remaining ones have long memories. Even if they are jealous in their hearts, they don't show it on their faces. But the queen is different. She has something to do when she comes to the general's mansion.

"Your Majesty has come just in time. I have just been discussing the children's matters with General Xiao."

The emperor clearly felt that Xiao Ran's face had become colder, and she even slapped her chopsticks on the table. She was obviously about to get angry. He waved his hand: "We are eating, we don't want to talk about anything else."

But the queen didn't have the eyesight to see it: "Let's eat without delaying talking. Your Majesty, I like the daughter of the Xiao family very much and want to marry General Xiao."

She half-threatened: "Speaking of which, the prince did something inappropriate and ruined the girl's reputation. If he doesn't take responsibility, he may affect the Xiao girl's marriage in the future."

The emperor looked at the chopsticks in Xiao Ran's hand that were broken into two pieces. He was not sure whether he could still eat today's meal.

Xiao Ran answered: "I also said it, no knot." She didn't even bother to say anything in the scene, just do whatever you want.

The queen gritted her teeth: "You!" How dare you do this in front of His Majesty!

The emperor sighed, and the expression of being happy with the people had disappeared: "Marriage matters, parents' orders, matchmaker's words, since General Xiao feels it is inappropriate, the queen should not mess with the rules."

She wanted to say something more, but the emperor put down his wine glass and said, "Queen."

His attitude was resolute. No matter how unwilling the Queen was, she could only swallow her anger. However, she still felt unhappy when she thought of the returned gift: "Your Majesty, what I want to say is that this young lady from the General's Mansion is really dedicated to your errands." ,only……"

"I heard that it's hard to find books in the capital recently. The prince just brought the books he collected to help her. However, the Xiao family only used the books sent by the Gu family and refused to accept the prince's books. Even if they wanted to avoid suspicion, they didn't use them. Misinterpretation betrays the prince’s good intentions.”

"After all, His Majesty built that bookstore for the benefit of students. How can he be so arrogant? Besides, the Gu family has to fill the royal bookstore. This cannot be said."

"Whether it's saying that we don't understand the Gu family or that the Gu family has ulterior motives, it doesn't sound right."

"Let this little girl take care of such a big thing, she is actually a bit young, don't you think?"

The emperor didn't listen to her words, so he looked at Xiao Ran, who winked at his daughter.

Xiaoxiao said before Academician Gu could speak: "Your Majesty, I never said that I planned to take the gift from my grandfather to the library."

"Of course the book my grandfather gave me should be kept well in the general's mansion and read carefully. My daughter is still young and not so generous. I am reluctant to share the gift carefully prepared by my grandfather with others."

Her tone was playful and her appearance was endearing. Even the prince who had seen her in the border town knew that her thick bangs hid such a delicate and dazzling appearance.

Although she is a bit young, it is not difficult to see what kind of beauty she will turn out to be in the future.

When the prince was distracted, Xiaoxiao had already said clearly: "I have prepared the books I need for the bookstore."

The queen didn't believe it, let alone him, the emperor was also deeply suspicious. At this time, the maids and servants came forward with "pens, inks, paper and inkstones", and the queen immediately laughed out loud: "Look at this posture, are you planning to copy it now?"

"Little girl, I don't want to laugh at you, but even if you ask all the guests at today's banquet to copy for you for a few days and nights, I'm afraid it won't be able to fill two bookshelves."

It's just your fault that you are so ambitious and set your goals too high. You want to be a blockbuster, but you never thought of trapping yourself. You can only become the laughing stock of the entire capital.

Xiaoxiao shook her head: "How is that possible?"

The Shen family members all breathed a sigh of relief. Although they would not hesitate to hurt their friends, writing and copying books... ahem, I understand everything.

The emperor asked curiously: "Then you want to ask for a calligraphy treasure?"

Xiaoxiao smiled and said, "This is a dish."

There were big question marks in everyone's eyes: "Cooking?"

Xiaoxiao jumped up to her parents and poked Gu Changan: "Dad, please help me demonstrate."

Bachelor Gu felt as if his son had glanced at him secretly, then wiped his hands, picked up the "pen", dipped it in "ink", and wrote "Gu", "Shou", "An" and "Kang" on the "paper" Words such as "loyalty", "filial piety", "propriety" and "righteousness" are used.

The paper is cut a little small, and the color and shape are slightly different from what I usually use.

Gu Changan sent the word "Gu" to Grand Scholar Gu.

Academician Gu looked at it and said, "Is the writing acceptable?"

In fact, he was quite puzzled. Why was he asked to criticize calligraphy when he was having a good meal?

Gu Changan was stunned for a moment, turned around, picked up the word "filial piety", folded it, and stuffed it into his mouth.

Xiaoxiao finally convinced her father and had no choice but to go into battle herself: "This ink, paper and inkstone are all for food, the pen barrel is young bamboo shoots, the pen tip is Hericium erinaceus, the ink is sauce, and the paper is rice flour. Grandpa, everyone, would you like to try it?"

Academician Gu looked at the small character on his plate, as if he could recall the scene when he taught his son how to write many years ago. "Gu" was the first character he taught his son to write.

Following Gu Changan's actions just now, Academician Gu folded up the rice noodle cakes and took a bite.

The slight sweetness of the rice noodles and the saltiness of the sauce melted together. This strange but harmonious delicacy quickly captured the taste buds of University Scholar Gu.

Xiaoxiao saw the satisfaction on his face and said, "Dad specially prepared this for my grandfather. Is it delicious?"

Gu Changan seemed calm, but in fact his ears were about to stand up. Academician Gu coughed lightly and said sternly: "It's okay, but the writing is a bit rusty."

Gu Changan was nervous, but he didn't explain it, because Academician Gu was copying the gourd, and wrote a similar word "Gu", and handed it to Gu Changan: "Here, you need to practice more."

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