Chapter 429 — Matchmaking
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Song Sui was too weary to discuss the Wei family with Dou Yan. He told him that Song Cen had asked Shi Chonglan to sound out the Emperor's wishes, hoping to have Song Han marry a princess, and added, "The sooner the marriage is settled, the better. You have only just recovered from childbirth, and the jolting of a carriage might harm your health. Tomorrow I shall go to the Lu residence myself to thank the two old ladies."
Dou Yan cared for the child himself, and felt that even twelve shichen a day were not enough. He naturally did not object. That very night he had gifts prepared for Song Yan, and after breakfast the next day, he saw Song Yan out the door.
After the midday meal, Princess Ninghuai sent in her card to enter the palace.
The next day, the Empress Dowager summoned Princess Ninghuai and kept her in the palace for the midday meal.
When the Empress heard that Princess Ninghuai had entered the palace, she had meant to go to the Palace of Compassion and Tranquility to see her, but the Emperor summoned her to the Palace of Heavenly Purity instead.
"Are the marriages of Jingyi and Jingfu still unsettled?" the Emperor asked the Empress, setting down the memorial he had been reading. "Yantang is a father now. Their marriages ought to be decided as well."
But for Song Cen, Song Yantang would long ago have been his son-in-law.
Still, the man had been sensible enough. This time he had taken the initiative to propose that his second son marry a princess. Whether it succeeded or not, he had at least softened his stance, and the Emperor was rather pleased.
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