Dou Shiying naturally would not make Song Mo embarrassed because he was rare in his filial piety and said, "I'll just go alone, you can rest at home. Literature Museum."

He was afraid that Dou Shishu would misunderstand that it was Song Mo who encouraged him to go to Huaishu Hutong.

Seeing that Dou Shiying was determined, Song Mo did not persist. But when Dou Shiying left Jing'an Temple Hutong, he went to Yuqiao Hutong.

Dou Qijun and his colleagues went out for social events.

Song Mo found the restaurant where he was drinking.

Dou Qijun's entourage found Dou Qijun, whose face was red due to drinking.

Song Mo told him about Dou Shishu's recommendation of Dou Shiying to enlighten the emperor Changsun in the carriage.

Dou Qijun was so scared that he woke up all over the wine: "I will go to find my fifth uncle tomorrow morning."

He did not expect that things would be so serious that the Dou family could be classified as a princeling or a Liao kingdom at any time.

Song Mo nodded and said, "You go to the bar! I'll go back first."

Dou Qijun was in the mood to drink, so he asked Song Mo to take him back to Yuqiao Hutong.

In the car, he said worriedly: "If the fifth uncle asked, I would say that it was the experience I gained from my own political observations these days. I just don't know if the fifth uncle can listen to it?"

"Whether you listen or not, you must speak to your fifth uncle." Song Mo told him, "It's not the time to express your opinion."

Dou Qijun nodded.

The two broke up at the entrance of Yuqiao Hutong.

Song Mo rushed back to Jing'an Temple Hutong.

After entering the inner room of the east wing, he saw Dou Zhao drinking with a bowl of pigeon soup.

The seductive fragrance made Song Mo's stomach growl.

Only then did he feel that he hasn't eaten much all day.

Dou Zhao hurriedly ordered the kitchen to bring the table of food to Song Mo.

Song Mo thought it was troublesome and said, "I'll just fill my stomach with some snacks."

"How can that work?" Dou Zhao stepped forward and helped him take off his coat. He called the little maid to fetch water in, "Looking at your way, most of the lunch is not good. You can't always make it like this. It takes a long time to be careful to damage your body."

While speaking, the woman on the stove had already brought the kang table over.

A full table of dishes, fried soybeans with minced rice vegetables, garlic and roasted belly strips, steamed eggplant paste, stewed chicken... are all freshly made.

Song Mo was surprised.

Ganlu smiled and said, "The woman who delivered the food said that when the master came back from the yamen, he did not see the prince. He said that the prince must not eat well in the palace, so he told the mother on the stove not to turn off the fire in the stove and prepare the food at any time."

Song Mo was silent for a moment when he heard this, and looked up and smiled at Dou Zhao.

Dou Zhao felt so soft that he smiled and pushed Song Mo to sit down on the kang, and gave him chopsticks with his own hands.

Song Mo lowered his head and ate in big mouthfuls.

Dou Shiying is back.

Song Mo and Dou Zhao quickly stood up.

"You guys sit down quickly. It's the best thing to eat." Dou Shiying saw one of them eating and the other was sitting next to them to do needlework, stretched his neck and looked into the inner room, and said, "Where is Brother Yuan? Have you been sleeping?"

"Just just went to bed." Dou Zhao took the tea presented by the maid and placed it in front of Dou Shiying.

"That's good." Dou Shiying said with relief on his face, "If the child can eat and sleep, he can grow up." Then he signaled Song Mo to sit down, "You eat your meal, don't worry about me."

Song Mo looked at the hearty dishes, sat down with a smile, and started eating openly.

Dou Shiying looked at him and smiled slightly. After Song Mo finished his meal, the two moved to Song Mo's small study where he rested. Dou Shiying told Song Mo about the experience of going to Huaishu Hutong: "...I told my fifth brother straight to the point. Although the fifth brother was a little unhappy, he saw that I was very persistent and didn't say anything else. He just asked me to think about it carefully so that I would not regret it in the future."

Song Mo smiled and said, "Well, father-in-law, will you regret it in the future?"

"It's definitely a little bit." Dou Shiying smiled, "But, I'm more afraid that I'm not at ease than regret."

This is why Dou Shiying has not had a single person in the house for so many years, right?

Song Mo personally made tea for Dou Shiying, accompanied Dou Shiying to discuss the government affairs, and laughed at the anecdotes of all the adults.

Dou Shiying felt that this evening was very pleasant. After seeing Yuan Ge'er, he told them to take a break early and left with a smile.

After washing up, Song Mo and Dou Zhao leaned on the large welcome pillow next to the window and spoke.

"Why did you come back so late?"

"I came out of the palace and went to the Lu Mansion." Song Mo told Dou Zhao about asking Princess Ningde to be a matchmaker for Jiang Yan.

Dou Zhao felt that although Jiang Yan had just suffered a big disaster, he didn't have to talk about marriage so early, but if he could meet a good family, it would be nice to get married as soon as possible. He smiled and said, "When I go back, I will start preparing dowry for Sister Yan."

After she said this, she aroused Song Mo's concern again.

He said: "Tomorrow I will go to find my father and ask Song Han to return his mother's dowry."

Dou Zhao said: "I'm afraid there is not that easy to talk to over there."

"They can't help it." Song Mo said coldly, "It's okay if the palace doesn't know about this. Now that I know about this, even if I force Song Han to return my mother's dowry, the palace will only turn a blind eye."

This is true.

Dou Zhao nodded and said, "I'll go back to my house tomorrow - Yuan Ge'er's Washing San and Full Moons, the Crown Princess and the Crown Princess have rewarded me. I should go to the palace to thank me after I was confinement. Unexpectedly, Yuan Ge's just the full moon, and his father sent someone to pick me up. It's almost Mid-Autumn Festival. If I meet the Crown Princess during the Mid-Autumn Festival, I would be too insincere."

Song Mo thought of Dou Shiying's satisfied smile just now and said, "What is the conflict between entering the palace and taking Brother Yuan back to his parents' home to recognize the family? Let Ganlu and the others return to their house to get your imperial clothes, and you just enter the palace from Jing'an Temple Hutong."

Dou Zhao couldn't help laughing and said, "As soon as people think about twisting, they become confused. Then I will hand over the sign tomorrow? If I can see the Empress Dowager, I will just thank the Empress Dowager. Song Han's marriage is her idea!"

These super-quality foreign wives will go to Cining Palace to pay tribute to the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager will see or ignore her mood, and they may not see her every time.

Song Mo nodded.

The next day, Dou Zhao went to hand over the sign.

That afternoon, an eunuch came to ask her to enter the palace early tomorrow morning.

Very fast.

Dou Shiying smiled and said, "It seems that the British Duke's Mansion is really worthy of being in front of the emperor."

Dou Zhao smiled with a pursed lips.

The British Duke's Office came to invite Song Mo and Dou Zhao back, saying that they would go to the Miao family to make a decision in the next two days.

As Song Han's brother and sister-in-law, they had to go back to help. In particular, Dou Zhao wanted to entertain the female family members who came to the house to congratulate.

Dou Zhao promised to return home three days later.

After Song Mo came back, he sent someone to reply to the Duke of England's mansion: "The child is still young, and the family is full of silk and bamboo and church. What should I do if I scare the child? What's more, the wife will have to enter the palace tomorrow morning. I'll just go back."

Song Yichun was so angry that his heart thrust. He said to the person who came to pass the message: "Go and tell the prince that he doesn't want to come back, so he can never come back."

How dare the person who passed the message say this to Song Mo? He went to ask Huang Qing with a sad face.

Huang Qing had no choice but to bite the bullet and go to see Yan Chaoqing.

Yan Chaoqing smiled discontently and said, "Then you go and tell the Duke, our prince will not come back that day."

My younger brother is engaged, but as the prince's elder brother ignores him. What would the Miao family think?

Huang Qing smiled bitterly, but there was no other good idea, so he had to drag this matter for the time being and wait until Song Yichun asked about it before making any more conspiracy.

Dou Zhao came to the palace to thank him, but the Crown Princess was warmly entertained by the Crown Princess. He also brought the Third Emperor's Grandson to Dou Zhao to see. The Crown Princess heard that she was here and also gave him some snacks. When she asked to pay tribute to the Empress and the Empress Dowager, the Crown Princess accompanied her to Kunning Palace.

On the fourth day of the ninth month, the palace servants and the ministers were going to change into silk clothes. Before the fifteenth day of the eighth month, the newly made clothes had to be distributed, as well as the Mid-Autumn Festival palace banquet and rewards from various palaces. The empress was so busy that she could only drink a cup of tea. However, when the empress dowager heard that Dou Zhao was coming, she immediately announced her visit.

Dou Zhao entered the side hall with his eyes and his nose and heart.

Concubine Shi was also here, and was playing the Leaf Card with the Empress Dowager.

Before Dou Zhao could salute, the Empress Dowager asked her: "Can you play Ye Zi card?"

Dou Zhao said humbly: "I used to play with my elders at home when I was at home, but I was not very proficient and lost a lot."

After hearing this, Concubine Shi giggled and said, "You don't lose even if you play cards, why do you think so much about us?"

Does it mean that her dowry is rich?

Perhaps because he had no good feelings for Changxing Hou, Dou Zhao saw that Concubine Shi was still smirking like an eighteen-year-old girl, and had no good feelings for her.

The Crown Princess seemed to like Concubine Shi, and smiled and said, "It can be seen that this family is not good if it is rich, so it is always a target for people to fight!"

Concubine Shi's expression was slightly stiff.

The Empress Dowager waved to Dou Zhao: "It's enough to fight. If you replace Huiying, her eyes are worse than mine."

While speaking, a woman who looked like a female official stood up with a smile and handed a card in her hand to Dou Zhao.

It’s not true that Dou Zhao will answer, nor will he not.

The Crown Princess gently pushed her and said, "The Empress Dowager dislikes me for being clumsy, so you can play with the Empress Dowager for a while!"

Now that things have come to this point, it seems a bit petty if you refuse again.

Dou Zhao smiled and bowed to the female official, said "Occurd", took the card, and sat opposite the Empress Dowager.

After a round of shooting, she felt a little relieved.
To be continued...