369: Can't He Beat His Wife?

Speaking of this matter, the eldest lady was also a little worried. She had not had this idea originally, but now she couldn't help but be moved after hearing what the fourth sister-in-law said.

She was in charge of the household affairs of the mansion, and she had to take care of her grandchildren when she had time. Her daughter not only wanted to send Yun Jie'er back, but also Xie Kun. The two children really needed to be carefully taken care of. There were many things to do in such a big mansion every day. She was too busy to take care of her grandchildren. She couldn't let her daughter send the children back and let the servants take care of them.

She didn't think about troubling the fourth lady, but now that the fourth lady said this, the eldest lady was immediately moved.

"Will it be too much trouble for the fourth sister-in-law? The two children may have to live for a few years after they come back. I'm afraid they will cause trouble for you." The eldest lady also had concerns. This was not a matter of taking care of one or two days, but a matter of years and months.

The fourth lady said, "After Xinyi got married, I was the only one in the fourth room. Having two children would make things more lively and relieve my boredom."

The first lady laughed. She couldn't take it for granted that the fourth lady said that. The second and third ladies had their own children, but the fourth lady was the only one who didn't have any children. But the fourth lady used to love reading, so how could she be bored normally?

"Fourth sister-in-law, I won't say polite words. I really want to thank you this time." The first lady was also a straightforward person, so she simply agreed. Anyway, everyone lived under the same roof, so it was only right to take care of each other. In the future, she would naturally take care of the fourth sister-in-law's affairs more.

The matter was settled. The first lady sent the fourth lady away and wrote a letter to her daughter. The fourth lady was a scholar and a talented woman. It would be good for the children to follow her. She had to tell her daughter about it, and her daughter and son-in-law would remember the fourth lady's kindness.

When Master Su came back, the first lady told him about Xinyi's pregnancy. Obviously, Master Su had already known about it. He was full of smiles and said it was a happy event.

The eldest lady smiled and told the story of the dowager's visit to the East Palace. "My fourth brother's wife and I are worried about mother's health. We can't persuade her, so we want to ask father's opinion."

Master Su knew that he had to go by himself. He changed his clothes and said, "I'll go there right away. Have you sent a letter to the Crown Princess?"

"No, isn't it waiting for you to go to father's place?"

Master Su nodded and walked out, "I'll go right away."

Su Xinyi received a lot of letters from the East Palace, all of which were congratulations. She smiled and asked someone to put them away. She was thinking that although the emperor promised to let her go back to her parents' home at any time, she was pregnant just after being diagnosed, so she couldn't be so ostentatious.

While she was still thinking about when to go back, Cuiqiao sent a letter from the Duke's Mansion. She smiled when she opened it. Her mother and aunt were coming, and it said that her grandmother also wanted to visit her, but now she was old and her family persuaded her not to.

Su Xinyi thought that the only person who could persuade her grandmother was her grandfather. She wrote a letter to her family, asking her grandmother not to worry. She would go back in a few days, and she would go back home by order, so that the lady would not have to worry.

After sending the letter, Su Xinyi was in a very happy mood. How could she have thought that she could get along so well with her family when she just came back?

The life she was living now was something she had never dared to think about in her previous life, and she had no more extravagant hopes.

Not to mention the mood of the Duke's Mansion after hearing the news, Su Xinyi was not really idle to take care of the pregnancy. Although she did not have to help the queen deal with palace affairs, and did not have to take care of the marriage affairs of several princes, she was still thinking about the things in Suizhou.

According to the time, the Yi Wang and his wife should be able to arrive before the wedding of King Jing.

I don't know if the second brother has made any progress. Su Xinyi habitually took out the map. Although she had seen it many times, she still marked the prefectures and counties around Suizhou one by one.

When she saw the Nanshang Mansion, she thought of Shang Junyan again. His Majesty had approved Shang Junyan as an imperial envoy to go south to investigate the case. She also told the prince to let Mu Xing go south with her elder brother. Mu Xing's main purpose was to find out whether the assassin had any relationship with Suizhou.

Although Su Xinyi was not very sure, she always felt that there should be some connection between them, otherwise it would be too coincidental.

After looking at the map for a long time, her mind was in a mess, so she simply went out for a walk. As soon as she went out, Lian Qiao followed with the palace people.

Deyang Hall is the main hall where Su Xinyi and the prince live. Behind Deyang Hall is Chenghua Hall, which is where the affairs of the East Palace are handled. However, Su Xinyi finds it troublesome and mostly works in the side hall of Deyang Hall, so Chenghua Hall is temporarily idle.

Moreover, she has no habit of inviting people to visit the East Palace, so Chenghua Hall is rarely used. However, there is a small garden behind Chenghua Hall. It was originally a large garden, but Su Xinyi set aside most of it as a martial arts field, so the garden has shrunk a lot.

Even so, it didn't feel small when walking in it. If you walk slowly, it will take half an hour to go around.

After walking a few steps, Su Xinyi suddenly heard voices coming from the front. She was startled and turned her head to look at the people around her. Cuique immediately took a few quick steps to see what was going on.

Lianqiao looked at the Crown Princess and said, "Why don't we go to the pavilion over there to rest our feet first?"

Su Xinyi shook her head. She was not tired at all. She was so strong. She was just pregnant, not sick. The imperial physician said that sleepiness was also a symptom of pregnancy and there was no need to worry.

The master and servant walked forward slowly. After a few steps, Cuique came back and saluted, saying, "Crown Princess, it's His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, His Royal Highness Prince Rong, and Lord Shang who are enjoying the flowers. I asked you to go over."

Su Xinyi was stunned. It was not surprising that Prince Rong was there, but why was Shang Junyan there too?

Tsk, with Shang Junyan's ability, as long as he wants, he can quickly show his talent.

Su Xinyi walked forward, walked along the corridor, turned around a bush, stepped over the wisteria corridor, and saw the prince in the octagonal pavilion in front.

Stepping onto the steps, Yan Junchu saw Xinyi coming, so he stood up and extended his hand.

Su Xinyi put his palm in the prince's palm, raised his head and smiled at him, "I didn't expect that the prince would be here today to appreciate the flowers with the seventh brother and Lord Shang. It's my fault for coming here."

When Prince Rong heard this, he immediately said, "Is there a place you can't go here? Is it meaningful to say such polite words?"

This means that I don't know who you are.

Su Xinyi snorted, looked at Prince Rong and said, "You still have to say it, and whether you do it or not is my business."

Does this mean that it's none of your business?

When Shang Junyan saw Su Xinyi coming in, he looked uncomfortable for a moment, and his heart was quite complicated.

He didn't think anything of it when Su Xinyi got married. At that time, he thought that they would go their separate ways and live well.

Indeed, after they knew each other had been reborn, they had almost no contact unless it was necessary.

But, for some reason, looking at a person who was completely different from her last life, and seeing her living a carefree life in this life, he wished he could stay in the Ministry of Households as a doctor, and never meet again in this life.

However, the words she said when they met last time made him feel ashamed and painful.

He was obsessed with the grievances of his last life, telling himself that he had let it go, but he hadn't.

The one who really let it go was Su Xinyi. She had already started her new life, while he was still spinning in the same place. No, he was even going backwards.

He used to be an ambitious person, and he also wanted to show his hands and feet and leave a poor life in this world.

But he was hiding in his shell. He thought he had done a lot, but Su Xinyi's words shattered his fantasy.

He was not as good as her.

So he came out. He thought he could not lose to her.

Su Xinyi, a little woman, was willing to run around for the people, wearing armor and holding a gun, while he was obviously a man and could bear the burden, but he shrank his neck for those wrong pasts.

He finally mustered up the courage to move forward again, and got the news that Su Xinyi was pregnant.

Pregnant...

Maybe a long time ago, he had thought that even if he married a woman he didn't like, he would do his duty and have a child, but...

There was no but, he was just a blind and deaf man, who only wanted to see what he wanted to see and hear what he wanted to hear, so he made a big mistake.

In an instant, many thoughts flashed through his mind. Shang Junyan calmed down as quickly as possible, stood up, and greeted Su Xinyi, "I greet the Crown Princess."

Su Xinyi looked at Shang Junyan and said, "Sir, there is no need to be polite."

Prince Rong looked at Su Xinyi, then at Shang Junyan, and sneered with disdain, "I'm wondering if you two are real or not. It's not like you didn't know each other before."

Shang Junyan frowned. Why didn't he think Prince Rong was so stupid in his previous life? He said, "Etiquette cannot be abolished."

Prince Rong snorted, not caring about Shang Junyan's words, and turned his head Looking at Su Xinyi, "You are really amazing. You haven't given birth yet, but your father is so lenient to you. If you really give birth to my eldest brother's eldest son and my father's eldest grandson in the future, how can I stand in our family?"

Su Xinyi's mouth twitched, and she looked at Prince Rong and said rudely, "Is the foothold given by others? It is earned by yourself. If you don't make progress yourself, don't put the blame on others. I advise you to be kind."

"Why can't you be kind?" Prince Rong was not convinced. The most unkind person here was Su Xinyi, so how could she have the face to say others.

Yan Junchu looked at Prince Rong, "If Xinyi was not kind, you don't know where you are buried now."

With this energy of jumping up and down to seek death, it is really all thanks to the kindness of others that she can live.

"Okay, I can't afford to offend you, I can't afford to offend you. You are now our family's rare treasure." Prince Rong said angrily. He regretted getting married late and having children late. Now he was bullied by Su Xinyi, so wouldn't his children be bullied by Su Xinyi's children in the future?

As long as he thought about it, he felt unconvinced.

Thinking about it, he suddenly felt that marrying Zhu Chanyi was really the most correct thing his mother did. Zhu Chanyi was also quite fierce, so the child raised by her should not be a little coward.

Thinking of this, he suddenly felt a little confident.

Suddenly, a light flashed in his mind. No wonder the eldest brother was so happy to marry Su Xinyi, a fierce woman. Wouldn't marrying a wife with a bad temper and great ability be able to bully others openly?

Su Xinyi had no idea that Prince Rong's mind was completely wrong at this moment, and he didn't know that it would spread to his own marriage, and he didn't know that because of this irreversible divergence today, he and Zhu Chanyi would really become a loving couple in the future.

It has to be said that some people seek death by themselves, but they are lucky.

No matter where he goes with his eyes blindfolded, he can't hit the south wall anyway.

In this life, he got on the prince's ship, and in the previous life, he had Shang Junyan, a capable minister, to escort him.

It's really enviable.

Yan Junchu ignored the nonsense of King Rong, turned his head and said to Xinyi: "I am talking to Lord Shang about the granary case. After King Jing gets married, Lord Shang and my brother will go south."

Su Xinyi suddenly realized that it was no wonder that Shang Junyan appeared here, so she said: "Since Your Highness is talking about business, I won't disturb you."

Yan Junchu smiled, "It doesn't matter. You know a lot about this case. If you discuss it with us, we may be able to get more clues."

King Rong stopped nitpicking now and looked at Su Xinyi and said, "Yes, my eldest brother told me about Huiqi Mansion last time. I thought that Su Yi would really have to shoulder a heavy responsibility when going south this time."

Everyone was talking about the granary again, but Shang Junyan's expression faltered when he heard His Royal Highness the Crown Prince calling Su Yi his eldest brother. Although he and the Duke of Qi were related by marriage in his previous life, they had very little contact with each other, let alone treating Su Yi as his uncle. Brother.

He was surprised that His Highness the Crown Prince would be so close to Duke Qi and would call Su Yi as his eldest brother.

Not to mention a noble person like the prince, even if the princes have wives, they may not really regard the people of the wife clan as a family.

"Prefect Huiqi is my eldest brother's father-in-law. Uncle Zeng is a very wise man. If something happens, I might ask him for help." Su Xinyi said with a smile.

King Rong said with a pity, "It's a pity that I can't go. In fact, I really want to go."

He wanted to stay in Beijing and marry a wife. He was quite repelled before, but now he doesn't mind at all.

His wife is someone who can compete with Su Xinyi in terms of force. If he marries her in the future, he will also have someone to support him.

He couldn't beat Su Xinyi, so couldn't his wife be beaten?

The prince looked at Prince Rong, "Aren't you busy enough with the affairs of the Inner Palace? My father said that you will not be allowed to sell sheep's heads as dog meat in the future. If you dare to give up on the affairs of the Inner Palace, I will let you know what it means to be a court official. due responsibilities.”

King Rong:......

There is really no way to survive.

"Brother, we are brothers, you are so arrogant." King Rong sighed.

The prince was too lazy to pay attention to him. He knew everything about eating, drinking and having fun. When he was doing serious business, he only felt pain here and there. He just needed to take care of himself.

Huang Zhongsheng has complained to him several times, and the prince will definitely take Prince Rong to do a good job this time.

"The specifics of your trip south this time must be explained clearly to Mr. Shang. The case of the granary is of great importance. The stolen grain must be recovered. This is related to the rations of the border officers and soldiers." The prince said solemnly. .

The soldiers at the border tightened their belts to survive, not daring to waste a grain of food. Then look at the officials who dug into the treasury and amassed money in the blessed land. They deserved to be killed.

When it came to serious matters, King Rong did not dare to smile playfully, and explained the matter to Shang Junyan in detail. Su Xinyi had already heard the prince tell it, but now that he heard King Rong say it again, many details had been added.

"Don't you have any clue about the whereabouts of the missing grain in the granary?" Su Xinyi looked at King Rong and asked.

Although his eyes were looking at King Rong, the tail of his eyes glanced at Shang Junyan.

Shang Junyan noticed Su Xinyi's eyes, but he did not raise his head to look. He sat upright, as if he was listening carefully to King Rong's answer.

After hearing this, King Rong said: "North of Nanshang Prefecture is Huishan Prefecture. Although half of the granaries in Huishan Prefecture are not as empty as those stolen by Nanshang Prefecture, there are also a small part of them without grains of rice. Going north from Huishan Prefecture, there is no such situation. It happened. I estimate that the possibility of stealing grain and transporting it northward is unlikely. On the contrary, from Nanshang to the south, in addition to Huiqi Prefecture, Yuning Prefecture, Cangnan Prefecture and Zongping Prefecture were all involved, so I lost the grain. We should go south."

Su Xinyi and the prince looked at each other, and the prince looked at Shang Junyan, "What do you think, Mr. Shang?"

Shang Junyan didn't expect the prince to suddenly call his name. He calmed down his thoughts and tried not to let himself look at Su Xinyi. He calmly said: "It is exactly as the prince said. I also think that the prince's words are somewhat reasonable. But Yuning Mansion, Although Cangnan Prefecture and Zongping Prefecture are involved, the prince's intention is not as serious as Nanshang Prefecture and Huishan Prefecture, so the possibility of food being transported southward is only 50-50 if Zongping Prefecture goes further south. After leaving the border of Southern Qi, we are about to arrive in Annan. The land in Annan is fertile and the output is rich, so there is not enough profit in transporting food southward, so Wei Chen feels that the possibility of transporting food southward is not very high."

Shang Junyan's words made the prince and Prince Rong think deeply. Su Xinyi felt that what Shang Junyan said made sense. In terms of politics, Shang Junyan did have more experience and higher abilities than her.

At this time, Su Xinyi listened to the prince saying: "What if we don't go south, but slightly change the direction to the west? The caravan returned home from Duogan and encountered an assassination team when passing through Licheng. I didn't think so. It was an accident.”

Shang Junyan knew about the assassination of the caravan not long ago. After hearing this, he thought for a while and said: "If it is transported to the west, it can only be transported to Duogan or the Tubo tribes, but if it is transported there, the distance is too long. , I’m afraid that output is not equal to profit. If there is no huge profit, what is their original intention of stealing food?”

So, there is still no perfect reason.

There was silence in the pavilion for a moment. Shang Junyan was right. The purpose of stealing the granary was to make a profit. If he followed this route, the journey would be long and the expenses would be high. In the end, the profit would be too small. No one would be willing to take the risk. Risking beheading just for the little income.

At this moment, Su Xinyi suddenly thought of something. She looked at everyone, "Actually, there is another way. Go south and then turn west. The road is indeed far away, but if you go directly from Nanshang through Huishan, then from Huishan By passing through Fengpingwei, the distance to Tubo will be shortened by more than half.”

After hearing what Su Xinyi said, King Rong reached out and took out a simple version of the map and spread it on the table. King Rong's fingertips fell on Feng Pingwei, and then he exclaimed, "Sure enough, it was shortened by more than half."

The prince’s eyes fell on the three words Pingningwei, which were not far from Fengpingwei. He remembered that Jie Jinglue was in Pingningwei.

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