Su Xingze was kept in the Duke Protector's Mansion for a whole day without saying a word. In the evening, the old Lord Protector asked him to stay in the mansion for one night. It was difficult for him to refute the old Lord Protector's face, so he could only stay. Stayed for one night.
The old Protector had a good drinker, and Su Xingze drank a little too much today. Zhou Gu sent Su Xingze to the guest house and ordered someone to bring sobering soup. After he drank it, he smiled at him and said, "Grandpa today He also drank a lot. Despite his age, he has rarely drank like this in the past two years, which shows that Brother Su is very popular with his grandfather."
Su Xingze rubbed his brows, thinking that he had misjudged the importance that the Protector's Office placed on Su Rong. He would have to write another letter back tomorrow to let Xiao Qi consider whether he really wanted to withdraw from this family relationship.
He put down his hand and glanced at Zhou Gu, not knowing what to say for a moment.
Zhou Gu took the initiative to explain, "As for Duanhua, after she returned to Beijing, she took her mother, Princess Qingping, and ran into the palace crying to complain about me. I compensated her with two bottles of jade satin ointment, plus five thousand taels of silver. , both she and her mother were scolded by my grandmother and made themselves embarrassed. She should probably not pester me again in the future."
Su Xingze actually didn't want to hear about this. After all, Su Rong said he wanted to break off the engagement. What happened to Zhou Gu? Nod to him to show that you understand.
Zhou Gu always felt that Su Xingze did not treat him as well as before. When he was in Jiangning County, he used him as a test for his prospective brother-in-law. Although he was in dire straits every day, he felt that he valued and was close to him, but when he returned to Beijing On the way, he seemed a little alienated. This alienation was not a cold face or sarcastic words to him, but an invisible lack of closeness. He attributed it to Duan Hua causing trouble, and he disliked Duan Hua a little bit.
Seeing that Su Xingze only nodded without saying a word, he asked worriedly: "Brother Su, I didn't give Duan Hua any face. In the letter you wrote to Xiao Qi, you will tell the truth, right?"
Su Xingze was silent, "Of course."
Zhou Gu breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, "That's good. Although she may not care, I can't let her misunderstand."
He coughed and added seriously, "This is a fiancé's self-cultivation, right?"
What else could Su Xingze say? I could only nod, look at him, and sigh silently, "Yes!"
The next day, Su Xingze left the Duke Protector's Mansion. Zhou Gu personally sent him back and made a request, saying that he wanted to go to Xie Mansion to stay with him for Wen Shu. I wonder if he would be willing to bother him with one more person?
Su Xingze wanted to refuse, but seeing Zhou Gu looking at him eagerly with sincerity on his face, he couldn't refuse, so he said tactfully: "The house in the Xie Mansion is not as comfortable as the Duke Protector's Mansion. You still……"
Zhou Gu stopped him and said, "Brother Su, do you dislike me? I've even slept on tree trunks."
Su Xingze had no choice but to think of no reason to refuse, so he could only agree, "Okay!"
Zhou Gu was very happy and waved his hand, "Then let's go!"
As Zhou Gu followed Su Xingze to Xie's Mansion in the capital, the Duke's wife had reason to send someone to bring a cart of things to Xie's Mansion to buy more.
Su Xingze had no choice but to let the stewards of the Duke's Mansion add more items to Xie Yuan's house, filling up the somewhat empty house.
Seeing that Su Xingze was a little emotional, Zhou Gu quickly said: "Our families are indistinguishable from each other. Brother Su doesn't mind me bothering him, so he doesn't need to worry about such trivial matters. After all, he has to live more comfortably in order to be comfortable and warm." Book."
Su Xingze regretted agreeing to Zhou Gu, glared at him, turned around and went back to his room, ignoring him no more.
Zhou Gu touched his nose, thinking that since he had moved in anyway, it would be better to be stared at than to be alienated from him. He had reasonable doubts that Su Rong had failed in the tests he had taken, which was why Su Rong didn't want to marry him, so he said there was no rush, while Su Xing was very dissatisfied with Duan Hua for pestering him like crazy, and that's why he treated him like this.
After Su Xingze returned to his room, he thoughtfully wrote a letter and sent him to the Duke Protector's Mansion to meet him. The Duke Protector's Mansion treated him very seriously, and Zhou Gu followed him to live in Xie Yuan's house, among other things. He said it once in the letter, and then wrote at the end that he felt that it would be difficult for her to withdraw from the marriage and asked her to think about it carefully.
After he finished writing, he sealed it with wax and ordered it to be sent back to Jiangning.
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In Jiangning County, Su Rong had been recuperating in Xie's Mansion. There were a lot of things in Jiangzhou waiting for the new governor to deal with. Therefore, Su Xu set off to Jiangzhou alone the day after Su Xingze left, waiting for Su Rong to recover. Injured, the eldest lady will move over with her family.
After recovering from her injuries for more than ten days, Su Rong was able to walk freely, but she still had to drink and change her medicine every day. Aunt Zhao kept a close eye on her. The eldest lady had to go to Xie's Mansion every day, so she didn't dare not take good care of herself.
On this day, after serving Su Rong to drink the medicine, Aunt Zhao said to her: "Yun An has not returned to the capital and has been waiting for your reply. When I left the house early this morning, he found me. Slave, I heard that His Highness the Crown Prince has sent a letter to urge you, have you thought about how to reply to His Highness?"
After hearing this, Su Rong thought for a while and said to her: "Ask him to come to see me. I have something to ask him before I can decide how to reply to His Highness the Crown Prince."
Aunt Zhao smiled and nodded.
In order to avoid Zhou Gu and fear of being discovered by his people, Yun An naturally did not follow Zhou Gu out of the city when he left Jiangning County that day. Naturally, he also missed the assassination of Su Rong, so while he was waiting On the days when Nanny Zhao replied, she soon discovered that something was wrong. Su Rong had moved into the Xie Mansion, and the doctor from Huichun Hall had to go to the Xie Mansion every day. He suspected that Su Rong was injured, but there were many guards in the Xie Mansion. , he could not rush in to confirm, so he could only wait for the opportunity to see Aunt Zhao, but Aunt Zhao also stayed in the Xie Mansion and did not come out. He waited for many days before waiting for Aunt Zhao to come out of the mansion. Chance.
After receiving Su Rong's words, Nanny Zhao sent someone to Yun'an's residence to invite him to come over.
After receiving the reply, Yun An breathed a sigh of relief and entered Xie's mansion.
Seeing Su Rong, Yun'an bowed respectfully and said, "I am Yun'an. On the order of the prince, I came here specifically for the seventh lady."
Su Rong smiled at Yun An and waved her hand for him to sit down. "It's not that I delayed not replying to His Highness the Crown Prince on purpose. I was really injured and couldn't write. I kept His Highness the Crown Prince waiting for a long time."
Yun An also saw that Su Rong was seriously injured. After all, her face was pale and she looked like she had not recovered from a serious illness. Although he had guessed it, but now that he saw Su Rong like this, his face still changed slightly and he asked , "When did Miss Seventh suffer such serious injuries? Was it when she sent Young Master Zhou away from Beijing that day?"
After all, he had been paying attention to Su Rong's movements since he came to Jiangning County. He was very sure that Su Rong had been fine before that.
"Well, that was the day when I encountered Nan Chu's killer sneaking in outside the city." Su Rong nodded.
Yun An was angry, "In broad daylight, Nanchu's killers are really rampant."
He regretted a little. He should have quietly followed her out of the city that day, staying far away. Zhou Gu and his people might not be able to detect him and protect her in time. If His Highness the Crown Prince knew that he was in Jiangning, but Miss Su Qi was injured, he would definitely be punished for doing things badly.
"It doesn't matter if it's crazy or not, as long as it works, it almost killed me." It did kill her by surprise that day.
"I will report this matter to His Highness the Crown Prince." Yun An pursed his lips, "Because I am not sure whether Miss Seventh has been injured these days, I have not reported to His Highness. His Highness has not received the letter from me, and is a little worried."
Su Rong nodded, "I can write now, and I can reply to His Highness the Crown Prince today. But before I reply, I want to know a few things about His Highness the Crown Prince. You pick up what you can say and tell me about it."
Yun An immediately sat up straight and asked tentatively: "What do you want to know about His Highness?"
"Of course it's the current situation of the various factions in the DPRK and the real situation of His Highness." Su Rongwaner, "It can't be His Highness himself. I don't dare to pry into His Highness's personal affairs."
Yun An paused for a moment, thinking that even if you were to pry into His Highness's personal affairs, if His Highness knew about it, he would probably be willing to let you pry into it. However, Miss Seven is Young Master Zhou's fiancée, so he would not dare to say this casually.
The Seventh Miss didn't know His Highness the Crown Prince's thoughts about her, so he could make fun of her, but he didn't dare to make such a joke.
So, he nodded and solemnly briefly explained the current situation of the various factions in the court and the current real situation of Prince Yan Huisheng, especially when it came to the emperor's attitude towards the prince, suppressing the prince, supporting other princes, and the princes' private feelings. The ambition is very clear.
clear.
After listening to it, Su Rong understood it generally and sighed, "Your Highness, the situation is really worrying."
Yun An thought to himself whether he was too honest and didn't want to scare Miss Qi away. He was about to say something to make up for it when he saw that Su Rong had stood up and said to him, "I will reply to His Highness the Crown Prince right now. Because the matter is of great importance, I am afraid that there will be any mistakes in the letter during the transmission, so you can take it back in person! In addition, tell His Highness the Crown Prince that there is no need to reply to the letter. I will be in Beijing soon. The rest can be discussed in person. "
Yun An felt relieved and nodded.
