The First Auxiliary Road from the Imperial Examination

When Shu heard that Sheng Xin went to "Wen Ya Pavilion", Sheng Xin had already talked with Sister Kuang Qi for a quarter of an hour.

"Yun Jing, you say... Kuang wouldn't say anything nonsense, right?" Shu, who was sitting restlessly, had a gloomy look on her face. If she hadn't still had some rationality, she would have already arrived at "Wen Ya Pavilion" by now.

"Madam, what's wrong with you?" Yun Jing didn't know the source of Shu's worries. He just thought that Sheng Xin's visit to "Wen Ya Pavilion" had upset his wife's jealousy again, so he couldn't help but comfort her kindly, "The prince has always had his own opinions, and no one has ever been able to influence his thoughts. Even if Hai Anbo really said something bad, the prince should not believe it easily.

What's more, ever since she moved back to the Marquis' Mansion, you and her have always lived in peace, and you have never treated Chun Jie'er badly. Even if Marquis Hai An wanted to make trouble, he wouldn't be able to do anything, right?

  Besides, from what I have seen, Hai Anbo doesn't seem like the kind of person who would stir up trouble!

So, you should just be down-to-earth and stop overthinking!"

"No, you, this... Oh, you don't know anything!" Shu Shi was embarrassed to tell Yun Jing the real plan, so she could only wave her hands in annoyance and said that Yun Jing didn't understand.

Yun Jing saw that Shu was visibly restless and was surprised. "Madam, what's wrong with you? I don't understand. Just tell me. Maybe I can comfort you."

"I, you...Oh, forget it!" Shu opened her mouth, and suddenly her mind echoed the words her sister often said: "If the king is not discreet, he will lose his ministers; if the minister is not discreet, he will lose his chastity; if the secrets are not discreet, it will cause harm." She immediately swallowed the words that were about to roll to her lips.

She waved her hands in frustration and said, "I'm telling you, you may not understand. Even if you do, it won't comfort me. Let me digest it slowly."

After she said this, Yun Jing couldn't say much. He could only nod lightly, slightly bent his knees, and left the inner hall, looking back every few steps, to give Shu some space to relax herself.

However, the peace and tranquility of Zhengyuan Hall did not last long, as a servant came to deliver a message.

"Madam, the prince asked you to go to Wen Ya Pavilion as soon as possible. He said he has something to tell you."

"...I understand. You go first and tell the prince. I'll change my clothes and come over later."

After hearing the message, Shu's uneasy emotions suddenly calmed down.

"I'm not wrong, and my idea is also correct! I'm doing this for his own good and for the good of the Marquis's Mansion. There's no need to feel guilty or afraid!" While changing clothes, Shu prepared herself mentally.

It was not until she stood outside the main hall of Wen Ya Pavilion that she began to hesitate again.

"Ms. Shu, come in." Sheng Xin heard the noise and shouted without thinking.

Shu heard a hint of impatience in his calm tone, and immediately, her slightly flustered mood stabilized again.

"Why did the prince ask someone to call me here? What is the matter that made you call me to the Wen Ya Pavilion? Could it be that Wubenzhai and Zhengyuan Hall are not places for conversation?"

Shu started to find fault as soon as she opened her mouth, which made Sheng Xin's anger dissipate a lot.

"I heard that you have been in close contact with the Duke's Mansion recently. Kuang Shi is able to contact them. Do you have any relationship with them?" Sheng Xin, who had already mastered the secret of having a smooth conversation with Shu Shi, asked directly about the topic.

Upon hearing this, Shu glanced at Sheng Xin inconspicuously, and saw that the annoyance in his eyes gradually disappeared, and he became more and more confident.

"Look at what you said. The guards of Marquis Haian are no less than those of the Marquis' Mansion. If he wants to contact the Duke's Mansion, does he need me to act as a go-between?" Shu sneered and looked at Sister Kuang Qi who had a gloomy face.

The two people's eyes met and then disappeared. They turned their eyes away and no longer looked at each other.

In just a short while, Shu's confidence increased a lot: "However, since I knew that she often had contacts with the Duke's Mansion, I did discuss some things with her."

  "Oh?!" Sheng Xin looked at Mrs. Shu, then at Sister Kuang Qi, and he really couldn't understand how these two kings who didn't even meet could discuss business matters calmly?

This is too weird!

Although there is no evidence, Sheng Xin's intuition reminds him: This matter is not simple! (End of this chapter)