My Ancient Stepson Bootcamp

Chapter 44
"Xiao Chen, don't you feel that you have crossed the line!" Xu Junze waved his servants back, and he approached Xiao Chen with steady and powerful steps, his aura was like an offended lion warning those who tried to encroach on his territory people.

Xiao Chen looked a bit decadent, maybe he realized once again that Lin Shuran had become someone else's wife, and he seemed to be deprived of even the right to care.

"She was injured because of our criminal investigation. She and I have been friends for many years. It's not too much for me to come and see her, General Xu!" Xiao Chen endured his steps, It was he who was impulsive, and when he heard that she was injured, he became confused, but at this moment facing Xu Junze, he quickly calmed down and rationalized.

"Master Xiao should know the rules. This is the Xu family. You are a foreigner. You should go to the front hall. My wife is fine. She just fell asleep, so don't disturb her!" Xu Junze got up and walked forward, he didn't look at Xiao Chen again , and Xiao Chen glanced at the Xu family's back house from afar, and had no choice but to turn around and follow behind Xu Junze, the corner of his mouth full of bitterness.

When he reached the front hall, Xiao Chen looked at Xu Junze with a bit of resentment and said: "The Holy One has always praised General Xu for his martial arts skills and his ability to lead troops like a god, but he didn't want Xiao Xiao to hurt someone in front of you. I heard you Those stepson are all protected by secret guards, but my wife has no one to protect her, I have a female secret guard under my command, I can give it to your wife, and I have the right to make amends this time!"

Xu Junze was the emperor's most important person. He had encountered countless assassination dangers from before to now. Xiao Chen couldn't figure out why Lin Youxing would marry the pampered and innocent Lin Shuran to such a dangerous man.

"Master Xiao, don't you think this is out of place!" Xu Junze has always been a man, no matter whether he has feelings for Lin Shuran or not, she is now his wife, Xiao Chen made no secret of his concern for his wife, this behavior made him Very uncomfortable, "I don't care what the relationship between you and my wife was before, it's best to keep a distance between you now, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble to my wife because of your excessive concern, as for how to protect her, it's up to me It's not up to you, an outsider, to intervene in the Xu family's family affairs."

Xu Junze's words were not polite, but Xiao Chen's lips tightened and he was powerless to refute. Finally, he was silent for a moment, turned and left the General's Mansion. He had to go back and interrogate the thief leader.

As soon as they heard the news of Lin Shuran's injury, Lin Youxing, Wen's family and Lin Chengyu rushed to the General's Mansion. They were relieved when they learned that Lin Shuran had only suffered some skin trauma.

The Wen family and the Ming family watched Lin Shuran wake up, and the mother, daughter, and sister-in-law said something before leaving. The queen mother, emperor and concubine Yun in the palace heard the news of Lin Shuran's injury, and they also sent people to send various expensive supplements. The strange thing is that in the next few days, no one from the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty came to the door except Mrs. Fang Yushijia, the neighbor next door, who came to visit.

"Nurse, don't you think it's strange? Chunxi said that the news of my injury is known all over the city. Why didn't I hear that other people came to visit?" Lin Shuran asked purely out of curiosity. As the wife of a female general, it stands to reason that when they hear that she is injured, those officials who are friendly with the Xu family or want to curry favor with Xu Junze will try their best to come to her door?She was ready to be "disturbed" by others, but it was obvious that no outsiders entered the house.

Nanny Zhang stood aside in embarrassment. Her young lady has been raised in a deep boudoir, and she has lived almost isolated from the outside world in the farm for more than three years. Naturally, she doesn't know much about what happened in the capital.

"Miss, although my uncle is the emperor's most trusted courtier, his popularity in the court is not very good!" Nanny Zhang knew that she should explain some things to Lin Shuran, "This old slave also listened to others and said yes Over the years, the general has offended all the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty. He also said that once, an official gave gifts to the mansion during the festival. The general was so upright that he kicked that person out and wrote a note to the emperor to make an order The person who gave the gift was severely punished, and in the end the person who gave the gift lost his official position, and the whole family was driven out of the capital. Since then, no one dared to enter the gate of the Xu family easily."

Is Xu Junze so straightforward?Having a high position and authority, being favored by the emperor, and having a bad relationship with his colleagues doesn't sound like a good thing. If one day he loses the king's heart and is tricked by others, the outcome may not be optimistic.

Lin Shuran really wants to live an ordinary and leisurely life, but she is also very clear that a person's identity, status, environment and the situation they encounter will all affect her decision.

Now she and Xu Junze are like grasshoppers tied to the same rope, not only her, even the Lin family is in the same boat as him, if Xu Junze becomes the target of everyone's attacks, then his stepson and the Lin family also don't even think about it Totally aside.

Xu Junze wants to live the Xu family in a straight line of solitude. In Lin Shuran's view, this is simply a suicidal survival mode, and it is also very dangerous. If a person wants to integrate with society, it is best to be able to integrate into it with ease. This has always been The survival mode she believes in.

Apart from other things, if you get along well with these rich and noble civil and military officials in the capital, it will be easier for these children in your family to find wives in the future, otherwise no one will be willing to marry their daughter into the Xu family, just like everyone is unwilling now It's like marrying your daughter to Xu Junze.

Thinking that the thirteen sons would not be able to marry a wife at that time, Lin Shuran's sense of urgency rose rapidly, and she thought that she should establish a good relationship with others in case of future emergencies.

"Nurse, in the future, if anyone invites me out to a banquet, don't refuse first, and let me see it first." Lin Shuran was not tired of the social interaction between these ancient ladies, but she was just afraid that she would be found out. The real Lin Shuran, but in the past three years she has done a good job as Lin Shuran, and some "abnormal" behavior and language, others only think that she is caused by excessive grief due to Gu Jingcheng's death.

"Old slave understands!" Nanny Zhang knew that since Lin Shuran married into Xu's family, some mansions would send Lin Shuran a symbolic invitation because of their affection, but before Lin Shuran went to the farm, she was rejected. The only one who couldn't refuse the invitation of Princess Qingyang went to the Plum Blossom Banquet.

A few days later, as the New Year was approaching, all parts of the capital gradually became lively, and various banquets followed one after another.At this time in previous years, the General's Mansion would receive a lot of invitations, but everyone who posted the invitations knew that Xu Junze would not go, and Xu Junze didn't even bother to attend any banquets.

"Ma'am, this is a message from the Duke of Zhen. The Duke of Zhen will hold an annual Cuju meeting on the seventh day of the twelfth lunar month. We invite you to go with a few gentlemen!" Xu An took a gold-plated invitation card and handed it to Lin Shuran.

(End of this chapter)