Rebirth of the special forces: the only favorite concubine in cold love

Chapter 523
The displeasure on the father-in-law's face immediately disappeared, and was replaced by a smile all over his face: "Ma'am, you are serious, how can our family be such unreasonable people? The family is busy with white affairs, and Mr. Shangguan is in a bad mood." Good should be."

Xin Zhining exchanged some polite words with the father-in-law, and after sending him away, she returned to the yard. Seeing that Shangguan Ziqian was still standing there, holding the bright yellow imperial edict in his hand, she couldn't help but whispered: "My lord, it's windy outside. Don't stand in the yard for a long time."

Shangguan Ziqian's expression eased, and he handed the imperial decree to her, "Go back and rest first, I want to be alone for a while."　
Xin Zhi stared at him and hesitated to speak, but finally she smiled slightly and said: "Okay, the concubine will not disturb my husband, it is cold at night, husband remember to add more clothes."

Shangguan Ziqian, however, avoided her concerned gaze, responded indiscriminately, and walked out.

Behind him, Xin Zhi stared at his leaving back, feeling sore in her heart, but she suppressed herself and said to the girl beside her, "Let's go, let's stop sticking around here."

Yan'er felt a little upset, but more of it was her love for her young lady, so she couldn't help complaining: "Miss, my uncle is too indifferent to you..."

Since getting married, my uncle has spent more than 20 days a month in the study outside. , they don't look like husband and wife, they are more polite than strangers!
If you ask her, my uncle is gentle and good-natured, and he usually looks tepid, but he is a bit too deserted, and sometimes he looks like an outsider who has no desires or desires.

Hearing Yan'er's complaint, Xin Zhining reprimanded lightly, and said, "What nonsense are you talking about, no matter how good-natured your husband is, he won't allow you to talk nonsense!"

Yan'er couldn't help curling her lips in grievance: "But Miss, the situation in the Duke's Mansion is already like this, you have to make plans for yourself!"

Yan'er's words made her feel dazed for a while, yes, but overnight, the Duke's Mansion of Yue State no longer existed. Although there was no decree from the palace, it was heard that the Queen's aunt had been placed under house arrest. I'm afraid I won't be able to please her, but as for her married daughter, what kind of ending will she end up with in the end?
"Plan?" Xin Zhining sighed quietly, her eyes filled with the misery of seeing through the world: "No matter how you plan, you can't hide the fact that my surname is Xin. Even if you put all your energy into managing it, it will be nothing in the end. How about Let it be as it is."

Yan'er wanted to persuade something, but when he opened his mouth, he found that he couldn't say anything, so he forced a smile and comforted him: "Miss, don't be so pessimistic, His Royal Highness King Xuan is wise and decisive, and he is definitely not a ruthless person who implicates innocent people. Anyway, Miss is now married to the Duke of Jing's mansion, so she really can't be regarded as a member of the Duke of Yue's mansion."

"Take a ten thousand step back, even if there is a real problem, my uncle will never sit idly by..."

At this point, Yan'er couldn't go on talking. Judging from Shangguan Ziqian's attitude, if he really got to that point, whether he would intercede for her young lady would have to say something...

After a pause, she smiled and pointed to the imperial decree in her hand and said, "Miss, don't worry, our son-in-law is now the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and has inherited the title. After the funeral of the old Duke, The young lady is a serious lady of the country, and the days to come will definitely get better and better!"

Xin Zhining couldn't help smiling bitterly in her heart, Yan'er always said that he was too cold-tempered, but she knew that he was not cold-tempered, but that all his enthusiasm was given to another person and could not be taken back.

Speaking of which, if I hadn't used that incident to make my grandfather feel at ease, forcing him to marry me, he and that girl would never have ended up like this. Now that I think about it, I feel sorry for him even more some more……

After leaving the Yasukuni Mansion, a gust of cold wind blew in, and Shangguan Ziqian felt that his breathing seemed to be a little easier, at least he was no longer depressed.

He didn't ride a horse, and didn't let Fengzhu follow him, he walked around the street alone, and unknowingly came to the Hubu Shangshu's mansion.

Looking at the square word "Chengfu" in front of the door, Shangguan Ziqian couldn't help laughing. When did he start to regard Cheng Zhinan as a confidant?

Just as he was hesitating whether to go in, he saw the door open with a "squeak!", and a man who looked like a servant came out holding a hand stove: "Master Shangguan, my lord has been waiting inside for a long time, please speak in the hall." .”

Shangguan Ziqian glanced at the boy in surprise: "How did your lord know that I would come?"

The young man was also clever, and said with a smile, "I'm afraid you're going to ask my lord face to face."

In the inner hall, Cheng Zhinan had already prepared tea, and a stove was burning on the floor, which was steaming with heat, making people forget the snowstorm outside for a moment.

"Here we come." Hearing the sound of the curtain being raised, Cheng Zhinan didn't raise his head, but said plainly.

Shangguan Ziqian took off his cloak and put it on the shelf beside him. He was not polite, took off his shoes and went to the kang, and put his hands next to the stove to cover his hands.

Cheng Zhinan poured him a cup of hot tea, and Shangguan Ziqian took it and held it in his palm, saying, "You knew I would come?"

"Well," Cheng Zhinan replied casually, and said, "The palace's decree has already been spread, you are lucky."

These two words that seem to be right and wrong have completely revealed Shangguan Ziqian's situation in one fell swoop.

"...I'd rather he suppressed the Shangguan family as the outside world said." Shangguan Ziqian took a sip of tea, and the bitterness in his mouth made him feel a little relieved.

Refilling him a cup of tea without haste, Cheng Zhinan said flatly, "If that's the case, he wouldn't be him anymore."

King Xuan has never been so suspicious. He never shy away from anyone in what he wants to do. He uses his schemes openly and frankly, and his methods make him upright. He has his iron-blooded wrist and his aloof persistence. It seems ruthless, but it is the most affectionate.

"That's right," Shangguan Ziqian sighed, and said with a wry smile, "If that's the case, he wouldn't be him. It's just a pity..."

It's a pity that I don't deserve his kindness.

He didn't say the last sentence, but Cheng Zhinan already understood what he meant. They can't go back, even if there is no longer any external force to stop him, even if he has become the hottest Duke of Yasukuni, but what happened in the past It has become an insurmountable gap between them.

(End of this chapter)