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Chapter 312

There are reasons for Yang Su's trust in the emperor. Apart from being his own father, he also protected and cultivated him in the past 20 years. Even the idea of ​​letting him win the crown is clear——

Even if Chang Ying hadn't heard it with her own ears, she could imagine that the emperor must have had a clear order with Yang Su, otherwise many things would have been difficult to do so smoothly with the emperor's cooperation.

But she's different, that's not her father.

Of course, she wouldn't say that, because she didn't want to make him unhappy.

But what the emperor said was true, and as expected, the Ministry of Rites soon ordered the wedding of King Jin.

When Changying went to the guards recently, many acquaintances or semi-acquaintances congratulated her along the way.It turned out that Chang Ying, the commander of the Tengxiang Guard, was appointed because of Yang Su. The four guards of Tengxiang were the imperial guards in the imperial army, and they were the emperor's confidantes. Now one of the leaders of this confidant has become the emperor's prospective daughter-in-law , the first thing people think of is that the defense in this palace is even safer.

Just came back from the palace tour that day, Xie Peng was waiting for her in the office.He confronted him and said, "Wu Zhang is dead."

Changying was silent for a long moment.

It is important that Concubine Wu and Gao Suming colluded with officials, but it was not to the point of killing Wu Zhang.

"How did you die?" She subconsciously glanced outside the door.

"Take poison and commit suicide."

Changying was even more speechless.

This is called death without clarity.

Xu Yao went to Liaodong under the order and had frequent contacts with Wu Zhang. Is it because of the emperor's order?

And Wu Zhang was working for the Eastern Palace. This time, the side concubine Wu was accumulating money to cover up something, and he died before it was found out. Did he die because of Xu Yao or the Eastern Palace?
She looked at Xie Peng, and Xie Peng was also looking at her, neither of them spoke for a long time.

……

Changying went back to the mansion for dinner, and planned to visit Xu's house, and asked Tan Yi to invite Ling Yuan.

The Shen family is now fully dealing with the adoption matters from the Ministry of Rites. It is not easy for Changying to come forward in such matters. As her husband's family, Yang Su naturally cannot send someone to help.

Madam Ling sent Ling Song over to sit in town, and at the same time Ji Zhiyuan also volunteered to come. Madam Ling had no objection, so she took it as a way for the young couple to get acquainted with how to manage the house.

Ling Yuan naturally has no time, but at this stage, it is inevitable that he will find time to come and have a look.

Changying sat in Xiuxiu's room for a while, and after listening to her talk about the profit of the shop, Tan Yi came back and said that Ling Yuan was still busy at the Ministry of War and asked her to go first, and he would be there soon after.

Changying thought about it, so she prepared a small gift to accompany, and asked Fanzhu to hold it, and got into the carriage.

As the Ministry of Rites has been going to various ministries to coordinate Jin Wang Nacai's affairs, most people in the city know that Changying is going to marry Yang Su.

When Mrs. Xu heard about Changying's arrival, she and Xu Jinruo greeted her under the second door.

Afterwards, Xu Lan, who was meeting the guest, heard the news, ended the meeting first, came to the main hall, and led him to his courtyard.

Xu Lan's eyes fell on Changying several times, and at the end of restraint, he asked, "Has the wedding date been set yet?"

Changying said: "I don't know yet."

Xu Lan nodded, put her knees on her knees and smiled again: "Someone from the Xu family in Jinling came and brought me a few jars of good wine. Later, Master Hou came, let's have dinner together before leaving."

Changying agreed.Thinking that he was going to ask Xu Yao, and saw that he mentioned Xu's family, he took advantage of the situation and said, "Didn't the governor say when to go back to Beijing?"

"My father is a general guarding the border. He is not as free as we are. Whether he can come back depends on the emperor's reward."

"What's the situation in Prince Liao's mansion?" Changying asked.

"I heard that it has returned to calm." Xu Lan said looking at the stove where the charcoal fire was slowly rising.

Changying looked at the same, and said: "Not long ago, the side concubine Wu of the East Palace, I found out that her natal family only has an uncle, and he also works in Liaodong. Have you ever heard the governor mention this person?"

Xu Lan looked up at her: "Wu Zhang?"

Changying's mind moved slightly, but her face was calm: "I'm not sure if it's called that name. She only has one uncle, right?"

Xu Lan put the pot on the stove, and said after a while: "Wu Zhang is in Liao'an, and he is a little unclear about the mineral deposits.

"After all, my father has only been there for half a year, and he is a military general, and Wu Zhang is a civil servant, so he has nothing to do with official affairs. It's just that there are occasional guards in the guard who send official letters from Liaodong, I heard."

Changying didn't ask any further questions.Xu Lan's words made it impossible to tell the truth. He said that Xu Yao had only been in the past half a year and had no relationship with Wu Zhang.

In her previous life, she didn't know Xu Lan, didn't know that Xu Yao worked for the emperor, and what happened to the Xu family in the end, but because the Ling family and the Huo family's previous life ended earlier, she was a little scared.

"You have to take care." She couldn't help but say.

Xu Lan laughed because of her thoughtless words, and looked at her without speaking.After a long time, the smile slowly retracted, and his eyes became deep.

Because of Changying's arrival, Mrs. Xu received news from Xu Lan that Ling Yuan would come later, so she went to cook Zhang Luo's dishes.

Xu Jinruo followed her to the kitchen yard, looked around but said, "Master Hou doesn't eat fishy fish."

Mrs. Xu flipped through the scallops in her hand, then turned to look at her: "You know."

"Last time I saw him pick out all the sea cucumbers in the soup, and there were no fish bones on the side of the bowl."

Mrs. Xu saw that she didn't seem to be talking nonsense, so after thinking about it, she replaced the dried scallops with something else.Then asked: "Then what does your elder sister Shen like to eat?"

When Ling Yuan came out from the Ministry of War, the sun was already slanting towards the west, and he wanted to go to the palace, but he thought it would be too late, so he went to Xu's house first.

He was familiar with the road, and he didn't have to wait for Xu Lan to go out to greet him. He followed his family into the house, and met Xu Jinruo holding a basket of walnuts on the corridor.

Xu Jinruo stopped walking and saluted: "Master Hou."

Ling Yuan immediately remembered how she was chasing a rabbit with a dagger, and looked down at her: "Yeah."

Seeing that he was so serious, Xu Jin wanted to avoid him.But when he was visiting, it seemed unreasonable for her to abandon him and let a servant lead the way.

Holding the basket, he cleared his throat and said, "Let me show you the way."

Ling Yuan looked at her, still hummed, and followed her to Xu Lan's courtyard.

Ling Yuan has long legs, and he can usually cover a long distance with one step, but now that she is walking in front, he can't get up fast, and the rhythm is slowed down, like walking in a garden.

And the style of not squinting restricted his eyes to fall on her head in front of him.

There are two velvet flowers in her bun, which are fluffy and tremble with the movement, which is quite eye-catching.

It's just that the body looks very stiff, and I don't know what I'm afraid of.

"Sister Shen has been here for a long time, maybe she drank a lot of tea, it's still early for dinner, I'll bring you some snacks later."

Xu Jinruo stepped through the courtyard gate, and waited for him with lowered eyebrows on the threshold.

Holding the basket in her hands, she didn't want to talk so much, after all, she seemed to be racking her brains to strike up a conversation with him.

But there is no way, who told her to walk in front of him in a twitch just now in order to avoid it, she always felt like there were two red coals hanging on her back, burning in a panic, so she could only pretend to be nothing. .

Ling Yuan glanced at her lightly, and stepped across the threshold with a calm expression.

(End of this chapter)