Ah Ling took out her daughter’s clothes to wash, and just as she walked out of the house, she saw the girl who had just rushed out came back.

Zhao Shu’s expression was no different from when she first went out, except that her face was terribly pale.

Ah Ling quickly put down her clothes and walked towards her daughter: “Girl, what’s wrong with you?”

Zhao Shu’s voice was slightly hoarse: “A Ling, I’m tired. I want to rest for a while.”

Ah Ling looked at her daughter’s pale face distressedly: “Girl, do you want to take a bath first to relieve your fatigue?”

Zhao Shu walked into the house and didn’t let Ah Ling follow her in. She said in a low voice, “No.” As soon as she finished speaking, the sound of the door closing was heard.

Zhao Shu came to the bed, meticulously took off her coat, shoes and socks, lifted the quilt and got in.

Zhao Shu crossed her hands outside the quilt, stared at the bed curtains, and then closed her eyes.

Xie Mansion.

Xie Er came to Xie Jin’s room and said, “Sir, Miss Zhao was here just now.”

Xie Jin paused while holding the pen. Xie Er thought for a moment and then spoke: “The two servants at the door said something they shouldn’t have said, and Miss Zhao heard it.”

Xie Jin picked up his pen again: “What did you say?”

“Your Highness, your marriage to Miss Wang.”

Xie Jin kept writing for a long time before he spoke: “Has our family been spending too much recently?”

Xie Er: “The expenses of the mansion are the same as before.”

Xie Jin finished writing the last word and put down his pen: “Aren’t Wang Yujin and I going to get married soon? I think the expenses in our house will definitely be high. We in the Xie family don’t have the spare money to support idle people, you know?”

Xie Er: “I understand. I will sell out the two gatekeepers tomorrow.”

Xie Jin said in a very calm voice: “Xie Er, have I not given you a holiday for a long time?”

Xie Er’s body stiffened: “I will sell out those two gatekeepers right now!”

There was no more sound coming from the house. Xie Er bowed and retreated, then went outside the courtyard and asked in a cold voice to call the steward outside the courtyard.

The chief steward came to Xie Er flatteringly and asked, “What do you want, sir?”

Xie Er said coldly: “Sell out the boy who guards the door today!”

The steward was stunned for a moment, then smiled flatteringly and said, “Sir, did those two little bastards do something to make you angry?” The steward looked at the cold-faced guard’s expression and said, “I will punish those two tactless servants when I get back, sir.”

When Xie Er glanced at them, the steward’s heart trembled, and he quickly changed his words: “Yes, I will go and sell those two people out right now!” He originally wanted to plead for those two people, but it seemed that it was impossible. He didn’t know which nobleman in the mansion they had offended!

Xie Jin took another piece of paper, wrote the first word, and then threw the pen away. The pen flipped over and over on the ground, and finally lay quietly on the tripod beside the bed.

Xie Jin looked at the pen lying on the ground at the mercy of others, stood up and walked over to pick it up, then sat back in the chair calmly, and continued writing on the paper with a normal expression.

Night slowly approached. Xie Jin put his pen on the pen holder, folded the written seal and put it aside, then pushed the door open and walked out.

His Majesty granted the marriage yesterday, and today both the Xie family and the Wang family will come to the palace early to express their gratitude. However, because His Majesty’s grace is so great, and he said that there has been no proper celebration since Zhao Yao and Xie Jin returned from the battlefield, they simply put the day of gratitude and the day of celebration together to make it lively!

Zhao Shu opened her eyes in the bright light in the room, got out of bed, washed, and dressed as usual. After everything was done, she took Ah Ling out of the yard and walked to the carriage waiting outside the house.

The carriages of various noble families slowly drove out from the streets and alleys, and one after another rushed towards the palace. The common people on both sides of the street looked at this scene curiously, wondering in their hearts whether there was some happy event in the palace today and why all the dignitaries were rushing to the palace.

Just as Xie Jin’s carriage stopped at the palace gate, Xie Jingrong helped Zhou Huijie get off the carriage, and a festive voice came from behind: “Duke!”

Xie Jingrong turned around and looked in the direction of the voice. When he saw who was calling him, his eyes looked at Xie Jin. Then he smiled and stood there watching Wang Qizhang walking towards him.

Xie Jingrong smiled and said, “Lord Wang.”

Wang Qizhang laughed and said, “You are too polite, you can just call me Qizhang.”

Xie Jingrong looked at him with a smile, neither nodding nor shaking his head.

Zhou Huijie greeted Lin Yin and said, “I heard that Madam Lin has not been feeling well these past two days. Is she feeling better now?”

Lin Yin smiled warmly: “Thank you Madam for your concern. I’m fine now.” Zhou Huijie smiled and looked at the girl next to Lin Yin: “Yu Jin is getting more and more beautiful now.”

Wang Yujin’s cheeks flushed, and she looked at Zhou Huijie with a shy expression: “Yujin can barely reach one-tenth of my aunt’s.”

Zhou Huijie burst into laughter at these words. He took Wang Yujin’s hands with both hands and stroked them lovingly. He looked at Lin Yin with a big smile and said, “Look, look, Yujin’s little mouth looks like it’s covered with honey.”

Lin Yin looked at her daughter lovingly: “She usually keeps her mouth shut, and she’s only like that when you’re around.” Although her words were full of complaints, her tone was full of love!

Although Lin Yinse’s words were a bit exaggerated, they were of great use to Zhou Huijie!

Zhou Huijie smiled and turned to call Xie Jin: “Jin’er.”

Xie Jin frowned, but walked towards Zhou Huijie and the others.

Zhou Huijie ignored her son’s cold face and told him warmly, “Yu Jin is entering the palace for the first time. You should take good care of her later, okay?”

Seeing that Xie Jin didn’t respond, she frowned and repeated, “Did you hear that?”

Xie Jin glanced at Wang Yujin and replied calmly, “Yeah.”

Although his expression was not enthusiastic, he agreed after all. This made Wang Yujin, who had been worried, secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

As soon as Zhao Shu got off the carriage, she saw Xie Jin and Wang Yujin looking at each other tenderly.

Zhao Shu paused when getting off the carriage, and was then helped out by A Ling.

Zhao Xueying glanced at Zhao Shu who was standing beside her, and said in a veiled way, “I thought we would become a family, but now we are a different family.” She tilted her head and looked at Zhao Shu in confusion, “Sister, when we meet Master Xie in the future, should we call him Cousin Jin? Or Brother-in-law of the Wang family?”

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Yao’s scolding sounded beside him: “Just call me what you should call me, what are you thinking about here!”

Zhao Xueying was dissatisfied with her father’s rebuke and looked at Zhang Lanyin aggrievedly: “Mother~”

Zhang Lanyin didn’t help her this time for the first time: “This is in the palace, not at home, you have to be careful with everything you say and do!”

Seeing that no one helped her, Zhao Xueying snorted in dissatisfaction!
Zhao Shu didn’t listen to what they said. Her attention was all on the three-acre land under her feet. She frowned as she looked at the sparse ant colony, and thought somewhat unkindly, how come there are ants even at the gate of the palace? This palace must not be that good.

“Shu’er? Shu’er!?”

Zhao Shu looked up at the source of the voice in confusion. Zhang Lanyin frowned and looked at her: “Did you understand what I just said to you?”

Zhao Shu: “.”

Seeing her like this, Zhang Lanyin frowned even more, but strangely she didn’t say anything, just repeated what she had just said: “This is your first time in the palace, don’t run around, follow me closely.” Seeing Zhao Shu’s surprised look, she couldn’t help but emphasize her tone and said: “Did you hear me!?”

Although Zhao Shu was curious about why her mother, who usually wanted to stay away from her, took the initiative to bring her with her today, she was always an obedient person and would not refute her mother’s arrangement: “Yes, mother.”

Hearing her obedient response, Zhang Lanyin turned her gaze away from Zhao Shu with reluctant satisfaction.

Zhao Xueying glanced at Zhao Shu and said in a slightly sour tone: “Don’t think that mother is worried about you, she just doesn’t want you to lose her face in the palace!”

Zhao Shu nodded calmly: “Yes, I know.”

Zhao Xueying: “.”

The feeling of punching on cotton instantly weakened her fighting spirit.

(End of this chapter)