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"I just went over to Yunyan's place, but you weren't there, so I came to see you." Shen Zhu explained while smiling, "I just saw a doctor walking out from your courtyard, is he feeling unwell?"

She entered the room and sat on the soft couch beside Ah Qiu.

When the Ah Qiu heard this, she shyly lowered her head and unconsciously stroked her stomach with one hand.

"To tell you the truth, sister-in-law, I felt uncomfortable early in the morning, so Yixuan sent someone to get a doctor, and when the doctor came to check on my pulse, he said, I'm happy." Ah Qiu bit his lower lip, unable to hide the joy on his face.

"This is a good thing! Does second uncle and second aunt know? " Shen Zhu pulled Ah Qiu's hand and was also extremely happy in his heart.

"I already told Father and Mother this morning that Yixuan was going to celebrate, but Mother said that before a woman was pregnant, she wasn't able to sit still, so not even Qing Yi and the rest knew about this." Ah Qiu laughed as he spoke.

"Second Aunt is right, you're a person with two bodies now. You need to take good care of yourself." Shen Zhu nodded his head, the two elders had thought it through carefully.

The two of them sat and chatted for the entire afternoon. After Shen Zhu passed the mask to Ah Qiu and instructed her a few more times, she finally returned to her own courtyard.

Su Qingyi and Su Yunyan had also said a lot of praises, so once Shen Zhu returned to the courtyard, he went back to the study room to concoct all the remaining ingredients required in the space. He gave a portion to the people close to him, and even sent someone from the palace, including the imperial concubine Noble Consort.

She had just finished dealing with the matter. Looking at the drawing on the table, she let out a silly smile.

Su Zongwen was back.

"Brother Wen, you're back." Shen Zhu's thoughts were interrupted by the sound of the door opening, he decided to not think about it anymore.

"Yes." Su Zongwen looked at Shen Zhu who was working hard every day and immediately felt pained.

He walked to Shen Zhu's side with a few steps, then wrapped his arms around the woman's petite body. The knot that had been dealing with official business for the past few days was finally cleared.

The man rested his chin on Shen Zhu's shoulder, and rubbed it comfortably, and asked: "What are you thinking about?"

Shen Zhu's tone carried joy: "Brother Wen, I was just about to tell you. Didn't I go to see Boss Zhou a few days ago? The shop has already been set up, and is only two streets away from the Minister Mansion. The place is bustling with life, and there are many people gathered there.

"You're so good at cooking, you'll do great business wherever you set up your shop."

"I hope so." Shen Zhu laughed and replied, then seemed to have thought of something, and immediately continued: "Oh right, the money I bought the shop this time, I borrowed it from Boss Zhou. Even though the current shop is the same as the Clear Water Town, it also has two floors, after all, it's the capital city, where every inch of land is worth every single inch of money. Shen Zhu explained, "Boss Hu and I have already signed the contract, and after Yuzhu Pavilion starts, we will split the profits between us. As for the debt of 5000 gold taels, we will pay it back 500 gold taels per month, no need for any interest. "Also, I have nothing better to do, so I did some face protection. Look, isn't it a lot more tender than before?"

She recounted the events of the past few days once more and excitedly threw herself into the man's embrace, nodding her delicate appearance.

It was rare for Su Zongwen to see such an excited wife. He felt both happy for her and guilty, "Yue Niang, I was the one who made you suffer." He exerted a little more force into the arm he was holding Shen Zhu with.

Originally, the matter of earning money to support his family should be his responsibility, but all of this was shouldered by Shen Zhu who was a woman. If it was an ordinary family, they would not even be able to obtain 5,000 taels of silver.

"Brother Wen, I am very happy now and very satisfied with my current life."

Shen Zhu cuddled up against the man's chest, laughing foolishly as he listened to the man's calm and steady heartbeat.

That was good, she felt reassured.

"It's been hard on you, Yue Niang. Our lives will get better and better …" Su Zongwen promised.

"Mm, it will definitely get better and better." Shen Zhu smiled and nodded.

The two of them snuggled up to each other, enjoying this rare moment of tranquility.

"Mother..." Jingshu's voice came from the courtyard, and before long, it reached the study room.

Shen Zhu and Su Zongwen hurriedly parted ways. The moment they sat up, Jingshu had already trotted into the room. She first called out to Su Zongwen "Abba", then threw herself into Shen Zhu's embrace.

"Mother, Shuer wants to eat potato chips and egg pastry."

Jingshu laid in Shen Zhu's embrace, looking at her pitifully.

Ever since the family moved to the capital, Shen Zhu had not cooked personally for quite a while.

"You greedy little cat, I'll make it for you right now." Shen Zhu reached out his index finger and scratched the tip of Jingshu's nose as he laughed involuntarily.

"Yeah, Mother is the best." Jingshu clapped his hands happily.

"Brother Wen, it's getting late, I'll go make some pastries for Shuer and prepare dinner while I'm at it."

"Mm, it's been hard on you." Su Zongwen replied in a low voice.

Shen Zhu entered the kitchen and quickly finished cooking all the pastries. She gave the pastries to Chun Cao and started to prepare dinner, as if she was trying to compensate for her negligence towards Su Zongwen and Jingshu over the past few days. The few dishes that Shen Zhu cooked were all dishes that they liked to eat.

It was rare for Shen Zhu to cook in the kitchen himself, so during dinner, he mumbled excitedly for the better part of the day.

"Mother, these Four Xi pills are so delicious. You have to eat one too."

Jingshu sensibly gave Shen Zhu a pill, and then also gave Su Zongwen a pill.

The three of them sat at the same table, enjoying themselves.

At night, Shen Zhu and Su Zongwen sat side by side on the bed.

"Yue Niang, for the past few days, I have been busy with matters of the court, my home is entirely under your control, it has been hard on you." Su Zongwen lifted his arm and wrapped it around Shen Zhu's shoulder as a warm and thick hand gently wrapped around her hand.

Shen Zhu shook his head, and quietly nestled into the man's embrace.

Su Zongwen had done all these for this family, and Shen Zhu was not an ignorant person, she understood all of these principles.

Only, as she nestled into Su Zongwen's embrace, she couldn't help but recall the things she saw on the streets today, and she felt a little sad.

"Yue Niang, what's wrong?" Su Zongwen noticed that Shen Zhu had changed, he looked down at her and asked worriedly, "Is there something wrong?"

"Nope." Shen Zhu shook his head, seeing Su Zongwen's worried look, he recounted what happened today, "It's just that I encountered some unpleasant things on the streets today."

"Are you okay?" Su Zongwen thought that she had met with some sort of fight and immediately had a face full of worry.

"I'm fine, Brother Wen, don't worry." Shen Zhu patted the back of his hand, and explained in a low voice, "It's just that today, on the way back, I saw a woman crying on the street …"

As Shen Zhu spoke, he could not help but recall the scene that happened in the afternoon — —

At that time, she and Zhou Muqing had already settled the matter at the shop. Seeing that the matter was settled, she brought Chun Cao to prepare to return home, and coincidentally saw a group of people gathered together on the road to watch the fun, so they went up to take a look.

There were two women and one man standing in the circle surrounded by the crowd. The man was plump and was holding a young and beautiful woman in his arms while the other woman was crying loudly. Other than the crying of the women, there were also people pointing and cursing.

"Master, I have been working hard to control this family. How much have I paid for this family?" The woman tugged at the corner of the man's clothes and wailed, "It's fine if you spend all your time drinking, but now you're hugging this little demon in front of me. Where did you put me?"

As the woman spoke, she pointed at the person in the man's embrace and said fiercely, "It's you, you fox spirit. You actually seduced my husband!"

The young girl pretended to be afraid and kept hiding in the man's embrace. When the man saw this, he ruthlessly shook the woman off and said confidently, "Is there any man in the world who isn't a concubine? What are you doing in this street? "You are making a fool of yourself!"

The woman fell to the ground and couldn't help but cover her face as she sobbed.

The people around her were all pointing at her, mostly saying that she was not gentle enough, that she was not considerate enough to her husband, that everyone was criticizing the woman, but no one said anything about the man.

In their eyes, it was a matter of course for a man to have three wives and four concubines.

After Su Zongwen finished listening to Shen Zhu, he pulled her into his embrace and said in a deep voice, "Yue Niang, I don't care about other people's matters, and I don't want to, but I can assure you that I'm different from them."

The man's words were very cautious.

After Shen Zhu heard these words, his heart was filled with warmth. "Brother Wen, I believe in you."

The two of them chatted for a while longer. Seeing that it was late in the night, they went to sleep.

The Su Family was peaceful and harmonious, but the Kong Family was causing chaos.

Righteous and proper.

"Mom, I don't agree with what you said!" Shen Yao slapped the table as he stood up angrily, "I've at least given birth to a daughter for the Kong Family, what right do you have to give her a concubine?"

"Yao'er, it's normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines." Kong's Mother did not think much of it, "We, Kong Family, will remember the contribution you made for Linyuan, but, our Kong Family cannot have no successors. Yao'er, as the owner of the Kong Family, you should not need me to remind you about this."

When she said these words, her attitude was rather cold, causing Shen Yao to be even more annoyed.

"Mother, since you have already said so, as the owner of the Kong Family, I should be the one in charge of the matter of Linyuan taking in her concubines." Shen Yao spoke with an ashen face.

"As a wife, you should be gentle, kind, and kind, considerate of your husband. As a wife, do you not understand this little bit of truth?" Kong's Mother said with a darkened face.

"What does mother mean by this?" Shen Yao bit his lower lip, his expression extremely ugly.

"Shut up!" Seeing that the two were about to argue, Father Kong could no longer sit still. He slammed the table and stood up, breaking the deadlock.

"Let's wait for Linyuan to come back first." Father Kong threw down those words and left the room with a dark expression.

Shen Yao and Kong's Mother were startled by the shout, and seeing that Father Kong had left, they went back to their own homes.

This matter, would depend on Kong Linyuan's decision in the end.