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When night fell, Su Zongwen returned to the Minister Mansion. After hearing from the servants that Shen Zhu had returned, he happily strode towards his room.

"Moon …"

The man stopped himself.

He suddenly realised that the room was much emptier than before. Shen Zhu's usual belongings had all disappeared.

He panicked and quickly left the house to see Shen Zhu carrying Ruanruan out of the east wing.

"Yue Niang." Su Zongwen gently called out to her as he walked towards her in big strides.

Shen Zhu glanced at him indifferently, and didn't have any intention of talking to him. She merely replied, her expression didn't look as good as before, and upon closer inspection, she seemed to be slightly displeased.

The man started to speak.

Jingshu chased out of the house, pitifully tugging at Shen Zhu's clothes, "Mother, I'm hungry, I don't have any energy to embroider anymore. I want to eat pastries."

Shen Zhu did not care about her husband and helplessly laughed, as he squatted down while hugging Ruanruan. He used one hand to stroke Jingshu's small face and said sincerely: "Jingshu, you are still young, so you cannot eat too many pastries. Otherwise, your small stomach will feel uncomfortable. Tomorrow, Mother will give you more pastries, okay? Now I'll make you something else to eat. "

Jingshu thought about it, yes, the feeling of discomfort in his stomach was extremely uncomfortable.

Originally, she was a bit unhappy, but after hearing her mother say that she would do something else, she finally revealed a smile on her face.

"Good boy! Let's go back to our room and play. "

Holding Jingshu's small hand, Shen Zhu turned around and walked towards the west wing, ready to let Jingshu play with him for a while.

This way, she could be at ease and go to the kitchen to cook for Jingshu.

She had a lot of pasta that she couldn't accumulate and also wanted to eat …

Seeing that his wife had not looked at him the entire time, Su Zongwen sighed, and followed behind her. He decided to discuss this further after they entered the room.

Just as he was about to reach the door to the west wing, a guard hurried over.

"Milord, an important guest has arrived at the palace. His Majesty, Lord Xuan, and his wife have entered together."

The guard said respectfully, standing at the side and waiting for Su Zongwen's reply.

"Yue Niang, the Emperor summoned us to the palace."

Su Zongwen's gaze sunk. He heard that the He Qin Princess had arrived today, so it was not a good thing to summon him and his wife to the palace.

"Has anyone else from the Minister Mansion been notified?"

"Milord, I've notified you."

"You may leave first. Madam and I will enter the palace together."

"Yes."

Shen Zhu had long heard the guard's words from inside the house. Thinking about the marriage alliance, he felt depressed and didn't want to enter the palace.

"Master, Chun Cao will go and comb Madam's makeup. He will be done shortly."

Chun Cao was extremely clever, upon seeing her, he immediately ran into the house, without saying a word, he pulled the stunned Shen Zhu in front of the mirror, to help her dress up.

"Chun Cao..."

Shen Zhu regained his senses and stood in front of the copper mirror. Seeing the herb behind him, he frowned and raised his hand to stop her.

"Madam, the words of the Emperor are an imperial edict. No matter how pampered you are, you can't not go." Chun Cao has followed you for a while, knowing that the Master has a deep relationship with you, the Master will definitely not be someone who hates new things, today, Chun Cao has helped you clean up, let them see how the mistress acts. "

Shen Zhu laughed bitterly, and in the end, did not stop him.

Yes, she was the Matron now, and she couldn't afford to lose her dignity.

Chun Cao moved quickly and quickly, and not long after, he gave her an exquisite bun and took out some jewelry that Shen Zhu normally thought was too ostentatious, trying his best to dress up decently without losing out to his grandeur.

"Well, madame, let's go out." Chun Cao looked at Shen Zhu in the mirror.

Shen Zhu nodded and slowly walked out of the house.

Outside the house, when Su Zongwen saw Shen Zhu carrying the child out, his eyes were filled with shock.

When he saw that his wife was still unwilling to acknowledge him, he could only sigh helplessly.

He did not agree to the marriage alliance, but the Lord Thief had never given him the chance to say it out loud.

Outside the Minister Mansion.

"Chun Cao, look at Ruanruan."

Shen Zhu passed who was looking around curiously to the herbs to, then looked at Jingshu with a gentle smile: "Jingshu, let's go, Mother will lead you."

Jingshu looked at his father, who was beside the carriage, and wanted to help Mother get on the carriage, so he stretched his hands out and nodded, "Mother, father …"

Her mother interrupted her before she could finish. "I'll carry you up."

As she said that, she carried Jingshu up and stepped on it herself, ignoring the black faced man beside her.

The carriage went silent the entire way inside.

Because Jingshu was here, Su Zongwen could not say that it was a misunderstanding between the two of them, and tightly clenched his fists as he looked at them passionately.

Shen Zhu felt uncomfortable when he felt the man's gaze, so he decided to just continue talking to Jingshu and divert his attention.

As soon as they entered the palace, the palace maid led the three of them into the palace.

Seeing his brother's family, Ming Jiling smiled warmly.

"Bro, why are you so slow?"

He didn't feel guilty at all when he said this.

It was obvious that he had sent too few people out, and by the time he notified Minister Mansion, it was already very late.

Ming Jiling was the main person in charge of this banquet, he exchanged a few words with his brother and sister-in-law, and finally spoke out his purpose.

"Cousin, the Princess of Qi Kingdom came very suddenly. A few hours ago, she had just delivered a letter saying that she would be visiting the palace tonight. Royal Father immediately gave me this terrible mess, you have to help me tidy it up. "

"This …"

Su Zongwen had wanted to find some time to explain things to his wife.

He looked towards Shen Zhu, and saw that she had already led Jingshu to a seat, and was not in the mood to pay attention to him.

When Shen Zhu sat down and saw that Jingshu did not allow her to eat anymore, her thoughts flew further away.

"The prince and the princess consort have arrived!"

As soon as the eunuch finished speaking, Ming Chengyan and Madame Ye walked into the hall, Ming Yuchen and Zi Yi following behind them.

Shen Zhu came back to reality and saw —

Ming Chengjun instructed Ming Yuchen who was behind him in a low voice, and brought Madame Ye to meet with the other officials.

Ming Yuchen and Zi Yi, who was beside him, watched their grandfather and grandmother leave.

Ming Yuchen coincidentally saw a few empty seats beside Shen Zhu, so he pulled Zi Yi and walked towards the direction Shen Zhu was sitting in.

"Mother, Jingshu."

Seeing that his brother had come, Jingshu also put down the things in his hands and leaned over.

"Sit down."

Shen Zhu's face finally revealed a hint of a sincere smile, as he beckoned his eldest son to sit beside him, while Ming Yuchen sat beside Ziyi: "Sister-in-law."

After returning to the capital, his way of addressing Shen Zhu gradually changed as well.

Shen Zhu smiled decently and nodded, "Chen'er looks much better now."

"It's all thanks to the recipe written by sister-in-law and the conditioner sent over."

The two of them chatted.

Zi Yi asked, "Where's father?"

"Daddy is there!" Jingshu raised his fat finger and pointed towards a corner of the palace — —

In a small corner.

"How are your preparations?" Ming Jiling stood at the side with his hands behind his back, sizing up his surroundings.

Returning to Prince Su, everything has been prepared. This old servant has personally inspected the food, and the servants that came in to serve today were also all chosen. Their hands and feet are nimble, and they are also quick-witted.

The court lady replied respectfully.

Ming Jiling nodded in satisfaction, he looked around and asked: "Cousin brother, do you feel that something is wrong?"

"The people around here are all people of His Royal Highness, right?"

"Cousin, don't worry. I'm surrounded by my men."

Ming Jiling replied with a smile. He did not look like a majestic child waiting to be praised in front of others anymore.

Su Zongwen nodded his head. There was an important guest at this banquet, if there was an accident, it would definitely become a feud between the two countries, so he had to be extremely careful.

Seeing that he was sure, Ming Jiling was very happy to have been acknowledged by his brother.

After Su Zhiyan and Su Zhi Zhong exchanged greetings with the few ministers, they looked around at their surroundings and nodded in approval.

When the Madame Xu and the Madame Chen saw Shen Zhu, they suddenly thought of those rumors …

The Madame Chen did not believe that Shen Zhu would let them go when they were in a difficult situation.

However, there was a saying, 'A person's words are fearsome'.

She could not help but look worriedly at Shen Zhu.

When Madame Xu saw his sister-in-law's worried expression, he said: "This banquet's arrangement is especially impressive, the Emperor will definitely be happy when he sees it. When your Imperial Concubine slightly straps on the line, the marriage between Zong Wen and Princess Qi Kingdom will naturally happen, so sister-in-law can be a bit more at ease."

Su Zhiqi who was alone at the side, upon seeing the other two houses whispering to each other, found it hard to conceal his glee. He laughed mockingly and said to the Old Madame Su beside him: "How long has this Su Zongwen been back in the capital for? Sooner or later, someone will take care of him! "

Old Madame Su did not reply, he only patted Su Zhiqi's hands in a comforting manner. He looked at Su Zongwen with eyes full of coldness …