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Xu Shiqiu's guess was not wrong. Even though the sky in the capital had not changed, people who were well-informed could feel that there was a quiet undercurrent brewing.

Although Yan Ye had returned to the capital early, he had taken a detour to meet someone, so he did not return to the capital much earlier than Xu Shiqiu.

The night that Yan Ye returned to the capital, he went to see Xu Yanzhu and informed him of her arrangements.

"My identity is not yet known, so I will invite an uncle to come forward and help me discuss with Jiang Han. His identity is not ordinary, I believe Jiang Han is willing to give him face and not investigate my identity too deeply. " Yan Ye looked at Xu Yanzhu, and after he said those words gently, he nervously reached out and placed his hand on Xu Yanzhu's abdomen that had yet to rise.

When he thought about how his subordinate's belly was just a layer away from his flesh and blood, Yan Ye felt a little sore in his eyes.

Ever since what happened more than ten years ago, he had never thought that he would one day have a child before his revenge.

When Xu Yanzhu saw Yan Ye, her heart was completely at ease. Now that he heard him say this, she naturally could understand why.

Xu Yanzhu did not ask Yan Ye who the person she found back was. In this period of time, she had taken many bitter medicines in peace to recuperate her child. She also understood that her health could only be healthy if she took care of her body once and for all.

So she did not think much about it, and only acted as if she was handing everything over to Yan Ye.

Seeing Xu Yanzhu's expression, and thinking back to the flowery words that had been said by his just now, for the sake of making the child in his womb suffer daily, Yan Ye sighed before speaking, "Zhu'er, this time was my fault. Otherwise, you wouldn't have suffered so much."

"Brother Yan, I am willing to give birth to your child." After she finished speaking, Xu Yanzhu paused for a while before continuing, "Moreover, I was willing to get pregnant at this time. This cannot be blamed on you."

Yan Ye knew that Xu Yanzhu was speaking the truth. What happened that night was not something that could be said with just a few words.

The two of them had fallen in love. Although this child didn't come at the right time, they truly liked him.

Yan Ye had just returned to the capital, and did not stay for long with Xu Yanzhu. After waiting for a while, he left a message that after Xu Shiqiu returned to the capital, he would first pay respects to him in Xu Family, and then follow him there.

Xu Yanzhu understood that Yan Ye was asking her to give him a rough estimate of the time. After all, her Third Uncle had made quite a big movement when she returned to the capital, and would probably be back in three to five days.

And the time that Jiang Han had given them, was still quite a few days away. It was enough for them to first settle some things with their Xu Family before returning with their Jiang Family.

"Brother Yan, don't worry, I will tell Jiang Han about this." After saying that, Xu Yanzhu thought for a while, then opened her mouth: "Grandmother and Third Uncle are probably not so easy to fool. My aunt also knows about my matter, I'm afraid she would also go there."

As for her parents, even now they still thought that she was sick from working on her mother-in-law's funeral and didn't know that she was pregnant.

Regarding this matter, Xu Yanzhu did not want her parents to get involved either.

After hearing what Xu Yanzhu said, Yan Ye did not speak, but nodded to her, indicating that he knew.

After Yan Ye left, Xu Yanzhu was not in a hurry to deliver a letter to Jiang Han either. Instead, she waited until the evening of the second day to tell Jiang Han that when her Third Uncle returned, he would first pay respects to his grandmother, his Third Uncle, and then come to Jiang Family.

Jiang Han didn't mind this at all. After all, he still had to suffer from the rumors that Old Madame Xu revealed when she came to Jiang Family.

Thinking about how Xu Yanzhu had been raised in front of the Old Madame Xu since childhood, how she had a good relationship with the Xu Family and Third Madame, he did not say anything more.

Furthermore, the capital had not been stable lately. Third Prince had clearly not paid attention to Jiang Family before, but who knew that she would actually send someone to find him during this period of time?

Jiang Han understood that the Third Prince was dishonest and wanted to do something big, but he lacked money.

Jiang Family was a business with many generations. Outsiders just did not know how much silver they had, but they did know that Jiang Family did not lack silver.

However, Jiang Han was unwilling to involve himself in all of this. If it was said that the Fifth Prince had come looking for him, then he might be willing to secretly help out with the relationship between them with Xu Yanzhu.

Even a merchant like Jiang Han could tell that the power of the Third Prince in the imperial court was not enough. Although the imperial family of his uncle and imperial concubine were both good, even if they met Zhang Family, they wouldn't be able to put up a fight.

Moreover, his Xu Family had also recovered and was now linked to Prince Duan, so his chances of winning were really too small.

The most important thing is that Jiang Han felt that Fifth Prince was even more suitable than him to be His Majesty. At the very least, Fifth Prince wasn't like him.

Due to this matter, Jiang Han had been rather busy recently, and coincidentally, Xu Shiqiu was about to return to the capital, so he prepared to use this matter to discuss it with them.

Jiang Family were willing to secretly help the Fifth Prince s, but they had to protect their Jiang Family from being hated and schemed against by the people from Third Prince's faction.

Jiang Han decided his bottom line in his heart, and calmly waited for Xu Shiqiu to return to the capital.

It was not only Jiang Han who was waiting for Xu Shiqiu to return to the capital, even everyone in Xu Family was waiting for him.

Xu Shiqiu went out of the capital this time to exterminate the bandits. Even if he went back to the capital, he would not go straight into the capital.

He had to bring the soldiers back to the military camp in the outskirts of the capital before he could deliver a paper roll to the capital to seek an audience with the Emperor Ruikang.

Just that Xu Shiqiu had not returned to the capital yet, the Emperor Ruikang had already sent people out of the capital to meet Xu Shiqiu, telling him to go straight back to the capital. As for the soldiers, they could either camp outside the city or return to the military camps in the outskirts of the capital.

"What is Your Majesty doing?" The Old Madame Xu sat in the front of the hall, frowning as she looked at Xu Nuanwen, who had come to deliver the news. Seeing her shake her head, she then sighed and said, "No matter what Your Majesty wants to do, we can only guard against it, but we cannot take the initiative to attack."

The moment Old Madame Xu's voice fell, Dong Shu, who was seated on the other side of the stage, spoke: "How about I make a trip to the palace tomorrow to pay my respects to Empress? "Since the Empress is in the palace and familiar with His Majesty's personality, I'm afraid she'll be able to guess a thing or two."

Just as Dong Shu finished speaking, the Old Madame Xu shook her head and said, "If that's the case, then Empress will know that our family has someone in the palace, and this will make the Empress feel that we are using her."

"Mom, you can't say that. Empress has already joined hands with us, and she isn't willing for Third Prince to sit in that position. She had already sent a message to the Hu Family and had asked them to help us. " Although Hu Family had originally requested that her clan's Huan brother marry Hu Family's daughter, this matter was stopped by Empress.

Empress had been trapped in the palace for her entire life, and she had lost her children due to the struggle for power.

On the other hand, the direct descendant of Hu Family had a daughter who was only one year younger than her Xuan Ge'er. Judging from Empress Hu's intentions, she would not seek for the position of Empress in the future, nor would she be willing for his daughter to enter the Imperial Palace. However, once Ye Jingxing ascended to the throne, he had to obtain the position of an imperial concubine.

Xu Nuanwen had no objections to this point. She had seen Hu Family's daughter before, because Empress Hu had long since sent word back to her, so her daughter's parents were also obedient and taught their daughter very well.

But now, even though Brother Shuo and Xuan Ge'er's marriage had an idea, the matter of Brother Huan'er's marriage had yet to be decided.

Since the possibility of her husband ascending the throne was very high, and since Brother Huan was the eldest son and even the Consort De of the palace, she didn't think that the marriage of her eldest grandson could be decided that early.

After all, as long as her son ascended the throne, her eldest grandson was the best candidate to be the Crown Prince.

Consort De had also thought about accepting a niece from her family after her son ascended the throne, but Ye Jingxing had said it in such a deathly manner that she would rather not take the throne if she were to take another woman.

Consort De could not refuse her son, and could only acquiesce to Ye Jingxing's side: the only woman by his side.

Fortunately, Xu Nuanwen had given birth to two sons, and also had a bastard child who had raised him since childhood. The eldest grandson was indeed extraordinary, otherwise, she would not have given up so easily.

Xu Nuanwen thought that there might be a Third Sister-in-Law who had given up in the end.

Empress Hu sees Third Sister-in-Law as her own daughter, otherwise, Empress Hu would definitely not agree to let Hu Family help so easily.

Her sister-in-law is the eldest daughter of the Prince Duan, and a few of her nephews have also improved, so her current Xu Family and connections are not bad.

The Consort De understood this, so after thinking for a long time, she finally decided not to arrange a marriage for his eldest grandson. Instead, she would use his eldest grandson's few grandnieces to rope in some connections.

Amongst them, she had married her mother's most outstanding direct daughter into the Hu Family. This was also what Empress Hu An had in mind.

Because of Consort De's decision, they had been on extremely good terms with each other recently.

Xu Nuanwen thought about this for a while, and then looked at the Old Madame Xu in front of him and said, "Mother, I feel that there is nothing wrong with your junior sister entering the palace." Finished speaking, Xu Nuanwen paused for a moment before continuing, "Empress is actually well aware of the current situation, and knows that we will definitely pay attention to the news within the palace. Furthermore, Royal Father suddenly issued an order this time. We don't understand and our hearts are perturbed. It is normal for us to ask to see her. "

Furthermore, the most important thing that Xu Nuanwen did not say was that Empress Hu viewed Third Sister-in-Law as her own daughter. She had thought about it for a bit, if her own son-in-law were to meet with such an incident, her daughter might not be satisfied even if she did not come to find her.

After all, although the Empress Hu kept a low profile, it was not easy to hide something from her in the palace.

When Dong Shu heard Aunt Sister's words, she immediately nodded her head. She had interacted with him a lot and now they had true feelings for each other.

It meant that she did not have a family, and her closest Cousin would probably only be able to reach the capital at the end of the year.

Thus, when she heard Aunt Sister's words, she wanted to enter the palace to see Empress Hu and speak with her.

Old Madame Xu also had a daughter, after hearing Xu Nuanwen's words, she understood her intentions.

"Since that's the case, then you'll arrange things in a bit and make a trip to the palace in the next two days to investigate His Majesty's intentions." After saying that, the Old Madame Xu thought for a while, then said: "This time, they will also bring Yuanxi to the palace. I'm afraid that the capital will not be safe, and at that time, it will not be good for Yuanxi to leave as well."

When Old Madame Xu said this, Dong Shu was startled.

She understood that her mother-in-law wouldn't rashly say such words. She must have sensed something.

Could it be that something really big was going to happen?