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Dong Shu looked at Yuanxi and felt her heart ache. She quickly walked forward and just as she was about to extend her hand to Yuanxi, Yuanxi's entire body jumped into her embrace.

After she hugged Yuanxi tightly, Yuanxi rested her head on her chest. Although he did not continue crying, her pitiful look from her still made Dong Shu's heart ache.

"Yuanxi, be good. In the future, Mother will definitely bring you out." Dong Shu patted her back in pain. Although she knew that Yuanxi could not understand her words, she still promised him.

Old Madame Xu saw that Dong Shu had promised Yuanxi, and a smile appeared on her face, but her eyes revealed helplessness.

"Although Yuanxi is still young, she is definitely a clever one." After saying that, Old Madame Xu glanced at Yuanxi who was in Dong Shu's embrace, and continued: "It's almost winter, wait until next spring when Yuanxi is at the age of one, at that time, I will bring her out to play."

Raising a child was not easy, especially for a child who was not even one year old. It was very easy to die.

Of the four children raised by the Old Madame Xu, although Xu Shiqiu had made it easy for the people around his to be unlucky, she had still raised them up healthy and healthy.

As for the grandchildren, they were also raised well. In the entire family, other than the youngest great-grandchildren, only Yuanxi, the granddaughter, was not even a year old.

Dong Shu also knew that what his mother-in-law said was reasonable. Previously, she had always been staying at the Xiahe Village, even though it wasn't Jiangnan, but it was much warmer than in the capital.

She wondered if she would get used to spending her first winter in the capital.

If it was really too cold, she really couldn't casually bring Yuanxi out.

Presumably, this was the reason why his mother-in-law would say such words.

After Dong Shu understood this point, she nodded to Old Madame Xu and said, "Mother is right. This winter, we will bring Yuanxi to our house and wait until spring of next year to bring him out." Saying that, Dong Shu thought for a moment before continuing, "If Yuanxi really wants to go out, we can also take her to elder sister's house to play twice."

The Old Madame Xu did not refute what Dong Shu said. Her daughter's home was in the capital, so if they were to go there by carriage, it would be easy for them to take Yuanxi out to play.

When she thought about the rumors, the Old Madame Xu did not immediately agree to this. She thought that if there were no more rumors of His Majesty abdicating from the throne in the capital, she would bring her daughter-in-law and granddaughter to play at her daughter's house.

Dong Shu didn't know what Old Madame Xu was thinking, but she didn't think that her mother-in-law wouldn't agree to her request. After thinking for a moment, Dong Shu carried Yuanxi and walked in while hinting to the servant woman by Old Madame Xu's side to help her enter.

Walking on the road, Dong Shu finally spoke about Xu Shiqiu's return to the capital.

"I came to the Top Scorer and waited for Hubby after a while. Hubby was riding on his horse with Yanhao, Brother Shuo and the other two riding behind him. I didn't pay much attention to them since they were probably his soldiers." Dong Shu thought back to what she saw just now, and her ears burned, she said: "I saw that my master is much thinner, but he was extremely spirited, even Yanhao, Shuo Ge'er and the others look like master, extremely spirited."

When the Old Madame Xu heard Dong Shu's words, she immediately laughed: "Yanhao and Shuo'er are really not bad, I think it was a great merit to follow them out this time." Old Madame Xu had been the wife of the country's general for so many years, and was very familiar with these things. After all, with Xu Shiqiu here, no one dared to casually snatch credit for it.

Furthermore, the Old Madame Xu also believed that under Xu Shiqiu's command, even if they did, no one would dare to take Xu Yanhao's and Ye Shuo's contribution.

After Dong Shu heard what the Old Madame Xu said, she also had a smile on her face. Thinking about how her husband would probably be back soon, she thought for a bit and then told him about Jiang Han finding her.

Since Old Madame Xu was not Dong Shu, she could guess what happened to Jiang Han the moment she heard Dong Shu's words.

Otherwise, Jiang Han would definitely not take the initiative to take the first step of seeking peace.

He knew clearly in his heart that once he took the initiative to take this step, the initiative would not be in his hands.

However, Old Madame Xu did not explain this matter to Dong Shu, "If that's the case, then come back in a while and tell him. Let's see if he has any arrangements." This matter still required Xu Shiqiu to appear in the end. No matter what request Jiang Han had, it would not be something that women and children like them could solve.

As the two spoke, they also walked to the Main Yard Hall. The moment they sat down, the servants busily went to serve refreshments.

After waiting for his wife and Yuanxi who was in Dong Shu's embrace, Dong Shu started to talk about the two strange people she met today.

"It was a bit far, and I couldn't see their faces clearly either. I met them when we were going there, but I didn't expect to meet them again before we left." As Dong Shu spoke, her eyebrows knitted together with a puzzled look. After roughly describing the two of them, Dong Shu then continued: "I don't know if she is an old friend of Xu Family, but I do not know if she is."

The Old Madame Xu heard Dong Shu's words, but she could not think of whether her family had two old friends like these.

She looked at Dong Shu and saw that she still did not understand. She then spoke out: "You don't have to keep thinking about this, just let me know in a while. Those two people are men after all.

What Old Madame Xu said was a normal situation. She felt that those two people probably recognized Dong Shu and thought that she was a woman, which was why they didn't come forward to speak.

In this way, it was likely that these two people weren't really that close to the people in Xu Family.

Dong Shu felt that what her mother-in-law said was reasonable, she nodded, and did not speak anymore.

Dong Shu then brought Yuanxi to change clothes. She calculated the time and estimated that after she was done with her work, if His Majesty did not keep Hubby for dinner, he would return.

Inside the palace, the Emperor Ruikang had indeed wanted to keep Xu Shiqiu for a meal, but Xu Shiqiu had ignored his expression and directly told him about his collusion with horse bandits and officials.

This matter, Emperor Ruikang knew about it right after Xu Shiqiu got rid of the group of horse bandits.

He also knew that his third son had done this, but he was old and had already lost an outstanding crown prince. He no longer wanted to see his son walk in front of him.

Xu Shiqiu was clear about Emperor Ruikang's personality. Not only had his brother-in-law mentioned this to him, even the Empress Hu had hinted at him before.

Thinking about it here, Xu Shiqiu still looked at the Emperor Ruikang and said, "Your Majesty, the citizens are all paying attention to this matter. When this subject returns to the capital, there are many citizens watching over the subjects entering the capital. This subject believes that you are an impartial and impartial Your Majesty, but the people won't care so much. They'll only see the results. " After saying that, Xu Shiqiu no longer spoke.

He knew in his heart that some things could not be said too much. If he said too much, Emperor Ruikang would feel like he was instigating things.

When Emperor Ruikang heard Xu Shiqiu's words, he indeed did not think that he was provoking his. When he thought about what Xu Shiqiu had said, he also felt that Xu Shiqiu was right.

Moreover, he wanted Xu Shiqiu and the rest to return to the capital.

Then, he thought about what the Master Xuan Ling and Lord Prince Duan had said. Xu Shiqiu might have his own selfish motives, but they would not harm him.

Especially the Master Xuan Ling, they definitely would not harm him.

"Don't worry about this matter. I will give the people and officials who were killed in Da Tong an explanation." After saying that, the Emperor Ruikang no longer had the mood to keep Xu Shiqiu eating, "Since you've left home for so long, I believe you must have been thinking about your family, so you should return today, and wait until tomorrow morning to enter the palace."

Emperor Ruikang wanted to use half a day's time to meet Master Xuan Ling and Prince Duan and ask them for their opinion on this matter.

Xu Shiqiu didn't know what the Emperor Ruikang was planning, but he was happy to hear that he would be able to return home so soon.

Just as Xu Shiqiu left the Emperor Ruikang's place, he met the Mama Su of the Phoenix Palace.

Upon seeing Mama Su, Xu Shiqiu immediately took a big step forward, with a smile on his face he looked at Mama Su: "Mama is waiting for me here, what kind of explanation do you have?"

"When the Empress learned that the General had returned to the capital today, she wanted this servant to come and see him." While speaking, Mama Su pointed at the two attendants who were carrying items behind him and said, "These are both things that the Empress came in from her villa. The Empress said that she cannot finish all of them, so she asked the General to bring them home for her family to have a taste."

The things that the Mama Su brought were indeed not very precious, but there were not many people who could possibly get her attention.

Xu Shiqiu only needed a moment to guess Empress Hu's intentions. Whether the things that were given to him were fake or to tell others that he, Xu Shiqiu, was someone she was protecting.

After all, he had offended quite a few people on this trip to the Great Conclave.

After thinking about this, Xu Shiqiu immediately thanked Mama Su: "I'll be troubling Mama. In two days, I'll bring my wife and daughter to the palace to visit the Empress."

Seeing that Xu Shiqiu understood what the Empress Hu meant, the Mama Su did not stay for long, and directly brought the palace maids back to the Phoenix Palace. As for the two servants, they would directly send Xu Shiqiu back after reaching the entrance of the palace.

Because of Empress Hu's actions, Xu Shiqiu, who was on his way out of the palace, also thought for a while.

Xu Shiqiu knew all the information about the Empress Hu. Since she had done such a thing so openly, he was afraid that the palace would have some kind of news that would harm him.

Just by thinking about it, Xu Shiqiu understood.

During the time that the Empress Hu was recuperating, Ye Jingche's mother was in charge of managing the palace. Thinking about it, both mother and son knew that Ye Jingche had allowed his disciples and the Liu Family to collude with the horse bandits.

Thinking up to here, Xu Shiqiu coldly laughed in his heart. Even without this matter, his Xu Family would still have to find the Third Prince and his mother to make things difficult.

Now that the matter of the Da Tong bandits had arisen, it could be considered as tearing down the last layer of face.

After thinking about it, Xu Shiqiu did not think anymore. He had already done what he wanted to do, if the Liu family was brave, he would do it, and he would accept it.

Just as Xu Shiqiu finished thinking about this matter, before he even had time to think about the Young Girl and Yuanxi at home, who knew that he would feel an unfamiliar aura quickly approaching him from the front.

Although he did not sense any killing intent, Xu Shiqiu still took a defensive stance.

The palace maid who was rushing towards Xu Shiqiu did not know that Xu Shiqiu had already made preparations. Seeing that Xu Shiqiu had stopped, she immediately quickened his steps and fell into his embrace.