Su Qingyu recalled the incident of the Marquis of Loyalty's wife entering the palace today, and asked, "What was it?"

She rarely asked in such detail about what was happening outside.

As Shen Zhixiu changed his clothes, he explained, "The man in trouble is Liu Yin, a commander under the Marquis of Loyalty."

"He has a mistress in Chunfeng Tower, and they have been together for many years. Because the lady at home is very strict, he didn't redeem her, so he just keeps her like this."

"Just now he had an argument with someone because of this mistress and beat the person to death."

"What a coincidence! The person who died was from a branch of the Leng family. And it is said that when Liu Yin had an argument with someone, he spoke wildly. He said that the entire capital was under the control of the Five Cities Military Department. Even if he beat someone to death, don't even think about punishing him."

Shen Zhixiu was obviously angry, and his tone was gloomy and cold.

Su Qingyu frowned and said, "The Leng family? Isn't that the prince's maternal family? Is it a real dispute, or is it a trap?"

Shen Zhixiu straightened his clothes and said coldly, "It's likely that he was set up, but he is also stupid to be provoked and say such things."

"It's time to reorganize Song Zan's men. If they continue like this, they will cause other troubles without anyone setting a trap."

Song Zan was born a military general, and he valued affection and loyalty. He would always protect his brothers who had been with him through thick and thin. For Song Zan, as long as they did not treason, it was not a big deal.

In Song Zan's eyes, it was no big deal if his subordinates drank, fought, or found a mistress.

In the past few years, Shen Zhixiu had reminded him from time to time to enforce strict military discipline, and with the help and supervision of Song Hongshen, nothing had happened.

Su Qingyu also talked about how the wife of the Marquis of Loyalty entered the palace today, was plotted against by the Concubine Chen, and was scolded by the Emperor.

After he finished speaking, he asked, "Third Master, isn't this too coincidental?"

Shen Zhixiu frowned after hearing this, "What are they doing..."

Before he could finish his words, Wenzhu was already knocking on the door.

"Third Master, there is an order from the palace. The Emperor summons you to the palace."

Shen Zhixiu's lips curled up into an arc, and he said in a cold voice: "This news spreads really fast, I will go and see what they are going to do. With just one commander, they can't do anything to the Song family."

But he guessed that these two things today were just introductions, and the main event was yet to come.

After Shen Zhixiu left, Su Qingyu ate, bathed and rested as usual.

When Shen Zhixiu came back, it was already night.

She had been sleeping restlessly recently and was easily awakened. So Shen Zhixiu did not go to bed, but just lay on the couch with his clothes on. He would not disturb her, and he could see her as soon as he opened his eyes.

When it was dawn, Su Qingyu reached out and touched her side, and realized that the person had not returned, and she became a little worried.

I forced my eyes open and saw him sleeping soundly on the couch.

She felt so distressed that she took the quilt and approached him to cover him, but as soon as the quilt touched his body, he was awakened.

Su Qingyu leaned over and whispered, "It's still early, let's go to bed."

Shen Zhixiu nodded, stood up, walked to the bed and lay down, then held Su Qingyu in his arms again.

"How about what happened yesterday?" Su Qingyu asked softly.

Knowing that she was asking about Liu Yin, Shen Zhixiu replied, "It's okay. The Marquis of Loyalty was reprimanded, and the matter is over."

Shen Zhixiu said it casually, but Su Qingyu could guess that it must be the result of negotiations among all parties.

Seeing that he looked exhausted both physically and mentally, Su Qingyu reached out and gently stroked his back, "Sleep with me for a while longer. Next time you come back late, sleep in bed too. I can't sleep well when you're not around."

Shen Zhixiu hummed, hugged her tightly, kissed her forehead, and fell asleep again.

Perhaps because Su Qingyu was by his side, he slept particularly deeply.

In addition, today is the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th, so there is no need to go to court. The two of them slept until noon before getting up.

In the past, Su Qingyu was the busiest during the New Year holidays. Now that she is Yang's housekeeper, she has a rare moment of free time.

In the evening, the family had a reunion dinner at Qingyuanju and talked about Shen Hong’s wedding day.

The Xie family wanted to keep Xie Huanci at her parents' home for the New Year, so the two families decided to have the wedding in early May of the following year. At that time, Su Qingyu had also given birth, and the first wife's mourning period had just passed for a year.

Adding a new member to the family always makes people happy. The old lady was originally sad because she thought of Shen Zhiheng's family, but she felt much better when she talked about this.

After the reunion dinner, when the family was watching the moon, Shen Zhixiu was called away again. It was still about the Song family's affairs, and he still had to deal with some things.

Shen Zhixiu had a hunch that this was just the beginning.

Sure enough, the next morning, another censor impeached Song Hongyuan. It was not a big deal, but once some things were brought up in Qianyang Palace, their nature changed.

Especially the mouths of these imperial censors, even a joke can be related to imperial power.

The emperor was already angry about what happened before, and now he lost his temper in the Qianyang Palace.

He beat Song Hongyuan with thirty boards and told Song Zan to go back and clean up his house.

If you can't manage your family, how can you serve your country? It has all been said.

Song Zan didn't argue much and was scolded in a proper manner.

The Song family was punished and reprimanded for several days in a row, and rumors gradually spread in the capital, saying that Song Zan had lost the emperor's favor and the Song family's position was in jeopardy.

That day, Song Zan came to Shen Zhixiu and said, "These are just trivial matters, how did it become like this?"

"What does the prince want to do? Can he bring down the Song family with these things?"

There was a hint of disdain in Song Zan's words, and he thought that the prince's methods were nothing special.

Shen Zhixiu shook his head and said, "A small matter? Anything that can shake the Holy Heart is not a small matter."

"Brother Song, you should know that a thousand-mile dam can be destroyed by an ant hole."

"There are too many small things. When the big things come, the Song family can't handle it."

He could roughly guess the prince's plan, which was to make the Song family lose the emperor's favor first and then deal a fatal blow to the Song family.

He guessed that this was the idea of ​​the Second Prince. With the intelligence of the Crown Prince, he could not think of such a plan. He just didn't know what the Second Prince's final killer move was.

His people are investigating, but the Second Prince is a treacherous person, so it is much more difficult to investigate than the Crown Prince.

When Song Zan heard him say this, he said, "What you said is exactly the same as Hong Shen's. It seems that I am too superficial."

"You have to help me with this matter. The battle of wits has to be handled by you civil servants."

Shen Zhixiu glanced at him and said, "You are really a bad bamboo that produces good shoots. How did you raise a son like Hongshen who is as wise as the sea and has extraordinary strategies?"

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