After the marriage, the cousin was spoiled by the whole family of the Marquis's Mansion

Chapter 87 Undercurrent
As night falls, tiny snowflakes slowly drift down.

After the New Year’s Eve dinner, Zhong drank some wine and went back to bed early.

Several maids from Yuhui Garden pulled Jixing to set off fireworks.

Ever since he found out that the young lady was pregnant with twins, Ji Yunzhang hardly allowed her to walk even a step further.

A white light appeared in the garden, and several maids were setting off fireworks in the garden.

After Ji Yunzhang wrapped the young lady tightly, he took her to sit on the stool under the corridor.

Qingtan had already lit the brazier and prepared a hot water bottle for warming hands.

Rong Peilan couldn't help but sigh as she looked at the little maids laughing and playing in the garden.

"Brother Kuan likes these, but it's a pity that Qingtan couldn't take him over during the day."

Ji Yunzhang patted her hand and said, "I'll pick her up tomorrow."

She shook her head gently, "You can only take it over after at least the 15th. Uncle is too conservative and won't let Kuan Ge'er come."

He tilted his head to look at her calm face, "Brother Kuan, you will be able to take the exam in a few years. When he passes the exam, I will buy him a house and let him live independently. He can come whenever he wants and live wherever he wants in the future!"

Rong Peilan laughed softly, "They say that an elder brother is like a father. What do you mean by that? A brother-in-law is like a father?"

Ji Yunzhang raised his eyebrows, "Of course I can. From now on, if you don't allow me to drink, I still have a place to hide."

There were many lanterns hung in the garden. Tiny snowflakes swirled in the air and slowly fell down. Under the warm light of the lanterns, it didn't seem so cold anymore.

Rong Peilan exhaled a breath of hot air and thought about what Xue Jinghe said during the day.

"Husband, what does Third Master Xue ask you to choose?"

Ji Yunzhang thought of Xue Jinghe and his face darkened. "I wonder when Xue Jinghe joined Prince Qing's camp."

"I went to get the antidote, but he asked me to choose between Wei Chi and my father."

As he spoke, he clenched his fists tightly, "My father was fighting desperately on the front line, but he used my father as a bargaining chip!"

Rong Peilan pursed her lips and said, "Father-in-law is so far away, why is he so sure?"

Ji Yunzhang frowned, "Xue Jinghe has a caravan. I have asked his caravan many times to help transport food to the border."

"The imperial court was always in arrears with food supplies. My father didn't want to mistreat his soldiers, so he paid for the food and money himself. That's why Xue Jinghe's caravan helped transport food many times."

Rong Peilan lowered her eyes and immediately remembered that the last time Manager Zhou proposed to open a shop, she had marked all of Zhong's rice shops on the large map.

It is clearly a road from Beijing to the border.

My father-in-law and grandfather were both military generals. After so many years of operation, they must have their own network.

If Xue Jinghe were to invade this network, he would be able to assassinate Ji Zhenming who was thousands of miles away.

Thinking of this, she said with a heavy face, "I'm afraid it's not good. I think there's a spy around my father-in-law."

Ji Yunzhang pondered for a moment, then shook his head, "My father has the Black Armor Army around him, so it won't be that easy for them to succeed."

"The Black Armor Army has been training since my grandfather. The selection and examination are rigorous. Lord Tang is from the Black Armor Army. If he hadn't injured his leg, he wouldn't have returned to Beijing."

Rong Peilan shook his head in disapproval. "If what you said is true, Xue Jinghe has already started helping to deliver food, and his people are likely to have been planted there. It's easy to dodge an open attack, but it's hard to guard against an arrow from the dark."

She raised the hot water bottle in her hand and said, "Husband, don't forget that there is Liu Qirui."

"My father-in-law came all the way back to Beijing, and the Liu family went to great lengths to get the tiger talisman."

As she spoke, she opened the lid of the hot water bottle, and the charcoal fire inside was slowly blown out. "I have clearly gotten what I wanted. There are so many generals in the court, but I only call him father-in-law. This is tantamount to re-starting the stove. What's the point?"

Her eyes darkened as she spoke, "It's nothing more than fear of my father-in-law's prestige in the army. A tiger talisman is no match for a real person."

"But what if this person is gone?"

Ji Yunzhang's face darkened, "How dare they!"

Rong Peilan put the completely cold hot water bottle into his hand and said, "Don't forget where your father-in-law is. He is at the border. The battlefield is ruthless and the sword has no eyes."

"If they work together from inside and outside, what chances does father-in-law have of winning?"

Ji Yunzhang looked up at her, his brows furrowed into a "川" shape, "Then I have to go to the border." She immediately sat up and grabbed his hand, "You can't go."

"His Majesty has just appointed you as the Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Guards. You are running to the border before you even take office. This shows that you do not trust His Majesty. I cannot explain this to you."

A figure flashed through Rong Peilan's mind.

The young man she saw in Tang Mansion today.

Thinking about this, she raised her head and said, "Master Tang's eldest son, Master Tang said that his skills are better than yours. He ran across Tongzhou by himself last year."

"He holds no official position and rarely shows up. He is the most suitable person to go on this trip."

Ji Yunzhang was not an arrogant person, and he had no doubt about the combat effectiveness of the Black Armor Army. But if it was true as the young lady said, the villains would be omnipresent, and his father would not only have to deal with external enemies, but also internal traitors.

Even if his father had three heads and six arms, he would probably find it difficult to resist!

Thinking of this, he could no longer sit still.

He stood up and went to Tang Mansion.

"Hey! You're going now?!"

Rong Peilan failed to pull him over and could only watch him rushing to someone else's house again at the end of the year.

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Tangfu.

"I go!"

Tang Xu's energetic face was full of excitement.

Tang Xiao looked at his eldest son and knew his temperament.

The eldest son is most like him, and he is also the one who can least stay in the capital.

Tang Xiao finally sighed. The eaglet had grown up and it was time for it to leave the nest.

"You will set off tomorrow, so don't be careless!"

At the end he added, "Before you leave, light a stick of incense for your mother."

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"Sir, Master Xue failed."

A man in black appeared silently at the window.

But the people in the room were not surprised at all, and they splashed ink with their left hand.

"Xue Jinghe was impatient and wasted an opportunity. He wanted to kill two birds with one stone, but there were not so many good things for him to accomplish."

"It's just something that doesn't accomplish anything."

He threw the pen on the table casually, and a big ink spot was hit on the drawing paper on the table. The painting that he had worked so hard to draw was ruined.

He threw the dried orange peel from the corner of the table into the brazier. After a few slight crackling sounds, there was a faint scent of orange.

The man in black did not move. "Your Highness asks Sir, is there any good news at the end of the year?"

Mu Chun tilted his head slightly, "Good news?"

He smiled and said, "Of course there is good news, and it is good news that will shock the government and the public."

The man in black couldn't help but look up at him.

Muchun picked up another piece of dried orange peel, put it to his nose and smelled it, then threw it into the brazier.

He stared at the orange-red charcoal fire for a moment before speaking softly.

"Someone has to take the blame for the Zhong family case. Since Xue Jinghe is so enthusiastic, let him do it."

The man in black: "Yes."

(End of this chapter)