Quick Wear: The Heirless Boss Wants to Get Close to Her Every Day

Chapter 240: The Delicate Cousin Girl vs. the Upright and Brave Cousin (33)

The news that Shen Shuyi had given birth to a daughter also reached the palace. Chu Huiji, who had just escaped from the princess's mansion and returned to the palace, laughed to the sky.

"It's great that I gave birth to a daughter!"

"I curse her to never give birth to a son!"

Suddenly, she hid behind the screen like a madman again, trembling all over, her mind full of things happening in the princess's mansion.

Before the old emperor passed away, Chu Huiji was in dire straits in the princess's mansion. Although it was a princess's mansion, she could not bring many servants to the mansion because the old emperor deliberately suppressed her. In addition, she was haunted by nightmares and was tortured by Cui. Zhou Xuanmin was cold and her health was getting worse day by day.

Zhou Xuanmin failed in the imperial examination again, and he took out all his anger on Chu Huiji, even slapping her in the face.

Chu Huiji covered her cheeks with tears, and looked at Zhou Xuanmin steadily, "Zhou Xuanmin, how could you hit me? Have you forgotten the days when we first knew each other and loved each other?!"

Zhou Xuanmin looked at Chu Huiji's distorted face with a gloomy expression, "I love the bright, generous, straightforward and lovely Princess Huiji, how could I love you, a vicious woman!"

"If I hadn't married you and my family hadn't been in turmoil, how could I have failed the imperial examination?"

"If you hadn't been so unreserved at the Peony Club, how could I have failed my cousin and been kicked out of the house by my grandparents?!"

Zhou Xuanmin was so excited that he was fuming with anger.

"Do you know how hard my life is out there? My former classmates even mocked me for being unfaithful and immoral. That's why I failed to get into the first class and only got the last place in the third class!"

"It's all your fault!"

"Zhou Xuanmin! Go to hell!" As she said that, Chu Huiji pounced on Zhou Xuanmin and grabbed his face.

The two wrestled with each other, and Feng Feng Mo Mo's eyes were full of hatred.

Chu Huiji sent people out to deliver the message to the palace, but unfortunately they were stopped by Cui. If the new emperor had not ascended the throne and summoned her to the palace, she would probably have been imprisoned in the princess's mansion by Zhou Xuanmin and his mother and would never have been allowed to go out.

The first thing she did after returning to the palace was to ask her brother, the Crown Prince, now the new emperor, to execute Zhou Xuanmin and his mother, and even punish the entire family of the General's Mansion.

The new emperor Chu Mu had long wanted to get rid of the Zhou family, but the Zhou family had a high reputation in the court and he could not act hastily.

But he still sent Zhou Xuanmin, who had passed the imperial examination, to the miasma-ridden Lingnan area as a ninth-rank county magistrate. The court officials had nothing to say about this, because Zhou Xuanmin was just an inferior third-class imperial scholar!
Everyone thought he was a top scholar, but they were wrong!
The new emperor even specially appointed him to bring his parents with him to the post. This was pushing him to death. The journey was so long that a minor illness on the way might be fatal!

After hearing the news, Shen Shuyi and Zhou Qian returned to the general's mansion to bid farewell to their second uncle's family. The old general sighed several times, and the old lady's face was also full of worry. After all, they were family members. Even if they scolded them for not living up to their expectations, the old saying goes that family members are connected by bones and tendons, and they prosper and suffer together.

After the banquet, Shen Shuyi went to talk to the old lady, and Zhou Qian was called into the study by the old general to discuss matters.

On the way back, Shen Shuyi looked at Zhou Qian pretending to be calm and smiled, "What did grandpa say that made you so worried?"

"It's not a big deal. He just told us to keep a low profile on weekdays. He also comforted us not to worry too much. Our Zhou family has shed blood for the Chu Kingdom for generations. The emperor dare not do anything openly."

Shen Shuyi held his hand and said, "He hasn't even secured that position yet. Don't worry. Zhou Xuanmin's fate is due to his bad relationship with the princess."

As expected, as soon as the emperor sent Zhou Xuanmin to Lingnan, he sent a batch of rewards to the General's Mansion as a sign of appeasement, and the entire Chu State was temporarily calm.

Shen Shuyi did not tell Zhou Qian about her secret cooperation with Chu Cheng. The Zhou family was loyal to the emperor and patriotic, and would certainly oppose such treason, but she had to be prepared. If Chu Mu really attacked Zhou Qian on the battlefield, she would also have the power to fight back.

Although the mansion arranged a wet nurse, Shen Shuyi still breast-feeds. Little Liangyu is very well-behaved. He sleeps when he is full, or falls asleep while eating.

Zhou Qian carried the sleeping little guy out to sleep, then quickly sat back down, looking with burning eyes at his wife who was about to straighten her clothes.

Shen Shuyi looked at him like this and said angrily, "Turn around!"

Zhou Qian's eyes were dark, "Madam, I want to, too."

"Don't even think about it!" "Madam, can I kiss you?"

Shen Shuyi saw that he looked pitiful, so she leaned over and kissed him on the cheek.

She didn't notice the man's slightly raised lips.

In the end, Shen Shuyi hugged the man's head and scolded him for having ulterior motives!

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The good times did not last long. There was a war on the border, and Zhou Qian was immediately recommended as a general to lead the troops to fight.

After returning from court, Shen Shu noticed that he looked uneasy and hesitated to speak, and he guessed something was going on.

Normally, they talked about the affairs of the court. Zhou Qian did not isolate his wife from the political affairs just because she was a woman. Instead, he liked to listen to her speak freely.

His wife has many ideas that can surprise people.

Now, he is facing a long separation. How can he start?

The two of them lay on the bed. Shen Shuyi got into his arms, put her palm on his chest, and asked softly, "You look worried. What happened?"

Zhou Qian held her hand, pulled it to his lips and kissed it, "Madam, I will be recruiting troops to go to the northern border in a few days, and it may take a long time before I can return home."

"Ma'am, I'm sorry for you and the child."

Shen Shuyi's heartstrings were tense, and his hands couldn't help but tremble. "You haven't let anyone down. On the contrary, it is because of you soldiers that we can live in peace."

"In fact, I have been prepared for this. You don't have to blame yourself so much, my husband."

"I told you before that this winter is colder than usual. Under the extreme temperature, the nomadic barbarians outside the northern border will not be able to be self-sufficient. They will inevitably migrate south on a large scale, and conflicts with our people are inevitable."

Zhou Qian hugged the man tightly in his arms, "Yes, those barbarians are like a tide that continuously floods from the wilderness to disturb the lives of the people in the northern border."

"This winter they are short of fodder and the cold weather has made it difficult for them. They have already started to burn, kill and plunder our people. Your Majesty asked me to send troops to defend the border of Chu as soon as possible."

If the child wasn't still young, Shen Shuyi really wanted to go with him.

In the end, she could only stroke his cheek gently, "The barbarians are cruel and treacherous, my husband must be careful."

Zhou Qian felt bitter in his heart and hugged the person in his arms tightly, "Well, I will miss you and Xiao Yuer every day."

"wait me back."

Shen Shuyi didn't want to waste the little time they had left together, so she hugged his face and kissed him.

"Yier." Zhou Qian called her as if he was sighing, but also as if he could not suppress his deep affection.

In order to reward him, Shen Shuyi even wore the anklet bell that he had bought from a Persian merchant.

The man held her in his arms, face to face, watching her biting her lips and sweating, listening to the clear and beautiful sound of bells in his ears.

He was like being fed a piece of maltose, the sweetness flowed through his every limb, soothing the reluctance and uneasiness of parting.

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