A concubine enters the mansion? Reborn, three matchmakers and six engagements to marry the Prime Min

Upon hearing this, Shen Zhixiu stood at the door and was silent for a moment before taking off his fox fur coat and handing it to Wenzhu.

He looked at Su Qingyu again and asked softly, "How did you know?"

Su Qingyu could guess some of the truth from his expression.

"Li Chaoyun said this in front of his mother and Shen Yue at Qingyuan Residence."

Shen Zhixiu's expression suddenly turned cold, "This scourge."

He sat down on the chair opposite Su Qingyu and asked, "Are mother and Shen Yue okay?"

Su Qingyu shook her head. "They were fine, but I got angry and beat Li Chaoyun's maid. I also punished Li Chaoyun to kneel in the ancestral hall."

Shen Zhixiu lowered his eyelashes and took the tea handed to him by Wenzhu.

"Well punished, she did it on purpose."

"From now on, you should treat her like a lady of the house and an elder."

Su Qingyu didn't want to talk about Li Chaoyun anymore, so she asked, "Brother is missing, what happened? Was it because of this that you went to the study last night?"

Shen Zhixiu put down the teacup, stood up, walked to Su Qingyu, and gently stroked her back.

"Don't worry, let me explain it to you slowly."

"I just received a secret letter from Northern Frontier, and I understand what happened."

Su Qingyu gestured to Shen Zhixiu to sit down and talk, and she also sat up straight.

Shen Zhixiu sat down again and spoke.

"Some time ago, Li Yunhuai, the third young master of the Li family, arrived in the army. His original intention was to bring food and fodder to alleviate the shortage of food and clothing in the army, and to erode the military power of Yunzhou at the same time."

"But after arriving at the army, he found that it was not what he thought, and the food and grass he brought had been replaced with soil. Overnight, the third young master of the Li family became a joke in the army. From then on, he completely hated Yunzhou."

"According to Yunzhou and Song Hongshen's previous plan, he would pretend to be short of food and desperately attack the Tatar border city of Wulan. Then he would follow the waterway of Wulan City and lead his men to the Liao capital Linhuangfu."

"But for some unknown reason, they were ambushed when they entered the waterway, and Yunzhou disappeared after falling into the water."

"My people found out that Li Yunhuai bribed Yunzhou's confidants. It's also possible that the man was just pretending to surrender, and was actually Princess Yongjia's hidden agent in the army."

At this time, Su Qingyu's expression also calmed down completely.

"According to Master San, is my brother missing or has he already..."

In fact, she vaguely felt that Li Yunzhou was fine, but she still had to ask clearly before she could feel at ease.

Shen Zhixiu shook his head and said, "He should just be missing. Now everyone in the army is looking for him, including his people and Li Yunhuai's people."

"But as long as we don't see a dead body for a day, it's good news for us."

"Li Yunhuai's people will not deal with him secretly. He must die openly so that Li Yunhuai can legitimately take over the Northern Frontier Army."

Su Qingyu's green fingers slid across the map, which was the location of Wulan City.

Brother...you are destined to be crowned king through your military exploits.

What she feared most was that her rebirth would change the course of events.

Seeing that Su Qingyu didn't speak for a long time, Shen Zhixiu stood up again and walked to her side.

"Qingqing, nothing will happen. Yunzhou is a man of both military and civil skills, and is proficient in military tactics, horse riding and archery. If he didn't really have the talent to be a general, I wouldn't have let him go to the Northern Frontier."

"People like this can always survive in desperate situations."

Even though she knew that Shen Zhixiu was comforting her, Su Qingyu still felt much more at ease.

Shen Zhixiu then instructed Wenzhu to bring in some hot tea to help Su Qingyu relax.

But before the tea was served, Han Cui, the maid from Qingyuan Residence, came over to pass on the message that Princess Yongjia had arrived. The eldest young master also came into the mansion with Princess Yongjia. He was now in Qingyuan Residence, and the old lady was talking to him.

Su Qingyu was not surprised. With Princess Yongjia's love for Li Chaoyun, how could she not come here?

She stood up and said, "Third Master, go and do what you want. I'll go meet Princess Yongjia."

She never dragged Shen Zhixiu along with anything she could handle. She knew he had things he needed to do, so she didn't want him to waste time on trivial matters in the inner house.

To some extent, husband and wife are just living together with their own responsibilities. She didn't think she was inferior just because she stayed in the inner house, and of course, Shen Zhixiu didn't think so either.

In Shen Zhixiu's opinion, because Su Qingyu helped him take care of his mother and the inner house, he could focus on handling official business. He was not like Mr. Qiu, who judged the wife and concubine all day long, nor was he like Yang Wenshi, who ran around for a basket of charcoal.

So as long as he was in the mansion, he was willing to share these things with Su Qingyu, and he didn't feel that he was losing his status. On the contrary, it was not easy to handle these trivial matters.

Just like when Princess Yongjia came today, Su Qingyu had to put in no less effort than he did in the court.

"I'll go with you. There are some things you can't say, so I'll say them."

Shen Zhixiu stood up and helped Su Qingyu put on her cloak, then asked someone to bring a hand warmer. Before leaving, he asked her to drink two sips of hot tea to warm her body and calm her mind.

On the way, Su Qingyu casually asked Han Cui, who was delivering the message, "Why did the eldest young master enter the palace with Princess Yongjia?"

Han Cui nodded and said "yes", and then continued: "When I came out, I heard the servant beside the eldest young master say that Princess Yongjia got the news and invited the eldest young master to the Li family. After that, the two of them came to our house together. I saw that Princess Yongjia didn't look very good."

Su Qingyu nodded without saying anything. Princess Yongjia certainly didn't look happy.

When the couple arrived at Qingyuanju, Han Cui took two steps first, lifted the curtain of the hall, and invited the third master and his wife to come in.

When I entered the room, I heard the old lady's voice, "Just because the daughter of the Li family married into the Su family, we are not allowed to discipline her? We can't even point out her mistakes? We can't punish the servants if they talk back to their masters?"

The old lady spoke in a loud voice, with a hint of dissatisfaction in her tone.

Su Qingyu recalled that at this time in her previous life, the old lady's health was much worse than it is now. Before she was killed, the old lady slept for most of the day. In her previous life, it was probably because of Shen Zhixiu's death that she missed him day and night and cried, which hurt her body.

In this life, Shen Zhixiu came back to life, and Mr. Zhou has been taking care of her body for more than half a year. Although she occasionally feels uncomfortable, she is still strong for her age.

After entering, Su Qingyu glanced around the hall. The old lady was sitting on the nanmu armchair at the top, with a tense face and narrowed eyes.

Princess Yongjia sat at the bottom and Shen Zhao stood aside.

Shen Yue was not here. I guess the old lady didn't want her to meet Princess Yongjia at this time.

After Shen Zhixiu and Su Qingyu entered the room, they first bowed to the old lady and Princess Yongjia. Then they sat down opposite Princess Yongjia, and the servants brought up two cups of purple bamboo shoots.

Shen Zhixiu took a look and ordered, "Replace the Third Madam's with Taiwangju."

Princess Yongjia frowned. Her daughter was still kneeling, and it was her, not Su Qingyu, who should clear away the heat and reduce the internal heat.

Then Shen Zhixiu said, "The tea for Princess Shanjun should also be replaced with Taiwangju."