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

On the day after the Ghost Festival, Shen Zhixiu came back for lunch, a rare occasion.

Su Qingyu asked the small kitchen to prepare a few of his favorite dishes.

She has had no appetite these days, eating little and only drinking some light soup.

The small kitchen would make different soups every day, skim off the oil, and add green vegetables.

Today's soup is made with old hen and ham, but it is not greasy at all.

Shen Zhixiu went into the inner room to change his clothes, while Su Qingyu sat at the table and served him a bowl of soup.

Zhenzhu suddenly came in with a smile and said, "Madam, the steward Liu from the farm came to deliver some vegetables and a few bunches of grapes."

"Manager Liu also said that this is the first year that the grapes have borne fruit, but it is still a good harvest. A grape trellis has been built on the farm, and he asked Madam if she wanted to go pick grapes."

Su Qingyu's eyes lit up. Her maternal grandparents' house in the suburbs of Beijing also had a grape trellis, which was her favorite place when she was young.

But in an instant, the light in his eyes dimmed again.

"Tell the steward to pick the grapes when they are ripe. They can keep some to eat and send the rest back to the mansion."

Pearl was startled, "Madam, don't you want to go?"

Su Qingyu shook her head. "Whenever I go out, Third Master becomes nervous, fearing that something bad might happen to me."

She understood Shen Zhixiu, so she didn't want to cause him trouble. In the current situation, she could stay at home to take care of her pregnancy, which was also a help to him.

Upon hearing this, Pearl stopped trying to persuade him and just said yes.

"If you are fine, go ahead and let Jiang Qi take the good people." Shen Zhixiu walked in from outside and sat down opposite Su Qingyu.

Su Qingyu looked at him with burning eyes, "I do want to go, but I'm afraid you'll worry."

Shen Zhixiu smiled dotingly, "It's our own farm, you can go if you want. I'm worried about the crowded and messy Huguo Temple."

"I'll take you to the farm tomorrow morning and pick you up in the evening."

He also didn't have the heart to keep her confined, so he decided to let her go out and relax while her morning sickness wasn't too severe. Otherwise, when the month was older and it was winter and cold, she would be even more unable to go out.

Su Qingyu thought to herself, isn't this still a sign of worry?

But she did not refuse again. She turned around and told Zhenzhu, "Send someone to tell the fourth and fifth young ladies that I will take them to pick grapes tomorrow."

Shen Yue was in mourning and couldn't go out, so she planned to take Su Shunci and Su Zhilan with her.

One of them was focused on making money, while the other was busy drawing blueprints. Both of them were busier than her.

Early the next morning, Su Qingyu got on a carriage to pick up Su Shunci and Su Zhilan and went to the farm outside the city.

Shen Yue couldn't go, so she could only send Su Shunci out and told them to pick more grapes. She couldn't go, but she could eat.

Seeing Shen Yue looking at the carriage leaving with envy, Su Yuanzhou could only put his arm around her shoulders and comfort her, "Let them go and work, and we'll wait for the food at home."

"If there are any extra, make another jar of wine. Bury it after the snow falls, and it will be just right for drinking during the New Year."

Shen Yue lowered her head and chuckled, "You are treating them like coolies."

As soon as he finished speaking, one of his subordinates came up and reported to Su Yuanzhou, "Your Majesty, the man you mentioned has been bribed by our subordinates."

Su Yuanzhou nodded, "Keep a close eye on him."

At this moment, in the outer courtyard of the Li family, Zhang Tianshi had finished his breakfast and was taking a walk in the woods.

Shuangxi, a servant from the outer courtyard, approached and said, "Tianshi, you have a powerful junior brother? I haven't heard you mention him before."

Zhang Tianshi was stunned and asked cautiously: "How do you know?"

His junior brother is still in jail, why would Shuangxi mention him?

Shuangxi didn't seem to notice his abnormality and continued, "You don't know yet, do you? He is now very famous in the capital. Who doesn't know that Taoist Yuan is very advanced?"

"Your junior brother is looking for you everywhere. If I wasn't in a hurry to go back home today, I would have brought him back."

Zhang Tianshi looked at Shuangxi suspiciously for a few times and saw that he did not seem to be faking it.

"Is Taoist Yuan very famous in the capital now?" he asked again.

Shuangxi said confidently, "How could it be false? Isn't it the Ghost Festival these days? He has performed several rituals. I heard that many families are looking for him to perform rituals for them now."

"Do you want me to bring the person over so that you brothers can meet him?" Shuangxi asked.

Zhang Tianshi shook his head and replied with a smile, "No need, I will go out of the house to see my junior brother today."

He had to tell his junior brother that he couldn't look for him in such a high-profile manner. In addition, he asked his junior brother to find out who had come to look for him before. If it wasn't a big grudge and it could be resolved, he wouldn't be hiding in the Li family.

Although life in the Li family is good, it is not as free as living in one's own home.

Just like that, Zhang Tianshi walked out carefully.

He was a cautious person by nature, and he had done a lot of bad things, so even when he went to see Taoist Yuan, he had to go through a small alley.

But what he didn't know was that Su Yuanzhou's men had been waiting in the dark for a long time. They had to follow him closely, no matter where he went.

Zhang Tianshi went directly to Taoist Yuan’s house in the east of the city. After entering the house, he didn’t see anyone, but heard a child crying.

For a moment, he thought he had walked into the wrong door.

But looking at the furnishings in the yard, I was sure that it was my junior fellow apprentice's house.

Could it be that my junior fellow apprentice has become rich and sold this house and moved away?

Just as I was thinking about it, I saw Taoist Master Yuan coming out of the house with a basin in his hand. He stood in the yard and began to hang the children's clothes and diapers. Judging from his skillful movements, he must be used to doing this.

Zhang Tianshi was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth and called out, "Junior brother."

Taoist Yuan looked up and saw him standing at the gate of the yard. He put down the basin in surprise and said, "Brother, you are here? Come in quickly."

Although he said this, he was actually very nervous. Thinking of Su Yuanzhou's instructions, Taoist Yuan calmed himself down.

Zhang Tianshi did not notice anything unusual and asked, "What are you doing?"

I stretched my neck to look into the room and saw the child on the bed sucking his fingers.

"Whose child is that?"

Taoist Priest Yuan invited the man in and explained, "This is my son. His mother died of complications during childbirth. From now on, the two of us will depend on each other."

The Su family announced that the first wife's newly born child had died, and Aunt Zeng died of grief. Of course, no one would associate a Taoist priest's child with the heir of the Marquis's mansion.

Zhang Tianshi was stunned and asked Taoist Yuan how he got out of prison and how he had a child.

Taoist Yuan answered all the questions, made up a romantic story, and also made up a story about his experiences after he was released.

After the two of them reminisced about the past, Taoist Yuan sent the child to the neighboring family, where the eldest sister-in-law often helped him look after the child. He would not let her look after the child for free, and would give her some money every time.

After settling the children, he went to a nearby restaurant and ordered a table of food and two jars of wine.

The two brothers sat down at the table. Taoist Yuan poured some wine and they started drinking while chatting.

After three rounds of drinking, Taoist Yuan asked, "Brother, did you offend anyone? I saw someone going to your house to look for you."