I'm his wife, how come I don't know?

Si Ling looked directly at Jiang Chu with his cold eyes.

Reaching into his arms, Jiang Chu's knife moved forward without hesitation.

A thin thread of blood flowed down Si Ling's neck. Jiang Chu said in a cold voice, "I advise you not to have any other thoughts. I will really kill you."

"There's an assassin! Protect the prince!"

There was suddenly a murderous atmosphere around the carriage.

Si Ling frowned, snatched Jiang Chu's knife, and held him in his arms.

Then he sheathed the dagger and put it into Jiang Chu's sleeve.

He drew out his sword and held the man in his arms.

"Archery!"

"Whoosh whoosh—"

Si Ling took Jiang Chu out in the broken carriage.

Outside, a group of men in black were fighting with the guards.

Si Ling held Jiang Chu's waist with one hand, and his long sword was like a ghost, reaping the lives of the men in black in the dark night.

In a short while, the bodies of more than a hundred men in black lay coldly on the ground.

Ten of their guards were killed or injured.

More than 90% of the people here were killed by Si Ling single-handedly.

Jiang Chu looked at the cold corpse on the ground, then looked at Si Ling who was hugging him.

I feel tired.

This is also the reason why he did not touch Si Ling for more than a year.

First, his swordsmanship was truly rare in the world, and he was not sure he could kill him.

The second is that Si Ling has indeed saved him countless times over the past year.

This made him a little confused. If the eldest prince and the imperial concubine gave him the task of getting rid of himself, Si Ling seemed to have been disobeying it.

He couldn't understand what the person in front of him meant.

The unexpected assassination did not affect the journey forward.

On the temporarily repaired carriage.

Jiang Chu was twisting the teacup and looking at the person sitting opposite him.

"Nothing you want to explain?"

Si Ling took out a crabapple flower token from his arms.

Jiang Chu's originally cold eyes suddenly froze, and he hurriedly grabbed the Begonia token.

He raised his head and looked at Si Ling in disbelief: "How did you get my brother's token!"

"Still a hidden guard!"

Si Ling said: "I am the subordinate buried by the prince next to the concubine to protect your highness."

"It just so happened that the emperor personally selected secret guards, so the imperial concubine secretly replaced me."

Jiang Chu held the cold token in his hand, his heart aching.

His face remained calm.

Put the token in your arms.

Looking at the bloody marks on Si Ling's neck caused by him, he stretched out his hand and gently placed it around.

"Does it hurt?"

Si Ling's eyes moved slightly, and he drooped his eyelids: "It doesn't hurt, Your Highness is worrying too much."

Jiang Chu sat beside him tiredly and leaned over.

Si Ling's entire back was stiff.

It seemed that he could feel his brother's concern for him from Si Ling's body.

Jiang Chu's eyes were red.

"All these years... it was you who secretly saved me in the palace, right?"

Si Ling did not deny: "It's my subordinate."

Jiang Chu felt bitter that his brother had actually started planning so early.

The alcohol mixed with fatigue finally came over him.

Jiang Chu fell asleep leaning on Si Ling's arm.

Only after Jiang Chu fell asleep did he dare to hold him gently in his arms.

Using her calloused fingertips, she gently wiped away his tears.

Such a night.

The carriage was bumpy, but Si Ling inside the carriage gave Jiang Chu the most comfortable position so that he could sleep well.

the next day.

Jiang Chu woke up in Si Ling's arms. As soon as he saw that face, Jiang Chu felt much happier.

His eyes moved from his face to his chest muscles, and then from his chest muscles to his abdominal muscles.

He reached out his hand and touched it gently.

Si Ling suddenly opened his eyes and grabbed Jiang Chu's hand.

The voice was hoarse from the morning: "Your Majesty, please respect yourself."

Jiang Chu lazily got up from his arms and smiled wildly: "You are mine."

"Isn't it?"

Si Ling said with difficulty: "I am indeed the prince's man."

Jiang Chu smiled even more brightly: "That's fine."

"Take it off, and let me take a look."

Si Ling took a breath and looked at Jiang Chu in disbelief, as if he was frozen there.

Finally, he took a deep breath and said, "Your Majesty, please respect yourself."

Jiang Chu thought it was fun to tease him, so he boldly stepped forward and gently touched his face.

"It's a shame to have a face like this as a guard."

There was a flash of surprise in Si Ling's cold eyes, and the tips of his ears were already red.

My breathing became heavier.

Jiang Chu, however, found his reaction even more interesting and moved closer, sliding his hand down his cheek.

But Si Ling grabbed her wrist and pressed it against the back wall of the carriage.

In order to prevent Jiang Chu from getting hit on the back, he also wrapped his wrist around it.

The two were so close that their breaths were entangled.

Si Ling's eyes stared straight into Jiang Chu's eyes, then moved to his red lips.

His Adam's apple moved, and he almost squeezed out the words from between his teeth: "If Your Majesty continues, I will accompany you to the end."

Now it was Jiang Chu's turn to be stunned.

He was just teasing the old-fashioned guy, and he never expected that he would be able to outwit him.

Seeing Jiang Chu in a daze, Si Ling let him go and tidied his clothes.

Then he retreated and sat opposite Jiang Chu.

"I have overstepped my authority, Your Majesty, please forgive me."

Jiang Chu felt a little guilty: I wonder if I have turned this old-fashioned boy into a homosexual.

"Ahem - well, Suizhou is just ahead -" Jiang Chu coughed lightly to hide the strange atmosphere.

While lifting the carriage curtain to look outside, he secretly glanced at Si Ling.

This guy is very stern and cold.

Jiang Chu sighed, it was indeed top quality.

Suizhou City.

Before we even reached the city, we saw many refugees. Some were crying while holding their children, and some were sitting under trees in a daze.

The bark was stripped off completely, it looked extremely pitiful.

When everyone saw the grain carts guarded by soldiers, they gathered around like crazy.

"Sir, please be kind and give me something to eat."

"Master, please give us something to eat. We haven't eaten for five days."

"My Lord, please."

The people knelt in a circle, and their cries of complaint made anyone who heard them feel sad.

But for the sake of the overall situation, Jiang Chu could not release the grain.

He closed his eyes and took a deep breath: "Come here, the person blocking the way, drag him away."

"Yes!" the soldier did as he was told.

Jiang Chu closed his eyes and listened painfully to the crying outside the carriage which gradually turned into cursing.

Finally, I just covered my ears.

But the sound was like a needle in a needle, and no matter how he covered his mouth, he could still hear it.

Suddenly, another pair of warm hands covered the hand that was near my ear.

The faint scent of soapberry behind me came over to my nose.

Jiang Chu seemed to have suddenly lost his stubborn strength and leaned lightly in his arms.

In Suizhou, Jiang Chu issued several instructions as promised according to Zhao Jinzhou's strategy.

As Zhao Jinzhou had predicted, grain merchants from surrounding towns and some businessmen who wanted to get rich came with grain and fodder.

The wealthy businessmen in Suizhou City began to get restless.

The originally solid unity finally began to fall apart because of the arbitrary pricing by foreign businessmen.

Food prices have fallen back to pre-drought levels and are trending lower.

Jiang Chu breathed a sigh of relief.

"Open a porridge stall and a warehouse."

Originally, the Suizhou government office was scolding Jiang Chu as an idiot and a playboy every day.

Looking at the falling grain prices now, it is hard to tell for a moment whether it is the Ninth Prince who is wise and intelligent, or just a blind cat catching a dead mouse.

I have been very cautious towards Jiang Chu these days.

Today, Jiang Chu asked him to come and discuss matters again.

Entered the inner hall of Suizhou government office.

Sitting upright on the armchair was a young prince who was both noble and incredibly handsome.

He bowed hastily and said, "I wonder what the prince wants me to do for you?"

Jiang Chu handed him a document.

"Copy 100 copies and post them everywhere, saying that the government wants to build a canal, and the wages are as follows."

The Suizhou government found it ridiculous. Why build a canal in the current situation? They already had no money, and it would only create a huge hole.

But he didn't dare to criticize him in person, so he could only pick up the document and read it.

When I saw that the wages were only one penny every two days, I almost couldn't help but tear it up!

The Suizhou government office shouted angrily:

"Your Highness! One penny every two days? Even Zhou Baopi, a miser, would only be worth this much!"