"Alright, Madam, don't take the rumors from the outside world seriously. I've almost finished handling the government affairs. Leave this matter to me."

Liu Zhiyi was surprised and said,

"So soon?"

"Okay, I'll leave it to you. My husband is the best."

Song Hanchuan thought that if it weren't for that reckless Pei Yunchu who messed up the government affairs, he would have been able to do it even faster.

Liu Zhiyi didn't know how Song Hanchuan dealt with Shen Ningxue. She only knew that someone from the Shangshu Mansion came the next day and knelt at the door to ask to see the Prime Minister, but Song Hanchuan didn't see him.

Time flies, the years pass by like a shuttle.

Autumn has arrived in the blink of an eye.

On this day, Shen Erzhuang asked for an audience at the gate of the prime minister's residence.

Liu Zhiyi thought about the first time he saw her when he went to the farm, and the joy in his eyes was unconcealable.

Knowing that he was different from the others, I went to meet him.

At the corner gate, Liu Zhiyi said indifferently,

"If you have something to say, just say it. If you want to plead for your parents and take the farm back, don't say anything, because I won't agree."

Shen Erzhuang looked embarrassed, pursed his lips and said,

"Sister Xiaoyi, our family has settled down and we have some extra money on hand, so you don't have to worry. I'm very happy to see you are still alive.

Don't worry, I'm not here to beg for mercy this time.

What Dad and Mom did was wrong, and you have reason to be angry. The farm was originally bought by you and your sister, so it's normal to take it back. My brother and I don't blame you."

Liu Zhiyi's expression softened a little.

Shen Erzhuang paused and told the story of what had happened in the past three years in a disjointed manner.

It turned out that when she and Shen Ningzhu suddenly appeared, the Shen family was also happy and really wanted to be a family with them.

However, the two of them suddenly left not long after and there was no news of them again. Everyone in the Shen family was lost and sad for a while, and at the same time, they were worried about them.

Later, when he and his elder brother Shen Dazhuang brought a dozen strong men to Beijing to sell agricultural products produced in the farm, they met Shen Ningxue by chance, and the two groups got in touch in this way.

In the following days, Chen Ningxue came more and more frequently, and every time she came, she made the two elders very happy. As time went by, the two elders' affection for Chen Ningzhu gradually faded.

Until one day, the old Shen family discovered their farm and often came to make trouble. Every time they came, they would cause a big commotion. They even bribed the local county magistrate and sued Shen Dashan for being unfilial.

In the moment of crisis, Shen Ningxue suddenly arrived and solved the crisis with just one sentence.

After that, those people never appeared in front of them again.

From then on, the two elders of the Shen family became closer to Shen Ningxue, and they loved her like their eyeballs.

When they heard that she was going to marry the Prime Minister as his wife, but because she was short of money and afraid of being looked down upon, the Shen family unanimously agreed to empty their family savings to save her face.

Everything that happened afterwards was what Liu Zhiyi saw.

Liu Zhiyi scoffed, "So, your family is not at fault?"

Shen Erzhuang shook his head.

"No, it's true that we are ungrateful, but sister Xiaoyi, Dad and Mom are just ordinary peasants. They don't have much ambition or loyalty. They just want to survive."

"They relied on you before, and later tried to curry favor with Xue'er. They chose Xue'er over you. It's not that they have no feelings for you. They... just want to live."

Liu Zhiyi smiled.

"If I tell you that the incident of suing the officials, including the Shen family's disturbance, was all staged by Shen Ningxue herself, would you believe it?"

This was what Song Hanchuan told her himself, so it couldn't be wrong.

Shen Erzhuang was shocked for a long time before he smiled bitterly.

"Is that so? Indeed, Xue'er's target is too obvious. My brother and I did have our doubts."

"I just thought about how Xue'er had contributed so much to this family since she was young. In order to protect the family's food supply, she was beaten to the point of being on her last breath by the people in the old house several times, so..."

You just can't bear it, right?

Liu Zhiyi really wanted to tell him that what Shen Ningxue was desperately trying to protect was just her own food.

But none of this matters anymore.

"Sister Xiaoyi, I'm glad you're still alive. Don't worry, I'll tell my family and I won't bother you again."

After saying that, he strode away.

…

Two days later, on this day, the two of them were at home together for a rare occasion. Song Hanchuan instructed the housekeeper to ask the kitchen to make more of Liu Zhiyi's favorite dishes to nourish her well.

The housekeeper just agreed with a smile when the doorman came with a card and said, "Sir, the Marquis' wife wants to see you. Here is the visiting card."

Song Hanchuan took it and looked at it, his face darkening.

"What's wrong?" Liu Zhiyi asked with concern.

"No problem," Song Hanchuan said with a complicated expression, "Pei Yunchu's mother is here and specifically wants to see you."

Liu Zhiyi was happy.

"To see me?"

"Well, to be precise, it's to meet the young lady from the Prime Minister's Mansion."

That's more like it. She said that Pei Yunchu looked down on her so much, how could she want to see her.

However, she was curious about what expression the other party would have if she knew that the so-called young lady of the prime minister's mansion was actually the lowly maid whom she had always looked down upon.

Tsk tsk, I'm inexplicably looking forward to it.

When Song Hanchuan saw her like that, he knew that she was up to no good and couldn't help but shake his head with laughter.

"Take her to the flower hall. My wife and I will be there later."

"yes."

As the two entered the flower hall, they saw the Marquis' wife, who had been sitting upright, immediately stood up from her seat, smiling broadly, and came to greet them enthusiastically, saying,

"Your Highness, I greet you. This must be your daughter, isn't it?"

"Look at this little face, she's really well-marked, and you can tell she's a beauty. And her whole body is so majestic, you can't underestimate her. She's priceless."

Liu Zhiyi raised his eyebrows.

"Madam has good eyesight. She can see the signs of my birth even through the veil."

This is a slap in the face.

The Marquis's wife's face froze for a moment, and she couldn't help feeling a little annoyed.

Can this damn girl speak?

It seems that for a girl raised in a remote village, noble status alone is not enough; she must be uneducated. In the past, such a girl would definitely not be worthy of her mansion.

But that brat went crazy three years ago and everyone in the city knew about it. Now, who among any respectable family would be willing to marry into the Marquis's family?

After all this effort, she had found someone who was willing to pay her back, so she had to hold on tightly. Madam Hou suppressed her displeasure and said with a smile,

"That's right. Although the young lady is wearing a veil, her exposed eyebrows and eyes are delicate and charming. Even without looking, you can tell that she is a beauty."

Song Hanchuan passed his fingertips through Liu Zhiyi's fingers, clasped hers, and led her forward to sit in the first seat, saying lightly,

"I wonder why Madam is visiting today?"

The Marquis's wife was startled, her eyes fixed on the two people's interlocked hands.

"this……"

"Um?"

"Ah? Oh! No, nothing, the Prime Minister and my sister have a really good relationship, hehe."

The Marquis's wife smiled stiffly, but she was secretly complaining in her heart, wondering what was going on with these two people? I hope they are not doing anything dirty.

Which siblings are so close?