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"My Lord, you seem very happy?"

Tailing followed his gaze.

She is the third princess and the seventh prince's fiancée.

Cui Huaiji lowered his eyes and shook the wine glass in his hand. The flowing liquid disturbed the emotions in his eyes.

After a while, he curled his lips and smiled softly, then raised his eyes and looked at him again: "Master Sikong, you are wrong. I heard that His Majesty has been summoning Master Sikong to the study recently?"

Tai Ling's attention was drawn back, and he looked alert: "It's not a big deal. What do you want to ask me, Lord Hou?"

Tailing was the Sikong, in charge of water conservancy and construction in the Yu Dynasty. This position was very busy when there was nothing to do, but as can be seen from the career path, young people were unwilling to take it. He was over 50 years old, and this position was just right for him to use in his old age.

However, His Majesty has summoned him frequently recently, which may have attracted the attention of many people.

"Master Sikong, you are too worried."

Cui Huaiji drank with him nonchalantly and made up an excuse to change the subject.

On the other side, Song Jin sat awkwardly with Xu Muqing.

Although it had been explained, Xu Muqi actually questioned her why she had no feelings for Cui Huaiji.

She was powerless to refute.

[Princess, I am Xu Nanheng's fiancée. How can you urge your future sister-in-law to have an affair? ]

She could only smile awkwardly: "Third Princess, I am the Seventh Prince's fiancée..."

So you can't cheat on your wife.

Xu Muning glanced at Xu Nanheng, who was chatting happily with an official not far away, and said with disgust: "Tsk, why do you fall in love with him?"

She really dislikes Xu Nanheng!

Song Jin was speechless.

*

At the auspicious time, the wedding banquet officially began.

Xu Guanlin had a blank expression on his face throughout the whole process, and did not show any joy as a groom.

The wedding was long and awkward. Song Jin watched it for a while and then found an excuse to leave.

After the newlyweds had finished their greetings, everyone respectfully saw the Emperor and Empress off, and then began to whisper to each other.

Yang Yanbin had an ugly look on his face. He became more and more annoyed by the words of flattery from those around him. On the other hand, Chang Fuyan, who was sitting opposite him, had a daughter who was the Crown Princess of the Eastern Palace. He had an endless stream of people trying to curry favor with him, and they used Yang Chaoxue's concubine matter as an excuse in both open and covert ways.

Song Jin watched all this in silence.

She didn't know whether Yang Chaoxue had married the prince in her previous life, but she was happy that Yang Chaoxue was not living a happy life now.

She had seen through the flattery and flattery in officialdom during the days when her soul was wandering.

She glanced sideways at the red lantern hanging high on the east side.

The lights were burning brightly, like a ball of fire burning in the night.

Yang Chaoxue's vision was all red.

"My Lady, the prince will not be back tonight."

Ningxue nervously stepped forward to remind her.

Tonight, the Crown Princess and the Concubine will enter the East Palace at the same time, and the Crown Prince will definitely go to the Crown Princess' place.

Yang Chaoxue's eyelashes drooped slightly, "You can go down."

Ningxue hesitated: "...Yes."

Time passes silently.

The red candle is almost burning out.

There was no movement outside.

It's almost dawn.

Yang Chaoxue finally couldn't help it and threw away the red veil.

Eyes gradually turn red.

"Xu Guanlin, you said you loved me, why did you leave me alone in this empty room?"

"Liar! They are all liars!"

The palace maid who was on night watch was bleary-eyed and heard some sporadic sounds coming from the concubine's room.

She rubbed her eyes and looked over. The candlelight on the paper window swayed slightly.

*

A few days after the wedding banquet, Xu Nanheng came to the house and asked to take Song Jin back home.

She showed up at the prince's wedding banquet, so she could no longer use her poor health as an excuse.

Xu Nanheng's men swaggered in and out of Qulinghou Mansion, collecting her things one by one and loading them onto the carriage.

Butler Zhao was angry but dared not say anything.

The reason he dared to be so arrogant in the Marquis' Mansion was simply because Cui Huaiji was not at home, and no one dared to disobey the orders of a prince like him.

Song Jin cannot openly quarrel with Xu Nanheng.

"Butler Zhao, I left in a hurry today and didn't have time to say goodbye to the Marquis. Please tell him to say goodbye for me."

Butler Zhao glanced at the person who was directing the eunuchs to move the boxes and sighed, "I've made a note. The young lady has gone to the palace, so please take good care of yourself."

The two of them didn't say much before Xu Nanheng called her to leave at the door.

Qing Wu held Yu Nu and stomped her feet in anger: "The Seventh Prince is too shameless!"

The emperor's order is difficult to disobey, but he cannot be so arrogant.

She felt sad when she thought about how the beautiful yard was turned into a mess by Xu Nanheng's men.

We have lived here for several months now, and the room layout is exactly like that of Qingzhou. It would be hard for anyone not to feel uncomfortable seeing it turned out like that.

Although the young lady didn't show it on her face, Qingwu knew in her heart that she was also furious.

“I am here.”

Song Jin walked out of the gate of the marquis' mansion with an expressionless face. He turned sideways to glance at the gate, and a different emotion flashed in his eyes.

*

There are many rules in the prince's mansion. Knowing that the future Seventh Prince's wife was going to move in, the nanny in charge of education came up to her immediately and began to comment on her words and deeds without saying a word.

"You have never been taught etiquette, so it is understandable that you behave a little unruly. I will teach you how to behave in the future."

Song Jin stared at her without saying a word.

It's just like in the story, they give me a warning as soon as I enter the door.

Unfortunately, she is not one of those soft persimmons.

The head nurse was frightened by her stare.

"Then there's Mammy Lao."

Xu Nanheng didn't feel anything was wrong at all. Seeing her agree so obediently, he was even more delighted and took her to the side courtyard where they had settled her.

"Jinjin, you will live here from now on. I don't know who dares to kill you under my nose!"

Song Jin smiled but said nothing.

The servants in the Seventh Prince's Mansion were all brought out from the palace. They were used to the numbness and indifference of the palace and were very calm about her arrival.

Qing Wu looked around and decided that the Seventh Prince's mansion must be pretty good.

"Madam, are we going to live here from now on?"

She missed her days in Qingzhou.

Song Jin lowered his eyes and slowly caressed the sleeping jade slave in his arms: "Hmm."

In order to show how much he valued her, Xu Nanheng filled the house with expensive furnishings. Ordinary people would probably be extremely poor and never be able to use such fine things in their entire lives.

She was raised by Song Tanjiao since she was a child and had seen all kinds of expensive things. Xu Nanheng wanted to use these things to coax her, but he was trying to do it in the wrong place.

She looked up at the palace maids and eunuchs in the yard, who had different expressions on their faces.

"Qing Wu, from now on I will need you to take care of my diet and daily life."

*

Quling Marquis Mansion.

Cui Huaiji stared at the mess in the courtyard, and a cold murderous intent quietly crept into his eyes.

Butler Zhao stood aside trembling with fear: "My Lord, the Seventh Prince is bringing people to take Miss Song back. This old servant can't stop him..."

"Did she leave any message?"

"Miss Song said that the Marquis should not be angry and that she would apologize to him another day."

Atonement?

Cui Huaiji sneered. What crime should she be guilty of?

Some people really live too comfortably!

His dark eyes were filled with bottomless darkness. He glanced at the box of cakes in his hand, threw it to Butler Zhao, and strode out of here.

"Throw it away."

What about the fiancée?

*

Song Jin also lived in the prince's mansion for a short period of time. Except for the teaching nanny who showed up on time every day, she didn't even see Xu Nanheng.

But this also gave her the opportunity to go to the Moon-Picking Tower.

"Young lady, why are you suddenly asking about Lord Sikong?"

Qin Wan rested her chin on her hand and watched her check the bill lazily.

After reading last year's account book, Song Jin pondered: "There is no problem with the flow of water in the Moon-Picking Tower. I am just worried that it will not last long with the help of the Empress."

"Then what should we do according to what the young lady wants?"

She glanced at Qin Wan, who looked listless, and said in a shocking tone, "I plan to contact the imperial merchants directly."

Qin Wan's eyes changed slightly, but her smile remained nonchalant: "My dear, greed is like a snake swallowing an elephant."

Song Jin nodded: "I understand what Manager Qin said. Have you contacted Zhao Wuan?"

Qin Wan stared at her for a long time, then smiled again: "As you guessed, there are many people who want to capture him. I have already told him what you said."

After pausing for a moment, she raised her eyes leisurely, a sharp gleam in her beautiful eyes.

"I have another piece of news," she deliberately kept the secret, twisting her waist and climbing on her shoulders, breathing sweetly, "Young lady, don't you want to get in touch with the royal merchants? Sikong Tailing has recently been ordered by the emperor to build a huge ship that can sail through wind and waves."

"The opportunity that the young lady wanted has come."

The cost of building a giant ship is not low. Even if the treasury is full, it is impossible to spend huge sums of money on it. If you encounter something that requires money in the future, it will be troublesome.

So how do you get enough money?

During the morning court session today, the emperor threw this question to all the court officials, promising that whoever could help Lord Sikong build the giant ship would be able to make an unconditional request to the emperor.

The emperor's promise is worth a thousand gold coins, what a temptation!

Song Jin was certain that Xu Nanheng would take action soon.

The Song family's wealth is more than enough to build a giant ship.

In her previous life, she was ignorant and cheated of money by Xu Nanheng. She wanted to help him gain a lot of advantages in front of the emperor, but this time she planned to do it herself.

"What are you going to do, young lady?"

Song Jin was confident: "Of course I will be the one to assist Lord Sikong."

Qin Wan smiled and covered her lips, not letting her look down on her.

"The young lady is so arrogant. I am not interested in these things. I will just transfer money to the young lady behind the scenes."

The two smiled at each other and reached a tacit understanding without words.

*

The clouds quietly swallowed up the last bit of bright color.

Lanterns were hung on the streets, and the dark shadows of the long night were like ghosts, hiding in the dark corners.

Song Jin got out of the carriage.

"My wife!"

Qing Wu ran out in a hurry, holding up the hem of her skirt.

"Madam, Madam Li has been waiting in the yard for two hours."

Nanny Li was the tutor who was responsible for teaching her the palace etiquette.

At noon, Nanny Li sent someone to tell her that the afternoon classes were suspended, and she then left the house to go to Qin Wan.

Two hours ago, it was time for daily teaching.

Song Jin's heart sank suddenly. It seemed that Nanny Li was deliberately making things difficult for her.

"Go back and take a look first."

Nanny Li stood in the yard with an expressionless face, while the palace maids and eunuchs behind her were very nervous and dared not move.

It can be seen that this Nanny Li is very prestigious in the Prince's Mansion.

When he saw her coming back, he started to act weird.

"The princess is having a great time. I've been waiting for so long."

Song Jin looked at her, not afraid of her at all: "Didn't Mammy say that we don't have to study today? Why, as the prince's consort, do I have to report to a slave like you even when I leave the palace?"

Being outmaneuvered.

Nanny Li remained calm, only lifted her eyelids and stared at her coldly: "I dare not. It is past the hour of night now, and the prince's wife is staying outside. It is unworthy of the prince's wife. According to the rules, she should be punished."

"Someone, bring a ruler!"

Qing Wu's face was pale as he stood up to protect Song Jin: "My wife's injuries have not yet healed, how can you resort to private punishment!"

Madam Li shouted, "Pull her away!"

"yes!"