After the Spring Festival, the sword grass from northern Xinjiang gradually arrived in Yizhou.

With sufficient supplies, almost all the people in Yizhou city used herbal medicines, and the epidemic was gradually eliminated.

Along with the herbs came news about King Ning.

Since Prince Ning knew that the epidemic could be cured by Northern Frontier Sword Thatch, he sent people back to the Northern Frontier to investigate.

Only then did we learn that the epidemic had indeed originated from a small town in northern Xinjiang, but because the residents of the town all had the custom of drinking swordgrass water, the epidemic did not spread and was only treated as a common cold in the local area.

A few years ago, when the relationship between Beiqiong and Dali was not so tense, many Beiqiong people traveled across the border and brought the disease back to Beiqiong, causing several small waves of plague in Beiqiong.

Fortunately, Beiqiong is a vast area with a sparse population, and the plague was quickly quelled, so it did not attract much attention.

"I think Su Xu got the plague-infected clothes from He Louqing in Beiqiong. He thought the plague had no cure, so he boldly went to Yizhou to poison. Don't tell me, although he is a love-minded person, he is really good at conspiracy and cruelty."

Ning Xihua said sarcastically that she was already thinking about how to kill Su Xu and get revenge after returning to Beijing.

"Unfortunately, there is insufficient evidence. The group of people who caused trouble at the city gate were just low-level minions. They never saw the person who gave the order, and the murderer who poisoned them is nowhere to be found."

She sighed, somewhat frustrated.

Su Bi was calm, "Even if there is evidence, my father may not make it public. After all, it concerns the image of the royal family. Su Xu's actions are too vicious, and he is afraid that he will lose the support of the people."

Yes, if Su Xu's crimes were not made public and he was nailed to the pillar of shame, with Emperor Shao Yuan's partiality and the halo of the protagonist, who knows how Su Xu would behave in the future.

"Is there no other way?"

Su Bi saw her distress and smiled, "Of course there is a way, but not now. The most important thing now is to marry you first, so as to avoid more troubles later."

Ning Xihua rolled her eyes at him, speechless.

In addition to the news about Jian Cao, Prince Ning also mentioned that their wedding date had been set.

The third day of March is the Shangsi Festival, a day for purification and outing. This day appointed by Qintian is quite lively.

There were less than two months left before the wedding date, and Yizhou was about to be unsealed, so they had to return to Beijing to prepare for the wedding.

On the sixth day of the first lunar month, after bidding farewell to the old lady and Ning Chen and his wife, Ning Xihua and Su Bi set out on their journey back to Beijing.

At the gate of Yizhou city, Ning Yuehang and Ning Yueyan saw them off.

"Fifth sister, grandma asked me to remind you to do whatever you want and not to be afraid of anything. The Ning family will always be your greatest support." Ning Yueyan said solemnly.

These words were said to both Ning Xihua and Su Bi.

Maybe one day the couple will separate and their relationship will grow cold, but she will not lose the courage to move forward, because the Ning family will always support her behind her.

Ning Xihua smiled brightly and nodded heavily.

Su Bi also bowed and said, "Please tell grandma that Su Bi will not forget what he promised her, so she can rest assured."

Ning Yuehang looked reluctant and said, "On your wedding day, my second brother and I will go to see you off."

After saying that, he looked at Su Bi again, thinking of the fact that he lost the drinking contest on New Year's Eve. He looked angry and said, "Then I will get drunk with Your Highness again!"

Su Bi laughed, "I will prepare some good wine and wait for you to come."

No matter how reluctant we were, the time to say goodbye finally came.

The convoy moved forward slowly. Ning Xihua, who was in the carriage, opened the window and waved goodbye vigorously.

Ning Yuehang and Ning Yueyan both waved their hands.

Ning Yueyan looked at the carriage going away, but his thoughts returned to New Year's Eve.

When he sent Su Bi out of the house, Su Bi asked him what he wanted to do in the future.

He just said that he wanted to inherit his father's business and go into business.

Su Bi said, "Have you ever considered entering the government?"

He shook his head and said that his eldest brother had joined the army and his fourth brother also wanted to join the army. The Ning family needed someone to guard the rear like his father.

Su Bi looked at him seriously and said, "The Ning family has gained a foothold with military power, and no one dares to challenge it, but they still lack a voice among the civil officials in the court. Now that the princess is about to marry me, if you have never thought about entering the government before, you can think about it seriously now."

Ning Yueyan understood that Su Bi was almost openly trying to win him over.

But he was right. If the fifth sister married Su Bi, the Ning family would be on board the prince's ship.

In the future, when the fifth sister becomes the empress, the Ning family's military power can only intimidate certain villains, but it will be unable to control the affairs of the harem. It may even cause others to be jealous and resist because of the power of the in-laws.

If he entered the government and had a seat in the Golden Palace, he would not only be able to protect his fifth sister in the future, but would also be able to provide an additional layer of security for the Ning family in the court.

He came to his senses and looked at Ning Xihua who was still waving at them vigorously, and made a decision in his heart.

Ning Yuehang beside him was still covering his mouth and shouting, "Fifth sister, take care!"

Ning Xihua in the carriage was suddenly filled with sadness at his shouting. Just as she was feeling melancholy, she heard her fourth brother continue to shout,

"When I get to the capital, you must take me to a brothel to listen to new songs!"

Ning Xihua: …

Forget it, you'd better not come.

Su Bi looked interested, "Brothel?"

She smiled awkwardly with a stiff neck, but in her heart she had already dragged her fourth brother out and beat him up madly.

"Listening to music?"

Ning Xihua hadn't thought of a clever excuse yet, so she could only mumble, "I just went there to gain some experience. I didn't go to a prostitute's house."

I feel a little regretful as soon as I finished saying this. This is just like bringing up something irrelevant.

Su Bi said meaningfully, "I didn't expect the princess's hobby to be so unique."

Ning Xihua knew that she was in the wrong, so she zipped up her mouth and said no more, fearing that she would say more harm.

Seeing her like this, Su Bi shook her head, but brought up another matter.

"I mixed 20,000 private soldiers with the soldiers returning to Beijing."

Ning Xihua:!!!

She nearly choked on a mouthful of tea that went down her trachea.

What? Private soldiers? 20,000?

Su Bi quickly patted her back to comfort her.

"Where did you get 20,000 private soldiers!?"

Su Bi said calmly, "I have kept them in various villages near Yizhou for the past few years, and Zhao Yukang has been keeping an eye on them for me. When I ran into you on my way back to Beijing from Yizhou last year, you were handling some military affairs in Yizhou."

If Prince Ning had not brought his troops back in advance this time, he would have been charged with treason and had to use these 20,000 private soldiers to forcibly break into the city and save Yizhou from danger.

Ning Xihua was still shocked, "Where do you get so much money to support the army?"

Twenty thousand is not two thousand. How can it be that he alone has twenty thousand private soldiers under the nose of Emperor Shao Yuan? The entire Yulin Army has no more than sixty thousand people!

Su Bi smiled, "Well, I have a talent for business. In addition to Tingfenglou, many shops in the capital are actually under my name. I also have a lot of industries in Yizhou. In a sense, I might be Uncle Ning's business partner?"

Ning Xihua was stunned by the boss' Versailles.

I knew he was rich, but I never thought he was this rich!

"Will there really be no problem if these 20,000 of you return to Beijing with me?"

Su Bi comforted him, "Before coming here, I have already discussed with Prince Ning. The army along the way is either 50,000 or 70,000. No one will count it except the leader. When we arrive in the suburbs of Beijing, Bai Luoqiu will place them in the village under Lingshan Temple. It has been vacant and prepared for several years, so no one will find out."

Ning Xihua couldn't help but secretly raise his thumb when listening to this. In this way, it would still be these 50,000 people entering the capital, and Emperor Shao Yuan would certainly let these 50,000 people return to the northern border, but Su Bi's 20,000 private soldiers were hiding in the suburbs of the capital and waiting for orders without anyone noticing.

Boss, you are preparing to do something big!

Ning Xihua looked at him with admiration. As a salted fish, she didn't care what big thing the boss was going to do at the moment. He had already discussed it with the old man anyway. Now she was only concerned about one problem.

"I have another question."

"What?"

"Does the offer you mentioned earlier include the industries you just mentioned?"

Su Bi laughed, this little money-grubber.

"Of course, anything under my name is yours."

Ning Xihua smiled happily when she heard that.

Great, she is going to go from being a small rich woman to a super rich woman!