Chapter 4:

What are you thinking about? Seeing Jiang Shu in a daze, Shen Changze couldn't help but be curious.

"The scene reminded me of the day of our wedding." Jiang Shu came back to her senses and stopped thinking about it.

"I've wronged you in the past few years. I will compensate you in the future." Shen Changze tried hard to recall, but he couldn't remember what she looked like on the day of her wedding.

Jiang Shu smiled and didn't deny it.

The general who fought on the battlefield carefully applied massage to her hands with the hands that danced with swords and held guns. It would be a lie to say that he was not moved.

In order to hide the throbbing in his heart, Jiang Shu casually brought up a topic: "Border, battlefield...what is it like?"

"Smoke and yellow sand, strong winds and cold snow, swords and blood, corpses everywhere..." The border mentioned by Shen Changze was not beautiful.

Jiang Shu lowered her eyes and saw a thin scar on the back of Shen Changze's hand, so she asked him: "Have you had a hard time these years?"

Hearing her concern for him, Shen Changze's heart trembled, his Adam's apple rolled and his voice was hoarse: "The first time I went to the battlefield, I was shocked by the cruelty of the war, and I was distracted and gave the enemy an opportunity to take advantage. At the critical moment, my master stood in front of me, pierced his chest with a curved knife, and the hot blood splashed on my face."

"Once the enemy attacked at night, I was stabbed in the chest by a spear when I was confused, and I almost died. It was Jin Chu who killed the enemy and saved me..."

"After escaping death several times, I finally gained experience and learned to be alert at all times to protect myself. Although I still can't avoid being injured, I can always stay alive. Those injuries are nothing. They will heal in a few days."

Listening to his calm tone, Jiang Shu felt a little ashamed. Compared with the injuries he suffered on the battlefield, her burns were really not worth mentioning.

But she still felt pain, piercing pain.

"Jinchu also has good martial arts, and she is no less than a man in killing enemies on the battlefield. She has been with me through life and death for these years, leaving scars all over her body. If she were in Beijing, I'm afraid she wouldn't be able to get married."

Speaking of Cheng Jinchu, Shen Changze's eyes were filled with guilt and heartache, blended into a strong love that took root in his heart.

Jiang Shu knew that she could never compare to Cheng Jinchu.

"You have suffered." Jiang Shu said sincerely.

Putting aside personal grudges, Shen Changze and Cheng Jinchu defended their country and family, which was worthy of her admiration.

Shen Changze shook his head: "Compared with other generals, this little suffering is nothing, and we are luckier than them. We can still return to Shangjing alive. I am very satisfied."

Hearing him calmly talk about the life and death in these years, Jiang Shu felt relieved.

But she felt sorry for others, who would feel sorry for

her? It was not easy for her to support a defeated marquis's mansion with her weak body. It was just that she had no place to tell her hardships, so she could only bury them in her heart.

Unwilling to think about these things, Jiang Shu closed her eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

The night breeze was slightly cool. Shen Changze saw that she had fallen asleep, so he gently carried her to the bed.

Jiang Shu was very light, so light that he didn't feel at ease holding her in his arms.

Pulling the quilt over her and covering her, Shen Changze changed a piece of ice and continued to apply ice to her hands.

The person on the bed was not sleeping very well, frowning and tossing from time to time.

Shen Changze was afraid that she would hurt the back of her hand, so he had to hold her white wrist with his hand.

Such a close distance, he could see clearly her long eyelashes, not to mention her delicate face and eyebrows.

Everyone loves beauty, and he is no exception.

His eyes followed the delicate nose down and fell on the cherry-red lips, and he couldn't stop his throat from rolling.

This is his wife.

Chewing on these words, Shen Changze felt a little sweet in his heart, leaning over and kissing Jiang Shu's bright forehead.

The next day, when Jiang Shu woke up, it was already bright.

"Tan Yu, what time is it?"

"It's past halfway through the morning, Madam, do you still feel pain?" Tan Yu helped Jiang Shu get up.

Jiang Shu lowered her eyes to look at the back of her hand that had already shrunk: "It doesn't hurt much."

She searched the room and didn't see Shen Changze, so he must have left.

Seeing what she was thinking, Tan Yu said: "The Marquis stayed with Madam all night, and applied medicine to Madam at dawn before leaving." "

He stayed all night" Jiang Shu was a little unbelievable.

Tan Yu nodded: "Chu Yu also stayed outside the house all night, delivering ice every half an hour, and saw it with her own eyes."

Tan Yu originally disliked Shen Changze, but now she has changed her mind: "I think the Marquis still has his wife in his heart."

But he has more than just her in his heart.

Jiang Shu said nothing, put on her shoes and socks, and let Tan Yu help her wash, and then sat in front of the bronze mirror to do her makeup.

In the Suoyun Courtyard, Yan Yang and Yan Huan were playing in the yard, and Cheng Jinchu was checking the account book in the house.

Although she knew how to read, the account book of the Marquis's Mansion was complicated and she had a hard time reading it, and she didn't understand many things.

She wanted to ask Shen Changze, but he had just gone to bed, and as a man, he might not understand the affairs of the back house. After thinking it over, she took the account book to find her mother-in-law Lin.

"What Jiang Shu asked you to manage the family?" Shen's mother was so surprised that she almost choked on her tea.

Seeing Shen's mother's reaction, Cheng Jinchu thought she didn't trust her, so she vowed: "Don't worry, mother, I will do my best."

Shen's mother waved her hand: "It's not that I don't trust you, but you don't understand the Marquis' Mansion. Not everyone can manage this family." Shen's mother

sighed, not knowing how to tell her, after all, it was not a glorious thing.

"I just arrived at the Marquis' Mansion, and I really don't know anything. I hope mother will not hesitate to teach me." Cheng Jinchu was determined.

She didn't believe that managing a family could be more difficult than going into battle to kill the enemy

"Alas!" At this point, Shen's mother knew that she would not listen to anything she said, so she could only speak with facts.

"Don't worry about the account book for now, just come with me to the warehouse."

The warehouse did need to be counted, Cheng Jinchu didn't think about it, took the key and followed Shen's mother.

The warehouse of the Marquis's Mansion was very large, but it was very empty inside, with only a dozen wooden boxes.

Shen's mother asked someone to open it, and Cheng Jinchu saw that the wooden boxes were filled with antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and there were only two boxes of silver and one box of gold.

"This..." Cheng Jinchu couldn't believe that such a large Marquis's Mansion had only this little property.

Shen's mother dismissed the servants and said shyly: "The Marquis's Mansion has been declining since 20 years ago. Changze's father passed away early, and I, a woman, don't know how to make money. Otherwise, how could I marry a merchant's daughter as the mistress." Even

so, she felt that Jiang Shu was marrying up to marry into the Marquis' Mansion.

"So all the expenses of Jiang Shu's management are paid by herself." At this moment, Cheng Jinchu finally understood what Shen's mother said.

This family is indeed not something that anyone can manage.

Shen's mother was ashamed: "If it weren't for her, the Marquis' Mansion would have been ruined long ago."

Cheng Jinchu clenched the key in her hand, her face cold.

No wonder Jiang Shu gave up the power of management so generously, it turned out that he wanted to dig a hole to humiliate her.

She heard Shen Changze say that Jiang Shu was the daughter of a wealthy businessman in Shangjing, and she had nothing else but a lot of money.

"Let's go back and check the account book first." Cheng Jinchu took a deep breath and walked out of the warehouse, his figure firm and resolute.

Shen's mother wanted to persuade her to return the power of the family to Jiang Shu, but she didn't know how to start.

She couldn't afford to offend any of her two daughters-in-law.