Su Jinyue shook her head slightly, with a faint smile on her lips: "I'm not tired, I just feel that the road ahead is clear and I feel a lot more relaxed."

Xiao Duo held her hand and sighed softly, "Everything is settled now. I can finally put my mind at ease."

Su Jinyue chuckled and looked at him teasingly: "Young General is really concerned about the country and the people."

Xiao Duo was helpless, "You are teasing me again."

The carriage slowly stopped in front of the Duke Zhenguo's Mansion.

Xiao Duo got out of the car first, then reached out to help Su Jinyue down.

It was already dusk, and the lights in front of the palace were just coming on. The warm light shone on the two of them, giving them a soft halo.

Xiao Duo lowered his head and looked at Su Jinyue beside him, "Let's go, let's go back."

Su Jinyue looked up and met his gaze. She smiled slightly and said, "Okay."

Su Jinyue and Xiao Duo entered the mansion. Before they changed out of their palace attire, the housekeeper suddenly came in hurriedly and said, "Madam, General, someone is coming from the palace!"

Su Jinyue and Xiao Duo were puzzled when they heard this: "Someone came to the palace? We just came out of the palace, how could someone suddenly come to the palace?"

Xiao Duo asked: "Where are the people in the palace now?"

The housekeeper hurriedly said, "He's waiting in the front hall!"

Su Jinyue and Xiao Duo looked at each other, quickly changed their clothes and rushed to the front hall.

Before they reached the door, they saw eunuchs from the palace waiting at the door. When they saw the two of them coming, they immediately came forward and saluted.

"I greet General Xiao and Madam."

Xiao Duo stepped forward and gave him a false hand, "Sir, there is no need to be so polite. What is the matter that brings you to the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion?"

The eunuch's face was filled with smiles. "Replying to the young general, this is good news. His Majesty has issued an imperial decree. Please accept it."

Su Jinyue and Xiao Duo knelt down hurriedly.

"I accept your order!"

"Your Highness accepts the order!"

Seeing this, the young eunuch said in a loud voice: "The Emperor, in compliance with the will of Heaven, proclaims that Xiao Duo, the second son of the Duke of Zhenguo, is young and promising, and has made outstanding military achievements. I am very pleased and grant him the title of King of a different surname!"

"I heard that General Xiao and his wife are deeply in love and have devoted their lives to the Great Zhou Dynasty. I have specially granted them a pair of jade ruyi!"

After saying that, he held the imperial edict in both hands and handed it to Xiao Duo, and then presented the pair of jade ruyi to Su Jinyue, "Congratulations, both of you."

Xiao Duo said: "Thank you for coming here specially, please come in, have a cup of tea and take a rest." He said with a smile.

The chief eunuch smiled and said, "How can this be possible? I am in a hurry to return to the palace to report!"

"His Majesty specifically ordered that I go to the Prime Minister's Mansion in person to deliver the decree."

Su Jinyue stepped forward and asked Xiaotao beside her to take out a full ounce of silver. "Then I'll trouble you, eunuch. This is for you."

The head eunuch saw the heavy silver package, dark and gleaming, and said, "Thank you, madam."

Seeing that he was no longer polite, Xiao Duo smiled and said, "If you have time, please come to my house for a chat." Then he sent the man out of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion.

After the young eunuch left, Su Jinyue and Xiao Duo looked at the imperial edict in their hands.

Su Jinyue shook her head helplessly, "Since the founding of the Great Zhou, there has never been a king of a different surname. I don't know whether it is a good thing or a bad thing."

Xiao Duo looked at the imperial edict in his hand with mixed feelings, "Your Majesty actually made me a king of a different surname, this..."

Su Jinyue said: "Your Majesty should have his own ideas, right? You become a king of a different surname, so I still have something to say."

Xiao Duo turned to look at Su Jinyue, "Go ahead and talk. I will listen to you."

After being named a king of a different surname, Su Jinyue was not happy, but rather worried, "It's time for you to hand over your military power."

"Now that His Majesty has appointed you as a king of a different surname, the Great Zhou has now become stable. If you continue to command troops and become powerful, your achievements will surpass those of the master."

Xiao Duo had thought of these things. He nodded and his eyes fell on Su Jinyue, "Jinyue, I have something else to discuss with you."

Seeing Su Jinyue looking at him seriously, Xiao Duo said, "The fief of the king of another surname is far away from the capital. Do you want to stay in the capital, or go to the fief?"

If I go to the fiefdom, I will probably never have the chance to make any achievements.

Su Jinyue pursed her lips and looked at Xiao Duo with her beautiful eyes. She didn't say where she wanted to go, but said, "I want you to go to your fiefdom. The two of us will be away from the court and the center of the vortex."

Hearing Su Jinyue's words, Xiao Duo finally laughed, "Early tomorrow morning, I will go to the palace to ask His Majesty to take back the military token, and you and I will rush to our fiefdom and live happily together from now on."

On the second day, Su Jinyue got up early and prepared the things Xiao Duo would need when he went to the palace to attend court.

Xiao Duo was handling official business in the study. He only called Su Jinyue aside after she finished breakfast.

"You must be careful when you go to the palace to see His Majesty today. After all, it hasn't been long since the incident with Wu Qichang happened. There's no guarantee that someone won't use this incident to impeach you and embarrass you."

Xiao Duo smiled slightly and held her hand, "Don't worry, Madam. I'm well prepared."

"Don't worry, we are about to leave the capital, so I can't cause any more trouble. Just wait at home, I will be back in the evening."

Su Jinyue nodded, a smile on her face, "If that's the case, then I'm relieved. You must be careful when you go out."

After she sent Xiao Duo away, she returned to her room and continued looking at the account book.

After all, they are about to leave Beijing now, and Su Jinyue also wants to take advantage of this period of time to arrange everything in the mansion before leaving.

When the people in the Duke Zhenguo's Mansion heard that the general and his wife were leaving the capital, they were both happy and worried.

No one in the palace wanted their master to be involved in the royal struggle, especially the general, who had gone to the battlefield at such a young age. Now that he had a good result, everyone was happy for the general, but they were also worried about their future.

After Su Jinyue arranged some matters in the mansion, she called the housekeeper to the room.

"What do you want, madam?"

The housekeeper asked Su Jinyue with a smile.

Su Jinyue looked at him and said, "Have we arranged for all the servants and maids in our mansion? Call them over and ask if anyone is willing to go with us to the fiefdom?"

The housekeeper nodded when he heard this, "I understand. I will call the person over to ask him. Madam, please wait for a moment."

Su Jinyue nodded and waited in the room for the housekeeper to call all the servants over.

The housekeeper was extremely efficient. In just a cup of tea, he had called everyone over for Su Jinyue.

"Your servant greets the Madam." Everyone stepped forward and saluted.

Su Jinyue nodded, "You are all elders in the mansion, loyal to the general. I trust everyone in our mansion. If you are willing to follow us to the fiefdom, I will never treat you unfairly."