After hearing this heartbreaking experience, Wen Zhu couldn't help but feel sympathetic and surprised, and sighed: "It's really too pitiful!"
Seeing this, Fu Zhiyao nodded in agreement, "That's right. This case is currently under secret investigation, so we must be extremely cautious to avoid alerting the enemy. On the other hand, out of concern for her safety, we are temporarily bringing her to our house for shelter."
After hearing this explanation, Wen Zhu responded softly, "Oh, so that's how it is."
Fu Zhiyao then said seriously, "Few people know about this matter at the moment, except you. Therefore, please help take good care of this young lady who is staying with us. In particular, you must not let Mrs. Zhao know her true background, otherwise she might be in danger."
After saying this, he even hugged the woman next to him tightly to show his respect for her.
After understanding her husband's request, Wen Zhu nodded heavily to show her agreement.
Then, like a curious baby, he asked another question: "When all the troubles are solved in the future, what will happen to Miss Wu?"
After thinking for a few seconds, Fu Zhiyao replied, "We'll discuss this issue later."
After hearing this, although he did not express much on the surface, in his heart, Wen Zhu had already begun to silently speculate on possible scenarios in the future: Once this crisis is successfully overcome, will the woman named Wu Jingxuan choose to stay?
I wish it wouldn't be like this...
She prayed silently in her heart.
Afterwards, the two of them made out several more times.
Every contact was as fresh and exciting as the first time, as if their heartbeats were resonating with each other.
The next morning, Wen Zhu walked gently into Fu Zhiyao's room and said softly, "My Lord, I will accompany the Duke's wife to visit Lord Jiang's residence today."
She tried to make her voice softer, not wanting to disturb Fu Zhiyao, who was still a little lazy.
"Which Lord Jiang?"
After hearing the news, Fu Zhiyao couldn't remember the specific person for a moment. A hint of doubt flashed in his eyes, and he tried to find clues from his memory.
"It's the Prime Minister."
Seeing him like this, Wen Zhu couldn't help but smile and explained further.
At the same time, he was secretly surprised that the other party did not remember such an important person.
Seeing the surprise on Fu Zhiyao's face, Wen Zhu told him the whole story of how Hong Sheng stopped the out-of-control horse yesterday.
"The situation was extremely critical at the time, but fortunately Mr. Hong reacted quickly and prevented the accident from escalating further."
She spoke in great detail, afraid to miss any detail.
After listening to the whole process, "Hong Sheng has made a great contribution this time."
Thinking that this young man could actually stand up bravely in such a dangerous situation, Fu Zhiyao couldn't help but admire him and immediately suggested: "In that case, I'll go with you."
His eyes sparkled with admiration and his words were filled with genuine emotion.
Out of etiquette considerations, the Jiang family also specially invited Zhao Manxiang to attend the party.
However, because he had already told the Duke's wife that he had other plans that day and could not attend, it seemed impolite and embarrassing to change the original arrangements after hearing the news that Hong Sheng had become a hero.
Another important reason was that Zhao Manxiang was actually planning to go out to watch an opera performance - the beloved troupe was about to finish its last performance of the year and was preparing to enter winter break. Missing today would mean a long wait.
"No matter what, I don't want to give up this last chance to watch a play this year."
Zhao Manxiang talked to herself, her eyes filled with endless desire for the artwork.
Wen Zhu and his group set off in a horse-drawn carriage and finally arrived at their destination after a smooth journey.
The Jiang family's gate was closed solemnly. After the doorman announced, the two heavy wooden doors slowly opened to welcome the distinguished guests who came from afar.
At this moment, the position of Taiyuan prefect is held by Jiang Wenbin, the eldest son of the current prime minister.
In order to deal with this matter, he hurried back to the capital from other places to take charge of the situation.
"It's really not easy. We have to travel thousands of miles back to our hometown to fulfill our obligations," the onlookers commented.
According to traditional rules, under the gaze of all the guests, Xiao Hong, the adopted child, first respectfully presented the various gifts he had carefully selected, then kowtowed respectfully, and changed his words to address the new parents as "godfather" and "godmother".
Jiang Wenbin and his wife were obviously happy to see Hong Sheng, a brave and righteous young man, show affection for him.
So they generously give generous New Year's money to the new family member to show their acceptance.
Then, according to the procedure, Hong Sheng had to pay homage to other elders in the family, including the most respected prime minister of the current dynasty and his wife.
After completing all the formalities, Jiang Wenbin led Xiao Hong into the ancestral hall, allowing him to meet and get to know more clan members. He officially announced that everyone would become a close family from now on, emphasizing the need to strengthen contact and care for each other.
"We are a family now, we must get together more often!"
Jiang Wenbin patted Hong Sheng's shoulder affectionately and said, his smile filled with enthusiasm as warm as the spring breeze.
Based on the date of birth, Hongsheng ranks fifth among his grandchildren.
Therefore, from then on everyone got used to calling him the Fifth Young Master; the child who originally had this title was promoted to the Sixth Young Master, and the youngest, the Eighth Young Master, also became the new Ninth Heir accordingly.
In order to welcome the distinguished guests and celebrate this festive day, the Jiang family had already made preparations for the banquet in advance.
A wide variety of delicious food is laid out on the dining table, waiting for the guests to enjoy. Laughter and the fragrance drift throughout the ancient house.
Wen Zhu originally wanted to stand behind the Duke's wife and serve her. After all, this was a good opportunity to show her respect and diligence.
But considering that she was a distant relative of the Jiang family, such an action might make her seem too humble.
Therefore, the Duke's wife considerately let Su Chan take over, and gently said to her: "Wen Zhu, you have worked hard too, why don't you find a place to have a good rest first."
In this way, her status was not ignored, nor was her face lost.
After seeing this, the Jiang family naturally invited Wen Zhu to have dinner with some of the younger generation of female relatives in the Jiang family.
Generally speaking, due to etiquette considerations and the need to maintain their own family image, the women in the Jiang family do not particularly like to have too much contact with the concubines in other families.
However, everyone present knew that Hong Sheng had done a lot of good things for them and had provided considerable help to the Jiang family.
So everyone looked at Sister Hongsheng's arrival with gratitude and was particularly friendly, and the scene was extremely harmonious and warm.
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