Chapter 467: Marrying a Sister

Being able to lead the Jinyiwei, Shi Chuan is no idle character. Seeing the disapproval flashing in Liu Yu's eyes, he couldn't help but sigh deeply in his heart.

The reason for supporting the King of Liao was originally to "make the most of the rare commodity". If he couldn't enjoy it alone, why would he take such a big risk?

Shi Chuan thought to himself and ordered Liu Yu: "Write a letter of apology for me immediately, saying that Song Yantang was ignorant of the matter. I originally wanted to capture Song Yantang's sister to force Song Yantang to agree to the marriage, but the person I sent out failed and was captured by Song Yantang... Although Song Yantang did not get a confession, Song Yantang is smart and should be able to find out who did it soon... Please punish him, my lord."

Liu Yu bowed and replied "Yes"

Shi Chuan put his hands behind his back and slowly walked downstairs.

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In Liao Wang's residence in Kyoto, Geng Li was furious when he received the news. He crumpled the paper in his hand and said to his trusted followers, "Shi Chuan is useless! He is too selfish!"

The attendant groaned and said, "But the position of Jinyiwei Zhenfusi Zhenfu has been taken by his people. If we want to replace him, it will be very troublesome."

Geng Li was pacing around in the room, saying, "I didn't agree with handing over the position of Zhenfusi to Shi Chuan at first. With the Zhenfusi in his hands, he can really cover the sky with one hand in Jinyiwei! This is very disadvantageous to us. But the lord listened to the words of Chen Kuizi, not only did he replace the people of the Prince of England, but he also took the trouble to use a centurion who inherited the title to appease the Prince of England, which made the Prince of England feel uncomfortable. Now he has done such a bold and presumptuous thing..."

He stamped his feet.

Chen Quezi was another aide to the King of Liao.

Geng Li's followers frowned upon hearing this and said hesitantly, "The Lord will probably punish Shi Chuan, so don't worry too much!"

"No!" Geng Li retorted firmly, "Not only will the lord not punish Shi Chuan, but he will also have to clean up the mess for Shi Chuan!"

Geng Li's followers understood after a moment's thought.

Prince Liao also needs Shi Chuan to help him spy on the news in Kyoto. No matter what Shi Chuan does at this time, Prince Liao must forgive Shi Chuan magnanimously and take care of the aftermath for Shi Chuan, so that those who have surrendered to Prince Liao will know that Prince Liao is a person with "broad mind and courtesy to the wise and humble", in exchange for their loyalty.

He said unwillingly, "Isn't Shi Chuan afraid that the lord will settle accounts with him later?"

Geng Li smiled bitterly and said, "He could have explained to others that he was testing whether the lord was tolerant!"

This way, King Liao could not touch him even more.

Geng Li's followers also smiled bitterly.

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In Yizhi Hall of the Duke of Yingguo's Mansion, Gu Yuyi waved his arms in anger and sneered loudly, "Big bandits? How could they come up with that? Who in the black and white worlds of Northern Zhili dares to capture Brother Tianci's men? Someone must be trying to harm you! Who is that person? Dong Qi? Impossible! He's not that stupid! Besides him, who else could it be?"

Can Song Mo be said to be the Prince of Liao?

No way!

He stared at Gu Yu.

Dou Zhao said hurriedly, "Since the people who captured A Yan have been found, there is no need to worry. Just investigate slowly. Although Kyoto is big, with you, Lord Ma, and Lord Jiang, is it possible that we can't find out? Don't worry." Then he asked about the shipyard in Tianjin, "I heard that the Ministry of Works sent people to you to learn from you. They want to borrow your craftsmen to build a few large ships that can carry artillery?"

When talking about this matter, Gu Yu felt as if something itchy had been tickled, and he felt indescribably proud.

"Yes!" His tail was about to fly up to the sky, "Those idiots in the Ministry of Works, they left the good sea ship map to be fed to termites, but came to me to learn. I was not polite, and let them bring the sea ship map I used to sail to the West in exchange." Speaking of this, he suddenly became excited, and leaned towards Song Mo, "Brother Tianci, let's build a few big ships and go to sea, right? Those merchants in Jiangsu and Zhejiang are too shabby, they can make 100,000 taels of silver from goods worth 10,000 taels of silver, this is simply turning stone into gold!"

Song Mo was happy to see him change the subject. He smiled and slapped him on the forehead, saying, "Don't eat what's in the bowl and still think about what's in the pot. You've built the boat, are you afraid that no one will spend a lot of money to buy it? You should do the job at hand well. There is a lot of money in the world, how can it all come into our arms? If you eat alone, you will be swallowed!"

Gu Yu was embarrassed. Just then, the wet nurse brought Yuan Ge'er over. Gu Yu happily played with Yuan Ge'er and forgot about this matter.

Song Mo and Dou Zhao both breathed a sigh of relief.

After Gu Yu left in the evening, Dou Zhao discussed with Song Mo: "Let's settle Ayan's marriage as soon as possible. The Liao prince only wants to marry Ayan as his wife, so it's easy to refuse. But if someone writes a letter to marry Ayan as his principal wife, we can't ignore the imperial decree in the palace, right?"

Song Mo still felt a little uncomfortable, but when he thought of Chen Jia running around after Jiang Yan was captured, he hummed in a buzzing voice.

Dou Zhao laughed and advised Song Mo, "Don't be like this! Chen Jia will be one of our own from now on. If you meet him, be nice to him and Sister Yan will be proud of him!"

Song Mo jumped up like a cat with its fur standing on end when he heard this and said, "It would be a great honor for his family if he could marry my sister. What else does he want?!"

Like a child whose favorite toy has been taken away.

"Okay, okay, okay!" Dou Zhao was both angry and amused. He treated him like a child and comforted him, "Tell him not to come to your house unless necessary. Who makes you his uncle?"

Song Mo hummed a few times, and his expression finally softened a little.

On the day when the Chen family came to propose marriage, although he was indifferent to Chen Jia, at least he did not show his displeasure to Chen Jia.

Chen Jia was fine, after all, it was the Song family who asked him to propose marriage. But his colleagues almost dropped their eyes. As soon as Song Mo left, someone shouted, "Pinch me! I just saw Lord Song smile! Am I dreaming? I have been to the Jinwu Guards for no less than ten times, but I have never seen Lord Song smile!" Another person enviously said, "Zhanzhi, you are amazing! You are actually the brother-in-law of the Prince of Yingguo!"

Everyone laughed.

Song Yichun's nose was crooked with anger.

He called Song Mo to question him, "Why didn't you even inform me about Jiang Yan's marriage?"

Song Mo smiled and said, "Didn't you say that Jiang Yan has nothing to do with you? I thought that since she has the surname Jiang, it would be enough if the elders of the Jiang family agreed, so I didn't tell you. You are not angry, are you? Otherwise, if you recognize Jiang Yan, I will cancel this marriage and find a prominent family for Jiang Yan!" As he said this, he saw Song Yichun staring at him with wide eyes in shock and anger, and he couldn't help but sarcastically said, "What a pity! I don't know what Prince Liao heard, but he sent his staff over a few days ago, saying that he wanted to marry Jiang Yan as his wife. I was afraid of arousing suspicion from the emperor and the queen, so I had to reluctantly cancel this marriage! Tell me, if you had recognized Jiang Yan at the beginning, you would have a prince son-in-law now, how great it would be!"

Having said this, he walked away.

Song Yichun didn't come back to his senses for a long time.

When he came to his senses, the corners of his mouth twitched and he felt very uncomfortable.

Miao Ansu also received the invitation and asked Song Han, "How much should we give as a gift?"

After Song Han moved to Situo Hutong, his daily life was not as luxurious as before, but he became the head of the family and had no one to manage his comings and goings. He couldn't help but regret not moving out earlier. He found infinite pleasure in decorating the new house. In the winter, he often took his servants and maids to stroll in the yard, and wrote plaques for various places. He was very busy, but also in a good mood and full of interest. Miao Ansu took care of all the trivial matters at home. When Miao Ansu mentioned Jiang Yan's marriage, he was quite surprised. He thought Song Mo would support Jiang Yan for the rest of his life.

"What's so good about going here?" Song Han said disapprovingly, "It's not like a young lady is getting married!"

Miao Ansu had no choice but to return to the inner room.

But I saw Ji Hong hiding behind the tree and vomiting with a pale face.

She was slightly stunned, and soon realized that Ji Hong might be pregnant.

Miao Ansu felt sad and bitter in his heart, and asked the doctor to take his pulse.

The doctor was used to going around the Duke of England's mansion and knew the situation in the four alleys. He nervously said that it was a sign of pregnancy, then looked at Miao Ansu out of the corner of his eye, not daring to even say "congratulations".

Miao Ansu sent the doctor away, sat in a daze for a while, and went to Song Han's study.

Song Han showed no joy, frowned, and said, "How could she be pregnant? Could it be a mistake? Didn't you let the maids drink the medicine? How do you manage the household affairs? This child is a bastard, we can't keep it. Go call a doctor to give her a bowl of medicine."

Miao Ansu didn't know what his mood was.

Happiness seems to be hard to describe; sadness also seems to be not entirely there.

She told Ji Hong what Song Han meant.

Ji Hong nodded silently without saying anything. When Miao Ansu left the room, she bit her handkerchief and cried silently.

Miao Ansu took out a five-year-old ginseng from the warehouse of her dowry to give to Ji Hong to nourish her body, and then heard about the story of Mrs. Song and her daughter-in-law Tan going to the Duke of Ying's Mansion to add boxes for Jiang Yan.

She became anxious and asked Song Han again about Jiang Yan's wedding gift.

Song Han looked unhappy. He was silent for a long time before he said reluctantly, "Since everyone is going, you can go with them."

Miao Ansu then felt relieved. He opened the storehouse, took out twenty taels of gold, made a hat for Jiang Yan and sent it to him.

Dou Zhao invited Miao Ansu to have dinner with Mrs. Song San and Mrs. Song Si.

During the dinner, everyone talked about the pregnant Tan, and gave an idea to Miao Ansu, who had not yet made any move: "I heard that the monk Defu from Daxiangguo Temple was invited to help summon the gods. You can also go and give it a try."

Miao Ansu smiled bitterly, but he felt as if he had eaten some bitter herbs in his heart.

Dou Zhaoze's forehead was covered with sweat.

I didn't expect DeFu would do such a thing!

She thought of Ji Yong.

Is it true that Ji Yong will not become a monk again in this life?

After lunch, Miao Ansu and Mrs. Song San and Mrs. Song Si were about to say goodbye when Ji and Han came over to add more boxes for Jiang Yan.

Everyone has to have some understanding.

Before he could finish his words, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law from Huaishu Hutong arrived.

Everyone came forward and started chatting and laughing again.

Mrs. Song San and Mrs. Song Si couldn't help but exchange glances.

The Dou family treated Jiang Yan as a formal relative.

Do they also need to pay attention to it?