It was like a gift from God, and he also happened to give me a peace locket similar to my mother's.

Who can refuse this?

Just when Du Sanniang was still immersed in sadness, Li Xiuzhu suddenly said, "You must be tired. Let's find an inn to rest."

"Guest, inn?" Du Sanniang stared at the anxious Li Xiuzhu in amazement, not knowing how he could say such a spoiling thing. It's not like I won't give it to you, but is it really okay for you to say that? I'm just touched, okay? Although Du Sanniang secretly cursed Li Xiuzhu for being a straight man, she hesitated for a while and still agreed.

"Okay, fine."

Li Xiuzhu seemed to realize that Du Sanniang had misunderstood him, but he did not explain. Instead, he took Du Sanniang to get a room in an inn not far away.

After taking a look at the shady back alley, Li Xiuzhu handed Du Sanniang a robe.

"Put it on and let's go."

"Walk……?"

As if she had not expected this answer, Du Sanniang continued subconsciously: "You are not here to sleep..."

"Oh, it's okay!"

As if realizing that she had spoken her true feelings, Du Sanniang quickly stopped.

Du Sanniang blushed and cursed herself for having wild thoughts.

Yes, she had delivered it to my door once before.

Li Xiuzhu went out from the window to the back alley, but did not go out directly. Instead, he went around the inn and a cloth shop and then went out from another street.

When they arrived at Qinglong Street, the two entered Yunzhu Tower.

As Li Xiuzhu expected, Kanan had indeed arrived.

When she saw Li Xiuzhu, Kanan's face lit up with joy, but before she could do anything, she saw Du Sanniang behind Li Xiuzhu.

"Du Sanniang, why are you here?"

Du Sanniang was startled. She looked at the extremely plain face of Xianxian, then looked at Li Xiuzhu and asked, "Is this Xianxian?"

But she remembered that Xianxian was extremely beautiful. What happened?

"Disguise?"

Li Xiuzhu nodded, looked at Qianqian and said, "Master may not be at home every day. When I am gone, Sanniang will contact you."

Li Xiuzhu said this and looked at Du Sanniang.

"If I'm not at home in the future, and Cuiyun tells you there are red flowers on the tree outside the door, you can come to see Wanwan."

"If there is anything important, we will discuss it based on the matter of Xianxian."

When Du Sanniang heard what Li Xiuzhu said, she looked at Li Xiuzhu and asked, "Why me?"

Not only Du Sanniang was curious, but Kankan was also curious.

Li Xiuzhu said, "Although there are people at home, the only ones who are decisive, have strong martial arts skills, and have some experience in power management are you and Xi Honglei."

"It's inconvenient for Hong Lei to come forward, so you are the best choice."

This is not what Du Sanniang asked.

"Well, that's not what I'm asking."

"This matter should be very important, right? I mean, why would you choose to believe me?"

"Xi Honglei is your woman, so she is more trustworthy."

Li Xiuzhu smiled when he heard this.

"If you hadn't taken the initiative to repay the favor, I wouldn't have believed you."

"But when you could have done nothing, you still took the initiative to repay me. I think I can trust you for a while."

Du Sanniang's face lit up with joy when she heard this.

"Thank you, you have good taste. Don't worry, I will never let you down."

Li Xiuzhu smiled and turned to look at Kankan.

"Xianxian, what's the matter that makes you so anxious to find a master?"

Upon hearing this, Qianqian immediately came back to her senses, looked at Li Xiuzhu and said, "Master, I got accurate information..."

"Your Majesty, she may not live long."

It turned out that Li Kuo was dying. No wonder he didn't depose the crown prince. No wonder he wanted to pave the way for the crown prince to get rid of himself.

"How much time do we have left?"

"The doctor said it would take about six months, but His Majesty told me it would take another five months."

"Okay, I understand!"

Now that the clues have been sorted out, the rest will be easy.

Li Xiuzhu did not stay long. After parting with Kankan, he took Du Sanniang back to the inn again.

On the surface, he is an ordinary person now, but if he disappears quietly from Li Kuo's surveillance, that would be troublesome.

What Li Xiuzhu didn't expect was that as soon as he returned home, an unexpected guest came to his house.

"Father-in-law, why bother you to come here in person?"

"If you need help finding me, just let someone know."

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

The person who came was his father-in-law Fu Wenhan.

Fu Wenhan smiled and shook his head, saying, "I have nothing to do, so it's good to take a walk."

"By the way, is Yuehua pregnant?"

Li Xiuzhu paused. Is he here to urge the baby?

I escaped the urging of marriage, but I didn’t escape the urging of having a baby? “Well, father-in-law, Yuehua and I are still young.”

"You may not know that if a woman is under 18 and becomes pregnant, she is likely to have a difficult birth."

"So I plan to wait until Yuehua is eighteen."

Fu Wenhan didn't expect this to happen, and immediately became worried about his daughter.

But when he thought of Li Xiuzhu's courtyard of concubines, Fu Wenhan's mouth twitched slightly.

He said with a hint of meaning: "Yuehua is the legal wife after all. If Yuehua doesn't get pregnant, then someone else will."

Li Xiuzhu immediately understood what Fu Wenhan meant.

"Don't worry, father. No matter whether Yuehua is born early or late, she will be the one who inherits the family business."

Well, that said, well, he is the villain.

But there is no way. If he doesn't consider his own daughter, how can he consider others?

"Ahem, I came here this time because I actually have something to ask you."

Li Xiuzhu was stunned for a moment, then he realized that His Majesty would not live long, and then he thought about the Grand Canal, and thought that the Grand Canal would not be repaired.

"The Grand Canal?"

Fu Wenhan was startled. This was only mentioned during the morning court session. How did his son-in-law guess this? Could it be that his son-in-law had spies in the court?

Hiss~ We can't go too far, can we?

"That's right, Xiuzhu, what do you mean?"

Upon hearing this, Li Xiuzhu said, "Since Your Majesty is not planning to build the Grand Canal, then don't build it."

"To be honest, building the Grand Canal is indeed a waste of money and labor."

At this moment Fu Wenhan knew that he was wrong. It seemed that it was his son-in-law who guessed, and guessed in the wrong direction.

Fu Wenhan shook his head and said, "It's not that I won't repair it, but His Majesty said that he would only give me five months."

"Five months. Suzhou and Hangzhou are less than 2,000 miles away from the capital."

"And this is the distance for land transportation. If you want to build a canal from the capital to Suzhou and Hangzhou, it will take at least 2,000 miles."

"Let alone more than 2,000 miles, even 500 miles in five months would be difficult for a father to accomplish."

Li Xiuzhu nodded. You know, it took Yang Guang six years to build the Grand Canal.

Five months, what if his father-in-law is a god? Can he cut through mountains? What if there are excavators in the future? Just when Li Xiuzhu was thinking this, he found that his father-in-law was staring at him.

Li Xiuzhu's heart skipped a beat and he was speechless...

(End of this chapter)