Su Qingyu recalled the incident of the Marquis of Loyalty's wife entering the palace today and asked, "What was it?"
She rarely asked in such detail about what was happening outside.
As Shen Zhixiu changed his clothes, he explained, "The man in trouble is Liu Yin, a commander under the Marquis of Loyalty."
"He has a mistress in Chunfeng Tower, and they've been together for years. Because the mistress at home is very strict, he didn't redeem her, so he just keeps her like this."
"Just now, he had an argument with someone over this mistress and beat the person to death."
"What a coincidence! The man who died was from a branch of the Leng family. It's said that when Liu Yin got into an argument with someone, he made some outrageous remarks, saying that the entire capital was under the control of the Five Cities Military Department. Even if he beat someone to death, don't even think about punishing him."
Shen Zhixiu was obviously angry, and his tone was gloomy and cold.
Su Qingyu frowned and said, "The Leng family? Aren't they the prince's maternal family? Is this a real dispute, or is it a trap?"
Shen Zhixiu straightened his clothes and said coldly, "He's probably been set up, but he's a fool to be so angry and say such things."
"It's time to reorganize Song Zan's men. If they continue like this, they'll cause trouble without anyone setting a trap."
Song Zan was a military general who valued loyalty and affection. He fiercely protected his brothers, who had fought side by side with him. For Song Zan, as long as they didn't collude with the enemy or commit treason, it wasn't a big deal.
In Song Zan's eyes, it was no big deal if his subordinates drank, fought, or found a mistress.
In recent years, Shen Zhixiu had often reminded him to strictly enforce military discipline, and with Song Hongshen's help and supervision, nothing had happened.
Su Qingyu also talked about how the wife of the Marquis of Loyalty entered the palace today, was plotted against by the Concubine Chen, and was scolded by the Emperor.
After he finished speaking, he asked, "Third Master, isn't this too coincidental?"
Shen Zhixiu frowned after hearing this, "What are they doing..."
Before he could finish his words, Wenzhu was already knocking on the door.
"Third Master, the emperor has sent an order from the palace. He summons you to the palace."
Shen Zhixiu's lips curled up into an arc, and he said coldly, "This news spreads really fast. I'll go see what they are going to do. With just one commander, they can't do anything to the Song family."
But he guessed that these two things today were just an introduction, and the main event was yet to come.
After Shen Zhixiu left, Su Qingyu ate, bathed and rested as usual.
When Shen Zhixiu returned, it was already night.
She had been sleeping restlessly lately, easily awakened. So Shen Zhixiu didn't go to bed, but just lay on the couch with his clothes on. He didn't disturb her, and he could still see her as soon as he opened his eyes.
When it was dawn, Su Qingyu reached out and touched around her, and realized that the person had not returned, and she felt a little worried.
I forced my eyes open and saw him sleeping soundly on the couch.
She was distressed and approached him with a quilt to cover him, but as soon as the quilt touched his body, he woke up.
Su Qingyu leaned over and whispered, "It's still early, let's go to bed."
Shen Zhixiu nodded, stood up, walked to the bed and lay down, then held Su Qingyu in his arms again.
"How did it go about what happened yesterday?" Su Qingyu asked softly.
Knowing that she was asking about Liu Yin, Shen Zhixiu replied, "It's okay. The Marquis of Loyalty was reprimanded, and the matter is over."
Shen Zhixiu said it casually, but Su Qingyu could guess that it must be the result of negotiations among all parties.
Seeing that he looked exhausted both physically and mentally, Su Qingyu reached out and gently stroked his back, "Sleep with me for a while longer. Next time you come back late, sleep in bed too. I can't sleep well when you're not around."
Shen Zhixiu hummed, hugged her tightly, kissed her forehead, and fell asleep again.
Perhaps because Su Qingyu was by his side, he slept especially soundly.
In addition, today is the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th, so there is no need to attend court. The two of them slept until noon before getting up.
In the past, Su Qingyu was the busiest during the New Year holidays. Now that she is the housekeeper of the Yang family, she has a rare moment of free time.
In the evening, the family had a reunion dinner at Qingyuanju and talked about Shen Hong’s wedding day.
The Xie family wanted to keep Xie Huanci at her parents' home for the New Year, so the two families set the wedding date for early May of the following year. By that time, Su Qingyu had also given birth, and the first wife's mourning period had just passed a year.
Adding a new member to the family always makes people happy. The old lady was originally sad because she thought of Shen Zhiheng's family, but her mood improved a lot when she talked about this matter.
After the reunion dinner, while the family was enjoying the moon, Shen Zhixiu was called away again. It was still about the Song family's affairs, and there were some things he needed to deal with.
Shen Zhixiu had a premonition that this had just begun.
Sure enough, the next morning at court, another censor impeached Song Hongyuan. It wasn't a big deal, but some things took on a different meaning once they were brought up in the Qianyang Palace.
Especially the mouths of these imperial censors, even a joke can be related to imperial power.
The emperor was already angry about what happened before, and now he exploded in anger in Ganyang Palace.
He beat Song Hongyuan with thirty boards and told Song Zan to go back and clean up his house.
If you can't manage your family, how can you serve your country? It has all been said.
Song Zan didn't argue much and was scolded politely.
The Song family was punished and reprimanded for several days, and rumors began to spread in the capital, saying that Song Zan had lost the emperor's favor and that the Song family's status was in jeopardy.
That day, Song Zan came to see Shen Zhixiu and said, "These are just trivial matters, how did it become like this?"
"What does the prince want to do? Can he bring down the Song family with these things?"
There was a hint of disdain in Song Zan's words, and he thought that the prince's methods were nothing special.
Shen Zhixiu shook his head and said, "A small matter? Anything that can shake the Holy Heart is not a small matter."
"Brother Song, you should know that a thousand-mile embankment can be destroyed by an ant hole."
"There are too many small things. When the big things come, the Song family won't be able to handle it."
He could probably guess the prince's plan, which was to make the Song family lose the emperor's favor first and then deal a fatal blow to the Song family.
He guessed that this was the Second Prince's idea. Given the Crown Prince's intelligence, he couldn't have come up with such a plan. He just didn't know what the Second Prince's final killer move was.
His people are investigating, but the Second Prince is a treacherous person, so it is much more difficult to investigate than the Crown Prince.
When Song Zan heard him say this, he said, "Your words are exactly the same as Hong Shen's. It seems that I am too superficial."
"You have to help me with this. The battle of wits is up to you civil servants."
Shen Zhixiu glanced at him sideways. "You're really a case of a bad bamboo producing a good shoot. How did you raise a son like Hongshen, who is as wise as the sea and has extraordinary strategies?"
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