Yan Bao from Jingzhou counted the days and knew that Second Brother Shen had arrived in the capital, so he waited for news from the capital.
Although she was not allowed to go out, Yan Bao would still go out for a walk from time to time. After all, she usually went out, and if she suddenly didn't go out now, it would be easy for people to be suspicious.
Sure enough, the Protector General did not suspect anything. When asked, he found out that the dumb girl went out to eat, drink and play every now and then. The family education of Chief Minister Shen was worrying. They allowed the little girl to go out for a stroll and were not afraid that she would be taken away by kidnappers.
Soon, the Protector-General no longer had the heart to keep an eye on the Shen family.
Because the imperial court sent people to say that they heard from the governor Xiao Shen that there was a serious problem of water bandits in Jingzhou, so they sent 5,000 people to suppress the bandits.
This really angered the Protector-General, and he called Brother Shen over and said, "Where do you think I am? Bandits have appeared under my jurisdiction?"
Brother Shen smiled and said, "Could it be that I am wrong? Those water bandits have been causing trouble again and again. The Protector-General is too busy, so he has to find someone else to suppress them. On the one hand, he is doing this to eliminate harm to the people, and on the other hand, he is avoiding suspicion?"
"Why are you avoiding suspicion?" The Protector-General looked grim.
Brother Shen's face darkened slightly. "Some say that the Protector-General is colluding with the pirates. I don't believe that."
"Bullshit!" The Protector-General, who was mentioned, became furious and kicked over the coffee table in front of Brother Shen.
Brother Shen remained calm as he looked at the furious Protector-General and soothed him, "Please calm down, Protector-General. I don't believe this, but for your own good, I'm taking action now. I beg the Emperor to make the decision and give you justice."
The Protector-General laughed in anger: "Or did I misunderstand you?"
Brother Shen smiled modestly: "Your Excellency is joking. I just don't want the Protector General to be slandered."
The Protector stared at Brother Shen for a long time, with a half-smile on his face: "It's hard for you, Little Shen. Since you want to avoid suspicion, I will leave the matter of suppressing the bandits to you. I can't get involved with the water bandits."
"How could I, who have devoted my life to the imperial court, collude with the pirates?" the Protector General said righteously.
Brother Shen nodded perfunctorily, but in his heart he was already greeting the Protector-General's ancestors for eighteen generations.
The Protector-General didn't know, but Brother Shen knew very well that the number of paid soldiers sent by the court was more than 5,000. They falsely reported the number of soldiers in order not to arouse the Protector-General's suspicion and avoid alerting the enemy.
When the army set out to suppress the bandits, the twins, a boy and a girl, were one month old.
They had a third-day-old baby shower banquet, but no full-moon banquet. Yan Bao accompanied the couple and the twins to celebrate the full moon.
The two one-month-old children are even more adorable.
During this month, he just ate, drank, and slept, and was full every day. His little face became rounder. Compared with a normal child, although he is still a little smaller, the difference doesn't look that big.
The twins' facial features have grown a lot, and they look more and more adorable, changing every day. Yan Bao wants to hold them and play with them for a while.
The wet nurse kept watching over the child, fearing that Yan Bao would steal the child away.
In their opinion, Yan Bao was still a child himself, so how could he take care of a baby?
Xu Zhimo rested well this month. She didn't have to worry about the child. She ate, drank, and slept. When she woke up, she looked at the child and talked to Brother Shen. She had a good confinement period and felt much more energetic.
After all, they are twins, a boy and a girl, so their bodies won’t recover that quickly.
After Xu Zhimo finished her confinement, she continued to rest at home.
The wife of the Protector-General went to the capital, and now she is the most powerful lady in Jingzhou City.
Xu Zhimo refused to allow those ladies to disturb her on the grounds that she was in confinement for the second month of pregnancy.
Yan Bao also bought things for her two little nieces and nephews. She went to a jewelry store specifically to take a look and placed an order for two longevity locks she designed, one a little tiger and the other a little rabbit.
The little tiger is for my little nephew, and the little rabbit is for my lovely little niece.
Xu Zhimo had just finished her confinement and was a little worried when she learned that the imperial court had sent people to suppress the bandits. "Why are they sending people when everything is fine? What happened?"
Brother Shen did not tell Xu Zhimo many things because he did not want her to worry. She was already in poor health and it was too late to rest during the confinement period.
Now that she was out of confinement, Brother Shen noticed her worries and talked to her about them in private, telling her not to tell anyone.
Xu Zhimo nodded: "Husband, aren't you afraid that the Protector General will find out and become desperate?"
Thinking of her past life, Xu Zhimo reminded herself, "Jingzhou City is still in the hands of the Protector-General. The city gates are all under his control. What if he orders the city gates to be closed, threatening the lives of the people?"
Brother Shen frowned when he heard this: "If so, the people in the city are in danger."
Xu Zhimo nodded in agreement: "Not only the common people, but also you and me, Yan Bao, and our children, I'm afraid they will all be taken hostage by him."
Brother Shen thought of something and said solemnly, "I will go and take care of some things for my husband."
Xu Zhimo knew that he took this matter to heart, so she reminded him that he was so smart and must be on guard.
Now she and the child are his weaknesses.
Xu Zhimo only hated that she didn't know the exact date of the incident. If the situation got out of control, it would be better for them to escape before the city gates closed. She didn't want to stay and wait for death.
The Protector-General's face was gloomy with anger. As soon as Brother Shen left, he immediately called his subordinates and staff and asked, "What do you think?"
"This young Lord Shen is unexpected. I'm afraid he knows something." The staff member seemed to be thinking about something.
The Protector General snorted coldly, "So what if I know? He has brought all this trouble upon me. He will never leave Jingzhou alive."
"Aren't we going to suppress the bandits? Let them come back empty-handed and see how many water bandits we can suppress." The Protector General wrote a piece of paper with a few strokes of the pen, put it into the bamboo tube on the pigeon's claws, and let the pigeon fly away.
This is a pigeon specially used to communicate with pirates.
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