Huo Tian would not be able to return to Beijing for almost half a year, so Jiang Nuan simply stayed in Zhuangzi to escape the summer heat, planning to return to the city when the weather gets cooler.
It's good for Zao Ge'er to be here. We spread a mat under the shade of the tree and let him learn to crawl on it.
"Madam, the things prepared for the father-in-law have been packed. Please take a look." Wan's mother walked over and said with a smile.
Huo Tian won the battle, and the imperial court sent an imperial envoy to comfort the soldiers.
The eunuch in the palace specially sent a message, asking Jiang Nuan to prepare something for Huo Tian and ask the imperial envoy to take it with him.
Needless to say, this must be the work of Cen Zhaoyi, who is the most favored person in the world.
"These are the plum candies I made myself. There are two cans in total. Bring them both to the father-in-law! There is also this wine, which the father-in-law likes to drink." Jiang Nuan looked at everything carefully and then went to
Shangtian said, "Bring two more cotton-padded clothes and large woolen clothes. If you don't have enough to wear, you can give them to others."
It gets cold in that place as soon as August comes, but it’s no better than the capital city.”
Jiang Nuan had everything ready before letting people send him away.
The weather was good for the first two days after they arrived, but then it started to rain, and it didn't clear up intermittently for half a month.
Xu Chunjun promised Jiang Nuan to go out to the city to see her in a few days, but it rained all the time in the first half of the month, and there were always things at home and in the bank in the second half of the month, so the delay lasted for a month.
In June, Xu Chunjun had no choice but to go, so he discussed with Zheng Wuji: "There is nothing going on at home these days, and I want to go and spend some time with An Nuan."
Of course Zheng Wuji couldn't bear to leave her, but he had no choice but to say, "Then I'll go today and stay for two days, and I'll pick you back up the day after tomorrow. How about that?"
"I'm such an old man, so I won't be lost." Xu Chunjun couldn't help laughing, "Wouldn't you feel more comfortable when I'm not at home?"
"I used to be like a wild horse without a bridle, but now I don't want to be like that anymore. I just want someone to take care of me." Zheng Wuji came over and looked at Xu Chunjun longingly and said, "You know that I can't even sleep without you now."
, but also to accompany others.”
Xu Chunjun only smiled and said nothing, and Zheng Wuji was almost like a child in front of her sometimes.
Xu Chunjun came to accompany Jiang Nuan, and Jiang Nuan was as happy as anything.
"Sister Xu, you're here! Everything is good here, except for someone to talk to me." Jiang Nuan said, "I asked them to bring two bass and let's steam them."
Xu Chunjun took Brother Zao over and said, "This child is heavy again. He is really strong."
"I just don't like to laugh!" Jiang Nuan said, "A child of such a young age has a straight face all day long."
"Maybe he just followed your father-in-law's temperament," Xu Chunjun said with a smile, "There's nothing wrong with that. It shows that he is a stable child."
"Our father-in-law doesn't have a straight face when he sees me." Jiang Nuan snorted, "These things are like one thing after another. Let's wait for his wife to come and take care of him!"
"Well, I think so." Xu Chunjun pinched Huo Zao'er's face and asked him, "Brother Zao, where is your little wife now?"
"Sister Xu, please give her to the nanny quickly! It's so heavy that your arms are sore from exhaustion." Jiang Nuan said, "It's drooling all the time and teething."
"Children have the most fun at this time. Your father-in-law is at the frontier and must be thinking about you and me every day." Xu Chunjun handed the child to the wet nurse and said, "But if you wait a few more months, you will
Reunion."
The next day, Jiang Nuan's aunt Yu Hanying came. Seeing Xu Chunjun here, she was naturally happy and said, "Madam Zheng is here too. Ah Nuan has been talking about you every day these days!"
"Yes, I've wanted to come for a long time, but I delayed it until now." Xu Chunjun personally brought a cup of tea to Yu Hanying.
"You have a lot of things going on in your family, who doesn't know about it?" Yu Hanying took the tea and said, "Have you heard about it? Something happened to the Wu family."
"Which Wu family?" Jiang Nuan asked.
"Is it the Wu family of Marquis of Yangshan?" Xu Chunjun asked.
"That's exactly what I heard when I got up early." Yu Hanying took a sip of tea and fanned herself with a fan. "It was said that Master Mo, the imperial censor, impeached him in Zhezi and collected all the evidence of Mr. Wu's crime.
It’s all written on the brochure!”
"So Mr. Wu is in prison now?" Xu Chunjun asked.
"It's not just that he was imprisoned, his home was ransacked." Yu Hanying said, "It shows that the crime has been convicted, otherwise where would the house be ransacked?"
"Oh my god, this is too fast." Jiang Nuan was a little unbelievable.
"If the Wu family is like this, I'm afraid a few more people will be involved." Xu Chunjun said, "It depends on who else is behind."
"The Wu family has always been on good terms with the Cui family of Duke Xinyong's estate," Jiang Nuan said, "as well as the Zhang family and the Yang family.
Sister Xu, do you still remember? When we went to congratulate County Lord Zeng Nian on his birthday, the ladies from their family made things difficult for me and Yun Chu!"
"These families are family friends. I don't say that they both prosper and suffer, but they are pretty much the same." Xu Chunjun said.
"Miss Wu has only been out of the cabinet for half a year. Once she becomes the daughter of a guilty minister, she will be divorced by her husband's family." Yu Hanying sighed.
"I think the Zhang family, the Yang family, and the Cui family are also afraid!" Jiang Nuan said, "Didn't the Cui family's in-laws, the Sun family, be dismissed from office a few days ago? This is really a misfortune that never comes singly."
"Okay, okay, it's better not to talk about this, it sounds really scary.
I brought you some snacks from home, which I made myself." Yu Hanying said.
Her craftsmanship is good, and both Jiang Nuan and Xu Chunjun love to eat the snacks she makes.
Yu Hanying stayed here until evening before returning to the city.
"Hey, Sister Xu, since the Wu family's downfall was a memorial to Mo Yushi, does it have anything to do with Yun Chu?" Jiang Nuan asked Xu Chunjun.
"It's hard to say," Xu Chunjun said, "but the eldest daughter of Wu Tinghou's Mo family is Yun Chu's sister-in-law. It is inevitable that some people will think so."
Xu Chunjun vaguely felt that there was an undercurrent in today's officialdom. Some people would take advantage of the situation and others would fall into the abyss.
Although the harem was not involved in politics, as the emperor's favorite concubine, Cen Yunchu was destined to stand at the center of power struggles.
"Sister Xu, why am I a little scared?" Jiang Nuan shrank her neck as if she was afraid of the cold, "It's like the building is falling!"
"Just keep your heart in your stomach. Your father-in-law's achievements are all made with one knife and one shot. It's not like civil servants like them, who only know how to be a beetle." Xu Chunjun smiled and said, "Just wait.
I hope your father-in-law will come back and be promoted to a higher position!
As for other people's affairs, you shouldn't interfere too much. That's what it means to be an official in the court, so it's called the ups and downs of the officialdom!"
The Xu family has been a famous family since the previous dynasty, and it has gone through several ups and downs.
Therefore, Xu Chunjun is relatively open-minded about such things and knows that there is no point in being afraid.
No matter who you are, as long as the emperor says something, no matter how high you are, you will not be able to escape the fate of being a prisoner.
