Although the emperor said that the prince supervises the country and has full authority to deal with it, Yan Huisheng did not go beyond him and completely treated him as a decoration. Instead, he consulted the emperor on the decision and only conveyed the decree with the emperor's consent.
So, after Su Rong received Yan Huisheng's reply, he left 300,000 troops and horses in the border town, stationed by Jiang Zhu and Ning Ze. The three brothers of the Zhou family set off back to Beijing with the original 300,000 troops and horses from the Protector's Palace. Su Xingze received the prince's appointment order and led 40,000 troops to Jibei City.
Su Rong did not return to the capital with the troops of the three Zhou brothers, but took the first step and headed to the capital with Fengling.
Fengling said on the road: "Hey, sister, why are we struggling in the wind and snow? If we had known that the Wei Dynasty did not dare to send troops, we should have followed him to the capital when we met the old protector. ."
Su Rong reminded her, "We still have to go to Jibei City."
"Oh, yes, it's not in vain that you accepted Senior Sister Shen." Fengling almost forgot about Shen Yi.
Naturally, it was impossible for Shen Yi to go to Beijing with them. She stayed with the 300,000 soldiers at the border.
The two of them rode fast horses and marched faster than the three Zhou brothers' 300,000 troops. They returned to the capital half a month later.
When they returned to the capital, they did not mention going back to send news. Therefore, neither the East Palace, nor the Duke Protector's Palace, nor the eldest lady of the Su family got any news of her return to the capital today.
On the day they came back, after entering the city gate, they heard rumors in the capital that Zhou Gu broke into the military camp in northern Hebei twice and killed the general. It was said that Young Master Zhou of the Protector's Mansion was extremely powerful with swords in both hands.
The rumors spread quickly, and within a month, Zhou Gu's deeds in Nanping had spread throughout the streets and alleys of the capital.
Fengling chuckled, "Sister, my brother-in-law is famous all over the world."
Nanping is far away from the capital, and the rumors have spread all over the capital, which means that they have spread almost throughout the entire Liang Dynasty.
Su Rong smiled and nodded.
The two of them stopped and listened for a while, then rode directly to Xie's Mansion in Dongsi Hutong.
The eldest wife of the Su family has not been sleeping well these days, and her food is not delicious. After the news that Nanping was besieged by the Northern Hebei Army came back to the capital, she was worried about Su Rong every day. She was not worried about her son Su Xingze. After all, Su Xingze He followed the old protector of the country and took away 200,000 soldiers and horses. It was not too dangerous, but Su Rong was different.
While the eldest lady was busy making arrangements for the marriages of the three sisters of the Su family, she prayed to Bodhisattva every day to bless Su Rong for peace.
Su Rong still went to Nanping and wrote a letter back to Beijing saying that everything was fine, but no more letters came back.
On this day, the eldest lady was sitting in the room sighing. The three young ladies were about to get married and were locked up in their respective rooms to embroider wedding dresses. The other three ladies were accompanying the eldest lady to relieve her boredom. The three elders had all made reservations. For the remaining three who are in younger grades, the eldest lady is not so anxious. She plans to wait for the news about Su Rong to come back and then take her time to see each other. Now she is either too busy or not in the mood.
The fourth young lady advised the eldest lady, "Mom, don't worry. The old Protector has returned home with his troops. I heard that Zhang Ping's rebellion has been resolved. There is no news about the seventh sister. This is the best news."
"No news is not necessarily good news. If the killer in Nanchu doesn't kill her, he probably won't stop. When he was in the capital, he dared to be so arrogant. When he leaves the capital, he might be able to surround and kill her. "The eldest lady sighed, "What a waste of life. It would be great if she was just my daughter, not the princess of Southern Chu."
The fifth young lady immediately said: "The seventh sister is very good at fighting, so I'm not afraid of them."
Miss Sixth immediately agreed, "Yes, yes, it's not certain who will die and who will be spared. Mother, don't worry too much. If Seventh Sister sees you like this, she should feel distressed."
The eldest lady was not angry, "She is such a heartless little girl, she doesn't know how to feel sorry for me and worry about her."
As soon as she said this, someone hurriedly came to report from outside, with a very surprised voice, "Madam, good news, Miss Seven is back!"
When he shouted, his voice penetrated straight into the room.
The eldest lady stood up and was overjoyed, "You're back? You're really back?" She walked out quickly, not even wearing thick clothes.
The Fourth Miss, the Fifth Miss, and the Sixth Miss were also overjoyed, and they all hurried out to greet the First Madam.
Su Rong got off her horse and walked slowly towards the house. After walking a few steps, she saw the eldest lady and three sisters who were very thinly dressed and hurriedly greeted them. She was very anxious at first sight. She was startled and walked a few steps quickly.
"Mother, Fourth Sister, Fifth Sister, Sixth Sister, what are you so anxious about? Are you anxious to see me?"
The eldest lady came closer and saw how good she was. She slapped her on the shoulder as before and said, "Aren't we anxious to see you? You bastard, you only sent someone to send back a letter, no?"
Do you know that your family is worried about you? Who knows whether you are dead or alive."
Su Rong also remembered that after so many busy days, she had only sent home one letter. She suddenly felt a little weak. Seeing that the eldest lady was wearing thin clothes, she seemed to have lost a lot of weight, and her eyes were heavy. She suspected that she was really worried about what she was worried about.
Unable to sleep, she touched her nose and looked at her hurriedly coming out of the house in such a cold weather. She really felt the mother's love. She was afraid that she would catch the cold, so she immediately relieved herself.
The cloak covered her body, "Didn't I come back safely? What are you in a hurry? You don't know how to put on more clothes before coming out." After saying that, he scolded several sisters, "You are the same, I can't run away.
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After she finished speaking, she urged everyone, "Hurry, go back to the house first."
The eldest lady originally wanted to scold her a few words, but was choked back by her actions and urging, and said angrily: "I have a very good body, how could I catch the cold in such a short time?"
But even though she said that, after Su Rong took her arm, forcefully put the cloak on her, and walked quickly into the house with her arm, she didn't say anything else.
The three young ladies also felt cold at this time. They did not have the treatment of the eldest lady and wore cloaks. They hugged their shoulders and hurried back to the house together.
The four of them returned to the main room, and the other three ladies also got the news and hurriedly came over.
The whole family gathered together, and the room was filled all of a sudden. Everyone's eyes fell on Su Rong, and only then did they have the time to look at her up and down carefully.
The eldest lady frowned, "Why have you lost so much weight?"
The eldest lady answered, "It's also dark."
The second young lady wondered, "Is the seventh sister tired and thin?"
The third lady has the most poisonous eyes. "I see that the seventh sister's complexion is a little pale, and her breath is weaker than before. Is she injured?"
The fourth lady also felt that the third lady was right, "Really? Have you been injured?"
Fifth Miss felt distressed, "Seventh Sister looks more like she is about to be blown down by a gust of wind."
Miss Sixth suggested, "Mom, send for a doctor to check Seventh Sister's pulse so that she doesn't hide it from us."
Su Rong: "..."
I haven't seen this scene of you talking to each other for a long time, and I really miss it.
