After the marriage, my husband's family listened to my voice and turned the tide

……

The tea is boiling, smoke is curling up, and the ethereal sound of the piano is like the gurgling of water, filling the air with the fragrance of tea.

Two young men sat facing each other at the table with a chessboard on it. One of them held the black pieces and the other held the white pieces.

"If Xingchen doesn't take it seriously, I won't agree."

Ke Xin paused for a moment before placing the piece, then he held the black piece and made a turn, finally placing the black piece.

The opponent threw the white piece in his hand back into the chess box and said, "I lost this game."

He sighed, "Xingchen is amazing."

"Brother Lingzhou, thank you for letting me win. I just won by luck." Ke Xin said with a smile.

Ke Rui said faintly: "That's too lucky."

"It was a fluke. After all, Brother Lingzhou has already won three games against me. If it wasn't a fluke, you would definitely win this game."

Ke Xin first filled his teacup, then filled his own, then leisurely picked up the cup and took a sip.

Ke Rui narrowed his eyes, his gaze slightly cold: "Now that you put it that way, I feel like you've let me win three games in a row."

Ke Xin put down his teacup, blinked, and said in disbelief: "Brother Lingzhou, why do you think so? Everyone knows that my chess skills are the worst. Brother Yunyan and Brother Jihua don't like to play chess with me. Even Guiyuan despises me."

Jihua is the courtesy name of the fourth prince Ke Ming, and Guiyuan is the courtesy name of the seventh prince Ke Jun.

Ke Jun was not yet an adult, only sixteen years old.

Ke Rui: “…”

He should have known that the person in front of him was a sharp-tongued person.

Ke Rui sipped his tea quietly and said nothing more.

After half a cup of tea passed in silence, Ke Xin asked, "Brother Lingzhou, do you just want to play chess with someone today?"

Ke Rui put down the teacup, which was already empty, and pushed the cup towards him. When the cup was full again, Ke Rui said, "The last time Xiaowu and Xiaoliu happened..."

Ke Xin said seriously: "What about Xiaowu and Xiaoliu? That's Xiaoliu's business."

Ke Rui glanced at him sharply.

Ke Xin looked calm.

"...Okay, it's Xiaoliu's business." Ke Rui choked, "I have already investigated Xiaoliu's gambling addiction."

Ke Xin looked at him and said, "You shouldn't be here at this time. You should go and take revenge."

The implication is that playing chess with him here is a waste of time, it would be better to deal a heavy blow to the enemy.

Ke Rui choked, then frowned and said, "Don't worry about this for now. Aren't you curious about who is behind this? After all, Xiao Wu was not wronged."

How could a brother act so nonchalant? He didn't seem to care at all.

Ke Xin sighed slowly, looked at him helplessly and said, "Brother Lingzhou, I've already said it last time, no matter who it is, I can't get justice."

For a moment, Ke Rui's eyes turned sad when he looked at him.

"Are you really so unambitious?" Ke Rui said angrily.

Ke Xin raised his eyelids and replied, "According to what Brother Lingzhou said, what does it mean to be ambitious?"

Ke Rui said: "Of course, we should give him a taste of his own medicine."

Ke Xin smiled and said, "That sounds good."

Ke Rui raised his eyebrows: "Of course."

The next moment, Ke Xin shook his head and said, "But it's a bit difficult to do."

Corey paused.

He turned his hand, grasped the handle of the teapot, poured a cup of tea for Ke Xin, and then filled up his own cup.

"I'll tell you the truth. The person behind Xiaoliu's incident was Lao Si." Ke Rui said.

"Brother Jihua?"

Ke Xin first lowered his eyelids, picked up the teacup before he spoke, and accidentally knocked it over. He suddenly looked up and said in shock: "Why is it Brother Jihua?"

Ke Rui smiled coldly: "Why not?"

Ke Xin couldn't believe it, and murmured, "But Brother Jihua looks like such a gentleman..."

"You think he's a gentleman? He really fooled you with his appearance."

Ke Rui's eyes were deep. This fourth old man was very good at hiding things and was very perceptive. If it weren't for his wrong intuition, he might not be able to get the full truth so quickly.

Thinking of this, Ke Rui said expressionlessly, "He is not a gentleman. He is as cunning as a raccoon. He discovered me when I was investigating, and he even set a trap for me and led me to investigate the prince. If I hadn't been vigilant, I really wouldn't have been able to find the fourth brother."

"I don't know how his reputation as a gentleman spread. He is truly a despicable person." He said with great disgust.

Ke Xin had already taken another teacup and poured himself another cup of tea, but he did not drink it. He said calmly, "Brother Lingzhou, what do you want to do by telling me this?"

Ke Rui looked at him and said, "I am sincere today, but Xing Chen is really unmoved and has no intention of sharing the same hatred with me?"

The piano music outside stopped at some point, and the room became quiet in an instant.

After a while, Ke Xin shook his head and said, "Brother Lingzhou thinks too highly of me."

Ke Rui stared at him motionlessly, his expression no longer as gentle as before, like a poisonous snake staring at its prey.

"I am only a prince, and I will not come of age until winter. Even when I come of age, I am still a prince."

Ke Xin held up the teacup with both hands, drank it all in one gulp, and said with a smile: "Brother Lingzhou has found the wrong person. I am not suitable to play chess or talk with you."

"Goodbye." He put down the teacup, nodded to Ke Rui, stood up and walked out.

Ke Rui narrowed his eyes and stared at his back, feeling unhappy.

He is really stubborn.

……

Shang Tingli returned to Xinyuan and asked Fangzhi to go to the small kitchen to serve the meal.

She usually ate lunch alone in the past, and would do so today as well.

However, she had only eaten halfway when she heard the maids greeting her outside, and the next moment, a young man walked in from outside the house.

Shang Tingli was stunned for a moment.

[Strange, this person was out for the whole day, why did he come back so early today? He even made it in time for lunch.]

Ke Xin paused for a moment, then walked over as if nothing had happened and sat down beside her.

Shang Tingli hurriedly arranged for someone to add more bowls and chopsticks and bring water for hand washing.

After everything was done and Ke Xin had eaten, she asked, "Is the prince not busy today?"

Ke Xin gave her a strange look and said, "I am an idle prince, what should I be busy with?"

Shang Tingli: “…”

These words really choked her.

[Good question. Don’t ask next time.]

[Could it be that the Fourth Prince doesn't want to talk to you today? That's why you came back so early. On normal days, you wouldn't be seen until the sun sets.]

Ke Xin replied in his heart, that’s a good guess, don’t guess again next time.

During this meal, both of them ate in silence. Perhaps it was because they had dealt with people with different beliefs in the first half of the day and were really tired.

After eating, Ke Xin went to the study.

Shang Tingli was resting on the small couch in the bedroom, holding a storybook in his hand. He originally wanted to kill time, but after flipping through a few pages, he became fascinated by it.

After reading for a quarter of an hour, she called Gan Tang over: "Are there any other books like this?"

She borrowed this storybook from Gan Tang. She hadn't read a storybook herself for a long time.

She was just worrying about not being able to remind the princess to pay more attention to the person next to her, and she was right today.

This story tells the story of a powerful man who favors his concubine over his wife, and finally conspires with the concubine to murder his wife.

It fits the princess' future situation very well, so she can show it to the princess. As a daughter-in-law, she can't speak out against her elders, but she can use the storybook to influence them subtly. Besides, she has no way to explain those things that were said through her mouth. Therefore, the storybook is the most suitable.

"Yes." Gan Tang replied.

Shang Tingli smiled happily and said, "Move it over here and let me see it!"

I need to prepare a few more books, in case one isn't profound enough.

Gan Tang went out for a while and came back with five or six storybooks. "Princess, all the books of the same type are here." She smiled and said, "I didn't expect you would like to read this. If I had known earlier, I would have bought a few more."

Shang Tingli smiled at her and said, "Consider these books as if I bought them from you. You can go to the warehouse to get the money later."

Gan Tang quickly refused: "How can that be possible? You don't have to pay me."

Shang Tingli said, "Let's put this aside. You and I are master and servant. You bought that thing with your own money. I have no right to rob you. You have to listen to me on this matter."

Gan Tang wanted to refuse: "This..."

"I'm not keeping this book for myself. I want to show it to my mother." Shang Tingli closed the book. "If I want to give something away, it must be mine."

She glanced at Gan Tang and said, "You don't take my money, what does this mean?"

Gan Tang bit her lip and hesitated for a long time, then finally nodded: "Okay, I will listen to you."

Shang Tingli smiled and said, "That's right."

"Uh... hehe." Gan Tang's smile was not so natural, because she felt privately that her things belonged to the Crown Prince's Consort, and the Crown Prince's Consort did not need to give her money for things taken from her.

Shang Tingli turned his head to look at Fang Zhi and ordered, "Go outside and call someone to Ronghua Hall to see when the princess will finish her nap."

Fang Zhi bent her knees and went out to do her work quickly.

At three quarters past the hour of Wei, Shang Tingli went to Ronghua Hall with the storybook.

Wen Hui sat at the head of the table and smiled at Nanny Wen behind her, "Serve tea to the Crown Prince's wife."

"Okay." Nanny Wen walked over swiftly and poured a cup of tea for Shang Tingli. "Please enjoy your meal, Princess."

Shang Tingli nodded and smiled, "Thank you, Aunt Wen."

Nanny Wen bent her knees and stood behind Wen Hui.

"Mother, have you heard what good things Ali brought?" Wenhui smiled and looked behind her expectantly.

Shang Tingli paused in thanking him for the tea.

[Hmm——If it is used to kill time, it is indeed a good thing, but this content may not be a good thing for you, my mother...]

Hearing her inner voice, Wenhui was stunned for a moment, then recovered in an instant.

Even if it is not a good thing, since the daughter-in-law dares to bring it to her, it means that it is at least useful to her.

[However, at this time, the prince has not done anything yet, and my mother's life is going smoothly. For her, these things are probably more of a way to pass the time.]

[However... this content does require careful viewing. As a legitimate wife, there is no guarantee that you will not be pissed off by the content.]

Shang Tingli thought about it, but he did not delay in replying. He smiled at Wenhui and said, "It is like this, mother. I got a few good storybooks, so I thought I would bring them to you to cheer you up and kill some time."

[Ahhh, please forgive me for lying, I really didn't mean to lie! ]

[I have tried really hard to remind you to pay attention to the person next to you. ]

Wen Hui couldn't help laughing and said, "Oh? What kind of stories are these?"

"...You will understand once you see it." Shang Tingli blushed slightly and looked a little embarrassed.

"When I was young, I also often loved to read storybooks, but now that I am old, I haven't read them for a long time." Wenhui said, "Ali is thoughtful."

In order to remind her, the girl even brought the storybook.