The whole family traveled through the hidden mountains, and the general always came to get the wool

Recently, the hottest topic in Border Town is Xiao Yi.

The youngest son of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion was arranged to marry by His Majesty.

The person to be married was Concubine Wei's niece, Wei Ruyan, the eldest granddaughter of Prime Minister Wei.

Everyone was discussing this imperial edict, wondering what the emperor meant.

As everyone knows, the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion is on the side of the Crown Prince, and His Majesty has now arranged a marriage between Concubine Wei's niece, the Sixth Prince's cousin, and Xiao Yi.

Was it dissatisfaction with the Crown Prince, or was it an attempt to gain support for the Sixth Prince? For a while, all kinds of rumors were spreading not only in the capital, but also in the border towns.

The imperial edict also mentioned that Xiao Yi should return to Beijing as soon as possible to get married, and the date was set at the end of June.

Amid all kinds of rumors, Xiao Yi and the Duke of Zhenguo set out on their journey back to Beijing.

Because the emperor had given an oral order, and sympathized with the Duke of Zhenguo's many years of guarding the border, he allowed the Duke of Zhenguo to return to the capital to attend the wedding of his youngest son Xiao Yi and meet his family at the same time.

The border town is far away from the capital. If we don't set off now, we may not be able to make it to the wedding date, and missing the wedding date would be disobeying the imperial edict.

"Oh, my cousin is so pitiful that he actually wants to marry a woman like Wei Ruyan. I think the emperor is really getting old and confused." Bai Youyou complained to Su Weixi.

"Shh, be careful, walls have ears. Don't let others hear what you say." Su Weixi was frightened by Bai Youyou's bold remarks.

Shen Jingzhou went to Beijing with Xiao Yi. After all, as his cousin, Shen Jingzhou had to attend his cousin's wedding.

Because Bai Youyou was pregnant, it was inconvenient for her to go with them, so she stayed in the border town.

Because it was too boring to stay at home, he came to Su's house to play with Su Weixi.

"Oh, you don't have to be so careful. Are there any outsiders here?" Bai Youyou said indifferently.

"You should be more careful outside." Su Weixi reminded him worriedly.

"I tell you, you don't know, this woman Wei Ruyan is not a simple person." Bai Youyou said gossipingly.

Later, Su Weixi learned about Wei Ruyan from Bai Youyou's gossip.

Because Wei Ruyan is the prime minister's eldest granddaughter, she has always been arrogant and would like to put her eyes on the top of her head in the capital.

In addition, her aunt was a concubine deeply favored by the emperor, and she always felt that she would marry the Sixth Prince in the future.

She often regards herself as the future consort of the Sixth Prince. Any noble lady in the capital who looks at the Sixth Prince for even a second will be ridiculed by her.

"So you think Cousin Xiao is very pitiful?" Bai Youyou said with his hands spread out.

"The young general is indeed pitiful." Su Weixi agreed.

Isn't it pitiful that he is forced to marry a woman who loves another man.

I have to say, the emperor's brilliant move left everyone confused.

But Su Weixi felt that all this was too far away from him at the moment. It was the bloody storm happening in the capital city thousands of miles away.

The Su family still lives their own life, and they all believe that the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion will not change its position to support the Sixth Prince and Concubine Wei just because a girl from the Wei family marries into the Mansion.

It was not until half a month later that the border town suddenly entered into a tense atmosphere as if a storm was about to come.

The inspections in and out of the city were stricter than before. Not only were there yamen runners patrolling the streets, but there were also teams of patrolling soldiers.

Anyone who looked unusual on the street would be taken to the government office for strict examination.

Many shops, seeing that the situation was not going well, closed down and temporarily stopped operating. Except for occasionally going out to buy necessary daily necessities, almost no one went out.

Su's mother and Su Weixi didn't know what had happened, and Su's father had not returned from the military camp.

I just sent a message to my family, asking people in the mansion and the farm not to go out easily unless necessary.

Bai Youyou also sent someone to deliver a message, saying that the snack bar they opened together would temporarily stop operating, and asked Su Weixi to send a message to the workshop, asking them not to send vermicelli to the city for the time being.

Su Ma and Su Weixi both thought that there would be another war in the border town.

This tense atmosphere resulted in everyone in the border town celebrating the Dragon Boat Festival in a hasty manner.

"Mom, when can my sister and I go to school?" An An asked.

"Be good and read books at home for the time being." Su's mother comforted her.

During this period, the Su Mansion closed its doors to visitors, and An An and Ning Ning also stopped going to school and read at home.

As several people were talking, there was a noise outside.

"What's going on outside? It's so noisy." Su's mother went out to ask.

"Madam, is there a fight outside?" a servant ran in from outside the yard and replied.

"Are the Northern Di people attacking again?" Su Weixi asked anxiously.

"No, they are not the Northern Di people. They are the army outside the city. They started fighting and even broke into the city." Butler Sun also came in at this time.

Afterwards, Butler Sun told the others what he had learned.

It turned out that the Duke of Zhenguo and Xiao Yi were not there, and several lieutenant generals in the Xiao family army, led by Lieutenant General Li, took the opportunity to cause trouble.

It was said that the Duke of Zhenguo had colluded with the enemy and betrayed his country, and had colluded with the Northern Di people. The emperor had issued a secret order to let Lieutenant General Li take over the military power of the border town.

Naturally, most soldiers and some deputy generals would not believe that the Duke of Zhenguo was collaborating with the enemy and committing treason, so a fight broke out.

Su Ma and Su Weixi looked at each other and immediately understood what had happened from each other's eyes.

It turns out that this is what the emperor was thinking.

Letting the Duke of Zhenguo and his son return to Beijing to attend the wedding was a cover-up; the real purpose was to replace the person in charge of the border town's army while the two were away.

"Madam, what should we do now? Will the rebels come to our house?" asked Butler Sun.

"Why are you panicking? Gather everyone in the mansion immediately and protect it." Su Ma ordered calmly.

Afterwards, under Su Ma's arrangement, everyone in the mansion performed their duties.

The servants were also incorporated into the security team to patrol the entire mansion together.

In several places that were easy to be attacked, people were arranged to set up pots to boil hot water and hot oil.

After all, Su's father is still in the military camp and will definitely stand on the side of the Duke of Zhenguo.

Then those rebellious soldiers would most likely arrange for people to capture the families of soldiers like Su Ba as threats, and the family would have to take some precautions.

Sure enough, Su Ma and Su Weixi's guess was correct.

In the middle of the night, someone tried to sneak into the Su family and secretly open the back door, but was discovered by the guards who were waiting for him and was caught on the spot.

"Madam, the person who sneaked into the mansion has been caught. According to him, there are still many rebels outside." The captain of the security team came to report the situation.

"Captain Cen, everything will be carried out according to the previous plan. The Su family is relying on you."

"Yes, ma'am, I'll go down and make arrangements."

"Go."

After the captain of the guards left, Su Ma asked Nanny Sun to gather all the female family members in a yard, and hold weapons in their hands.

Some maids were frightened and started crying because of the shouting and screaming outside. They stopped crying only after being scolded by several maids, but they were still shedding tears silently.

The shouting and screaming outside continued all night long, and many guards and servants were injured.

Su Ma arranged for Nanny Sun to lead the maids to bandage them.

It was not until dawn that the noise outside gradually subsided.

Steward Sun came to report that the army had driven the rebels away and was now driving them out of the city.

When there was no more sound outside, I saw through the ladder that many people were sticking their heads out to check what was going on.

Some people started to come out to ask for a doctor, and Butler Sun also took the opportunity to go out and inquire about the situation.

Last night, not only the Su family was attacked by the rebels, but other mansions were also attacked by the rebels, and several houses were set on fire.

The situation outside is still not stable. After hearing the report from the housekeeper, Su Ma told him not to go out again.

Other matters in the mansion were also left to Su Weixi to arrange. Mother Su was particularly worried about Father Su at the moment.

"Mom, don't worry, my dad must be fine." Su Weixi comforted.

"How can I not worry? This is an internal problem!" Su Ma was very worried.

"Mother, think about it, the rebels can be driven out so quickly. Maybe the Duke of Zhenguo has already made arrangements."

"That's what you said."

After Su Weixi's analysis, Su Ma felt a little relieved.

It was not until the evening that Awen hurried back to say that Su's father was fine, and Su's mother was completely relieved.