My Lord, please respect yourself. I am the wife of a marquis.

Chapter 20: 8 Smooth-tongued and calculating

"Bad girl, you ran away on your own, my aunt didn't try to trick you." Chen'er glared at Zhao Siyu. She had bullied her aunt that day, and today she stole his chicken leg. "Aunt, aunt, I want one too."

Su Muxi patted his head, tore off two chicken legs and handed them to Su Chen, and handed the remaining one to An Yutang, then took another one and roasted it on the fire, "Miss Zhao, how about you help me make two doses of poison?"

"How do you know I'm poisonous?" She regretted it right after she said it. Isn't this confessing herself? "I won't talk to you. You're a poisonous woman."

Even An Yutang laughed out loud, obviously not expecting that Su Muxi could get Zhao Siyu's secrets without saying anything.

After a while, Zhao Siyu couldn't hold it in anymore and asked again, "How did you know I can make drugs?"

"I don't know, I'm just asking." Su Muxi sprinkled salt on the pheasant and said, "But I think Miss Zhao's so-called drug making should be half-baked, definitely not as good as swimming, otherwise how could she be caught in Wanxianglou."

This was also what Su Muxi didn't understand. She had just tested her knowledge of poison only because too many people died at the wedding banquet in her previous life.

Zhao Siyu learned her lesson this time. She didn't rush to refute. Instead, she thought for a moment and said, "What else can I do? I just trusted the wrong person!"

"Miss Zhao, are you planning to run away from home?" Su Muxi pointed at the small bag beside her.

"No," Zhao Siyu finished eating the chicken leg, threw away the bone, and thought about the new one out of the pot, "I want to go home to get my dowry."

After taking the chicken leg from Su Muxi, she suddenly felt like crying. She hadn't had a good meal in the past two days. It was obviously her elder sister who tricked her into going to Shuixie, and it wasn't her fault. Not only did she change her marriage partner, but her own father also sent her to Jing'an Hall.

"My maternal grandfather's family is the richest in Jiangnan. When I get my dowry back, I will repay you for the chicken leg you gave me today."

"Then don't forget it," Su Muxi handed her the whole chicken, "it's getting dark, if you don't hurry up you won't be able to get into the city."

"I think you're a good person. Why don't you help me get my dowry if I marry you?" Zhao Siyu was really envious of Su Muxi. Her brothers at home all supported her. "I'll give you all my dowry."

Marrying his second brother, her second brother is impulsive enough, and to add this crazy girl, Su Muxi dare not think about that scene, "No, my second brother has someone he likes."

"Then I will marry your third brother."

"No, my third brother is a homosexual."

Su Muxi refused straightforwardly. Zhao Siyu curled her lips and said, "You are really good. You even lie with confidence."

She really didn't lie. Her third brother really had a lover he couldn't get. Su Muxi looked at An Yutang who was feeding Su Chen chicken legs.

"Then give me a ride."

"No," Su Muxi shook her head. "The favor of roast chicken is a small matter, but it's not worth it to offend the future Second Prince's wife for this."

"You are so realistic." Zhao Siyu left with the roast chicken.

After walking for a while, he turned back and said, "Although you are realistic, I will definitely repay you for the roast chicken."

Su Muxi smiled, waved her hand and said, "As the saying goes, if you have green mountains, you will never run out of firewood. Miss Zhao, I'm waiting for your kindness in roasting chicken."

"The princess treated her very well." An Yutang spoke only after he saw the person leave.

"Not really. I just heard you talk about Wanxianglou and I thought we could have a good relationship."

The two exchanged a few more words and then parted ways. Su Muxi took the full Su Chen home, while An Yutang stayed to check on the situation.

Su Muxi knew that he was afraid of being seen going into the city together and being misunderstood, so she didn't point it out and took the happy Su Chen home.

When they got home, it was already past dinner time and everyone was waiting for them. Su Muxi faced the murderous gaze of the Duke's wife and took Su Chen to sit down.

After finishing a meal with trepidation, Su Muxi was pulled into the room by the Duke's wife.

The Duke's wife pulled him into the room, and her expression changed instantly. "Su Muxi, your father and I didn't agree with you marrying He Yuncheng at the beginning, but you insisted on doing so. What are you doing now?"

"Mom, what did he tell you?" Su Muxi was a little cautious. If she had to say who was the most scheming person in their family, it would have to be her mother.

"He didn't tell me anything. Tell me honestly, did you think of him as a substitute for Prince Jin? Now that you realize that the two are completely different, you plan to go back on your word, so you sent us all away."

Even her mother didn't doubt it, so Su Muxi could only praise Xiao Yunjin for pretending, "Mom, you misunderstood, it's really not true."

"Then tell me, why?"

Why else? He is Prince Jin Xiao Yunjin! But Su Muxi couldn't say that, "Mom, I asked you to leave Beijing because the capital was in turmoil. Prince Jin died in the battle, the three-legged trend has been broken, and there are only two princes left. I'm afraid they will fight to the death.

Dad is definitely their target, and you and I are trustworthy. I’m afraid they will take advantage of my sister-in-law’s love for her son.”

"Don't change the subject. I'm talking to you about our relationship, not about state affairs."

"Why else? You're right! He's two-faced and sweet-talking." She didn't know why she was crazy at the time and wanted to marry him. This was how her mother evaluated Xiao Yunjin.

Seeing Su Muxi using her words to contradict her, she slapped her angrily, "I see that after spending two days with him, you have also learned how to be two-faced and speak sweet words."

"It hurts, it hurts... Mom, if you have something to say, just say it, don't do it!"

"Su Muxi, once we left, you were the only one left in the capital. Now you've become an official. The barracks are all men. No one can see you in the northwest. Your father will cover you no matter what. But now it's different. You're married now. How will those people see you and your husband?"

Madam Zhenguo held her daughter's hand and said, "Now I think He Yuncheng still supports you, but people's words are scary. Husbands and wives should accommodate each other a little to make the family harmonious. He accommodates you in his career, so you have to accommodate him in life."

"Mother, I know."

"In this capital city, a spit can drown a person. If you get along well with He Yuncheng, he will naturally let you live smoothly at home. If you break away from him, you won't even know how you died."

"Mom, you seem to be very optimistic about He Yuncheng. What kind of drug did she take with you?"

"I have lived in the capital for a long time and I know him a little bit. He is a very good man with many tricks and is good at scheming. There are more than a dozen brothers in the Marquis's family, and there is no dirty talk outside. Even if you have a hundred tricks combined, you can't beat him."

Su Muxi wanted to say, "Mom, you have revealed the truth. Your daughter was played around by him in her previous life."

Seeing her silence, Madam Zhenguo patted her shoulder and said, "Just go along with him. If you're still bullied, fight back. Your father doesn't participate in party disputes, but he fully supports you."

Su Muxi's eyes were red, and she went forward to hug her mother, "Mom, you have to write to me more often, once every seven days, no, once every three days."

"Okay, one every three days."

Madam Zhenguo's eyes were red, and the two of them talked for a few more words.

Su Muxi left Madam Zhenguo's room with a heavy heart.

The moon is high in the sky, the sky is as dark as ink, and stars are dotted in the sky. Tomorrow should be a sunny day.

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