First-rank palace maid Su Jixiang

Xie Yingfeng is in charge of the accounts and he is also the one checking the accounts from previous years.

So Wei Ling thought it would be better to let Xie Yingfeng go and listen. After all, he was very familiar with those things. As long as the accounts were mentioned, Xie Yingfeng would immediately understand what was going on.

After Xie Yingfeng left, the secret guard hurried in, holding a secret letter in both hands.

"It's from the capital." He handed the secret letter to Wei Ling.

Wei Ling unfolded it and couldn't help but chuckle.

"The spies sent by our majesty are about to arrive." Wei Ling's eyes flickered slightly. "Alright. I have my own plan. You go out first."

After the secret guard left, Wei Ling carefully read the secret letter several times.

Finally, he stood up and called the secret guards again, "Prepare a few people, and follow me out of the city tomorrow and tonight. Prepare dry food for six days."

"Yes!" The secret guard took the order and left.

Wei Ling grabbed his cloak that was draped over the chair, put it on, and walked out.

It always snows in the north in winter. The snow just stopped for half a day and now it's starting to fall again.

The snow was not heavy, but it still slightly whitened Wei Ling's shoulders when he got home.

Su Jixiang was writing and drawing in the study and had no idea that Wei Ling would suddenly come home.

After all, he had said before that he would ask someone to come back, but he was afraid that he would not be able to come back tonight.

"Why are you back?" Su Jixiang suddenly felt someone standing at the door. He looked up and saw Wei Ling standing there quietly. "Why is there no sound? If I hadn't felt the cold wind blowing in, I wouldn't have known you were back."

This guy's movements are really light, it's scary!

"I just came back to see you." Wei Ling shook off the snow on his shoulders, walked in with a smile, and then closed the door. "What are you doing?"

He walked over and looked in front of Su Jixiang, and saw that she was drawing a floor plan.

"I'm designing the store's settings." Su Jixiang said with a smile, "It's not a good drawing, don't laugh, I just hope I can understand it."

The brushstrokes on the paper were indeed a bit crooked, but the painting was very easy to understand. Su Jixiang didn't even need to explain it. Wei Ling understood it at a glance.

"Oh, right. I have received the house deed and the land deed." Su Jixiang put down her pen. Wei Ling gave her such a big shop. Although she had already written a note to thank him, she should still say it in person. "Thank you very much."

"There's no need to say thank you between you and me as husband and wife. It just so happens that you need it, and I can afford it." Wei Ling said with a smile.

Su Jixiang's face turned slightly red.

This guy really has a charming smile.

Especially when looking at him under the light, one feels that his facial features are more three-dimensional and profound. Although his temperament is completely different from the gentle young man when he was in Dongdu, and he has a bit more solemnity and vicissitudes, he has become more manly and more charming.

When Su Jixiang was a child, she also fantasized about what her future significant other would be like like other girls, and she also looked forward to marrying a prince charming. But now that she is actually married, she finds that Wei Ling is very different from the prince charming in the fairy tale.

But in comparison, I'm afraid someone like Wei Ling would be more attractive to her.

Wei Ling gently lifted his chin with his fingers, and Su Jixiang met Wei Ling's eyes in a panic.

"I'm going to be away for a few days, so I came back to tell you." Wei Ling looked into her eyes and said slowly. "Madam."

He emphasized the word "Madam", making Su Jixiang's already shy cheeks even redder.

"Oh." She was a little flustered. His face was too close to her. His breath slowly brushed across her cheek, bringing a strange tingling sensation...

Su Jixiang wanted to dodge backwards, but Wei Ling grabbed her waist and her body pressed uncontrollably against Wei Ling's.

"It seems that Madam is still not used to your husband's proximity." Wei Ling hooked his hand under Su Jixiang's chin and slowly stroked the corner of her lips, and said in a low voice.

Su Jixiang...

Before she could even come to her senses, his lips had already landed on the corner of her lips.

He was still cold from coming back from outside, and even his lips were a little icy, with a few snow particles on them. The snow particles had melted into water droplets because of the temperature of the two people... They rolled down with a snap, sank into the carpet under the feet of the two people, and disappeared in a flash.

His breath wrapped around her tightly, filling her nose and lips with the cold breath surrounding him.

He had a faint scent of medicine and grass mixed on him, which was very pleasant to the touch. However, at this moment, the smell made Su Jixiang feel dizzy.

His lips slowly moved to hers and he placed a deep kiss on her lips.

Su Jixiang closed his eyes involuntarily.

But he did not take any further action, but held her tightly in his arms.

He placed her ear against his heart.

"Jixiang." He called her name softly.

"Yeah." Su Jixiang responded. She could hear his steady heartbeat, and this sound surprisingly made her feel at ease.

"You don't regret your choice, do you?" Wei Ling asked.

"Yeah. I don't regret it." Su Jixiang couldn't help but smile slightly. She raised her hands and hugged his narrow, tight and strong waist.

"Then when I come back, we can be real husband and wife, okay?" Wei Ling's voice was a little hoarse, with a slight sense of depression.

"Yeah. Okay." Su Jixiang was slightly stunned, then responded with a smile.

It's too late to regret now.

There is absolutely nothing to regret!

Su Jixiang closed her eyes and listened to his heartbeat. Just now, she had confirmed her feelings!

What reason does she have not to accept a man who can make her feel at ease and happy?

"I will protect you for the rest of my life." Wei Ling said softly, even if it means sacrificing my life. However, he did not say the second half of the sentence because he was afraid that Su Jixiang would worry.

Su Jixiang is really smart.

Su Jixiang could sense it as long as he showed the slightest abnormality.

In order to avoid making Su Jixiang worry, Wei Ling decided not to say anything more.

"Yes. I understand! You are the general!" Su Jixiang said.

Just these one sentence made Wei Ling's heart warm.

He will always be her general!

"Then you can wait for me at home these few days. The New Year is coming soon. You can buy some things first, and wait for me to come back to buy some other things together, okay?" Wei Ling said with a smile.

"Okay." Su Jixiang nodded in response, "But what should I wait for you to come back to buy together?" she asked curiously.

"It's up to you!" Wei Ling laughed... and rubbed Su Jixiang's forehead with his chin, and said.

"Then I'll wait for you to come back and buy them together!" Su Jixiang said honestly, "Because you won't blame me later!"