In the years of famine, I led a comfortable life with my husband

Xie Chengjin was slightly stunned when he heard this. The matter about Su Zhizhi's father was Su Zhizhi's private matter, and he couldn't reveal it. Moreover, if the news leaked out, it might bring some bad negative news to Su Zhizhi. So after thinking about it, Xie Chengjin decided to make up an excuse.

Xie Chengjin immediately started to act like a pro. He looked at Shen Wenjun seriously and said, "You don't know, this Xu Chao appears to be a gentleman, but he's actually after Zhizhi. Zhizhi disagreed, so he got angry and resorted to these despicable means to get back at Su Zhizhi."

After hearing this, Shen Wenjun was shocked. He really didn't expect that Xu Chao, who looked well-dressed, was such a person. His disgust for Xu Chao deepened.

"Okay, I understand. I have something else to do, so I won't stay any longer." After Shen Wenjun understood the whole story, he left without hesitation.

Xie Chengjin did not try to persuade him to stay, "Okay, Mr. Shen, take care."

At the same time, Xu Chao didn't know that his image in front of Shen Wenjun had been ruined. Seeing Shen Wenjun working hard for him these days, he gradually let down his guard against Shen Wenjun. In this regard, the prose collection wanted to seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to gain Xu Chao's trust so as to infiltrate Xu Chao's inner circle and obtain more important information.

At the same time, in the imperial kitchen, Su Zhizhi was seen sitting by the window, staring outside in a daze with a troubled look on her face. She had just returned to the mansion after hearing about Xie Chengjin from her servants, and she was suddenly filled with worry, fearing that Xie Chengjin, who was already in poor health, would be hurt again.

After this incident, Su Zhizhi also realized how special Xie Chengjin's position was in her heart at this time. From then on, Su Zhizhi's mind was full of thoughts about Xie Chengjin.

The next day.

Xie Chengjin went into the palace to see Su Zhizhi early in the morning.

In the imperial kitchen, Xie Chengjin saw Su Zhizhi concentrating on cooking and couldn't bear to disturb her, so he just watched Su Zhizhi quietly from the side.

After just a while, Su Zhizhi felt a pair of burning gazes on her. She subconsciously looked up and met Xie Chengjin's gaze.

"Xie Chengjin! Why are you here?" Su Zhizhi was extremely excited when she saw Xie Chengjin.

After saying that, Su Zhizhi carefully examined Xie Chengjin's entire body and asked, "Are you healed?"

Su Zhizhi expressed her concern to Xie Chengjin.

"My injury is almost healed. It's okay. Don't worry about me." Xie Chengjin explained with a smile.

"I came to see you and give you a letter from your mother. She asked me to pass it to you." As he said that, Xie Chengjin took out a letter from his pocket and handed it to Su Zhizhi.

Upon hearing the voice, Su Zhizhi quickly took it and began to read it carefully. They had been in the capital for some time, and she missed her mother and brother very much. She was also eager to know how they were doing.

After reading the letter, Su Zhizhi looked at Xie Chengjin with a complicated expression and said, "My mother said that my younger brother Su Peizhi has also come to the capital. His teacher was transferred back to the capital. The teacher thought highly of my younger brother, so he brought my younger brother back to the capital as well."

Xie Chengjin's face changed after hearing this. It was a good thing that Su Peizhi could come to Beijing, but the timing was not right. They were in dire straits.

There are so many people hiding in the dark ready to find them at any time, and Xu Chao is eyeing them covetously. They are afraid that Su Peizhi will be used by some people with ulterior motives to threaten Su Zhizhi. After all, Xu Chao is Su Zhizhi's only brother, and she can't just sit back and watch.

"I don't think this is a good thing. What if Xu Chao and the others find out that you have a younger brother and then attack him to threaten you?" Xie Chengjin was the first to react and calmly analyzed to Su Zhizhi.

"I think so too. What should I do with my brother now? It's impossible for us to just ignore him, right?" Su Zhizhi said a little bewilderedly.

Xie Chengjin pondered for a moment before finally speaking, "How about this? Write a letter back to your mother, saying that the situation in the capital is extremely complicated. To protect Su Peizhi's safety, we plan to first house him in a suburban house and take him out when the situation calms down."

After hearing this, Su Zhizhi nodded in agreement and said, "Okay, let's do as you say."

Su Zhizhi wrote a letter by hand according to what Xie Chengjin had just said and then asked Xie Chengjin's men to hand it to Su Peizhi personally.

In this way, Su Peizhi was taken to a house in the suburbs by Xie Chengjin's confidants and settled there. Because the palace guards were guarding closely during this period, Su Zhizhi had no chance to sneak out, so she was unable to see Su Peizhi immediately.

Su Peizhi also became much more sensible, and he no longer threw a tantrum when things didn't go his way like before.

Seven days later.

After Su Zhizhi persisted for a while, she finally got the chance to go out and meet Su Peizhi.

After disguising herself, Su Zhizhi got on a carriage and rushed to the house in the suburbs. At this time, Su Peizhi was reading a book attentively in the study.

Hearing the noise, he subconsciously looked up at the yard, and ended up meeting Su Zhizhi's eyes. Su Zhizhi looked at him with a smile.

"elder sister!"

"You're finally here." Su Peizhi excitedly handed the book in his hand to Su Zhizhi.

Su Zhizhi smiled and warned, "Slow down. You're already such a grown-up, but you're still acting so hastily."

After Su Zhizhi exchanged pleasantries with Su Peizhi for a while and talked about all the trivial things that had happened during the days when she was away from home, Su Zhizhi began to ask Su Peizhi questions indirectly.

"Brother, why did you come to Beijing?" Su Zhizhi looked at Su Peizhi and asked.

Su Peizhi was slightly startled when he heard this, then immediately explained, "Of course I want to gain fame and fortune, achieve a great career, and realize my great ambitions!"

Su Peizhi answered without hesitation.

"Then our household registration..." Su Zhizhi said hesitantly. She had a father who embezzled military funds, and even if Su Peizhi passed the imperial examination, the court might not recruit him.

Hearing Su Zhizhi talk about this, Su Peizhi said without hesitation, "It's okay. My mother had already paid for it before I came here. My household registration has been changed to another clean family."

"That's good, that's good." Su Zhizhi nodded.

Su Zhizhi felt relieved when she heard this. This way, she wouldn't have to worry every day, and she wouldn't have to worry about Xu Chao coming to investigate Su Peizhi's background.