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

Xu Miao didn't know how she got back to Su Zhizhi's bedside. The words of the two maids kept echoing in her mind. If it were before, she would definitely have turned against Su Zhizhi because of Shen Wenjun, but now the relationship between her and Su Zhizhi was different. She thought she could not ignore Su Zhizhi's life-saving grace for a man.

For the first time, she began to think about and face the relationship between herself and Shen Wenjun. The more Xu Miao thought about it, the more sober she became. She fainted perhaps because she was too shocked, but after waking up, looking at Shen Wenjun who was asking her with concern, Xu Miao found that she no longer had any feelings for him.

"Your Highness?" Shen Wenjun felt a little unhappy when she saw Xu Miao not saying anything but just staring at her, but she still reminded him patiently.

Xu Miao suddenly came back to her senses. She closed her eyes tiredly and said, "Thank you for your concern, Master Shen. I'm much better now. Master Shen probably has his own things to do, so I won't waste your time. I want to rest for a while. Please do as you please."

A Lian was waiting nearby. When she heard Xu Miao's words, she walked up to Shen Wenjun and said, "Master Shen, please come this way."

Shen Wenjun felt a little strange and stared at Xu Miao for a while before turning around and leaving.

After returning to his house, Shen Wenjun thought of Xu Miao's attitude towards him and became more suspicious. He had liked someone before, so he knew that Xu Miao's feelings for him were not as deep as before, but now Shen Wenjun detected a hint of annoyance in Xu Miao's tone.

Shen Wenjun rubbed her hair irritably, not understanding why Xu Miao's attitude towards her had changed so much. Seeing that she really couldn't figure it out, Shen Wenjun simply stopped thinking about it and went to bed early.

For the next few days, Shen Wenjun went to the princess's mansion as if she was punching in, but was rejected by Xu Miao every time for various reasons.

After being rejected for several days in a row, Shen Wenjun finally realized that Xu Miao was estranged from him. He felt much more relaxed and gradually gave up contacting Xu Miao.

As for Su Zhizhi, under the careful care of the doctor, Su Zhizhi's body recovered very quickly. Su Zhizhi, who was originally in a coma all day, was awake more and more every day, and her health was getting better day by day.

Su Zhizhi felt a little better, so she took advantage of the time when she was alone in the room to rummage through the universal capsule and found a pill. Although she was not very clear about the specific effects of the pill, Su Zhizhi knew that this pill could speed up her recovery. She had just swallowed the pill when Xie Chengjin pushed the door open with the medicine in his hand.

Ever since Su Zhizhi became seriously ill, Xie Chengjin has been staying in Su Zhizhi's house almost all the time because he is worried about her safety. He even moved his study into Su Zhizhi's house, for fear that something unexpected would happen to Su Zhizhi again.

While watching Su Zhizhi drink the medicine, Xie Chengjin gossiped to her about Shen Wenjun and Xu Miao.

Su Zhizhi was also very troubled by the relationship between the two. Before, they had no relationship, and Su Zhizhi could just watch the show from the sidelines. But now Shen Wenjun and Xu Miao were engaged, and the emperor had given the imperial edict, and no matter how reluctant Shen Wenjun was, she could not disobey it.

But what puzzled Su Zhizhi the most was that Xu Miao, who had been entangled with Shen Wenjun in every way before, was now making excuses for Shen Wenjun. Su Zhizhi couldn't figure out why, but she couldn't interfere in this matter. Outsiders could not interfere in the affairs between Xu Miao and Shen Wenjun.

Xie Chengjin could see Su Zhizhi's worry and couldn't help but comfort her, "Don't worry too much. Let them solve their own problems. I actually hope Shen Wenjun gets married and has children soon, so he won't have to worry about you every day."

Hearing this, Su Zhizhi rolled her eyes at Xie Chengjin helplessly, "Every day you say nothing that I like to hear."

After drinking the medicine, Xie Chengjin helped Su Zhizhi lie down to rest. Suddenly, Su Zhizhi seemed to have thought of something and called out to Xie Chengjin, "Xu Miao doesn't want to see Shen Wenjun anyway, so why not invite her to stay at your house for a while? I've been really bored lately."

Xie Chengjin thought about it and agreed. Sure enough, in the afternoon, Xu Miao came to Xie Chengjin's residence with a lot of bags and still lived in the yard where he lived before.

After this period of recuperation, Su Zhizhi's health has improved a lot and she is allowed to get out of bed and walk around. Xu Miao recovered even faster than Su Zhizhi and was able to go out and breathe some fresh air. Therefore, Xu Miao came to Su Zhizhi's yard every few days to chat with her.

Su Zhizhi looked at Xu Miao's gloomy face, feeling both amused and helpless. She asked, "What are you thinking about, Your Highness? You come to me every day sighing and groaning. If you didn't know better, you'd think you had something against me."

Xu Miao looked at Su Zhizhi resentfully, as if asking a question that he knew the answer to.

"Okay, okay, don't look at me like that. I get it. Are you still upset about Shen Wenjun?"

Xu Miao sat with Su Zhizhi and nodded gloomily. "I don't know what my feelings are towards Shen Wenjun right now. I know he doesn't like me, and the engagement was only arranged by my father himself, so he couldn't refuse. He always ignored me before, but now I'm a little reluctant to let him get close to me."

"So you don't like him anymore?" Su Zhizhi asked curiously.

Xu Miao thought about it, nodded, and then shook his head. "I don't know. Never mind. Let's take it one step at a time. I, Xu Miao, don't have to be with Shen Wenjun."

The two of them were talking in private in the mansion, while Xie Chengjin and Shen Wenjun also shone brightly in the governance of the court during this period. With their swift and decisive methods, they quickly cleaned up the court, eliminated dissidents, and gave the emperor much more power in the court.

For a time, the two of them were the most famous in the capital. Xie Chengjin was successfully promoted and became the emperor's right-hand man, the emperor's confidant, and the emperor's representative in the court. Shen Wenjun also used this opportunity to stabilize his power in the capital, and the fifth prince also valued Shen Wenjun more and more.

Even Su Peizhi, who was in school, was often surrounded and flattered by some rich kids because of Xie Chengjin's relationship.

However, Su Peizhi did not become arrogant because of this. He did not rely on Xie Chengjin's influence to show off in the school. Instead, he acted as if he knew nothing and kept his distance from those rich kids who were trying to curry favor with the powerful.