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

Seeing the emperor coming, Xie Chengjin stood up and walked in front of the emperor. "Your Majesty, I still have some things to deal with in my residence. If Your Majesty has no other instructions, I will take my leave first."

The emperor said with some reluctance, "Thank you, my dear minister. These girls were all carefully selected by me. Don't you like any of them?"

Xie Chengjin paused, his eyes sweeping over the people before him, and said, "Your Majesty, I am deeply grateful for your kindness. Although each of you ladies has your own elegance, I only have Zhizhi in my heart. Now that Zhizhi is gone, there is no room for anyone else in my heart."

Seeing that Xie Chengjin had said such words, the emperor had no other reason and had to let Xie Chengjin go.

Watching Ctrip take Yun Qing away from the hotel, the emperor felt more and more unwilling to accept it. In order to make Xie Chengjin stop insisting, he would call Xie Chengjin into the palace every now and then.

At this time, the emperor no longer cared whether Xie Chengjin really had a "Longyang relationship" with her. Whenever he had time, he would call Xie Chengjin to his side.

Although Xie Chengjin was unwilling, he had to obey the emperor's orders and sat beside the emperor half-dead every time.

The emperor looked at the lifeless Xie Chengjin with some dissatisfaction on his face. He opened his mouth, but in the end he did not say any words of reprimand. He just tried to find topics to chat with Xie Chengjin.

In order to change Xie Chengjin's mind, the emperor even expressed to Xie Chengjin his desire to make him his son-in-law.

Upon hearing this, Xie Chengjin was even more determined to refuse. What a joke! The emperor's son-in-law is a prince consort, isn't he? The emperor only has one princess of marriageable age, Xu Miao. He and Xu Miao don't like each other. Besides, Xu Miao has someone she loves. She has already fallen in love with Shen Wenjun. How could she possibly agree to the emperor's request to marry her to Xie Chengjin?

In response, Xie Chengjin sternly rejected the emperor's wish.

In this way, time passed and the day came for Meng Mu to come to the capital. Before entering the city, Meng Mu dressed herself very simply, and even brought only a maid to serve her. She looked very low-key. Meng Mu did this because she was extremely afraid of meeting some "old acquaintances" in the capital, which would be troublesome.

Upon receiving the news that Meng Mu was about to enter the city, Su Zhizhi spontaneously offered to go to meet her. Xie Chengjin thought about it for a moment and agreed, but only reminded Su Zhizhi to be careful.

Su Zhizhi agreed readily, and Xie Chengjin allowed Su Zhizhi to go and greet him.

As soon as she walked out of the city gate, Su Zhizhi saw Meng Mu, whom she had been thinking about day and night. She felt her nose tip suddenly become sore. In order to avoid being suspected by Meng Mu, Su Zhizhi calmed down and came to Meng Mu's side respectfully.

"I think this must be Madam Meng. Thank you, sir, for sending me to welcome you into the city." Su Zhizhi said softly to Madam Meng's mother.

Mother Meng looked at the unfamiliar face in front of her and asked doubtfully, "Who are you..."

"I'm the attendant of Master Xie. Madam Meng, you can just call me Yunqing." Su Zhizhi introduced herself quickly.

When Meng's mother looked at Yun Qing, she felt particularly close to him. Although this was the first time they met in Meng's mother's memory, it did not prevent Meng's mother and Yun Qing from chatting.

Sitting in the carriage brought by Yunqing, Meng's mother began to chat with Yunqing and inquire about Yunqing's family situation.

Su Zhizhi felt very helpless, but she didn't dare to say anything more. She just lied carefully to avoid Meng Mu's questioning.

Su Zhizhi was afraid that she would reveal her true identity, so she sent Meng Mu to the courtyard prepared for her in the mansion, then turned around and fled, leaving Meng Mu alone and confused.

Shortly after Su Zhizhi left, the doctor that Su Zhizhi had prepared in advance came to treat Meng Mu.

In the next few days, Meng Mu stayed in the yard to receive treatment. The doctors in the capital were better after all, but in just a few days, Meng Mu's health had improved significantly.

However, during this period of time, Meng's mother also noticed something wrong. In the past few days, the only people Meng's mother saw were Xie Chengjin and Su Zhizhi disguised as Yun Qing, and no one else. She didn't even see Su Peizhi, and Meng's mother felt more and more strange.

It was not convenient for Su Zhizhi to show up at this time, but Su Zhizhi was deliberately arranged by Su Zhizhi and Xie Chengjin because of the previous exposure of Su Zhizhi's identity. Although Su Zhizhi did not blame Su Peizhi, Su Zhizhi was also worried that Su Peizhi would not be able to hide the news of his death because of his big mouth, so he deliberately asked someone to take Su Peizhi out of the city and not let Su Peizhi meet Meng Mu before she left.

Meng's mother naturally didn't know about Su Zhizhi's plans, but in this situation, she still keenly noticed that something was wrong.

After days of recuperation, Meng Mu's health has improved a lot. With the doctor's permission, Meng Mu is able to go out of the yard for a walk.

As she was wandering around, Meng's mother came to Su Zhizhi's yard. It happened that Xu Miao came to Xie's house to find Su Zhizhi. Meng's mother watched Xu Miao enter Su Zhizhi's yard. Meng's mother turned around and looked at the maidservant serving beside her.

This maid was also specially arranged by Xie Chengjin. She kept her mouth shut. Of course, this maid didn't know what Su Zhizhi's identity was.

"Who lives in that yard? Who went in just now?" Meng's mother asked curiously.

The maid took a look and said respectfully, "Madam, the one who just passed by is the current Princess Changle. She often comes to the mansion to look for Master Yunqing. It is Master Yunqing who lives in that courtyard."

"Yun Qing? Could he be the one who escorted me here before? But isn't he the servant beside Cheng Jin?" Meng's mother was even more confused.

The maid explained, "Young Master Yun Qing always refers to himself as your servant when he goes out, but in the mansion, your master has specially allocated a courtyard for Young Master Yun Qing to live in. It seems that Young Master Yun Qing and your master have a very close relationship."

Mother Meng understood and continued walking, but she approached Su Zhizhi's yard without making any expression.

As soon as she reached the wall, Meng's mother vaguely heard Xu Miao calling Su Zhizhi, "...Zhizhi, what are you doing..." Meng's mother couldn't hear the words that followed clearly. She was afraid of alarming the maid beside her, so she didn't approach again, but slowly walked towards her own yard.

But on the way back, Meng's mother's mind was in turmoil. She had been in the capital for such a long time, but had never seen Su Zhizhi. Every day, it was either Yun Qing or Xie Chengjin. Even if Su Zhizhi really had something important to do, it was impossible for her to avoid her for so many days. Therefore, Meng's mother was more inclined to believe that something had happened to Su Zhizhi and she had to show up.