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

The Crown Prince, who was sitting upstairs, was completely captivated by Jiaojiao's joyful laughter. He looked at Jiaojiao and asked Su Zhizhi, "Thank you, my Lord, thank you, my Madam. I heard that you had a safe birth of a baby girl, but I haven't congratulated you in person yet."

Upon hearing this, Xie Chengjin and Su Zhizhi hurried forward and saluted, saying, "Your Highness, we are honored that you have this kind thought. Your Highness is very busy with official duties, so how dare I, your humble servant, bother you with such a trivial matter?"

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was greatly pleased to hear Xie Chengjin and Su Zhizhi's humble words.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was very fond of the fair, tender, and chubby Jiaojiao. He immediately waved his hand and said, "What are you talking about? This Crown Prince sees that your precious daughter is very cute and beautiful. I am sure she will be not bad when she grows up."

"Come here, give Lord Xie's daughter a jade ruyi that was a tribute from the Western Regions. Also, bring me the agate and silver necklace that the Empress Dowager gave to this prince when she was still alive. Give them all to Lord Xie's daughter."

Upon hearing the voice, Xie Chengjin and Su Zhizhi quickly knelt down and saluted, saying, "Your humble servants thank you, Your Highness."

The more the prince looked at Jiaojiao, the more he liked her. An idea suddenly struck him, and he couldn't help but look at Xie Chengjin and said, "Master Xie, Jiaojiao is so lovely. I'm sure she will inherit Madam Xie's beauty and your intelligence in the future. I wonder which of my princes will have the honor of being engaged to Jiaojiao?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Xie Chengjin and Su Zhizhi were stunned on the spot. They had never expected that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would have such an idea.

Jiaojiao had only been born a short time ago, so how could she be married off? And it was to a prince, anyway. If this prince were to become involved in a fight for the throne, wouldn't the Xie family be forced to take sides?

Since they are princes, they will not take the initiative to marry one person without taking concubines. If they become emperors in the future and have three thousand concubines in the harem, won’t Jiaojiao suffer as well?

Su Zhizhi felt overwhelmed when she thought of this. As a person with modern thinking, she could not accept a man having three wives and four concubines. The reason she was willing to follow Xie Chengjin at that time was because he was well-behaved and loyal.

Su Zhizhi subconsciously wanted to reject this marriage, but she couldn't find a good reason to refuse the prince.

Xie Chengjin on the side was also very anxious, his brain racing as he thought about how to reject the marriage while maintaining the dignity of both parties.

Seeing that Xie Chengjin and Su Zhizhi had not responded yet, Shen Wenjun, who was standing by, thought that they must be unwilling to do so, so she took the initiative to smooth things over.

"Your Majesty, Lord Xie and I have already made an agreement before the ladies gave birth. If the children they gave birth to were a boy and a girl, our two families would become in-laws."

Upon hearing this, the Crown Prince felt it was inappropriate for him to disrupt the marriage between the two families, so he took the initiative to arrange the marriage. "Well, since the two of you have already discussed it privately, then I, the Crown Prince, will help you and arrange the marriage between Shen Congjiang, the son of the Shen family, and Jiaojiao of the Xie family."

Jiaojiao immediately smiled brightly upon hearing the voice.

People around were a little surprised when they saw this. After all, Jiaojiao was still a little baby, but she could smile so happily. She must be really happy about this marriage.

However, Shen Congjiang, who was lying in the cradle beside him, frowned slightly and seemed a little unhappy.

Everyone couldn't help but teasing Jiaojiao and Shen Congjiang.

"Master Xie's daughter is indeed as smart as Master Xie."

"Yes! Look at this Lord Shen's son, he seems to be extremely intelligent."

"The two of them are truly a perfect match, a match made in heaven."

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Faced with everyone's flattery, Xie Chengjin and Shen Wenjun just smiled without saying anything and did not explain. After all, they were people who had seen the world.

Seeing that Shen Wenjun and Xie Chengjin didn't say anything, everyone turned their attention to the performance at the banquet.

However, Su Zhizhi fell into deep thought as she looked at Jiaojiao in her arms. She really didn't know whether it was a good thing or a bad thing that His Majesty had granted her daughter Jiaojiao a marriage with the Shen family.

But no matter what, a marriage with the Shen family is much better than a marriage with the prince's son. She doesn't want her daughter to be involved in the royal struggle and then be imprisoned by the palace and palace rules for life. That would be too terrible.

But who knows what will happen in the future? Perhaps our descendants will have their own blessings.

What's more, her Jiaojiao is still young, and she and Xie Chengjin are her most loyal support. As for the future, let's talk about it when the time comes, right?

Thinking of this, Su Zhizhi felt relieved.

Seeing Su Zhizhi's complicated and thoughtful expression, Xie Chengjin touched Su Zhizhi's hand and comforted her, "Don't worry, I'll be there for you in the future."

Su Zhizhi nodded, "Okay."

The two of them then focused on watching the performance again.

A few days later, it was time for Su Peizhi to take the written test. In order to better encourage Su Peizhi, Xie Chengjin got up early and personally sent Su Peizhi to the examination room to show his importance to Su Peizhi.

However, Xie Chengjin did not expect that his actions would bring him a lot of trouble in the future.

As soon as the carriage arrived at the entrance of the examination room, Xie Chengjin and Su Peizhi got off the carriage together.

"Just go for the exam without worry, don't think too much, I believe in you." Xie Chengjin encouraged Su Peizhi.

"Thank you, brother-in-law." Su Peizhi nodded.

After saying that, Su Peizhi strode into the examination room.

The invigilator recognized Xie Chengjin in the crowd at a glance. Xie Chengjin is now a popular official in front of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. If he could get close to him... wouldn't that be great?

The invigilating official immediately had evil thoughts.

The invigilator deliberately stepped forward and bowed deeply to Xie Chengjin, saying, "I greet Mr. Xie."

Xie Chengjin was a little surprised. He didn't expect that the invigilator could recognize him.

"Get up." Xie Chengjin waved his hand and said lightly.

"I wonder what important matter has brought you here today, sir?" the invigilating official asked tentatively.

"It's nothing. I just came to send someone to take the exam. Now that I'm done, I'll go back. You just need to supervise the exam."

Xie Chengjin left immediately after he finished speaking.

Upon hearing this, the invigilator became even more certain that the person who had just walked in had a close relationship with Xie Chengjin, and he must take better care of him.

Thinking of this, the invigilator deliberately inquired about Su Peizhi's name during the exam, and then deliberately gave Su Peizhi a high score of A when grading the papers.

The invigilator felt that he had done something extremely satisfying and had successfully climbed up the big tree of Xie Chengjin. However, he did not know that this incident would bring great trouble to himself, Xie Chengjin and even Su Peizhi.