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

When Su Zhizhi saw Su Peizhi come in, a guilty look flashed across her face, "When did you come? And you didn't even let anyone know."

Su Peizhi could see Su Zhizhi's embarrassment, so he just smiled and said casually, "It wasn't long. I just saw that my sister was still sleeping, so I thought I'd wait until you woke up. Who would have thought that my brother-in-law would come back first?"

Su Zhizhi felt extremely embarrassed and simply stopped talking about it. Instead, she changed the subject and asked, "Have you had breakfast?"

Su Peizhi shook his head. "I haven't eaten yet. My sister just woke up, so she probably hasn't eaten yet. Why don't we talk while we eat?"

Su Peizhi's suggestion was exactly what Su Zhizhi wanted. She immediately asked someone to arrange breakfast and pulled Su Peizhi to sit at the table.

Su Zhizhi always gets up at this time and eats breakfast and lunch together. Xie Chengjin has always felt that this habit of Su Zhizhi is not very good, but no matter how Xie Chengjin corrects her, Su Zhizhi just can't change this habit. Over time, Xie Chengjin gave up.

Su Peizhi had always known that his elder sister was a good sleeper, so he didn't think it was a big problem. However, seeing Su Zhizhi mixing breakfast and lunch together, Su Peizhi couldn't help but frown, "Sister, have you been eating like this for so long?"

Su Zhizhi was stunned for a moment before she realized what Su Peizhi was talking about. She smiled at him sheepishly, "Not all the time, it's just that I have nothing to do in the morning, so I might as well get a good night's sleep. Okay, let's not talk about this for now. I think you're a little hungry, so come and eat."

After eating and drinking her fill, Su Zhizhi heaved a long sigh of satisfaction and slumped lazily in the chair. Xie Chengjin, who was standing beside her, looked at Su Zhizhi helplessly with a smile on his face.

"So, Peizhi, what on earth is the reason why you came to see me so early this morning? But have you figured out what I told you yesterday?" Su Zhizhi suddenly remembered the purpose of Su Pei's visit to her before, and asked hurriedly.

Su Peizhi put down his bowl and chopsticks, nodded, and said seriously, "Sister, your guess is right. I thought it through last night. Now that the current situation is a foregone conclusion, it cannot be changed. A career in politics is not suitable for me. It would be better for me to follow you and mother to learn business as you said, so that I can make a living on my own in the future."

Seeing that Su Peizhi had figured it out, Su Zhizhi was relieved. "In that case, I'll go with you to find A Niang later. At this hour, A Niang should not have left the house yet. You can study with A Niang and me in the future."

Having said that, Su Zhizhi could no longer sit still, and stood up, dragging Su Peizhijiu towards Meng Mu's yard. Xie Chengjin just sat there, watching Su Zhizhi leave in a hurry, his eyes full of doting helplessness.

In Meng Mu's yard, she had just changed her clothes and was about to go out to check the shops when she heard the servants saying that Su Zhizhi and Su Peizhi had arrived.

Meng's mother was naturally delighted. The brother and sister rarely came to her yard together, but she felt more strange. She always felt that the two of them came at this time because they must have something to talk to her about.

As expected, as soon as Su Peizhi entered the house, he hugged Meng Mu and refused to let go, while Su Peizhi watched the two of them from the side.

Mother Meng felt helpless when faced with Su Zhizhi's behavior, but since she was her own daughter, she doted on her own. She patted Su Zhizhi's back tenderly and said softly, "You're already a mother, why are you still so childish? What happened? You and your sister rarely come to my yard together."

Su Zhizhi left Meng Mu's body in a sticky manner, and then explained the purpose of her and Su Peizhi's visit.

After hearing this, Mother Meng sighed. "I've heard about Peizhi's situation these past few days. I've always been worried that he might become depressed. Now that he's asked to learn business, it's a good thing. After all, you're too lazy to take care of things, and I'm a bit overwhelmed. With Peizhi looking after him, I can relax a lot."

Su Peizhi came over after hearing this. The three of them talked for a while. Seeing that it was getting late, Meng's mother finally said, "It's better to go out today than to wait for a day. Come with me today, Zhizhi. I guess it's been a while since you've been to the store. I just happen to be checking the account books today. Peizhi, come along so you can learn how to do it."

Su Zhizhi and her brother had no objection to this, so the three of them left in a hurry. For a period of time afterwards, Su Peizhi followed Su Zhizhi and Meng's mother every day to learn some business principles.

Su Peizhi had a quick mind and quickly absorbed what he had learned. In just half a month, he was able to manage several stores by himself, and run them very successfully, even better than Su Zhizhi.

Su Peizhi's matter came to an end, but Xie Chengjin's matter was not over yet.

In essence, Su Peizhi's scientific research is still related to Xie Chengjin. It doesn't matter whether Xie Chengjin knew about it in advance or not. Those who want to bring down Xie Chengjin will definitely seize this opportunity to bring Xie Chengjin down.

Seeing that abusing their power for personal gain could not overthrow Xie Chengjin, those officials were unwilling to give up and even thought of other tricks.

They were very clear about the relationship between Xie Chengjin and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Obviously, they understood that if they started with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, it would definitely not have much impact on Xie Chengjin.

Instead, they chose to make things worse.

They first hired a few people and deliberately went to the government office to accuse Su Zhizhi and Xie Chengjin of "smuggling illegal salt."

Salt is usually sold by imperial merchants. If any merchant dares to sell private salt, he will be beheaded for a serious crime.

In order to nail Xie Chengjin to death, those people took the trouble to prepare some "conclusive evidence" and brought it to the government office.

Xie Chengjin had also noticed some clues in advance. When the government sent people to verify, Xie Chengjin thought of a way to overturn his own case.

But just when Xie Chengjin was about to take action, he was stopped by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

The Crown Prince called Xie Chengjin into the East Palace. Xie Chengjin was still a little confused. Seeing this, the Crown Prince simply said, "Sir Xie, I have also heard about your illegal sale of contraband salt."