The daily life of a cold and aloof general raising his wife

Song Wenyin took her daughter back and happened to run into Li Xun and Su Jingyun, who were leaving the courtyard.

Song Wenyin glared at Su Jingyun, then suppressed her anger and asked, "Where is the young master going?"

“Jingyun has never been here before, so I’ll show her around.”

After Li Xun finished speaking, he left with Su Jingyun without giving Song Wenying a single glance.

Song Wenying felt heartbroken. She stared intently at the two departing figures. For some reason, Su Jingyun's back view looked somewhat like Jiang Shuwan's.

Before Song Wenying could return to her room, Lu Zhiheng came over.

"Sister-in-law."

Lu Zhiheng nodded and greeted him.

Song Wenying snapped out of her thoughts and nodded at him with a smile.

"Is my older brother there?"

Lu Zhiheng came to see Li Xun.

"He went out."

Song Wenying's voice unconsciously turned colder.

"In that case, I'll trouble you, sister-in-law, to give him the painting that my brother asked me to frame earlier." After Lu Zhiheng finished speaking, the servant handed him a wooden box.

"it is good."

Song Wenying nodded in agreement.

Lu Zhiheng nodded and then turned to leave.

Back in her room, Song Wenying noticed the painting box on the table and, out of curiosity, opened it to examine it.

The painting depicted none other than a portrait of a beautiful woman, and the woman in the painting was none other than Su Jingyun.

Song Wenying stared intently at the painting, wishing she could burn it to the ground. After staring at it for a long time, she felt as if her eyes were playing tricks on her and asked:

"Poetic, look at this portrait, who does the person in it resemble?"

Only when she felt poetic did she dare to look up. After carefully examining her for a while, she glanced at Song Wenying's expression and said weakly, "This looks like Aunt Su."

Song Wenyin glanced at her and then continued to look at the portrait. The portrait was signed with Li Xun's name and had his seal. However, the woman in the portrait looked somewhat like Jiang Shuwan.

After looking at it for a long time, Song Wenying asked Shiyi to put the scroll back in its original place and return it to the wooden box.

**

The next day, Xie Huai'an left early as usual. After Jiang Shuwan woke up, washed up, ate, and played with her daughter, a servant suddenly came in to visit.

Feiyue inquired about Jiang Shuwan's intentions before entering the house.

"The other party said they were servants of Lord He, who came to deliver gifts to express their gratitude to the lady and the general for saving their lives yesterday."

"Go back and tell them that yesterday was just something I did while passing by, and the general didn't take it to heart." Jiang Shuwan didn't want to have anything to do with He Zhilin.

"Yes."

Feiyue told him exactly what he said, but the person insisted on leaving the gift behind, so Feiyue had no choice but to leave it after asking him.

"When the general returns at noon, tell him about this matter. We'll see how the general handles these things."

"Yes."

Jiang Shuwan felt that He Zhilin was deliberately trying to disrupt her life because he was unhappy with his own, and she couldn't let him ruin her relationship with Xie Huai'an.

News spreads really fast at the Summer Palace. Somehow, rumors started circulating about Jiang Shuwan and He Zhilin, and they became more and more outrageous.

Upon hearing this, Du Siyu immediately went to see her cousin.

"Cousin, have you heard the rumors going around outside?"

"What rumor?"

Jiang Shuwan doesn't usually pay special attention to gossip in Beijing.

"There are rumors circulating that you and He Zhilin went out for a secret rendezvous yesterday, but your cousin-in-law found out and beat He Zhilin up in a fit of anger, leaving him bedridden now."

"???"

Jiang Shuwan frowned upon hearing this.

"Cousin, don't be angry. I've already asked Pearl to investigate who spread the rumors. She'll be back soon."

Pearls arrived as soon as Du Siyu finished speaking.

After performing the formalities, Pearl began to truthfully report the information she had just gathered.

The rumor originated from the Gao family.

Jiang Shuwan listened speechlessly and said, "She shouldn't be a pampered lady at home; she should go write books."

Du Siyu also frowned as she listened.

"How can Gao Shi still be jumping around so happily even in this state!"

"They might still be holding a grudge about what happened last time."

Their family already had old grudges, and now that Gao Huixue has taken a liking to Yan Jingxuan, the hatred is only growing stronger.

Du Siyu was aware of this matter.

"I think Youwei and Young Master Yan are a very well-matched couple standing together."

Jiang Shuwan smiled and shook her head, "Since that's the case, you don't need to worry about it."

Jiang Shuwan didn't want to implicate Du Siyu because of her own affairs.

Du Siyu knew her own limitations; her cousin was far superior to her in terms of both family background and social status.

These rumors quickly reached Xie Huai'an's ears, and several纨绔 (sons of wealthy and powerful families) even risked their lives to speak to him about them.

Xie Huai'an, upon hearing this, didn't hold back and went straight up to give the gossipy man a slap in the face.

"If I hear anything that speaks ill of my wife again, it won't be as simple as just kicking her."

After Xie Huai'an finished speaking, he turned around and left without even glancing at them.

The one who got kicked was a member of a collateral branch of the Gao family. He had spread the rumor on his aunt's orders, but he never expected Xie Huai'an to be so arrogant as to hit him directly.

He got up from the ground and went to find Gao.

Upon hearing this, Gao told Lord Gao to go and impeach Emperor Mingde.

After Gao found out, he went there.

Inside the room, Emperor Mingde was practicing calligraphy at his desk, while Lord Gao was kneeling on the ground. Seeing that Emperor Mingde had not made a sound for a long time, Lord Gao raised his eyes to try to peek at him, but unexpectedly met Emperor Mingde's eyes. Lord Gao was so frightened that he immediately lowered his head.

"Alright, get up." Emperor Mingde's voice was indifferent.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Lord Gao slowly stood up, thinking that Emperor Mingde had listened to his words.

"Can't you just shut up for a second!"

Emperor Mingde's tone was full of helplessness.

"His Majesty……"

Lord Gao wanted to protest his innocence, but Emperor Mingde stopped him.

"Alright, stop talking. You always say the same few sentences over and over again."

Unable to speak, Gao looked at Emperor Mingde with a sorrowful gaze.

Emperor Mingde sighed, “Didn’t I say I would compensate Huixue? I will personally issue an imperial decree to whichever young man she takes a fancy to, and I will also send her a generous dowry.”

Emperor Mingde knew without even thinking that the Gao family must have started this.

"Now that the Northern Qi has just stabilized, the Turks are ambitious and we need capable people right now. Can you please understand my situation?"

"Your Majesty has worked hard."

Emperor Mingde glanced at him and said: "Since you know this, you'd better behave yourself and not cause any trouble. I can't save you every time."

Before Lord Gao could say anything more, Emperor Mingde said, "Alright, if there's nothing else, you may leave."

Gao hesitated, then had no choice but to leave.

After he left, Emperor Mingde sighed and said, "Was I too lenient with them?"

The eunuch standing nearby immediately chimed in, "His Majesty is benevolent and righteous; he is the most tolerant and magnanimous person this old servant has ever met."

The eunuch's words clearly pleased Emperor Mingde, who smiled and said, "You're such a flatterer."

The father-in-law chuckled.

The matter passed, and Emperor Mingde hadn't taken it to heart since it was such a trivial matter.

**

He Zhilin, lying in bed, frowned as he heard the servant's report.