C137 (2/2)

Upon hearing Ye Jingxing's words, Xu Shiqiu frowned. ”Your Majesty isn't telling me the truth, but a few days ago you had someone come over to ask me how the training for the new army was going.”

After hearing Xu Shiqiu's words, Ye Jingxing let out a sigh and continued to speak, ”Sometimes, I also don't understand what the Royal Father is really thinking. ”Ever since the crown prince left, he treated us brothers with respect …”

Ye Jingxing did not finish his words, but Xu Shiqiu had already understood what he meant.

Until now, the Emperor Ruikang had not revealed to which son he was going to pass the throne. He did not care about the struggles between the sons, but the moment a son's power grew that much, he would oppress them.

Xu Shiqiu understood this point, and so did Ye Jingxing.

It was because he understood this that Ye Jingxing slowly withdrew his hand after Xu Shiqiu entered the army camp, and did not develop at a rapid pace like he did in the first half of the year.

Because he stopped attacking just in time and the Emperor Ruikang did not have the time to suppress his forces, all the powers that he developed in the first half of the year were preserved.

But exactly because of his development during the first half of the year, it had attracted the attention of the other brothers. These few days, if not for Royal Father's bad health, they would have definitely attacked him.

Xu Shiqiu understood all of this, although his literary talent was not as good as a proper scholar, he still understood the matters of the imperial court.

Hearing her brother-in-law's words, she thought for a while, then directly said, ”Brother-in-law, the elderly are getting old, so they naturally wish for their children to be filial and filial. Since you are not prepared to continue to develop your power, it is better for you to be a filial son. ”

When Xu Shiqiu said this, he looked at him seriously.

Just as Xu Shiqiu thought that he said the wrong thing, Ye Jingxing suddenly opened his mouth and said: ”Mister Xu also said that.”

Hearing Ye Jingxing's words, Xu Shiqiu understood that his brother-in-law had someone else by his side, so he wouldn't take the wrong path at such a crucial time.

The two of them continued to chat for a while longer. General Xu Shiqiu, some of the middle and low level officers amongst them told him their names, and Ye Jingxing sent people to check them out after he returned to the capital.

If he could confirm that these people were truly neutral and worth roping over, that would be why Xu Shiqiu would help Ye Jingxing to win over these people in the next few days.

Of course, Xu Shiqiu's movements would not be very obvious, after all, it was not yet time to make too big of a move.

After discussing everything with Ye Jingxing, Xu Shiqiu finally returned to the Shihuan Courtyard.

When he returned, Dong Shu was already about to fall asleep. Seeing her Young Girl's drowsy look, Xu Shiqiu smiled and told her what Xu Yanlang had said tonight.

Although Dong Shu remembered it intermittently, she still remembered to tell Xu Nuanwen about it the next day.

Today, Xu Nuanwen was going to pack up and leave the manor. While there was still time, she had come to accompany Old Madame Xu.

He didn't expect that Dong Shu, his sister-in-law, would tell him this good news before she left.

”Yanlang has finally made some progress.” After saying that, Xu Nuanwen then looked towards Old Madame Xu and said: ”Once Yanlang marries the eldest daughter of the Xu family, the next generation will definitely have an outstanding son.”

The Old Madame Xu understood why Xu Nuanwen said that, and agreed with Xu Nuanwen. The eldest daughter of the Xu family was not bad, and with the eldest daughter of the Xu family in the second house, she could be at ease.

However, after Old Madame Xu heard Dong Shu's explanation, she immediately understood why Xu Shiqiu would look for Xu Yanlang to discuss about these things.

”I will look for Madame Jiang to talk later, and tell her not to cause trouble for her first wife in the future. If the second wife wants to get up, she can only leave the authority of a housekeeper in Lady Xu's hands.”

Old Madame Xu understood that his second son and second daughter-in-law were not very smart people. If the second wife wanted to catch up to the first and third houses slowly, she would have to get the steward of the Xu family.

With regards to Old Madame Xu's decision, Xu Nuanwen naturally agreed.

”Mom, I'm going back to the capital after lunch. It's not convenient to be out without me at home.” The reason why Xu Nuanwen was able to come to the villa and play for so many days was also because Ye Jingxing had spent two parts of her mind at home.

However, many things about the Inner Palace were not things that Ye Jingxing could easily understand.

Xu Nuanwen had been out for so many days. She would definitely be busy for many days when she returned.

”Your family has matters to attend to, so I won't keep you. The hottest days have already passed, so in about ten days, the weather should be cooling down. At that time, we will also be returning to the capital. ”

Although their family was staying in the manor for the summer, there were still posts sent over to them in the capital. In the past few days, the amount of time they had left had lessened, but after a few days, the weather had cooled down. They would definitely return to the capital, choose two clans, and participate in their banquets.

Otherwise, since they had been back in the capital for so long, it was obviously not enough for them to hold a banquet.

Xu Nuanwen understood the meaning behind Old Madame Xu's words, and nodded in agreement, not saying anything more.

Only, the entire family did not expect that before noon, before Xu Nuanwen's family could even leave, a carriage came rushing over from the direction of the capital.