In Xie Huizhi's plea for mercy, Xie Mulin got a handwritten letter from Xiao Rui through the person in charge of the newly purchased property he had privately purchased in Suzhou.

This industry is located in the less developed area of Suzhou City, the store is also very small, the business is not big, but the cost is not high, the profit is not small, it is not obvious, and it can also deal with the three religions and nine streams, and by the way, help deliver letters and inquire about the news, which is only purchased by Xiao Rui this year, and is ready to come in handy when he wants to transfer back to Jiangnan in the future. At present, it mainly helps Xiao Rui keep in touch with his relatives and the old people of the Jin Shanwei period, and occasionally passes on the family letters for the group of people he brought from Hangzhou.

Xie Huizhi only knew about the existence of this store from the guy in the "Rui Ji" shop in Huyin County before he left Huyin, and it was the first time he came to the door today. Xiao Rui was able to store a letter there in advance and deliver it to Xie Mulin, which was somewhat lucky.

Every time Xie Huizhi wanted to sell Guan Zi in Xiao Rui's affairs, he couldn't please his second sister, but today he still jumped into this pit without giving up, and was once again blown away by Xie Mulin. He wasn't angry, he thought it was funny, and he was even in the mood to run to say goodbye to Mrs. Xie, coax the old man sweetly, and then turn his head to visit Aunt Dajin, give him the gadgets he had just bought from Suzhou City, exchange information about the small shops he visited, and finally said something mocking in front of Xie Yingrong, before leaving happily.

This kind of thing has long been the daily life of this third brother. Xie Mulin noticed that he didn't quarrel with Xie Yingrong again, so he didn't pay much attention.

Her attention was on Xiao Rui's latest letter.

Xiao Rui probably also thought that the two of them would be able to meet in the capital soon, and the letter might not be delivered to Xie Mulin smoothly, so he didn't spend too much space talking about love, mainly telling Xie Mulin that he had successfully returned to the capital in mid-August to report on his job and was successfully promoted. Now he has been awarded the title of General Wude, Xiao Cavalry Captain, and the official worship of the five products of the Zheng Qianhu, with his eighteen years old, in the army of this dynasty, he can also be called an outstanding rising star.

The name Xiao Rui has finally entered the field of vision of the bigwigs in the army, and no longer only exists as the concubine of Xiao Mingde, the general of the Pillar State.

It's just that being famous doesn't mean that Xiao Rui will be able to do everything smoothly in the future.

He himself wanted to continue to work the northern border. The military attache of Zhengwupin is still a little small for him. He hoped that he could rise a little higher, at least to the extent that he could be in charge of military affairs in a place, so that he would have enough confidence to break away from the influence of the family and become independent. And this "one place" is naturally as big as possible. is only enough to be a small garrison, and there is a high possibility that it will be transferred to the southwest border. Since he wants to marry a wife and have children, he naturally hopes to provide his wife with a more stable environment and life.

However, at the moment he has not yet been able to obtain paperwork to return to the northern border. Although the battle on the northern border has ended, the enemy's vitality has been greatly damaged, and it is impossible to make any major moves in three or five years, there are still sporadic small battles that can accumulate military merits for the officers and men. He wanted to go back, but his father, Xiao Mingde, the general of the Zhuguo, was not very happy.

At that time, Xiao Rui was good at asserting and concealing his father's transfer to the north. When General Xiao found out, he couldn't stop it, so he had to let him go. Now that he has finally returned to the capital, the enemy has been killed, his merits have been established, and his official has been promoted, and his rank is two levels higher than that of his eldest brother Xiao Cong, what else is he running? Hurry back to a safe place in the south, so that the old father will not be worried anymore!

General Xiao gave Xiao Rui two choices, one was the old boss Jin Shanwei, who happened to have a vacancy in the position of commander of the fourth grade, and Jin Commander was the guarantor, Xiao Rui temporarily used the official body of the fifth grade to correct the vacancy of the fourth grade, and no one would raise objections; Another option is Changhuaiwei, who didn't go back then, there is a lack of chief officers in a thousand households, and if Xiao Rui goes, he can be regarded as being in charge of military affairs alone.

Both options are good, but Xiao Rui doesn't really want to choose. Jin Shanwei's position was actually chosen, but General Xiao grabbed it. If Xiao Rui really went, wouldn't he squeeze out the old buddies from the past? He couldn't do such a thing.

As for Changhuaiwei, it is naturally a good place, the place is rich and comfortable, and for the sake of thousands of households, there are no long-sighted people in the local area who dare to provoke them. He is gone, and he will be able to pass on this position for generations to come, benefiting his children and grandchildren. This can be regarded as General Xiao's love and care for his concubine, right? The problem is that once Xiao Rui receives this official position, it will be difficult to go up in the future. However, this position is not stable and unchanging, and when the military department issues a paperwork, he may be removed at any time. Not to mention the third prince, even if it is his mother-in-law, Mrs. Xiao, it is not difficult to do this. Can he be content with a moment of comfort and take such a big risk?

What's so bad about the North? Even if he doesn't stay on the border line to brush up on military exploits, he can go to Beiping and go to work as an errand under King Yan, right? At least King Yan would be willing to cultivate him, and he wouldn't let anyone get in and hinder his future.

General Xiao was bent on transferring Xiao Rui out of King Yan's sphere of influence, and after talking to Xiao Rui several times, he broke up unhappily. If it weren't for him and the military affairs of the Jingxi Battalion to deal with, maybe he would have beaten his son directly. Xiao Rui is not at home for five or six out of ten days now, sometimes to find his friend Dong Huiwu, and sometimes he doesn't know where to rest. Mrs. Xiao said that he "sleeps in flowers and willows", but Xiao Rui explained to Xie Mulin in the letter that he actually hid in the small house he bought privately, and by the way, he took stock of several of his small properties.

His eldest brother Xiao Cong has always stayed with his father, General Xiao, and has been steadily fighting in the camp in western Beijing, slowly learning and training, and has not experienced any test of war, so he has been promoted very slowly, and now he is still a six-rank petty military attaché. When Xiao Cong saw Xiao Rui's promotion, he didn't say anything sour in person, and happily congratulated his younger brother, but Mrs. Xiao didn't look at Xiao Rui's expression very right. Aunt Li, who has not been rubbed in the main room for many years, has been beaten a few times, and it is said that even the treatment of three meals a day has dropped recently, and she is supported by private money. When Xiao Rui talked about this, he was also on fire.

Filial piety is the head, he can't do anything. His father, General Xiao, has always cared about trivial matters at home. Xiao Rui can only take out his private money to help the family, so that Aunt Li can live more comfortably. On the other hand, he also strengthened his determination to strive for higher official positions and take charge of military affairs in one place. Otherwise, how could he propose to his father that his aunt be taken over to him?

If it was just his mother-in-law and brother-in-law at home, Xiao Rui might not be so troubled. Now what is even more troublesome for him is His Royal Highness the Third Prince.

In the past two years or so, the situation in Beijing and Central China has changed unpredictably. Empress Cao, the prince of the East Palace and the Cao family have declined a lot due to the relationship between the Cao family and filial piety, and have been repeatedly attacked by the second prince and the Lin family, and suffered heavy losses. But the second prince and the Lin family may have been too radical, and their style of action was too arrogant, and they didn't know how to restrain themselves, which angered the public, and they also committed the emperor's jealousy, and now they have begun to be suppressed, and the situation is not very good.

This was supposed to be a great time for the rise of the third prince, but he was impatient. Because the emperor had just proposed to Concubine Xiao that he planned to marry the Lan family to the third prince as his wife.

Lan Shi, the daughter of the down-and-out noble Shou Changbo, the girl who once had a peachy scandal with the prince during the period of choosing a concubine in the East Palace.