The first month of the second year of the Heavenly Grant passed quietly in the midst of the north-south peace in full swing.

Since Nie Peixiao returned to Beijing with Emperor Tianzhu and returned to Yanlan City, she has seen him very few times in the past six months, and some invitations invite her not to go, and avoid it if she can. Nie Peixiao is still persistent, but she has never pressed step by step, but she has been paying attention to Yun Cheng's marriage, and from time to time she sends people to Yunfu to send the east and west to give help.

It's just that this New Year, King Cheng's Mansion is extremely deserted. Because of last year's lunar month, Nie Peixiao went to Beijing to accompany Empress Dowager Ye for the New Year, and now she has not returned in Beijing.

And in the cloud mansion, there are lights and lights, and the joy is very high, all the purchases and arrangements for this New Year are completed independently by the prince Yuncheng, and he didn't ask for half a point.

"Sure enough, it's the one who is going to get married, Cheng'er is very thoughtful, I look at his arrangements, which are more innovative than when you presided over them in previous years!" Mrs. Tai smiled with satisfaction.

When Chu Xiu heard this, he also agreed, and Allure's smile was like a peach blossom in April: "Cheng'er is indeed better than me." Last year, the business he was in charge of also made a lot of money and made a lot of money. ”

"How does it compare to previous years?" Mrs. Tai heard that the business was profitable, so she hurriedly asked again.

Izuku roughly calculated in his heart, and replied: "Now the accounts are not settled, but at least I have earned about one percent more than the year before." ”

"It's a good sign." Mrs. Tai also agreed with Yun Cheng's business talent: "This kid didn't disappoint us. ”

"Yes! In the middle of the first month, when Mr. Qian and his family came to visit the house, he also mentioned to me that he could no longer teach Cheng'er because Cheng'er's knowledge was already above him. "Izuku said again.

At the beginning of last year, Qian Jinfu, a scholar from Nanxi Wenyuange University, returned to his hometown and happened to be settled in Fangzhou. Izuku specially invited this knowledgeable Master Qian to teach Yun Cheng his homework, and it had only been a year since he had been working for a year, so he insisted on resigning from this errand. In the first month, Lord Qian brought his wife and children to Yunfu to pay New Year's greetings, and Ren Chuxiu kept him repeatedly, but he had already made up his mind, but he had already taught it, and there was nothing to teach.

It was the first time that Mrs. Tai heard about this, and she was also surprised and delighted, and asked Chu Xiu again: "Then who do you plan to invite to replace Qian Jinfu to teach Cheng'er's homework?" ”

Izumi is also very troubled by the question of candidates: "This ...... I haven't figured it out yet. ”

Mrs. Tai smiled and said: "Don't think about it anymore, Cheng'er is fifteen years old this year, and he will take over the Yun family's business in an all-round way after he gets married, and he will continue to be the heir of the incense, so he has no time to study his homework again." And with our Cheng'er's talent, there is no need to invite any more Hongru, it is enough for him to finish reading the books in Qingxinzhai. ”

"Take over the business in full?" Izumi was very surprised when she heard this: "You mean, let me leave all the business at hand to him to take care of?" ”

"That's right." Mrs. Tai nodded, with a bit of banter: "What? Are you going to wait three years before handing it over to him? Naturally, he will be trained to succeed him now. ”

Izumi was used to Mrs. Tai teasing herself about this, so she smiled and said, "I'm afraid that he will be newly married and won't have the heart to take over the business." ”

"Don't have a heart? It must be that Zhuang Yiran is too idle to pester him. Mrs. Tai thought for a while, and gave Xiu an idea in a low voice: "While you hand over the business to Cheng'er, you will also hand over the middle feed in the house to Zhuang Yiran." When both of them are busy, it will be much easier. ”

Indeed, the way for husband and wife to get along is that either both of them are busy or both of them are idle. Once one person is busy and one person is idle, it is easy to be estranged. I have to say that Mrs. Tai's method is good. Izuku even felt that Mrs. Tai took this opportunity to propose to let her hand over the business and the middle feed, which was also paving the way for her to leave Yunfu.

"You're right, when the managers of various industries come to report the accounts at the end of March, I will take Cheng'er to audit the accounts and officially hand over the business to him." Izuku solemnly replied.

"Well, you'll be able to relax from now on. Just point your finger at him from time to time and don't let him make any mistakes. Mrs. Tai explained.

"I can't guarantee that." Izumi covered her lips and smiled: "I often make mistakes myself, and I have to rely on you to dial it!" ”

"Are you embarrassed to say that?" Mrs. Tai was in a very good mood today, and she took a sip of Xiu, and was about to reprimand her two more sentences, but she heard the bamboo shadow report in a hurry.

Mrs. Tai passed him into the house, smiled and reprimanded: "They are all fathers, and they are so reckless!" ”

Zhuying froze and was a little uncomfortable, but he still replied honestly: "Mrs. Yutai, Mrs., there is news from the Beixuan Secret Guard, the matter of peace between the north and the south has been effective, and the peace mission sent by our Nanxi will leave for return soon." ”

"So fast!" Mrs. Tai and Izuku sighed in unison. Imagine that at the beginning of last year, Zuo Xiang and Shen Yu arrived in the Beixuan Imperial City, and now it has just arrived in February, and it has been negotiated! Originally, I thought that this peace negotiation would take at least three or five months, but who would have thought that it would be effective in just two months!

"When will they be back?" Izuku couldn't help but ask.

"Look at your urgency!" Without waiting for Zhuying to reply, Mrs. Tai had already teased her again.

Zhuying couldn't help laughing, and replied: "The specific date has not been decided yet, I heard that Emperor Xuanyi of the North will set up a send-off banquet the day after tomorrow, and it should be only in these few days that he will return." ”

Set up a send-off banquet the day after tomorrow? According to the calculation of the route from the Northern Xuan Imperial City to the Southern Xi Imperial City, the waterway is a full two months, and the land route takes three months. At this moment, Beixuan is freezing cold, the water surface is frozen, and there is no waterway. In other words, at most in May this year, Shen Yu and Zuo Xiang will be able to come back!

"According to the calculation of days, we should also discuss a marriage with Zuo Xiang in May this year, and he came back at the right time!" Mrs. Tai was also counting the days in her heart, and after thinking about it for a while, she said to Chuxiu: "In terms of etiquette, it should be our man who came to the door in person." Since Zuo Xiang will return to Beijing in May, you will go to Beijing at the end of May, and call the third child to discuss a date, and it is best to handle the marriage in the autumn and winter of this year. ”

If the marriage can be completed at the end of this year, next year's spring Yuncheng will be able to officially inherit the title of Marquis of Lixin.

Thinking of this, Izumi was about to say yes, but when he heard Mrs. Tai instruct again: "In addition, you remember to ask Zuo Xiang and Shen Yu to discuss and process, if it goes well, you might as well go to Yingyuan Palace to mention our business in Beixuan to Nie Qi." ”

"Since I went on a trip, I naturally had to do a few more things." Out of Xiu received the order: "In the past few months, I have stepped up preparations for Cheng'er's marriage, and I will leave for Jingzhou at the end of April." ”

"Let Yueyun and Bamboo Shadow come with you." Mrs. Tai glanced at Zhuying as she spoke: "You just work harder, leave your wife and children in the house, and I will send someone to take care of it carefully." ”

Zhuying naturally had no objections, and happily clenched his fists in response: "My subordinates have received the order, thank you Mrs. Tai for your compassion." ”

*****

As the news from the secret guard inquired said, Nanxi and the envoy returned three days later, and on the same day, Nie Peixiao, the king of Cheng, also set off from Jingzhou to return to Fangzhou. After that, Izuku was busy with various affairs in Yunfu, so he deliberately ignored Nie Peixiao's whereabouts, and when he returned to Yanlan City at the end of February, Yunfu did not say anything.

Beginning in March, the stewards of various industries in Nanxi arrived in Yanlan City one after another to report the accounts, during which Nie Peixiao was invited twice, and Xiu refused to go to the appointment on the grounds that he was busy with business. Gradually, Nie Peixiao's enthusiasm seemed to have faded, at least he was no longer chasing and fighting as before.

Izuku thought it was so good, and they quietly distanced themselves from each other, and finally became gentlemen's friends. He is his idle prince, she is her housewife, and when she leaves in three years, he will not be too sad, and maybe he will still get a blessing from him.

Throughout March, Chuxiu was busy auditing the accounts, and officially introduced Shizi Yuncheng to the stewards; In April, she began to hand over the Yun family's business to Yun Cheng, but fortunately, Yun Cheng got started quickly and took over all the affairs in just one month.

At the beginning of May, news came from Jingzhou that Nanxi Yihe and the delegation had successfully arrived in Beijing, and Emperor Tianzhu held a banquet in Yingyuan Palace to receive the wind, and everyone was given a heavy reward.

At the same time, according to the original plan, Chuxiu also went to Jingzhou with Zhuying, Yueyun, 300 Nursing Homes and 30 cars of dowry. Due to the large number of valuables carried by Yunfu this time, the trip out of Xiu was not fast. Ten days later, she had just left Fangzhou.

Thinking that she was about to meet Shen Yu again, Chu Xiu was also a little nervous. Since Shen Yu left Yanlan City in July last year, the two have been separated for ten months. In this October, although I can't say that I am very bitter, I am also thinking about this person in my heart. It's not very pleasant.

However, things are always unexpected, and as soon as the front foot of the Emperor left the territory of Fangzhou, Mrs. Tai sent a secret guard to deliver the letter. As soon as Xiu finished this night, he was hurriedly knocked on the door by Zhuying.

It stands to reason that if it weren't for an emergency, Takekage would never be so unruly and come to disturb her after she fell asleep. But after Xiu got up and took the secret letter, he was puzzled.

There was no confidential mark on this envelope, so it was not an urgent letter, so why was Mrs. Tai in such a hurry to send the letter? Even Takekage's face isn't very good-looking?

"Something happened in the house?" Izuku hurriedly asked Takekage.

Zhuying only lowered his eyes and handed the letter to Xiu, and stopped talking: "You better read this letter before talking." ”

Izuku took the letter and hurriedly opened it, and swept it away by the candle flame, but it was like being struck by lightning! She looked at Zhuying in disbelief, and her voice trembled unconsciously: "What the letter says, can it be confirmed?" ”

Zhuying didn't dare to deceive, and replied truthfully: "It was the third master who personally wrote a letter back to the house, and Mrs. Tai also sent the secret guards of Jingzhou to investigate, this matter is true...... The eldest lady is eight months pregnant. ”