"What are you doing so much?"

Chu Yan glanced over coldly.

Seeing his expression, Xiao Yun smiled even more heartily, "I really didn't expect that you would put so much effort into a woman, it seems that you like her very much." ”

"My daughter-in-law, I naturally like it." Chu Yan snorted, got up and was about to leave.

Xiao Yun hurriedly caught up, looking at Chu Yan's tense face, his smile intensified, "It's really not good to let the fifth princess know about this matter, by the way, have you told Shopkeeper Su about you?" I looked at her as if she didn't know anything. ”

Chu Yan, "No." ”

Xiao Yun raised his eyebrows, "Then aren't you going to tell her?" If the princess knew, she would definitely tell Shopkeeper Su. Your relationship with the princess is ......"

Speaking of this, Xiao Yun's gaze fell on Chu Yan.

Chu Yan is the original son of the Five Princes, he is the protégé of the Five Princes, the two have known each other since childhood, and the relationship is naturally very good.

He knew a lot about Chu Yan, but he never expected that he was not the biological son of the fifth princess at all. The fifth princess gave birth to a county lord back then, and it happened that the fifth prince was not there, and the princess in order to consolidate her position, she actually changed the tanuki to the prince, and found a baby boy to change the county lord.

The baby boy back then was Chu Yan.

The fifth prince didn't know about this matter, and he would treat it as his own son and teach him carefully, and he also took him to the border to make meritorious contributions, and was deeply favored by the emperor.

But when Chu Yan was five years old, the fifth princess gave birth to a baby boy again. It's just that the baby boy was weak and sickly when he was born, and he was a medicine jar, and it was not easy to raise a servant girl next to the fifth princess who suddenly revealed the secret in front of her and revealed Chu Yan's life experience to the world.

The emperor was furious when he learned about this, and immediately abolished Chu Yan's position as the prince, if it weren't for his merits, maybe he would have been executed.

Even if Chu Yan was completely unaware of this matter, the royal bloodline could not be defiled, and the punishment of Chu Yan was naturally indispensable. The fifth prince didn't know about this before, and he quarreled with the fifth princess in anger.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the reason why the maidservants of the five princesses dare to expose this matter at this time is nothing more than that Chu Yan has more and more merits, and the five princesses are afraid that the position of the prince will really fall on Chu Yan's head.

Chu Yan is not her biological son at all, so she naturally can't let someone else's child ascend to a high position, and she can only take the risk of revealing the secret in person. Doing so may well offend the Emperor, but it is the best way to do it.

Chu Yan didn't know anything about this, and the whole process was passively accepted.

Xiao Yun was busy with official business at the time, and when he rushed back after knowing the news, Chu Yan had been stripped of the position of prince by the emperor and went to the remote Qinghe Village.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yun frowned and thought deeply, "I really didn't expect that the fifth princess would treat someone like Zhou Yun'er as a daughter, and now that there are so many things in the capital, she has to help her deal with the aftermath." Shopkeeper Su just knew something, and the fifth princess was anxious to get rid of her. ”

"It's just for the support of the Queen Mother."

Chu Yan also grew up beside the fifth princess, and he naturally knew what the fifth princess was thinking.

Because the queen mother likes Zhou Yun'er now, the fifth princess wants to keep her to please the queen mother, so that even if the emperor wants to punish the five princesses for the prince, he has to take care of the queen mother.

But now that the border is being harassed, Chu Yan originally followed the five princes to quell the riots on the border and obtained meritorious service, and now the barbarians are attacking again, and the generals in the court already have their own areas of responsibility, if there is a shortage of manpower, the emperor will inevitably think of Chu Yan.

The emperor ordered Chu Yan to be summoned back, but Chu Yan was sure that he would not be able to resist the decree, and he would still have to return to the Five Princes' Mansion when the time came. If he investigated the affairs of the five princesses at this time, he would undoubtedly offend the five princesses.

Thinking of that situation, Xiao Yun sighed.

As far as he knows, the fifth princess is not a generous person, in order to keep her position, she can give up her newborn daughter, such a woman is like a snake and scorpion, offending her is like entangled with venom.

But he also knew that since Chu Yan had decided to help Su Liuye, it was useless to say more.

"You just wait here, I'll find out about it." Xiao Yun said, beating his shoulder, full of embarrassment, "I'm still not suitable for dealing with this group of miners, they can't understand what I mean after talking for a long time." Forget it, I'll have to leave it to you here. ”

He was a scholar himself, and although he had learned some martial arts, his little skill didn't work here at all.

The miners here are all coarse people, and they can't read half of the big characters. Xiao Yun talked to them for a long time, and it was not as good as what Chu Yan said.

Xiao Yun waved his hand, he really couldn't control it, "You just need to let them mine all the iron ore after the year." ”

"Okay."

Chu Yan also knew that Xiao Yun was not comfortable staying here, and it just so happened that he couldn't go back to the capital yet, so as not to be seen by the fifth princess.

Maybe the fifth princess already knew that he was back, but as long as he didn't meet him, Chu Yan could always pretend to be absent.

The fifth princess raised him single-handedly, and he regarded the fifth princess as his biological mother, but he didn't expect that he was just a pawn for her to consolidate his position. Seeing that her biological son was growing up healthily, the fifth princess was worried that the power of the palace would fall back into the hands of Chu Yan, and even did not hesitate to sacrifice the life of a maidservant.

Anyone can see that the reason why the maid dared to tell what the fifth princess had done was that there must be someone behind it.

In this matter, the biggest beneficiary is the five princesses.

It seems that Chu Yan was driven away, and there was one less eldest son, but in fact, he let his own son take the throne, and with the queen mother here, the emperor couldn't trouble her.

Xiao Yun stretched his waist, seeing that the hour was not early, he was going back to rest, and it was estimated that he would be able to leave for the capital tomorrow to deal with the affairs of the fifth princess.

Chu Yan went to the kitchen and returned to Su Liuye's room with the hot meal that had just come out of the pot, she happened to wake up, and after she finished freshening up, she saw the door being pushed open, and the man with an outstanding figure came in with the food.

"Awake?" Chu Yan walked over and put the food on the table, there was soup and vegetables on it, and there was a small charcoal stove, which was placed on the table, and the broth was boiling.

Smelling the tempting fragrance, Su Liuye felt that her stomach was screaming.

Because she was not feeling well, she slept all day, almost nothing she ate, and she was already hungry.

The food on the table was two, and after Chu Yan placed the food, he untied his robe and hung it aside. Looking at his movements, Su Liuye's cheeks burned slightly, and she thought that Chu Yan had come over to accompany her on purpose.

Outside, there was a light snowfall, and the sky was getting dark.

Su Liuye took a sip of hot soup and looked out the window, looking out from her angle, she could just see where the wooden door in the backyard was.