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That night, after a hasty dinner, the couple went to bed.

The next day.

When Shen Zhu and Su Zongwen brought the three children to the entrance of the Manor, the two carriages were already waiting.

The two had just arrived when the prince and his wife came out.

Su Zongwen and Shen Zhu said in unison, "My prince's wife."

Zi Yi and Jingshu also obediently bowed in the manner of two adults.

The more he looked at them, the more he liked them. He suggested to ride with Shen Zhu in the same carriage as him and let Su Zongwen and the Marquis ride together.

When the carriage entered the village, a sharp-eyed villager saw it. All of them were envious of it, and upon knowing that the two carriages were headed towards Su Zongwen's home, they started to discuss among themselves.

Just look at how lucky they were! The last time they came back, they were on an ox-cart. It had only been a year, and now they were back in a wagon, and there were two of them at that!

innermost room

Su Zhizhong was seated at the side reading a book. As he grew older, his eyes became more and more unsightly.

The Madame Chen, on the other hand, was sitting on a cushion of shoes on the brick bed, casually urging Su Yunyan, who was in front of her, to make her feel at ease with the red girl in her hands, while talking non-stop: "You're saying it, as a girl, you can't even be a red girl, if you say it out loud you'll be laughed at …"

"Mother …"

Su Yunyan's ears were already full of calluses when she heard him, she had heard these words hundreds of times, and back and forth, she only said a few words.

It was at this time that a sound came from outside the door, and Su Yunyan took this opportunity to get rid of the Madame Chen's nagging.

"Mom, someone seems to be coming from outside. I'll go take a look."

After Su Yunyan finished speaking, he did not wait for Madame Chen's reply and ran out of the house as if he was escaping.

"Ai …" "You little girl." Madame Chen looked at Su Yunyan's back with a helpless expression.

Before Su Yunyan even had the chance to breathe a sigh of relief, he stood rooted to the ground, staring at the two carriages that stopped in front of his house in shock.

In their little village, travelling was usually done with ox-carts, which could only be used by the rich families in the village. In their little village, traveling was always used with ox-carts, which could only be used by the rich families in the town.

The curtain of the carriage was lifted, and a man bent over and stepped out of the carriage.

The man wore a brocade robe. Even though he was old, his every move carried a sense of nobility. With a few steps, he got off the carriage and began to survey his surroundings.

With just one look, it was obvious that there were people in charge of the carriage, causing Su Yunyan to immediately become nervous, was this person not from the capital? Could it be that after the crown prince was suppressed by the Prince Su, he wanted to massacre his entire family?

"You, who are you? What are you doing at my place? "

Su Yunyan looked at the man beside the horse carriage nervously, his face filled with caution.

"Yan'er, don't be rude."

Seeing Ming Chengyan getting off the carriage, Su Zongwen immediately followed. He did not expect to hear such rude words from Su Yunyan.

"Big brother?" Su Yunyan looked at the Su Zongwen who had just alighted from the carriage with a face full of shock.

"This is Prince Xian, an old friend of father and mother. He came to visit them today."

Su Zongwen first reprimanded Su Yunyan, then explained.

Su Yunyan was startled at first, but quickly apologized, "This humble girl's eyes are unsightly, I do not know how to behave, please forgive me."

Su Zongwen also quickly pleaded for Su Yunyan, "Your Highness, my sister has a reckless personality, if you offend Your Highness, please forgive her."

Ming Chengyan turned to Su Yunyan and smiled as he waved his hand, "Don't worry, I won't blame her."

"Many thanks to Prince for not investigating my disrespectful behavior." Su Zongwen opened his mouth and his eyes swept across Su Yunyan. He asked solemnly, "Yan'er, what are you standing there for? Why don't you greet the prince and his wife? "

Su Yunyan regained his senses, upon hearing Ming Chengyan say that he would not pursue the matter any further, his anxious heart calmed down. He immediately bowed towards Ming Chengyan, "My daughter Su Yunyan greets Your Highness."

As he said that, he bowed towards the Madame Ye that was slowly approaching them from behind. "Greetings, wangfei."

"No need to be so polite." Madame Ye laughed as he opened his mouth, his face filled with kindness. "In the blink of an eye, Prince Su's daughter is already so old."

"Young lady, you're quite beautiful, and your appearance is more like Madame Su's from back then." Madame Ye looked at Su Yunyan as if he was an ordinary elder looking at his own child, amiable and amiable.

"Thank you, wangfei, for your praise." The Madame Ye's kind attitude made Su Yunyan feel a lot more relaxed.

"Alright, it's so cold outside, why are we standing here?" Shen Zhu spoke out in a timely manner, looked at Su Yunyan and jokingly scolded him, "Yan'er, why aren't you inviting the Duke and Princess into the palace?"

Only then did Su Yunyan come back to his senses and softly call Shen Zhu his sister-in-law. Then, he respectfully invited Ming Chengyan and Madame Ye into the room.

Inside the house, Madame Chen and Su Zhizhong heard the commotion, and looked towards the door.

When the two of them saw who had arrived, they looked at each other and saw the astonishment in each other's eyes.

"Your servant pays his respect to Your Highness and Princess."

"Your subject greets the prince and princess consort."

Su Zhizhong and Madame Chen regained their senses and immediately bowed, bowing at the same time.

"There's no need for Minister Su to be so courteous."

Ming Chengyan reached out and grabbed Su Zhizhong's arm, and helped him up. Madame Ye also took two steps forward, grabbed Madame Chen's hand and said, "That's right, Master Su and Madam Su need not be surprised."

"Your highness has killed this old official. This old official is now wearing the body of a criminal. This old official is no longer the same old official …" Su Zhizhong immediately said.

"Sigh, in the blink of an eye, twenty years have passed just like that. All these years, it has truly been hard on your family." Ming Chengyan sighed, and then followed Su Zhizhong to sit on the brick bed.

"Brother Wen, take the children to the inner room first." Shen Zhu gave Ruanruan, who was in his embrace, to Su Zongwen, and said, "I'll go make some tea."

"Yes." Su Zongwen received Ruanruan and brought Zi Yi and Jingshu to Su Yunyan's room.

Su Yunyan immediately followed beside Shen Zhu, and said, "Sister-in-law, I'll go with you."

Seeing that, the Madame Chen immediately led the Madame Ye to his own room, "Since the Duke and my master have something to talk about, why don't we go inside the house to chat?"

"Alright." Madame Ye followed Madame Chen into the house. As they walked, he said: "Speaking of which, it's been so many years since I last saw Madam Su. It's rare to meet her now, so we should have a good chat."

The Madame Chen led them to his room.

After Shen Zhu sent the tea over to the two elders, he followed Su Yunyan to her room.

The moment the two of them entered, they saw Su Zongwen and the three children looking at each other and smiling at each other.

Su Zongwen looked over with a baffled expression...

In the outer hall.

"We haven't played chess together in a long time. How about we take this opportunity to have a game of chess today?" Ming Chengyan looked at Su Zhizhong who still had bones of the dead, and suggested.

"Since Your Highness is in such a good mood, how can this subject spoil it?" Su Zhizhong stroked his beard and laughed. take out the chessboard and lay it on the table

He had brought this chessboard from the capital with him.

Ming Chengyan played chess while chatting with Su Zhizhong. The two of them had known each other for many years, but ever since Su Zhizhong had been demoted, they had never met again.

As Ming Chengyan looked at his old friend who still had that demeanor back then, he let out a faint sigh in his heart, casually put down a chess piece, and said: "Your Su Family had been wronged in the past, and had been demoted to this countryside. All these years, this duke also knows that all of you have been wronged, but now …"

"Prince Su has gained power, it won't be long before I can wash off your grievances. The day of Su Family returning to the capital is just around the corner, and your bitter days have finally come to an end."

Hearing that, Su Zhizhong's hands that were playing the chess piece could not help but start to tremble.

"A full twenty-three years have passed since that incident …"

If it wasn't for Su Zhizhong controlling his emotions, he would probably be crying right now.

Twenty-three years, twenty-three years since he left the capital!

He finally had the chance to clear his grievances and return to the capital. How could he not be excited?