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It wasn't too early to return to the Villa, so Su Zongwen and his wife brought the two children, Noble Consort Su and Madame Ye away from the manor entrance.

Returning to the courtyard, Ruanruan, who was in Shen Zhu's embrace, had already fallen asleep.

Su Zongwen had a rare moment of leisure, when he saw Zi Yi carrying a bunch of books, he was prepared to personally guide him, while Jingshu stood at the side with his chin held up, looking like he did not understand what was going on.

"It's getting late, I need to go cook."

Seeing that the sky was getting darker, Shen Zhu got up from his bed.

"Mn, Yue Niang, it's been hard on you." Su Zongwen raised his head from his book and looked at Shen Zhu with his deep eyes.

"I'm fine, you have worked hard, and Yi'er had worked hard to read. Today, I'll make some delicious food to supplement your work." Shen Zhu laughed, and then entered the kitchen.

Su Zongwen watched the lady leave with a smile on his face, then continued to explain to Yi'er what he did not understand.

Shen Zhu entered the kitchen and looked at the table, which was no longer filled with vegetables, and started to think about what he should make for dinner.

He had planned on making some delicious dishes to supplement everyone, but he had forgotten that he hadn't bought any vegetables on the streets today. In the end, he could only stir-fry the three dishes with eggplant, potato, green pepper, two vegetarian dishes, a meatball, and an egg soup.

"There's not much food left in the kitchen today. I'll go out to the streets tomorrow to buy some ribs and stew them."

After finishing his meal, Shen Zhu said as he cleaned up the dishes.

Su Zongwen doted on her and directly took over the job, "It's hard for you to be busy, I'll go buy it tomorrow morning."

"That's fine too." Shen Zhu nodded as he arranged the tableware.

"Mother, can we make potato soup tomorrow?" When Jingshu heard that he was going to get a stew soup tomorrow, he immediately looked at Shen Zhu with a face full of anticipation.

"Fine, tomorrow morning, ask your father to buy some potatoes and pork ribs. At noon, we'll have potato soup." Shen Zhu smiled and nodded.

Ever since he ate the potato chips, it could be said that Jingshu was extremely fond of the potato.

"Yeah, Mother is the best." When Jingshu heard this, he immediately cheered up, then looked at Su Zongwen with a serious face as he warned, "Don't forget to buy potatoes when Father bought the ribs."

"I have remembered what Shuer said." Su Zongwen saw her serious expression and replied.

After saying this, the voice of the Uncle Chen came from outside the door: "Zong Wen, come out for a bit, I have something to talk to you about."

Shen Zhu waved his hand at him, "Go quickly, I don't have any big problems here."

After the man left, Shen Zhu washed the dishes and coaxed Zi Yi and Jingshu back to sleep. Then, she went back to her room to play with the energetic Ruanruan.

After a long while, Ruanruan finally fell asleep.

Shen Zhu carried her into the small cradle and slept. He laid on the brick bed alone, completely awake.

She had been busy recently and hadn't been to Yuzhu Pavilion's place for quite a while.

When they went back to the village today, Su Yunyan had also told her about Yuzhu Pavilion's recent situation. His business was not bad, and it was time to add a few fresh pastries.

The woman made a simple plan in her mind, and then thought of the Noble Consort Su. She was so entranced by the plan, that even she did not notice when Su Zongwen would return.

"Yue Niang?" Su Zongwen reached out his arms from Shen Zhu's back and pulled her into his embrace.

"Brother Wen, you're back." Shen Zhu turned his body to face Su Zongwen, his head still not clear.

"What are you thinking? You want to be so engrossed in it? I've called you a few times already, but I didn't hear you. "

Su Zongwen lowered his eyes, as he gently gazed at the small woman in his arms.

"I'm thinking about the Imperial Concubine Noble Consort." Shen Zhu subconsciously revealed his thoughts.

"Aunt?" Su Zongwen asked curiously.

Shen Zhu did not hide anything, and immediately spoke out everything that was on his mind, "Brother Wen, don't you think that aunt is looking at you weirdly? From time to time, I would look at you in a daze … "

Since he couldn't figure it out, he decided to give it up.

Shen Zhu rubbed his chest against the man's chest, "Forget it, perhaps it's just my misconception."

"Mm, let's rest early." Su Zongwen said warmly, the hands around Shen Zhu did not loosen, and Shen Zhu found a comfortable position to rest on his arm.

He didn't feel that the Noble Consort Su treated him differently from normal people, but in his heart, he subconsciously wanted to get close to this aunt of his.

He couldn't tell what this feeling was either.

On the other side, it was already deep into the night. Madame Ye had already fallen asleep, but he wasn't sleepy at all.

"The mountains are heavy and there is no way out. The flowers in the shadows are bright." She raised her silver lamp and smiled at the bright moonlight. "Xiao Ya, I've finally had enough."

"For Noble Consort to have such glory today, the twenty odd years of difficulty and patience have not been in vain." Xiao Ya, who was standing by the Noble Consort Su's side, laughed as she spoke.

"Yeah, it's really not easy to have such a day. Big brother and second brother have suffered so much over these years …" When Noble Consort Su thought about this, his heart became somewhat sad. He shook the cup in his hand and raised his head to drink it all.

"Don't be sad Noble Consort, everything will turn for the better once Master Su returns to the capital."

As Xiao Ya spoke, she picked up the wine jug and refilled the cup in Noble Consort Su's hands.

"You're right, such a good thing should make you happy."

Noble Consort Su nodded his head and casually picked up a piece of cake and put it by his mouth.

Xiao Ya was one of Noble Consort Su's trusted aides and one of her servants that had accompanied her into the palace. There were only two maidservants left, both of them serving closely in front of her, one being Xiao Ya and the other being Xiao Qing. Since she had left the palace this time, Noble Consort Su had allowed her to remain in the palace to prevent any unforeseen circumstances.

"Noble Consort, it's already deep into the night. It's best for you to rest early."

"Forget it, let's go back." Noble Consort Su drained the cup in one gulp.

The two of them chatted in the courtyard for a while, before Xiao Ya helped Noble Consort Su back to his room.

The next day, after Shen Zhu finished cleaning up the house, the Ah Qiu came.

"Sister-in-law, Uncle Chen said that during your stay in the manor, I was the one who looked after your child."

Ah Qiu said as he entered the house. Ever since he married someone, he had become a lot calmer, but his personality was still the same as before.

"It's been hard on you. I'll go to the kitchen first."

Shen Zhu smiled and handed Ruanruan over to her, then went out. But before they left the courtyard, they met Xia Zhi who had just entered.

"Lady Shen, are you out for something?" Xia Zhi asked politely.

"I'll go to the kitchen and prepare lunch." Shen Zhu explained.

"There's no need for Lady Shen to prepare lunch today, the kitchen lady in the manor will take care of it. Princess would like to invite Lady Shen over. My wife, follow me." Xia Zhi gave a brief explanation, after which Shen Zhu nodded and followed them.

When Shen Zhu arrived at the main courtyard, he found out that although it was Madame Ye who had called for him on the surface, it was actually Noble Consort Su who had wanted to see him.

"Greetings to wangfei and aunt." Shen Zhu entered the house and bowed to the two of them.

"Get up and sit." Madame Ye smiled and asked them to sit.

The three of them chatted for a good while, with the Noble Consort Su speaking the majority of the time, occasionally adding another sentence or two. After half a day, the majority of the questions Noble Consort Su asked were about Su Zongwen, from his recent life to his hobbies, etc.

Finally, before Shen Zhu left, the Noble Consort Su suggested: "I heard that there is a temple in the Clear Water Town that is extremely effective, that I couldn't get enough sleep at night, so I came here specifically to pay my respects to Buddha and request for a peace talisman. I think tomorrow will be a good day, so it's good for us to travel, why don't you bring your child and us to the temple to pay respects?"

"Aunt, thank you. I will bring Ruanruan and Aunt along tomorrow." Shen Zhu nodded and returned.