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Two days later, Ming Jiling and Su Zongwen led the huge army and left to kill the bandits.

Shen Zhu, Madame Chen, Su Yunyan and the others had been watching the two leave from the entrance. Only when the two figures were completely gone did they reluctantly return to their rooms.

Ming Jiling and Su Zongwen rode on top of the big horses and were at the very front of the troop. The two of them led the left and right vice generals as well as the long march out of the city.

Minister Mansion, main courtyard.

"Yue Niang, you've worked hard these past few days, but now …" Madame Chen sighed, shifted his gaze to Shen Zhu, and pulled her hand as he sighed, "With regards to Zong Wen's departure, it will take at least ten days to half a month, and at most a year and a half. Those bandits are even more ruthless …"

"Mother, don't worry too much. Brother Wen's martial arts are so good, and with His Highness the Prince Su by their side, they will definitely return in triumph this time."

Shen Zhu hurriedly comforted her.

"That's right, mom, sister-in-law is right. If big brother and cousin join hands, they would definitely be invincible."

Seeing that the Madame Chen was depressed, Su Yunyan immediately agreed.

The two of them sent the Madame Chen back to his room, then stayed to chat with her for a while before leaving.

"Sister-in-law, don't worry too much. Big brother will definitely return victorious very soon."

When the two of them went out, Su Yunyan tried to console Shen Zhu.

"I'm fine, I believe in Brother Wen." Shen Zhu laughed, somewhat absent-minded.

In this era, there weren't any phones or anything like that. She didn't know the situation of a man and said she wasn't worried. How is this possible!?

The two of them walked out of Madame Chen's courtyard hand in hand. Shen Zhu seemed to have thought of something, he turned and headed towards Ah Qiu's courtyard, "Qingyi is still at Ah Qiu's house, I want to go and see them."

"Then I'll go with you." Su Yunyan laughed.

The child in Ah Qiu's womb was still young, but the doctor had told her before that she needed to keep her emotions stable so that she could nurture her baby in peace.

Originally, she wanted to come and send him off, but since the wind was blowing strongly outside, Shen Zhu was worried that she would catch a cold, so he told her not to come.

Ah Qiu being alone in the house was boring. Shen Zhu was worried that she would come out again soon, so he asked Su Qingyi to stay behind to accompany her.

When the two entered the courtyard, the room was extremely quiet.

Ah Qiu could not sit still at all. She kept looking out, and the two of them could already see her figure walking back and forth in the room.

"Sister-in-law, Yunyan."

Ah Qiu was currently wandering around the house, and when he turned around, he saw two people walking towards him. His expression immediately lit up, and quickly went out to welcome them.

"It's windy outside, let's talk inside." Shen Zhu and Su Yunyan immediately carried him into the house.

"Sister-in-law, you came."

Seeing that the two of them were rushing over, the four of them laughed and chatted as they sat down at the table. Ah Qiu immediately got someone to serve them hot tea.

"Sister-in-law, has His Highness's team left yet?" Ah Qiu passed Shen Zhu a cup of hot tea.

"It has already been some time since we set off. Yunyan and I brought Mother back to our room before we came back."

"Last night, I heard from Yixuan that it won't be long before you return from this expedition. Sister-in-law, you don't have to worry too much."

"I trust in the Brother Wen's ability, so don't worry about me." Shen Zhu's gaze moved to Ah Qiu's lower abdomen and laughed: "You're currently pregnant, so you should pay more attention to yourself normally."

"That's right, I was waiting for the little guy to call me 'Auntie'!" Su Yunyan immediately went over.

"Then why don't you hurry up and prepare a big present before your nephew comes out?" Su Qingyi joked.

The few of them were worried that Shen Zhu would miss them, so they immediately changed the topic, especially Su Yunyan and Su Qingyi, they were like two treasures, the two of them spoke one word, and very quickly the atmosphere became lively.

The four of them sat in the room and chatted for a while. Shen Zhu's gloomy mood gradually improved because of Su Zongwen's departure.

Shen Zhu: "I plan to go to Hundred Fragrance House."

Su Qingyi: "Sister-in-law, don't worry. Ruanruan has me watching over you."

Su Yunyan immediately said: "I, I will also help."

The two of them liked children a lot, so they didn't need to embroider today. Naturally, they both wanted to play with Ruanruan and Jingshu.

"It just so happens that I am bored to be alone in my room, why don't we bring Ruanruan and her over and play together."

Ah Qiu looked at the two people arguing, interrupting them in a funny way to smooth things over.

"Then I'll be troubling you."

Shen Zhu laughed, and in a moment, someone brought the two children to the courtyard of Ah Qiu.

Shen Zhu brought Chun Cao out of the door.

Hundred Fragrance House.

"Lady Shen, you're here, are you looking for me?" Manager Li welcomed Shen Zhu in with a smile. "Boss is coincidentally in the shop today, and is currently on the second floor drinking tea."

"I know, I'll be troubling Manager Li."

Shen Zhu nodded and went to the second floor's private room after spending all his money on shopping.

"Boss Zhou." Shen Zhu entered the private room and greeted with a smile.

"Lady Shen, it's good that you're here."

Zhou Muqing said as he passed Shen Zhu a cup of tea and continued to speak: "The repairs over at Yuzhu Pavilion's side have been completed, and the place has been cleaned up.

Shen Zhu took the tea and took a sip, then laughed: "In my opinion, in a few days it will be a good day, why not open for business the next day?"

"That's fine too." Zhou Muqing nodded his head: "That's right, the signboard in the shop has been completed, I was just planning to have Shopkeeper Li take some people to hang it up, if you have time, you can go over to take a look."

"Alright." Shen Zhu nodded his head, he lowered his head and played with the teacups on the table, and asked: "When Yuzhu Pavilion opens his shop, he will inevitably hire some servants, I will have to trouble Boss Zhou with these matters."

"It's just a small matter. I'll tell Manager Li to do it later." Zhou Muqing laughed.

Shen Zhu quickly thanked him, she then picked up the cup and drank two sips of tea, then as if she had thought of something, she said: I have been working on a new pastry, I wonder what taste I would have?

Zhou Muqing suggested: "According to what I know, those famous beauties in the capital all prefer sweet food. They don't eat sour or spicy food, and Lady Shen can cook more sweet food."

"Oh right, Lady Shen's previous fruit wine taste is not bad, if it was placed with Yuzhu Pavilion, it would definitely be worth a lot."

Zhou Muqing seemed to have thought of something after he finished speaking, and added with a smile.

"Thank you Boss Zhou for your guidance." Shen Zhu laughed.

When she was preparing to leave, Manager Li just happened to be bringing someone to go to Yuzhu Pavilion to hang up a plaque, so she followed him.

The group of people arrived at Yuzhu Pavilion's carriage.

Manager Li politely allowed Shen Zhu to take a look at the furnishings inside the room.

"Lady Shen, this is the result of the modification. This is the signboard that was delivered yesterday, take a look and see if there are any mistakes."

Manager Li led Shen Zhu to look around, and finally stopped in front of the counter.

"There's no need to fix it. It's fine like this." Shen Zhu looked at the words engraved on the wooden tablet, and nodded his head in satisfaction.

The wooden sign on the counter was built according to the size of the counter. The prices and items sold in the shop were engraved on it. The whole sign was hanging on the wooden board on the counter, making it very obvious.

"Okay, I will now order someone to put up the signboard and cover it with red silk." Manager Li replied.

"Alright, I'll be troubling you, Manager Li." Shen Zhu nodded.

The two of them walked around the shop once again and chatted for awhile. Not long later, the signboard outside was hung up, and after seeing that there were no problems, Shen Zhu brought Chun Cao back after he finished buying his things.

Just as the two of them returned to the Minister Mansion entrance, they saw Su Yian anxiously jumping out of the house.

"Sister-in-law, you're back." Seeing Shen Zhu, Su Yian immediately giggled and greeted, at the same time looking inside with a guilty conscience.

"Yian, where are you going in such a rush?"

Shen Zhu nodded and followed his gaze, but he did not see anything.

What happened to my brother-in-law?