C259 (1/2)
The people from Prince Chung who stayed furthest away all arrived, but his eldest son was nowhere to be seen.
”Hmm, let's go take a look first!” Yang Zixuan brought Mu Rousang to the main hall, and when they arrived, the couple was the first to arrive.
The Gui Yuan was the farthest from the main hall, and the Matriarch Yang was the one with the highest seniority. Naturally, it could be counted as the last, but Su Waner and Yang Zizhi were not far from the main hall.
”The two of you are here. Sit to the side first. Hmph, someone, go and take a look at that evil creature, why isn't it here yet?”
The people from Prince Chung who stayed furthest away all arrived, but his eldest son was nowhere to be seen.
Someone outside replied to his errand and went to Embroidery House to look for the two of them, while Su Waner came in from another direction, and still did not see Yang Zizhi.
Prince Chung looked at her and said: ”You came from the side hall?”
”In reply to my royal father, yes. There has been a ruckus outside recently, and all the shops are closed. My wife is currently planning to cut back on the expenses, and only when there is surplus food in the family can she not panic.”
Su Waner replied very respectfully, but her words made people unable to find fault with him.
Prince Chung nodded his head, and said: ”You are the first wife, so you need to put in more effort into handling the household's matters. These kinds of days will pass very quickly, I hope that you can take this opportunity to get rid of the idle people in the house.”
Even the Prince Chung felt that there were too many idle people in this mansion, it could be seen how extravagant the owners of this mansion were.
Su Waner very properly sat on the second seat, facing Mu Rousang and her wife, seeing that it was getting late, while the young master of the Yang family had not appeared.
”Where's Zi Zhi?” Prince Chung's gaze was cold.
Su Waner quickly replied: ”My daughter-in-law spent the entire afternoon at the Flower Hall busying herself with matters at home, and did not know if my husband was still at home.”
”I'm afraid he went out again. Earlier, I sent my wife out to find him, but she was nowhere to be seen.” The Matriarch Yang walked in from the door, and seeing that Yang Zizhi was the only one not home, he said: ”Did something happen that you invited me over specifically?”
The Prince Chung hurriedly went forward to help her onto the throne. After that, he replied, ”That's right. The Emperor has given the order for me to return tomorrow to tidy up. In a few days, I will lead my troops to Shu Province.”
”Father, are we going to war?” Mu Rousang was very worried.
Seeing that it was her who had asked the question, Prince Chung comforted her: ”This time, we are not going through the canal, it is sealed. Moreover, the ice from the north to the south is too thick, it will not affect your hometown.”
”Go attack Sichuan?” Matriarch Yang frowned and thought, then asked: ”Is it because of the order?”
The Prince Chung wanted to lead the troops to flatten the situation, but he was not worried at all. Smiling, he said: ”After the Emperor knows about it, he is not convinced, but there are two things that need to be said about me entering the palace today. This is one of the reasons, the other thing is that he has already made an explicit decree to confer upon us the title of empress at the beginning of next year, after this year's ceremony ends.”
When everyone heard this, they fell silent. No one expected that this year's life would be so difficult.
A few days later, when Mu Rousang heard that he had led his troops to Shu Province, she did not feel worried at all. It was as if Princess Chung had disappeared from the mansion, and without Matriarch Yang mentioning anything, no one dared to bring it up again.
A few days later, Prince Chung sent a letter home from Shu. When Yang Zixuan returned from the yamen that day, he looked unhappy.
During dinner, Mu Rousang saw that he was still unhappy, so she asked: ”Husband, did I make you unhappy?”
”What nonsense are you talking about? It's a letter from Father in Shu.”
Mu Rousang picked up her bowl of rice and asked while biting her chopsticks, ”You lost?”
Yang Zixuan shook his head and said: ”Victory! Royal father has been leading troops at the border all year round, and naturally cannot be compared to those paper garrisons. The Jin King borrowed troops from Beidingzhou and Qu Zhou Province, and only the Li Clan has been stationed at the southwest border all year round.
Mu Rousang asked him with a face full of doubt: ”Father should be happy that you have won the battle, why are you still so worried?”
”But... Today, the news spread within the palace that none of the subjects who were present when the late emperor passed away were summoned to the palace this morning. Besides, Grand Imperial Concubine Xian was really placed under house arrest by the current emperor, and at the same time, there were rumours in the six tribes that the King of Xiangyang, Yu Xiang Prefecture, had announced that the late emperor had been persecuted to death by the current emperor … ”
Yang Zixuan's tone was heavy, he did not tell Mu Rousang that his subordinates, the merchant group, had also not returned because of the unrest in the Great Zhou Empire. It was not that they did not want to return, but that their return route had been sealed off by the Crooked Plains' Li Clan, and it was very difficult for them to do so.
Mu Rousang did not know how to persuade him, and merely accompanied him to quietly eat, then brewed a pot of hot tea and placed it on top of a few small tables: ”When the sky falls, there will still be a tall one holding it up! Our family is fine, so I am at ease. ”
Yang Zixuan rubbed his forehead, and said: ”I'm just afraid that tomorrow's news will spread, the capital will become even more chaotic.”