34 Wang Family (1/2)
After his eldest sister-in-law had married into the Shangguan family, she had only spent one night with his elder brother, who had no problems defending the country, but still owed her a companion. Shangguan Rui walked out quietly and closed the door behind her.
”Be good, Ping,” An Jinxiu said softly as she carried him back and forth in front of the window. ”Your father will be back soon. When you grows up, your father will teach you martial arts, and your mother will teach you calligraphy. How about that?”
The baby's emotions were always changing. Ping An, who was crying sorrowfully just now, was soon coaxed into laughing again. The gentle sounds of An Jin's courtyard and the quiet, inexperienced laughter reached the small courtyard through the window, adding some warmth to the small courtyard of the Shangguan family.
Just like that, another peaceful night passed, and the next day, Shangguan's family life went on as usual. The peaceful full moon wine, although also sent by the Emperor as a congratulatory gift, still did not attract the attention of the people of the capital.
On the other hand, Shangguan Rui, who had returned from the academy today, brought An Jin a shocking news to the capital. The military department head, Wang Yuan, was convicted of bullying the monarch by the Emperor and his entire family was sent to prison.
”Our family bought the land from the Wang family,” Shangguan Rui said worriedly to An Jin. ”Eldest sister-in-law, we won't be affected by the purchase of the land, will we?”
An Jinxiu said, ”Is Wang Yuan's crime related to the nine families?”
Shangguan Rui said, ”That's right, everyone's guessing what Wang Yuan was trying to hide from His Majesty.”
”We are buying land through official transactions,” An Jinxiu said. ”So we won't be implicated.”
Shangguan Rui breathed a sigh of relief, saying, ”That's good, one of the scholars in our school is Wang Yuan's nephew, he was taken away from the school by the justice courts today.”
”What a pity.” An Jinxiu sighed and lowered her head to busy herself with the embroidery work on the embroidery rack.
Shangguan Rui had nothing to worry about, so he went to see Ping An brought by his wet nurse.
After Shangguan Rui had left, An Jin stopped the work she was doing. Having lived for two lifetimes, it wasn't surprising that Wang Yuan, who was originally the trusted general of the current dynasty, had his nine clans executed.
In her previous life, this was the fate of Wang Yuan as well, and the so-called deceitful monarch was only a vague crime. The real reason was that Wang Yuan had helped the crown prince extend his hand into the army and offended the current emperor.
An Jinxiu was thinking about the King when she suddenly thought of something. She went into the kitchen to find the Zi Yuan who was busy cooking and said, ”Little girl Zi, help me call Yuanzhi over to my house. I have something to tell him.”
”I'll go after I've cooked the rice,” Zi Yuan said.
An Jinxiu took the spatula from Zi Yuan. ”Let me do it here. Tell Yuanzhi to eat dinner here.”
After she wiped her hands, she was about to run out to the Residence of An to find An Yuanzhi.