Zhu Xiuyuan's slightly nervous mood relaxed for a moment.

He smiled and walked over.

Crossing the threshold of the living room, his figure wavered on Dong Shuyu's book.

It stands to reason that Dong Shuyu should have noticed that Zhu Xiuyu was far away, but she still maintained the same posture as before, staring at the book in her hand, as if she had reached the state of being deaf to what was going on outside the window.

But in fact, Dong Shuyu was panicking.

Zhu Xiuyuan observed carefully, and he found that Dong Shuyu's hand holding the book trembled slightly, and his eyebrows twitched faintly——

She couldn't hold it any longer.

Zhu Xiuyuan didn't say anything, walked around behind Dong Shuyu, leaned down, and for a moment, he put his hands around her lower abdomen, then rested his chin on her shoulder, rubbing his ears and temples together.

Dong Shuyu trembled all over, then remained stiff and motionless.

She didn't speak, and even tried her best to keep reading while holding a book in her hand.

"Shuyu, I knew you would definitely come..."

…

A certain teahouse in the capital.

Underground darkroom.

Chen Dongyi and Han Qingshan met again.

"Central Guizhou is no different from the five southeastern states. It is really full of crises. In my early years, I traveled to central Guizhou and I am very familiar with the topography, customs, and people's sentiments there."

"So I am the best candidate to go to central Guizhou this time. I am afraid that after the victory in the five southeastern states, he will be dazzled by the victory and rush into central Guizhou rashly, which may cause problems."

Han Qingshan was worried.

"Brother Han is worrying too much." Chen Dongyi said with a smile: "I think that although he is young, he is very mature. He has not only experienced the rebellion in the five southeastern states."

"Perhaps Brother Han has forgotten that in Jiangzhou, that man had experienced life and death at least twice. One was the great epidemic around Jiangzhou. The other was the 50,000-strong army of the four princes of the Yan Kingdom attacking Jiangzhou."

"That's true...but the situation in central Guizhou is complicated after all. I thought, I will go this time...Hey, but that person seems to be very interested in the trip to central Guizhou and insists on going... By the way, Chen

Brother, why do you think this is?"

Chen Dongyi shook the feather fan in his hand, twirled his beard, thought for a while, and finally shook his head: "Even my stupid brother can't figure it out."

Then he added: "But Yudi is optimistic about that person and believes that with his ability, he might be able to solve the problem in central Guizhou. Besides, this world will always belong to him..."

…

Zhu Xiuyuan returned to Shenleihou Mansion...no, it should be called Pingnanhou Mansion now. When he returned to Pingnanhou Mansion, the sky had begun to darken.

After entering the gate of the Hou Mansion, Zhu Xiuyuan was about to return to the inner courtyard of the main house, but he didn't want to meet Dong Cheng halfway.

The news that Marquis Pingnan was about to lead troops into Guizhou had already spread in Beijing. Dong Cheng, as the governor of Runzhou Prefecture, naturally learned the news immediately.

Dong Cheng placed his value some time in advance.

But because Zhu Xiuyuan had been traveling abroad, Dong Cheng didn't see Zhu Xiuyuan until now.

The two sons-in-law chatted for a long time...

A little later, Dong Shuyu also returned home.

Everyone gathered together to have dinner and chatted for a long time. It was getting very late and everyone dispersed one after another.

By the way, Dong Cheng finally agreed to the fact that Dong Shuzhen wanted to go to central Guizhou with Zhu Xiuyuan, but he was also very angry by Dong Shuzhen and said: "My daughter has grown up..."

…

The next day.

A large official ship set off from the pier in Beijing, sailed upstream towards Jiangzhou.

Zhu Xiuyuan, Dong Shuzhen, Xia Wu, Yan Dashan, and five hundred generals went with the ship.

The plan discussed by Zhu Xiuyuan and Lin Bochang was to divide the troops into two groups. Zhu Xiuyuan led 500 generals to take a shortcut and rush to central Guizhou first. Lin Bochang led 50,000 soldiers of the Divine Thunder Army to take the official road and go deep into central Guizhou.

The shortcut Zhu Xiuyuan took was to take a boat from the capital, go along the Yangtze River to Yuezhou, then pass through Dongting Lake, then change to the land route, pass through Tanzhou, arrive at Shaozhou, and then pass through Shaozhou to enter Guizhou.

The former King of Shaozhou was stationed here, and Shaozhou was also an important town on the eastern edge of Guizhou.

Oh, by the way, among the people on board the ship was Kou Wanwan's personal maid, Xiao Huan.

Xiaohuan and Xia Wu don't get along very well.

When the two maids met on the pier, their eyes met, and their eyes seemed to sparkle.

Qiu Wen did not go with her. She had no strength and it was not convenient to go with her. Zhu Xiuyuan and Dong Shuzhen arranged for Qiu Wen to be with Dong Shuyu. Last time, Dong Shuyu said that Qiu Wen was quite talented in business, so they took advantage of this opportunity to let Dong Shuyu.

Train her well.

Maybe Qiu Wen will become Dong Shuzhen's right-hand assistant in running the family in the future.

The wind on the river was very strong today, making the sails bulge. Although we were going upstream, our speed was very fast.

The scenery on both sides of the Taiwan Strait is regressing rapidly.

The ship was already sailing, and the pier in the capital, as well as the shadows of Dong Cheng, Dong Shuyu, and the other people who were seeing them off, disappeared.

"Okay, we finally set off."

Zhu Xiuyuan leaned against the side of the boat and turned his head to the left, just in time to meet Dong Shuzhen's smiling face hiding excitement. The wind on the river blew her hair slightly tousled and her little face was round.

Zhu Xiuyuan smiled, resisted the urge to touch her head, and then turned his head to the right.

On his right was Xia Wu, leaning against him tightly, as if guarding against the small ring on her right.

Zhu Xiuyuan shook his head, his eyes passed over Xia Wu, who looked wary, and landed on Xiaohuan.

As Kou Wanwan's personal maid, Xiaohuan was naturally carefully selected and has a good appearance. After resting for a day, she changed her clothes and washed her face, and now she looks very cute.

This is one of the reasons why Xia Wu doesn't want to see Xiao Huan.

Dong Shuzhen was reluctant to show hostility to Xiao Huan due to her face, but Xia Wu was different. They were both maids, so Xia Wu spontaneously "took on this responsibility."

"Xiaohuan, please tell me carefully what is the situation in central Guizhou now, and what situation Miss Kou is facing." Zhu Xiuyuan said.

"yes!"

"Let's go to the bow and sit and chat." Zhu Xiuyuan ordered again.

So everyone walked towards the bow of the ship, where tables and chairs had already been arranged.

Zhu Xiuyuan sat down facing the direction of the ship.

Sitting here, he can easily observe the situation on the river in the distance at any time, and it is also a good position to enjoy the scenery.

Dong Shuzhen was jumping up and down, looking very excited, holding his hand all the time, and sat down next to Zhu Xiuyuan.

Xia Wu spontaneously stood beside Dong Shuzhen and Zhu Xiuyuan, paying careful attention to Xiaohuan, serving tea and water, and serving the young lady and uncle to have tea.

Xiaohuan walked to the opposite side of Zhu Xiuyuan and stood with her hands down without sitting down. As Kou Wanwan's personal maid, she had actually received strict etiquette training and was impeccable in every word and deed.

This is why Xia Wu can't find any reason to target her.

Otherwise, the two of them might start fighting.

"Master Hou."
Chapter completed!