Chapter 344: Marquis Zhongyi (Part 2)

Su Rende glared at him, “You want me to deceive my daughter?”

“No deception. Didn’t I come to discuss official matters with you?” Zhou Wangshu said, “Have you forgotten how I got injured?”

Earlier, seeing Xiao Yanci at the door, Zhou Wangshu had a growing sense of unease, so he sneaked into the mansion across the street. He thought that even if he couldn’t gather much information, he would be able to retreat unscathed with his skills. Who would have thought that there were so many experts hidden in the courtyard of the opponent’s mansion?

The tighter the security on the other side, the bigger the problem it implies.

“Someone…” In the end, Su Rende didn’t want Su Yaoguang to worry, so he sent someone over to the other side to convey a message.

Jiang Jing bandaged Zhou Wangshu’s wound.

Zhou Wangshu was still uneasy and reminded Jiang Jing to keep it a secret.

Jiang Jing didn’t want to deceive Su Yaoguang, but Zhou Wangshu was injured and didn’t want her to worry, so it was a kind lie.

“Brother-in-law, the person who hurt you is indeed skilled, just a bit off and your life would have ended. Be more careful from now on.”

“It’s not that he missed by a bit, it’s that I dodged. If I hadn’t moved, I would be a corpse now.”

This time, it really was carelessness and underestimation.

After Jiang Jing finished bandaging Zhou Wangshu, she left.

Su Rende said, “Suffering such a heavy injury and not finding out anything, you wasted your pain.”

“Father-in-law, it wasn’t a waste. If there’s no problem over there, why would they have so many people guarding it? With his current position, he shouldn’t have state matters that need such strict guarding, should he?”

“You mean…” Su Rende asked, “There’s a secret there?”

“There’s movement on the border, it seems they want you to lead the troops out. If you go, the power structure in the Capital City will have to be reorganized. Father-in-law, why not lead the troops out?”

“I’ll consider it,” Su Rende said. “Today you should focus on recovering, we can discuss matters tomorrow.”

The situation at the border is still unclear, and whether to lead the troops is not his decision, it’s up to someone higher up.

Of course, he could also choose not to lead the troops and give this opportunity to other military generals.

For military generals, only by making achievements on the battlefield do they have the opportunity to establish a career. Those ambitious generals would be eager to seize this chance to lead the troops out.

However, he heard that the Great General sent to the border this time is a very tricky guy, aside from him, no other general might be able to match the opponent. If leading the troops out, he could only handle it personally.

Su Rende instructed his men to arrange a room for Zhou Wangshu to rest.

This young man suffered a stab wound, the wound was very close to his heart, today he cannot exert himself and needs to rest well.

The next day, Zhou Wangshu pulled himself together and returned to the Marquis Zhongyi Mansion next door.

At this moment, Su Yaoguang was carrying a fragrant soup into the room, seeing him return, she said, “Come over, I made chicken soup for you.”

“Chicken soup so early in the morning?” Zhou Wangshu wondered.

“If you don’t drink chicken soup, how will your wound heal quickly?” Su Yaoguang said flatly.

Zhou Wangshu’s heart skipped a beat, “Uh… wife… what wound?”

Su Yaoguang ladled some soup and put the chicken head in his bowl, smiling, “You don’t know? If you don’t know, how would I know? Maybe you can ask the chicken in your bowl, perhaps it knows the cause of its demise.”

Zhou Wangshu: “…”

The wife is angry.

He really dislikes eating things like heads, including chicken heads, duck heads, fish heads…

Su Yaoguang sighed and said, “Yesterday father sent someone to say you slept at his place. I thought you drank too much, so I brought sobering soup over to find you, and just happened to hear what you were talking about.”

Zhou Wangshu took her hand, “Yaoguang, I didn’t mean to deceive you, I just…”

“If something like this happens in the future, you can’t deceive me anymore. I know you’re afraid I’ll worry, but I also feel heartache! If you’re injured, stay by my side and recuperate well; I’ll watch over you and accompany you, at least I’ll feel at ease this way.”

“Alright, it won’t happen again.”

The butler had something to discuss with Su Yaoguang, so she went out to handle it.

Ming Xiu came in to tend to Zhou Wangshu and casually said, “Yesterday, the lady stayed by your side while you rested at the General Mansion, watching over you until the middle of the night to make sure you were alright before leaving. Early this morning, she came back to make chicken soup for you.”

“Advise the lady in the future not to overwork herself.”

“The lady doesn’t listen. You should be more honest with her in the future, don’t make her worry again.”

Zhou Wangshu hadn’t expected to fall into Xiao Ci’s hands yesterday. Ultimately, things had been going too smoothly lately, leading to some underestimation.