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"Xiao Chen, don't you think you've crossed the line?" Xu Junze waved his hands to the servants to step back. He approached Xiao Chen with steady and powerful steps. His momentum was like an offended lion warning those who tried to invade his territory.

people.

Xiao Chen looked a little defeated. Perhaps he realized again that Lin Shuran had become someone else's wife, and it seemed that he had been deprived of even the right to care.

"She was injured because of the investigation by our Criminal Department. She and I have been friends for many years. It's reasonable for me to come and see her. It's not too much, General Xu!" Xiao Chen endured the steps of moving forward.

He was impulsive. When he heard that she was injured, he became confused. But at this time, facing Xu Junze, he had quickly calmed down and rationalized.

"Master Xiao should know the rules. This is the Xu family. You are the outside husband, so you should go to the front hall. My wife is fine. She just fell asleep. Don't disturb her!" Xu Junze stood up and walked forward. He did not look at Xiao Chen again.

, and Xiao Chen glanced at the Xu family's back house from a distance, and had to turn around and follow Xu Junze, his mouth full of bitterness.

When he arrived at the front hall, Xiao Chen looked at Xu Junze with a bit of resentment and said: "The Holy One has always praised General Xu for his strong martial arts and his ability to lead troops like a god, but he didn't expect that a young man could hurt someone in front of you. I heard that you

Each of those stepsons is protected by secret guards, but my wife has no one to protect her. I have a female secret guard who can give it to your wife, so I can make amends for you!"

Xu Junze was the most valued person by the emperor. He had encountered countless dangers of assassination from the past to the present. Xiao Chen couldn't understand why Lin You wanted to marry the pampered and innocent Lin Shuran to such a man who brought his own dangers.

"Master Xiao, don't you think this is very inappropriate?" Xu Junze has always been a man. Regardless of whether he and Lin Shuran have feelings for each other, she is now his wife. Xiao Chen makes no secret of his concern for his wife. This behavior makes him

Very uncomfortable, "I don't care what the relationship between you and my wife was before. It's best to keep a distance between you now, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble to my wife because of your excessive concern. As for how to protect her, this is my responsibility."

It's not your turn as an outsider to interfere in the Xu family's family affairs."

Xu Junze's words were not polite. Xiao Chen tightened his lips but was unable to refute. Finally, he remained silent for a moment, turned and left the general's mansion. He had to go back and interrogate the leader of the thief.

As soon as they heard the news that Lin Shuran was injured, Lin Youxing, Wen Shi, and Lin Chengyu's wife rushed to the General's Mansion. They were relieved when they learned that Lin Shuran only suffered some superficial injuries.

Wenshi and Mingshi guarded Lin Shuran when she woke up. Mother, daughter and aunt said something before leaving. When the Queen Mother, Emperor and Concubine Yun heard the news that Lin Shuran was injured, they also had various valuable supplements sent to them.

The strange thing is that in the next few days, no one from the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty came to visit except the next door neighbor, Mrs. Fang Yushijia, who came to visit once.

"Mommy, don't you think it's strange? Chunxi said that the whole city knew about my injury. Why haven't I heard of anyone else coming to visit?" Lin Shuran asked purely out of curiosity. After all, she was also the Grand Tutor.

As the wife of a female general, it stands to reason that when they heard that she was injured, those officials who were friendly with the Xu family or wanted to curry favor with Xu Junze would try their best to come to visit her? She was prepared to be "disturbed", but it was obvious in the mansion that

No outsiders can enter.

"Miss, although my uncle is now the emperor's most trusted minister, his popularity in the court is not very good!" Aunt Zhang knew that she needed to explain something clearly to Lin Shuran, "I also heard what others said, saying that it was

Over the years, the general has offended the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty. He even said that once, an official took advantage of the festival to send gifts to the palace. The general had an upright temperament and drove the man out. He also wrote a note to the emperor to issue an edict.

The person who gave the gift was severely punished. In the end, the person who gave the gift lost his official position and the whole family was driven out of the capital. From then on, no one dared to enter the Xu family easily."

Apart from anything else, if you have good dealings with the civil and military officials of these wealthy aristocrats in the capital, it will be easier for your own children to find wives in the future. Otherwise, no one will be willing to marry their daughters into the Xu family, just like no one is willing to marry them now.

Just like marrying your daughter to Xu Junze.

Lin Shuran really wanted to live an ordinary and leisurely life, but she also knew very well that a person's identity, status, environment and the situations they encountered would all affect her decision.

When she thought about the fact that her thirteen sons would not be able to get a wife, Lin Shuran's sense of worry quickly rose, and she thought about establishing good relationships with others to prepare for future emergencies.

Now she and Xu Junze are like grasshoppers tied to the same rope. Not only her, but also the Lin family is in the same boat as him. If Xu Junze becomes the target of everyone's attacks, then his stepsons and the Lin family will not be able to think about it either.

Leave it alone completely.

Aunt Zhang stood aside in embarrassment. Her young lady had been raised in a boudoir and had been living almost isolated from the world in the farm for more than three years. Naturally, she didn't know much about what was happening in the capital.

Is Xu Junze such an upright person? He holds a high position and is favored by the emperor. He also has a bad relationship with his colleagues. This does not sound like a good thing. If one day he loses his heart as a king and is plotted by others, the outcome may be disastrous.

optimism.

Xu Junze wants to make the Xu family live a solitary life. In Lin Shuran's view, this is simply a suicidal survival mode, and it is also very dangerous. If a person wants to integrate with society, it is best to integrate into it with ease. This has always been the case.

The survival model she believes in.

"Mommy, if anyone invites me to a banquet in the future, don't refuse first. Bring it to me first." Lin Shuran wasn't tired of the social interaction between these ancient ladies. She was just afraid that she would be found out.

The real Lin Shuran, but she has done a good job as Lin Shuran in the past three years. There are some "abnormalities" in her behavior and language, and others only think that she is caused by the excessive sadness of Gu Jingcheng's death.

"Old slave, I understand!" Nanny Zhang knew it. Ever since Lin Shuran married into the Xu family, some mansions would send Lin Shuran a symbolic invitation out of favour, but they had always turned down Lin Shuran's previous visits to the farm.

, I went to the Plum Blossom Appreciation Banquet only because I couldn’t refuse Princess Qingyang’s invitation.

A few days later, as the New Year was approaching, everywhere in the capital gradually became lively, and various banquets came one after another. In previous years, the General's Mansion would also receive many invitations at this time, but everyone who posted the message knew Xu Junze

I won't go, and Xu Junze doesn't even bother to attend any banquets.

"Madam, this is a post from the Zhen Guogong Mansion. On the seventh day of the twelfth lunar month, the Zhen Guogong Mansion will hold an annual Cuju party. You and several young masters are invited to go with you!" Early that morning, Nanny Zhang left the housekeeper.

Xu An took a gilded invitation and gave it to Lin Shuran.
Chapter completed!