First-rank palace maid Su Jixiang

Chapter 420 We Don’t Hide Anymore

Outside the Princess's Mansion, in the carriage of the Marquis of Zhenbei's Mansion, Su Jixiang had just sat down when Wei Ling rushed in.

The carriage slowly moved.

"Why don't you go riding?" Su Jixiang asked with a smile, pushing Wei Ling, who was leaning against him like a boneless person.

"Annoying!" Anger was evident between Wei Ling's handsome eyes and brows. He had just endured the urge to draw his sword and chop someone down with great effort!

He raised his hand and hugged Su Jixiang in his arms, buried his face in her hair, and deeply inhaled the faint fragrance on her body. The familiar smell and the warmth from her body gradually dispelled the anger and murderous intent that was pent up in his heart.

"Don't bother me. Didn't you foresee this happening?" Su Jixiang raised his hand and stroked his long hair that was draped over his shoulders, saying softly.

"When those people humiliated you, I just wanted them to die!" Even though his anger had been calmed down a lot by Su Jixiang, Wei Ling's voice still sounded a little eerie.

"I didn't spoil them either." Su Jixiang said with a smile, "But after this incident, we really need to think carefully!"

"I don't want to hide anymore!" Wei Ling was silent for a while, then slowly raised his eyes and held Su Jixiang's face. "I have an army of 200,000. Why should I endure these things that I shouldn't endure! If there is anything, just come to me! You didn't marry me to suffer these criticisms! You are my wife, you should live a glorious, confident and proud life! Otherwise, what is the meaning of my life! Jixiang, we don't have to pretend anymore! That princess has bad intentions, but she and I don't know each other, so there is no need for her to provoke us like this. She must be instructed by Emperor Longchang! They are ruining your reputation just to say that you are unworthy of your position! You are not worthy of being the mistress of my mansion! In my eyes, the Marquis of Zhenbei is just a title to appease me. These false names are not important to me. What is important is that you are my wife, the person I love and cherish, and the only relative I have in this world! If you want to fulfill my wish by injuring you, I don't think it is necessary!"

After so many years of operation in the north, the Black Tiger Army has reached a higher level!

Not only has the military appearance been improved, but the number of troops has also increased year by year, from the original more than 100,000 to more than 200,000 now, basically doubling.

"Together we have laid such a solid foundation in the north. Not only are our military rations self-sufficient, but we even have a surplus every year!" Wei Ling looked into Su Jixiang's eyes and continued, "The weapons we have improved ourselves are already superior to all the weapons available today! Our training methods are something they have never seen before, and our combat capabilities have also improved significantly. All of this is inseparable from your support and hard work. Madam! We have done so much, and you have worked so hard for me, isn't it just so that we can live freely in this world? If returning to the capital only allows you to suffer and be humiliated, or even if someone wants to break us up, I will never allow that to happen!"

The smile in Su Jixiang's eyes became even brighter. "Then what do you want to do?"

"If he doesn't touch you, then he's not touching my bottom line. If he wants to keep you in the capital as a tool to control me, I think he has to have the ability to keep you!" Wei Ling said, "If he dares to touch you, I will dare to rebel against him in the North! My Dingguo Mansion has been following the rules all my life, but what happened in the end? I don't want to live like that anymore! We are living happily in the North! If he can tolerate us, we are his subjects. If he can't, why should we repeat the mistakes of the Dingguo Mansion? The worst that can happen is a fight to the death. Besides, does he dare to openly sever his relations with me now?"

"He doesn't dare!" Su Jixiang gave Wei Ling a very affirmative reply, smiling like a flower!

In the past, when the Black Tiger Army's military pay came from the imperial court, perhaps she and Wei Ling would not have had the confidence to say such words. But now it is really different. A large number of farmlands have been reclaimed, and the land in the north is fertile. Although it is not possible to grow rice two or even three times a year like in the south, there is a vast and fertile land. Even if farming and grazing are only possible in spring, summer and early autumn, under Su Jixiang's exploration and reasonable planning over the years, the production of fine grains such as rice and flour and coarse grains such as sorghum, corn and sweet potatoes in the north has been rising year by year. In addition, the canals and irrigation canals built by Su Jixiang using the original river channels have been formed. The grain production in the north is now in excess of demand!

Not only can it completely solve the daily needs of the Black Tiger Army, but a large amount of surplus grain is also secretly hidden by Su Jixiang in the mountains. What's more, some of the old grain that is replaced every year is quietly sold to the surrounding foreign countries.

In a place that Su Jixiang cannot see today, a commercial and industrial complex that is too huge to describe has been developed.

These are the confidence that Su Jixiang gave to Wei Ling.

How could Wei Ling be willing to let Su Jixiang experience the humiliation he suffered today again?

"Yes, he doesn't dare! So what are we afraid of?" Wei Ling also smiled, and the last trace of gloom and murderous intent in his eyes was smoothed out by this smile.

"Okay then. We won't pretend anymore!" Su Jixiang laughed.

Upon hearing this, Wei Ling once again pulled Su Jixiang into his arms. He had watched helplessly as my loved ones left me one by one. All the rules and regulations he had previously adhered to, and the distinction between monarch and subject, how could any of them save his loved ones' lives at that moment? He had already rebelled once with the current emperor, so he didn't mind another!

After coming to terms with it, Wei Ling felt a sense of peace and satisfaction in his heart!

But although the couple had calmed down, the eldest princess could no longer calm down.

As soon as the hairpin flower banquet was over, the eldest princess couldn't wait to enter the palace.

She exaggerated what happened at the Hairpin Flower Banquet in front of Emperor Longchang, and shed a few tears at the end.

"Alright, alright." Emperor Longchang had always been very kind to his sister, but when he saw her crying out of grievance, he couldn't help but feel disgusted with Su Jixiang. Emperor Longchang finally managed to coax his sister away, and he was in a bad mood, so he slowly walked to the door of the upper study to get some fresh air.

"When I first met her, I thought she was very courageous!" Emperor Longchang tried hard to recall Su Jixiang. He said to the chief eunuch Li Dequan who was accompanying him, "Do you still remember what she looked like?"

Li Dequan naturally remembered Su Jixiang's appearance.

He became the chief eunuch not only because he had always been by the side of His Majesty, "Remember, Your Majesty." Li Dequan immediately bowed and softened his voice.