"I have recommended myself to go."

When Xiang Yi heard him say this, he was hardly surprised, but his heart still shrank.

She couldn't help but think of Tan Ting's father, Tan Chaokuan.

It was during that epidemic treatment that no one else went there for some reason that he contracted the disease and disappeared.

It’s just that this time it’s not about epidemic control, but about flood control.

Xiang Yi stared blankly at the man in front of her. She said nothing, but her lower lip trembled slightly.

Tan Tingju could see her expression.

Tan Ting took her hand and went to the outer study. He looked at his wife looking at him quietly, and his heart felt soft. He reached out and picked up the broken hair by her ear and put it behind her ear.

"Yizhen, don't be afraid. I also know that most of those people will not miss this opportunity, but your husband also knows it well. He will act with extreme caution and make arrangements in secret so that they will not succeed."

But the more he said this, , Xiang Yibian felt his eyes sore more and more.

It is already difficult to control the flooding of the Yellow River and resettle the victims. Qinghan is also among the victims. As the eldest son of the clan, he has to take care of the family.

That’s all.

However, there are still people watching him secretly and may assassinate him at any time.

Her voice became hoarse.

"Master, do you still remember that on the way back from Gyeonggi to appease the candidates, someone wanted to take your life? How dangerous was that?"

Tan Ting saw his wife say this in a low voice, and tears fell down.

Tan Ting's heart trembled, and he reached out to hold his wife in his arms.

There was always a slight chill on her body, and her slender body was still shaking from tears. Tan Ting just wanted to give her all his warmth and stay by her side to protect her from the wind and rain.

But as long as the danger outside is not subsided, they will live in fear every day.

He also knew that there would be many dangers in going out to Beijing this time, but if he could settle down after this twists and turns, why wouldn't it be worth his while to brave the wind and rain?

Tan Ting held his wife's shoulders, lowered his head and kissed her hair.

"Yizhen, your husband has remembered these things. Don't worry, I know it all."

Xiang Yi knew that he had to leave, but he couldn't help but shed tears.

Tan Ting hugged his wife tightly, and it took a while for the two of them to calm down and start talking slowly.

The birds in the house sat quietly on the branches, peering at the couple in the study, listening to them holding each other's hands and speaking many words they didn't understand.

The courtyard is quiet, and there is a bit of coolness and softness in the hot summer wind.

Tan Ting did not set off early the next day.

He was first summoned to the East Palace.

The prince was concerned about the floods in the Yellow River and the people in the disaster area, so he gave Tan Ting many special instructions.

Tan Ting wrote them down one by one to reassure the prince.

"Your Highness cares about the people, and I will let the people in the disaster area understand your kindness."

After he finished speaking, he remembered that the Emperor had been in poor health recently, and his condition had worsened and he was no longer able to go to court, and reminded him in a low voice.

"Your Highness should also be cautious and careful. Your Highness is well and only then can I be safe."

After hearing this, the prince looked at Tan Ting and nodded with a smile.

"I know, please don't worry."

Tan Ting then bowed and left.

The emperor was in poor health, and only the East Palace was safely in charge of the capital, so those with other plans would not cause any big trouble...

After leaving the East Palace, Tan Ting met Gu Yansheng again.

Gu Yansheng never had a good opportunity to rescue Gu Xianying, and was still waiting for the opportunity.

This time Tan Ting was leaving Beijing again, and Gu Yansheng came specially to see him off.

Last time, Tan Ting also wanted the Taoist priest to be quiet when he was not in Beijing.

But this time, Tan Ting couldn't help but say goodbye to him and also changed his title.

"Please ask my uncle to help look after Gu Zhuojing," he said, and then added, "Just look after him for a moment or two."

Unexpectedly, he said this politely, but he heard the Taoist priest laugh.

"Yizhen has to take care of her. As for how much she will take care of... I can't say for sure."

Tan Ting: "?!"

This demon!

But Gu Yansheng smiled again.

"But if Mr. Tan comes back soon, Pindao can still restrain himself."

Tan Ting didn't want to speak for a while.

But he also vaguely knew what the Taoist meant.

"Taoist Priest, don't worry, Tan will come back soon!"

After Tan Ting finished speaking, he hummed twice, saluted with him and rode away.

After this trip to the palace, it was already late when I got home.

Today happened to be the day off for rest at Boyun Academy, and Tan Jian and Xiang Yu happened to arrive home.

Tan Jian also heard that his eldest brother was leaving Beijing again.

He came forward to salute and asked him a few hurried questions.

"How about I ask my younger brother to take leave and go with my eldest brother so that I can help him out?"

He said this, and Tan Ting deliberately looked at him twice.

He didn't know if he was about to be a father, but he just felt that his brother's height seemed to be almost the same as his own, and his body had become more substantial, and he looked like a man who could take charge of the family.

Tan Ting nodded secretly, glanced at his brother, and said.

"Forget it, you'd better not follow me and it will be a disservice."

Tan Jian couldn't help but feel a little sad when he heard his elder brother say this. He was not as good as his elder brother.

Who would have thought, then, Big Gott called him.

"Tan Jian, when I'm not at home, you have to stay at home to act for me, take care of the general affairs, take care of your relatives, and don't slack off in your studies. Can you do it?"

The eldest brother was asking him, but he also felt that he could do it. When he arrived, he asked him specifically.

Tan Jian straightened his back with excitement.

"Brother, I can do it!"

These words were loud and powerful, and even Tan Ting couldn't help but join him in getting angry.

He looked at his brother again, nodded slowly, and said yes.

"Remember what you said."

He said, his eyes fell on his wife and pregnant sister-in-law beside him, and he gave special instructions.

"Take good care of your wife, and also take good care of your sister-in-law. If you have any embarrassing issues, wait until I come back."

Tan Jian understood and agreed.

Tan Ting could no longer stay any longer. After explaining everything here, he packed his bags and left.

Xiang Yu and Xiang Ning also came forward to see him off, and Xiang Yi even sent him all the way to the city gate.

Tan Ting no longer allowed his wife to leave the city. He stopped her at the city gate and only said a word to her.

"Yizhen remember to miss your husband more, and your husband will also miss you."

His words diluted even the sadness of parting a lot.

Xiang Yi didn't even know what to say.

The man smiled and got on the horse.

But just when he was about to hit the horse, he heard his wife responding.

"Okay, I listen to my husband."

However, Tan Ting's whip had already been pulled out, and the horse ran out of the city in pain. He wanted to look at her more, but he didn't even have time to look at her.

He could only reply hastily in surprise.

"Yizhen, I heard you!"

After saying that, the horse took him and ran away.

But her gentle voice echoed in Tan Ting's ears.

Finally, she could call him "husband" on a daily basis.

The man rode away, Xiang Yi blushed slightly, watching his figure gradually disappearing across the city gate, and then slowly turned around and returned to his house.

She didn't expect that when she returned home, she would meet her brother taking a change of clothes and leaving.

"Where are you, brother Yu? Haven't you been Xiu Mu for the past two days?"

When Xiang Yu went home, he didn't expect that elder sister Xiu Mu would come back with Ning Ning this time.

He said that he had made an appointment with several classmates from Boyun College to have a small gathering in the capital.

"They were all students from poor families who got admitted based on their ability. They were a little displeased with me because of my father's affairs, but later they saw that I was really talented and learned, so they got closer to me. I told them that my father was a very good person. Some of them may have been framed, so they believed me and said they could help me collect evidence to overturn the case for my father."

Xiang Yu said that this time everyone made an appointment to get together in Beijing to talk about this matter.

"Some of them have some connections in the capital, or their parents and ancestors are also officials in the capital. I think this may be a good opportunity to find out things that we couldn't find out before."

Regarding his father Xiang Zhiyuan, Xiang Yi already has an idea here.

But it would be a good thing if Xiang Yu could find more evidence. Besides, at his age, it is not good to just study. Taking this opportunity to understand the affairs of the court can be considered as experience.

Xiang Yi nodded and asked Qiao Yun to bring some money to Xiang's apartment to make it easier for him to do things outside.

But the boy didn't ask for it, he bowed to her and went out.

Xiang Yi looked at the door and saw many scholars who were the same age as Xiang Yu.

A group of young people stood on the street. As they talked, the surroundings became very hot.

With so many boys around, Xiang Yi couldn't say anything, so he could only go back to his house.

Instead, the scholars patted Xiang Yu on the shoulder and talked to him.

"Is that your sister from the same mother? Is she really the daughter-in-law of an aristocratic family? Your family is so close to the aristocratic family?"

Someone asked, and everyone looked over.

At their age, when they were sensible, the aristocratic family and the humble family had gradually become alienated.

For example, you can't even count the number of cases where a poor girl marries into an aristocratic family and becomes a patriarchal wife.

Xiang Yu didn't mean to say anything, he just said, "This is the marriage my father arranged for my eldest sister in the early years."

But someone still said something else.

"So it seems that Master Xiang was very close to the aristocratic family when he was alive? Then why did no one from the aristocratic family speak for him when something happened?"

Xiang Yu couldn't say whether his father was close to the aristocratic family or not. I couldn’t answer my classmates’ questions.

They all came from humble families, and the difficulties they experienced on the way to the imperial examinations were all related to their families. They talked about the Xiang family and the aristocratic clan, and that elder sister Xiang Yu was the clan wife of the aristocratic family. As they talked, their words became a little unkind.

However, they still knew Xiang Yu's character, and someone stood up and said something.

"Okay, the engagement was made before, and nothing happened at that time. What are you talking about here? We all think Mr. Xiang was wronged. It's important to find evidence now. Don't forget our purpose!"

This man With this reminder, everyone came back to their senses.

What they just said was somewhat offensive to Xiang Yu. Fortunately, they were both passionate and straightforward young people, so they immediately apologized to Xiang Yu and changed the topic to look for evidence.

Xiang Yu pursed his lips all the time, his eyes gloomy.

With such a common relationship, the eldest sister is in a difficult position in the aristocratic family. Similarly, she is also an alien in the eyes of people from a humble family.

Fortunately, these classmates no longer talked about it, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

Xiang Yi returned to the mansion and saw that Tan Jian started to give orders in a decent manner. The first thing he did was to ask someone to go to the academy to ask for leave for him. He had to take care of things at home for his eldest brother these days.

Xiang Yi was secretly amused, but seeing that his second brother was indeed an adult, he felt relieved.

Although Yang Zhen's stomach was bulging, she was in good spirits and was helping.

She felt relieved and went to her sister's yard.

Tan Ting has arranged the manpower and will send Shen Yan away tomorrow.

But when she arrived at her sister's yard, she saw the little girl sitting beside the lotus pond in the yard, distracted.

Xiang Yi was surprised when Shen Yan saw her and came over to whisper to her.

"I don't know what happened to Ning Ning. She has been sitting by the lotus pond for a long time."

Shen Yan was reluctant to disturb his daughter and just watched her sitting beside him, fearing that she would fall into the pond.

However, Xiang Yi thought about Xiang Yu's return today, thought about it for a moment, and stepped forward.

She also sat down next to Xiang Ning and looked at the little girl's shadow reflected in the pool before asking her.

"What is Ning Ning thinking about?"

Xiang Ning finally came back to his senses and turned around to see Xiang Yi.

"Sister is here?"

Xiang Yi nodded to her and asked her softly, "Is there something wrong? Do you want to talk to sister?"

Xiang Ning was asked this question, and the thoughts in his heart suddenly turned over.

When she saw A Yu coming back today, she couldn't help but wave to him hurriedly as usual.

But he looked over at her, but did not come forward. Instead, he lowered his eyes, bowed to her properly, and called her "Second Sister."

This sound stunned her.

She used to complain that her bratty brother refused to call her sister, but today he did, and she wasn't used to it anymore.

She was about to call him over and ask him what he was trying to do to scare her, but he didn't look at her again. He lowered his head and said "I'm going to the outer courtyard" before turning around and leaving.

The moment he turned around and left, she felt a little aggrieved for no reason, but she suddenly realized something.

He was already nice and close to her, what else could she ask him to do?

After all, I have no blood relationship with him at all.

Thinking of this, she did not comfort herself. Instead, she suddenly felt a sense of loss in her heart.

From now on, she and Ayu can no longer be as close as before, bickering and talking about everything...

but Xiang Ning doesn't want to say these words for some reason.

She saw Xiang Yi's eyes on her, thought for a while, and said.

"Sister, I will send my mother away tomorrow, right?"

Xiang Yi said yes, but then added, "It's just to send him away temporarily, but Ning Ning can stay there for a while at any time, don't worry."

When she said this, the little girl shook her head.

"Sister, I want to go there with my mother."

After saying this, she quickly added, fearing that Xiang Yi might misunderstand.

"I don't mean to leave my sister and the Xiang family. I just think that I may need some time to get used to it..."

Although it seems that her life is under the care of her mother and sister, there is nothing wrong with it. It was a big change, but it was different after all. She had to adapt to her original identity and her new relationship with the people around her.

Xiang Yi didn't expect her to think this way.

She even said it was okay and told her sister not to think too much.

"You can come and live anytime you want."

He said, seeing the confused look in the little girl's eyes, he added.

"Now your mother and I have arranged these things for you. If you are not used to it, you can change it however you want. If you want to change your surname to Shen, my sister agrees... Anyway, don't make it too difficult for yourself. "

Changing the surname...

Xiang Ning had never thought about it, but after hearing this, he fell into his thoughts again.

She agreed with a "hmm", and Tong Xiangyi confirmed that she really wanted to leave with Shen Yan.

It was also a way to keep her mother from being too lonely.

After hearing this, Shen Yan burst into tears.

Xiang Yi thought this was okay and started making arrangements.

On the night Tan Ting rushed to the disaster area, another group of people also ran in the same direction.

The person in charge is much thinner than before, and his eye sockets are deeply sunken.

He had already lost his job in Jinyiwei and had been imprisoned and punished for almost half a year. It was not until yesterday that he got the chance to come out again.

Chen Fu galloped on the horse with great speed.

He knew that this was an opportunity given to him by the Zong family to make meritorious deeds.

He was interfered by the Tan family before and was unfavorable in catching the Taoist priest of the East Palace. He was punished all the time. This time, the Zong family gave him a new job, which was related to the eldest son of the Tan family.

If he fails again, I'm afraid he won't have to go home again...