First-rank palace maid Su Jixiang

Chapter 433 Meeting an acquaintance in the capital

Su Jixiang nodded. It was indeed difficult for her to intervene in this matter. If this child was really born from the Wei family, he would be a generation older than Wei Ling...

"That Commander Xiao..." Su Jixiang reminded.

"Yeah. I'll check it out." Wei Ling nodded.

"Prince Chenliu is coming to the capital, and between you and him..." Su Jixiang said.

"I will take care of it myself. Don't worry." Wei Ling said.

Since Prince Chenliu has promised His Majesty, he has already set off recently and will arrive in the capital within a month.

There are quite a few secret agents planted by Prince Chenliu in the capital. Even the Supervisory Council had people planted there before. Later, Emperor Longchang carried out a purge in the capital and found many spies planted by Prince Chenliu, but it is impossible to eradicate them completely. In recent years, I am afraid that Prince Chenliu will arrange more people to enter the capital, and it will become more secretive.

What's more, the Prince of Chenliu also has spies from Emperor Longchang, so it is hard to tell who is whose side, true or false.

"Marquis Ziyi will also come to the capital in a few days." Wei Ling thought of his good friend and smiled.

When his family suffered misfortune, there were not many people in the court who spoke for them. Xie Yingfeng was one of them. The Xue family also spoke up for their family, but the Xue family was also hated by the deposed emperor at that time. Not long after the incident at Duke Dingguo's Mansion, the Xue family also encountered trouble. Their family was accused of disrespecting the royal family. It was said that Xue Ziyi's brother, the prince at the time, behaved improperly in the palace and molested concubines, so the whole family was convicted. Xue Ziyi's eldest brother was beaten to death in the palace, the Xue family was stripped of their titles, the old marquis was beheaded, and the female family members and others were exiled to Lingnan. Xue Ziyi was also demoted to a slave and sold to Lingnan.

From then on, he and Xue Ziyi went to the south and the north respectively and never met each other again until they both led a team to rebel against the deposed emperor and joined the army of King Huainan, and then they met again.

It’s just that Xue Ziyi had been in the south for many years, in charge of the navy, and he was in charge of the cavalry, so they didn’t meet very often.

The fact that Emperor Longchang was able to enter the capital first was also due to Xue Ziyi's help in helping Prince Chenliu on the water.

This gave Wei Ling half a day to rush into the capital.

Therefore, the contributions of Xue Ziyi and Wei Ling to Emperor Longchang's current position are basically equal.

Xue Ziyi also served in the Black Panther Army. Although the commander of the Black Panther Army was not Xue Ziyi, most of the Black Panther Army were from Lingnan brought up by Xue Ziyi. Xue Ziyi's reputation was obviously higher than that of the leader Gao Xiang.

Gao Xiang was appointed by Emperor Longchang to the Black Panther Army in recent years. The original commander of the Black Panther Army was old. He once wrote a letter to recommend Xue Ziyi as the new commander, but Emperor Longchang already had Wei Ling. He was afraid that the Black Panther Army would be firmly controlled by Xue Ziyi like the Black Tiger Army, so he did not agree. Instead, he sent one of his nephews to the Black Panther Army. This man was the son of Concubine Gao's brother and Concubine Gao's nephew, and was also close to Emperor Longchang.

In order to appease Wei Ling and Xue Ziyi, Emperor Longchang named one of them as Marquis of Zhenbei and the other as Marquis of Ziyi. Both were first-rank military monkeys, but Wei Ling guarded the northern border and had actual control over the Black Tiger Army, so his title was Marquis of Zhenbei, while Xue Ziyi did not have a military token, so he only got the title of Marquis. This title was also based on Xue Ziyi's name, which shows Emperor Longchang's careful thinking.

"I need to be cautious when meeting him." Wei Ling said.

"You are probably afraid that His Majesty will become suspicious." Su Jixiang was very smart and understood everything immediately.

"Yes, his position is also sensitive, guarding the river." Wei Ling smiled, "Your Majesty is probably as wary of him as I am. To avoid unnecessary trouble, it's best to keep a low profile."

"You told me this specifically because the meeting place may be related to me." Su Jixiang said with a blink of his eyes.

"Madam, you are very clever!" Wei Ling gave Su Jixiang a thumbs-up and said with a smile. "Nothing can escape your madam!"

"There's no need to flatter me like that," Su Jixiang said with a smile, "Just tell me what you want to say."

"Your Jixiangzhai is a place that all the nobles in the capital like to go to." Wei Ling said to Su Jixiang, "Xue Ziyi has loved sweets since he was a child. It is reasonable for him to visit your Jixiangzhai when he comes to the capital. Please help me arrange it. I will meet him at Jixiangzhai."

"You have to tell me this specifically?" Su Jixiang rolled his eyes at Wei Ling and said, "You know how to get to the secret passage in Jixiangzhai. Just go there yourself!"

"You are the boss behind Jixiangzhai, you should know these things." Wei Ling said with a smile.

The longer he spent with Su Jixiang, the more he longed for and respected her. Su Jixiang was by no means an ordinary woman, and he never took Su Jixiang's things for granted as his own. Every time he wanted to use Su Jixiang's people or places, he would tell Su Jixiang in advance and only use them after obtaining Su Jixiang's consent.

Su Jixiang was very satisfied with Wei Ling's point.

Most men of this era were arrogant and thought they were the heads of the family. It cannot be said that they had no respect for their wives, but it was rare for them to do so like Wei Ling.

Su Jixiang knew that Wei Ling could treat him like this because of the Wei family's upbringing, but more importantly, it was because Wei Ling really loved and respected him.

Since she married Wei Ling, she has shown considerable independence and the ability to handle various problems, which is one of the reasons why Wei Ling respects her more and more.

The next day, Su Jixiang and Wei Ling went to the street together. Wei Ling had ordered a few clothes for Su Jixiang, which were already ready, and Su Jixiang needed to try them on.

When Su Jixiang was in Mangcheng, she seldom made clothes. One reason was that she was busy, and the other was that she felt there was no need to make so many useless clothes. At that time, Wei Ling was also busy, so he did not think much about this matter. After arriving in the capital, Su Jixiang was going to attend the eldest princess's hairpin banquet and it was Qu Wanning who took Su Jixiang to order a set of clothes. This made Wei Ling suddenly realize that his wife did not have many beautiful clothes.

So he took Su Jixiang to the best tailor shop in the capital and ordered clothes for all seasons, and specified that they needed expedited processing.

The shop naturally put in great effort to handle such a large business. Within a few days, Su Jixiang had already made several sets of dresses for the season.

As soon as the two got off the carriage at the door of Xiufang, Su Jixiang caught a glimpse of a familiar figure.

"Look at that person, does he look like Zhao Xiuwan?" Su Jixiang pulled Wei Ling's sleeve and pointed at the back of a woman in the distance across the street.