The rural doctor bought a husband who was very treacherous

Chapter 222 The Zhao Family’s Plan

"Or let's go back to Dahe Village." Zhao Youtian looked at Su Tang with some concern. He didn't want to be an official, and he didn't want to be a burden to Su Tang.

When he goes back, Zhao Nanxing and Zhao Baichuan will follow him.

At least, in the valley, they were safe.

"Well, we also want to go back. Although Kyoto is lively here, everything is expensive. It is several times more expensive than the government office over there." Sun and Zhang also said.

"Then wait until the eldest and second brothers come back and ask them what they think."

"What do those two brats know? Besides, they have to stay by my side while I am still here. If they want to start their own business, they have to wait until I die." Zhao Youtian said with a glare.

"Yes, what Dad said is right." Sun nodded in response.

"I want to go back too. People in Kyoto speak strangely." Zhang held Sanniu in one hand and used a rattle in the other to tease Sanniu.

"What's wrong?" Hearing Zhang's words, Su Tang turned her head to look.

Seeing that Zhang's face looked normal and she looked like she was just chatting about daily life, it seemed that no one was bullying her.

"Well, it's nothing. When I first came to Kyoto, I went out a few times and met some neighbors who lived nearby. At first, they sent people around them to ask me which adult's family I belonged to. I didn't understand what they wanted to do at the time, so I didn't tell them for a while, and those people stopped paying attention to me.

At that time, I thought that finally no one wanted to talk to me anymore, but not long after, they somehow found out about the relationship between my family and the princess, and they came to me again to try to establish a relationship with me.

When I was in the village, I didn't want to talk to this kind of people, but I didn't expect that there are more of them in Kyoto."

Su Tang listened to what Zhang said and could only smile, "Kyoto is not short of people like this. These people are the upgraded version of those in the village. If you live in Kyoto for a long time, you will see more of them."

Su Tang suddenly felt that her two sisters-in-law were really not suitable for living in Kyoto.

Even she, the eldest princess, was almost tricked at the palace banquet.

Before dinner, Zhao Nanxing and Zhao Baichuan finally came back with the children.

When he got home, Erniu saw Su Tang, but he didn't run over.

Su Tang watched Erniu walk up to her from behind Danniu, and followed Danniu and the others to politely greet her, "Aunt."

"Yeah." Su Tang nodded to the children. Chunmei beside her immediately took the gifts she brought and gave them to the children.

"Erniu, have you learned the rules?" Erniu politely greeted Su Tang and then ran into Su Tang's arms.

"Well, everyone in the school does this. The teacher said that men should be steady." Su Tang looked down at Erniu in her arms, "Then why did you run just now?"

"Hehehe, I really can't help it. I haven't seen my aunt for a long time. Erniu misses her the most."

"You are the one who is good at talking. I guess the teachers in your school have been coaxed by you so much that they won't scold you anymore." Su Tang scratched Erniu's nose.

The children in the family now are no longer the same as they were when Su Tang first came to this world. At that time, apart from doing housework, the children would run around in the village with other children. They were all very dark and thin.

Conditions are better now and the children are much whiter and plumper.

Several children gathered in the house, talked to Su Tang for a few words, and then were taken out by Sun and Zhang.

They knew that Su Tang and her man still had something to say.

"I plan to go back to Dahe Village in a few days. The land over there cannot be left unattended. Have you two made up your mind? Do you want to go back with me?" Zhao Youtian asked his two sons.

"Originally, I just wanted to come to Kyoto to see the world. Now that I have seen it, I feel that our countryside is much better than the city. I will go back with you." Zhao Nanxing replied.

Everyone looked at Zhao Baichuan again. It was Zhao Baichuan who couldn't make up his mind at first. Although Zhao Youtian had just said that when he returned to the village, his two sons would go back with him, he finally decided to respect the decision of his two children.

"I'm going back too." Zhao Baichuan looked at Zhao Youtian without hesitation, "This Kyoto is not suitable for me."

After both sons expressed their opinions, Zhao Youtian felt relieved.

Although living in Dahe Village does not seem as prestigious as living in Kyoto, only the feet know whether the shoes are comfortable or not. The children have been in Kyoto for several days and have met many people who want to cling to Su Tang and the Second Prince. They have probably come to terms with it.

"Then I'll arrange for you to go back in a few days." Su Tang looked at Zhao Youtian and the others and said, "The house in Kyoto is under my father's name. You can rent it out or sell it if you want."

"Rent it out. It will bring in extra income every year." Zhao Youtian said after thinking for a moment.

"Well, after you leave, I'll make arrangements to send you rent every year."

The houses in Kyoto, especially the one that Su Tang bought for Zhao Youtian, are all in excellent locations. After this house is sold, perhaps no one will take it over for a while, but if it is rented out, there will be a lot of people who want to rent it.

After all, by spending a small amount of money, you can become neighbors with the powerful and wealthy. Those who have just arrived in Beijing and don't have much money will rent a house.

Su Tang did not have dinner at the Zhao family, and Zhao Youtian and the others did not exchange pleasantries with Su Tang.

Su Tang is married now, so she can't be out all day.

Su Tang returned to Prince Qi's mansion during dinner.

At this time, Qi Lingheng had already returned home.

"You are returning to Beijing today. Have you been to the palace?" Su Tangjing raised her hand, indicating that Chunmei and the others didn't need to serve her anymore.

After she married Qi Lingheng, she never needed anyone to serve her at meals.

Chunmei and the others left and closed the door.

"Yeah." Qi Lingheng sat next to Su Tang and helped Su Tang serve a bowl of soup.

"Didn't you say anything?" Su Tang looked at Qi Lingheng. Seeing that there was no change in his expression, she felt relieved and scooped a spoonful of soup with a spoon and blew on it.

"Today, His Majesty said he wanted to see the artillery, and he wanted me to hand it over to the Sifang Camp in the capital."

Qi Lingheng wanted to laugh when he thought of Emperor Jing's expression today. Today, Emperor Jing first praised him, and then asked Qi Lingheng to hand over the artillery to the Sifang Camp under his control.

He didn't know that artillery was a complicated weapon. People who didn't learn it systematically, even if he didn't learn it in the first place, would probably find it difficult to control it.

But Qi Lingheng only said that he left the artillery at the northern border to deter the northern side.

Emperor Jing seemed a little angry, but he couldn't get angry with Qi Lingheng over this matter. After all, Qi Lingheng did nothing wrong.

But Emperor Jing was unwilling to accept this, as these artillery pieces were still in the hands of the Qi family army.

He finally ordered Qi Lingheng to bring back a cannon, "As the ruler of a country, I can't have never seen the artifacts of Dayong."

"Then let him wait. It's freezing cold, and the road over there is probably closed. Let's wait until next spring." Su Tang drank a mouthful of soup and felt warm in her stomach.

"Yeah, that's what I said." Qi Lingheng replied with a smile.

Five days later, Su Tang sent someone to escort Zhao Youtian and his family back to Dahe Village.

When the Second Prince heard the news in his own mansion, he did not show any surprise.

He waved his hand, signaling the person reporting to go down, "No need to keep an eye on the Zhao family anymore."

"Yes." The man responded and stepped back.

"It seems that Zhao Youtian really doesn't want to return to the court anymore." Inside the house, an old man standing by the window stroked his beard and said.

"Well, I originally thought that he brought his family to Beijing to find a job for his son, but I didn't expect that they all went back so soon." The second prince said in a low voice, turning the jade chain in his hand.

"The cannon in the hands of the King of Qi came from a strange place. I have never heard of the Qi family secretly making cannons before. Moreover, the mines in Dayong have always been under the control of Your Majesty. If the Qi family had planned to manufacture cannons before, then they would have mined iron ore privately. But after the King of Qi came back from the northern border a few days ago, Your Majesty summoned the King of Qi and did not seem to blame him."

The old man turned around and walked to the table, circling an outline on the map on the table. "This area is all the territory of the Qi family, but I have never heard of mines in these places before. And making artillery must be a big deal. Your Majesty must have planted a secret agent here, so he must have heard some news."

Previously, Emperor Jingdi asked Duke Qi about the artillery in the court, and Duke Qi claimed that he had no knowledge of it. It is said that after the court session, Emperor Jingdi smashed a lot of things in the imperial study.

It was indeed as the old man said, the territories that Emperor Jing allocated to the Qi family had been explored in advance. Although those places were not barren, they were not places with much oil or water.

Overall, it's neither good nor bad.

Emperor Jingdi had mastered about 70% of the art of being an emperor. On the one hand, he balanced the relationships among officials in the court, and on the other hand, he controlled these people so that they would not rebel against the emperor. His intentions were good.

But this King of Qi was a special existence that Emperor Jing had not expected.

The last time Emperor Jingdi raided the Qi Mansion, he probably wanted to weaken the Qi family's military power, but he didn't expect that the Qi family not only failed to be completely defeated, but also rebelled.

"Should we send more people to keep an eye on the Qi family?" the old man asked again.

"No need." After thinking for a while, the second prince finally spoke, "He is my brother-in-law after all. I still believe in Tang'er's vision."

The old man did not continue the topic and instead talked to the second prince about other things in the court.

As the end of the year is approaching, Su Tang decided not to return to Dahe Village for the time being.

If they get too close to Zhao Youtian, Zhao Youtian's family will be targeted by many forces, which is not what Su Tang wants to see. Although Su Tang left a lot of soldiers and modern weapons in the valley, Su Tang is not with them. She always feels that it is better to have less contact with them to keep them safer.

However, Su Tang did not sit idly by. Before the end of the year, she sent a lot of livestock and food to Dahe Village.

During the Chinese New Year this year, the palace held a palace banquet as usual.

Because of Qi Lingheng's achievements in the Northern Frontier, many wealthy and powerful families wanted to secretly win him over. The most direct way of showing this was by wanting young women in their families to marry Qi Lingheng.

However, due to Princess Su Tang's identity, these people could only test Qi Lingheng secretly.

This move actually won the consent of those women who admired Qi Lingheng. They liked Qi Lingheng's appearance in the first place. Now Qi Lingheng was not only named the King of Qi, but also made many military achievements in the Northern Frontier. Those women felt that it would be worth it even if they could marry into the King of Qi's mansion and become a concubine.

Therefore, before the end of the year, many families sent invitations to banquets to the Prince Qi's palace.

However, Qi Lingheng stayed at home every day, saying that he was accompanying the Grand Princess, and all those invitations were directly rejected by the doorman at the door.

Qi Lingheng would not leave the house unless summoned by Emperor Jing.

Previously, Emperor Jing wanted to take back Qi Lingheng's military power, so he exempted Qi Lingheng from attending court every day. Although Emperor Jing did not really take back his military power after he returned from the northern border, he did stop attending court every day.

Su Tang leaned on the soft couch and ate apples grown in the space. The fruits in the space were all improved fruits from the previous life and were much more delicious than the fruits of today.

She glanced at Qi Lingheng who was painting behind the desk and asked, "Is your painting done?"

Qi Lingheng finished writing with the brush on the paper, put it down and looked at Su Tang, "What's wrong? Are you tired of sitting?"

"Not really."

"You can change your position."

"Wouldn't that affect your painting?"

"will not."

Hearing this, Su Tang raised her eyebrows, got up from the couch, and walked to the desk to check.

On the desk, the scroll that Qi Lingheng had just painted immediately caught her eye.

In the painting, a cute and lovely girl is looking out the window with her chin in one hand, and outside the window is Qi Lingheng practicing martial arts with a sword.

This man actually drew himself in the picture.

And the self in the painting doesn’t look like he’s eating fruit.

No wonder, they say she can move.

"How is it? Are you satisfied with your husband's painting?"

"Yeah, your painting skills are pretty good."

"But it's still not as clear as the photos taken with your camera." Qi Lingheng waited for the painting to dry, then rolled up the scroll and handed it to Su Tang.

Su Tang understood and put the painting that Qi Lingheng had drawn into the space.

"How could that be? This is a hand-painted picture. It can't be compared to a photo."

The painting that was just put away was the one that Qi Lingheng spent half a day to complete. The amount of effort it took alone is not comparable to that of an ordinary photo.

"Let's go back to the space to eat in the evening. The New Year is almost here, so let's have a meal with them." The cafeteria in the space is already available.

Su Tang taught a few people how to cook and learned how to use modern stoves. Now Su Tang has more space open to them. Except for weapons, ammunition and the medical building, they can move freely in most places.

"Okay." Qi Lingheng agreed.

The days just passed one by one.

Soon the day of the palace banquet arrived.

Qi Lingheng and Su Tang could refuse to attend banquets hosted by officials in the court, but they could not refuse banquets held in the palace since one of them was a princess and the other was a prince.

That day, the two of them changed into their best clothes and went to the palace together.

After entering the palace, the banquet had not yet started. Qi Lingheng could not enter the harem and could only wait in the front hall of the palace with a group of ministers.

As a princess, Su Tang should have paid her respects to the Queen's palace first after entering the palace. However, Queen Xie was still imprisoned at that time, so she was spared the trip.

She just needed to rest for a while in the side hall prepared for her, and then go to the palace for the banquet when the banquet started.