Chapter 139

He was afraid that conflicts would arise between them, and if the household were thrown into turmoil, he would truly have a headache.

Fortunately, thanks to his efforts, none of this happened.

More than ten days after the wedding, Su Xuan could no longer hold back and prepared to set off for Jizhou.

"What? Husband, you are going on a long journey to Jizhou?"

Upon hearing this news, Xun Cai and the other wives all wore expressions of reluctance.

They had only just been married for a short time.

They wished they could be inseparable from Su Xuan every single day.

"Hmm!"

Su Xuan nodded affirmatively: "I have matters to attend to there! There is a great talent there who cannot be recruited unless I go personally, so I must make the trip!"

"Besides,"

At this point, Su Xuan looked at Zhen Jiang and said: "I must also pay a visit to Lunu while I am at it;"

"Jiang'er, your father wrote recently saying that some people in Jizhou are coveting the wealth of the Zhen clan, harboring opportunistic thoughts, and showing signs of restlessness;"

"We shall go to bolster your father's position and, by showing our faces and stating our stance, completely dispel the ideas of these families;"

"To avoid any accidents."

When it came down to it, Nanjun was simply too far from Jizhou.

Some people felt that he, Su Xuan, could not exert influence over Jizhou;

At the same time, they also felt that since the Zhen daughter was merely a concubine to Su Xuan, he likely would not place much importance on her.

Coupled with the fact that wealth moves men's hearts, there would always be those who harbored opportunistic thoughts and attempted to take risks.

Su Xuan needed to go there to teach them a lesson and provide a deterrent, letting them understand that his father-in-law's family was not to be insulted.

"Eh?"

Zhen Jiang was slightly stunned upon hearing this: "Is that so? Father and brother Yan have not told me about this!"

Speaking of this, Zhen Jiang frowned slightly and asked with a worried expression: "Is Father alright over there?"

"Rest assured!"

Su Xuan smiled, wrapped his arm around her waist, and gently stroked her back to comfort her: "He is still fine for now; those people are merely testing the waters;"

"Furthermore, I have secret guards arranged in the shadows, so you need not worry!"

"~ Didn't I say? My going there this time is to resolve this problem once and for all!"

"Additionally, my future focus for development will remain here in Jingzhou. Jizhou is ultimately too far away, and I may not be able to attend to it;"

"Especially in a few years, when the chaotic times descend and the warlords rise, it will be even more so!"

"Therefore, I intend to discuss this with your father during this trip, asking him to begin shifting the Zhen family's commercial focus toward Nanjun in Jingzhou;"

"In a few years, when the chaotic times arrive, we will completely shift the focus to Jingzhou;"

"When circumstances do not permit, we can even abandon the industries in Jizhou without damaging our foundation."

Although he was very tempted by the prosperous Jizhou.

Su Xuan knew clearly that his roots were in Jingzhou, and for the time being, they could only remain in Jingzhou.

Going to Jizhou would be more trouble than it was worth.

Therefore, when the chaotic times began in the future, Jizhou would most likely fall into the hands of Lord Yuan Shao.

If it truly came to that, it would not be safe for the Zhen clan to remain in Jizhou.

Zhen Jiang nodded upon hearing this: "I agree with your idea, Husband;"

"However,"

At this point, she frowned slightly again: "My father may not necessarily agree. He is a man with no small amount of ambition;"

"I fear he still harbors thoughts of intermarrying with other noble clans in Jizhou;"

"After all, there is already the successful example of myself!"

"Therefore, I think that when you go this time, Husband, you can appropriately intimidate and threaten him;"

"Make him agree to your plan to first move a portion of the Zhen clan's industries to Nanjun and hand them over to my second brother, Zhen Yan, to manage;"

"This way, even if the Zhen clan's industries in Jizhou truly run into trouble in the future, there will be a way out!"

"At the same time, I will also write to my father to persuade him!"

"I will write the letter shortly, and you can take it to my father together, Husband!"

She understood her father too well.

Without doing this, her father likely would not agree or take it seriously.

Right now, her father was probably already getting a bit carried away.

She even suspected whether the so-called crisis her father mentioned to Su Xuan was something her father had fabricated to deceive her husband.

All for the sake of tricking her husband into going over to bolster his prestige and achieve some goal.

But once she thought of the intelligence capabilities of the secret guards in Su Xuan's hands, Zhen Jiang dismissed this possibility.

If that were truly the case, Su Xuan certainly would not be fooled.

"Ah, this... Jiang'er, is it really okay for you to undermine your father like this?"

Su Xuan asked, looking at Zhen Jiang with a strange expression.

It was not just him; even Xun Cai and the others were the same.

"Pfft!"

Upon hearing Su Xuan's words, Xun Cai and the other women could not help but burst into laughter.

"Sister Jiang'er is truly interesting! So filial!"

"Indeed! Indeed! But such a Sister Jiang'er is so cute!"

"..."

Xun Cai and the others could not help but tease her.

They had never seen someone undermine their father so blatantly.

That was truly a model of "fatherly kindness and daughterly filial piety"!

"Hee hee!"

Zhen Jiang smiled bashfully upon hearing this: "I am doing this for the sake of my husband and the Zhen family;"

"I know my father too well; he easily loses sight of priorities and gets carried away;"

"If it weren't for my mother by his side, our Zhen clan would never have developed to this point today."

When it came down to it, her father lacked sufficient talent but had no small amount of ambition.

"Husband, if my father acts too excessively, please bear with him; I will help persuade him."

Zhen Jiang looked at Su Xuan imploringly.

"Hehe!"

Su Xuan smiled, stroked her cheek, and said: "Rest assured! I will handle it well! I won't let you be put in a difficult position or be saddened!"

"You have a kind heart!"

To be able to marry such a wife, what more could one ask for?

This made Su Xuan like and cherish Zhen Jiang even more.

At this moment, Cai Lord Yuan also asked: "Husband, will the chaotic times of the warlords you spoke of really come?"

"Naturally!"

Su Xuan nodded affirmatively: "Haven't I already analyzed it for you all?"

"Your father is very clear on this point as well, which is why he chose to marry you to me;"

"Otherwise, given your background and conditions, it would be unlikely for him to let you be a concubine; you should be clear about this."

"Hmm!"

Cai Lord Yuan nodded in realization and smiled sweetly: "But I do not regret becoming your concubine, Husband;"

"Being a concubine to you is a hundred times better than marrying those good-for-nothings."

— Author's Notes —

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