Transmigration: The Evil Mother-In-Law Is Actually Innocent!

Chapter 1300: Chapter 1300: Estimating Silver Coins If she finds herself trapped in constraints, steadily losing herself, being nothing more than a wife in her husband’s heart.

In the blink of an eye, it was three days later. Three days later, Zhou Shuren followed the Emperor to Pinggang. This was the Emperor’s first departure from the capital since his accession, and leaving the capital involved a lot of complications.

Zhulan had breakfast and took a stroll in the garden, and even fed the fish in the lake, but the departing convoy still had not left.

After another hour, the convoy finally set off. Zhulan did not go near the city gate to watch, but Chang Zhong went with Yang Qing and a few others to broaden their horizons.

Zhulan returned to the main courtyard an hour later, and only then did Chang Zhong and Yang Qing return.

Sweaty, Chang Zhong grabbed a chilled watermelon and started munching. After eating two pieces, he finally felt revived, ”Mother, there were so many people at the city gate today, overcrowded, and the weather was so hot, it was truly unbearable.”

Saying that, Chang Zhong sniffed his clothes, his face wrinkling at the smell of sweat.

Yang Qing said, ”Grandma, I saw Grandpa, he was very close to the Emperor’s Dragon Carriage.”

Zhulan lifted her head, ”Did you see clearly?”

Yang Qing nodded, ”I saw clearly, I saw Grandpa.”

The thought of his father made Chang Zhong burst out laughing, ”Mother, when I saw father, he was eating watermelon. You had the steward install an ice chest in the carriage, I guess father will eat all the chilled watermelon.”

Zhulan gritted her teeth, she did not recall allowing watermelon. A few days ago, Zhou Shuren had a stomachache from eating too much chilled watermelon and had diarrhea, so she had forbidden it. Yet he secretly stashed watermelon in there.

Outside the capital, the windows on both sides of Zhou Shuren’s carriage were closed. Due to the ice inside, it was somewhat cool.

Zhou Shuren beckoned Jin Yan and hinted for him to eat some grapes, ”Don’t just watch me eat, have some yourself, they are quite delicious when cold.”

Jin Yan, ”My lord, it was you who had Jin Yan sneak the watermelon.”

Zhou Shuren nodded, savoring the chilled watermelon with relish, ”Hmm.”

Jin Yan, with a stiff face, ”Jin Yan wants to tell my lord, at the city gate, I saw young master and several masters from the Yang family.”

Zhou Shuren swallowed a grape, ”So?”

”The young master saw my lord eating watermelon.”

That’s it, his wife must know by now, even though it was the lord who instructed to sneak the watermelon, it was he who moved his hands!

Zhou Shuren felt even the grapes weren’t sweet anymore, he briefly opened a window of the carriage, what a coincidence, ”Ah, I will lie down for a while.”

Jin Yan saw the lord say he would lie down and really did lie down.

Zhou Shuren lay down for a while, thinking that he’ll settle the score only when he returns, for now he wanted to think of nothing and dozed off lightly.

Inside the Dragon Carriage, the Emperor had been in a good mood since leaving the capital. The newly repaired roads made the carriage ride extremely smooth, without any jolts.

Soon, the Emperor heard that Zhou Shuren was asleep in his carriage, because Zhou Shuren started snoring.

Emperor, ”...”

Inside the Palace, the Empress, hearing reports from a Female Officer, learned that Consort Liu and others became overly active and retreated into their own palaces. The Empress commented with sarcasm, even as the Emperor was traveling, they tried to follow aggressively.

As it turned out, the Emperor didn’t take anyone with him, even the Crown Prince was sent to the Qin Prince Residence.

The Empress actually wanted to accompany him, but she knew she couldn’t. With the young Crown Prince in the capital, she needed to stay.

The Empress looked at the screen her mother had sent back, how she envied her mother.

At the Zhou residence, an ally of Lady Zhao sent a message. Lady Zhao came to the main courtyard, ”Mother, my cousin’s son is getting married, inviting me over. I plan to take Ming Rui to the estate to see.”

Zhulan, ”Good.”

Lady Zhao continued, ”We will go and return the same day.”

”As long as you are aware.”

Lady Zhao was doing this for her son. She and her husband protected Lady Zhao’s family members, all for the sake of their son. Since it was for their son, she was willing to give some face to Lady Zhao’s family.

After Lady Zhao left, Zhulan pondered, Lady Zhao was really becoming more and more like Chang Yi, the couple resemble each other a lot.

The next day, early in the morning, Lady Zhao took Ming Rui to the estate, and Zhulan also prepared two pieces of cloth.

By noon, Zhou Shuren had already arrived at Pinggang, directly going to the Navy base, where the Navy had prepared upon receiving the order.

Zhou Shuren got off the carriage and closely inspected the ancient military camp and felt, not bad. The living quarters were not just simple wooden houses or tents; ordinary soldiers lived in warm mud-brick houses, which was already quite commendable.

Zhou Shuren’s eyes scanned the facilities around, mentally calculating the Silver Taels, knowing that the Ministry of Revenue allocates funds every year to improve the living conditions of the soldiers.

Today, Zhang Jinghong also came out of the capital with him. Zhang Jinghong understood his master the best. Not just the master, when he knew the annual Navy budget, his heart ached, and he was accustomed to estimating Silver Taels.

General Hou, while explaining the Navy camp to the Emperor, felt a chill on his back and could not_help_but turn around, only to find nothing.

The Emperor turned and saw Zhou Shuren inspecting everything around him, his fingertips moving, that’s it, he was estimating the accounts!

The Emperor’s smile deepened, the reason for bringing Zhou Shuren was not just for spending Silver, but also for supervision. In terms of Silver Taels, Zhou Shuren’s eyes couldn’t be deceived.

They walked to the place prepared for the Emperor to rest, and he indicated for the ministers to sit.

At the military camp, occasionally a sea breeze would blow, which made it not so hot. Zhou Shuren, sitting in the well-ventilated hall, felt quite comfortable.