Farmer girl swaps husbands: buys a sickly villain and pampers him

Chapter 291 Finale
The next morning, the heir of the Duke of Zhenguo stood at the city gate, looking towards the city.

Behind him followed a large procession, whose members served not only as his guards but also as escorts for supplies.

"Young Master, it's time for us to go," a servant reminded him.

"Understood." The heir of the Duke of Zhenguo took one last look in the direction of the city, mounted his horse, and prepared to leave.

"Wait a minute..." someone shouted.

The heir of the Duke of Zhenguo turned around and saw another cavalry coming towards them.

The leader was a member of Prince An's mansion.

As the caravan drew closer, someone in the carriage poked their head out and asked the heir of the Duke of Zhenguo, "Have you brought enough medicinal herbs?"

When the heir of the Duke of Zhenguo saw Jiang Jing, his eyes lit up: "Why are you here?"

“Since there is an epidemic in Jincheng, how can I, as a doctor, stand idly by?” Jiang Jing said. “I borrowed a team of men from my godfather to help me escort the medicinal herbs to Jincheng. Would the young master mind giving me a ride?”

"I don't mind." The heir of the Duke of Zhenguo was instinctively pleased, but the smile quickly vanished, and his expression turned serious. "There's not only disease there, but also riots and rebellions. You're just a young girl..."

"You dare to underestimate me?" Jiang Jing said, waving the silver needles in her hand, her eyes filled with threat.

"But……"

"No buts. Why are you nagging like this?" Jiang Jing said impatiently. "Are we leaving or not?"

"Let's go!" the heir of the Duke of Zhenguo shouted. "Let's set off!"

Su Yaoguang and Zhou Wangshu stood on the city wall, watching Jiang Jing lead the people of the Prince of An's Mansion and the heir of the Duke of Zhenguo away from the capital.

Do you think there's a possibility between Jing'er and this young prince?

“That’s their story; they should write it themselves. We’re just spectators,” Zhou Wangshu said, putting his arm around Su Yaoguang. “Chunni is discussing marriage today; would you like to go and take a look?”

"Yes, let's go." Su Yaoguang pulled Zhou Wangshu down the city wall.

The passing soldiers looked at the people running away with blank expressions.

Was that the Prime Minister who just ran past?

"Those are the Prime Minister and his wife. Don't be surprised. You'll get used to it."

Jia Chunni's matchmaking went very smoothly, and her marriage was arranged.

The other party's family were imperial merchants with a very large business, and Jia Chunni was interested in their only son.

Now that the matchmaking is successful, the next step is to go through the six traditional wedding rites and set a wedding date.

Zhang Pandi married Boss Song, who was also a businessman. Although not as wealthy as the imperial merchants, he was still quite well-off. In terms of family background, the two families were considered well-matched. However, Jia Chunni had an uncle surnamed Wang and a cousin-in-law who was a prime minister, so the imperial merchant surnamed Cheng was considered to be marrying above his station.

After the matchmaking was successful, Zhou Wangshu and Su Rende both met the young man from the Cheng family and gained his approval.

Jia Chunni is still young. After the marriage is arranged, the wedding can be postponed for two years, and she can observe the situation further.

Taoyaofang's business grew larger and larger, with dozens of branches across the country. Su Yaoguang trained a group of trusted confidants to inspect the branches throughout the country, while she herself became a hands-off manager.

Despite being the Princess Consort of An, Zhang Zhaodi was not accustomed to the manners of a wealthy noblewoman and still preferred to play in the countryside.

She chose a place with beautiful mountains and clear waters and built it into a large estate. It not only has hot springs, but also all kinds of vegetables and fruits, and the mountains are covered with various flowers, just like a fairyland.

Zhang Zhaodi and Su Rende lived in the countryside, and occasionally they would take their youngest son and twin grandsons to play in the stream and catch fish.

As the prime minister of the country, Zhou Wangshu was at the prime of his life, and even if he envied his father-in-law's life, he couldn't be a hands-off ruler like him. So, the emperor left the young crown prince in Zhou Wangshu's care, and he went to live as a farmer in the countryside with Su Rende.

In the early days of the merger between the two countries, various unrest broke out one after another. Zhou Wangshu, together with civil and military officials, formulated many policies that were beneficial to the people's livelihood, which enabled the people who were once hostile to each other to quickly accept their new identity.

Under Zhou Wangshu's rule, the people's lives improved more and more. Even if they didn't reach the point where they could leave their doors unlocked at night, they could at least be said to not see a single beggar on the streets.

It's Lunar New Year's Eve again.

The entire capital was decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, and the faces of the people were filled with happy smiles.

"Snowing!"

As snowflakes fell, the people reached out to catch them.

Children carrying candied hawthorn berries ran around in the street.

Su Yaoguang stood on the street, her bright red fox fur coat making her look like a teenage girl, radiating a radiant glow.

She twirled around and said to Zhou Wangshu beside her, "It's snowing, my husband."

Zhou Wangshu, who had been holding a snowball's hand in one hand, let go of their hands, pulled Su Yaoguang along, and said to her, "There's an archery contest ahead where you can win lanterns. Do you want to go take a look?"

Su Yaoguang nodded repeatedly: "Yes."

Zhou Yunqi held Su Yaoguang's hand, and Zhou Xiaoheng held Zhou Wangshu's hand. The family of four walked towards the lantern stall across the street.

Zhang Zhaodi and Su Rende walked over with Su Yunji.

"Uncle... Mother, Father, it's Uncle..." Zhou Xiaoheng shook off Zhou Wangshu's hand and ran towards Su Yunji, who was not far away.

At this time, Su Yunji was already eight years old, half a head taller than his peers, and exceptionally strong. A sword hung at his waist, exuding heroic spirit.

"Sister, brother-in-law, I took them both out to play," Su Yunji said.

Zhou Wangshu waved his hand dismissively, "Take him away quickly."

Su Yaoguang pinched his arm: "What kind of father are you? It's New Year's Eve, and you still send the child away."

Zhang Zhaodi said with a smile, "We'll look after the children today, so you two can just go and have fun."

Su Rende bought some small fireworks and handed the burning one to Zhang Zhaodi: "Wife, this is fun, take a look..."

Zhang Zhaodi said irritably, "You're so old, and you're still playing with this kind of childish stuff."

"You dare to talk about me? Then do you dare to talk about him?" Su Rende pointed in a direction not far away.

Zhang Zhaodi looked in the direction he pointed and saw the retired emperor and empress dowager, who had already abdicated. At this moment, the retired emperor looked like a child, holding a small firework in his hand.

Now the country is peaceful and prosperous, and even the emperor has no worries.

Zhang Zhaodi's lips twitched.

If this had happened a decade or two ago, and someone had told her that she would become friends with the Empress Dowager, she would have thought that person was crazy.

However, now the retired emperor and empress dowager are always going out to travel and enjoy themselves with them. The empress dowager is even urging her daughter to have a daughter, hoping that her child will become empress.

However, upon hearing the Empress Dowager's thoughts, Su Yaoguang, who had originally planned to have another child, decided against it.

The Su and Zhou families are already prosperous and wealthy enough; they shouldn't climb any higher, or it might backfire.

Now that the world is at peace, their lives are also very peaceful. All they need to do is let this happiness continue, and that will be just right.