Zhou Heng shook his head, approached Zhang Fuling, and whispered:

"From the imperial edict, until we were ready, it took ten days since the prince's sister-in-law and nephew had not come back, and no one even sent a message to him, and there was no movement in the Wen family."

Zhang Fuling looked surprised. Usually, Wen Shangshu couldn't help but not jump around. This time, the emperor allocated funds, the Xu family fell, and the Beishan incident occurred. There was no sign of Wen Shangshu. Such an abnormality made Zhang Fuling feel strange.

"Shouldn't it?"

Seeing Zhang Fuling's surprised look, Zhou Heng almost laughed. Now that the prince has no real power, the people who support him have also calmed down. Wen Shangshu avoided the world and did not fight, which has something to do with this.

"I don't know why, but it's better to get Brother Liu married successfully."

Zhang Fuling nodded. Zhou Heng made a point. It’s useless to say anything else now. As long as the wedding goes smoothly, it’s better than anything else.

After all, it was impossible for them to live in the Ning Prince's Mansion, just to make the title of Xianghe County Lord smoother.

He didn't worry about this issue much, but talked with Zhou Heng about Tongzhou. Just as the two were talking in a low voice, a carriage stopped in front of the door, and Zhou Heng paused.

When Zhang Fuling saw this expression, he quickly turned around and looked over. Not long after the carriage stopped, a figure walked down, followed by someone carrying the box.

The person who came was none other than the third prince. Seeing Zhou Heng smiling and rushing over.

"Brother Zhou and Lord Zhang are here. It seems that I'm a little late."

Zhou Heng quickly stepped forward and exchanged a few greetings to invite the two of them into the door. He couldn't chat in front of the door. The three of them entered the Ning Prince's Mansion and walked straight to the flower hall behind.

Ningyuan Hou, Lu Pingbei and Lao General Cang were already sitting inside.

When everyone saw Zhou Heng and the others coming in, they kept saying hello, without any intention of seeing each other. Zhou Heng exchanged a few greetings and asked the third prince to sit down.

The third prince pulled Zhou Heng and did not stick to any position. He directly found a remote corner to sit down. Obviously, there was something to say, and Zhang Fuling did not follow him and sat with Ningyuanhou and Lu Pingbei.

Seeing that no one came over, the third prince handed over a small box with excitement, put it directly under Zhou Heng's palm and said:

"You keep this. I know what you are doing in Tongzhou. I support Liu Renli in building roads. I need money everywhere. Although there is not much, this is what I want."

Zhou Heng was stunned. It was obvious that the box was filled with silver notes. Zhou Heng blinked and was confused. The third prince, who had always been cautious, asked him to show his kindness in public. This seemed a bit inconsistent with his personality.

However, the wealth was not revealed, Zhou Heng quickly opened his fingers to block the box and looked up at the third prince.

"The Third Prince is..."

The third prince smiled, his temperament changed a lot, and he rarely saw him not being scheming and showing his true feelings. What's wrong with this today?

Zhou Heng suddenly paused, as if he was thinking of something, his eyes looked at the third prince gradually lowered, and then he looked up again. The third prince nodded with his eyes shining and said in a low voice.

"It's really different after the surgery. I didn't know how happy it was to be a man."

Zhou Heng finally breathed a sigh of relief. If it were this reason, he would still be able to get the silver notes.

"It's been a month since then. It seems that the third prince has recovered well. In another two or three months, I hope there will be many happy events!"

The third prince nodded, "I can feel that it is different now. Haha, all this is thanks to you, so there is no burden. I have also greeted my father with these things. He even praised me when he heard this. This is more important than anything else."

The two of them immediately laughed. Zhou Heng didn't want to express his opinion. Whatever he said, he would say too much, but he would seem to refuse when he said too little. Anyway, he was wrong, so he might as well not say it at all.

"I won't say much about gratitude. Zhou Heng is here to support the people of Tongzhou. I am grateful to the third prince for his generous donation. I will go ahead and see if the team is coming back."

The third prince waved his hand and didn't care at all. Zhou Heng went out of the flower hall directly.

Under the corridor, I found a place where no one was there, looked around and opened the box quickly, and inside it was a folded stack of silver notes.

It was not very thick when I pulled it out, and it looked like only ten or eight. However, the bill was not much the same as I had seen before. The bills were colorful pictures and texts, and there were watermarks on them.

Zhou Heng raised the silver note and looked carefully under the box. Seeing that there was nothing, he stuffed the box into his sleeve first.

Then I picked up the silver notes and thought to myself that 10,000 taels is not enough. Although it cannot cause any storm when investing in road construction, it is definitely a pure profit-like input.

Just as he was about to fold, someone suddenly patted his shoulder. Zhou Heng shivered and quickly held the silver note tightly in his arms.

When I turned around, I found that it was Su Xiaoxiao. I felt so angry. This girl was born with a grudge against him. She walked without sound and always came out to scare people.

"Why are you here?"

"Looking at you being sneaky, what bad thing is this to do secretly?"

Zhou Heng snorted, shook the silver notes in his hand at Su Xiaoxiao, raised his chin and looked calm on his face.

"What bad thing am I doing? The third prince just gave me a box and said that he had told His Majesty that he wanted to donate some silver in Tongzhou to build roads."

Su Xiaoxiao asked with confusion on her face:

"How many?"

Zhou Heng cleared his throat and shook his head and said:

"I just saw it, 10,000 taels! Why does Miss Su Wu want to donate some too?"

Su Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes, picked up her arms and snorted.

"You want to be greedy?"

Zhou Heng was stunned and frowned slightly at Su Xiaoxiao. This girl was so polite that she dared to say anything casually.

"What are you saying?"

Su Xiaoxiao flashed and shook in front of Zhou Heng's eyes. The stack of silver notes had fallen into her palm. She spread out and shook it off and said:

"Each of these is 10,000 taels. You told me that there are 10,000 taels in total. What is this not greed for the Mo?"

Zhou Heng widened his eyes and looked closer and carefully. He just felt that the silver bill was a bit colorful and he really didn't look at the denomination carefully. After all, the largest denomination is one thousand taels, and I have never seen such a ten thousand taels before.

"It's really ten thousand taels per piece. I've never seen such a large denomination. No wonder I think it's strange. It's a bit strange to look so colorful. Hurry up and take a closer look for it."

Su Xiaoxiao snorted, slapped the silver note on Zhou Heng's chest, and said with a lip:

"Don't worry, no one is greedy for your money. The wedding party is back. Can't you go?"

Zhou Heng hid the silver note close to his body, patted his body and said with a smile:

"You go first, I'll call the guests to come with you."

Su Xiaoxiao nodded and turned around and left. Zhou Heng was still in a state of mind. He took action for 100,000 taels. The third prince is really rich.

However, it is not surprising to think about it. His mother is now an imperial concubine, her grandfather is also a magnificent official, and her uncles are all important people. It is worth spending such money to gain a good reputation. It seems that we have to think about giving back in the future.

Zhou Heng thought that his pace did not slow down, so he quickly went to the flower hall to call everyone and went straight to the front to watch the ceremony. What was surprising was that Zhang Zhongtang actually came.

After the gift, the bride was sent into the bridal chamber. Liu Renli came out to attend the banquet. Zhang Zhongtang congratulated him and left in a hurry, without leaving him to have a drink.

Liu Renli has not many friends in the capital, and most of the guests who came were looking at the face of King Ning, Zhou Heng and Zhu Yunmo, so there were many people.

Everyone knew that Liu Renli was not in good health after recovering from a serious illness. She did not force him to drink. After a little greeting, Zhou Heng forced him to return to the backyard.

Zhou Heng and Zhu Yunmo were greeting guests in front. At this moment, Qu Ziping at the door quickly ran in. Seeing that Zhou Heng did not come forward, he had a nervous look on his face.

Zhou Heng saw that something had happened, so he hurried over and Qu Ziping whispered:

"The prince's sister-in-law and nephew have returned, and the person has come in the front door."

Zhou Heng was stunned. He had long thought that the Wen family could not be honest. The Wen family was not even more expensive. However, the wedding banquet was already completed and halfway through. What does it mean when they came back?

Zhu Yunmo also came over at this moment. After all, Zhou Heng looked bad and knew something had happened at a glance.

Qu Ziping quickly said to Zhu Yunmo again, and Zhu Yunmo snorted.

"What's the point of being embarrassed about this? Let someone guard the hall. If they come, let Fang Hua solve it. This is planned by the palace and it won't be our business. If she dares to act here, she will be embarrassed."

Zhou Heng nodded. There was no better way at the moment. Although Wen had lost his imperial decree, he lived in the Ning Palace and could not go out to drive people away, right?

"Okay, Qu Ziping will make arrangements. The prince will call Fang Hua and let him keep an eye on him. There are many people coming from the palace, so he will make a legitimate arrangement for the change of name."

After saying that, the few people moved, and the guests there also looked over. Zhou Heng hurried to the main table. The third prince and Ning Yuanhou were all sitting here. The third prince had no airs and was very low-key today, which made the people sitting quite recognized.

He looked at Zhou Heng in a sideways and asked in a short voice.

"But what's wrong?"

Zhou Heng squeezed out a slightly far-fetched smile and clasped his fists at everyone.

"It's all Zhou's greetings to disturb you. Someone just came to send a message saying that the prince's sister-in-law came back with her nephew."

Ning Yuanhou and the others were stunned. This was unexpected. After all, Wen and the others had been out of suspicion for more than a month. When they came back at this time, it was a bit too coincidental and people had to think about it.

The third prince smiled and waved his hand indifferently.

"Don't care so much. Sit down and have a good time with us. Come back sooner to help arrange the marriage, and come back later to avoid suspicion. She chooses this time to come back. If she comes up to the front, she will be embarrassed to come and have a drink with me."

Zhou Heng felt relieved when he heard the third prince's words, and sat down with a smile and picked up the wine cup.

"Okay, then Zhou will give you a cup of wine. Although Brother Liu is not my righteous brother, I am also very fond of someone I like. I really touched me if you can come here. Zhou will do it first!"

With the wine in hand, Zhou Heng drank it all in one go. This is an improved version of Peach Blossom Drunkenness. Although the degree is not low, the taste is really much better. In addition to the aroma of the wine, there is also a faint smell of bamboo leaves. Zhou Heng named it Zhuyeqing, but no one else felt that it was. The third prince couldn't put it down.

Everyone also smiled and drank a drink. The scene suddenly became lively again, but Zhu Yunmo did not come back.

At this moment, a figure came in through the back door of the hall, wearing red clothes, and was particularly conspicuous. Most people in the wedding banquet, except for the groom, avoided the red color, but he did the opposite.

As soon as he saw the person, Zhou Heng quickly put down the wine cup.

Seeing Zhou Heng's actions, everyone on the main table turned to look over.

The one who came was not someone else. Zhu Xiaochang, with the unique sunny smile of a boy on his face, walked to the main table with a servant, and bowed before he could speak.

"Xiao Chang was accompanied me first. He has been studying in Changping behind closed doors. He only learned about his aunt's marriage when he came back today. Come and give a thank you to you."
To be continued...