After Su Qi'an said these words, Su Xuanyong's tightly clenched palms slowly loosened, and his tense eyes relaxed a little.
He could feel Su Qi'an's sincerity. This was one of the few things Su Xuanyong felt he had done the most right.
He was not wrong about Su Qi'an's character. In three years, in addition to allowing Su Qi'an to develop his power, what was even more rare was that he did not forget his original intention and was not swallowed up by the desire for power in his hands. This was what Su Xuanyong was most gratified about.
Today's Great Liang is in decline. This is an indisputable fact. In order to make amends, Su Xuanyong placed part of his bet on Su Qi'an.
Let him leave Kyoto and give him three years to develop in the three states of the southern border. During this period, he basically ignored it and returned to the capital. Su Xuanyong will give him full support. If he loses and dies in the southern border, he will be buried in the wilderness. Su Xuanyong will see. Wrong person.
This kind of support may seem cruel, but it is the path that every person who achieves great things must take before rising up.
If you can't get over the thorns in front of you, how can you talk about the future? After all, talented young people are still prodigies and are most likely to die young. Only those who go through many hardships and still smile until the end are the ones who truly achieve great things.
Although Su Xuanyong didn't seem to have given Su Qi'an any help in three years, this attitude of indifference and acquiescing to development was the greatest help he gave.
Without Su Xuanyong's acquiescence and turning a blind eye, Su Qi'an launched a war between the two states and secretly prepared the state troops to expand his own military strength. As long as Su Xuanyong gave the order, Su Qi'an would surely die.
Therefore, this kind of acquiescence is the biggest help to Su Qi'an. Of course, if you want to get this kind of acknowledgment, you must have strong strength. Otherwise, even if you have great help, it will be just a pile of mud that cannot be supported on the wall.
In the past three years, Su Qi'an not only did not disappoint Su Xuanyong, but also did not let him lose his sight. Even though he held great power, he still maintained his original intention and never lost his desire to rebel.
This was enough for Su Xuanyong to let down his guard against Su Qi'an and secretly help him develop.
After getting rid of the grudge in his heart, Su Xuanyong's mood improved significantly. He and Su Qi'an chatted, but Su Qi'an could only deal with it one by one.
This kind of chat lasted for about a quarter of an hour. Looking at Su Qi'an who was a little distracted, Su Xuanyong suddenly smiled and said.
"It seems that Marquis Dongshan is not interested in the topic of the widow. In this case, let's talk about Marquis Dongshan's thoughts. Did Marquis Dongshan want to see Fengling in the past few days in Beijing, but there is no news about her? "
Hearing this, Su Qian's face was startled. He looked up at Su Xuanyong, who was smiling, and said quickly.
"Your Majesty is right. When we were in the southern border, Ninth Princess helped Wei Chen a lot. This time when we return to Beijing, Wei Chen really wants to express his gratitude to Ninth Princess in person."
"Oh, just thank you?" Su Xuanyong showed a meaningful expression.
Facing Su Xuanyong, an emperor who was good at the emperor's mind, Su Qi'an basically couldn't hide anything in front of him.
He didn't intend to hide anything. There really wasn't any special relationship between him and Su Fengling. If he had to talk about something, it might be a kind of appreciation between the two parties. This kind of appreciation did have some good feelings.
Seeing that Su Qi'an was silent and speechless, Su Xuanyong continued, "Okay, let me ask you another question. Marquis Dongshan, do you have any thoughts about Fengling?"
Su Qi'an was startled. He really didn't expect that Su Xuanyong would be so straightforward.
Three years ago, Su Xuanyong also asked this, but mostly in a joking manner, but this time, Su Qi'an could clearly feel Su Xuanyong's seriousness.
After all, there was a world of difference between him three years ago and himself three years later, both in terms of identity and status.
Now, he was fully qualified to ask Su Xuanyong to ask him a serious question, but Su Qi'an always remembered the half of Su Xuanyong's joke back then.
It was not that he disagreed with Su Qi'an marrying Su Fengling and becoming his consort, but there was a prerequisite: his wife must be divorced. After all, Su Fengling's status was such that it was absolutely impossible for her to be a concubine, let alone share a husband with two other civilians without status.
Su Qi'an could understand this, and at that time, he really had no such thoughts about Su Fengling.
But later, during the time they spent together in Jiaozhou, Su Qi'an could feel how kind Su Fengling was to him. It was impossible to say that he didn't have any thoughts.
But he couldn't do it. In order to marry Su Fengling, he chose to divorce his wife. Therefore, Su Qi'an always kept this good feeling in his heart and did not say it out.
Now that this matter was revealed by Su Xuanyong, Su Qian had no intention of hiding it and expressed his thoughts.
"In front of His Majesty, Wei Chen dare not hide the kindness of the Ninth Princess. Wei Chen can feel it. He does have a good impression of the Ninth Princess. However, Wei Chen cannot choose to divorce his wife in order to be with the Ninth Princess. This is I hope your majesty will forgive me for my humble thoughts."
"Okay, Su Qian, you are the first one who dares to reveal your true feelings in front of me. Aren't you afraid that I will punish you?"
Su Xuanyong's voice was somewhat cold, and it didn't sound like a joke. The atmosphere in the hall gradually became a bit cold.
But even so, Su Qi'an still did not change his mind out of fear or to cater to Su Xuanyong's wishes.
He clasped his fists, looked at Su Xuanyong above him calmly, and said neither humble nor arrogantly, "Wei Chen knows your Majesty's thoughts, and I am grateful for His Majesty's love for Wei Chen, but Wei Chen still said that if you divorce me in order to marry the Ninth Princess, Two humble ministers cannot make a wife, let alone be husbands."
"If His Majesty wants to punish me, I am willing to accept it."
Su Qi'an knew that there was no way to escape the matter between him and Su Fengling. Sooner or later, he would have to face it. Since Su Xuanyong asked about it this time, he no longer evaded and simply told him directly.
"Even if I deprive you of your title, you won't change it?" Su Xuanyong looked at Su Qian with blank eyes.
"I will never change it." Su Qian shook his head, looking determined.
Just when Su Qi'an was preparing to meet Su Xuanyong's anger and accept his punishment, Su Xuanyong, who had an indifferent expression, burst into laughter.
Laughter resounded throughout the hall, making the tense atmosphere just now relax a lot.
"Haha, Marquis Dongshan, you are really interesting. I am not wrong about you. Even if you are faced with such a majesty, you can remain calm. For this reason, I will not punish you."
"Don't worry, not only will I not deprive you of your title, I will also promote you to a first-class marquis in Kyoto and hold a banquet. You must attend it."
"As for your thoughts, I admire your way of being a husband, and I will not force you. But I also have my persistence. The royal majesty is inviolable, and you know it, so I will give you another chance. I hope it will be a month. In the end, you can still stick to your thoughts and not regret it."
"A month later?" Su Qi'an nodded, but he keenly noticed that there was something wrong in Su Xuanyong's words.
"That's right, there will be a bustle in Kyoto in one month. As for what this bustle is, you will know by then. I just hope that you can maintain your current persistence and don't regret it in a month." Su Xuanyong showed a smile. He looked at Su Qi'an deeply for a long time with a meaningful look.
The conversation between the two parties in the hall was almost over. After a while, Su Qian cupped his fists and left the hall.
After watching Su Qi'an leave, after about a moment, from the screen on one side of the dragon platform, a high eunuch dressed in black walked slowly.
This eunuch was older than the other three, Feng Zheng, about fifty, with his eyes closed, no eyebrows, and a smile that frightened those who looked at him.
Although there were no words, his appearance was somewhat majestic. He came behind Su Xuanyong, bowed and was quite respectful to Su Xuanyong.
"Old man, do you think Dongshan Hou is worthy of Fengling's trust?"
When Su Xuanyong asked, the old eunuch in black behind him said softly, "I don't know about this matter, but with His Majesty here, I think this matter can be solved easily."
"You, you, can say these nice things. It has been like this for so many years. Hey, forget it, I can't force this matter. I hope that the excitement in a month will make Dongshan Hou change his mind. , of course, I also hope that he will not disappoint me."
"Let's go, old man, go back to the palace, I have to talk to Fengling carefully about what happened."
The old eunuch in black behind him nodded, supported Su Xuanyong, and left from behind the screen of the main hall.
After Su Qi'an left the hall, he didn't give anyone a chance to talk. Even if the two princes sent people to wait in advance, Su Qi'an ignored them and got on the carriage. He quickly left the imperial city and headed towards the Hanlin Academy.
Su Qi'an's indifference, in a sense, has offended some powerful people again, but Su Qi'an doesn't care about this. Anyway, in Kyoto, he has offended many people, one more is not too much, one less is not too much. .
And now, he has jumped two levels, directly from the third-class marquis to the first-class marquis.
It stands to reason that Su Qi'an's development in the past three years, including eradicating two black sheep state pastors in Daliang, pacifying the pirates in Yuezhou, and stabilizing the two states of Xijiao and Jiaozhou, based on these contributions, it is more than enough to be promoted to the first rank.
It's just that now it is a formal appointment, there is a formal ceremony, and Su Xuanyong has said that a grand banquet will be held for him in the capital.
This banquet had a well-known background, and it was invisibly equivalent to Su Xuanyong standing up for Su Qi'an.
Even if this platform does not show much actual help, the fact that His Majesty can personally host a banquet for a marquis is enough to make these powerful leaders in Kyoto fearful.
Therefore, the current Su Qi'an does have his arrogant qualifications, so what if he offends a few more powerful people?
As Su Qi'an left the Imperial City and went to the Hanlin Academy, what happened to him in the Imperial City gradually leaked out from the Imperial City as time went by.
Even if it is incomplete news, the few words that are circulated are enough to detonate the entire Kyoto. At the same time, it raises Su Qi'an's reputation to a new height.
