After hearing what Shen Xian said, Mrs. Shen asked, "Now that the whole city is hunting for assassins, will the banquet at Duke Chengguo's mansion tomorrow be held as scheduled?"
"Yes." Shen Xian said: "Since the Crown Prince knows Xiao Qi's identity, he will secretly send people to track down the assassin. If the Crown Prince takes action, there must be results tonight. Regardless of the true purpose of Ye Er Young Master, he is If the Ye family wants to take the opportunity to meet Xiao Qi, they will not postpone the birthday banquet of their little niece, and the people in the Chengguo Palace will definitely listen to him as an honored guest."
Shen Xian heard Su Xingze call Su Rong Xiaoqi. Seeing that Su Rong didn't care about him and his wife, he followed this call.
"You also mentioned the marriage between the Nangong family and the Ye family. What if Ye Guixue comes to help the Nangong family and is not good for Xiao Qi? What if the assassin is sent by him?" Mrs. Shen felt that it was too risky.
"Probably not. Looking at the official promotion of Second Young Master Ye, we can see that he is highly regarded by the King of Nanchu. Why did the Ye family and the Nangong family want to marry? Although I don't know the inside story, we can speculate that he probably didn't come to kill Xiao Xiao. "Qi's." Shen Xian shook his head, "Anyway, meet him tomorrow and test him out. If he has any objections to Xiao Qi, he will definitely find a chance to meet Xiao Qi tomorrow. If not, then the Ye family is afraid that We are no longer of the same mind as the King of Nanchu."
"Okay!" Mrs. Shen naturally listened to Shen Xian.
Shen Xian asked Su Rong again, "You have lived in the princess mansion for many days. Do the princess and the consort already know your identity? I remember that Princess Qingping and Princess Zhenmin had a good relationship back then."
"I learned about it yesterday." Su Rong said: "I couldn't hide the fact that someone shot me cold arrows to kill me. After all, the killer came for me at that time. The princess wanted your majesty to investigate, so naturally she couldn't say it was the person the assassin wanted to kill. it's me."
She added: "Ever since my consort met me, I felt that I looked like my mother, and became suspicious, so I sent someone to check me. I never asked, but because of the assassination yesterday, Princess Qingping protected me, and my consort is a human being. Qingzheng, I told the truth, but I concealed my cooperation with the prince."
Shen Xian nodded and said he understood, "Although Princess Qingping is domineering, the prince-in-law is indeed a pure and upright person, and Princess Qingping has never done anything serious in recent years. Although the reputation of the Princess Mansion is not good, It’s not that she is a bad person, she has an old relationship with Princess Zhenmin, so she is worthy of trust.”
He had stayed in the capital for these years and could see clearly that if the Prince Consort had not been favored by Princess Qingping, he would have become a high official in the court because of his talents. However, because he favored the Princess, he would have to bear the burden of Very important position. After all, according to the laws of Daliang, a prince-in-law cannot hold important positions.
After saying what needed to be said, Shen Xian was busy and still had to go to the Ministry of Personnel to handle official duties. He stood up and told Su Rong, "Just stay here and eat whatever you want. Tell your aunt to treat this place as your own home."
Su Rong smiled and nodded, "Uncle Shen, don't worry, I won't be polite."
She was not polite at the Princess Mansion, and when she came to the Shen Mansion, she naturally couldn't learn what politeness meant.
After Shen Xian left, Mrs. Shen also stood up and said, "Let's go and have a look in your yard."
Su Xingze said at this time: "Aunt Shen still has to take care of the affairs of the house, I will send my sister there!"
Mrs. Shen thought that the brother and sister might have something to say, so she nodded obediently, "That's fine, I'll go instruct the kitchen to make some good dishes. Just tell Xiaoqi what she likes."
Su Rong touched her nose and said, "As long as it's a good dish, I like to eat it. I don't choose."
Mrs. Shen smiled and said, "It's good to have good taste if you are not picky about food. Okay, the chef in the house has a few specialties. Just wait for your lunch!"
Su Xingze took Su Rong out of the main courtyard and led Su Rong to the courtyard that Mrs. Shen had cleaned up for her long ago.
As he walked, he said: "Your yard is next to mine. The population of Shen's house is simple. Uncle Shen's two sons are outside, one is an official and the other is studying. There are no aunts or concubines in the house, only some servants to protect them. .”
Su Rong nodded and sighed, "Birds of a feather flock together, and people are divided into groups. It's really rare for Uncle Shen to be so clean and self-sufficient and not have any concubines. No wonder he can be on good terms with Uncle Xie."
Su Xingze glanced at her and said "Yeah", "Our father is not good at this. I will not imitate him in the future."
Su Rong Dale said, "Brother, there is nothing wrong with you imitating your father, you just have to marry someone
A wife like my mother can bring peace to the family. "
Su Xingze pursed his lips, "How about you go to Nanchu in the future and I go to Nanchu as an official?"
Su Rong opened her eyes wide, "Don't want it?"
"Why?" Su Xingze stopped.
Su Rong said seriously, "I don't want to be the king now and still be controlled by you."
Su Xingze: "..."
He laughed angrily, "You are really..."
The Shen family did not have a daughter's home. Mrs. Shen had long wanted Su Rong to move in, so she specially cleaned up the courtyard of the daughter's home.
All the furnishings in the house are in line with the pampering rules of the daughter's family. There are beaded curtains, green curtains, and incense burners. Even the maids arranged are lovely beauties. It's not like when Su Xingze moved in, Mr. Shen directly gave him a place. He brought all the people in the empty yard himself, and used the rest for his own use. Mrs. Shen wanted to buy more, but Mr. Shen rejected it, saying that he could study in peace and don't deal with those messy things that disturb people's minds. Mrs. Shen I can only give up.
Su Rong saw that everything in the yard and house was meticulous and well done, and sighed, "Aunt Shen really put a lot of effort into it."
Su Xingze knew that although she looked like a pampered little girl, she was actually rough from the inside out, otherwise she would not have lived in the small courtyard of the Jiangning County Prefecture. After years of unwillingness to move, he said, "Since you know that Aunt Shen has taken the trouble, live in it carefully and don't cause any damage."
"Where can I do it? It's not at home." Su Rong gave Su Xingze a reassuring look.
Su Xingze rubbed the center of his brows and said, "I will go to Duke Cheng's Mansion tomorrow. If Young Master Ye makes a private appointment with you, please call me and come with him."
"Okay." Su Rong had no objection.
Su Xingze said: "Sooner or later, the palace will know your life experience. You have to be prepared. If His Majesty summons you, you have to think of your words in your heart."
Su Rong nodded, "After all, your majesty seems to be my uncle too. My mother was raised by the late emperor and the queen mother. He and my mother can be considered a family."
Su Xingze looked at her, "But His Majesty is the Emperor after all, especially a powerful Emperor. If he could be trusted, your mother would not have had to go to the Protectorate before she died."
"Well, I know that." Su Rong nodded, "I mean, even if he wants to use me, he has to take care of the sibling relationship with my mother, right? Also, I am the princess of Nanchu, Your Majesty If they knew my identity, they would be extremely eager for me to go to Nanchu State. After all, in recent years, although Nanchu State and Daliang have not separated from the vassal relationship, the connection is no longer close, or it has been since the time of the previous emperor. It started, but my mother forcibly twisted them together in the middle. If there is me, then the two countries will be tied together again, so he will definitely not be happy to let all the forces in Southern Chu kill me. .”
"That's right." Su Xingze said: "But don't forget, there is another Wei Dynasty. If the Wei Dynasty finds out, it will send troops again or ask you to make peace in order for the peace treaty to continue. Your Majesty is not Taizu Taizong and his ancestors. Your Majesty, for the sake of the imperial court, there is no chance that you will compromise..."
"Your Majesty compromised, what did the King of Southern Chu do?" Su Rong said: "The old Protector cannot do it either. The new generation of Protector's office has grown up. Da Liang has been recuperating for sixteen years. It is no longer the late emperor who had the same relationship with the Wei Dynasty. The power of war, not to mention the addition of Southern Chu and Wei, must be weighed. In recent years, the Protector's Mansion may not want to avenge the past. You must know that all the adult men in the family, except for an old Duke, died in the war. We are on the battlefield, and the Protector's Palace will never allow Daliang to be a coward and send someone away for marriage now, not to mention, it's me, I am the princess of Nanchu, the only daughter of the king of Nanchu."
Su Rong was very sure, "Even if His Majesty does not protect me, there is the East Palace, the Protector's Palace, the Princess's Palace, and the Shen's Palace. These palaces are very important, so even if the Wei Dynasty knew that he had such a request, he would not let me Go and get married."
Su Xingze nodded, "You are right, but if Wei knew that he was fooled back then, he would not let it go."
"Then let's fight." Su Rong said, "Brother, I will also go to the battlefield when the time comes."
Su Xingze rubbed his eyebrows when he heard this, "How can a battle be so easy to fight!"
Su Rong hummed, "If you don't want to fight, you have to fight!"
