Chapter 357 Can’t (1st update)
Su Rong sighed.
The conditions Ye Guixue said were very tempting, paving the way for her and allowing her to leave room for herself.
But unfortunately, she couldn't agree.
Because of Zhou Gu, she was still soft-hearted to him after breaking off the engagement, and it would be hurtful to break off the engagement now. How could she swing the balance left and right in the future and let the two of them stand on opposite ends of the balance for her to choose? ?
She can't do it.
In particular, the persuasion in Ye Guixue's mouth was generally replaced by the word "begging" in front of Ye Xiang, between father and son.
She didn't have many good qualities, and she didn't have much room in her heart to pretend to have an affair with her son. She didn't want him to beg Ye Xiang for her. So, she shook her head at Ye Guixue, "Guixue, you don't have to be like this. Such conditions are insulting to you."
"I don't care." Ye Guixue said softly.
Su Rong still shook his head, "Since I plan to return the Tiger Talisman to you, I have no intention of relying on the Ye family anymore. If you try to persuade your father, both emotionally and rationally, it will show that I am neither giving nor greedy. What will your father think of me?" I have always believed that there is no free lunch in the world, including anything. For example, the relationship between father and son, the relationship between brothers and sisters, the happiness between two people, and mutual benefit. It is all about you coming and going, you respect me, I'll give you one point back. I don't give anything, I don't promise you, but I let your Ye family support me. Why? Just based on the possibility of being chosen in the future? "
She shook her head again, "It's really wrong to put you two together and let me swing. You can't do this, and I can't do this. If I get the support of your Ye family, then I have to pay something. Not me As for the position of the king's husband, we can negotiate to replace it with someone else. This is fine. But I can't do what you said about being more soft-hearted, Gui Xue. I didn't understand the human heart before. After this experience, I generally understand. Now I understand, I can’t use it as a bargaining chip, I don’t dare to bet.”
Ye Guixue looked at her, her voice a little bitter, "So, you have to pay me back the hundred thousand soldiers and horses tiger talisman, and you don't want the support of Ye Xiangfu. Do you want it all?"
"If I promise you the position of king's husband, I don't want it anymore, and I don't dare to ask for it anymore." Su Rong met his eyes, "If it's exchanged for something else of equal value, we can discuss it again. If you and I can't get along, we can't get along." The Prime Minister Ye’s Mansion doesn’t support me, and I admit it.”
Ye Gui People who care about you can't calm down. That day at the Great Buddha Temple, when you returned to Beijing late at night and ran hundreds of miles, staining your clothes with blood, I should have known that you cared about Mr. Zhou. But I was still overconfident. Princess Xin I am determined and will not let mere love delay my great cause."
Su Rong also looked in the same direction with him, dumbfounded, "So, I underestimated Zhou Gu and overestimated myself."
Ye Guixue was silent for a while, and then asked softly: "If there is no support from Ye Xiangfu, what will the princess do?"
"Rely on His Highness the Crown Prince!" Su Rong said: "After all, I have done so many things for him, and he should repay me."
"But Daliang is also suffering from internal and external troubles." Ye Guixue said: "There are Nanping and Northern Hebei who are ready to make a move, and there is also the Wei Dynasty who is eyeing it. I am afraid that His Highness the Crown Prince will not be able to do anything at all."
Su Rong nodded, "Yes, so I will probably stay in Daliang for a long time to help her and be fully prepared before going to Nanchu. Or, I can only believe in my biological father who I have never met. , if you can control the situation of the Southern Chu Dynasty, you will have to work harder."
Ye Guixue twisted the jade ring on her finger, "The king has planned for many years, and most of the help paved for the princess came from Ye Xiangfu and me. The king probably did not expect that Guixue was not talented and could not get along with each other for more than a month. , but he is not favored by the princess."
Su Rong was silent, "Then there's nothing I can do. Who made him my biological father? I can act like a spoiled brat to my adoptive parents. But for his biological father, giving birth to a person like me makes him worry about not following his arrangements and living smoothly. He has no choice but to recognize the daughter who left before him. There is nothing he can do if he refuses to recognize her. Who allowed him to leave the Sixth Palace empty for many years without giving birth to another child."
She looked at Ye Guixue again, "Guixue, you don't need to belittle yourself. It's not your problem, it's my own problem."
Ye Guixue nodded, "So, if the princess says this, there is no room for change between you and me?"
Su Rong said: "Except for the position of king's husband."
Ye Guixue said no more words.
Su Rong looked at him, "Gui Xue, it really doesn't matter, right? You have been working hard for many years, and you are more ambitious than me and Zhou Gu, and you won't stick to petty love."
"That's not right." Ye Guixue shook his head, "I have already fallen in love with the princess before I meet her. When I meet the princess, you accept my tiger charm. I am very happy. You treat me sincerely. I am very satisfied. Now you want to give up on me. , I just feel like I failed.”
"No." Su Rong shook his head, "The human heart is the most unreliable thing. You are just..."
"I just came a step late." Ye Guixue intercepted Su Rong's words.
Su Rong stopped talking.
Ye Guixue turned back and looked at Su Rong, "If the princess gives up like this, is she not afraid of the Ye Xiang Mansion and the Nangong family joining forces? If the two mansions really join forces, the princess will not be able to sit in that position even if she has the backing of Prince Daliang. "
Su Rong said: "Of course I'm afraid, but I thought about it carefully and realized that if Zhou Gu can take it upon himself, then I can take it on. At worst, I won't go to Nanchu to inherit that position, and I will stay in Daliang. Anyway, I am the adoptive parents. My brothers and sisters are all in Daliang, and I couldn’t bear to leave them. It’s not that I have to go to Nanchu. I have tested it many times. In the East Palace of His Royal Highness, no killer can come close to the shooting place in his study. No matter who will sit in Nanchu in the future. In that position, as long as I have enough ability to protect myself, I won't let the killer succeed, and at most it will be harder in the future. Anyway, I have escaped countless assassinations since I was a child, and I don't care if I hide for another few decades."
Ye Guixue sighed softly, "It seems I was wrong. The princess is more than just soft-hearted towards Young Master Zhou?"
He rubbed his eyebrows and said, "Young Master Zhou risked his life to serve as an auxiliary minister, and his path to Qingyun will go down in history. But now that the princess has risked her life to support Ye Xiangfu, the throne of Nanchu will not be safe for decades to come."
He lightly basked in the sun and walked forward. When he encountered a plum branch, he brushed it away. After taking a few steps, he asked Su Rong, "So, what do you think the princess can promise me besides the position of husband and wife?"
"I can promise you to serve as an auxiliary minister and become a famous minister for the ages. As long as the Ye family has no intention of turning back, I will not touch the Ye family during my lifetime and make the Ye family become the largest family in Southern Chu to replace the Nangong family." Su Rong followed him. Word by word.
Ye Guixue said: "The assistant ministers of Southern Chu are just the chroniclers of a small country."
Su Rong shook his head, "No, I will work with Yan Huisheng to divide the Wei Dynasty. One day, Nan Chu and Daliang will fight against each other."
Ye Guixue paused, turned around suddenly, and looked at Su Rong.
