An hour later, Su Rong and Zhou Gu returned to the private room.
When Nangong Xin saw the two of them coming back, she slowly stood up and asked with a smile, "What did you buy? Big and small bags?"
"It's all food." Su Rong also carried a full hand and stuffed it into Nangong Xin's arms. "These are all for you. You can take them back to eat. It's still early and you finally left the palace. If I also want to go for a walk on the street, I’ll ask Lanzhi and Biqing to accompany you.”
"No, I don't want to go shopping this year. Let's wait until next year! It's too cold this year." Nangong Xin said.
"Okay." Su Rong asked her, "Shall I have someone take you back to the palace?"
"Sure." Nangong Xin nodded, turned around and looked at Nangong Zheng, "I'm going back to the palace, so don't hang around in Nanchu for too long. After all, Da Wei still has family there."
Nangong Zheng nodded, "Don't worry, great-aunt."
Nangong Xin said no more, and the maid put on her cloak and returned to the palace with a pile of snacks given to her by Su Rong.
After she left, Su Rong and Zhou Gu sat down and looked at Nangong Zheng together.
Nangong Zheng pursed his lips and said to Su Rong: "I will continue to stay in the Wei Dynasty with my clan members until the Queen Mother invades the Wei Dynasty."
Su Rong looked at him, "So, have you thought about it? What is your plan?"
Nangong Zheng said: "The princess gave herself ten years, but I think if I was in the Wei Dynasty, it might not take ten years."
Su Rong immediately sat up straight, "Are you willing to be my agent?"
"For the sake of my family and clan. Even if you don't want to, you will get what you want." Nangong Zheng said: "My aunt is right. I am not only Nangong Yin's grandson, but also the hope and support of the Nangong clan. I have to be responsible for the future of all clan members. .”
Su Rong nodded, "Okay, tell me your request."
Nangong Zheng said word by word, "If I serve as the concubine, one day, Southern Chu will annex the Great Wei, and all the Nangong people who follow me will return to their homeland."
"This is simple."
Nangong Zheng added, "I want a prince of the opposite sex."
Su Rong raised her eyebrows.
Nangong Zheng looked at him, "I can't rewrite the reputation of traitors left by the Nangong family, but I can make the first contribution to the Nangong family's annexation of the Wei Dynasty. Isn't it worth asking the princess for a king of the opposite sex?"
"Then I have to ask, is it for yourself?" Su Rong looked at him.
Nangong Zheng was silent.
Su Rong understood, "If it's not for yourself, then I shouldn't do it."
She said bluntly, "If my prediction is correct, you may want to go to Jiuquanxia to apologize to your grandfather after you have settled the clan? If you have such an idea, I advise you to cancel it. With all due respect, as long as you are alive, the Nangong family Only then can we have a future. Even if I promise you that in ten years, your Nangong family will return to their homeland and rejoin the Nanchu court, but without your Nangong family, how far do you think the Nangong family can go now? Maybe after your death , within three years, it will continue to decline.”
She said bluntly: "With you, there is hope for the Nangong family to regain its former prosperity. Without you, the Nangong family cannot get up. Even if you pave the way for them, they can't go on. It's not that I look down on the Nangong family now. As for the remaining people, you should understand better than I do that none of them can support the family."
Nangong Zheng was silent, his expression gloomy.
Zhou Gu suddenly said: "Why bother? People have to know how to choose and give up. If you give up, why not give up completely? You can go and apologize to your grandfather again in a hundred years, but maybe he has already been reincarnated by then, so how can he remember anything? Old grudges and ambitions? We only live one life, what is right or wrong, right or wrong, what is so important? What is important is that your choice saves many people in your family, and the future of the next generation and even the next generation. Once you take on a burden, you must bear it to the end. Wouldn’t it be in vain if you give up halfway?”
Nangong Zheng raised his eyes to look at Zhou Gu and suddenly asked: "Master Zhou followed the concubine to Nanchu. At that time, did you ever think that you were not the only one in the concubine's harem?"
Zhou looked at it for a moment, then answered him calmly, "I never thought about it."
He chuckled, "At that time, how could I care about her harem? I just thought that she would not want me. If I could make the decision for myself once in my life, it would be Su Rong. Even if I gave up my grandfather for me, The road is paved and I will not regret it.”
Nangong Zheng said: "At that time, everyone in the world found it unbelievable. Mr. Zhou Zhou, who was named on the gold list, was the most valued descendant of the old protector of the country, and was specially cultivated by Prince Yan Huisheng of Daliang to assist the government. In the end, he was willing to go to the South for a woman. Chu is the king's husband."
"But now, everyone envies me." Zhou Gu answered.
Nangong Zhengmo.
Indeed, how many people are envious of Zhou Gu today? He is the husband of the princess, who is more respected than the princess. He originally came to Southern Chu alone, but now, he is respected by countless people, not to mention that he also has the Duke of Guoguo and the Cui family of Qinghe behind him. The elders of the two families came to Nanchu to support him.
It can be said that no one will criticize or laugh at him anymore, and no one dares to compare with him.
He lifted the tea to his mouth, put it down again, and said to Su Rong: "The concubine is right. If I agree to the concubine's survival, should I be given a princely title?"
"I agree to you." Su Rong felt that if she could conquer the Wei Dynasty in advance, Nangong Zheng would be the first to do so. She deserved to be a king. What's more, he also gained a talent.
"That's it." Nangong Zheng pursed his lips and slowly settled on his tone.
Su Rong and Zhou Gu stayed in the private room for another hour before leaving.
As the two left, Nangong Zheng was also escorted, quietly leaving the capital of Nanchu and leaving Nanchu.
Only Nangong Xin knew about the meeting between the three people, and no one else knew about it. Su Rong had no intention of revealing the matter to the people around her, and even Xie Yuan and Ye Guixue kept it a secret. Zhou Gu asked Midnight to wipe away the traces of Nangong Zheng's visit, and kept the whole matter a secret, even from the old Protector and Cui Gong.
The Crown Prince of the Wei Dynasty, Yuan Zhao, did not know that Nangong Zheng, who he thought had no way out, and everyone in the Nangong family's direct lineage, could only work together with the Wei Dynasty, and there would be no second thoughts. After all, it is impossible to resolve the sworn hatred, so he felt very relieved about Nangong Zheng and everyone in the Nangong family living in the Wei Dynasty.
Even though the Nangong family was squeezed out by the powerful Wei officials, he turned a blind eye. Although he didn't condone it, he didn't defend it either.
He didn't know that some things were not absolute. Some things, for the sake of profit, even if they have sworn hatred, can make people compromise and turn back for the sake of the entire family.
Nangong Zheng appeared in Nanchu quietly, and returned to Wei quietly without causing any splash or ripples. Yuan Zhao was too confident and too assured of him. The second prince Yuan Chen and Lin Li's aristocratic family in the Wei Dynasty did not take Nangong Zheng seriously. They did not think that a young man, no matter how talented he was, could make trouble if he was dragged down by the entire family.
But this person became the key to accelerating the destruction of the Wei Dynasty. Even Prince Yan of Daliang didn't expect Hui Hui.
