After accepting fifty carts of thank-you gifts and sending away the people sent by the East Palace, the head of the family and the clan elders came to the warehouse together and personally took stock of the various rare treasures piled up in the mountains.
His Highness the Crown Prince is really generous!
On the way back, the clan elders were still sighing.
As soon as I returned to the back hall and sat down, the housekeeper from before came running over again with a smile on his face and said:
"Head of the family, clan elders, the Prison Department has also sent someone here to send an additional 100 carts of gifts!"
"..."
"One hundred cars..." The clan elders stood up in shock, staring at the housekeeper as if they were looking at a peerless beauty, their eyes were very fiery and blank.
The head of the family was the first to ask: "Do you have a gift list?"
The butler handed over a gift note with both hands. It can be seen with the naked eye that this gift list is more than twice as thick as the gift list sent by the East Palace.
After a while, the owner of the house looked calm after reading it...
But the next moment, he could no longer maintain his majestic expression. He laughed loudly on his back, clapped his hands and praised:
"The Prison Department is indeed worthy of being the first-class privileged yamen in Daliang. In terms of financial resources, it is several times that of the East Palace...I won't read the specific list. All you need to know is that the gold item alone is ten thousand taels! "
"..."
The clan elders swallowed their saliva wildly, their eyes shining with greed, and someone said:
"It seems that the Prison Department is even more generous. The 10,000 taels of gold this time, plus the benefits previously requested, make a total of 15,000 taels!"
"It's hard to imagine when gold became the same as stone? You know, ordinary people may never see ten ounces of gold in their lifetime."
"..."
The head of the family continued:
"In addition, Shao Sikou also wrote in his own handwriting on the gift list..."
The Department of Prisons and Prisons seemed to have colluded. According to the gift list, if Su Xian did not go to the Department of Prisons and Prisons in the end, the Su family would have to pay double compensation.
The head of the Su family hesitated for a while and decided to accept the hundred carts of gifts.
At this time, a clan elder with a slightly clearer mind asked a question:
"Is Su Xian really so important in the eyes of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Young Sikou? What if... we can't control Su Xian?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the head of the family and the elders of the clan all gave him cold looks.
These people are the "leadership" of the aristocratic Su family, and they least want to see the children of the family disobey the family's orders.
In the past ten years or so, especially after the current queen ascended the throne, "customs have become corrupted" and "the world has changed." The influence of the family and the power of the elders have been reduced to the greatest extent.
The world no longer blindly respects the family.
Some children of aristocratic families were affected and dared to challenge the authority of the family head and elders... But this situation is very rare. So far, there is only one case of "Su Zheng".
What the head of the aristocratic family and the clan elders have seen the most is the situation where the members of the side clan try their best to move closer to the center of the family, and there is no such thing as taking the initiative to deviate from the family in more than ten years since Su Zheng.
The reasons for this are as follows:
First, the children of aristocratic families have been educated by their families since they were young. They have deep feelings for their families and are full of yearning for the family's center of power.
Secondly, today's aristocratic families are indeed in decline, but the centipede insects are still alive and can enjoy the shade under the big trees. Moreover, if the children of the aristocratic families do not rely on the family, it will be difficult for them to survive alone, especially in today's environment.
Come and try it quickly. 】
Thirdly, there are also unscrupulous children in aristocratic families who are expelled from the family, and these people, without exception, have the goal of returning to the family as their life goal.
One is the emotional needs, and the other is the need to rely on the family materially. It is really difficult for an abandoned son of aristocratic families to get along in today's world... They have seen this situation many times.
For example, Su Xian’s cheap dad Su Zheng.
Su Zheng's health was not bad, but after his family moved to Yingzhou, the couple passed away in just a few years, leaving Su Xian alone but living a very poor life.
But later, the situation changed... Su Xian is here!
Fourthly, the head of the Su family showed a trace of memories and said slowly:
"You don't know something. Su Zheng, who betrayed the family, wrote a letter a few years ago, begging me to be kind and allow his father and son to return to the family."
"But I didn't agree. Later, Na Su was seriously ill, and someone sent a letter saying that he knew he had sinned deeply and was too embarrassed to return to the family, but he hoped that I could allow his son Su Xian to return to the family."
"I still don't agree..."
"So you know, Su Zheng and his son have long been looking forward to returning to the family!"
"This time, if the family didn't need Su Xian, they wouldn't be able to return to the family no matter what!"
"I don't want to hear such words from now on."
"..."
"Yes." The clan elders agreed together.
"..."
At this moment, the housekeeper from earlier trotted over again. This time the housekeeper's face looked strange and he said:
"Master, clan elders, the legitimate son sent to Yingzhou has finally returned, but his..."
Before he could finish his words, the head of the family suddenly stood up and said with great joy:
"Finally back, haha, I've been waiting for a long time, hurry up, bring them to the back hall!"
"Yes..." the housekeeper bowed, but did not go down immediately. Instead, he hesitated for a long time and hesitated: "The master of the house, but his..."
The head of the family glared and shouted coldly: "What are you waiting for? Go quickly!"
The housekeeper shut his mouth sensibly, turned and left the back hall.
The back hall suddenly became lively. The head of the family and the clan elders all got up and gathered in the middle of the back hall, facing the door, chatting quietly, with lots of hearty laughter.
Suddenly, a clan elder saw figures flashing outside the hall and shouted loudly:
"coming!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the noise in the back hall stopped.
The heads of the family and the clan elders all looked over... Then, everyone's expressions froze slightly at the same time, and the last bit of noise in the hall disappeared, and you could hear a pin drop.
People outside the hall are getting closer and closer.
After the Su family's legitimate son was carried into the back hall on a stretcher, everyone's expressions became extremely ugly.
The main reason was not the legitimate son of the Su family lying on the stretcher.
Instead, the clan elders looked back and forth dozens of times at the people entering the back hall, but they didn't see a single unfamiliar face...
In other words, Su Xian from Yingzhou did not return to the divine capital or his family?
Boom!
The soft sound of a stretcher being placed on the ground brought everyone who had been in a daze slowly back to their senses.
Although the legitimate son of the Su family was lying on his back, he also made a bowing gesture and said:
"The unfilial son has met the head of the family and the elders of the clan."
"..."
The head of the family's expression changed, and he took two steps forward. He half-bent down and looked at the Su family's heir, and asked in a deep voice, "Where is Su Xian? Is he already outside the house?"
When the clan elders heard this, the boulders that were weighing on their hearts seemed to move away a little.
Yes, Su Xianyuan came from Yingzhou, so it was impossible to meet them directly for the first time, otherwise it would be too rude.
But then another doubt arose in the minds of the clan elders. What happened to the leg of the legitimate son who was sent to Yingzhou?
