Drunk House Chapter 98

Chapter 98 Resigned to defeat (second update)

Chu Rong is the taboo name of the King of Southern Chu.

Prefect Su thought it was true, and snorted, "It is said that he is civil and military, but what's the use? He has made a mess of Southern Chu's internal affairs, so that the Nangong family has been controlling the government, and the foreign relatives are in charge."

Xie Yuan shook his head, "The death of the princess has dealt him a great blow. He has not fallen down all these years, and it is not easy to keep Nanchu stable."

Seeing that he had already said this, and that he was Su Rong's biological father, Prefect Su didn't say anything harsh. He asked, "What did Xiao Qi say?"

"Xiaoqi already knew that the person who came to kill her was the Queen of Nanchu, and I also told her the real life experience today." Xie Yuan said: "She is a smart child, and she never forced you to ask me. I originally wanted to tell her later, but I didn't expect that such a thing would happen today."

Prefect Su's face was serious, “Before Zhou Gu left, he told me that I should prepare to replace Jiang Sheng and go to Jiangzhou. He probably got some rumors. If we go to Jiangzhou, Jiangning County is also under the jurisdiction of Jiangzhou, but I'm not at ease after leaving Jiangning County. Now that the killers of Southern Chu dare to come here like this in broad daylight, do we have to think of a countermeasure?”

Living in a small place in a corner, sometimes it is easier to hide things. His official position is not high, so he is not conspicuous. Once he leaves Jiangning County, even if he only serves as the governor of Jiangzhou and takes over Jiang Sheng's position, he is still enough to be targeted by others.

"Do you know that Xiao Qi saved the prince two months ago?" Xie Yuan asked.

Prefect Su shook his head in surprise, "Xiao Qi saved the prince?"

He doesn't know that.

Xie Yuan sighed, "I have been away from Jiangning County for half a year, you are really, you have been kept everything by that girl."

Su Taishou looked innocent, "That girl is a ghost, to be honest, only you and Xing Ze can control her. If the two of you are away for the past six months, won't she be more willful?"

Xie Yuan had no choice but to briefly explain how Su Rong saved the prince.

Su Taishou nodded after listening, "The name of the prince's benevolence is well known in the world. The prince is upright and upright. It is a blessing for the community. It is also a good thing that Xiaoqi has saved the prince's life."

Xie Yuan nodded, and said that he wanted Su Rong to cooperate with the prince, "His Majesty intends to suppress the prince, and the other princes are ambitious. The situation in the Liang dynasty is turbulent, and the prince is struggling. But no matter what, he has been established as the prince since he was a child, and he has a deep foundation. It is beneficial and harmless for Xiaoqi to cooperate with him."

"How to cooperate?" Su Taishou just recovered from Su Rong's life-saving grace to the prince, and before he was allowed to think about it, he heard Xie Yuan's words.

"The prince protects Xiaoqi, and Xiaoqi secretly supports the prince." Xie Yuan said: "The King of Southern Chu has only one heir, Xiaoqi. She is a princess. One day, she may also become the prince's helper."

"Are you going to let Xiaoqi go to Southern Chu to seize power?" Prefect Su's face changed drastically, "No, it's too dangerous!"

"Let's take a step and see. If she doesn't go back to Nanchu to seize power, I'm afraid that the Queen of Nanchu, the Nangong family, the Nanchu clan, and those who have ambitions for the Nanchu throne will not let her go. Now only the Nanchu queen sent someone to kill her. If the Nanchu clan also sent out, then you and I, and the secret guards left by the princess, may not be able to protect her. We still have to be the crown prince of Liang."

Su Taishou's heart jumped twice, looking at Xie Yuan's plain face, he thought to himself that he was not as calm as Xie Yuan, and he did not change his face when he said such a big matter, he took a deep breath, "There is a marriage in the Huguogong's mansion, if Xiao Qi gets married into the Huguogong's mansion..."

"No matter how prestigious the Huguogong's mansion is, it is still a minister. Even if the crown prince is suppressed by His Majesty again and again, he is still a monarch." Xie Yuan said: "You can see the current situation clearly. The Huguogong's mansion is also difficult to move forward. The old Huguogong has seen through the current His Majesty's temperament probably early in the morning, so he asked his youngest grandson Zhou Gu Congwen. It is not to assist His Majesty today, but to assist the Crown Prince. That is to say, the Duke Huguo's Mansion did not stand in line on the surface, but behind the scenes, with Zhou Gu, he has already stood in line with the East Palace. The old Huguogong has worked hard and foresight for the Duke Huguo's mansion."

Prefect Su looked at Xie Yuan, "So, you mean..."

"There is only one Duke Protector's Mansion, I'm afraid it won't be able to protect Xiao Qi, even if he can protect it, but with all the strength of the Duke Protector's Mansion, why should he rely on it? Just relying on the princess to protect the beams from the old Duke Protector's death in battle? This makes sense, and the Duke Protector's Mansion will not refuse, but if there is any accident, if there is a mistake, the century-old family may be destroyed. The prince was afraid of the Huguogong's house, so he wrote to the old Huguogong to arrange the marriage, but now, with the current situation, this marriage is not the best for Xiaoqi."

"But that child Zhou Gu is very good." Su Taishou likes Zhou Gu very much, "Young man like him is very rare, there are only a handful of them. If you don't marry Zhou Gu, Xiao Qi will be..."

"Zhou Gu is good, but I searched for Xiao Qi's meaning, and she seems to have no intention of marrying him." After all, Xie Yuan knew Su Rong very well, "In my opinion, it's not that she doesn't like Zhou Gu, but it's for his own good that she feels that she has a troubled background, so she can't marry."

"If you like it, then marry." Su Taishou said: "Our little seven, all the men in the world can marry, how can Zhou Gu not marry? Why bother? It is an honor for her to marry Zhou Gu."

Xie Yuan shook his head, "Old Su, you have such a big tone."

He calmly said: "Your Majesty is not the Taizong and the First Emperor. Your Majesty has great power. Once Xiao Qi's life experience is known to His Majesty, there is no guarantee that His Majesty will not want to use Xiao Qi. How can he allow the Duke Huguo's House to increase his support? The reputation of the Duke Huguo's Mansion has come to an end. And that kid Zhou Gu, since he was born in the Duke Huguo Mansion, even if he is not the eldest grandson, he also has the responsibility to protect the family of the Duke Huguo Mansion. How can he be willful for love?"

Although Prefect Su admitted it in his heart, he still said: "Your Majesty really values power, and the Duke Protector's Mansion has deep roots, so it shouldn't be so hard to move forward, maybe..."

"Why didn't the old Huguogong send anyone to visit Jiangning for many years? Why did your wife write to ask him to fulfill the marriage contract? It is true that the old Huguogong promised a thousand gold and would not regret the marriage, but for so many years, Xiao Qi's life experience made him have scruples, so he has never dared to move lightly. What does this mean? It means that the Huguogong's mansion is under the eyes of His Majesty.

Prefect Su was speechless, no matter what the old Huguogongfu thought, it is a fact that the Huguogongfu has been indifferent for many years.

Xie Yuan said again: "The key is Xiaoqi, she is not a child obsessed with love. Love and love in this world are like catkins blowing in the wind, why can't you see it? Without Zhou Gu, one day in the future, there will be others, even if they are not the best, but so what?"

Su Taishou was angry, "Old Xie, you said this lightly. If you think so, why don't you marry for the sake of the princess?"

"It is precisely because I have seen it away that I can let it go. I don't want to marry again. It's troublesome." Xie Yuan is very calm, "In the last few years when I accompanied the princess, I have regarded each other as relatives."

Prefect Su choked, thinking it was really like this, he was speechless for a while, and pointed at him for a while, "You, you, you...you taught Xiaoqi to have the temper he has now, what good is it? Isn't it a heartless and heartless person?"

"No, it hasn't reached this point yet. She still has kindness in her heart, and she is also affectionate and righteous. As her adoptive father, how can you superficially look at Xiaoqi's temperament? Isn't it a kind of morality not to let yourself fall into others' injustice?" Xie Yuan asked: "Have you heard of Princess Qingping's daughter Duanhua Princess? She is pampered like that, lawless, selfish, and only has one man in her mind. Don't you think it's okay to criticize, disregard parents' persuasion, disregard whether you have caused trouble for others, and put others in an unrighteous place?”

Prefect Su was speechless, discouraged, "I can't say no to you."

This is the person who became famous in the three yuans in the battle of tongues against the Confucians, and he is willing to bow down.

Xie Yuan softened his tone, "Xiaoqi has been very assertive since she was a child, and now that she has grown up, she knows what she should do. Even if some things seem to be wrong, and it is not the direction most people in the world are going, so what? You and my elders can only watch from the sidelines and make suggestions to let her not be too left-minded. As long as she doesn't harm the country and the people, the rest, how she should go, how she will live in the future, and who she will marry are all up to her own ideas."

Prefect Su admitted that this was quite reasonable, but he retorted speechlessly, and nodded, "Okay! As you said, let it be like this!"

See you tomorrow~

(end of this chapter)

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