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Chapter 199 This Love Is Not Like the Emperor's Family

"Father? Why are you here? Where's Mom? Has Father eaten yet?"

"Hey, it's Da Lang. How do you know that my father caught another [-]-jin fish today!? Is it because of the smell? It's because my son has a good nose."

Su Fu: ...

He just came out after class to get some fresh air and touch fish...

Su Xian freed his hand, waved it in the air, and waved with a thousand pride:
"It's okay, I'm lucky. My son studies every day. He is really hardworking. Make up for it. I'll let the chef stew a fish head for you later."

Unsteady, the master of the Su family quickly withdrew his hands, carried the fish with both hands again, maintained his balance, and said with a serious face:

"By the way, you can send another copy to the Meilu Garden next door. The fish soup is delicious and good for healing. It's okay, this time the fish is big enough!
"You, you, if you have nothing to do, go and see nephew Ouyang Xian. His articles are like everyone else, he is clean and honest, and he is a great talent in water control. Even your sister is full of praise. Condescending, looking for opportunities to make friends, can you Can't carry it."

"The child understands."

Su Fu responded with a little helplessness. Although he had heard and answered the elders' advice countless times, this Su family boss showed no sign of impatience, and said respectfully:
"Father, don't worry, Hai'er and Lianghan have been friends for a long time. Recently, they have visited once every morning and evening. It's just that they have gone too many times. The boy is afraid of disturbing Miss Wei Lai to take care of Brother Lianghan. They are going to prepare refreshments for Hai'er." .”

"Well, as long as you have a sense of proportion." Su Xian changed the subject: "Remember to come and eat fish heads at noon."

At the gate of Juxian Garden, the father and son of the Su family who "get together to meet" gathered for a while, then turned their heads and left.

Su Xian left with a faint smile on his lips.

Holding the scroll in his hand, Su Dalang stood on the spot, staring blankly at the handsome back of his father who was "lost" around the corner, holding a big fish half his height with both hands.

The hem of the clothes seems to be windy when walking.

But look at the direction he left... the nimble and fast-moving grandfather seems to be "lost" this time to Amei's yard.

Su Fu couldn't help shouting:
"Father, be careful, don't let Aniang know that you secretly go fishing again, otherwise you will..."

As soon as his words fell, the calm echo of a certain Master Su came from a distance:

"I know it for my father, but it's a trivial matter. It's fine for a woman to take care of the housework. Why are you so lenient..."

Su Fu opened his mouth, shook his head, didn't bother, turned and returned to the study.

In other words, Su Fu hasn't seen his father catch such a big fish for a long time. Every time he met his father before, he always had empty hands, and the same thing was in the bucket carried by the servants behind him. When he met Su Fu, he didn't look good.

The last time I returned home with such a rewarding experience was when I invited brother Lianghan to the perch banquet... It was really not easy.

This time, I don’t know where I caught another big fish. It’s normal for my father to speak stiffly...

In the distance, on the garden path.

Su Xian hummed a ditty, with his hands behind his back, he took a stroll in the courtyard and walked towards his daughter's Meiying Studio.

A strong servant behind him helped him carry the bucket and fish.

Seeing that the master of the Su family was in a good mood, he looked back at the big fish in the servant's arms from time to time, stroked his beard proudly.

"Would you like to have a bass feast and ask some neighbors to visit?"

Su Xian muttered to himself.

In the distance, the corner of the cornice of Meiyingzhai where Su Guer lived protruded from the plum forest.

Su Xian saw it.

"The fish is coming! Get back now."

"Yes, sir."

Su Xian took the big fish with great interest, held it in both hands, and prepared to walk forward.

"Master, look, that seems to be Mrs.! Come out from Miss's yard."

The strong servant in Tsing Yi seemed to see something, and immediately pointed out.

Su Xian's expression changed.

At the corner ahead, a woman in a long skirt who was a middle-aged woman came with a group of maids, and met Su Xian and Su Xian from a distance.

The group of women in long skirts seemed to pause.

"Master, madam... I seem to have seen us."

The strong servant in Tsing Yi couldn't help but said, but as soon as he turned his face, he found that there was no one around him, and the figure disappeared. No, to be precise, it was the man and the fish that disappeared together.

"Master? You..."

The strong servant was taken aback for a moment, then there was a "plop", as if something had fallen into the pond beside him.

Su Xian reappeared next to the strong servant, smiling all over his face, and went forward to greet him, his hands already empty.

The strong servant who watched was dumbfounded.

"Qilang!" Wei Mei's raised eyebrows came from not far away.

"Ma'am, why are you here..." Su Xian smiled flatteringly.

The husband and wife were only ten steps together.

"Stop!" Wei Mei glanced at the pond next to Su Xian, and stepped forward quickly.

Without saying a word, Su Xian turned around and ran away.

"Ma'am, I made a mistake for my husband!" Only one sentence begged for mercy.

"..." Wei Mei and the others.

……

Su Mansion, a flower hall with few people at the southern end, Su Xian was looking outside for a long time.

There was silence all around, as if he hadn't found him.

Su Xian let out a long sigh of relief:

"It seems to be all right, we have to wait for Mei Niang to calm down."

With a sad face, he raised his hand to help his cap crookedly.

"My lord!"

At this moment, an old servant hurried in with a serious face.

The old servant has followed Su Xian's family for many years, and is also the chief housekeeper of the Su residence. He is loyal and loyal, but his surname is unknown. Su Gu'er and Su Fu are both called Shunbo.

Shunbo has no beard, and although he looks old, he is quite fair. He is meticulous in his work, strict in etiquette, and has seldom made mistakes over the years.

But right now, the old butler, who was seen as stable and stable by everyone, hurried to Su Xian's side, his eyes a little nervous:
"Master, there is a letter from Jiangzhou, it seems that there is some news from the north."

When Su Xian heard the words, his face became solemn.

"Take me there!"

He immediately left the flower hall where he was hiding, followed the old servant to a waiting room, and saw a messenger who was full of travel.

The messenger was a middle-aged man, and he didn't say much. He sized up Su Xian, checked the token, confirmed his identity, saluted with fists in his hands, solemnly handed over a letter, and left in a hurry.

Su Xian held the yellow envelope in his hand, frowning.

"What kind of news is Luoyang? It came in such a hurry, and I'm not afraid of being discovered by someone with a heart. I came here in broad daylight, and I'm getting more and more careless in doing things..."

He frowned and shook his head, lingering in the living room again and again, no longer hesitated.

Open the wax seal, pull out the letter paper, shake it in the air, unfold the four corners,

Su Xian looked down.

next second.

Shunbo who was standing on the side saw his master's face change drastically, he was extremely horrified, as if he found something terrible in the letter.

Su Xian took a few steps back, the letter slipped from his stiff fingers and fell lightly.

"Master, what happened, what's going on in Luoyang..."

Shunbo seemed to know something inside, and asked worriedly, while bending down to pick up the letter.

"It's over!"

Su Xian suddenly shouted.

"It's over this time! It's finally here! After so many years, what should come is finally coming!"

The old man of the Su family, who was fishing leisurely in the morning and showing off at home, now had a broken expression, waving his hands wildly, stepped over the old servant who was picking up paper on the ground, and rushed out of the living room.

"Master, master!"

Shunbo chased him out in a panic.

On the southeast side of Su Mansion, there is a pavilion built among flowers, surrounded by colorful flowers, very beautiful.

At this moment, under the sun, there is a woman in a long skirt leading a few maidservants in the pavilion to arrange flowers and vases.

The woman in the long skirt seemed to be still angry. Under the coaxing of the maid, she snorted coldly from time to time, feeling dissatisfied.

At this time, on the flower path not far from the flower pavilion, Su Xian's running figure suddenly appeared, and his shout came from a distance:

"Mei Niang! Mei Niang!"

"Okay, Qilang still dares to come to me! You run away, why don't you run away, if you have the ability to go fishing with your friends, but if you don't have the ability to admit it, I won't let you quit this fishing business today, my concubine has your last name !"

Wei Mei raised her brows upside down and stood up abruptly.

There was a "cracking" sound in the pavilion, the vases were smashed to the ground, and the surrounding maids who had been coaxing before were suddenly silent.

Wei Mei didn't know where to pull out a thick stick, and rushed out of the pavilion aggressively.

"It's no use crying and begging for mercy! You're still a man!"

Wei Mei had a cold face and raised his stick.

But soon, she found that something was wrong with her husband today, and he was crying so hard that she didn't even care that the maids were watching from the pavilion behind.

The husband and wife gathered their heads together, threw themselves into their arms, and looked at each other with arms raised.

Su Xian burst into tears and said in a panic:

"Meiniang, it's over, we're over! The people from Luoyang are coming! A villain complained to my mother about Bao'er's birthday, and my mother... my mother sent someone over, and they will arrive in a few days Dragon City, we're done!"

Wei Mei, who was originally roaring from the east of the river, suddenly restrained her expression, dropped her stick, took out her handkerchief after hearing the words, and wiped her husband's tears without saying a word.

"Meiniang! I'm useless, I'm sorry, I'm sorry you, Dalang, and Bao'er! I'm useless, and I'm hurting you!"

Su Xian hugged the woman in the long skirt guiltily.

"It's not Qilang's fault. The concubine, Dalang, and Bao'er never blamed you. Don't be sad, Qilang. Where is the letter, I will take a look."

Wei Mei was extremely calm, looking directly into her husband's eyes and said.

"Believe... believe..." Su Xian looked around in a daze.

Wei Mei turned his head, with a look of impermanence, dismissing the maids who were looking around curiously.

In the garden, only Wei Mei and Su Xian, who was dejected and silently mourning the death of his heart, were left.

"Ma'am, the letter is with this servant... Please take a look at it, Madam."

Shun Bo came running out of breath, finally caught up with Su Xian, and presented the letter to Wei Mei.

Wei Mei comforted her husband for a while, then turned her head and rolled up her sleeves, took the letter directly, bowed her head and said:

"Shun Bo, go to Meiyingzhai and call Bao'er, and gather in the Peony Hall. There is also Da Lang."

She rolled her eyes slightly, glanced at the sky, and made a decision:

"It's the second quarter of the middle school. Today is Mr. Yuan's class. If Mr. Yuan is here, we can also call. And Mrs. Xie, go to Yilanxuan to call someone. After half an hour, we will gather in the Peony Hall."

"Of order, ma'am!" Shunbo cheered up.

The old servant was originally flustered by his master's influence, but he immediately calmed down, stepped back and called for people everywhere.

After half an hour.

In Yilanxuan, a study in the west wing that Xie Lingjiang didn't use very much, everyone gathered.

Su Xian, Wei Mei, Su Dalang, Su Gu'er, Xie Lingjiang who came back in a hurry, and that Mr. Yuan.

In the end, everyone did not gather in the Peony Hall, where secret discussions are often held.

Because Xie Lingjiang was the last to arrive, at first there was no one to be found, Xie Lingjiang was a qi trainer who came and went silently, in the end it was Su Guer's servant girl Caishou who had an idea, went to the next door Meilin Courtyard with ease, and found him Xie Lingjiang.

Xie Lingjiang came last, and the people who couldn't wait before had left the Peony Hall and waited near Yilanxuan.

A group of people gathered nearby for a secret meeting in Yilanxuan's study.

Inside the house, Su Xian looked down at the shadow on the floor under his feet, dazed. Wei Mei stood up, took a piece of crumpled letter paper from Su Dalang and Su Gu'er, and silently handed it out to the other two:
"Miss Xie, Mr. Yuan, you should take a look too."

Just as Xie and Yuan, who were similar to the staff and guest ministers, looked serious and checked the letter.

Su Xian suddenly raised his head, smiled bitterly and said:

"This time, Prince Wei Jisi sued in front of his mother, slandering me for the birthday gift I held for Bao'er, using the gifts from the Li clan, Jingzhao Webster, and the court ministers to make friends with party members, it is restless , breed ambition."

His eyes were red, and his tone was full of resignation:

"But Bao'er is still on the genealogy of Zongzheng Temple. She is her direct granddaughter and a member of the clan. Before that, she was given a birthday ceremony every year. Not to mention compared with the princess of the current dynasty, those princesses and county lords with lower status Which of the lord's birthday celebrations is not as lively as Bao'er? There is nothing wrong with giving gifts from noble clansmen..."

As if suddenly recalling some unbearable experiences, when Su Xian said this, his words got stuck, and his face suddenly showed a look of withering:
"I don't want any status or title, I just want to give the child a little wealth, can't you, mother, you are so ruthless!
With despair in his eyes, he said to his quiet family and staff:

"Brother...His Royal Highness Xiangwang sent someone from Luoyang to report secretly, saying that after the mother heard about the rumors, she sent a female officer by her side to leave the palace overnight and rushed to Jiangnan Road... It seems that it is also a gift, but I heard that the mother still has more preparations. I bought a gift, not only for my granddaughter, but also for my son... for my son, huh...

"It's on the road now, and it will arrive in Longcheng County in a few days. His Royal Highness Xiangwang sent this letter urgently, only a little faster than the people sent by the queen mother. It's too late."

Obtaining a gift from that empress for no reason... Everyone was silent for a moment, remembering the fancy death-giving methods this empress had used over the years.

For example, if the gift box sent to Jiangnan from Guanzhong Luoyang is empty, you have to give it back, a head?
Su Xian smiled suddenly, his face full of misery:

"If the mother wants the son to die, the son has to die. What's more, she is still the emperor, a monarch and a citizen! Why don't I hang myself decently first, and then you can cut off my head, maybe you can save your lives."

As if grabbing the last straw, he was about to draw the knife.

Su Gu'er stood up suddenly: "Why did Father say he was dead? It happened because of his daughter. If the father dies, how can the daughter live alone?"

Su Fu knelt down: "My child hanged himself on behalf of my father, and begged my grandmother to calm down."

Wei Mei said to her husband: "Misfortunes and fortunes are impermanent, the two are not static, the most is death, what is Qilang afraid of? Besides, there is no one who is immortal, so die as long as you die, the family is with you, there is nothing to cry about!"

"Meiniang, Bao'er, help Su!" Su Xian closed his eyes and trembled.

Wei Mei pursed her lips, raised her head stubbornly, and looked north outside the house...there was a mother-in-law whom she both respected and hated, and she was tough back then.

If this cold-blooded mother-in-law gives a gift to die, Wei Mei will never beg for mercy, just keep her face.

Wei Mei turned her head around:

"Miss Xie, Mr. Yuan, what do you think of this matter?"

Looking at the family in front of them who are as close as ordinary people, Xie Lingjiang and Yuan Xiangshan looked at each other, but didn't speak immediately.

　(or the fifth day of rebooting)
　　
　
(End of this chapter)