On the night of the broken engagement, the paranoid prince came to me crying and asking for my statu

Su Qishun lowered his eyes and hid the gleam of triumph in his eyes. He looked as if he wanted to say something but hesitated, as if he wanted to pass over the matter vaguely. "My niece, although she is not my biological niece, but over the years, all the expenses of the Marquis' Mansion for her have been in accordance with the requirements of a legitimate lady. I think she has been spoiled..."

Su Qishun woke up from his dream halfway through his words and apologized repeatedly, "This is a family matter, and it's not good to reveal too much. Since the young master is preparing for his wedding, I hope he can grow old with my niece. As for Wan'er...just treat what happened back then as a dream. It's for her own good."

"Deputy General Zhao and his wife were brave and sacrificed their lives for the country, and you just let their orphans live in your mansion and be bullied by the daughter of an adopted son?" Gu Xiuyan's voice was filled with suppressed anger.

Su Qishun sighed helplessly, "An'er is not a bad person by nature. After all, he is just a spoiled child... Besides... my second brother..."

"An adopted son has lived in the mansion for so long that he has forgotten that he is the descendant of a peasant. He even dares to be so arrogant. Why should the Marquis give him face?" Cong Ming snorted coldly, "What's more, Miss Su from the second room is already eighteen years old and still has a child? If she were a commoner, she would have been the mother of the child long ago. It is because your mansion is kind and righteous that you treat the adopted son as your own son and also treat his family well, but you condone that family of worthless people to bully you like this."

"Congming." Gu Xiuyan raised his eyes and glanced at Congming, but his expression was not as stern as before.

Obviously, he also agreed with some of Cong Ming's views.

After figuring out Gu Xiuyan's attitude, Su Qishun finally put his mind at ease.

He also mentioned to Gu Xiuyan a few words, half true and half false, about the performance of Su Kang and Su Jinze, father and son, when they were in the Changping Marquis Mansion, and the attitude of the officers brought back to the Changping Marquis Mansion towards the family members of the Changping Marquis Mansion.

"It's strange to say, my second brother seems to be born to go to the battlefield. Most of his generals obey his orders..."

"My Lord." Gu Xiuyan took a sip of tea and interrupted Su Qishun's speech, "It's getting late."

With just one hint, Su Qishun understood that he had gone too far.

At the same time, he also knew that Gu Xiuyan had already started to make plans in his mind.

Having achieved his goal, he was naturally happy to retire.

"Young Master is right. Su has something else to do, so I won't stay any longer. If Young Master feels that this tea goes well with the rainy view in front of the window, why don't you sit for a while to taste the tea and enjoy the view?"

Cong Ming was very displeased with Su Qishun's pretentious wit.

If you want to leave, just leave first. Why enjoy the scenery?

The rain outside the window was as heavy as a water curtain cave, and the lake was covered in white, a spooky scene.

"From Ming."

When he was suddenly called out again, Zongming felt a chill on the back of his spine, and even his skin tensed up.

"Master?"

"Trouble comes from the mouth, go back and give yourself twenty strokes of the cane."

The words were addressed to Cong Ming, but Gu Xiuyan's gaze was on the empty spot where Su Qishun was.

His thick, long eyelashes cast a raven shadow, hiding all the emotions in his eyes.

At this moment, Cong Ming just felt that his master was a little different.

"Master...you don't really believe what Marquis Changping said?" His voice was still trembling slightly.

I really didn't expect that my master would have such a "stupid" side.

Gu Xiuyan's calloused fingertips gently stroked the embossed patterns on the teacup, and his tone was firm. "Not many people knew that I appeared in Yumen City that year, and my people went there to investigate. It is true that only the daughter of Deputy General Zhao matched all the details. A month ago, my people came back and confirmed that it was the girl over there."

"But I heard that the one from the second house of the Marquis of Changping Mansion didn't seem to listen to you and is still embroidering her wedding dress..."

Cong Ming shut up obediently in the middle of his words under the gaze of Gu Xiuyan that looked like he was looking at a dead person.

I understand. His master will definitely not marry the one from the second wife of Marquis Changping.

...

There was a heavy rain that lasted until the end of the 3:00 p.m.

By the time Liang found out that Su Sui'an had killed several old women from the second house who had signed death contracts, and had punished the servants in the mansion because he discovered that something was missing, it was already the end of the You hour.

Thinking back to the time when her grandson was beaten by Su Sui'an and almost slashed in the face with a dagger by Su Sui'an, Liang almost couldn't sit still due to the new and old grudges.

"That little bitch is just the daughter of a little adopted son. How dare she touch anyone in our house? It's fine if she touches the servants there. A few servants, if they die, they die. But look, she beat Cheng'er's face until it was swollen like a pig's head. As a mother, don't you feel sorry for him?"

Because she slammed the table with such force, the celadon teacup next to her hand fell to the ground and shattered.

Hong pursed her lips, not understanding why her husband would let her treat a woman who suddenly showed up and claimed to be her father-in-law's childhood sweetheart as her biological mother.

However, Su Qishun had already asked her to help him be filial to his nominal mother and maintain his good reputation for his sake. Even though she felt sorry for her late mother-in-law and felt bad for the precious porcelain from Jiangzhen that was broken by Liang, she could only turn a blind eye for Su Qishun's sake.

Even so, Liang still did not intend to "let her go".

"Hong, that bitch's biological mother is dying in bed. As the aunt, you let her ruin the reputation of our daughter like this."

Hong turned to face Liang and lowered her eyes, "Now the whole of Luojing knows that my Changping Marquis' Mansion is about to get married, and the bride is the girl from the second house. If some gossip spreads at this critical moment, how do you think the other noble families in Luojing City view our Changping Marquis' Mansion and my Lord Marquis?"

The most important thing is, yesterday they sent people to the city gate to spread rumors that Su Sui'an was arrogant and killed someone, to cover up the rumors that Zhao Qingwan came back disheveled. As a result, as soon as they went to the city gate to spread the rumors, they were scolded by the people there, saying that they were black-hearted and wanted to smear the reputation of a great man...

This was totally unexpected for them...

In her heart, Hong felt that Su Sui'an and even the entire second branch were not as easy to control as before.

Liang really didn't think about these aspects. She was just angry that she failed to punish Su Sui'an yesterday, so she wanted Hong to teach that bitch Su Sui'an a lesson.

Seeing Hong's solemn expression, her tone weakened a bit, "So...are we just going to let her trample on our heads? Also, Yu said that when she met with Guiying a few days ago, she was seen by that little bastard. I don't know how much that little bastard heard. That little bastard is a nuisance if he's still around. Let's get rid of him when we have time."