
A major event occurred in early October.
Su Ming Feng, Eldest Young Master Su, the heir of the Nan Ping Bo family in the capital city of Ding suddenly developed a serious illness and had to recuperate at home. Ping Nan Bo was so sad for his beloved son that he and his Furen stayed at home to take care of Eldest Young Master Su and to temporarily ignore things about military horses. He bestowed several things to express sympathy and also arranged for new officials to take over management affairs.
The people in the capital Ding all sighed with regret about the matter. Eldest Young Master Su was a talented young man and achieved great achievements shortly after becoming an official, but as he rose skyrocketing and when his future was limitless, he suddenly succumbed to this serious illness. Even if one was a talented genius, if three to five years passed before he returned, there would be no foothold for him in the court.
The commoners saw it that way but the peers in the court were unsure. Some wise men said, “This is not a disease and clearly avoids a disaster. At first one would think that this Su family had added oil into the fire and saw that the fire would burn them. Who would have thought that they saw the situation clearly and took drastic action to deal with the situation.”
When these things reached Shen Miao's ears, he was pruning the Begonia flower in the middle of the courtyard. These days in Guang Wen Tang, everyone had something new to talk about Eldest Young Master Su so no one paid too much attention to him. He also has a few rare days.
“Young Mona now loves all these flowers and greenery.” Gu Yu smiled as he said, "This Begonia flower blooms very well."
The petals of the red-colored Begonia flower give a little color to the coldness of autumn. When she became Empress, she learned to manage the Inner Palace, helping Fu Xiu Yi to win over the officials, becoming a hostage in the Qin state and fighting with Mei Furen. Most of the time he was living in the midst of manipulation and quarrels, how could he have the mood to slash flowers casually?
“Do you why Begonia flowers bloom so brilliantly?” She asked.
Although Gu Yu did not understand why her own Young Miss asked such a question, she still replied with a smile, “This is the seed that the steward bought from outside. It is said that it is an expensive seed. Furen also praised that this type of Begonia looks very good in autumn.”
Shen Miao gently shook her head.
How is that the reason?
Just like the Palace, the cold and gloomy land, and even the flowers outside the Cold Palace were all filled with beautiful flowers. That's because underneath the flower is a lot of bones. In this world, there will always be the coldest reason for the brightest things.
The Su Family had understood this principle. What are they gonna do?
She smiled a little.
The Ping Nan Bo residence.
Eldest Young Master Su's courtyard was heavily guarded so that other than the servants and close family, no one else could enter. One could only smell the heavy medicinal fragrance as Mr. Su closed the door for all the guests and did not see any outsiders.
As a good friend of heir Su, little Marquis Xie naturally visited that sick person.
The Xie family carriage was parked outside the Su residence and the servants moved the medicinal herbs with great difficulty. All of his belongings were placed in wooden boxes and it could be seen that the little Marquis had very good intentions for his good friend.
In the study, Su Ming Feng was wearing a green robe. Other than some weight loss, his spirit was just as energetic as ever, where was the trace of a serious illness?
The brocade-clothed youth facing him tightened his brows and asked loudly, "Avoiding disaster?"
"Fright." Su Ming Feng looked at his good friend and sighed, “Now you see that the situation is getting better and better for the Su family and the Su family has been in an unbroken line for generations. So for the matters of military horses, there should be no more promotion. But His Majesty did not press but instead flattered the Su.” family
"You also contributed." Xie JingXing reminded.
“Because of that meritorious contribution Father and I became somewhat complacent and forgot the danger hidden behind it. The greater the reward, it will be a curse. The things I said, you understand but since the Su family is in such a situation, one's eyes will be obscured by a single leaf. Now that everything became clear at once, one had to control the horse on the brink of being too dangerous.”
"I just want the Su family to be safe and sound." Su Ming Feng said, “Just talk about me, how about talking about you? The Su family and the Xie family will enjoy the joys and sorrows together, because the Su family acted in time, your Xie family.
Xie Jing Xing's eyebrows shot up, “What can he do to me if I don't become an official? There was only one Marquis of Lin An in the Xie family, he had to take into account everyone's words. ”
Xie JingXing and Su MingFeng were different. Because of the Su family, Su Yu had previously asked his son to serve as an official. But Xie Jing Xing did not do so and he only had a casual post on his behalf. Many of the campaigns he had participated in with Xie Ding were on behalf of family members. Even if the Imperial family wanted to suppress the Xie family, they would not defeat a son who would not take over the family clan.
"You do have deep plans and far-reaching thoughts." Su MingFeng could not help but laugh.
"I didn't do it to take care of him." Xie JingXing said lazily.
He really wasn't guarding against the Imperial family but just to fight against his father.
"However," He frowned and suddenly switched the conversation, "How did you suddenly find out about this matter. The previous time I reminded you, you don't remember it. ”
Su Ming Feng lowered his head in embarrassment, “Emotion peaked and someone became complacent, so how could anyone think that much. This time it was all thanks to my second brother. ”
"Your second sister?" Xie Jing Xing who was leaning on the chair lazily, sat up straight after listening to the look in his eyes, "That glutinous dumpling?"
Su Ming Lang was a stupid dumpling was not a strange thing, but how could he remind the Su family of this matter unless he had taken the wrong medicine?
Su MingFeng explained the ins and outs of everything before saying, "If it wasn't Second Sister acting thoughtlessly, could it be that it would cause a disaster?"
"Act without thinking?" Xie Jing Xing said softly to himself.
At the same time, a soft voice rang out, "First Brother, mother let me bring you some snacks."
Su Ming Lang carried a flower-shaped cake as he walked in with his short little legs. He was like a round sticky rice ball and his mouth was filled with many crumbs. He apparently secretly ate a lot on the way.
These days, due to his unintentional reminders, the Su family changed their tactics and even Master Su, who was most satisfied with him as well for the first time felt that his son would 'be a strong person', 'smart and agile' and that 'great intelligence may seem stupid'. Su Furen also made a lot of food for him and in just a few days, Su Ming Lang had grown bigger.
When she saw that Xie Jing Xing was still around, she could not help but hold her voice. He did not know why but he had always been somewhat afraid of this handsome good friend of his Eldest Brother.
Su Ming Lang placed the snacks on the table and turned to flee after he said, "First Brother, I'm leaving." He didn't think that someone was clutching his collar.
He turned around and saw the young man wearing brocade clothes gently crouching down and patting his head with a pair of bright eyes and smiling but his expression was extremely cold.
He asked, "You taught you that phrase?"
Su Ming Lang stared wide-eyed.
"Boil the dog after the rabbit is caught." Xie Jing Xin smiled very evilly.