Wangchengsu Mansion.
The reason why this place is called "Mansion" is because the old man of the Su family once held the position of earl, and even served as a third-rank official, which is considered a powerful family.
The courtyard is not small, with a dozen houses in total. There are trees, flowers, and rockery pavilions in the courtyard, and the layout is very elegant.
The old man of the Su family was once the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. He was an authentic scholar with a very high moral character. He had three sons and one daughter, the eldest son Su Houran, the second son Su Mingbo, the third son Su Yanshuai, and the fourth daughter Su Roumei.
Mr. Su has already disbanded and returned to his fields. He no longer cares about the affairs of the court and has been recuperating at home for a thousand years.
The eldest son Su Houran is in charge of the affairs of the Su family. He is relatively mediocre, especially henpecked, and does not have much future.
The second son, Su Mingbo, is a sixth-grade official and is not even qualified to participate in the morning court. He has already moved out of the Su family compound.
The third son, Su Yanshuai, was the most promising. He was one of the generals who protected the city. He had the strength of a senior king. It was his presence that prevented the Su family from being affected by the confiscation of the Yang family.
The daughter Su Roumei is married to Yang Zhennan, the mother of Yang Wu.
In normal times, only the old man of the Su family and Su Houran live in the Su family. Su Mingbo has become an independent family. Su Yanshuai is a bohemian, focusing on cultivation and has not yet married a wife.
Originally, the whole family was busy with their own affairs and rarely got together. They only got together during the holidays. Today, the old man of the Su family came forward and gathered all three sons together.
This is a very rare thing. The last time they gathered, it was because of the incident in the Yang family a year ago that they were so crowded.
Mr. Su is already in his seventies, with pale hair, wrinkled face, and cloudy eyes. Sitting in the middle of the lobby of the Su family, you can vaguely see the traces of his style when he was the official in the world.
Su Houran sat aside honestly, always with a gentle smile on his face.
Su Mingbo was wearing an official uniform, with a small official hat, but the music score was bigger than his father. He sat solemnly on the chair with his chin raised high.
Su Yanshuai looked the youngest, holding a cigarette in his mouth and crossing his legs, looking disapproving.
Su Mingbo was the first to speak. He said quietly: "Dad, why are you so anxious to summon me back? I am busy with official duties and do not have so much time to waste time here."
Su Houran said: "Second brother, don't worry, it's natural for dad to call us here for something urgent."
"Humph, what's the emergency? It's not because of the Yang family's troubles. We have cut off relations with them long ago, so why bother with them anymore." Su Mingbo snorted coldly.
He has a lot of resentment against the Yang family. He could have been promoted to a fifth-grade official position a year ago, but was put aside by his superiors because of the Yang family's affairs. He was worried that he had no place to vent his anger.
"Your sesame and mung bean officials are so busy. If I were to become a third- or fourth-grade official for you, wouldn't it mean that you wouldn't even have to go back home?" Mr. Su finally said, with his calm and self-confident aura still there. He stared so hard that his second son felt uncomfortable all over.
"Dad, I don't want to embarrass our Su family. Even if I can't take your position, I can at least make the emperor look at me differently." Su Mingbo said stubbornly.
He is a pedantic person who does not know how to adapt. Otherwise, he would have been able to reach at least the fourth-grade official position by relying on the connections left by the old man.
"Second brother, you are just an official fanatic. You work hard all day long. You look like you are almost like your father." Su Yanshuai couldn't help but say.
"Third brother, what are you talking about? It's my duty to work for the country." Su Mingbo responded dissatisfied.
"Okay, you are the greatest." Su Yanshuai was too lazy to argue with him, so he asked the old man: "Dad, you really called us here because of the Yang family, right?"
"Apart from this, is there anything else?" Mr. Su said angrily. After a pause, he let out a long breath and said, "Dad has been an official for many years, and the worst thing he did was to even My daughter can be abandoned and ignored. Every time I think about it this year, I feel ashamed and uncomfortable."
"Dad, you did this for our Su family, we don't blame you." Su Houran comforted him from the side.
"Of course you don't blame me, but Roumei may have forgotten me as her father." Mr. Su said sadly.
"Dad, if you want to restore relations with the Yang family, just go ahead. I don't have the time." Su Mingbo said with disdain.
"How presumptuous, do you still think of me as your father? Do you really think that by building a family alone, you can be disrespectful to your elders?" Mr. Su shouted while moving his crutches.
Su Mingbo twitched, but still didn't talk back. Everyone could see that he was in a bad mood.
Mr. Su added: "I heard that the higher-ups are planning to promote you to the position of Bachelor of Cabinet."
Now Su Mingbo's eyes were shining and he said, "Seriously?"
The Cabinet Attendant Bachelor is a fourth-rank official and already has the qualifications to participate in early court discussions. Compared with his original sixth-rank official position, he has jumped three levels in a row.
"It should be true, but it's not that easy to make it happen." Mr. Su said after a while.
"Dad, you must help me this time. If you don't help me, I will really die in this position and will embarrass the ancestors of the Su family." Su Mingbo's serious look just now disappeared, replaced by a Extremely excited and longing.
"Do you think dad's old face is still valuable? This is done for the sake of the Yang family. If we can't repair the relationship with the Yang family, this matter will most likely be shelved." Mr. Su was angry. say.
Su Mingbo quickly said: "We are all one family, how can we have an overnight feud? I will go find my little sister right away. She will definitely ignore the past grudges."
"What a joke. A year ago, whoever broke off the relationship immediately and started his own independent business, now that he is well and can be promoted, he went to build relationships again." Su Yanshuai said sarcastically.
A year ago, only he, Su Yanshuai, hoped that the Su family would come forward to intercede with the emperor and let the Yang family go. Unfortunately, everyone opposed it, making him completely disappointed with everyone in this family.
"Third brother, you've said that." Su Houran said.
Su Mingbo glared at Su Yanshuai and said: "My Marshal Su, you have good skills and are not afraid of anything, but have you ever thought about the situation of the Su family? If we didn't renounce the relationship with the Yang family at that time, we Su The whole family has been ransacked, so how can we stay in the royal city?"
"I'm too lazy to argue with you. Anyway, I don't have the nerve to go to the Yang family." Su Yanshuai didn't bother to argue with his second brother.
Mr. Su said: "Shuai Yan, you have to take action in this matter. Xiaomei has always had the best relationship with you. Now the Yang family's sealing of the mansion should be the order of my grandson. The boss can't get in, but you can." You can get in."
"Dad, the Su family is very good now, and I can protect this family. What else do you want?" Su Yanshuai asked.
"Third brother, you can't say that. After my father retired, our Su family's influence was not as good as before. You, the city guard general, don't like to be in charge. If you can use the Yang family's reputation to promote me to be the inner sect's servant, A bachelor will definitely be able to restore the glory of our Su family." Su Mingbo said with joy.
"I won't do this." Su Yanshuai said, ignoring his father and two other brothers, and walked out of the hall.
Mr. Su was so angry that he finally sighed softly: "It seems that I have to risk my old face."
Su Mingbo said supportively: "Dad, you are always strong and it's good to go out for a walk."
Su Houran showed a bit of dissatisfaction with this second brother. This second brother's bureaucratic atmosphere was too strong.
…
Fu'an Palace.
King Fu'an welcomed a guest, and this guest turned out to be Yao Lingyu, the master of Yaowang Pavilion.
Yao Lingyu has changed his attire. He is no longer the alchemist Paozi, but is wearing gorgeous clothes. His appearance has become completely different from the day he made the alchemy. People who are not familiar with him will not recognize his identity at all.
"I thought you wouldn't come." King Fu'an said calmly while making tea and glancing at Yao Lingyu who suddenly arrived.
Yao Lingyu sat down and said, "Your Majesty invited me, how dare you not come?", and then he said, "Why are you looking for me at this point? Don't you want to see what I look like after being embarrassed?"
King Fu'an said, "I'm not interested in whether you are good or bad. I just want to ask how things are being prepared between us."
"Nothing is a problem. As long as the time is right, you can do what you want." Yao Lingyu answered seriously, then paused and asked, "You don't want to take action in the near future, do you?"
King Fu'an did not respond, but brought a cup of brewed spiritual tea to Yao Lingyu. After drinking a cup himself, he said: "Time does not wait for me, but things will change if I am too late."
"We have been preparing for many years. Are there any variables that we could not expect?" Yao Lingyu said.
"The kid who embarrassed you is the biggest variable."
"It's him!"
"Yes, I have a closer relationship with the Yang family than you do. I wanted to kill him before that, but the death demon and my two kings sent have never returned, plus the blacklist invited by the Song family Those people are all dead." King Fu'an said with an extremely solemn expression.
"This little bastard is so capable!" Yao Lingyu said in shock.
"That's right, so I want to use the power behind you to get rid of him as soon as possible so as not to affect our plan." King Fu'an suggested.
Yao Lingyu said: "My father wants to recruit him."
"Do you think this is possible?"
"It's unlikely. Young people are all unruly."
"So this son can't stay."
…
After the two conspired for a long time, Yao Lingyu left quietly.
Not long after he left, Prime Minister Song appeared in Prince Fu'an's palace.
"My lord, aren't you afraid that Yaowang Pavilion will bite us in the end?" Song Xiang asked.
King Fu'an sneered and said: "The alchemists are just fools. If they dare to rebel, we will eradicate them completely."
These people are all full of scheming, and it is still unknown who will use whom in the end.