... Shen Xuan returned to the house, retreated, and stayed alone in the study for a long time before ordering someone to invite Mrs. Su, and said, "Have you shown Gu Yan, the second son of Gu Xiaode, to Ning'er before?"
When Mrs. Su heard this, she frowned and said, "I heard that Gu Yan was quite talented, had a good temperament, and was about the same age as Ning'er, so I asked him indirectly. But Gu Xiaode's wife still refused at first. He enthusiastically praised our Ning'er Qian'er, and agreed without any hesitation. He didn't want to go back to discuss with Gu Xiaode, but he immediately changed his tune. My son is betrothed! They..."
Shen Xuan was not in the mood to listen to Mrs. Su's detailed explanation of the grievances suffered by his daughter, and interrupted: "The reason why Gu Xiaode is so trusted by the Holy One is because he has always been loyal to the Holy One, and his son is also Linchuan, who is favored by the Holy One. Princess. If his second son betroths Ning'er as his wife, how can the Lord not be suspicious of him? He will not ruin his future just for the sake of a son's marriage!"
"But..." Although Mrs. Su usually beat and scolded Shen Zangning, and often expressed her disappointment in Shen Zangning in front of her daughters-in-law, she secretly felt that her little daughter was also a legitimate daughter of a noble family, and she was not worthy of her. As a son of an aristocratic family, he was already wronged because he was not the eldest son who could inherit the family business, and he was rejected as a result. No matter how he thought about it, he felt that his daughter was wronged and rude to the family.
Shen Xuan was upset and said: "In this case, Gu Yan will go to Chuncao Lake to stay for a while in the future, and you send your wife to accompany Ning'er to the lake. Then..."
"What?!" When Mrs. Su heard this, she didn't care to express her dislike for the Gu family, and her eyes widened in astonishment, "Gu Yan is going to stay at Chuncao Lake for a while, and you are going to send Ning'er there... What do you want to do? !”
"I want to betroth Ning'er to Gu Yan." Shen Xuan glanced at his wife with complicated eyes and said, "Since Gu Xiaode refuses, the only way is to let the two of them get in touch first and force him to agree!"
Mrs. Su almost ran out of breath and fainted. She stood up immediately and said in a trembling voice: "You... how could you do this? Men have always asked women to marry. The Gu family has already rejected this marriage before. It's hard for us to keep going. I beg them to marry Ning'er, why can't we Ning'er get married?"
Before Shen Xuan could say anything, Mrs. Su had already sneered and said, "I know you don't have a crush on Gu Yan! It's for Gu Xiaode and the Xuanjia Guards he commands, isn't it?! But you've been coming in and out these days Go out and meet with the Grand Master and the others frequently! I don’t believe that we, the Shen family, can take on such a big thing! Why should we sacrifice Ning’er if we don’t do anything to make the emperor suspicious of Gu Xiaode? Two daughters, Xiu'er has suffered a lot, and she is still a commoner! You, who have always loved Ning'er the most, are you treating her like this?"
Shen Xuan let out a long sigh and said, "You think I do? But the Holy Emperor is becoming more and more stupid and confused, and we can't bear it any longer! But the Rong people are attacking at this juncture. Now our family only has 20,000 xi With Liang Jun in hand, if the Yulin Army fails to live up to its expectations, the number of soldiers, not to mention the Xuanjia Guards, is at least three hundred thousand! If we can’t fight and try to remove Gu Xiaode’s stumbling block, what should we do?”
Mrs. Su said angrily: "Are all the daughters of the six clans in the country and the other five families dead?" She was so angry that she even scolded her natal Su family.
"But only by marrying our Shen family, especially this sect, can Gu Xiaode be able to make no excuses before the Holy One! The Holy One is not as taboo against the other five families as he is against our Shen family! After all, among the six clans in the country, our Shen family has been the most prominent in these years. The momentum is strongest! Now another 60,000 Xiliang troops have entered the Central Plains... Moreover, the other five families have no suitable unmarried daughters!" Shen Xuan said coldly, "If this were not the case, how could I let Ning'er go! My legitimate daughter, you know I have always regarded her as a treasure!"
"If you really regard her as a treasure, you shouldn't push her out so easily now!" Mrs. Su gritted her teeth and said, "And you still let her take the initiative to seduce a mere second son of an aristocratic family! If this matter spreads out, what will you do? How can Ning'er behave? Even if the news doesn't spread, how can she hold her head high after marrying into the Gu family?"
She took a deep breath and said, "All the civil and military officials in the dynasty were stumped by a mere counter-intuitive plan. They know how to point a little girl to accomplish something? You are really promising!"
Listening to his wife's bitter sarcasm, the muscles on Shen Xuan's face twitched for a while, his face darkened, and he said: "I have already promised the Grand Master about this, you don't need to say more!" He said coldly, "The only one to blame is Why didn't you marry her off earlier? This is what happened to her!"
"I thought about Xiu'er's glory when she came out of the cabinet. However, after she came out of the cabinet, she was forced to suffer a lot by a few despicable foxes. Fortunately, the Queen Mother Ji is a sensible person... I didn't want the Queen Mother to go there later, and the child would be affected by her husband. She was deposed as a commoner and has been living a solitary life in the dowry house!" Mrs. Su burst into tears, "So, even though the only daughter I have left is not as good as I want, I still want to keep her for two more years! Since you have always doted on her so much, even more than Feng'er and the others, you definitely can't wrong her! Finally, for the sake of those bad things, you actually want your daughter to learn that shabby way to seduce men. !”
She screamed, "Are all the 'thorn fences' of our Shen family dead? There are so many eight-foot-tall men who claim to be the pillars of the country and are full of knowledge. At this time, they only think about women?! No! With this beauty trap and counterintuitive plot, there is nothing you can do about Gu Xiaode! ? This mere member of the family has made the six clans in the country helpless! Are you the six clans in the country, or the six idiots in the world? "
"Shut up!" Shen Xuan took pictures of several cases angrily and shouted sternly, "Gu Xiaode knew that he was in a critical situation. Now he has food and accommodation in Xuanjia Guard, making it difficult for ordinary people to approach! Otherwise, you think we don't want to kill him? Save him trouble?"
"Then we can't let Ning'er seduce Gu Yan!" Mrs. Su said angrily, "What is Ning'er's identity? She is the legitimate daughter of the Shen family! What do you think of her? Do you treat her own flesh and blood like a prostitute!"
Shen Xuan took a deep breath and said coldly: "If Gu Yan is not good, why did you take the initiative to hint to his mother in the first place? Although now I ask Ning'er to take the initiative, I will not let her lose her identity too much! Ning'er is also my own flesh and blood, how can I not love her? Isn't this a necessity? Besides, when a girl grows up, how can she not be allowed to do so?"
"She was also invited to propose marriage in a dignified manner, and then she came out of the palace in a glorious manner. This is the kind of marriage she should have!" Mrs. Su sneered, "But what do you want her to do now? A lady from a wealthy family, taking the initiative Going to Chuncao Lake to seduce Gu Yan, why did you think that the Gu family were fools? Even if you didn't know it at the time, did you use it to plot against Gu Xiaode? Can Gu Xiaode not tell Gu Yan? "
She spoke like a knife, "Besides, since you know how resolute Gu Xiaode's loyal heart is, and you are on guard against you plotting against him... How do you know that Gu Yan's stay at Chuncao Lake is not a trap? What if we lose our daughter and go in?" What if I lose my face if I don’t take advantage of the Gu family?”
Shen Xuan said coldly: "Since I let Ning'er go, of course I have a complete plan!"
"A perfect strategy!" Mrs. Su gritted her teeth and said, "Instigating your own daughter to lower her body to seduce men, you also came up with a perfect strategy? If you didn't know, you would be a long-time bustard in the seduction bar!"
"How long have you been doing this?" Shen Xuan said angrily, "Since you don't want to tell Ning'er, then call Ning'er over and I'll tell her in person!"
"You know Ning'er is the most filial to you. As long as you ask, that stupid kid will never refuse!" Mrs. Su couldn't help but burst into tears, "It's pitiful that I only have two daughters, but there is no good ending! I should have known that. They were born to suffer today, so why bother bringing them into this world in the first place! Why not give them a dose of medicine while they were still in the stomach and save them from doing this evil now?"
Shen Xuan's face was as heavy as iron, and he said coldly: "If the skin is gone, how can the hair be attached? Although Xiu'er was demoted to a commoner with King Ji, isn't she still living a good life now? With her dowry, she is secretly with us Is her life worse than that of ordinary wealthy people? As for Ning'er, if she marries into the Gu family, as long as our family is in good standing, the Gu family will not treat her well. No wonder I asked you to do so! You are worried about Ning'er's marriage, but you haven't decided to marry her yet! Do you think any of the children can be as caring as our Feng'er? Or what kind of son-in-law do you want to find?"
Speaking of this, Shen Xuan sighed and said tiredly, "Li'er returned injured, and Feng'er is still guarding and clearing Yanzhou. Sooner or later, the male heirs of our family will have to go to the battlefield to hone their skills, sword after sword." Fight hard to defend the glory and wealth of our Xiliang Shen family. The girls in our family are born and raised in wealth. When they grow up, there is no need for them to sacrifice their lives in battle, marriage, and for the family. What's wrong with that? What kind of wealth and splendor they enjoy today is not the result of their ancestors' merits? Besides, if you think about it, Gu Yan can't be any worse off, even if you plot against him. After getting married, shouldn’t it be better to live life slowly? After all, the girls in our family can’t be treated casually!”
Mrs. Su raised her sleeves and wiped her face carelessly, and said with a sad smile: "What you said is just for coaxing Ning'er. Are you coaxing me? Gu Xiaode is the brother of Empress Gu, and the current prince has a grudge against Empress Gu for killing his mother. , as soon as he ascends the throne, the first person to bear the brunt will definitely be the Gu family of Hongzhou! Not to mention that Shen Xun is still alive. If the prince suspects that Gu Xiaode will support Shen Xun in seizing the throne, he will take the initiative and kill Gu Xiaode... Just based on Gu Xiaode's previous experience. After rejecting your requests again and again, how can you spare him lightly? By then, how can you expect Gu Yan to be so kind to Ning'er when he has all kinds of blood feuds with our family? That’s just respect, like ice!”
Shen Xuan stared at the distance for a moment and said calmly: "Then what do you want? Let us continue the stalemate with Gu Xiaode, and then wait for the day when the Holy One goes crazy... and drags us nobles to die with him?!" (To be continued)