The shock of Sun Yongning and others was limited. After all, they had used time and experience to prove their loyalty. They were all loyal ministers. Even if they did not please Xiao Heng, seeing Emperor Yuanfeng's trust in Xiao Heng, he would not make things too difficult for them, the ministers of the previous dynasty, when Xiao Heng ascended the throne.
As long as they can train subsequent successors, they have nothing to fear and don't have to worry about anything else.
There are other people who are really worried.
Not to mention the forces that had previously supported Prince Zhuang and others, even Prime Minister Yang had people on his side who were worried and didn't know what to do in the future.
After all, Prime Minister Yang has never openly supported Xiao Heng.
Moreover, although Prime Minister Yang was the Prime Minister, in terms of closeness, he was still a little bit inferior to Sun Yongning and others with Emperor Yuanfeng.
Even Madam Yang was a little worried, and asked Prime Minister Yang privately: "Looking at the vigorous momentum of His Highness, it seems that it is almost certain that he will succeed to the throne in the future. In this case, does the Master have any plans in mind?"
People say that a new emperor appoints new ministers.
But Prime Minister Yang is already a veteran of three dynasties.
He was just a memorial archway to Emperor Yuanfeng, but a memorial archway was better than nothing. At least Emperor Yuanfeng needed to let the scholars in the world and those who worked hard for the previous dynasty know that he could tolerate people from the previous dynasty. But it would be different later.
Xiao Heng's situation is completely different from that of Emperor Yuanfeng.
When he ascends to the throne in the future, he will not worship the Yang family like Emperor Yuanfeng did.
Prime Minister Yang naturally knew what Madam Yang was worried about. He gently patted the back of Madam Yang's hand and said meaningfully, "Who said that I don't have any friendship with His Highness? Obviously, we do. Madam, don't worry. I know all these things."
Madam Yang didn't believe it, but Prime Minister Yang had always been in charge of family affairs. Since he said so, Madam Yang could only sigh and said softly: "I don't know about your previous dynasty, but at least don't offend His Highness."
She rubbed her temples: "Speaking of this, I have something else to discuss with you."
Prime Minister Yang was still thinking about something, and was absent-minded for a moment. He came back to his senses after being pulled by Madam Yang: "What did Madam say?"
Madam Yang glared at him in reproach and said, "It's the eldest son's business. His wife has been gone for seven or eight years. Now the children are gradually growing up. It's time to think of a successor for him. What do you think of the Su family?"
Yang Bo was still in a daze before, but when he heard this, he looked at Mrs. Yang in shock.
Madam Yang asked curiously, "Why are you looking at me like that? What's wrong? A widow and a widow, I think it's a good match!"
Especially now that the Su family is becoming very popular because of Su Rong, he is clearly the new elite of the dynasty in the future.
If we can establish a friendship now, we will naturally advance and retreat together in the future.
Yang Shoufu did not agree at all. Not only that, he shook his head firmly and said, "This is not acceptable. This is even more unacceptable. Madam, please do not mention this in front of others in the future!"
Madam Yang was a little annoyed: "Why is it not possible?"
"I know what Madam means. But don't you think about the age difference between the eldest brother and the eldest daughter of the Su family?" Seeing that Madam Yang didn't agree, Yang Bo emphasized his tone: "Don't think I'm joking! If the Su family was the kind of family willing to sacrifice their daughter, why did they quarrel with the Wen family in the first place? The eldest brother and the eldest daughter of the Su family are almost two generations apart! How could others agree to your proposal like this?! The eldest brother's son is older than the eldest daughter of the Su family. You are not making a marriage, you are making an enemy!"
It's not like he had never dealt with Su Rong and Su Yao before.
Before, in order to defeat the Xu family together, he had witnessed the strength and methods of the Su Rong and Su Yao siblings.
Even if you cannot make friends with people of this kind, you should never offend them.
Mrs. Yang felt a little embarrassed by what he said, but as they had been married for many years, she knew Prime Minister Yang's temper. If she could make him refuse so harshly, it would be impossible for this matter to be accomplished no matter how hard she tried, so she gave up and agreed reluctantly.
On the other side, Su Xingyi had no idea that someone had been plotting against her. She was discussing Wang Yuerong's birthday with Old Lady Su.
Old Madam Su leaned back on the recliner, looking at the jujube tree outside the house with her eyes closed. After listening to Su Xingyi's arrangement, she opened her eyes and smiled, saying warmly, "I think this is very good, you did the right thing. Although it's not her birthday, it's the first birthday after she got married, so we should pay attention to it. But given the current situation, it's not a good idea to have a big celebration. So we'll invite two opera troupes to perform for a day, and invite the in-laws and the He family to come over. We won't invite anyone else, let's keep it simple."
Su Xingyi responded with a smile.
After Mrs. Su told her about Wang Yuerong's birthday, she asked her, "Has Yaoyao and Rong'er sent any letters back recently?"
Su Xingyi immediately smiled and shook her head: "I didn't write the letter, but I guessed the reason." Seeing Mrs. Su looking at her, she chuckled: "Who doesn't know about their contributions in Yunnan now? What difference does it make whether they write a letter or not? Besides, they wrote a letter before, but later found out that the letter had been read by someone. I guess that's why they stopped writing later."
Speaking of this matter, Old Mrs. Su felt very angry.
It is really terrifying to think that a perfectly good letter from home could be opened and read by someone else in advance.
But she also knew that she couldn't get anything out of him now, so she could only ask Su Xingyi to ask her family to be more careful in what they said and did.
Su Xingyi agreed to all of them.
After he came out, he was busy sending invitations to the Wang and He families, and then he asked someone to invite a troupe to perform on that day.
But just after she gave the order, she received news that Mrs. Wang had arrived, and she couldn't help being a little surprised.
When she heard Mrs. Wang euphemistically say that she wanted to take Wang Yuerong back home in a few days, she was surprised and said, "I guess the person who delivered the letter from our family got distracted by you. We were just thinking of inviting you to come over and have a simple meal together that day."
Mrs. Wang looked at her and saw that Su Xingyi spoke very calmly, obviously having already made plans beforehand. She couldn't help but feel a little emotional.
She thought the Su family would not remember these things, but who knew that the Su family remembered them very clearly and actually planned to hold a birthday party for Wang Yuerong without any compulsion.
Who in the world doesn't like their daughter to be valued by their husband's family
Mrs. Wang couldn't help but smile, and soon compromised: "In that case, we will come to bother you that day."
Su Xingyi smiled and said, "You are most welcome."