The wind from outside brought in bursts of floral scent. From the angle where Master Su San was sitting, he could see the shadows of the bamboos in the bamboo forest outside the window swaying in the wind.
After a moment of silence, he felt his voice was a little dry, but he still asked in a low voice: "Mom, what's going on?"
Su Rong, who had been silent all this time, laughed and told the story of how he was beaten in Tongzhou.
Master Su San knew about this matter. He had already lost his temper once at that time and thought that Zhang Linghui was really hateful.
After Su Rong's father died, the Zhang family forced Su Rong's mother to divorce. Su Rong's mother refused, so the Zhang family simply mocked her and said a lot of unpleasant things, and then they just gave up and didn't even attend the funeral of the Prince of Yongding.
The marriage between Su Rong and Zhang Linghui was also delayed again and again.
Later, there was even an incident where Zhang Linghui and Xu Rui had a secret meeting.
That incident caused Su Rong to suffer even more injuries, so the Su family rushed to the Zhang family to seek justice.
Master Zhang was extremely shameless. He did not feel ashamed at all, but proud of it. He turned the tables and blamed Su Rong, saying that it was Su Rong who was narrow-minded and made false accusations, ruining his daughter's reputation, and he wanted to break off the engagement with the Su family.
Su Rong clearly saw Zhang Linghui and Xu Rui together with his own eyes, but in the eyes of the Zhang family, it was just a few ordinary words. They thought that Su Rong was framing them because of his inferiority complex.
After the incident, no one in the Su family brought up this topic for a long time.
But later, after Su Rong entered Hedong Academy, a young man from the Zhang family who was also in Hedong Academy used this incident to point at his nose and humiliate him, saying that Su Rong was useless.
Thinking of this, Master Su San pursed his lips and sighed deeply in his heart.
He began to understand why Old Lady Su was not so keen on restoring her title - the situation with the Xu family was so strained, and considering the behavior of the Xu and Zhang families, how could they possibly be happy to see the Su family revitalize
Old Madam Su looked at Su Rong and said with a smile, "Brother Rong, tell me what happened."
Su Xingyi also looked up at her younger brother, with emotion and pride in her eyes.
Yes, so what if his leg is broken? Her brother can still protect his family.
"In fact, over the years, I have always felt that it is natural for people to move up, so I don't think there is anything wrong with the Zhang family's choice. If it were my daughter, I would probably make the same choice." Su Rong sneered lightly, staring at his cup, and suddenly raised a mocking smile: "I am also doing this for my mother's sake."
When Madam Su was mentioned, everyone fell silent at the same time.
Su Xingyi even had tears in her eyes.
But the people in the Zhang family never showed any mercy to them because of their mother.
When their mother died, she told them to visit their uncle's family often in the future.
But how could Master Zhang be a kind elder? He was not even worthy of being a human being.
Su Xingyi will never forget that Master Zhang pointed at Su Rong's nose in front of many people and humiliated him, saying that he was a cripple and not worthy of his beautiful daughter.
It was also because of this that no matter how hard her life was in the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery's Mansion, she always thought about holding on.
Otherwise, those who cannot bear to see them do well would probably say even more unpleasant things.
Su Rong gave his sister a comforting look, the curve of his mouth gradually narrowed: "But my tolerance is limited. From the moment Zhang San deliberately led me to Tongzhou, the Zhang family is no longer a relative to me, but an enemy."
No one is born willing to be bullied and trampled upon, and he is no exception.
So he stopped Su Yao and decided to take action himself.
In fact, he had already placed Xiao Cuixian as a chess piece many years ago, but he had never thought of using it.
But since Zhang Linghui insisted on doing it to the extreme, he would certainly not be reluctant to help her.
Generally speaking, when the upper class circles in the capital hold banquets, it is always popular to invite opera troupes to perform at home. After all, the women usually have no other hobbies, and opera performance is the most popular pastime.
Nowadays, the most popular opera troupe in Beijing is Desheng Troupe.
It was natural for the Xu family to invite the Desheng class.
Su Rong just used a little trick to make Feng Qing step back and pushed Xiao Cui forward first. Then everything that happened next was of course a natural progression.
After explaining the whole story, Su Rong looked at Master Su San, raised his eyebrows and said, "The Zhang family is too bullying, and the matter of Tongzhou has crossed my bottom line. If I am a useless scum who covets other people's wives, how can the Yongding Earl's Mansion be restored in the future?!"
As soon as these words were spoken, Master Su San was enlightened.
Yes, the Su family has already been suppressed by all parties. If they want to regain their title, they can only follow the rules and be quiet. If they are burdened with such a bad reputation, the possibility of regaining their title in the future will be even slimmer.
The Xu family is really vicious.
He snorted.
Then he thought of Liang Cheng and asked, "Did you arrange Liang Cheng's matter as well?"
This shouldn't happen. Someone died in Liang Cheng's case...
"It's me." Su Yao, who had been silent all this time, suddenly answered, as if what she said was just as simple and easy as the flowers in Kangping Garden bloomed today.
Master Su San was stunned for a moment before asking, "I know Master Zhang. He usually does things like this to the extreme. How did you find out about such private matters?"
In fact, it was precisely because of Liang Cheng’s incident that the Zhang family’s affairs aroused even more public outrage. Everyone felt that the Zhang family was truly disgusting.
Su Yao suddenly laughed.
She laughed and said in a cheerful tone, "I didn't ask because it's not true."
What!
Master Su San was drinking tea when he choked and almost bit his tongue. He looked at Su Yao in shock and blankly: "What do you mean this is not true?"
Su Rong and Su Xingyi also looked towards Su Yao. Su Xingyi was a little shocked, but Su Rong seemed to have expected it and just raised his eyebrows.
"The Zhang family has done so many bad things, and Xiao Cui just accused Zhang Linghui first. No one has the energy to make any further clarification. If something like this happens again at this time, who would believe the Zhang family's explanation?" Su Yao lowered his eyes and looked at the tea in his cup. When he mentioned them, his tone was as if he was mentioning strangers from nowhere. There was no ups and downs at all, and no emotions.
Oh, just a little bit of gloating.
She had no intention of covering up anything and spoke frankly that she had wronged the Zhang family. The Zhang family had indeed never done anything to cancel the engagement for Zhang Jingchan.
Master Su San was a little confused. He scratched his head, trying to clear his mind. He looked at Su Yao in doubt and asked, "Then Liang Cheng's mother died. What's going on?"