By the time Tian Xun got better, the capital was bustling again. The downfall of the Xu family and the affairs of Qi Yunxi gradually faded from people's sight. What everyone was talking about now was Cui Yuandao and the fifth prince's selection of a concubine.
Tian Chengzhong also talked about these two things at home. When he talked about the first thing, he snorted and said, "What do you mean by surrender? He didn't come back to be an official at all. It is clear that he came here to express his gratitude to the emperor for his kindness. He didn't return to the cabinet at all."
No wonder Tian Chengzhong was furious. He had never been able to connect with anyone before. Yang Bo didn't like him, and Xu Shun was also indifferent to him. He was not able to rely on either side, and he didn't even have a decent job. He finally thought that Cui Yuandao's return would help him get things started, but he got nothing. He had prepared everything and sent gifts to Cui Yuandao sincerely, hoping to establish a relationship with him, but Cui Yuandao didn't even meet him.
It was such a great humiliation. It was the first time in all these years that Tian Chengzhong had suffered such an injustice, and he still feels resentful about it until now.
Because of this, Tian Chengzhong felt even more frustrated.
He knew very well in his heart that the reason these people looked down on him was simply because Empress Dowager Tian was very old and it seemed that she might collapse at any time. She was clearly an iceberg.
And when the iceberg of Empress Dowager Tian collapses, the title of Duke Cheng'en of the Tian family will come to an end.
The more this happened, the more furious Tian Chengzhong became. When he turned around and saw his daughter, his anger finally calmed down a little. He told Tian Xun as always: "Don't be too stubborn. If you really can't rely on the eldest grandson, the fifth prince is also a handsome man."
If they really became relatives with the Pang family, could Concubine Pang and the Pang family really turn a blind eye to the Tian family? Could they watch their relatives fall into disgrace
By then, he will have to ask for a good real job, which is better than having to please others now.
Tian Xun was annoyed by what he heard, and a layer of frost covered his face. Naturally, the words he said were not so pleasant: "Father is so enthusiastic, why not go by yourself. Anyway, father is so good at guessing people's hearts, and he is always more capable than his daughter."
The words sounded very unpleasant, and Tian Chengzhong's expression changed: "What do you mean?"
"It's meaningless." Tian Xun looked at him without showing any weakness, and said coldly: "Father wants to sell me for a good price, so forget it, but if he has to choose the buyer himself, isn't it too embarrassing?"
This was really too harsh to hear. Mrs. Tian suddenly felt that something was wrong and shouted sternly, "Xiao Xun!"
Tian Chengzhong could no longer control himself and stepped forward to slap Tian Xun hard, causing him to fall to the side. If Mrs. Tian had not supported him quickly, Tian Xun would have fallen down.
Even so, Tian Chengzhong still didn't feel relieved. He always had the final say at home. Over the years, his daughter Tian Xun was considered gentle and sensible. Who would have known that she was like this under her gentle and sensible appearance? What she said was really embarrassing.
His hands were shaking with anger, and he pointed at Tian Xun in anger: "Who do you think you are? Without your father, who can you compare to? Now you think you are favored by the Queen Mother, you don't know your own weight, right? If I could give birth to you, I can beat you to death!"
Tian Xun covered her face and looked at Tian Chengzhong numbly. For some reason, she actually found it funny at this moment and actually laughed out loud.
She actually knew her parents' personalities, and over the years she had always known how to get their love to the greatest extent possible, but she felt so uncomfortable.
The pain and grievance she had suffered at the hands of Xiao Heng were already unbearable to her, and Tian Chengzhong's words asking her to re-choose the fifth prince undoubtedly made the anger that had been accumulating in her heart burst out all at once.
She stood there for a while, and Mrs. Tian picked her up and hurried out, leaving the house in chaos.
It took a while for the noise in the house to calm down.
Mrs. Tian calmly sat opposite Tian Xun and applied medicine to Tian Xun herself. She couldn't help but sigh, "Xiao Xun, you said before that I treated your elder sister and younger brother better. It was my fault. I thought you were obedient and sensible, so I didn't pay attention to your feelings. It's all your fault."
She put down the things in her hands, lowered her eyes and said earnestly: "You hate me and your father, I can understand. But you shouldn't talk to your father like that. You know your father's temper very well. If you make a fuss, you will suffer, right? Xiaoxun, I don't agree with you going to the palace. No matter whether it is the eldest grandson of the emperor or the fifth prince, the people in the royal family are not so easy to get along with. It is inevitable that you will compromise. If you agree, I will ask the Queen Mother to agree to let me take you back to my hometown. We will live in the clan for a while. What do you think?"
By that time, all the disputes in the capital should have come to an end, and Xiao Heng's marriage should have been settled.
Tian Xun looked at Mrs. Tian sarcastically: "Why should I leave?"
She looked at Mrs. Tian's suddenly changed expression and chuckled sarcastically, "Mother, do you also think that I am really not as good as Su Yao, so you are afraid that I will fall too badly and be as brainless as my elder sister, and ruin my life like this?"
The question was so sharp that Mrs. Tian didn't know how to answer it for a moment.
Tian Xun spoke word by word: "I won't, and I will never become a joke like my elder sister. Even if I can't sit in that seat, I won't let Su Yao sit in it."
Why did she want Su Yao to get what he wanted
And there is Xiao Heng.
If he couldn't get what he wanted, then Su Yao and Xiao Heng couldn't expect to be together so happily.
At worst, nothing happens.
Mrs. Tian was in a terrible headache. She simply couldn't understand where Tian Xun got such a deep obsession from.
"Why don't you understand..."
"Is it me who doesn't understand or is it mother who doesn't understand?!" Tian Xun brushed away Madam Tian's hand impatiently and looked at her coldly: "There are very few things I want in my life, but from childhood to adulthood, I have never really got anything. I always have to give in to this and that, I'm tired of giving in, Xiao Heng is the one I really want, even if I can't get it, I won't let others get it!"
Mrs. Tian was stunned, but when she came to her senses and tried to pull her, Tian Xun had already picked up her skirt and quickly walked out the door.
Mrs. Tian followed behind, and when she reached the door, Tian Xun was already talking to the maid from the palace.
She stood dejectedly on the steps looking at Tian Xun, and for a moment she felt extremely strange.
She was clearly her daughter, but she actually had no idea what Tian Xun was thinking. (To be continued)