[081] Compromise? A knock on the door in the middle of the night
Dingguo Gongfu and back house.
As soon as Su Ping came back, he met Tang Yuan at the door and said that the Crown Prince's wife wanted to see him.
With Wen Daoyuan, he didn't have anything to worry about and went straight to the back house.
Mrs. Zhou still has that dignified and elegant image.
"Mother-in-law, my son-in-law is here to say hello to you."
Su Ping sat aside awkwardly.
"The good son-in-law is back?"
Zhou didn't care and acted more cordially than Su Ping, "Why didn't you stay longer when I returned to my hometown to visit my relatives this time? Don't let the villagers misunderstand you and say that you are following the trend."
"Haha, my mother-in-law said something harsh."
Su Ping waved his hand and said nonchalantly: "No matter how much talk about some unscrupulous people in the countryside, where can it be spread? In addition to certain people who cannot be offended, who else should our Dingguo government be afraid of?"
"Oh? Who can't be offended?"
Zhou raised his eyebrows.
"First of all, as a citizen of Daqing, naturally we cannot offend His Majesty."
Su Ping picked up the tea cup and took a sip, and continued: "Secondly, there are those who have little status and have a bad temper. Such people are more troublesome. They will do things that are difficult to end if they get anxious."
"Do you think so? Mother-in-law?"
Su Ping looked at Zhou with a smile.
"Oh? What about, for example?"
Zhou asked gently.
"for example……"
Su Ping put down his teacup and pointed outside the room: "A vision of a charming woman in the erotic palace?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou's smile completely froze.
She knew that Su Ping's poetry could induce visions, but she had never thought about it.
However, erotic poems are also poems, and they do not make sense.
If Su Ping really wrote a poem with himself as the theme...
Zhou didn't dare to think any further.
"What the wise son-in-law said is that it is better not to offend such people."
Zhou took a deep breath and suppressed the humiliation: "I asked Mr. Tang to come to you because there is something I want to discuss with you."
"Tell the important point."
Su Ping waved his hand.
Although he thought of such a method on the way back to Beijing, he did not intend to really fight the Zhou family to the death.
First of all, he had never tried it before and could not be sure whether erotic poems and lyrics could also cause visions.
Secondly, even if it is really effective, once you do this, you will definitely become the target of public criticism. Who can tolerate an existence that can ruin your reputation at any time?
So it was enough to show her the bomb, there was no need to actually throw it.
"……All right."
Mrs. Zhou gritted her teeth and seemed to have made some important decision: "I hope you won't regret your marriage for the time being."
"Regret the marriage?"
Su Ping's heart moved.
A surrogate son-in-law cannot regret the engagement. If he wants to break off the engagement, the main family can only propose it.
Therefore, if he wanted to remove himself from the Duke's Mansion, he could only use the influence brought by the two visions to force the Duke's Mansion.
He had never thought about it this way before, but looking at Zhou's current posture, it seemed that it was really possible?
Suddenly, Su Ping's heart skipped a beat.
"I'm begging you..."
Guilt appeared on Mrs. Zhou's face, "I know that my family has been very harsh on you before, including Xinlan... It's also my fault that I didn't teach you well. I can understand the resentment in your heart."
"But the old man has just passed away. Breaking off the engagement at this time will be very detrimental to you and the Duke's palace."
"But I can promise you that once the mourning period is over and Ziyu or Ziyi inherits the title, I will retrieve the marriage certificate as soon as possible and cancel your marriage contract."
The more Zhou spoke, the softer his voice became, and the lower his head became.
Looking at the shameless look, it seemed as if he was about to kneel down in front of Su Ping the next moment.
However, Su Ping did not believe it easily.
What Zhou said just seems to make sense.
"Your real intention is not just to protect the image of the Duke's government, right?"
Su Ping sneered and spoke, causing a moment of astonishment to appear on Zhou's face.
"Why did my virtuous son-in-law say this? I..."
"Whether you admit it or not is your business."
Su Ping interrupted Zhou, tapped his index finger on the table, thought for a moment, and said: "The mourning period... there are not many days left. If you want to spend this time peacefully, that's fine, but I want to See sincerity.”
After saying that, Su Ping glanced sideways at Mr. Zhou, stood up and left.
"Mother……"
Shen Xinlan ran out of the inner hall with an angry face: "Are you going to let him threaten you like this?"
"if not?"
Zhou's face was ashen, and murderous intent surged in his eyes, "If we want to use him, we must first stabilize him."
"Didn't you say that His Majesty is not happy with him? Now that Grandpa is gone, what else do we need to worry about?"
Shen Xinlan sat down beside him gloomily.
"Your Majesty's oral instructions may not mean that he dislikes Su Ping..."
Mrs. Zhou shook her head.
"How to say?"
Shen Xinlan's heart moved.
"A while ago, my mother went to the palace to meet Concubine Xue. During the dinner, she asked His Majesty what he thought of Su Ping."
Zhou narrowed her eyes and said, "The answer is that Your Majesty has never mentioned anything about Su Ping to Concubine Xue."
"This...doesn't this further indicate that His Majesty hates Su Ping?"
Shen Xinlan frowned, looking puzzled.
Concubine Xue is the biological mother of the Ninth Prince. At least one third of the reason why the Ninth Prince is so favored is because of Concubine Xue.
Even Concubine Xue had never heard Emperor Yongtai mention Su Ping...
"Think about it carefully. Two visions have affected the entire Zhongzhou. Your Majesty has never mentioned such a big thing. What does this mean?"
"What?"
"It's not that His Majesty doesn't like Su Ping. On the contrary, His Majesty is probably protecting him."
"this……"
Shen Xinlan thought about it carefully, and suddenly her face turned ugly, "Then what should we do now? Su Ping will never cooperate with our plan..."
"Ah."
Zhou suddenly smiled relaxedly and took out two palm-sized talismans from his sleeves.
"What's this?"
Shen Xinlan took it curiously.
"Be careful, this is what my mother kept at the bottom of the box, the Heart Seizing Talisman of Mother and Son."
Zhou gave instructions and said: "If I hadn't guessed that Su Ping was valued to this extent by His Majesty, I would have been reluctant to take it out."
It is true that Su Ping not only was not disliked by Emperor Yongtai, but was protected subconsciously by Emperor Yongtai. This was very unfavorable news because it was difficult to deal with Su Ping.
But with this talisman, disadvantages instantly turned into advantages.
In fact, it is still very beneficial!
………
Downside room.
Su Ping spent a lot of effort to coax Shen Xian'er back.
This little girl didn't understand anything, so she pointed at Su Ping's nose and called him ungrateful.
It took Su Ping a long time to figure it out.
It turned out that the little girl felt that the most dangerous place was the safest place, so she hid one or two pieces of silver in her package.
Then he was led away by himself.
To say ungrateful is just the wrong word.
Then there was a good bargaining session.
In the end, Su Ping felt helpless and lost twice the amount of money, a total of thirty taels.
And that's not even the most outrageous thing.
The most outrageous thing is that Shen Xian'er actually "hidden" three taels of silver in front of Su Ping's baggage!
This wave of operations really confused Su Ping.
After Su Ping repeatedly assured that he saw nothing, Shen Xianer returned to the house with satisfaction.
It was getting late at this time, but Su Ping was in no hurry to lie down.
He sat quietly at the table, as if waiting for something.
Sure enough, just after Haishi arrived, there was a gentle knock on the door.
"Enter."
Su Ping said calmly.
A delicate figure swayed in the candlelight.
As soon as he came in, he knelt on the ground.
"I thought it was Tang Yuan coming."
Su Ping narrowed his eyes.
Kneeling on the ground is Zhou's daughter, his nominal wife, Shen Xinlan.