Chapter 160: Asking for Marriage
The Su Mansion was brightly lit, the ancestral hall that had just been burned was still billowing with smoke, and the little maids were clamoring to clean up the wreckage left behind after the flames burned out.
I'm afraid this quarrel will last all night.
On the wall of the front hall, a whole row of copper rosefinch oil lamps are inlaid with brushes, and the rosefinches look like they are all fluttering their wings and lifelike.
From a distance, Suzaku's raised head was surrounded by a faint golden light.
Looking closely, I realized that the candle flame on it was swaying left and right by the breeze passing through the hall.
On the whole, it looks like the Suzaku is about to rise into the air.
Fan Yao, Zhao Ruotong and Tong Xiaoniang are still kneeling there, the slight difference is that Fan Yao's face is full of righteousness, just like the eldest lady.
Su Tianling's thick eyebrows tightened, and his eyes wandered back and forth between Fan Yao and Zhao Ruotong.
But in the end, he still lost to Tong Xiaoniang's tears.
I even felt that if it weren't for Su Mo's bad habit of being cunning and arrogant since he was a child, things wouldn't have come to this point.
So the reason for this is that she is to blame herself for all this, and she can't blame others.
"Mo'er, you were dismissed from the marriage entirely because the King of Zhennan witnessed the violence of your palm binding Dye'er, how can you blame it on Dye'er!?"
A crack appeared on Fan Yao's firm face, and the whole person suddenly relaxed, and he completely fell to the ground.
She has been skinny since she was a child, rarely crying, and rarely crying in front of him, this is one of the few times Su Tianling has seen her crying, which made him regret saying those words a little.
"Since my father doesn't believe it, then Mo'er is at your disposal......"
As soon as the words fell, the eldest lady, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly took over the conversation.
"At the beginning, I married into your Su family regardless of the identity of a famous lady, at that time you had no scientific research and your future was undecided, but you brought Tong Xiaoniang back within a few years. ”
The air in the front hall instantly became thinner, and the atmosphere between several people instantly dropped to zero.
"All the things that have happened in the backyard over the years, I don't believe that the officials can't see it clearly, it's just that you chose to let the unimportant party be wronged. ”
The eldest lady stood up slowly with her hands on the table, her every move revealed the spirit of everyone's lady, she walked to Fan Yao and helped her up.
"Since the official family believes that this is the case, Mo'er doesn't have to kneel anymore, if she kneels more, her legs will be weak, and she will never be able to stand up again......"
The meaning of the words was meaningful, and the two people kneeling on the ground were red-faced, but they couldn't refute it.
"Oh, isn't it time for this king to come in?"
A hearty voice came from outside, and the little prince played by Zhuo Minglei was holding a folding fan, wearing a navy blue cardigan with narrow sleeves, and the collar and cuffs were stamped with flowing moire piping.
A black auspicious cloud belt was tied around his waist, and a blue gemstone was inlaid in the middle, and a milky white jade pendant was hung on it.
He smiled as he walked through the door of the antechamber.
Su Tianling hurriedly got up to greet him, "The lower officials see the prince." ”
"No need to be polite, this king has already walked out, but when he saw the fire in your Su Mansion from afar, he thought about coming to visit, but there were casualties?"
Although Zhuo Minglei was talking to Su Tianling, his eyes kept on Fan Yao.
The eldest lady sat at the top of the second seat with Fan Yao in her arms, and motioned to the maid to help her rub her legs.
"Treat your absence as if the king is not there, and go about your business as usual. Zhuo Lei sat down, picked up the teacup and drank tea by himself.
"Actually, it's not a big deal, it's just that the little girl Su Mo is stubborn and accidentally burns down the ancestral hall, and the prince laughs. Su Tianling's face twitched a few times, and he replied crampedly.
Zhuo Minglei thought thoughtfully, he had just come with King Zhennan to discuss with Su Tianling about his relationship with Su Ran.
He wanted to go out for a walk when he was bored, but he witnessed Su Ran sneaky, and he looked left and right into the ancestral hall.
He knew what happened next at a glance.
Not to mention who caused the fire, Zhao Ruotong deliberately leaned back when he arrived at the door, causing Fan Yao to be almost hit by the beam.
He was about to rush over, but he found that the king of Zhennan had already taken a step ahead of him, rushed over to save the person who was about to be overwhelmed, so he could only wait in the dark outside the door.
Later, when I walked to the door, I was really worried, so I couldn't help but come back alone.
But now, why did the head of the Su family say that it was Su Mo who lit the fire?
Zhuo Minglei put down the teacup in his hand and asked, "Su Mo, why did she light the fire?"
"Hey......" Su Tianling let out a mournful sigh, and then opened his mouth to explain to the little prince.
"Because before, Mo'er had been engaged to the king of Zhennan, and later was divorced some time ago, so it became like this. ”
Fan Yao sat next to him with a numb face, silent.
"Because of the sixth brother, it's interesting......" The little prince shook the folding fan lightly, and his eyes kept staring at Fan Yao, who had never looked up.
Su Tianling secretly looked at his expression, although he was smiling, he couldn't see what was wrong.
"But this king clearly saw just now that Su Ran deliberately ripped over the tablecloth where the candles were placed, which caused the Su family ancestral hall to be engulfed in flames. ”
Zhuo Minglei took the fan that had been folded and tapped the tip of his nose again and again.
That action looks both juvenile and with a hint of evil.
As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes looked at Su Ran, and it seemed that there was still room for things to turn around.
Zhao Ruotong plopped and knelt on the ground again, still the most familiar and good business, crying and chirping.
"Little prince, what are you talking nonsense for her!?"
Zhuo Minglei's eyes instantly darkened, and he coldly turned to Zhao Ruotong's side, "This king is also a prince, what do you mean by this?"
"The little prince is angry, the little prince is angry, but Dye Er has always been well-behaved and will not do such a thing. Seeing that the situation was wrong, Su Tianling hurriedly came out to play a round.
This family is interesting, they would rather believe Su Ran's one-sided words than believe what they say, it seems that there is really no lower limit!
"Whether she is well-behaved or not, it doesn't mean that she is a little weak. Zhuo Minglei said it directly, and Su Tianling couldn't help Su Ran anymore.
"This king obviously saw with his own eyes that Su Ran deliberately ripped off the candle, could it be that this king was dazzled?"
Zhao Ruotong's eyes widened angrily, and he pointed at the man who was looking at him condescendingly, "You are talking nonsense! I didn't mean it!"
The venue was instantly quiet, and she also realized that she had said the wrong thing, so she quickly lowered her head and sat back on the ground, sneaking a glance at Su Tianling's expression from time to time.
"Father, I didn't mean it, I really didn't mean it. ”