At the beginning of the lanterns, in the outer courtyard of the Hou Mansion, in the study of Anning Hou Situkong, at this moment, Anning Hou Situ Kong's father and son sat and stood together, and the atmosphere in the study was a little tense and a little depressed.

Sitting on the carved chair behind the desk is An Ning Hou Situ Kong, about thirty-five years old, his face is as angular as a carving, and he is even more handsome after years of precipitation.

Situ Yang stood directly opposite Situ Kong across the desk, and the young man's uninhibited expression made Situ Kong's brows frown slightly.

The chief butler of the Hou Mansion stood quietly in the shadow of the study light, trying to reduce his presence.

At this moment, it has been half an hour since Situ Kong left Han's plum garden, in addition to the walking time from the plum garden to the study in the outer courtyard, Situ Yang should also have a cup of tea when he enters Situ Kong's study.

I don't know what was said between the father and son during this tea time, in short, Situ Kong's face at this time was extremely unhappy, and Situ Yang no longer had the respectful obedience in front of Han, and his face was completely opposite and unruly.

Situ Yang looked at the eldest son in front of him steadily, the handsome face that was seven or eight percent similar to him, and the phoenix eyes that came out of the same mold as the Han family, the expression on his face was cloudy and sunny.

The stiff atmosphere between father and son made the big butler hidden in the shadows very anxious, he wanted to hide his sense of existence, and wanted to mediate from the side, but finally gave up.

Over the years, as long as the father and son faced each other alone, the atmosphere was always so stiff and gloomy.

The father and son stared at each other like this, and they didn't let each other go.

After a long time, Situ Kong said unhappily: "Do you really want to join the army?" Don't you think about your mother? You don't want to take your sister back to the Hou Mansion? ”

"Shouldn't I think more about my mother, father? Shouldn't it be you, father, who should try to take my little sister back to the Hou Mansion? Situ Jiaoyang smiled coldly and questioned mercilessly.

"You!" Situ Kong's face became even more gloomy, pointing at Situ Yang and only saying the word you, but he couldn't say anything else.

Situ Yang is right, what the Han family lacks most is not Situ Yang's filial piety, but the care of his husband, Situ Kong, whether Situ Jiao can return to the Hou Mansion is not something that Situ Yang can decide.

After another long period of silence, it was Situ Kong who broke the silence, who made it to be sorry for Han's Situ Kong, who let him Situ Kong agree to send Situ Jiao to another courtyard, and he has been unable to persuade the old lady to take Situ Jiao back to the house, the debt to Han, the guilt for Situ Jiao, and finally made Situ Kong sigh helplessly.

I only heard Situ Kong say in a deep voice: "Ben Hou has submitted your application for the son of the Emperor to the Holy Lord, just wait for the Holy Decree, you are the Prince of the Marquis of Anning, where do you need to join the army, even if you want to join the army, you should not go to the border to be a pawn." ”

Situ Jiaoyang smiled disapprerovingly: "Father asked for the title of son for the child, have you ever thought about grandmother?" ”

Situ Kong's face froze, and then anger surged into his heart.

Did God send Situ Yang's son to poke his heart, and did he have to poke where it hurts?

Six years ago, the old Marquis Situ died of illness, and Situ Kong, as the son of the Marquis of Anning, and as the only male in the Marquis of Anning's mansion, naturally inherited the title of Marquis of Anning.

Since Situ Kong inherited the title, he has mentioned to the old lady more than once that he wants to ask the saint for the title of prince, but the old lady has always refused for various reasons, and it has been delayed until now.

The title succession system of Nanling Kingdom follows the principle that there are descendants and no heirs.

Situ Yang occupies both the grandson and the elder, and it stands to reason that he is the only one who is the son of the world, but the old lady is selfish and delays it again and again.

Other mansions with titles, once the title is settled, they will ask for the title of the son, and the position of the prince will naturally fall on the son-in-law.

At Situ Yang's age, it has been six years since the Marquis of Anning was placed on Situ Kong, but the position of the prince has not yet been settled, and there is only the Marquis of Anning Mansion in Nanling Kingdom.

For this reason, the saint has also mentioned this matter in front of Situ Kong more than once, but the old lady relied on her eldest daughter to be the saint's favorite concubine, but she didn't let go, which made the saint quite helpless.

Three days ago, Situ Kong, who served in the household department, was about to return to the household department to handle official business, but was stopped by the chief eunuch beside the saint and took him to the imperial study.

Originally, Situ Kong thought that the Holy Lord was going to discuss with him the disaster relief problem of the flooding in the south, but he didn't expect that the Holy Lord only gave him one order, that is, to order him to solve the problem of inviting the prince to be sealed within three days.

Regarding the sudden tough attitude of the saint, Situ Kong was a little unresponsive at first.

It wasn't until he heard the saint intentionally or unintentionally mention General Han and Jianguo Gong that Situ Kong finally came back to his senses.

Also, the four-year border guard adjustment of Nanling Kingdom has begun.

General Han is the eldest brother of Situ Kong's wife Han, and the founding duchess Chen is a close friend of Han's boudoir.

Soon after these two men married into the Anning Marquis Mansion from the Han family, they went to the southern and northern border passes respectively.

Although the Nanling State Border Guard will be changed every four years, but in the past few years the border pass was unstable, and the four years have been replaced by empty talk, in recent years, whether it is the south border pass or the north border pass, respectively, under the hard work of General Han and Jianguo Gong, it has stabilized, so it has been put on the agenda every four years.

According to the will of the Holy Lord, Jianguo Gong and General Han will both return to the capital to take up their posts, and they will soon return to the capital.

In this way, the position of the prince of the Marquis of Anning can indeed not be delayed any longer.

After Situ Kong understood the intention of the saint, how could he dare to delay, but he knew that the old lady was bent on giving the position of the prince to his other son, Situ Hao.

But don't say it's Situ Kong, even the saint will never agree to fill Situ Hao as the prince, so Situ Kong simply crossed the old lady this time and asked Situ Yang to be the son of the Marquis of Anning.

Situ Yang is the only concubine of the Marquis of Anning, no matter how filial Situ Kong is, he can't cross the law as the old lady wishes.

Even if the concubine Situ Hao is better than Situ Yang and more liked by the old lady than Situ Yang, but in Situ Kong's eyes, Situ Hao and Situ Jin are both his shame.

When I think of Situ Hao, I think of the Xiaolin clan, and there is a gloom in Situ Kong's eyes that cannot be dissolved.

Situ Yang wanted to say something more, but Situ Kong didn't give him a chance, waved his hand and said: "This matter is settled, you just need to study with peace of mind, and you don't need to worry about other things." ”

Situ Yang opened his mouth, and wanted to argue, but the big butler, who had been standing aside and watching on the wall, secretly reached out and pulled his shirt, and finally let Situ Yang hold back his words.

Situ Yang got up and was about to leave the study, but he heard a soft voice outside, which not only made Situ Kong's face sink down, but also made Situ Yang frown, leaving a resentful look at Situ Kong, and left the study with his sleeves.