Seeing this, Mama Fang, who was standing and waiting, quickly glanced at the other maids in the hall and withdrew together, leaving only the three people at the table.

Su Wu buried her head lower and lower, and she could feel the tense air flow between her mother and brother without looking up.

"My son didn't talk nonsense." Su Yan looked at his mother calmly and firmly: "A son can't marry Chu Wu. ”

"Do you know that your family affairs are given by the emperor, and if you regret it now, it will be a crime of resisting the decree!" Jiang tried his best to hold back his anger.

"My son went to court today to beg Your Majesty to withdraw his will to give marriage!"

"You're messing around!" Jiang finally understood why this time before the first month, his son was in a hurry to ask for his life, it turned out that he was asking for meritorious service.

"This family affair has been favored by the mother from the beginning, and the son has repeatedly expressed that he is not willing to marry the county lord of Chu, but have you ever cared about your son's intentions?"

"Marriage has always been the order of the parents, not to mention that this family affair is still in charge of the royal family, what are you not happy about?" Jiang slapped the table and got up, and the tea bowl in his hand was almost spilled.

"That Chu Wu county lord is always a thousand good, ten thousand good, the son has no intention of her, marriage is a lifelong thing, I don't want to get married for the glory of the so-called lintel, and I don't want my marriage to be linked to the interests of the family." Su Yan finally said the words that had been held in his heart for a long time.

"Heh......" Jiang Shi heard this, took a step back and sat back in the chair, and sneered: "My son who has always been proud, should I say that you are pure or naïve and shallow?" ”

"Mother takes a fancy to Chu Wu, it is nothing more than because her mother's clan is now hot in the court, if she joins my town and the country's mansion, and then it will be a strong alliance, and the Su family's position in Dongzhao will be more stable." Originally, Su Yan was dissatisfied with his mother's promise of his sister to the Tao family, but then his sister was willing, and Su Yan couldn't say anything, and when it was his turn to get married, he didn't want to be at the mercy of it anyway.

"yes, what's wrong with that?" Jiang raised his eyes to look at Su Yan.

"My Zhenguo Mansion has always been favored by the emperor, if you are still insufficient, your son will use military merits to fill it in the future, why do you have to marry with the Chu Department?"

"Yan'er, you are confused, do you think that now that our Su family is favored by the emperor, it means that it is stable?" Jiang smiled bitterly, "It is precisely because of the emperor's grace that there are countless people in the court who have openly and secretly regarded our Su family as opponents and enemies over the years, if they find a slight opportunity, we will no longer have a foothold, when your father died in battle, you are still young, if it were not for the kindness of the emperor and queen, plus the help of your grandfather's family, even if you posthumously crowned your father as the prince of Zhenguo, my Su family would have been struggling." But now that your grandfather's family is in decline, and your father only has a pair of children like you, our house seems to be pampered, but in fact, it is like walking on thin ice, if you don't find a strong and helpful marriage, do you want to lose the Su family's century-old glory in this generation? ”

"Mother, you are discouraged." Su Wu came to her mother's side, stroked her back and said, "In any case, my brother can inherit the title later, although he is demoted to inheritance, but he is also a dignified marquis, and our Su family will not decline." ”

"It's not that simple." Jiang shook his head, "Why do you think Yan'er didn't inherit the title after your father died?" ”

Su Wan and Su Yan glanced at each other, but they were very puzzled at this time.

Jiang continued: "The interior of our family is not as calm as you imagined, your uncle in the second and third rooms has been eyeing this title, originally in the year of your weak crown can inherit the marquis, your uncles united with the elders in the clan, on the grounds that you are too young, it is not suitable to inherit the title too early, in terms of seniority, the elders of the clan are indeed able to speak in front of the emperor, and the emperor has to give them some face, so your inheritance has been shelved." ”

"I see...... I didn't expect my family to have such ambitions and covet my father's title! Only then did Su Wu know the truth that her brother had never inherited the title.

It was also the first time that Su Yan had heard his mother talk about this, and he wanted to focus on making meritorious contributions, and never paid attention to the affairs of the lord and the clan.

"Although they are not long-term houses, they are all descendants, and they naturally covet this title, even if Yan'er establishes more military achievements, they are all juniors in their eyes, they drag it and don't let Yan'er inherit it, I'm afraid that they are just waiting for one day, if Yan'er has any accidents like your father on the battlefield, they can justifiably take away the title." Jiang poured out his forbearance and hardship over the years, with tears of grievance hidden in his eyes, "Now you know, why I urged Yan'er to get married, not only because the Chu clan is strong, but also because men are regarded as growing up when they get married, if they can give birth to an heir, they will be able to completely break their thoughts that they shouldn't have." ”

"Mother, it's the son who is not good, and I haven't been able to sympathize with my mother's difficulties all these years." Su Yan's momentum also weakened, he knew that it was extremely difficult for his mother to support the Su family, but he didn't expect that there were so many unknown hardships behind him.

"In any case, your father exchanged his life for the title of merit, and my mother must keep it for him." Speaking of her husband who died early, Jiang finally couldn't hold back her tears.

"Mother, in the future, my son will be more careful when he goes on expeditions, and he will be more cautious as an official in the court, and I will protect the titles of our Su family and father, but only marriage, forgive my son for being unfilial, and my son still can't accept it." With that, Su Yan knelt beside Jiang.

"You...... You're still so stubborn! Jiang Shi pointed at Su Yan, his fingers trembling slightly.

Seeing this, Su Wan called softly: "Brother." He gave him a look and motioned for him to say no more.

But Su Yan still didn't mean to get up, and Meiyu was still resolute.

"Do you think that if you have made a meritorious service this time, you can ask the emperor to withdraw the will to give marriage? Do you only take the divine decree as child's play? Jiang said coldly: "You don't want to think about it, in order to stabilize the Chu clan, it is imperative for the emperor to marry the Chu tribe, but the Chu tribe is a border tribe and cannot become a concubine, so the emperor chose you after thinking about it, your family background is noble, and you are completely trustworthy, in other words, this marriage is also a royal move." ”

Su Yan raised his head suddenly, as if he had just woken up from a dream, and only then did he realize the true meaning behind his marriage.

Jiang's gaze became more and more fierce: "No matter how much the emperor spoils you, but it is a matter of national society, how can he indulge you and rely on you?!" The marriage between the Zhenguo Mansion and the Chu people is already well known, and now that you are going to withdraw from the marriage, where do you put the face of the Chu Ministry? Where do you forget the royal face? angered the emperor, and the Su family's inheritance from generation to generation will be over......"

"No...... How could this be......" Su Yan sat on his knees in a daze, his eyes having lost focus.

"I have said this, if you still insist on going to the palace to ask for a divorce, and your mother can't stop you, so let it be." With that, Jiang got up and brushed his sleeves away.

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