In Lingyun Courtyard.

Mama Xu was rubbing Mrs. Su's shoulders when she suddenly heard a sound outside, and Mrs. Su opened her eyes: "What's going on outside?" ”

Mama Xu called the little maid to ask, and then returned to Mrs. Su: "It's the second wife's maiden family who is here again," after a pause, she said: "Recently, there has been a lot of rumors about the Chen family, and it is said that Mr. Chen's wisdom has been ruined by his descendants, and it is really a misfortune for the family." ”

Mrs. Su chuckled, closed her eyes, and leaned lightly to the side, covering the contempt in her eyes: "Then what is he doing at our house?" ”

"I'm afraid I'm here to find the second wife and ask for silver." Mama Xu said softly.

Old Mrs. Su opened her eyes suddenly, frowned slightly, and said: "You go, send the people of the Chen family away, now the Chen family is the daughter-in-law of the Su family, she is a married daughter, what is she always doing with her mother's family?" ”

Mama Xu responded: "Yes, the slave will go." ”

Mama Xu was ordered to go to the concierge and met the mama sent by the Chen family.

"Our third young master has been to Chen's Mansion since he went to Chen's Mansion, and he has been sick since he came back, and he hasn't been able to make a good deal yet, and others don't care about his body, but he is the lifeblood of our old lady, and he really doesn't have the extra energy to worry about Chen's affairs, besides, Master Chen still has children and grandchildren, and our second wife is a married daughter, so there is no reason to meddle in her mother's family affairs again." Mama Xu said condescendingly, "But our old lady is thinking that the two families are in-laws, and now the Chen family is in trouble, and we can't stand idly by, this one hundred taels of silver is a little bit of our old lady's heart, don't be too little, our Su family is also a difficult family." ”

After Mama Xu finished speaking, she threw the money bag filled with silver in front of the Chen family, and then left with the maid in style.

In this way, the people sent by the Chen family didn't even see Chen's face, so they were sent away by Mrs. Su.

The people of the Chen family went back to reply, Chen Yu was so angry that he scolded again, but he was helpless, the woman married her husband, and now the Chen family is not his daughter, but Su Chen's, even if he wants to scold the Chen family for being unfilial, there is no reason, because this time it was Mrs. Su who came forward.

Listening to Yuxuan, Jun Yao was describing to the Chen family how the people of the Chen family were sent away.

"Let's Mama Xu just like that, squinting at the people of the Chen family, and then the people of the Chen family walked away, that's it, that look!" Jun Yao tried her best to imitate Mama Xu's expression, and Chen was amused for a while.

Mama Lan also smiled, she turned her head to look like Su Yunlai, and sighed: "Sure enough, everything is as Miss Seven expected, the old lady knew that someone from the Chen family wanted silver, so she blocked the person back, so Miss ordered the porter, if the Chen family came, she would go to tell the old lady and let the old lady be the master!" ”

Su Zhan looked at Su Yunlai, his eyes were full of inquiry, not that he suspected Su Yunlai of something, he just felt strange, why did Su Yunlai recognize that Old Lady Su would not let the Chen family enter the door?

Su Yun saw his doubts, thought for a while, and then said: "Grandmother is the Su family after all, she will not be willing to let the affairs of the Chen family implicate the Su family, my grandfather is your elder, if he proposes to let you go to Mrs. Yang to intercede and let the Chen family go, you can't refuse because of filial piety, but in this way, it will affect the relationship between you and Mrs. Yang, and it will not be good for you or the Su family, so in order to avoid this situation, it is the best way for her to come forward and send the Chen family." ”

Su Zhan nodded, and Su Yunlai said: "Now that Young Master Chen has been disqualified from the scientific examination, the Chen family is in a mess, and there should be no energy to come to find the trouble of my mother again, even if they want to come to ask for silver, there will be a grandmother to send it, and my mother can rest assured." ”

The Chen family is Chen Yu's daughter, and this matter dooms them to a passive position, so Su Yunlai had no choice but to bring out the big Buddha of Mrs. Su and let someone with the same status talk to the Chen family, so as to ensure the interests of the Chen family.

Because of some obscure selfishness, Mrs. Su would not be happy to see the Chen family gain power, let alone let the Chen family help, which can be described as an instant hit.

The family was talking, but Mama Xu suddenly came, and she smiled as soon as she entered the door.

"Yo, where is the third young master? It's just right, and let the slave and maid run less! ”

Chen saw Mama Xu and hurriedly called: "Mama Xu is here, hurry, come, serve tea." ”

"The second wife is not busy, the slave maid is here to pass the word for the old lady," Mama Xu hurriedly excused herself, "The slave and maid will leave after passing the word, where is the old lady still waiting!" ”

Chen looked suspicious: "What does my mother command?" ”

"That's the case, in a few days, Chen Ge's wife will celebrate her sixtieth birthday, and our family has also received a post, so I thought about inviting a few wives to come over to discuss the matter of going to the birthday banquet." Mama Xu said, paused, and said: "I heard that this birthday banquet, several princes and nobles have gone back to participate, but they can't be sloppy." ”

Chen Ge Lao Chen Song is in a high position, and his wife's birthday banquet must be a gathering of guests, which cannot be taken lightly, so Mrs. Su called all her daughters-in-law this time and wanted to discuss how to celebrate her birthday.

"I know, I'll change my clothes, and I'll go to see my mother." The second lady nodded and said.

Mama Xu smiled and bowed her head: "Then the slave will leave first, and she will go to the third and fourth wives." ”

The second wife asked Xu Mama to go out, Su Yun looked at Su Zhan, and asked a little strangely: "A few days ago, because the war in Xuzhou was not going well, wasn't Chen Ge reprimanded by the emperor?" The nobles in the capital have become low-key, why is this Chen Ge Lao going to hold a birthday banquet for his wife at this time? ”

The war is not going well, the emperor is in a bad mood, at this time smart people know to clamp their tails and be a man, no one dares to touch the emperor's head at this time, so during this time, the banquet and flower viewing party in the capital have been silenced and disappeared, even if there are happy events at home, they are also low-key to deal with them, the emperor is in a hurry, they come to do happy events, isn't that not for the emperor to find unhappy?

The general who lost the battle this time was recommended by Chen Song, but now his wife held a birthday banquet with such fanfare, Su Yunlai felt that this was not quite something that Chen Ge could do.

Speaking of this, Su Zhan knew: "After the accident in Xuzhou, General Gu Shao immediately led his troops to support, seized the command of General Li Jianzhong, and won two battles in succession, and finally calmed down the war in Xuzhou." After a pause, he said cryptically: "But this matter has not spread, and I also heard what Mrs. Yang said." ”

Su Yunlai was stunned for a moment, and then understood that the young general Gu that Su Zhan was talking about was Gu Junyan, the son of Gu Yanshan, the general of Zhenguo, Gu Junyan was only sixteen years old this year, but he was already a young general with great achievements.

Chen Ge Lao and Gu Yanshan are both literate and martial, but they have been at a disagreement with politics for many years, and Chen Ge Lao is at a disadvantage every time he clashes with Gu Yanshan, for no other reason, that is, Gu Yanshan holds military power and has great achievements.

This time, Chen Ge Lao strongly recommended Li Jianzhong to guard Xuzhou, originally wanting to intervene in the army, but he didn't expect Li Jianzhong to be so unassuming, he lost the battle as soon as he arrived in Xuzhou, and even lost the city, and finally relied on Gu Junyan to take back the city.

This was undoubtedly a great shame for Chen Ge Lao, so the news of Gu Junyan's victory was not widely publicized.

And Chen Ge Lao held a birthday banquet for his wife this time, which is also a counterattack, he Chen Song has not fallen yet, he is still the most face-saving cabinet minister of the emperor in front of the emperor, and his wife's birthday prince will also come to cheer, those who want to pick up the high and step on the low should think about it, he Chen Song has not collapsed.

Su Yunlai thought about the key for a while, and then understood.

"Third brother, during the birthday banquet, Mrs. Yang will definitely go, and I will meet with several princes at that time, you remember, don't be too close to the second prince, if there are too many people around Mrs. Yang, don't follow him, there are a lot of people that day, and others won't notice you, if someone befriends you, you will pretend to be uncomfortable......" Su Yunlai told Su Zhan with a straight face.

Su Yunlai rarely spoke in such a serious tone, whether it was facing the malice of the fourth and fifth rooms in the past, or the affairs of the Chen family, she was calm, as if she had never taken these things seriously.

Su Zhan was still a little unacceptable to be spoken by his sister in an almost commanding tone, especially Su Yunlai's extraordinary calm and wisdom that had always been shown, which made Su Zhan, who had always been pretentious, very unaccustomed.

"I don't need you to teach me what to do!" Su Zhan said with a cold face, "Take care of yourself!" ”

Su Zhan finished speaking coldly, turned around and left.

Su Yun looked at his back, and couldn't help lowering her head and smiling bitterly, was she too impatient?

Chen came out and saw that Su Zhan was gone, and said in surprise: "What about your third brother?" Why did you just leave? ”

Su Yunlai said: "I want to go to Chen Ge's house, and the third brother will also go back to prepare." ”

Chen nodded, the relationship between Su Yunlai and Su Zhan's brother and sister has become more and more harmonious recently, and she is also a lot more relieved, so she didn't think much about it.

Mrs. Su attached great importance to this birthday banquet, and personally ordered someone to prepare clothes and jewelry for several young ladies in the house.

Soon, it was time for Mrs. Chen Ge's birthday banquet.

Early in the morning, Jun Yao got up early to bathe and put on makeup for Su Yunlai, and today Su Yunlai was wearing a small jacket with a crescent moon white peony flower, and a goose-yellow pleated skirt on the lower body, which was very suitable for her gentle and elegant temperament.

The jewelry was not given to the ladies by Mrs. Su, but specially prepared for her by the Chen family, which was a pair of green jade and jade hairpins, which looked elegant and chic.

Jun Yao looked at the beautiful and refined Su Yunlai, and smiled with satisfaction: "Miss will definitely overwhelm the crowd when she goes out like this!" ”

Xue Mei, the second-class maid who was serving by Su Yunlai's side, covered her mouth and smiled at this time: "In the eyes of Sister Jun Yao, our girls are all good-looking!" ”

Jun Yao's face was originally so reasonable: "That's nature, our young lady is the best." ”

"Okay, don't be poor," Su Yunlai spoke, "Jun Yao, you go and see how your mother's preparations are." ”

Jun Yao answered, and just turned around and walked out, Chen happened to walk in, saw Su Yunlai's dress, and nodded with satisfaction: "Well, Ah Wan is dressed well, who chose it, there is a reward!" ”

Jun Yao smiled triumphantly, as if she was praising her.

Su Yunlai didn't see his maid's happy appearance, and held Chen's hand: "Mother, let's go, it's not good to be late today." ”

Chen nodded, and walked to the door with Su Yunlai, the fourth and fifth wives had already arrived, not only that, but the third wife of the Su family, who had always been very low-key, was also there.

Su Zhiwen, the third master of the Su family, is the eldest son of Mrs. Su, but because Su Zhiwen's qualifications are mediocre and his personality is wooden, Mrs. Su is very cold to him.

Su Zhiwen's wife, Tian, has been in the door for many years, and only gave birth to Su Yunxiang, the eldest lady of the Su family, and has no son, which also makes Mrs. Su very dissatisfied, so the third room of the Su family looks very low-key and has no sense of existence in the house.

The third lady stood beside her with a silent face, and did not speak to the two concubines, standing beside her was her only daughter Su Yunxiang, Su Yunxiang is fifteen years old this year, it is when she wants to talk about others, her appearance is much more mediocre compared to other sisters, and Mrs. Su is not very concerned about her family affairs.

After greeting a few people, they got into the carriage, and this time there were not only female relatives who went to the Su Mansion for the banquet, but also the third master of the Su family and several young masters.

Su Yunlai got into the car and found Su Zhan, and whispered: "Third brother, I had a bad attitude yesterday, don't be angry with me!" ”

Su Zhan didn't expect Su Yunlai to come over and admit his mistake, he was not good at dealing with a girl, although he still had a straight face, his expression had eased a lot.

Su Yunlai said quickly: "But you must remember my words, don't approach the second prince." ”

"Ah Wan, get in the car!" Not far away, the Chen greeted.

Su Yunlai responded and hurriedly said, "Third brother, you must remember, I'll go first." ”

Su Zhan was not angry this time, looking at her back as she walked away, a touch of deep thought flashed in his eyes, with his excellent memory, he remembered that this was the second time that Su Yunlai had reminded him not to approach the second prince.

The first time was when he was in the Yang family, the fourth wife wanted to calculate him, and at that time, Su Yunlai reminded him not to approach the second prince, he didn't think much about it at that time, but when Su Yunlai knew that Su Yunfei was going to find the second prince, he didn't want him to get involved.

Now for the second time, Su Yunlai still reminded him not to approach the second prince.

Su Zhan didn't know whether to be happy that her sister didn't have the intention of climbing the dragon and the phoenix, or whether she should worry about whether she was going to calculate something.

The younger sister is too smart, and the elder brother is also very worried, Su Zhan stepped into the carriage with extremely complicated feelings.

It's just that there are some things that you can't hide if you want to.

Soon arrived at Chen's Mansion, Chen Ge Lao is worthy of being the first assistant of the cabinet, and the guests who came to the banquet today can be said to be gathered, and the carriage at the door can't stop, so it took them a lot of effort to get to the door.

In comparison, Su Mansion is only a small family, and it is not very valued, and only one servant leads them into the hall of hospitality.

Su Zhiwen is a wooden person, and he is not very good at ushering in the send-off, so he will not move when he sits in his position, but Su Jie and Su Chen want to make contacts, and they are a little uncomfortable.

Suddenly, there was a noise outside, Su Zhan raised his head, and heard someone shouting: "The second prince and the fourth prince have arrived!" ”

Everyone was shocked and stood up to greet them.

Outside the door soon appeared a figure, the leader of the man was in his fifties, but he was in good spirit, with a steady pace, and with the majesty of a long high position, and there were two sixteen or seventeen-year-old boys on his right and left.

The young man on the left is wearing a black brocade robe, his long hair is tied up, his appearance is handsome, full of nobility, and his gestures reveal a sense of arrogance and nobility, which is the current queen's concubine, the second prince.

The young man on the right is wearing an emerald blue robe, and his appearance is also handsome and elegant, with a warm smile on the corner of his mouth, and he looks much more approachable.

He is the fourth prince today, and his virgin is none other than Chen Guifei, the daughter of Chen Gelao, who is his maternal grandfather.

The second prince was talking to Chen Ge Lao: "I did an uninvited guest today, and I followed the fourth brother to disturb me, Chen Ge Lao won't blame me, right?" ”

Chen Song hurriedly arched his hand: "It is a great honor for the old minister to come, why bother." ”

Mrs. Yang, who was following a few people, smiled at this time: "Lord Chen is hospitable, this is known to the whole capital, and I will follow His Highness and ask for a glass of water and wine with a cheeky face." ”

Mrs. Yang and Chen Ge have always been friends, and the two have a very good personal relationship, and they speak casually.

A touch of helplessness flashed on Chen Ge's face: "When did you lose your wine again?" ”

The four princes on the side looked at everyone and didn't dare to laugh anymore, so they said at this time: "Everyone is here to participate in the birthday banquet, and my second brother and I, like everyone, are also here to pay homage to our birthdays, since we are all guests, we don't have to be so formal." ”

The tense spirit of everyone was a little more relaxed, and the fourth prince was really as rumored, treating people kindly and gently.

The second prince glanced at the four princes quietly at this time, this time Chen Ge Lao feasted guests in the name of the birthday banquet, I am afraid that it is to accumulate contacts for the four princes, so he also followed, but I didn't expect it to be the case, before the birthday banquet started, the four princes began to buy people's hearts.

The second prince looked at everyone with a touched and surprised expression, and frowned slightly.

The fourth prince still had a smile on his face, and suddenly his gaze fell in the direction of Su Zhan, "Hey, Mrs. Yang, this is the young prodigy who is famous in the capital, the third young master of the Su family?" Your protégé? ”

As soon as the four princes said this, Su Zhan immediately became the focus of attention of the audience, and these eyes were either inquisitive or jealous to look at Su Zhan.

Su Zhan smiled bitterly in his heart, and secretly said in his heart, Su Yunlai also asked him to stay away from the second prince, and now that he has been named by the fourth prince, he doesn't know if it will be counted as fulfilling her instructions.

Mrs. Yang glanced at Su Zhan, the expression on his face softened, and he nodded with a smile: "Exactly," After a pause, he greeted: "Zhan'er, I haven't come to see the two highnesses yet." ”

Su Zhan had no choice but to stand up and walk over under the jealous eyes of Su Jie and Su Chen.

"The grass people have seen the two highnesses and Lord Chen." Su Zhan said neither humbly nor arrogantly.

Su Zhan lowered his head, feeling that the eyes of the second prince and the fourth prince fell on him, as if they wanted to see through his heart.

Su Zhan was calm on the surface, but secretly said in his heart, he was worthy of being a child who grew up in the royal family, and he already had such majesty at a young age.

The fourth prince was the first to retract his gaze, and he glanced at the second prince: "Second emperor brother, I remember the companion you chose before, it seems that there is a young master of the Su family, right?" ”

The companions of the second prince are carefully selected, and everyone who is selected into the Guozijian knows that the second prince naturally knows about Su Jie, but although Su Jie's talent is good, it is not to the point of being amazingly talented, and he will be admitted to the Guozijian at that time, just to give Mrs. Yang a face, in fact, he has already made a decision, and he will take this person down in the future.

"It should be the fifth young master of the Su family." The second prince nodded and said.

Su Jie didn't expect the second prince to remember him, and a burst of ecstasy flashed on his face.

"This Su family is really worthy of being a scholarly family, it is really a capable person, I heard that this Su Sangongzi has been smart and alert since he was a child, and he has the ability to never forget, so that talents should be cultivated well," the fourth prince said with a smile, after speaking, he looked at Su Zhan and said something that surprised everyone: "I still lack a companion to read, why don't Su Sangongzi go into the palace to accompany this prince to study?" ”

What a face it is to be able to let the four princes personally open their mouths and invite them to read as companions, and for a while, everyone looked at Su Zhan differently.

There are two princes to read with each other, and they are also the two emperors' favorite sons, and some quick-witted people have begun to think, isn't this the emperor going to start using the Su family?

It seems that the Su family will have to look at it again in the future, after all, although the older generation of the Su family does not have talents who can do it, the younger generation is capable of many people.

Su Zhan, as the protagonist, was very indifferent, and he was not shocked by honor and disgrace, he bowed his hand and made a gesture: "Thank you to the four princes for their love, the four princes are so loving, the grass people are really frightened, but the grass people have not been in good health since childhood, they are often sick, and the grass people are small, if they delay the four princes to study, it is a sin, the four princes love the grass people, and the grass people never dare to delay His Royal Highness." ”

The fourth prince frowned slightly, and was about to say something, when Mrs. Yang on the side smiled and said: "The fourth prince loves talents, but today we are here to pay homage to the birthday, shouldn't we go to meet the old birthday star?" ”

Mrs. Yang's face was to be given, and the fourth prince immediately diverted his attention: "Yes, yes, I haven't gone to see my grandmother yet, my grandfather, let's take a look at my grandmother!" ”

After speaking, he stopped paying attention to Su Zhan.

Su Zhan breathed a sigh of relief.

The second prince and the fourth prince all went to visit Mrs. Chen, and as soon as several bigwigs left, the atmosphere in the hall immediately became lively.

Su Zhan walked over, and Jun Yao hurriedly saluted: "Third Young Master." ”

"Why are you here?" Su Zhan asked with a frown.

Jun Yao smiled stupidly: "It's not just me who came, but our young lady also came!" ”

Su Yunlai walked out from behind the pillar behind Jun Yao, "Third brother." ”

I don't know why, seeing Su Yunlai, Su Zhan thought of what happened just now, and he felt a little weak.

"I just refused, it wasn't me who provoked the Four Princes." Su Zhan immediately explained.

A smile flashed in Su Yunlai's eyes, and she slowed down her voice: "My third brother is so good, it is natural that he will be selected by the fourth prince, I naturally know it." ”

Su Zhan breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and listened to Su Yunlai and said: "The third brother has done a good job, if the fourth prince mentions that the third brother is going to be a companion, you must refuse, this is not for yourself, but for Mrs. Yang." ”

Su Zhan was stunned: "What do you mean?" ”

Su Yun looked around: "Now is not the time to speak, as long as the third brother remembers, don't get involved with a few princes!" After a pause, she couldn't hide her worry and said, "Today's birthday banquet, I'm afraid there will be a turmoil." ”

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