Chapter I

Su Ying has always wanted to know, what was Ling Yan thinking when he died? Was he willing to die at the hands of his sweetheart?

Su Ying only knew that since then, Ling Yan had been charged with betraying His Majesty's wishes, and had been scolded by the Spirit Realm for generations.

The history books only tell Su Ying this.

Nowadays, things have long been different. More than 2,000 years have passed, except for the emperor or the emperor, everything has changed, although the life span of people in the spirit world is infinite, there are always births, old age, sickness and death, or accidents.

Now, it is the year 2767 of the Heavenly Age, and His Majesty Qiluan is more than 2700 years old.

Su Ying has calculated that 2505 years have passed, and His Majesty Qiluan still makes the rear seat vacant. There is no shortage of beauties in the harem, including charming women and delicate men.

Su Ying has been wondering if His Majesty Qiluan has never forgotten the person from two thousand years ago.

Two thousand years, too far away for him to imagine.

Su Ying is still young, now he is only 179 years old, and he is still a year away from performing the weak crown ceremony. His father is an official in the spiritual realm, and he is in the Ministry of Rites, so it can be said that he is not too big or too small to be in an important position.

And His Majesty Qiluan, he is still perfect, just like the prosperous master of the Ming Dynasty two thousand years ago. No, it should be said, he is more perfect.

The decrees he issued were always for the benefit of the country and the people, and the political affairs he managed were always only orderly, and even the banquets he attended were happy. Su Shangshu talked about him, always with a strong sense of awe and worship. From civil officials to military generals, and then to generals and soldiers at the border gates, there is no sage who does not regard him as the supreme king, wise and resolute. Even his looks are getting more outstanding.

Indeed, a perfect man.

Su Shangshu had never taken Su Ying to a banquet attended by His Majesty, and Su Ying could guess a few points from the reason for this.

Su Zhong, the only son in the family, entered the court more than 1,310 years ago, was rigorous but pedantic, and often scheming.

Su Ying is the third in line, with two older brothers at the top and a younger brother at the bottom. The eldest brother, Su Can, followed in the footsteps of his father, and now he is in the Ministry of Rites; The second brother, Su Yin, became a military general, and now assists the general in guarding the frontier at the border pass; The third child, Su Ying, has not yet performed a weak crown salute and cannot serve in the court; The fourth Su Liu, who is eight years younger than Su Ying, can't make a difference.

Today is a little different, today my father is going to take a few Su brothers to attend His Majesty's 2778th birthday.

His Majesty is thrifty and does not often hold birthday banquets, and I heard that it was recently catching up with the birthday of Prime Minister Zuo's niece, Concubine Li, so he simply held a banquet together.

"Third young master, the master asked the slave to pass the word." Someone outside the door was calling Su Ying.

"Huh?" Su Ying closed the book and rubbed his eyebrows with his slender fingers.

"Master urges you to hurry up, don't miss the auspicious time!" The voice was a little trembling.

"Hmm." Su Ying raised his hand and threw the book on the table and got up. Unhurriedly, he sat back in his chair and called, "Ning Qing, change my clothes for me." ”

Ning Qing is Su Ying's personal servant, and he has followed him since he was a child, and he knows Su Ying's temper no better.

"Childe, don't you want to go?" Ning Qing held a set of purple clothes in his hand and flicked it.

Su Ying glanced at him and said lightly, "What if I don't want to?" When the father does things, he takes into account whether he wants to live or not. ”

Ning Qing stopped talking and served Su Ying to dress.

The next person came to pass the word again, saying that Su Shangshu couldn't wait, so he left first and let Su Ying arrive.

Waiting for Ning Qing to help Su Ying put her hair in a bun, Su Ying stood up a little indifferently, raised her hand and looked at the extremely complicated patterns on her sleeves, inexplicably bored.

"No wonder there are so many young ladies in Chaoge, and they have to wait for their sons to salute." Ning Qing didn't seem to notice Su Ying's impatience, and there was a hint of a smile on her lips, as if she was very satisfied with Su Ying's outfit.

Su Ying didn't say a word, and Ning Qing continued: "I'm afraid that even if the son becomes a gift, they will have to wait in vain." ”

"Is Ning Qing in a good mood today?"

Su Ying glanced at Ning Qing again, and Ning Qing shut up.

After getting into the carriage, the eldest brother squinted at Su Ying for a while, smiled, and smiled a little deliberately, "The third brother really lives up to the reputation of 'Chaoge Baibi'!" ”

Su Ying lowered her eyes, her eyelashes covering her phoenix eyes, as if she hadn't heard.

"That's it, the third brother is the best-looking!"

Su Ying turned around, only to see Su Liu looking at him behind him with a pair of big eyes full of reverence, and his little face was covered with excitement.

Su Ying couldn't help but smile slightly.

Su Ying rarely laughs, which may be related to the fact that he didn't grow up with his parents when he was a child. When he was born, none of these so-called relatives around him were there. Even if the second brother Su Yin wanted to find him back to his house on the orders of his father, the second brother was busy with military affairs, so he was brought up by an old woman in the frontier, and later there was a war, and the old woman died under the sharp blade of the enemy, and blood was splashed all over Su Ying's immature face.

Curved eyebrows, long eyelashes, bright phoenix pupils, infinite gentleness.

But this smile is infinitely beautiful in the eyes of others. Su Can was immediately stunned. Su Liu's mouth was blankly open.

Su Ying stopped laughing and sat silently in the car.

The sound of horses' hooves sounded, and Su Ying leaned against the wall of the car and pretended to sleep, saying nothing all the way.

About half an hour later, someone lifted the curtain, "The eldest son, the third son, the little son, it's here." ”

Su Ying opened his eyes and saw that Su Can had already gotten out of the car, and Su Liu was staring at him. Su Ying took Su Liu's hand and was about to go down.

"Third brother, I'm nervous!"

Su Ying turned around, Su Liu's small face was slightly pale, and his hands were a little cold. Su Ying stretched out his hand to help him straighten the collar of the blue dress, and said, "Don't be nervous, just follow my brother." Su Liu nodded hurriedly.

Shangshu Mansion, if you really want to say that Su Ying is still half sincere, I am afraid that there is only this fourth brother.

Pulling Su Liu out of the car, Su Ying looked up at the brightly lit hall, and the words "Wounded Garden" in front of him were almost dazzling.

Su Ying was a little uncomfortable with the light, and narrowed her eyes. Since the first time he was taken back to Chaoge, Su Ying had seen this garden located on the outskirts of Chaoge, and heard that Emperor Qiluan built this garden shortly after Ling Yan's death, which made it difficult not to think about it.

"Oh, isn't this the third son?"

Su Ying came back to her senses, looking back with disgust but not leaking.

The person who came was not a stranger, in a crimson costume, with a frivolous and playful face.

Su Ying looked away expressionlessly.

The man was stunned for a moment, as if he was a little dissatisfied and received a cold reception, and just as he was about to speak, Su Can walked over, "Isn't this Sima Gongzi?" How is your father, Lord Sima, doing lately? ”

Sima Gongzi went down when he saw the steps, and greeted him with a smile: "Shangshu Gongzi is polite!" I intend to get to know Brother Ling, I don't know if I can recommend it? His eyes drifted towards Su Ying.

Su Ying raised her eyebrows.

Su Can looked at Su Ying silently, but he knew that his younger brother had a withdrawn and weird personality, moody, and had a troublesome face. But the Sima family is not small, and Lord Sima is the right minister, which is exactly the object he needs to woo, and now is a good opportunity.

Su Can thought about it and replied with a smile: "Sima Gongzi is interested, and the subordinate will naturally obey his fate." Wait for the official to ask the younger brother to toast you. ”

Sima Gongzi smiled and said, "Master Su is also a rare handsome man with high talents, and my father will definitely appreciate it." Then he turned and went in.

Su Ying raised his eyes to look at Su Can, who was slightly taller than him, and looked at Su Can's eyes that were evading due to embarrassment, but they were very clear in the night.

"Big brother, how can you do this to the third brother?" Su Liu broke free of his hand and jumped out from behind Su Ying with an angry and dissatisfied face.

Su Can grabbed Su Liu, and Su Liu broke away and glared angrily.

Su Can smiled and said, "The fourth brother is still young, and the eldest brother will tell you when you grow up." The eldest brother is also helpless! After speaking, he glanced at Su Ying meaningfully, turned around and entered the garden.

Su Ying's expression was indifferent, and he didn't want to say a word. These self-proclaimed fathers and brothers never treated him as a brother or blood, and it just so happened that he never regarded them as close relatives.

Su Ying had too many things to tell them, and they had too much to hide from him.

Chaoge, he will have to leave sooner or later.