Chapter 88 Chapter 88 If necessary, force the third brother...

After placing the flailing and kicking Lan Jie'er back on the bed, Su Guanzhang sat back down beside her and exchanged glances with Xuan Jinyu. "Jinyu, I guessed Third Brother's identity wasn't right first, and it was only after Grandfather saw through it that he gave me the clue."

Xuan Jinyu was extremely surprised.

She had never thought of asking him this question before, and when she recalled the conversation between them when he told her that his third brother had decided to seize the throne, her mood became complicated.

"You're really good at hiding things," she said, not in a sarcastic tone, but in a very calm tone.

He kept the matter hidden in his heart for three years, and even she, his bedmate, didn't notice anything was wrong.

Am I too slow?

No, it's because this man is too taciturn and his emotions are indifferent. Others can't see any clues from his eyes or face.

Su Guanzhang looked at her cautiously, he was in the wrong.

The matter of Third Brother's life experience is of great importance, so it is understandable that he dared not reveal it.

But for the same three years, he hid his feelings for her but remained silent, watching her worry and anxiety in this relationship.

After they had a mutual understanding, every time he thought of this incident, he felt that his sin was unforgivable.

"Jinyu, it's my fault." Su Guanzhang said seriously, "I won't hide this from you anymore."

Xuan Jinyu leaned over to tease Lan Jie'er and ignored him.

Lan Jie'er was teased by her mother and laughed "Hahaha" and "Ahhh", and screamed wildly. Her little body turned over several times, and she fluttered around, making the neat bedding messy.

Su Guanzhang touched his nose and said, "Didn't you ask me why my grandfather gave me the evidence?" He tried to get his wife's attention.

Xuan Jinyu continued to tease the child, but her mind was mostly distracted.

Su Guanzhang could see the change in her expression. He breathed a sigh of relief and just ignored her.

"Not just because I know the truth."

He grabbed Lan Jie'er's fat feet that had kicked his legs and gently scratched the soles of her feet. She screamed in bed because of the itch and turned over several times, but she couldn't avoid his hands.

Su Guanzhang released Lan Jie'er's feet and looked at Xuan Jinyu. "It's also because I'm the last barrier that my grandfather left for the Xuan and Lin families."

As soon as these words were spoken, Xuan Jinyu's eyelashes trembled, and she finally looked at him straight in the eye.

She finally understood why her grandfather took the initiative to visit Duke Su's mansion. It turned out that it was not just for her marriage.

It is also for the future fate of the Xuan and Lin families.

She didn't have to ask her grandfather why he thought he could be that barrier. She had never doubted her belief in his abilities.

After thinking about all this, she felt very confused and didn't know what to say.

I wanted to ask him if their marriage was a transaction, but he had already confessed that even if my grandfather hadn't taken the initiative to come to the house, he would have asked my parents to come and propose marriage.

I wanted to ask him if he regretted marrying her and having to bear the fate of two families, but he clearly had no complaints.

If Su Guanzhang had told her this before Xuan Wensheng's background was exposed, she would have thought he was joking with her.

After all, it was the Su family that encountered the crisis before the Xuan family and the Lin family, and they were almost wiped out.

But when Xuan Wensheng's life story was exposed, she realized that all these years, both her natal family and her maternal family had been walking on the edge of a precipice. One wrong move and they would be shattered.

When Lan Jie'er saw that her mother stopped teasing her, she stretched out her little hands towards her and cried out "Ahhh", wanting her mother to hold her.

Xuan Jinyu came back to her senses, picked up her daughter from the bed, and kissed her soft and smooth little face.

Sister Lan lay contentedly in her mother's arms, turned her little head on her arm, and blew two bubbles at Su Guanzhang.

Su Guanzhang held her little hand.

"Did your grandfather ask you to suddenly give up martial arts and turn to literature?" Xuan Jinyu was finally able to ask this question.

After the two families had made their decision, but before Su Guanzhang married her, he resigned from his military post. He gave up his position as a general and took on the position of Junior Secretary of the Dali Temple.

She used to think that her grandfather forced him to stay in the capital for her happiness and because he didn't want her to have a husband who might die on the battlefield at any time.

Now it seems that the truth is probably more than that.

She had no doubt that her grandfather loved her, nor did she resent the fact that her marriage was mixed with official considerations. She was just confused and simply puzzled.

Su Guanzhang took her and his daughter into his arms and said, "Yes, I studied literature. It was my grandfather who persuaded me to do so."

It is common knowledge that Su Guanzhang, the youngest son of the Su family, is as good at martial arts as his eldest brother, the talented crown prince Su Guanyu; but few people know that Su Guanzhang is even more outstanding in literature and wisdom.

It was Taifu Lin who strongly persuaded Su Guanzhang to study literature. Except for Su Sheng who was present at the time, no one else knew about it, including Xuan Jinyu's parents and Su Guanzhang's mother Xu Yu Niang.

Taifu Lin believed that the Su family had no shortage of military generals, but Dasheng lacked cabinet talent.

Su Sheng and Su Guanzhang actually noticed the unclear attitude of the new emperor in the capital, so they made a decision.

Su Guanzhang stayed in the capital and entered the Dali Temple.

In this way, he and Su Sheng, one civil and one military, both stayed in the court of Shengjing City, laying an extra secret line for the Su family.

As long as the new emperor makes any move, they can respond in time and have the support of court officials.

As it turned out, their decision was not wrong.

After the news of Uncle Su's disappearance spread, not only did the military officers and civil officials from the Xuan and Lin families stand on their side, but the Dali Temple, which had always been neutral, also strongly supported the joint trial of the three courts.

Although the final result was not satisfactory, my grandfather still used the gold belt to save their lives.

"Jinyu, my grandfather said that if I didn't agree with Congwen, he wouldn't change his mind about marrying you to me."

Worried that Xuan Jinyu would be sad, Su Guanzhang said, "Grandfather truly believed that I would treat you well, protect you, and ensure your lifelong peace, that's why he entered the Su Guogong Mansion."

He explained, "As for persuading me to pursue literature, it was after he sat down and talked with me for half an hour and tested me for an hour before making the decision."

Xuan Jinyu held Lan Jie'er's little hand and buried her head in his shoulder.

"As for asking me to be a barrier between the Xuan family and the Lin family, it was after we got married and I discovered my third brother's background."

Master Lin first doted on his granddaughter, and only after receiving the unexpected surprise did he think about taking into account the future fate of both families.

"Grandfather said that the talents of my uncles and cousins ​​are not obvious. Once he is gone, the Lin family will probably decline."

Su Guanzhang felt the wetness on his shoulder, paused, and hugged her tightly. "As for the Xuan family, my father-in-law will only be promoted to the Minister of Revenue. My eldest brother...he has an in-law who is a burden to him."

Who in Shengjing City didn't know the absurdity and filth within the Ding'an Marquis Mansion of Xuanwenwei's Yue family? It was a quagmire that desperately pulled people down.

Who in the capital would dare to marry his daughter? And who would dare to marry their daughter into his family?

But the late emperor granted the marriage after Xuanwenwei had just entered the court and made his mark.

I'm afraid this arranged marriage is also intended to weaken the power of the Xuan family.

Afterwards, the late emperor granted marriage to Xuan Jinyu and the then weak and insignificant prince Shengyu, and he did not hide his intentions at all.

If it weren't for her grandfather's love for his granddaughter and his disobedience to the imperial order to refuse the marriage, Xuan Jinyu would probably have gotten nothing good given the situation at the time.

"Grandfather also noticed that my eldest sister-in-law rejected you," Su Guanzhang said with a hint of coldness in his tone, "He said that unless the Xuan family doesn't leave it to my eldest brother, after a hundred years, there will be no place for you in the Xuan family."

Xuan Jinyu's tears, which had just stopped, began to flow again. She remembered the conversation between her elder brother and her mother in the room outside her house.

My mother also wanted to leave the Xuan family to my third brother, just because she was afraid that my eldest sister-in-law would not tolerate her.

No matter how much Xuan Wenwei loves his sister, he will definitely not treat Xuan Jinyu badly after becoming the head of the family.

But when it comes to the inner house, there are many ways to make someone unhappy.

For example, words mixed with slight mockery, sarcasm, open praise and hidden criticism, etc., make the listeners feel unhappy, but they can't find any fault and can't express their grievances.

It even makes the listener very happy, but when others analyze and break it down carefully, they find that the person who spoke was actually making fun of them. It is really frustrating that they are being insulted in person and still have to endure it happily.

This method is just the simplest and most easily detected method. There are many more shady tactics used in the inner house struggles!

Even if Xuan Wenwei was protecting Xuan Jinyu, with his mind focused on the court, could he still have the time to pay attention to the affairs of the inner chamber? Could he detect those insidious tactics aimed at only one person through the barrier between men and women?

"My grandfather said that it's impossible for a girl from the Xuan family to end up not even being able to return home." Su Guanzhang's tone softened.

"You all know?" Xuan Jinyu asked softly.

She was too slow and stupid at that time. She was happy for a long time when her elder sister-in-law married into the Xuan family and did not notice the cold sarcasm in her words.

It was not until her second cousin-in-law married into the family that she realized the difference between her two sisters-in-law.

She still couldn't hear her elder sister-in-law's exclusion of her, but she could feel her dislike for her, so she gradually reduced the number of times she went to her yard.

As a result, she also became much more distant from her older brother.

After marriage, she liked going to the Lin Mansion more than returning to the Xuan Family. She thought no one knew about it.

Su Guanzhang kissed her hair tenderly, "Jinyu, you're the only one who doesn't care and wants to gloss over the situation."

Even he, who had little contact with the women in the Xuan family's inner chambers, noticed the subtle gap between her and his sister-in-law when he first accompanied her back home. How could others not notice it?

He later heard his grandfather confirm his thoughts. It turned out that his wife, who was doted on at home, had also been excluded and targeted by his respected sister-in-law.

However, the mother-in-law acted quickly, and Zhao settled down since then and could be treated normally. The others then put the past behind them and did not mention it again.

However, he would only notice that the relationship had already cracked and could not be restored to its original intact state.

Although Xuan Jinyu didn't care about her eldest sister-in-law's bullying, she still felt uncomfortable being disliked by her family. She whispered, "Let's continue talking about my grandfather!"

Su Guanzhang touched her head, took Lan Jie'er, who had been staring at her parents, from her arms, kissed her little face, and got his daughter's sweet smile in return.

"Before the wolf attack, the Lin family's secret guards came to me." He and Xuan Jinyu met eyes, "Not just the time I mentioned it to you at the beginning of my exile."

Hiding it from her again.

Xuan Jinyu pinched his waist, but didn't care about it in the end.

"My grandfather told me in a letter that the new emperor would no longer tolerate the Lin family."

Xuan Jinyu's eyes became hot and tears almost rolled down her cheeks.

"He made preparations in advance and asked the Lin family's secret guards to tell me that if necessary, he would force my third brother." This is why he went straight to Xuan Wensheng to confront him after the wolf attack.

Su Guanzhang held his wife in one hand and his daughter in the other. "My grandfather mentioned the death of the late emperor to me and said it was unusual."

"Grandfather's symptoms are so similar to those of the late emperor. He told me in his letter that he had noticed it."

On that day, the Minister of Justice Liang Fangfang held a banquet at his home to celebrate the 100th day of his eldest grandson's birth. Most of his colleagues in the court attended.

Taifu Lin also went there, remembering that the Su family and Xuan Jinyu were taken care of by him in the death row of the Ministry of Justice.

However, he had just recovered from a serious illness and was on a very strict diet. He only drank a cup of tea at the banquet, but he developed symptoms of a cold that day.

But because of the lingering cold in the autumn, he was clearly very careful about this; he was dressed warmly and had not been exposed to the cold wind, so how could he catch a cold?

He thought of the death of the previous emperor, and his own symptoms were exactly the same as those before the previous emperor's death.

That cup of tea turned out to be poisonous tea.

So he asked the secret guards to sneak into Liang's mansion at night, preserved the evidence, and handed the evidence against the deposed emperor to the leader of the secret guards, asking him to bring the evidence to Su Guanzhang.

The one who is hiding now and has not shown up is the leader of the secret guards who has evidence on him.

The room was filled with silence, with only the mountain spring water still gurgling.

Su Guanzhang put Xuan Jinyu, who had fallen asleep from crying herself tired, on the bed and covered her with a quilt. He then put Lan Jie'er, who had also fallen asleep, next to her and covered her with a small quilt.

He stared at the mother and daughter, who looked almost identical with their eyes closed, for a long time, kissed each of them on the forehead, then sat down at the bamboo table and began to write a letter.