Seeing that Su Yun'an had deliberately added him, Helian Rong smiled again: "It is an honor for me to become your family!"
Su Yun'an smiled shyly and asked again cautiously, "Then can I go back to Dong Chu and Xi Liang often in the future?"
Helian Rong raised his eyebrows noncommittally: "Your sister mentioned this to me a few days ago, and I think it's a good suggestion. Whenever you miss your sister and brother-in-law, or your father and mother, you can return to Eastern Chu or Western Liang at any time."
Helian Rong then patted his head and said, "Didn't we also summon the Azure Dragon Divine Beast? That Azure Dragon Divine Beast serves you as its master, so it should be very convenient for you to go back whenever you want."
Su Yun'an was overjoyed and immediately jumped up and down: "That's great! I knew you would agree! Long live great-grandfather! Long live sister!"
Helian Rong was infected by Su Yun'an's joy and smiled as well. He instructed Yuan Xian beside him, "I want to hold a small family banquet. Have the imperial kitchen prepare!"
Since they entered the palace, apart from holding various grand banquets, he has never invited those children to a family dinner. It's time to hold a family dinner.
"Yes." Yuan Xian quickly replied and bowed to do so.
Helian Rong then looked at Su Yun'an: "Then let's start from today. Are you ready?"
Su Yun'an nodded obediently.
The great-grandfather and great-grandson began working on the documents together.
In fact, the Northern Wei had accumulated a lot of memorials, mainly because Helian Rong was getting old and had to fight against Helian Zheng and the other two every day, so he had almost no time to deal with the memorials.
Therefore, they selected the most important reports to process first, while the other unimportant reports were simply left to pile up.
If it weren't for teaching Su Yun'an, Helian Rong wouldn't have sat down at the table to handle memorials so early.
While processing the memorials, Helian Rong instructed Su Yun'an on how to handle such memorials.
Su Yun'an was naturally studying very diligently.
The great-grandfather and great-grandson spent the whole day teaching and learning.
That evening, Helian Rong summoned Su Renzhong, Duanmu Junyu, Su Xuening, and Xuanyuan Zhan, saying he was hosting a small family dinner.
It was called a small family dinner, and it really was a small family dinner.
There was no one else, just the few of them. There weren't any banquet tables, just a small round table around which everyone sat together.
Helian Rong was delighted to see the family sitting neatly in front of him: "We haven't had a family banquet together before. Today, I specially ordered the Imperial Kitchen to prepare a table so we can all have a good get-together."
After Helian Rong finished speaking, he picked up his chopsticks again and said, "Since this is a family dinner, everyone should relax and make themselves at home."
As he spoke, Helian Rong was the first to pick up his chopsticks.
Seeing this, the others also began to pick up their chopsticks.
It has to be said that family dinners should be more relaxed.
Compared to the restraint at the previous banquet, everyone was now chatting and laughing, and was very happy.
When Helian Rong spoke of Su Yun'an's academic performance, he was full of praise: "Yun'an is very smart and has a strong learning ability. He can learn many things as soon as I teach them."
Su Yun'an was embarrassed by the praise: "That's all thanks to your excellent teaching, Great-Grandfather."
Seeing the great-grandfather and great-grandson getting along so well, Su Renzhong was very pleased: "Seeing you two getting along so well, I can finally go back to Xiliang with Ayu without worry."
Su Renzhong's silence only made things worse; the moment he opened his mouth, he instantly incurred the double hatred of Helian Rong and Su Yun'an.
Helian Rong glanced at Su Renzhong with disdain, then praised Su Yun'an: "You are much smarter and more sensible than your father."
...In front of his daughter and son-in-law, Su Renzhong was immediately embarrassed when his father said he was not as good as his son. He said somewhat unhappily, "Praise An'er if you want, why belittle me!"
Helian Rong was so angry that he wanted to speak again, but Su Yun'an followed up, saying, "Great-grandfather is right. I also think I am smarter than my father."
...Now that even his son said so, Su Renzhong was speechless and dared not refute anymore.
Who told him to not only abandon his grandfather but also sell his son? He can only be nagged by these two.
Su Xuening smiled and served Helian Rong some food, trying to smooth things over, saying, "Don't be angry with your father anymore. Eat more. These fish balls are good; they're boneless and fresh, perfect for you."
Seeing how filial Su Xuening was, Helian Rong wasn't really angry. He glared at Su Renzhong and said, "You've never been good at anything else in your life, except giving birth to these two children!"
Su Renzhong pouted in dissatisfaction, but didn't argue with him: "Isn't that my greatest achievement?"
Everyone was amused by Su Renzhong's words and burst into laughter.
Helian Rong's anger dissipated immediately.
Overall, the family dinner was quite good.
After the family banquet, Su Renzhong accompanied Su Yun'an to practice with the Green Dragon Crescent Blade in the courtyard, while Xuan Yuanzhan accompanied Helian Rong to play chess under a tree.
Su Xuening and Duanmu Junyu were playing with the baby.
The family is harmonious and happy.
After the game, Helian Rong was truly amazed by Xuanyuan Zhan's chess skills: "You don't need to deliberately let me win. Losing is losing. I'm not the kind of person who has to win."
Xuanyuan Zhan laughed and said, "Don't belittle yourself. Your chess skills are clearly superior. I tried my best, but I could only barely make sure I didn't lose too badly!"
Helian Rong was amused by him and gave him a playful glare: "Do you think I'm really so old and blind that I can't even tell whether I'm winning or losing!"
Xuanyuan Zhan raised his eyes and looked at Helian Rong's eyes, which, though cloudy, seemed to see through people's hearts. He stood up with shame and bowed to Helian Rong: "I was wrong. Please forgive me, Great-Grandfather!"
He was indeed overthinking it. An emperor who had been on the throne for decades had seen all sorts of storms and waves; how could he not be able to handle defeat?
Actually, he just knew that his health was not good, so he didn't want his emotions to fluctuate too much, and he didn't think too much about it.
Knowing that Xuanyuan Zhan had no ill intentions, Helian Rong quickly waved his hand, gesturing for him to sit down: "Let's not talk about this anymore, let's play another round, show us your true skills."
"Okay." Xuanyuan Zhan obediently rearranged the chess pieces.
Helian Rong looked at Xuanyuan Zhan with anticipation: "Ning'er and An'er praise you to me every day, saying that you are good in every way. You can't let me down!"
Xuanyuan Zhan hadn't expected that Su Xuening and Su Yun'an would praise him in front of the old emperor. He smiled wryly and said, "I'll try my best."
The two played another game of chess, and this time Xuanyuan Zhan didn't let him win.
Although Helian Rong was also a skilled chess player, Xuanyuan Zhan defeated him in the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.
Looking at the ingenious chess game on the table, Helian Rong nodded in amazement: "Ning'er and An'er were right to praise you. You are indeed very intelligent!"
Someone who can devise such ingenious strategies in the face of a chess game must find it easy to handle state affairs. No wonder Ning'er and An'er both praised him for his great talent in governing the country.
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