Mao Tuan Tuan pretended to be dead straightforwardly, which made Su Yi scream in her heart that he was an unfilial son.

If it were any other female member of the family, they would either scream in shock or faint from fright.

In fact, Su Yi felt that sometimes pretending to faint could save a lot of trouble. The King of Rui looked tall and strong, so he would not bother with a weak woman like her, right?

While thinking so, she couldn't help but glance at the little girl who fainted at his feet, and silently ruled out this option from her mind.

This guy is a ruthless and cruel man, and he will not be merciful to women.

The King of Rui had already walked towards her. Since she couldn't hide from him and it seemed too late to seduce him, Su Yi simply looked at him openly.

He was very tall, and even though he wasn't wearing armor, he still gave people a sense of imposing imposingness. Judging from his face, he actually looked pretty good, with deep eyes, a high nose, and thin lips, full of masculine appeal. Unfortunately, his aura was too intimidating, and his eyes were dark and deep, always flashing with a faint bloody light, making

people dare not look closely. Su Yi was now considered tall and slender, but when the other party approached, she could only look up at him, which made her a lot less imposing.

She thought this wouldn't work, so she looked around, stepped on a stone nearby, and then looked down at him, saying in a negotiating tone: "How about this, I'll pretend I didn't see you pinching someone, and you'll pretend I didn't hit you, and neither of us will settle accounts with each other?"

King Rui had a blank expression on his face, like a cold weapon, and his tone didn't even fluctuate when he spoke. He stretched out his hand in front of Su Yi, holding the stone with his fingertips, "Throw it again."

"Huh?" Su Yi almost thought she had heard it wrong. She looked at the stone, then at the other person's face, and looked back and forth several times before she was sure that he was not joking.

Did she succeed in seducing him? As soon as this guy saw her, he was so fascinated that he turned around and fell at her feet?

But asking someone to hit you with a stone, what kind of new way of chatting up is this?

Su Yi doubtfully took the pebble, jumped off the stone, took two steps back, and confirmed again: "Did I really smash it?"

King Rui did not speak, but his standing posture changed slightly, as if the muscles in his body were tense and ready to go.

Seeing this, Su Yi took aim and tossed lightly.

She saw the movements of King Rui's feet changing several times. In terms of human physical condition, his reaction speed was really very agile and could be considered top-notch.

But Su Yi is not a human, she is a demon. When she wants to hit, it is like cheating. She can hit no matter what.

Of course, King Rui did not escape. Fortunately, Su Yi remembered not to hit someone in the face, so the stone hit him on the chest and fell into his hand.

He held the stone and looked over. The face was still like a stone sculpture, without any expression, but the blood in her body seemed to come alive, eager to try, "You are good, fight with me."

Now it was Su Yi's turn to be expressionless. Fight you, you are so righteous to ask a weak woman like her to fight with you, don't you feel ashamed?

She thought she had succeeded in seducing.

At this time, Mao Tuan Tuan appeared again, "Yi Yi, you did a good job, you attracted the other party's attention so quickly!"

"Shut up, you bastard."

It was impossible to fight. They were gentle people, they didn't know what fighting and killing was, they were born to appreciate flowers and drink tea.

Besides, if there was some movement in the fight and someone saw it, wouldn't her image as a stunning beauty collapse?

How could that be possible.

There happened to be footsteps in the distance, Su Yi took the opportunity to retreat, "Let's forget about the fight, bye bye." After saying that, she ran away.

Back at the banquet, someone finally came to talk to her and asked where she had been. Su Yi took it out to get some fresh air to fool him.

While chatting, she suddenly heard a scream from outside. After a while, someone came to find the host, Madam Ning, and whispered something in her ear. Madam Ning's face changed immediately.

Su Yi vaguely heard the words "garden" and "fainted". She thought someone had discovered the girl just now, and it seemed that King Rui had already left.

The girl was quite unlucky. I don't know what method she used, but she tried every means to attract her lover to her. She shyly expressed her feelings, but she was pinched in return.

Besides, it would be useless to pinch her, because the other party was the Prince of Rui, who was deeply trusted by the Emperor. If the girl's family knew about it, they would not dare to make it public, but would keep it a secret to avoid being laughed at .

The female relatives present were obviously very curious about what happened. Although they did not speak directly, they had already communicated with each other through their eyes.

Madam Ning noticed this and her face became even worse. She barely maintained a smile to entertain the guests, but it was obviously not as warm and thoughtful as before.

Not long after, Su Yi stood up to say goodbye.

On the way back, the little maid Chunyan said, "Miss, did you hear what happened just now?"

Qinglian was in charge of Su Yi's affairs when she went out, and Qingxing was in charge of the house. In addition to Qinglian, she would also bring one or two little maids. If she went to a crowded place, she would also bring a strong woman.

Among these maids, Chunyan is the most lively, always chattering, but fortunately she is not out of line. With her around, the atmosphere is more cheerful, and Suyi and Qinglian are not so restrained.

"I only heard a scream, and I don't know anything else. How come you know about it?" Suyi said across the sedan chair.

Chunyan moved closer, and said with a little pride, "I heard it from the people in Ning Mansion."

These ladies and grandmothers came to the banquet, and the maids they brought with them were left in the side hall or the ear room to entertain them. With so many people gathered together, it is inevitable that they would talk about gossip.

Chunyan continued, "It is said that she is the niece of Madam Ning's family, and she is staying at the Ning Mansion. Some people saw her wandering around the garden earlier. She was not sure what she was doing, but not long after, her servants found her fainted. You said it was not hot today, so she would not have heat stroke. How could she faint?"

Maybe

she was pinched by the unromantic guy? "Mao Tuan Tuan, I think your father is obsessed with martial arts this time, and he has no other thoughts. He doesn't want to have a love affair. Let's not disturb him and just be happy."

"The emphasis is on the last sentence?" Mao Tuan asked.

Su Yi said with relief, "He is indeed my son. He understands me so well. It would be better if you can be braver next time and don't let your mother face your father who doesn't recognize any relatives alone."

You said it as if you couldn't handle it alone. Mao Tuan Tuan muttered that he saw that the Great Demon King was clearly enjoying himself.

When Su Yi returned to the Shen residence, she had just sat down in front of the mirror and was about to take off her jewelry when Qing Xing told her that before she came back, the eldest lady of the residence had sent someone to invite her over to have a chat.

Su Yi stroked her face in the mirror and sighed softly: "Alas, it is hard to give up natural beauty. Beautiful people are so tired."

Qinglian was amused and asked: "Miss, are you going?"

"Yes, take a walk before changing clothes."

Qinglian called a little maid to go to the big room to tell her, and helped Su Yi to rearrange her hair.

The Shen family has not been divided because the old lady is still alive. There are three families in total. Among them, the first and third families are all illegitimate children. Only the second master Shen is the biological son of the old lady Shen. He is also the most promising. He is less than 30 years old and has already reached the fourth rank. His future is promising. The two of the first and third families only rely on the blessing of their ancestors to donate a casual official position.

Therefore, the one who has the most say in this mansion is the second house, but because the second house's wife is as good as nothing, and the old lady is fasting and chanting Buddha, the power of housekeeping is handed over to the first house's Chen.

After Su Yi returned to her parents' home, Chen wanted to meet her. After all, if the second house's wife is determined to leave the house, it will be hard to say who will be the housekeeper in the future. But also because of this, Chen didn't want to rush in too much, which would make her seem inferior, so she left it alone for a few days until today.

Su Yi was led by Qinglian, through the small garden, around a corridor, and to another courtyard. Before entering the door, she heard bursts of laughter coming from inside.

Qinglian reminded her, "It seems that the third wife and several girls are here."

Su Yi nodded.

The maid who was opening the curtain at the door saw her and was stunned. After Qinglian coughed lightly, she hurriedly reported to the room: "The second wife is here!"

The laughter in the room stopped, and everyone turned to look at the door. They saw the curtain was opened, and a slender figure appeared behind the carved eight-treasure frame. When she turned around the frame and came to the front, everyone took a deep breath.

Su Yi glanced at the whole room. There were two female relatives dressed as women, one was middle-aged, and the other looked younger. They were probably the wives of the first and third wives, and there were four or five girls, who were the younger generation.

The first wife, Mrs. Chen, reacted first and immediately said warmly: "Please ask the second wife to sit down."

Everyone came back to their senses, and greeted each other, and for a while, it was all sweet talk.

After Qinglian reminded her, Su Yi realized that among the girls, two were from the second house, and were her "daughters" in name.

The older one was the second child in the mansion, about twelve or thirteen years old, with a beautiful face. She was the reborn heroine, named Shen Shuyao.

Su Yi took a look and saw that the younger girl was just glancing at her. When their eyes met, she quickly lowered her head and saw nothing unusual.

The younger one, who was about ten years old, was also looking at her, but with a wary look in her eyes. She didn't look as innocent as the heroine who had lived a new life, so Su Yi ignored her.

At the same time, almost everyone in the room was looking at her openly or secretly.

The younger generation had never seen this second wife before, and when they saw her, they were all stunned by her beauty. The first and third wives felt very complicated.

Speaking of which, who among their age had not heard of the beautiful name of Miss Su? Her marriage with the son of the Sun family had made many girls envious. They were truly a perfect match, the best portrayal of a talented man and a beautiful woman. Unfortunately, it ended up like that, which made people sigh.

Now that I see her again, her appearance remains the same, and her beauty is still there. Looking back at myself, I have sighed at others for more than ten years, but now, am I not jealous of her?

However, when I thought about the fact that someone would be more sad than me in the future, Chen suddenly felt much happier.

Although she was the housekeeper in the past few years, their master was incompetent, and the second master was promising. The concubines in the second house did not obey her. They relied on their backers to make trouble for her, saying that she was not fair enough and gave more benefits to their first house.

Chen thought that if she was suppressed by the wife of the second house, she would have nothing to say, but a few concubines who were not in the limelight, but relied on a little favor, dared to challenge her, which was really a bad person.

Others did not know, but she did not know it?

Those concubines, some of them had eyebrows, some had temperament, and some had postures, which were always a bit like Su. It was ridiculous that they did not know it themselves and were very rampant. Now Su appeared, let's see if their second master would still look at the fake one more time?

Men are like this, what they get becomes chicken ribs, and what they are not allowed to touch becomes haunting.

Su Yi chatted with the women in the room, but there was nothing to talk about, just some trivial matters in the backyard. When someone came to report that several male masters had returned home, everyone dispersed.

She took Qinglian back and said to her on the way: "If someone in the mansion invites you again in the future, just turn it down. It's more meaningful to look at the account book."

Qinglian covered her mouth and laughed secretly. She knew best how much the girl didn't like to look at the account book. Now she would rather look at the account book than accept the invitation, which shows how boring this invitation is.

When they walked outside the small courtyard, they suddenly saw a person standing by the small garden. Qinglian hurriedly whispered: "It's the second master."

Su Yi took a look at him.

When Mr. Su was scolding people before, he said that Shen Er had a pig-like appearance. That was actually slander. The other party had a good appearance, a dignified appearance, and a graceful demeanor. He could be called a handsome man. No wonder Miss Su got married casually at the time and chose him when she was picking someone.

The other party heard the noise and turned around. He also saw Su Yi. He was immediately surprised and happy, and his eyes flashed with affection and infatuation.

"Yi Yi..."

Su Yi frowned. She had heard many people call her Yi Yi, but this time was the most uncomfortable.

"Something?"

Master Shen only looked at her intently and shook his head gently, "I came to see you."

Su Yi said, "I've seen you before, can you move your feet and let me in?"

"Yi Yi, after all these years, you still won't forgive me?" The other party suppressed the pain in his words.

Those who didn't know would think that he loved her deeply. Su Yi wanted to ask, if he really liked Miss Su so much, were those concubines in his backyard forced by others? If he took one in, he could say that it was for the sake of continuing the family line, but if he took in a bunch of them, why pretend to be a love saint?

"I just saw the second and fourth girls, they are very cute. I think their mothers are also very beautiful. Master Shen is so lucky."

Shen Er's face changed and he took a step back slightly. Su Yi took this opportunity to enter the yard and asked someone to close the door.

Qinglian looked at her, wanting to say something but

stopping herself. Su Yi knew what she was going to say, and waved her hand to show that she understood.

It seemed that the Shen Mansion was not a place to stay for long. Unless she was willing to deal with Shen Er, she would always be rejected. If one day he got angry and gave her a divorce letter, Su Yi would not care about her reputation, but the entire Su Mansion would be embarrassed. Although she had just met Old Master Su and Liu, she had a good impression of them and did not want to drag them down.

It seems that the potential crisis of the Su Mansion must be clarified and resolved first, and then Mr. Su can stand up straight, support her, and get a divorce.

"Mao Tuan Tuan, do you know who my two nephews are in contact with and how they got involved in the affairs of the emperor's family?"

Mao Tuan said, "It's only been a few days, how can it be so fast? Wait a little longer. It's not easy for you to divorce. Go and tell that King Rui that you can fight with him, but let him be your backer first."

Su Yi frowned, "Look at him, he will definitely not stop until I win. Then I have to fight with him until the end of time? I'm here to be a parasite, why do I have to work so hard? Can't I just drink tea and watch the show quietly?" "

Then just give him some slack."

"Do you think others are like you and can't even see that I'm giving him slack?" Su Yi said contemptuously.

Mao Tuan was so angry that he ignored her.

At the same time, the second young lady of the Shen family had just returned to her room. When she pushed the door open, she saw a woman sitting in the room.

Shen Shuyao sighed in her heart, "Why is the aunt here?"

The woman was her biological mother, the second wife Ding, who was about thirty years old and had some beauty, but her face was always sad and not very pleasing.

"I heard that the eldest lady invited you to have tea?" Aunt Ding's face was cautious.

Seeing her like that, Shen Shuyao felt a little upset and a little pity. Her mother had been like this all her life, doing everything carefully, as if she was afraid of offending others, even talking to her own daughter.

They were not valued by the second house, like invisible people, so that in her previous life, she was still unengaged when she was fifteen or sixteen years old, because no one arranged it, and she had no way to go out to meet those ladies.

Later, the aunt got a marriage from nowhere, and the other party said it in a very exaggerated way, so she believed it, believing that a good marriage would fall on her unfavored daughter, and hurriedly ran to the old lady to ask for it, but she didn't know that it was she who pushed her daughter into the fire pit. After several years of suffering, she died in her twenties.

I don't know how the aunt lived after her death.

Whenever Shen Shuyao thought of these things in her previous life, she couldn't stop resentment in her heart, but she also knew that except for the aunt Ding, there was no one in the world who really cared about her.

Maybe she has lived another life and has let go of many things. She knows that she cannot blame her aunt, but this time, she will never obey her and ruin her life.

"Well, except for me, all the sisters in the mansion are gone... and the second wife." Shen Shuyao sat down, poured herself a cup of tea, and poured a cup for Aunt Ding. Thinking of the people she met before, she was still a little absent-minded.

It was the first time in two lifetimes that she saw the wife of their second room. In the past, she only heard people say that she was beautiful, but she didn't know how beautiful she was. Today, she saw her and realized that she was such a charming and bright person. People can never forget her after seeing her only once.

Shen Shuyao couldn't help but envy her. In her previous life, her fate was as miserable as hers, but now, she has come out of it. She comes and goes freely. Wherever she goes, she is the one that everyone pays attention to.

And what about herself? Where is her dawn? How will her fate change?

Hearing the words of the second wife, Aunt Ding shuddered slightly, and the tea in her hand spilled.

Shen Shuyao frowned and said, "What's wrong with Aunt?"

"No, nothing." Aunt Ding shook her head hurriedly, wiped it with her hand, and stared blankly, not knowing what to think. After a while, she asked

in a low voice, "How is the Madam?" Shen Shuyao looked at her suspiciously and said, "The Madam is very good, young and beautiful, and she also gave me a gift for meeting." As she spoke, she subconsciously touched the jade pendant around her waist.

Aunt Ding didn't notice it. She looked absentmindedly and didn't know where to look. She was already immersed in her own thoughts.

When the wife just came into the family, the second master liked her very much and agreed to everything. This made the old lady very unhappy. Moreover, the wife had been in love with someone else before, and that was known to everyone. If the second master hadn't insisted on marrying her, the old lady would not want such a daughter-in-law.

When paying respects, the old lady especially liked to find fault with the wife. The wife was not a soft person, and every time she made the second master come to mediate.

After a few times, the old lady was dissatisfied and felt that the second master had forgotten her mother after he had a daughter-in-law, so she let herself serve the second master.

At that time, Aunt Ding was still called Dingxiang, and was originally just a maid beside the old lady. The Second Master was handsome, young, promising, and kind. Which maid in the mansion didn't have a crush on him? She was willing in her heart, but she didn't dare to disobey the old lady, so she went obediently.

The old lady did this to appease the wife's arrogance and to win the Second Master's heart.

At first, the Second Master didn't even look at her. Until a few months later, she heard that the Second Master had an argument with the wife, which seemed to be because of the wife's former lover. That night, the Second Master drank a lot of wine and mistook her for someone else...

Two months later, she found out that she was pregnant. The old lady forced the Second Master to marry her on the grounds that the wife had been in the mansion for a year and still hadn't gotten pregnant. Then the wife closed the yard and completely stopped interacting with people.

The second master felt guilty and did not dare to disturb the wife. He also began to blame the old lady. A rift arose between the mother and son. After that, the old lady began to fast and chant Buddha's name, and ignored external affairs.

When the wife just locked herself up, the second master was still waiting for her. After one or two years, perhaps because the wait was fruitless, he suddenly became romantic and brought three concubines into the mansion at one go, but never looked at her directly.

She took her daughter and lived cautiously in this mansion. She didn't know why she had to endure year after year.

That night, countless people tossed and turned in bed.

The next morning, the weather was fine and the emperor came home from the morning court. Suddenly, he remembered that he hadn't seen his nephew for a few days, so he summoned the eunuchs and said, "What has Prince Rui been doing these days? Summon him to the palace."

The servants didn't dare to delay and went without stopping.

The emperor was sitting in the hall reviewing half a stack of memorials when he heard outside that Prince Rui wanted to see him. He waved his hand to let him in.

He stared down at the memorial in his hand and didn't raise his head when he heard footsteps. "It's a rare opportunity to stay in Beijing for a few days, why didn't you come to the palace to have a look? I had to urge you so many times before you came?"

If it were someone else, they would have been scared to kneel down and apologize after hearing what the emperor said. However, Prince Rui stood there like nothing had happened. Even when facing the emperor's uncle, he didn't soften much and said stiffly, "Busy."

"What are you busy with? Are you busy getting married or having children? I tell you, if you don't marry a princess this year, the empress dowager will have to explain herself. I won't be a shield." The emperor threw down the memorial, cursed in his heart, what nonsense, and looked up at the person standing there.

As soon as he saw it, his eyebrows immediately raised high. The man in front of him with a swollen and bruised forehead was his nephew who could stop children from crying at night?

"What happened? Was he hit by a bamboo stick while climbing in someone else's backyard?" It was rare to see his nephew suffer from a disease, and the emperor saw that the injury was not serious, so he was in the mood to joke.

He was only willing to relax in front of his nephew. In front of the court officials and the princes, he was the king of a country, the majesty of heaven, and the strict father. Those people were all trembling with fear and trepidation in front of him.

Prince Rui may have heard his teasing, but he was unwilling to cooperate and said, "If your majesty is fine, I will still practice martial arts."

The emperor was angry and said, "Who said I'm fine? I ask you, where is Princess Rui? Where is my nephew?"

Prince Rui used his usual way of dealing with things, standing there expressionlessly.

The uncle and nephew stared at each other, and in the end, the emperor had read too many memorials and his eyes were dry. He couldn't glare at him and lost.

He was so angry that he waved his hands: "Go, go, don't stand here, go and pay your respects to the Queen Mother."

After Prince Rui left, he said to the eunuch beside him: "Ask the Imperial Hospital to prepare some medicine and send it to Prince Rui."

The eunuch smiled and agreed. As the person closest to the emperor, he certainly knew that no matter how much His Majesty said he disliked him, he cared about Prince Rui very much in his heart, and even caused several princes to be secretly dissatisfied.

Fortunately, Prince Rui was not interested in government affairs, otherwise, the future struggle for the throne-

realizing that he thought of something he shouldn't think about, the eunuch quickly woke up and stood behind the emperor with his head lowered.

Prince Rui went to pay his respects to the Empress Dowager. Because of the bruise on his forehead, he naturally attracted a lot of concern. Then, as usual, he was urged to get married and stop hanging around in the military camp. Prince

Rui listened with one ear and let it out with the other. When he left the Empress Dowager's palace, he was still relaxed and didn't take anything to heart.

He and his subordinates had their own independent military camp. Usually, he was in the capital. If the emperor didn't summon him, he would stay in the camp every day and randomly pick a few subordinates to fight.

Every time the person was picked, he felt pain and happiness.

In the eyes of these iron-willed soldiers, their prince is good at everything, and he is even better at dealing with his subordinates. However, he is a little too martial. Whether it is a war or a fight, he takes it seriously and never lets his opponent off the hook. He will not stop until the opponent is completely defeated.

Although they will definitely gain something every time they fight with the prince, which means that they have a little more hope of surviving on the battlefield, this hope is too damn painful. To pay the price of a bruised face and a three-day disability is not something that ordinary people can bear.

Therefore, every time the King of Rui recruits people, some old hands will hide behind and trick some young and inexperienced people into coming forward to be beaten, under the pretext of giving them a chance to grow. When the young people grow up to be experienced, they will fool the younger ones. This good tradition has been passed down endlessly.

When Prince Rui arrived at the camp this time, the eye-catching bruise on his head immediately attracted everyone's attention, and many people used their eyes to convey information.

"What happened? Which brave man could beat the prince?"

"I didn't see him yesterday morning. Yesterday afternoon, the prince went to a banquet. He shouldn't have had the chance to

fight with anyone." "So, the prince got angry and hit himself?"

"Don't be ridiculous. Look, the prince called Lao Qi over."

"Lao Qi is not good at fighting, but he is good at getting information. I have a feeling that the prince called him because of the wound on his forehead."

Thinking of this, the two exchanged a tacit smile. They wanted to know what happened. They could just catch Lao Qi and coerce and bribe him.

That afternoon, the two met again.

"How about it, how much did you get out?"

"He didn't want to tell me everything, so I just revealed a little."

"Didn't you give it your all?"

"I even threatened to strip him of his pants and hang him upside down on the military flag, but he just wouldn't obey. What else can I do? Otherwise, come and really strip his pants?"

"Forget it, what should I do if I get stye? What did he reveal?"

"He said that the prince asked him to find out the news about a lady at Lord Ning's banquet yesterday."

"Madam? Are you sure she's not some young lady or maid?"

"Yes, it's the lady."

"Tsk tsk tsk... I never thought our prince likes this. No wonder he never even looks at those dainty young ladies. It turns out he is thinking about the young lady's mother. Does that mean every time the prince goes to the palace, he has to visit the emperor's harem? Oh my, this is unbearable. Why are you winking at me? Let me tell you, although I don't like ladies, I definitely don't like men either. Are you giving up? Uh... Prince?"

On this day, everyone in the camp was very happy because the prince somehow caught someone to practice on. Luckily, they escaped. Amitabha.

Mao Tuan had been tracking the Su family's affairs for several days and finally got some clues.

Miss Su's two nephews made a good friend in the academy, and the identity of this good friend was the son of the third prince's uncle. Although the relationship was a bit distant, Mao Tuan read the original book from beginning to end and found that in the plot three years later, the second prince fell off the horse and was injured, and the third prince was scolded by the emperor for no reason and was confined for several months, and then the Su family disappeared.

From this point of view, it is likely that the two sons of the Su family stood on the side of the third prince, and then when needed, they were pushed out as scapegoats to quell the emperor's anger.

The emperor may not know who the mastermind is, but can he really kill the third prince? Of course it is impossible. Using the Su family as a warning is just a warning to the princes.

As for the life and death of the Su family, they are just insignificant little people, and they dare to get involved in the struggle for the royal succession. Who would think it a pity if they die?

After hearing this, Su Yi thought about it, called Qinglian and gave her a few instructions.

Qinglian was slightly surprised, "This..."

Su Yi said: "Can it be done? If not, I will think of other ways."

"It can be done, young lady, don't forget, we also have a few useful people in the shop outside, but what if the two young masters fight?"

"Fighting is just right, it's okay to let them get some superficial injuries."

Qinglian hesitated, and made sure that she was serious before leaving.

After a day or two, she told Su Yi that the matter was settled. The two young masters had just returned home. Su Yi asked someone to pack up and went to the Su Mansion.

When she arrived, the mansion was bustling. Many servants were kneeling outside the yard of Old Master Su. In the house, Old Master Su and Liu were angry and helpless. The two young masters were still pulling and tugging. Both of them had some bruises on their faces, which seemed to be caused by fists and kicks.

Seeing Su Yi, Old Master Su's face became better, "Yi Yi, you are here, you two bastards, why don't you come and kowtow to your aunt!"

The two looked at Su Yi, stunned, until they were kicked by Old Master Su, and then they knew to call for help.

Su Yi smiled and asked them to stand up, gave them a greeting, and then asked, "What happened?"

Liu sighed and told the story.

It turned out that the two brothers were returning from the academy today, passing by the market, and they both liked a jade ornament. The shopkeeper said a few words, and the two were like bewitched, neither of them was willing to give in, and insisted on taking it as their own.

When they couldn't agree on the dispute, they began to blame each other, and brought up all the trivial frictions in their daily lives. In the end, they even fought. The servants couldn't persuade them, but instead joined in the fight, which made people laugh.

Su Yi said, "Why don't you apply medicine to the two nephews first, and then I will persuade them one by one."

Liu looked at her and heard that she probably wanted to talk to Master Su alone, so she nodded and took the two troubled sons away.

Master Su was still sulking, muttering about unfilial sons and losing face for his father.

Su Yi looked outside the door. In the yard, the servants were more seriously injured than the two young masters. At this moment, their faces were pale and they knelt under the sun.

"What are you going to do with those outside, brother?"

Old Master Su waved his hands and said angrily, "Let them follow those two brats to serve them, not to fight. Since they can't serve, just send them all to the farm."

Su Yi nodded gently and said, "Brother, you are kind-hearted. If it were in other families, at least they would be beaten and then dragged out to sell. But even brother, who is so Even a kind-hearted person like him couldn't tolerate a servant who instigated his nephew to fight."

Old Master Su was confused and frowned. He sat down on the chair next to Su Yi, leaned over and asked, "Yi Yi, what are you talking about? Why are you talking around the same old words?"

Su Yi didn't answer, but asked, "Brother, which of the current princes do you think is most likely to become the crown prince?"

"Tsk--" Old Master Su was startled. He looked around hurriedly, ran to the door to look again, waved his hand to tell the servants to go away, then walked back and said in a low voice: "Why do you mention this for no reason? The emperor's family affairs are not something we can talk about casually?"

It seems that he is not really ignorant, but just never thinks about it or mentions it. Seeing this, Su Yi felt relieved. Since Old Master Su knows how powerful it is, it is easy to persuade him.

"Don't worry, brother. I'm only saying this to you. You probably know that the eldest prince is weak and sickly, and most likely has no chance of becoming emperor. The second and third princes are close in age, and their mother's families are powerful. Even though I've lived in the harem for a long time, I know that they have always been at odds with each other. It's only a matter of time before their dispute is brought to the surface."

Old Master Su frowned slightly, "And then?"

Su Yi continued, "If the second prince and the third prince quarrel, I'm afraid they won't be like the two nephews, who would just hit the other a few times and then stop. By then, no matter which prince is injured, the emperor will surely be furious, and the people who follow the two princes will probably be like those servants just now, and none of them will get away with it. And I just heard that in recent days, the two nephews have been going very close to a young man from the third prince's uncle's family." Old

Master Su took a breath.

Su Yi had something else to say. Those who could follow the prince were all children of aristocratic families. Even if the emperor was angry, he could not just kill them. At most, he could punish them, imprison them for a few months, or demote the officials in their family. It would not hurt the root cause. Only small shrimps like the Su family are the easiest to control, and they can be killed to scare the monkeys.

Old Master Su nodded slowly, and did not ask how Su Yi knew all this. His face was gloomy, and he gritted his teeth and said, "I know, those two bastards, wait and see how I deal with them."

Seeing this, Su Yi said no more and prepared to go back home.

Master Su called her again, looking ashamed, "Yiyi, it's because my brother is incompetent and can't be your backer, otherwise, why would you stay in the Shen family and be bullied?"

Su Yi smiled and said, "As long as my brother and the Su family are still here, they are my backers."

After she left, Master Su sat alone in the house. The sunlight from the west shone through the half-closed window, illuminating half of his body. When he didn't smile, his face was actually quite serious, and only then did he match his appearance and temperament.

On the way back, Qinglian followed Su Yi's carriage closely and said in a low voice, "Miss, did the master and the lady have any suspicions?"

"Don't worry, it doesn't matter even if they do." Su Yi comforted.

Qinglian still didn't know why Su Yi asked her to do this, but since it was their lady's order, there must be a reason for it, so she just did it.

The sedan chair turned into the alley where the side gate of the Shen Mansion was located, and the surroundings suddenly became quiet. Su Yi frowned slightly. Although there were few people in the alley, it would not be so quiet at ordinary times. Just when she felt something was wrong, the sedan chair stopped.

"Qinglian?" Su Yi called out, but got no response, so she immediately opened the sedan door and went out.

She saw a nimble figure swaying around a few times, and the servants carrying the sedan chair immediately limp and fall asleep. The other party was rushing towards Qinglian, and she was so scared that she couldn't speak.

Su Yi spoke up to stop him, "If you don't want to regret it, don't touch her."

The figure paused, stopped moving, and moved aside. In broad daylight, Su Yi saw that he was still completely black, revealing a pair of eyes. At this time, he was not in line with his mysterious image, and he was looking at her without anyone noticing.

Before she could say the second sentence, regular footsteps came from the entrance of the alley, very light, but very steady.

She turned her head and saw a figure walking against the light. When she got closer, she could see his face clearly. It was the King of Rui. She looked carefully again and saw that there was a little bruise on his forehead.

Qinglian stood between the two men, shaking her legs, and said with chattering teeth: "Who are you? Our lady is the principal wife of the second master of the Shen family. Don't even think about doing anything rogue!"

She usually called them "girls", but now facing the two suspected criminals, she brought up the title of the second lady of the Shen family, hoping it would be of some use.