Chapter 325: The Four Great Families of the Capital
Su Yue glanced at Chen Ying, who was still lying in the arms of the Marquis of Zhennan's wife, and said, "Of course something has happened. I need to ask Mother and Father if it's appropriate for my fifth brother's wife to come to the Marquis of Anding's mansion and act like the principal wife. Is this the rule in your Prince Yi's mansion?"
"Fourth sister-in-law, I told you no, it's not like that."
Chen Ying raised her head and looked at Su Yue aggrievedly, and then said with tears in her eyes, it seemed as if Su Yue was framing her.
"Yuer, what happened?"
The eldest lady only then noticed the commotion here, and hurried over, asking her anxiously, fearing that her daughter had suffered any harm.
She was followed by the Su family, and even Murong Li had come. Before she could answer the eldest lady, Murong Li also asked, "Yu'er, what's going on?"
Seeing so many people coming, Su Yue didn't rush to speak. Instead, she said to the eldest lady, "Mother, nothing serious has happened. Please send someone to the storage room in my yard to take out my daughter's treasured fruit wine and share it with the ladies present. This will be our apology for not entertaining everyone well."
After saying this, he nodded to the ladies and smiled at them, saying, "Ladies and ladies, please enjoy your meals and drinks. There was a little unpleasantness between me and my fifth brother's wife today, so please don't be affected by it."
"It's okay, it's okay. Princess Li, there's no need to be so polite. This isn't your fault. Some people overestimate their abilities. Since you're a guest in someone else's home, you should be aware of your place."
A lady at the table smiled with pursed lips, her tone was very impolite. She had disliked Chen Ying for a long time.
Su Yue recognized this lady. She was the wife of his father's immediate superior, Minister Liang of the Ministry of War. The original Minister of War was the former Crown Prince's man, who was removed by the Emperor. Minister Liang was the new one he promoted.
Minister Liang disliked Murong Yi very much. He worked in the Ministry of War every day and seemed very honest, but he was intentionally or unintentionally trying to win over people in the Ministry every day. More than half of the people in the Ministry of War were won over by him.
So when he just took office as the Shangshu, there were very few people he could use, and they all tried to curry favor with Murong Yi, and the Ministry of War seemed to be divided into two factions.
Although Murong Yi's position was not as high as that of a minister, he still held a sinecure in the Ministry of War. After all, he was the emperor's own son and a first-rank prince. As a result, there were very few people in the entire Ministry of War who truly obeyed him.
Tell me, is Minister Liang angry? He is so angry that he wants to die.
This made him extremely disgusted with Murong Yi, which directly affected his mood. Tianxia Zhi went back with a gloomy face. When his wife knew about it, how could she not hate Murong Yi?
Today at the banquet, she happened to be sitting at the same table with Chen Ying. Seeing her making things difficult for Su Xue, she wanted to say a few fair words, but when she thought that she was a guest at the Su family after all, and Su Xue didn't say a word and no one in the Su family came forward, she really didn't want to be the first to speak out.
Fortunately, Su Yue came and made Chen Ying lose all face.
Now that all the heavyweights have arrived, shouldn't she say a few words to express her position? How could she miss such a good opportunity?
Princess Li's father will go to the Ministry of War in the future, and he will be the Vice Minister of the Ministry of War. Given the relationship between the two princes, Vice Minister Su will definitely not go along with Murong Yi and become a group, but can only be a group with his husband. Since they will be one of his own people in the future, he must speak for his own people.
The wife of the Shangshu said this without any fear. Her husband is now the Minister of War, and her father-in-law is an old general. Her most confident family comes from her parents' family. Her parents' family is not simple either. It is the Qian family, one of the four major families in the capital.
Everyone knows that the four major families in the capital, together with the founding emperor, conquered the country of Xifeng and overthrew the Niu regime. At that time, the Murong family and the four major families were considered the five most famous families, but the Murong family was the leader, and eventually the Murong family became the master of Xifeng.
Later, these four families were given titles, the highest hereditary marquisate.
Regardless of whether these four families have useful people or not, they will not decline unless the imperial power of Xifeng Kingdom is replaced.
Therefore, these four great families are truly aristocratic families. They are deeply rooted and intertwined, and even the current emperor dare not touch them easily.
Even though he was extremely wary, the emperor did not dare to act rashly.
A single move can affect the entire body. If one family is affected, three families will be affected.
If you want to uproot the four great families, without absolutely powerful strength, you will be counterattacked.
Su Yue narrowed her eyes and looked at Mrs. Qian, thinking that she was interesting. She was just like her, a person who didn't hold back when speaking.
But everyone has shown her intention to help stabilize the Marquis's Mansion, so she has to accept it.
She laughed and said, "Madam Shangshu is absolutely right. Some people are really trying to cover their ears and steal the bell."
After hearing this, Chen Ying bit her lip and quickly lowered her head. She hated Su Yue so much in her heart. She was relying on her status as the royal daughter-in-law and her official sister-in-law to say that. Who the hell was Madam Qian to say that about her in front of such a person?
She held a grudge against Mrs. Qian in her heart, and she would definitely repay these people double for the humiliation they suffered today.
She took a deep breath and raised her head, changing her previous chatter to say sincerely, "Fourth sister-in-law, I'm sorry for today. I'm not feeling well. I'll take my leave now and come to apologize another day."
After saying this, he didn't even dare to look at Murong Yi and Marquis Zhennan, and even ignored the wife of Marquis Zhennan. He pulled up the nanny and the servant on the ground and fled.
"Ying'er."
"Madam Su, Princess Li, I will also take my leave first."
The wife of the Marquis of Zhennan called out to Chen Ying, but when she saw that she ignored her, she quickly said goodbye to the first lady Su Yue and left.
"Then I will also take my leave!"
Although the Marquis of Zhennan did not learn from Chen Ying what exactly happened, he understood about 80% from the conversation between Su Yue and Madam Qian. It must be Chen Ying who made things difficult for Su Xue in the Marquis of Anding's Mansion. Apart from this matter, she could not do anything else, and it was even more impossible for her to really regard herself as the master. The princess was still here.
Marquis Zhennan glanced at the dignified and generous Su Yue and sighed in his heart. Thinking of Chen Ying, he felt that his daughter was really impatient and had a narrow mind.
Coming here brought shame to Prince Yi's Mansion and to Marquis Zhennan, so he didn't have the face to stay any longer.
Then he bowed to the old marquis, Murong Li and Murong Yi, and also bowed to Su Yue and the Su family, and quickly said goodbye and left.
Only Murong Yi stood there in silence with a dark face. He looked up at Su Yue and said, "Fourth sister-in-law, our Yi Palace doesn't have such rules. It's all my fifth brother's fault for not teaching Yi Wangfei. Please don't blame me. I will discipline her properly when I get home and apologize to her another day. There's no need to come to the palace."
After saying this, he apologized to the old marquis, said goodbye to the Su family, and left in a hurry.
(End of this chapter)
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