Chapter 228: Be careful
The flowers along the road are blooming beautifully.
But Su Tan looked at it and felt that there was a hidden storm.
She slowly glanced at the sunny sky.
The situation has changed, and the muddy water in the capital is about to be stirred up again.
Su Tan got off the carriage and slowly stepped into the Duke Dingguo's Mansion.
Not long after entering the Duke Dingguo's Mansion, Su Tan received an oral order from Emperor Qinglong.
It was said that Emperor Qinglong was particularly satisfied with her and Prince Chen's performance in dealing with the snow disaster in Yingzhou, and had granted her special grace to enter the palace for a banquet tonight.
Su Tan frowned and said nothing, but politely agreed. Then he politely asked someone to send the eunuch who was waiting to convey the oral instructions out.
As soon as the eunuch left, Gu Mingzhu immediately frowned and looked at Su Tan with eyes full of worry.
"Your Majesty has been taking elixirs for some time now and has been extremely trusting of Master Ye's words. You and Master Ye are both cultivators, so you might be a thorn in his side. You must be careful when you enter the palace this time."
Gu Mingzhu never hesitates to use the greatest malice to speculate about others.
It would be best if Master Ye had no intention of eliminating dissidents.
But if the master surnamed Ye was really a strange person and extremely cruel and ruthless, he would not have been caught off guard later if he had been prepared in advance.
Su Tan hummed.
A hint of doubt flashed between his brows.
Last name Ye?
She did know an old friend named Ye.
However, the other party has passed away for many years.
"Second sister-in-law, I'm afraid that entering the palace today is indeed not a good thing. If I were to confront that Master Ye, I could handle it, but I'm afraid that—"
At this point, Su Tan's eyes flashed with disgust, but she quickly suppressed it, "I won't hide it from my second sister-in-law either."
"The snowstorm in Yingzhou caused countless casualties among the people. Our emperor is not completely unaware of it."
"At least, he didn't know about it until Lu Zhiheng reported everything to him."
Hearing this, Gu Mingzhu suddenly looked up and met Su Tan's cold eyes. Her heart suddenly jumped, "You mean..."
She didn't continue.
I was afraid that if I continued talking, it would bring disaster.
Su Tan nodded, "It's just as my second sister-in-law thought."
Gu Mingzhu's face was immediately covered with a thin layer of frost and snow, and she subconsciously clutched her sleeves.
"Tan'er, those wealthy locals have donated a lot of money to help the disaster victims. Even I, far away in Beijing, have heard about it."
In the past, whenever there was a snowstorm or a flood, the wealthy gentry would not be so fond of meddling in other people's affairs.
Now, everyone knows who deserves the credit for suddenly taking out so much silver.
Now, this Majesty, in his old age, has become ambitious and vain, and has gradually become foolish and incompetent, and has begun to pursue immortality obsessively.
For this purpose, countless manpower, material resources and financial resources were spent to search for those hard-to-find Qi medicines for him.
In order to eat his own elixir, he could even ignore the suffering of his people, just to save the money for disaster relief to make elixir for himself.
A dignified emperor acted like this, but Su Tan and Lu Zhiheng spent all the money on the disaster victims who were once looked down upon by Emperor Qinglong.
The disaster victims in Yingzhou were properly resettled and their illnesses were under control.
This may be a good thing for others.
It is a great thing for the people below.
But if you ask whether this is a good thing for Emperor Qinglong...
Gu Mingzhu's heart skipped a beat. She actually couldn't guess it right.
She just subconsciously reached out and held Su Tan's wrist tightly. Her heart was pounding and a bad premonition immediately spread throughout her body.
She felt goose bumps appearing layer upon layer.
Gu Mingzhu's voice trembled, worry evident in her eyes. "Tan'er, if that's the case, you must be even more careful. If it's just another mystic who might see you as an enemy, that's still easy to deal with."
"But if..."
The feeling of uneasiness in Gu Mingzhu's heart became stronger and stronger. If Su Tan felt the dissatisfaction from the almighty monarch, how could Su Tan, and even the entire Su family, have a good life?
Throughout history, how many of the families that were disliked by the emperor, even if they were powerful at first, had a good ending in the end?
Gu Mingzhu's heart was pounding, and the feeling of uneasiness kept squeezing her tightly. She took a few deep breaths and finally calmed herself down.
"Tan'er, at this point, we must be cautious in everything we do."
Gu Mingzhu held Su Tan's hand while she pondered calmly. After a while, she said in a steady voice, "Your Majesty may be dissatisfied with you."
"However, you are a woman, and you possess profound mystical skills. His Majesty has a use for you. And because of your status as a woman, perhaps even if you do something that displeases him, he will turn a blind eye."
Who made Su Tan a mystic?
And Emperor Qinglong might be able to use him.
This is like the complex feelings some emperors have towards certain military generals who are more powerful than them. On the one hand, they hate them to the extreme, but on the other hand, they have to endure them because they need them.
We have to wait until the sun sets before we start to settle the accounts.
It's easy to wait for a general to become obsolete.
But Su Tan is a master of mysticism.
It is very difficult to wait for a mystic to fade away.
Thinking of this, Gu Mingzhu felt relieved and less panicked.
Su Tan shook his head, his brows slightly furrowed. When he mentioned Emperor Qinglong now, the respect he should have for the emperor was no longer in his eyes. "Maybe it was like this in the past."
"However, Second Sister-in-law also knows that I am a woman. Our Majesty has always looked down on girls. He had no one else to use before, so he naturally turned a blind eye to me."
"Now you also said that His Majesty suddenly has Master Ye by his side."
With a master named Ye, there is naturally no need for one named Su.
But——Su Tan slowly wiped the sword in his hand.
An emperor is only considered an emperor when he puts his subjects in his heart, cares about his people, and is loved by his people.
otherwise……
Su Tan smiled lightly and said nothing more.
Gu Mingzhu inexplicably felt that her smile was very creepy, but she didn't think much about it. However, Su Tan reminded her that Emperor Qinglong looked down on women in his heart.
For a moment, Gu Mingzhu suddenly understood everything as if she had been enlightened.
"Tan'er, I'm afraid you need to make some preparations."
"I guess His Majesty probably wants you and Song Tingchen to reconcile."
Su Tan's hand that was brushing against his shoulder suddenly stopped. He raised his head for a moment and stared at Gu Mingzhu, "Second sister-in-law, what do you mean by that?"
Gu Mingzhu looked at her expression and it was obvious that she was suppressing the nausea in her heart and trying her best to endure it.
Gu Mingzhu clenched her hands. Not only did Su Tan feel nauseous, she herself also felt a sour feeling in her stomach whenever she mentioned the name Song Tingchen.
She took several sips of tea to prevent herself from spitting it out.
"Tan'er, if you were a man, and you repeatedly harmed His Majesty, His Majesty would probably be murderous and want to eliminate you as soon as possible, or even uproot your entire clan."
But unfortunately, Su Tan is a woman.
Emperor Qinglong looked down on women. Even though Su Tan had great abilities, he still felt that Su Tan should focus on taking care of her husband and children.
There just wasn’t anyone available before.
Now that Master Ye was by his side, Emperor Qinglong suddenly felt that Su Tan's position had been replaced.
And Su Tan herself should return to her original place and do what she was supposed to do.
Gu Mingzhu reminded: "Tan'er, don't forget, Song Tingchen is the favorite of His Majesty."
Speaking of the popular people around Emperor Qinglong, Song Tingchen is definitely on the list.
"Ever since you returned to Beijing and Liu Qingyin's true identity was revealed, the Song family father and son have been harassed by travelers."
"Song Tingchen is extremely selfish and cold-hearted. He only feels that you owe Song Xiao something. In order for Song Xiao to have a seemingly harmonious and stable family, he can't get through to you. Do you think he will find another way and try to ask the emperor for a marriage?"
Emperor Qinglong might not have agreed in the past.
After all, Su Tan and Song Tingchen had such an ugly quarrel.
If I ignore Su Tan's wishes and force her to return to the Song family's cage, she might repeatedly refuse to do anything I ask her to do next time.
But things are different now.
"Tan'er, you have to be careful. You finally managed to escape from that man-eating devil's den. Don't go back."
Su Tan lowered his head.
Song Tingchen was naturally capable of doing such a thing.
I just hope that Emperor Qinglong won't let her down.
Su Tan lowered his head and continued to slowly wipe the sword in his hand.
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