Chapter 227 Conditional Back
Su Yanzu was finally shocked back to his senses by his niece's words: "What did you say?"
The little girl looked at him and smiled. Is that what you heard?
He was stunned for a moment, then laughed helplessly, "Ajin, this is not something a young lady like you should worry about."
"Hmm?" Su Ruojin raised her eyebrows. It seemed that her uncle had misunderstood her meaning, but she did not explain. Instead, she followed his meaning and asked, "What am I worried about?"
Su Yanzu was really speechless by the questions asked by his clever little niece. What should he say?
When he and Shangguan Yu were despised by the world, he did not expect that his little niece, who was only a few years old, understood their feelings. When Yu was selling paintings for a living at the foot of Dongshan Academy, he was often taken care of by his little niece.
If he had a soulmate in this world, Su Yanzu thought his little niece was one of them.
Su Ruojin still looked at Su Yanzu with a smile on her face. After being the princess's chief historian for several years, her uncle became more mature and charming. He placed his hands lightly on the table, wearing a simple light green robe, which gave him a hint of floating clouds and hidden cranes, yet also had a calm and elegant demeanor. It was pleasing to the eye and felt like a spring breeze.
No wonder Princess Yuehua waited so patiently; her uncle got more and more handsome as he got older. Even if they couldn't become lovers or husband and wife, he was still a great eye-catcher in front of her!
Su Yanzu felt defeated by his niece's know-it-all look. He lowered his eyes and pursed his lips, "I..."
Could it be that he has developed feelings for the princess over time? Su Ruojin did not seem surprised. As a bystander, these things had nothing to do with her. If her uncle was willing to talk, she would listen. If he was unwilling to talk, that was normal. This was a story between them and had nothing to do with her.
Su Yanzu raised his eyes, as if to talk, or to explain.
"Ajin, if Princess Yuehua had used her status as a princess to force me, or used despicable means to separate Ayu and me, I would definitely not be sitting in front of you so peacefully today."
"What do you want to say?"
Su Yanzu was stunned. His little niece didn’t understand what he said?
Some relationships just fade away without even a formal farewell. Su Ruojin hated this the most. She smiled faintly, "You should tell these words to the person involved. I won't pass them on to you."
My little niece is really a little cunning.
Su Yanzu sighed and said, "I won't open a shop in Weizhou County anymore."
"I asked my uncle to open a grain store in Weizhou County not for Master Shangguan, but for my father."
"Um?"
Su Ruojin said, "More than a month ago, during the famine and turmoil in Weizhou County, the county magistrate was killed, the county lieutenant fled, the chief clerk and the county magistrate took refuge in the mountains. There was no one in the large county to manage the situation, which almost caused the people to riot. By chance, my father took over Weizhou County. Although the turmoil has subsided, the landlords and gentry in Weizhou County probably saw that my father was a young man who would not collude with them or accept bribes. So they all held their breath, waiting to see my father laugh, and even tried to get rid of him by ostracizing him like a local tyrant."
Su Yanzu understood, "First, you want my food supply, and second, you want to use the princess's title to help your father?"
"My uncle is wise."
It turned out that after all this time, the girl was not in love at all and was not lobbying for Shangguan Yu. Su Yanzu suddenly felt bad, as if his niece saw through him.
The uncle didn't speak for a long time, so Su Ruojin said, "Our Su family is a big grain merchant in Pingjiang Prefecture. We are very familiar with transporting grain to Bianjing City through the canal!"
Our Su family? It's really a little niece style.
Su Yanzu rested one arm on the edge of the table, straightened his body slightly, and put one arm on his leg. Unconsciously, he took on the demeanor of the chief steward of the princess's mansion.
Su Ruojin's eyebrows moved, and she smiled without saying anything.
Is her uncle going to negotiate terms with her?
"Do me a favor."
"What's the matter?"
"Minister Fan admires your father?"
"Yes, that's right."
"If I help you solve the food problem in Weizhou County, can you let Ayu take the position of county magistrate?"
"My dear uncle, what misunderstanding do you have about me? Can I influence the officials appointed by the court?"
"You can't influence it, but you have a way to make Ayu the county magistrate."
Su Ruojin's eyes twitched when she heard this. "You are still the princess's chief historian. As long as you are willing to ask the princess, I promise that the princess can immediately send Master Shangguan to the position of county magistrate for you."
Su Yanzu shook his head, "That's different."
"The princess will definitely ask Lord Fan for help in the end, so why should my father owe Lord Fan a favor?" Su Ruojin rolled her eyes at her uncle. She wanted to compensate Shangguan Yu, but she didn't want Shangguan Yu to know.
"Will you help?"
"What is his education level?"
Su Yanzu looked straight at his niece after hearing this: "..." Educational background?
Why did you say that? Su Ruojin continued to ask as if nothing had happened, "To be a county magistrate, one must at least have the status of a juren. I have never heard of any official title for Master Shangguan."
"He is a juren."
Su Ruojin was puzzled, "How could a scholar be ruined by someone else?"
In this case, the Shangguan family was not only a big Shu brocade merchant in Shu, but also had the status of a juren. How could it be that just because they did not give the right gifts and were slandered, they lost all their wealth and were destroyed overnight?
"That's how things are in the officialdom. Sometimes a casual joke at the dinner table can destroy a family, and this is certainly true for things like gift giving."
Su Ruojin felt a chill in his teeth and hissed.
Su Yanzu glanced at her and said, "Your father is lucky to be valued by Lord Fan, and you are lucky to have met the young prince. Otherwise, do you think that in the capital, no one would dare to do anything to a small official of the eighth rank?"
Su Ruojin believed this.
Well, fortunately she hugged the thigh in time, otherwise, the Su family’s business would not be so smooth.
Uh! No, how come we're talking about Zhao Lan?
Su Ruojin changed the subject: "Can his body handle it?" Shangguan Yu kept coughing.
Su Yanzu asked, "Did you still hear him coughing in Weizhou County?"
Su Ruojin thought about it carefully and said, "I don't think I heard it..."
He smiled softly, "I asked Her Royal Highness the Princess to prescribe the best secret medicine for him. His cough is basically cured, and he can start a new life now."
Do men break up with other men differently than men break up with other women?
Su Ruojin was wondering, could Shangguan Yu accept the breakup?
She looked at her uncle with a complicated expression, "I just let you open a grain shop, but you are asking for so much. Do you think I'm a god?" He is an eighth-rank county magistrate, and he makes the court seem like her home.
Su Yanzu said firmly, "I believe you."
Su Ruojin: ...
I can't continue the conversation.
She waved goodbye in a girlish manner.
Su Yanzu called out from behind her, "Don't worry, in ten days, the Su Family Longmao Grain Store will appear in Weizhou County."
The young lady didn't look back, but just waved her hand.
He found it funny and smiled.
Ah Jin, do you know that I have been wanting to have a daughter as smart and lovely as you since I don't know when?
I… thinking of Shangguan Yu, Su Yanzu suppressed the thought of his daughter in his mind.
She looks like a loli on the outside, but is an adult on the inside. This cute contrast makes everyone who has seen Su Ruojin want to have a daughter like her.
If Su Ruojin knew about this, she would definitely be furious. There aren't so many cases of soul traveling across time and space in this world.
After leaving the teahouse, Su Ruojin prepared to go to the pen and ink shop to buy some ink sticks and paper for her two younger brothers. She forgot to buy them for the two little guys last time. As she was walking, she felt someone following her.
She stopped and looked at the busy street. People coming and going were all strangers.
Mao Ya asked her, "Jin Niang, what's wrong?"
“I felt like someone was watching me.”
Mao Ya quickly looked around but didn't see anything. "Could it be Guard Zhang and Guard Cui?"
These two became Su Ruojin's secret guards. She shook her head and said, "No." She looked around again, but found nothing. She went to find a pen and ink shop.
At the corner of the cross alley, a man in ordinary clothes, wearing a wide bamboo hat that covered his face, was holding something in one hand and quietly holding a young girl with the other. He waited until Su Ruojin walked away before he quietly pulled the person out and merged into the crowd.
Su Ruojin seemed to sense something and suddenly stopped, turned around and looked behind her. Through the bustling crowd, she seemed to see a familiar figure, "Sister Ya, does that figure in the distance look like Li Xiuzhu?"
Mao Ya followed her gaze and saw only people coming and going. "I didn't see anything."
“But my intuition seems to be.”
Mao Ya reached out and grabbed her arm, "Jin Niang, maybe this is a bait set by the enemy."
Maybe! Su Ruojin turned around. Li Xiuzhu was not liked by everyone in the Su family. She also went out casually during the turmoil. She also asked Uncle Hua and others to look for her, but they didn't find her. She had done everything she could, and the rest would depend on fate.
Someone in the crowd also saw the back of a person who was suspected to be Li Xiuzhu. He was submerged in the crowd and quietly passed the news back layer by layer.
Zhao Lan returned to the palace and was held by Princess Jin. "Lan'er, the young lady from the Lu family is not suitable. Let's hold another lotus party. Take a closer look. If you see someone you like, tell your mother and she will find a matchmaker to come to your house."
Zhao Lan glanced at his father who was sitting in the main seat and pursed his lips, "Ask my father what kind of young lady I can marry."
Princess Jin glared at him, "What does your father know? He only knows how to marry you to the daughter of a minor official. How can these people be worthy of you?"
"I'll listen to my father." After saying that, Zhao Lan stood up and left, escaping.
Princess Jin stared anxiously, "Why don't you talk about him?"
The King of Jin looked calm and indifferent, "The marriages of the eldest and second sons are up to you, but your beloved youngest son probably won't listen."
"He dares."
King Jin sneered, "He was here just now, why didn't you say that?"
"I..." Prince Jin stopped his wife with just one sentence.
The princess was so angry that she slapped her chest. "The more distressed he is, the more ignorant he is. Why can't he understand my heart? I am doing this for his own good."
King Jin looked at his wife meaningfully and said, "It would be better if your son could accept your kindness."
As soon as Zhao Lan left his parents' yard, Santai stepped forward and said, "Sir, our people saw Li Xiuzhu appear on Qianmen Street."
Zhao Lan's eyes narrowed.
"We have sent someone to follow them. They are heading out of the city."
"Then wait until we are out of the city before catching him."
"Yes, sir."
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