Chapter 246 My Father Asked Me to Kill You
It was Su Ye who held the umbrella.
A big umbrella, which means sharing an umbrella with Su Rui.
Xiaoru stood on the step of the car, not knowing whether she should open the umbrella in her hand.
"What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and open the umbrella. The concubine is waiting for you." Luo E reminded.
Xiaoru then quickly opened her umbrella, walked down the steps from the other side, and stood on her left and right with Su Ye each holding an umbrella.
Luo E helped Su Rui to get up, walked out of the car, turned around and walked down the steps towards Xiaoru, walked into the umbrella and walked towards the cemetery in front. She never looked at Su Ye from beginning to end, as if this person did not exist at all.
Su Ye gripped the umbrella handle tightly, but he was not as angry as before. He just took a deep breath, retracted the umbrella, turned around and walked towards the cemetery.
This is the ancestral tomb of the Yong'an Marquis Mansion. There are hundreds of tombs of different sizes. A cemetery has been built with a covered roof and ventilation on all sides.
When Su Ye walked to the top of the cemetery, Su Rui had already folded her umbrella and walked inside.
He hurriedly put down his umbrella, quickly followed, and finally said, "Su Rui, I... I'm here to pay my respects to my mother."
Mother.
It is rare to hear these two words from Su Ye's mouth.
"I think mother may not want to hear you call her like that. Do you even know where her grave is?" Su Rui asked without turning her head.
Su Ye looked embarrassed and looked around. He really didn't know where his mother's grave was.
Ever since he chose to follow his father's example, he never liked his mother again, never paid tribute to her, and didn't even know where her grave was in the cemetery.
"I...it's my fault. I really came here to pay my respects today."
Su Rui ignored him and walked forward.
Su Ye followed her until she stopped, and then he saw that his mother's grave was in the corner of the cemetery.
"Why are you here?" Su Ye asked in disbelief.
My mother was my first wife. Even if she had lied to my father, she was not divorced, and the matter was not made public. She was still the marquis's wife. Even if she was not buried in the main tomb in the center with my father, she would have been in the secondary tomb next to it. How could she be placed in the corner like this?
These... these are the graves of the servants who have gained respect, and their tombs are the most inconspicuous ones around.
If the inscription on the tombstone had not yet been weathered and the paint had not been peeling off, clearly engraving the name of Su Liangshi, the wife of Marquis Yong'an, he would not have believed it was true.
"Of course, here. This way, when Marquis Yong'an and Lady Liang are buried together in the future, no one will know that there is another Marquis' wife, Lady Su Liang, here."
Su Rui said it easily, but Su Ye felt as if he was hit by a carriage.
Ever since his mother died, no, even before she died, Marquis Yong'an had already decided to completely wipe out his mother.
Even though he did not divorce his wife, he did not give her the position she deserved.
The cemetery was located where the domestic slaves were buried. Over the decades, the tombstones weathered and collapsed. Even if they did not collapse, the inscriptions on them would disappear if not maintained.
Especially the words "wife of Marquis Yong'an" were obviously carved much shallower and had been worn away a lot. In another ten years, they would surely disappear.
By then, even if people saw the three words "Su Liangshi", no one would think of her as the original marquis' wife. Even once Liang died and was buried in the main tomb, people would naturally think that she was Liang's maidservant who came with her as a dowry, so she was buried here.
Now Su Rui is here to offer sacrifices. If Su Rui had not returned to the capital and had died on the border, this matter would have been settled forever.
The original wife of the marquis, the legitimate daughter of the Su family, and her own mother would be mistaken by later generations as a slave of the Liang family.
It's simply a humiliation for generations to come.
"I...I don't know."
Su Rui snorted coldly, "So what if you know?"
Su Ye was stunned.
Yeah, so what if he knew.
In the past, even if he was unhappy, he would not ask his father about it. At most, he would go to Liang to complain. After being fooled by Liang, he would think that his mother deserved it because she had deceived his father.
Yes, Su Rui was right. His mother might not be willing to have an unfilial son like him call her mother.
Standing by the grave, Su Ye wanted to lend a hand to help, but he finally took it back when he saw the clumsy Su Rui squatting down with difficulty to burn the paper money.
He is not qualified to worship his mother.
Looking at the entire cemetery, they and their mother's grave are the most out of place.
Is the Yong'an Marquis Mansion really good like this?
The fire from the burning paper illuminated his face and danced in his eyes. As Su Ye watched, the burning paper was blown up by the wind and quickly passed across his cheek. It felt a little painful, but also a little warm.
"Yer, you are my brother now. You must protect your sister well. You two will be the closest people in this world."
The gentle words from long ago seem to ring in my ears.
Looking at Su Rui, Su Ye seemed to be back to twenty-one years ago, when Su Rui was still a little baby not much bigger than a cat, wrapped in swaddling clothes and sleeping all day long.
But every time I see him, I babble, as if I want to say something to him.
The chubby little hands grasped his fingers, soft and tender.
When he could speak, the first word he called was not "Mom", but "Brother".
He remembered.
'Boom!'
Another thunderbolt broke through the sky, and the blue-purple light illuminated the entire cemetery. The huge rumbling sound was like the roar of a beast, and Su Rui, who stood up, trembled in fear.
But before the thunder had even died down, Su Rui was suddenly hugged.
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, brother is here."
The voice coincided with the distant memories in her mind, and Su Rui was also stunned.
Suddenly, the hand holding her withdrew in a panic. Su Ye frantically explained: "I suddenly... I didn't mean to do that. Did I hurt you?"
In the flash of lightning, for a moment, Su Rui seemed to see Su Ye as a child.
When the light disappeared, the person in front of him was the adult Su Ye.
Just like the past, which can never be returned, what has happened can never be erased.
"Rui...can we talk alone?"
"No." Su Rui refused without hesitation.
Looking at Luo E and Xiao Ru standing beside Su Rui, the palace soldiers watching closely not far away, and countless people hiding in the dark, Su Ye suddenly felt happy.
She was finally not alone anymore, and probably, she no longer needed the protection of her incompetent brother.
"Then I'll be frank." Su Ye reached out and lifted his sleeve. In his arm, there was a dagger hidden. "Father asked me to kill you and the child in your belly."
Su Rui was surprised that Su Ye would directly explain his purpose. What was his trick?
She had known that Su Ye would come to see her.
After Lin Chuan died that day, she asked Zhuiyue to send someone to tell the wolf cub that she agreed to the deal with him. She brought back a letter that night, saying that Su Ye would come to see her in the next few days and asked her to obey Su Ye and be friendly.
She knew that Su Ye was going to make a gun. After all, he was her own brother. In the eyes of outsiders, no matter how much trouble he made, it would be a waste of time and effort.
Therefore, she did not stop Su Ye from coming to worship today, but she felt disgusted, so they chose today.
Unexpectedly, Su Ye not only did not take any action, but also directly said what he was going to do.
"Since you saw there was no chance, you turned to the light?" Su Rui asked coldly.
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