Emperor Zhenguan

Chapter 375 The Desolate Su Family Worries About Money
He could understand Su Shichang's current mood. After King Qin's death, he also thought about resigning from office and going into seclusion, so as to avoid the prince's future liquidation.But after thinking about it later, I found it unrealistic. If the prince ascended the throne, he would be lucky to be suppressed. If the prince avenges Liu Wenjing, one can imagine what will happen to him.

As an old man of King Qin's mansion, and he has unspeakable grievances with King Qi, he has no way out.

Seeing Su Shichang's hesitation, Chen Shuda said in a deep voice: "In fact, the King of Chu is not without advantages. Right now, the Shence Mansion is full of talents, and even the aristocratic family is also inclined. The crown prince is confined in the East Palace, and only the King of Chu is looking forward to him in the court hall, and there are even saints." Support King Chu, what are you worried about?"

"The sage prefers the King of Chu?" Su Shichang said in amazement, "But the King of Chu is neither a descendant nor an elder."

"The sage doesn't favor the King of Chu, but supports him." Chen Shuda corrected his words and said, "I don't believe you can't see the sage's plan."

Su Shichang frowned and thought for a moment, then said, "You mean, the sage wants to use the king of Chu to balance the crown prince?"

As an old man of Tiance Mansion, Su Shichang naturally knew about the past that the sage used King Qin to check and balance the crown prince.

"Isn't it?" Chen Shuda asked back.

Su Shichang was dumbfounded, and after thinking about it carefully, it was true, so he sighed: "Sages do this, and sooner or later they will bring disaster to Xiao Qiang."

"That's beyond what you and I can guess."

Chen Shuda doesn't care about the royal family battles, he only has two thoughts now, one is to save the lives of his family, and the other is to avenge King Qin.

Su Shichang clasped his hands and said, "In this case, Shichang is willing to serve His Royal Highness King Chu."

He also knew that, as an old man of Tiance Mansion, when the crown prince came to the throne in the future, whether he could keep his official functions was the second priority, and the life of the family was the most important thing.

"Okay." Chen Shuda was overjoyed, held up his palm, and said with a smile: "There is a world elder who assists the king of Chu, so why not worry about the failure of the big event."

Su Shichang smiled bitterly, this time he was just forced to do nothing.

After Chen Shuda left, another person came to visit. The person who came was Su Xu, a fellow from his hometown and an old man from the original Tiance Mansion.

Su Xu was the grandson of Su Wei, the prime minister of the former Sui Dynasty, and one of the eighteen scholars of the Qin Palace.

Both Su Xu and Su Shichang are from Jingzhao martial arts, and they belong to the same family and different branches.

"Why did my virtuous brother come here today?" Su Shichang asked Su Xu to sit down.

Su Xu smiled wryly, "Oh, I have something important to ask my brother."

"What's the matter?"

"The family ancestor is critically ill, but my younger brother is so shy in his pocket that he really has no money for medical treatment, so I am here to turn my brother around."

"Su Gong is sick?" Su Shichang was startled, and hurriedly said: "How much do you want, I will have someone fetch it for you."

Su Xu said with difficulty, "Five thousand taels."

"Ah?" Su Shichang said in astonishment: "What medicine is so expensive?"

Su Xu sighed, "The doctor wrote a prescription for my grandfather, and one of the medicines needs Liaodong wild ginseng, so it costs so much money."

Speaking of this, Su Xu felt so ashamed.He never thought that one day, the Su family would be in trouble because of money.

He didn't dare to tell his grandfather about this matter, for fear that his grandfather would faint from anger.

Su Shichang frowned and said: "I've heard of Liaodong wild ginseng, the most expensive of which is only one thousand taels, how could it become five thousand taels? Isn't this a low price!"

"Well, to tell you the truth, brother, I naturally know that the drug dealers set the price on the ground, but they said that Gaokaidao is currently under martial law in Liaodong, and it is difficult to transport wild ginseng, so they can only be shipped by sea, which is why they are so expensive."

Hearing this, Su Shichang sighed, and said truthfully: "My dear brother, you and I are our own people, and I will not lie to you. Right now, my family's livelihood is not good. The royal salary can only support the life of my family, and I don't have much savings. However, I can help you a thing or two."

He was telling the truth, without King Qin's benefits, there was almost no money to be made in his department.What's more, he doesn't even bother to do such dirty things.

Hearing Su Shichang say that he has no money, Su Xu felt even more embarrassed, and quickly said: "No, no, I'll go to someone else's place to have a look."

After speaking, he hurriedly said goodbye.

After sending Su Xu to the gate of the mansion, Su Shichang suddenly stopped him and said hesitantly, "Perhaps there is someone who can help you."

"Who is brother talking about?" He asked puzzled.

After King Qin's death, the old people of Tiance Mansion were like plague gods, and the attitude of the dignitaries who came and went on a daily basis dropped drastically, and many people even didn't want to see him.

I think the Su family was once magnificent, but since the end of the Sui Dynasty, his grandfather Su Wei has been loyal to Yu Wenhuaji, Li Mi, and Emperor Luoyang Huangtai successively. It's almost sold out too.

With the little savings he had in Tiance Mansion, he couldn't afford five thousand taels of silver at all.

"King Chu." Su Shichang said.

"The King of Chu?" Su Xu was startled, then smiled wryly, "Brother, I have never had any contact with the King of Chu, how could he lend me money?"

Su Shi said: "Perhaps, you can try it."

Su Shichang didn't intend to tell him about some things, he would not follow Chen Shuda's example and directly persuade Su Xu to work for the King of Chu.

He let Su Xu choose for himself.

"My dear brother, if you really can't find anyone to help you, I am willing to accompany you to the Shence Mansion. It just so happens that I will also go to the Shence Mansion to perform my duties soon."

"Performing duties?" Su Xu was startled, and said in disbelief, "Brother, is he going to be an official in Shence Mansion?"

"That's right." Su Shichang said directly: "Ms. Chen personally invited me just now. I thought about it and agreed to him."

Su Xu was not stupid, and soon realized something was wrong, so he said, "Brother, are you going to join the court of King Chu?"

It is embarrassing to say that although they are courtiers, in the eyes of everyone, they are the courtiers of King Qin.

After the death of King Qin, the Tiance Mansion was abandoned, and Su Xu could only stay at home.After all, his previous official position was given by King Qin.

Su Shichang is different from him, the former still has the title of advising doctor and can receive a salary.

But Su Xu didn't. He used to be just a Tiance Mansion's lottery.

Su Shichang smiled wryly: "Otherwise, should we go to the East Palace?"

Su Xu stopped talking, and after a while, he said, "I see, if I really have nowhere to go, I will come to find my brother."

"it is good."

After Su Xu left, he went to the homes of a few acquainted friends to borrow money, but as expected, they basically had no money to lend him.

Back home at night, his younger brother Su Quan came to welcome him.

"Brother, have you borrowed money?"

Su Xu was so sad that he wanted to cry, but he didn't dare to cry. Now that the Su family was all supported by him, if he fell down, the whole family would be ruined.

"Second brother, don't worry, I already have a clue."

Their father, Su Kui, died during Daye's reign, and their grandfather, Su Wei, was not seen by saints. Their second brother hadn't become an official yet, and now he was the only one in the family.

Bitter!

Su Quan said happily: "That's great, so grandfather will be saved."

Hearing this, Su Xu reluctantly showed a smile.

After Su Xu returned home, he first visited his sleeping grandfather, then sat with him for a while, and then returned to his room.

He told his second brother that he had a clue, but in fact he had no clue.Chang'an dignitaries, he knows very few people, and because of King Qin, not many people are willing to associate with him now.Although his status in the Tiance Mansion was low in the past, the brand of the Tiance Mansion has always existed on his body.

Therefore, not many people dare to contact him.

The root cause is still Prince Donggong.

All the courtiers knew about the struggle between the East Palace and the Tiance Mansion, and now that the King of Qin passed away, who would dare to offend the East Palace and help the old man of the Tiance Mansion?
No!

After thinking about it, Su Xu remembered Su Shichang's words.

Perhaps, only the King of Chu can help him.

(End of this chapter)