No. 1 Girl in the Imperial City

Chapter 355 Retiring the Marriage (Part Two)

After lunch, a few special guests came to the Su family.

Su Rui was playing the piano in the room, when the girl next to Madam Su suddenly came over and said Madam invited the girl to the old man's yard.It was someone from the mother's side who came to invite her to the grandfather's yard, and Su Rui instantly knew what it was for.

After getting up and tidying up a bit, she walked out with the girl beside Mrs. Su, and Su Rui asked as she walked, "Is there a guest?"

The girl looked at Su Rui in surprise, and said with a smile: "How did the girl know? I heard that someone from Yangxin's Xiao family has come." This girl didn't know that the marriage between the Su family and the Xiao family had fallen through, and she just pretended My girl's future husband's family came to visit her in-laws and future daughter-in-law.

Apparently, a few days ago in the plum garden outside the city, although Su Rui personally said that she was going to divorce, it was not widely known by the public.Su Rui was also a little curious about this, she was already prepared to be surrounded by people when she went out during this period of time.

Su Rui walked into the hall of Mrs. Su's courtyard, and saw a few people sitting in the guest seats.

A middle-aged couple is naturally the Xiao family couple, and a young man with an extraordinary bearing is obviously Xiao Cheng.

There was another person kneeling on the ground, and it was Xiao Hong who hadn't seen him for a long time.

Xiao Hong was kneeling in the middle of the hall right now, with his back to the door, Su Rui couldn't see his expression clearly.On the contrary, the middle-aged woman immediately showed a loving smile when she saw Su Rui, "A Rui is here? It's really because our family A Hong is incompetent, and you have been wronged. Come in and let your aunt have a look."

Su Rui lowered her eyes slightly, and stepped into the hall.

She bowed respectfully to the two guests, then turned to the grandfather sitting on the main seat and the parents and elders next to her, "Grandfather, father and mother, eldest brother and second brother."

Old Madam Su waved to his granddaughter with a smile and said, "A Rui is here, come to grandfather."

Su Rui nodded, and walked to Mrs. Su with a smile.

The expression on the woman's face froze for a moment, and soon returned to her original smile.

Su Rui had met this Mrs. Xiao several times before, and each time Mrs. Xiao was very kind to her, so Su Rui didn't have a bad impression of her.

But after hearing the words of the woman who eloped with Xiao Hong last time, I still have a somewhat different feeling towards her.Although what the woman said may not be true, but given her current relationship with Xiao Hong, there is no need to get too close.

Mrs. Xiao quickly adjusted her mood, looked at Xiao Hong who was kneeling on the ground, and said, "Sinister! Hurry up and apologize to A Rui!"

Su Rui raised her eyebrows slightly, what does this mean?
Xiao Hong was still kneeling on the ground, looked up at Su Rui and said, "A Rui, I was confused for a while before, please forgive me."

Su Rui lowered her head to meet Xiao Hong's gaze, and couldn't help but be surprised.

Before, she didn't really think highly of Xiao Hong in her heart. Although Xiao Hong had a handle on her, in Su Rui's opinion, her method was too rough. How could the eldest granddaughter who was raised by Mrs. Su be so easy to handle?
If it wasn't for Su Rui being young and not a ruthless person, and being afraid of the Xiao family and Xiao Cheng, as well as Mr. Xue Yang's kindness to his grandfather back then and not wanting to make the relationship between the two families too bad, it would not be difficult to kill Xiao Hong secretly.

But now she felt completely different when she saw Xiao Hong. It wasn't that Xiao Hong's ability suddenly increased, but an uncomfortable feeling.

If Xiao Hong was just a young man who thought he was scheming before, now he looks like a beast driven to the extreme.

Feelings that could bite at any moment.

Su Rui felt a little uneasy, and paused for a while when she was about to give Mrs. Su's shoulder-hanging hand.

Old Madam Su didn't seem to notice, he raised his hand and patted the back of his granddaughter's hand with a smile.

Su Rui immediately came back to her senses, and said with a smile: "Mr. Xiao is serious. Although you and I are not destined, the Su and Xiao families are still family friends. From now on, I only hope that Mr. Xiao will find a good relationship as soon as possible, and everything will be fine."

Xiao Hong looked at Su Rui, and said slowly after a while: "Thank you, Miss Su."

Hearing this, Master Xiao and Mrs. Xiao looked at each other and sighed in their hearts.

It seems that the Su family has made up their minds to divorce, and there is nothing they can do about it.

Old Madam Su said: "Forget it, Third Young Master Xiao, get up, don't get hurt in this cold weather."

Xiao Hong stood up silently, the person who made a mistake naturally had no place to sit, so he could only stand silently behind his parents.

Next, Su Rui's father, the elder of the Su family, spoke up to discuss with the Xiao family about retiring the engagement.Old Madam Su didn't interrupt, but leaned against the table with half-closed eyes to rest, and the others listened quietly.

Although the Xiao family wanted to save the marriage, but the Su family had no intention and they were naturally too embarrassed to force it.After a quick discussion, the two parties returned the token of engagement.

It will be announced later that the Su family and the Xiao family have terminated their engagement.

Naturally, it would not be said that it was because Xiao Hong eloped with his father's concubine, but that Xiao Hong had a serious illness and could not get married or take the imperial examination within five years.The girl from the Su family is already seventeen years old, so naturally the Xiao family can't delay her.

Because of this, the Xiao family compensated Su Rui a lot.

This is actually just a public statement. If the real insider wanted to find out, who would not be able to find out?

After all, the Xiao family is a big family of Yangxin, and many people in Yangxin knew about Xiao Hong's elopement, but no one dared to discuss it face to face.

The Su family is like this, because Mr. Xueyang's kindness to Mr. Su back then, outsiders will only praise the Su family for their kindness and will never say anything wrong with Su Rui.

After all, if you know that your future son-in-law is so misbehaving and insists on marrying your daughter, wouldn't it look good?Outsiders didn't know how much they thought the Su family had received from the Xiao family.

The Su family divorced and refused to tarnish the reputation of the Xiao family, so it can be said that they did it impeccably.

After the negotiation between the two parties was completed, the four members of the Xiao family got up and left.

Everyone in the Su family also got up to send the Xiao family out, but the old master Su only left Su Rui by his side.

When everyone was gone, Old Master Su looked at his granddaughter and asked, "What do you think, A Rui?"

Su Rui was stunned for a moment before realizing what her grandfather was asking, and she pondered for a while and said, "Then Xiao Hong... seems to be very different, I always have a bad feeling. Grandfather, will something happen?"

This is a kind of intuition, there is no reason, so Su Rui can't tell why.

Old Madam Su sighed softly and said: "Speaking of which, it's my grandfather's fault. You were all too young when you got engaged, and you couldn't judge this child's character. This child... is far worse than his elder brother. Already." This does not refer to talent and ability, but to heart and character.

I don't know how the Xiao family raised their children like this. This kind of disposition is rare even among those dudes in the capital.

Su Rui shook her head and said, "How can you blame grandpa? It's just that I don't have a relationship with Mr. Xiao. I hope Uncle Xiao and Aunt Xiao can take him back and discipline him properly. It will be fine if you think about it in a few years."

Speaking of this, Su Rui suddenly thought: "Uncle Xiao just said that he has a serious illness, so next year's spring..."

"Not only next year's Chunwei, but he won't be able to take part in the next imperial examination." Mrs. Su said lightly.

Su Rui was silent, and asked after a while: "Did something happen to him these days?" It's just that the marriage with the Su family, since it has been negotiated, of course it won't have such a big impact.

As for the matter of elopement with father's concubine, if it really caused a big trouble, it would not be wronged to beat him to death, but it doesn't look like the Xiao family will be severely punished because of this.

Su Taifu said: "He has mixed with people from southern Xinjiang."

Su Rui doesn't know much about the affairs in southern Xinjiang, but families like the Xiao family have always avoided getting close to people with sensitive identities.Since the Xiao family has made such a decision, there must be something else involved, but it is not her responsibility to pursue it.

Old Madam Su looked at her granddaughter with a smile and said, "This marriage is over, what plans does A Rui have in the future?"

The smile on Su Rui's face froze slightly, "Grandfather, didn't you say..."

Old Madam Su raised his hand and said, "Grandpa knows, but I still want to hear what you think. I don't know how long I can live. I don't feel at ease if I don't see that you are all well."

"What did grandfather say?" Su Rui said, "You will live a long life."

Old Madam Su smiled and said: "Living for too long is annoying, you should think about it carefully, what are your plans for the future. Your brothers are all men, and their parents have to worry about them. Your sisters don't think as much as you do. , as long as the Su family is still there, they will not live too badly. Only you... In this world, the more people think about it, the harder it is to live. If grandfather can plan for you, he will plan more for you .”

Su Rui's eyes were a little red. She walked up to Old Madam Su and knelt down, looked up at him and said softly, "Grandfather, granddaughter... granddaughter doesn't want to marry, and she doesn't want to be a good wife and mother who can only manage housework."

The hall was quiet for a long time before a long sigh slowly sounded.

Mr. Su raised his hand and gently rubbed the top of Su Rui's head, sighed: "Silly boy. The gods made you so smart, but why... you have such thoughts, do you know how sad the future will be?"

Su Rui whispered: "The granddaughter knows."

Elder Su said softly: "Forget it, if you think about it carefully, grandpa should think about it too."

"Yes." Su Rui nodded, looked at her grandfather's old but still radiant eyes and said firmly, "I won't regret it."

(End of this chapter)