Hexi

Su Zhen held his breath, listening to the soft but heavy words in front of him, he didn't dare to move.

"You are very clear about our family's situation. If you and I want to live comfortably in the future, you must be promising, and you must not be useless. But there is a prerequisite for all of this, that is, you have to be with me. If you even want to hide it from me Then you just have trouble with yourself, understand?"

"Son, son knows! Son will never dare to lie to mother!"

If it was said that Su Zhen had some fluke in his heart earlier, thinking that as long as he was "filial", he could do what he should do, then at this moment, he absolutely dare not have such an idea.Every word of Huang's, no, every word accurately hit his weakness, and made him break out in a cold sweat - how could what she said were not cruel reality? !
His legs softened, and he couldn't help but want to kneel down again, but Huang looked at him, and then said: "You shouldn't hide it, because no matter when and where, you must have me behind you on the Su family's side." It's like you want to find another way out, do you think you can pass the Su family's level by yourself?"

"Mother, forgive me!" Su Zhen couldn't hold it any longer, and fell to the ground with a thump, "I'll tell you the truth, mother, son, son did get news from Mr. Chang, he said that the Ministry of War is preparing to train a group of young generals, he thinks I am fit and strong, so I suggested that I enter the military camp and seek a general post in the future. My son, my son thought that almost all of the Su family’s property was in Tiangongfang, and Tiangongfang would have to fall into the hands of Brother Qi in the future. At that time, I will only do things for him, so I asked Mr. Chang to introduce me. Mother knows about this, please don't mention it to father!"

"Are you going to join the camp as a military general?" Huang looked at him, and after he nodded in recognition again, she withdrew her gaze and said, "You have mediocre aptitude for studying and studying, so going to the military camp for training is a way out."

Su Zhen raised his head suddenly: "Mother... Mother doesn't object?"

"Why should I object?"

Su Zhen was speechless.

"Since you are my son, no matter which way you go, I only hope that you can stand out, so that I can feel proud of you, don't you?"

Su Zhen nodded suddenly. He only felt that this was very correct, but he couldn't tell what was wrong. Whether it was because her approval came too unexpectedly, or because he saw her good intentions again, he couldn't tell.Or both.In short, at this moment, all the fear in his heart began to dissipate, and an unspeakable sense of intimacy was filling his chest.

His lips parted slightly, and he fell flat on the ground: "Son, son, thank mother for her kindness!"

Mrs. Huang sighed, and supported him with both hands: "What did Mr. Chang say? Did he promise to do it?"

"He agreed and said he would try to help."

"His father is the left servant of the Ministry of War. He is under the Minister, and he is so prestigious. If he agrees to this matter, it seems likely that it will happen. Then, have you planned how to tell your father and uncle? "

Su Zhen shook his head, and quickly said: "Please help me, mother!"

Mrs. Huang sighed: "Does it need to be said? If I don't help you, who will help you? Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, I will find an opportunity to talk to your aunt first, and ask her to help make it happen. As long as your uncle agrees, your father will It's useless to stop it."

"Thank you mother!"

Su Zhen was overjoyed, and his voice trembled with excitement.Seeing the paper bag next to him, he quickly picked it up and presented it: "This is a snack brought by my son, and I specially brought it back for my mother to taste!"

Huang accepted it, and suddenly said: "Why would Mr. Chang help you like this? He didn't put forward any conditions?"

Su Zhen was stunned for a moment, then nodded immediately: "Yes! Mr. Chang asked me to find out something for him."

"what?"

Su Zhen looked at the open door, and lowered his voice before approaching: "It's a pattern that my son asked his mother about last time. Mr. Chang said that only the Su family has that pattern, and no other family has it, but the son has been inquiring for a long time in secret. I haven’t seen it either. And he told me not to make it known to everyone, and it’s not easy for my son to ask someone.”

"He just wanted a pattern?" Huang's eyes flickered slightly, "When did he tell you?"

"It's the last time we met."

Mrs. Huang shook her fan again. "Then it seems that you have to find a way. Since he has a request, if you can't do it, then there is no need for him to help you."

Su Zhen became anxious again: "But the son of the Su family can't get involved at all, so where should I find it?"

"You also know that you can't get involved in the affairs of the Su family, but do you know why you can't get involved?"

Su Zhen was stunned.

"Because you don't take the initiative. Your father is full of trivial matters every day. If you can take the initiative to share some affairs for him, even if you learn from him, he even recognizes his son. Would you not let you learn? As long as he Letting you learn, are you afraid that you won't be able to participate in Su's family affairs?"

Su Zhen was stunned: "What the mother said is that the son will go to his father's side tomorrow and devote himself to learning to manage the general affairs!"

Mrs. Huang nodded, took out a cake from the opened paper bag, and took a small bite: "Go."

"Son leave!"

The beaded curtains under the curtain rattled and then fell silent again.

Huang ate half of the cake calmly under the lamp, looked at the flower filling in the remaining half of the cake, raised her eyebrows and said, "This cake is quite interesting."

……

The lanterns in Qiyu Garden were crackling, Fusang came to scissors, and cut off a section of the exploded lanterns.

Under the shadow of the lamp, Su Luo rubbed her temples with her elbows, and her brows were frowned like the exploded lanterns.

"Girl," Mu Jin lifted the curtain and came in, "Uncle Zhen has returned to his room."

Su Luo straightened up and glanced at her, then went back tiredly.

Fusang sighed: "It took almost an hour to go, isn't it true? But the second wife is such a fairy-like person, and this servant never believed that she would indulge herself like this. How could she make such a choice?"

Mu Jin said: "What if it's not? Maybe it's just to pass the uncle to talk."

"Even as you said, such a smart second wife should not avoid suspicion. If it is once or twice to pass the adopted son who is about to grow into the house in the middle of the night, there is no problem. The problem is that it has happened many times. Don't the second wife know the power of gossip? She must know, so why does she keep doing it?"

Mu Jin retorted: "He is doing well, so why be afraid of rumors?"

"No, Fusang is right." Su Wei interrupted their argument, "That's right, Second Aunt's behavior is too contradictory, why did she do that?"

She looked up at them.

When Fusang first reported it to her, although it was terrifying, she was still skeptical, because if Fusang was not sure, he would not have passed on such words to her, let alone conveyed them so solemnly, and doubted it because In her mind, Huang's status is second only to that of Xie's. Her character and talent are not even willing to bow to someone like Su Yan. How could she do such a thing that would damage her reputation?

But earlier, she saw Su Zhen go to Jiyunxuan with Huang's maidservants. It was so late, and Su Zhen had just come back. If it wasn't for some inexplicable relationship, why was she so anxious to find Su? Where is Zhen in the past?It's been so long since I've been there.

"Tell me," she lowered her eyes, "Su Zhen is so close to Second Aunt now, does Second Aunt know about Chang He's dealings with him?"