Salted Fish Lady Loves to Eat Melons

Chapter 149 Madam Su’s Plan
Duke Su saw that although his granddaughter was not happy to be a concubine, she still nodded obediently. He was grateful to Miss Xie but also hated her for being so cruel.

He was heartbroken for the crime his granddaughter had suffered, but he also knew that it was Miss Xie who woke his granddaughter up by beating her, otherwise how could his granddaughter be so sensible and well-behaved!
So Duke Su happily chatted with his granddaughter for a long time, and finally he asked with a smile: "What gift does Min'er like? Grandmother will send someone to deliver it."

"As long as it's a gift from grandpa, my granddaughter will like it very much." Su Xiaomin said perfunctorily.

Inwardly, he was complaining: Is he really planning to give her to the prince as a concubine? Give me some gifts to compensate me!
When Su Guo heard what Su Xiaomin said, he waved his hand and asked his followers to reward his granddaughter with a lot of jewels.

Su Xiaomin looked at the pile of antiques and jewelry in the house, her eyes sparkling with gratitude, "Grandfather gave me so much, thank you, Grandfather."

"Haha... not much, not much at all. Min'er is the only granddaughter of my grandfather. Who else can I give these things to if not you?"

"Hehe..." Su Xiaomin smiled foolishly. At this moment, she felt that her cheap grandfather really cared about her.

As for her step-grandfather's suggestion that she become the prince's concubine, that slight unpleasantness became insignificant.

She is such a realistic person. Since she can't stop it, she will just enjoy the life of a concubine and go to another place to continue being a parasite!

Seeing his granddaughter's change from resistance to acceptance, Duke Su smiled more gently, patted her shoulder and said, "Min'er, Grandfather is very optimistic about the Third Prince.

Although he is eleven years older than you, he has the greatest chance of ascending to that position, and then you can at least get yourself a royal concubine.

You are the apple of my father's eye, and I believe you will have a bright future."

"What did grandpa mean by the fifth prince just now?" Su Xiaomin asked casually. She couldn't let her step-grandfather think that she had no opinion of her own.

"The fifth prince is brave and good at fighting. He has made great contributions in fighting against the enemy in the northern border in the past two years. As soon as he returned, he was entrusted with an important task by the emperor. However, grandfather feels that he has no foundation and it may be a smokescreen released by the emperor to the ministers."

"Grandfather, have you ever thought that the emperor really wants to train him? If his granddaughter marries the fifth prince, then he will have a backer?"

Hearing this, Duke Su was somewhat tempted. Seeing his granddaughter's admiring look, he felt that he might be able to help the Fifth Prince take that position.

"Min'er may not know that the Fifth Prince will be coming of age in a month and a half, and your aunt the Queen will help him choose a concubine and get married immediately.

But you haven't reached the age of marriage yet, and the emperor can't let the fifth prince wait for you for three years. At most, he can only promise you a concubine position.

As a concubine, Grandfather naturally wants to choose the Third Prince who is mature in all aspects."

"Grandfather, have you ever thought that the fact that the Emperor did not entrust the Third Prince with an important task means that the Emperor does not think highly of him?"

Su Xiaomin blinked her lively eyes, looked at her step-grandfather with admiration, and asked with an innocent expression.

She had just searched the original owner's memory and found that the third prince had shown his affection to the original owner's child several times and wanted to marry her.

A person with such a strong utilitarianism is definitely not a good person. Even if she wants to be a concubine, she wants to pick a prince who she likes.

Since the original owner had no impression of the Fifth Prince at all, it showed that the Fifth Prince still had some morals and did not harm the child.

Duke Su saw a glimmer of determination in his granddaughter's eyes. He didn't think that she understood the situation.

But he was sensitive enough to notice that perhaps this was what they called a bystander seeing things more clearly. They were all in the game and so they could see this.

"Hahaha...Min'er's words make sense. Grandfather will send someone to inform your aunt the queen and ask her to test the emperor's intentions."

Duke Su was so happy that he asked people to send a lot of jewelry and valuable calligraphy and paintings.

Su Xiaomin looked at a pile of antique calligraphy and paintings worth hundreds of millions of yuan, and her heart surged. "Grandfather, I will definitely pay attention to the flower viewing banquet in the East Palace. I will never let you down. At the same time, I also want to work hard to grow stronger and share your worries."

She was striving for her comfortable life as a parasite. Su Xiaomin kept repeating these words in her heart.

"Min'er is so sensible that it makes grandpa feel distressed. Grandpa is proud of you. You are still young, so don't worry too much. You should be proud of grandpa and rely on grandpa."

Duke Su spoke sincerely, and at this moment he felt a powerful force supporting him, that was the granddaughter in front of him.

Under the care of her step-grandfather, Su Xiaomin's heart gradually calmed down, and the two of them flattered each other for a long time.

The scene was like a picture, warm and touching, which moved the servants and maids of the two men.

This heartwarming exchange deepened the relationship between Duke Su and Su Xiaomin, the grandparent and grandchild.

The noise that Duke Su made when rewarding his granddaughter with gifts was too loud. When Old Madam Su found out, she was so angry that she smashed two sets of fine ceramics.

She cursed without caring about her image: "Bitch, damn bitch, I will find a way to kill her at the flower viewing banquet in the East Palace."

"Mother, please calm down. Your daughter-in-law will go and deal with that bitch right now." The Crown Prince's wife comforted gently.

"No, you are in charge of the entire Duke's Mansion now. If something happens, our family will be finished!" said the old lady calmly.

"Mother, father gave that bitch two good things a day. Are we just going to let it go?" The Crown Prince's wife sat back in her chair angrily.

"Young Madam, you have to stay calm. There will always be a way." The Crown Prince's wife's trusted nanny patted her back and consoled her.

"Mother, since you don't want to take action in the mansion, it's even harder to take action at the East Palace Flower Viewing Banquet.

At the East Palace Flower Viewing Banquet, there are not only civil and military officials and the families of nobles and princes, but also royal relatives. Even if you want to take action, you won't find a chance."

The Crown Prince's wife pretended to be sad and said that in fact she didn't want to target her half-brother's concubine's daughter at all.

It is only normal for the only young lady of the Su family to be valued by her father-in-law. She even wants to treat her nicely!

The reason why her father-in-law is nice to his niece is for the good of the entire Su family. She really doesn't know why her mother-in-law is crazy.

Hearing what her eldest daughter-in-law said, the old lady nodded. She naturally understood this.

But it was so obvious that the master wanted to train her to be the queen, how could she endure it?

The current Crown Princess is her biological granddaughter, and the illegitimate granddaughter of the Su family has no blood relationship with her at all!
"What if something unexpected happens on the way back from the flower-viewing banquet?" There was a hint of viciousness in the old lady's eyes.

"........."

The Crown Prince's wife didn't know how to respond. She knew that her mother-in-law had always been mean to illegitimate sons and daughters.

But she didn't expect that her mother-in-law would be so vicious as to plot the life of her niece. However, her husband was the eldest son of the Duke of Dingguo, and she could not disobey her mother-in-law.

She had been married to the prince for more than 20 years and had two sons. All of her husband's concubines gave birth to sons.

None of their eldest grandchildren were girls, but the Su Mansion had relied on girls as queens for generations to remain standing.

But the mother-in-law placed her high hopes on her granddaughter, but she is a daughter of the Shen family after all!
(End of this chapter)