The conditions Ye Guixue mentioned were very tempting. They paved the way for her and allowed her to leave some room for herself.
But unfortunately, she couldn't agree.
Because of Zhou Gu, she was still soft-hearted to him even after breaking off the engagement, so breaking off the engagement now would be hurtful. How could she swing the balance left and right in the future, letting the two of them stand on opposite ends of the balance for her to choose?
?
She can't do it.
In particular, the persuasion in Ye Guixue's mouth should be replaced by the word "begging" in front of Prime Minister Ye, between father and son.
She didn't have many good qualities, and she didn't have much room in her heart to pretend to have an affair with her son. She didn't want him to ask Ye Xiang for her. So, she shook her head at Ye Guixue, "Guixue, you don't have to be like this, with such conditions
, for you, it is an insult to you."
"I don't care." Ye Guixue said softly.
Su Rong still shook his head, "Since I plan to return the Tiger Talisman to you, I have no intention of relying on the Ye family anymore. If you try to persuade your father, both emotionally and rationally, it will show that I am neither giving nor greedy. What will your father think of me?"
I have always believed that there is no free lunch in the world, including anything. For example, the relationship between father and son, the relationship between brothers and sisters, the love between two people, and mutual benefit. It is all about you coming and going, you respect me,
I'll give you one point back. I don't give anything, I don't promise you, but I let your Ye family support me. Why? Just based on the possibility of being chosen in the future? "
She shook her head again, "It's really wrong to put the two of you together and let me swing. You can't do this, and I can't do this. If I get the support of your Ye family, then I have to pay something. It's not me.
We can negotiate to replace him with someone else for his position as king’s husband. That’s fine. But what you said about being more soft-hearted, Gui Xue, I can’t do. I didn’t understand the human heart before. After this experience, I generally understand.
Now I understand, I can’t use it as a bargaining chip, I don’t dare to bet.”
"That's not right." Ye Guixue shook her head, "I have already fallen in love with the princess before I met her. When I met the princess, you accepted my Tiger Talisman. I was very happy. You treated me sincerely, and I was very satisfied. Now you want to give up on me.
, I just feel like I’ve failed.”
Ye Guixue looked at her, her voice a little bitter, "So, you want to return the hundred thousand soldiers and tiger talismans to me, and you don't want the support of Ye Xiangfu. Do you want it all?"
Ye Guixue twisted the jade ring on her finger, "The king has planned for many years, and most of the help paved for the princess came from Ye Xiangfu and me. The king probably did not expect that Guixue was not talented and could not get along with each other for more than a month.
, but he is not favored by the princess."
Su Rong said: "Except for the position of king's husband."
Ye Guixue stopped talking.
"But Daliang is also suffering from internal and external troubles." Ye Guixue said: "There are Nanping and Northern Hebei that are ready to make a move, and there is also the Wei Dynasty that is eyeing it. I am afraid that His Highness the Crown Prince may not be able to do anything at all."
Su Rong nodded, "Yes, so I will probably stay in Daliang for a long time to help her, and I will have to make sufficient preparations before going to Nanchu. Or, I can only believe in my biological father who I have never met.
, if you can control the situation of the Southern Chu Dynasty, you will have to work harder."
Su Rong looked at him and said, "Gui Xue, it really doesn't matter, right? You have been working hard for many years, and you are more ambitious than me and Zhou Gu, and you won't stick to petty love."
Su Rong also looked in the same direction with him, dumbfounded, "So, I underestimated Zhou Gu and overestimated myself."
She looked at Ye Guixue again, "Guixue, you don't need to belittle yourself. It's not your problem, it's my own problem."
Ye Guixue nodded, "So, if the princess says this, there is no room for change between you and me?"
Ye Guixue was silent for a while, and then asked softly: "If there is no support from Ye Xiangfu, what will the princess do?"
Ye Guixue sighed softly, "It seems I was wrong. The princess is more than just soft-hearted towards Young Master Zhou?"
He rubbed his eyebrows and said, "On Thursday, Young Master risked his life to serve as an assistant to the government. His path to Qingyun will go down in history. But now that the princess has risked her life to support Ye Xiangfu, the throne of Nanchu will not be secure for decades to come."
Su Rong stopped talking.
He lightly basked in the sun and walked forward. When he encountered a plum branch, he brushed it away. After taking a few steps, he asked Su Rong, "So, what do you think the princess can promise me besides the position of husband and wife?"
Su Rong said: "Of course I am afraid, but I thought about it carefully and realized that if Zhou Gu can take it upon himself, then I can take it on. At worst, I won't go to Nanchu to inherit that position, and I will stay in Daliang. Anyway, I support my parents.
My brothers and sisters are all in Daliang, and I couldn’t bear to leave them. It’s not that I have to go to Nanchu. I have tested it many times. In the East Palace of His Royal Highness, no killer can come close to the shooting place in his study. No matter who will sit in Nanchu in the future.
In that position, as long as I have enough ability to protect myself, I won't let the killer succeed. At most, it will be harder in the future. Anyway, I have escaped countless assassinations since I was a child, and I don't care if I hide for decades more."
"No." Su Rong shook his head, "The human heart is the most unreliable thing. You are just..."
"I just came a step late." Ye Guixue intercepted Su Rong's words.
"If I promise you the position of king's husband, I don't want it anymore, and I don't dare to take it anymore." Su Rong met his eyes, "If you can exchange it for something else of equal value, we can discuss it again. If you and I can't get along, we can't get along."
Even if Prime Minister Ye’s Mansion doesn’t support me, I admit it.”
"Rely on His Highness the Crown Prince!" Su Rong said: "After all, I have done so many things for him, and he should repay me a little."
Ye Guixue turned back and looked at Su Rong, "If the princess gives up like this, is she not afraid that the Ye Xiang Mansion and the Nangong family will join forces? If the two mansions really join forces, the princess will not be able to sit in that position even if she has the backing of Prince Daliang.
"
Ye Gui
People who care about you can't be calm. That day at the Great Buddha Temple, you returned to Beijing late at night, ran for hundreds of miles, and did not hesitate to stain your clothes with blood. I should have known that you cared about Mr. Zhou. But I was still overconfident.
I am determined and will not let mere love delay my great cause."
Su Rong was silent, "Then there is nothing I can do. Who made him my biological father? I can act like a spoiled brat to my adoptive parents. But for his biological father, giving birth to a person like me makes him worry about not following his arrangements and living smoothly.
He has no choice but to recognize the daughter who left before him. There is nothing he can do if he refuses to recognize her. Who allowed him to leave the Sixth Palace vacant for many years without giving birth to another child."
"I can promise you to serve as an auxiliary minister and become a famous minister for the ages. As long as the Ye family has no rebellious intentions, I will not touch the Ye family during my lifetime and make the Ye family become the largest family in Southern Chu to replace the Nangong family." Su Rong followed him,
Word by word.
Ye Guixue said: "The assistant ministers of Southern Chu are just the chroniclers of a small country."
Su Rong shook his head, "No, I will work with Yan Huisheng to divide the Wei Dynasty. One day, Nan Chu and Daliang will fight against each other."
Ye Guixue paused in her steps, turned around suddenly, and looked at Su Rong.
