Rebirth of the Malicious Empress of Military Lineage

Chapter 17 & 18

Chapter 17: Who Taught you

A major event occurred in early October.

Su Ming Feng, the Eldest Young Master Su, the heir of the Nan Ping Bo family in the Ding capital, suddenly came down with a serious illness and had to recuperate at home. Ping Nan Bo's heart ached for his favoured son, so he and his Furen stayed at home to take care of the Eldest Young Master Su, temporarily disregarding matters on the military horses. His Majesty bestowed some things to express his sympathy before arranging a new official to take over the management matters.

The people of Ding capital all sighed with regret over this turn of events. Eldest Young Master Su was a talented youth who had achieved a great merit shortly after becoming an official, but just when his future seemed limitless and his rise meteoric, he suddenly succumbed to this serious illness. Even if one was a talented genius, if three to five years passed before his return, there would no longer be a foothold for him in court.

The commoners saw it as such, but his colleagues in court were uncertain. Some wise people said, "This isn't any illness, it is obviously avoiding a disaster. Originally, one would think that this Su family had been adding oil onto the blaze only to find out that the fire would burn them up. Who would have thought that they would see the situation clearly and take such a drastic measure to deal with it."

Shen Miao was pruning the Begonia flowers in the middle of the courtyard when these things reached her ears. These days in Guang Wen Tang, as everyone had something new to say about the Eldest Young Master Su, no one paid much attention to her. As a result, she had a few rare days of leisure.

"Young Lady now likes all these plants." Gu Yu smiled as she said, "This Begonia flower blooms really well."

The deep red Begonia flower's petals gave a bit of colour to the bleakness of autumn. When she was the Empress, she was learning to manage the Inner Palace, helping Fu Xiu Yi win over the officials, was a hostage in Qin country and fought with Mei Furen. Most of the time she was living in the midst of manipulations and quarrels, how would she have the mood to casually prune flowers?

"Do you know why the Begonia blossoms so brilliantly?" She asked.

Even though Gu Yu did not understand why Young Lady would ask such a question, she still replied with a smile, "This is from the seeds that the steward bought from outside. It was said that they were expensive seeds. Furen also praised that this type of Begonia looks particularly good in the autumn."

Shen Miao gently shook her head.

How would that be the reason?

Just like the Palace, the land of cold and gloom, even the flowers outside the Cold Palace were all exquisite. It was because under those flowers laid many bones. In this world, there would always be the darkest reasons for the brightest things.

The Su family has realised this principle. What would they do now?

She smiled slightly.

*****

In the residence of Ping Nan Bo.

The courtyard of Eldest Young Master Su was so tightly guarded that other than the close servants and family, no one else could enter. One could only smell the heavy scent of medication as Master Su closed the doors to all guests and refused to see any outsiders.

As the good friend of the Su heir, little Marquis Xie naturally paid the sick person a visit.

The Xie family's carriage was parked outside the Su residence and the servants were moving the herbs down in great difficulty. These herbs were all placed in wooden boxes and it could be seen that the little Marquis had very good intentions towards his good friend.