Chapter 323 Careful Thoughts

"Who is this person?" Nan Xi pointed at a man in a moon-white robe, "He looks familiar."

Rong Yu's eyes turned slightly and fell on the portrait: "Nephews look a lot like their uncles. You think he looks familiar because he looks a little like the King of Wei, the son of the Sixth Princess of Dongling. His husband's surname is Su, and he is Su Hanyu, the second son of the second branch of the Su family, one of the four major families in the Dongling Imperial Capital."

A member of the Su family?

Nan Xi frowned. She was not surprised that this person's surname was Su. When the crown prince chooses a husband, the first qualified to enter the palace must be the children of the most prominent families in the imperial capital. The four major families in Dongling are Xie, Chu, Su, and Mo.

What she found strange was that this person could also be selected to enter the palace as the imperial lady?

"The Sixth Princess should be my mother's sister, so isn't Su Hanyu related to me by blood?" Nan Xi frowned slightly, "According to the relationship, should I call him cousin?"

"In principle, such a relationship can be married." Rong Yu said calmly, "Su Hanyu is close to Xuanyuan Yan, and the former crown prince treats him much better than his own brother."

"The Su family is rich and powerful, and Xuanyuan Yan and he are cousins, so it is normal for them to be good friends." Nan Xi said in a light tone, "But I don't like this kind of messy relationship."

Although the royal family has always had no shortage of marriages between relatives, she just doesn't like it.

Before getting married, men and women with blood ties call each other brother and sister, but after getting married, they become husband and wife. It feels awkward no matter how you think about it. Although she is not familiar with Su Hanyu and it is impossible for her to have any close relationship with him, she still thinks this kind of thing is a bit strange.

"If you don't like it, then don't like it. Don't think too much." Rong Yu poured a cup of tea and handed it to her. "It's not surprising that his portrait appears here. No matter whether it is the idea of ​​King Wei or Xuanyuan Yan, the Su family will not refuse it. Besides, if he can really enter the palace, it will also be good for the second branch of the Su family."

Pick up the teacup and take a sip of tea, he said calmly: "The one in power in the Su family is the eldest branch, that is, Su Fu Ma's brother. The second branch has no other real power except the title of Fu Ma, so they want to change their situation through the second son."

Nan Xi put away the portraits one by one, turned around and walked towards the inner hall with Rong Yu, listening to him talk about the four major families while walking.

Su Ce, the current head of the Su family, is in charge of the Ministry of Households. He is a brother of Su Fu Ma. The eldest son is in power and enters the officialdom, while the second son married the sixth princess and became a Fu Ma.

Marrying a princess naturally brought greater glory to the Su family, making the Su family prominent and making the career of the eldest son of the Su family smoother. However, for Su Fu Ma, who actually married the sixth princess, there was no practical benefit. The princess's status was precious, but women could not go out and show their faces, and they did not understand power.

In recent years, Su Ce has been getting better and better in the court, and his status has become higher and higher. The gap between the first and second houses has naturally widened. The power of the Su family is completely in the hands of the current Shangshu Su. After a long time, the second house is unwilling, but Su Fu Ma cannot enter the officialdom.

Fortunately, he and the sixth princess also have a pair of legitimate sons. The eldest son Su Lanyu has good knowledge and is preparing to participate in the Spring Examination during the New Year. If everything goes well, he can enter the officialdom. It happened that Princess Feng returned to the imperial capital to establish a crown prince, so he wanted to send the second son Su Hanyu to the palace, and he could also do something for his brother's official career.

Nan Xi thought silently, the power and officialdom are really complicated and unpredictable, there are calculations everywhere, family, affection and blood relationship can all be used as bargaining chips to climb up.

Ambitious people want to be emperor, but how can they be a good emperor?

Just dealing with the deep and complex thoughts of these courtiers' families, knowing what they are thinking, seeing clearly why they do everything, for what purpose, and what effect they want to achieve... It is definitely not an easy task.

Nan Xi sighed: "Rong Yu."

"Hmm?"

"I don't think I'm fit to be an emperor." Nan Xi sat down on the brocade couch. "People's minds are unpredictable. I can't be all-round, nor can I make such a meticulous layout as you. Maybe I'll be plotted against one day. You-"

"What are you worried about?" Rong Yu smiled, "Aren't I here?"

Nan Xi looked up at him: "Compared to you, I feel like I've never stepped out of the safe place of the boudoir. When I look up, I can only see a very small world. But you, when no one knows, quietly laid such a big net, and netted so many outstanding men, making them willing to listen to you. I can't imagine how you did it. The more I think about it, the more I feel that you are so powerful, so powerful that you can do anything."

Of the four major families in Dongling, Rong Yu has already controlled the Xie family and the Chu family.

As for the fact that Chu Nanyi is Rong Yu's man, I'm afraid that even Chu Xuanyi and Chu Hongyi, brother and sister, were kept in the dark, which is incredible.

However, when Nan Xi thought about how Rong Yu had planned all these things, she felt depressed.

Has this person already set up a chess game in his mind since his childhood, with the world as the board and the powerful masters from all sides as the chess pieces?

He didn't have the childhood that others enjoyed, the time that others used to play, and even the opportunity that ordinary nobles invited three or five friends to drink together. He probably only did reading and martial arts occasionally for outsiders to see, because he didn't need to waste that time at all.

His time was too precious, like squeezing a sponge, he used one day as if it were three days for others, and he suffered the pain and fatigue by himself, and no one could help him.

He didn't want friends, but subordinates who obeyed his orders.

Nan Xi felt that it was extremely difficult even to imagine, but Rong Yu had to do it step by step.

He was so busy in those years that he had to squeeze out time to rest. The scary thing was that no one had ever discovered what he was doing secretly. Nan Xi praised Rong Yu for his ability, but she felt extremely painful in her heart.

The more she understood the power he held, the more she felt distressed.

If he regarded the things he did in his previous life as sins, then the price he paid in this life was too high. Careful planning and little by little layout, in the eyes of anyone, should be spent for the sake of competing for the throne. If people knew that such a reason was just for a woman...

Nan Xi's mind was bitter and complicated, and she said softly: "After tomorrow's flower viewing banquet, I will no longer pay attention to those people's memorials like ghosts. As an empress of a country, if I can't even decide how many husbands I want in this life and who I will spend the rest of my life with, then I'd better not be an empress."

Rong Yu looked down at her unhappy expression, reached out and lifted a strand of hair from her temples, and smiled softly: "Tomorrow is not a husband selection banquet, it is mainly for you to meet more people, and not all men enter the palace, don't mind, I don't mind."

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Author's words:

Online texts are a little exaggerated and occasionally illogical. Babies just enjoy it and don't delve too deeply.

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