"Look, this is the first time Wailing Home is seeing you, and he can't help but talk so much. Clearly, I am satisfied with you. Although you are young, as long as Xiao Jiu truly likes you, Wailing Home will be happy to see you. " The empress dowager's impression of Cheng Guanyue was not bad, and just as Aunt Zhang had said in the letter, she was a simple and pure girl.
There was no worldly wisdom in his eyes, let alone any scheming mind.
It was just a rather smart person who liked to be straightforward and speak straightforwardly whenever he had something to say.
However, just like Aunt Zhang, she could tell from Cheng Guanyue that not only was she reliable, she was also someone who could hide.
At least, when you thought you could guess what she was thinking, her eyes were still clear and clear, and you couldn't see anything at all.
It was just like how she had said so many times, but her eyes were still pure and without any impurities. She didn't know how much she listened to her words.
"Thank you, Esteemed Empress Dowager, for being willing to trust me. I'll treat him well. I'll definitely treat him well." Cheng Guanyue wouldn't be able to say any other flowery adjectives, she only knew that she had to properly treat Wei Shengxiao, and that was the biggest reward she could give him.
"Alright, this Wailing Home believes in you." When the Empress Dowager saw how sincere she was in assuring herself that she wouldn't be able to say anything more about Xiao Jiu.
He then changed the topic, "Wailing Home has also recently heard about what the Su and Gu Clans have done to you. They have indeed gone too far, harming you for a mysterious person who doesn't know his true identity. They really didn't do it properly."
It was her uncle, who was also the current patriarch of the Su Family. He called him the old fox Su Zhuofu.
At least Su Zhuofu was not stupid enough to give up on Su Junji and come up with a plan.
This was most likely a plot by the son of the Gu family, Gu Zhilun, the Su family's children. Su Zhuofu also wanted to test them, so he did not interfere with this plan.
It could also be considered as losing a man and losing a soldier.
"Empress Dowager, don't you blame me for beating Su Junji to death?" Cheng Guanyue asked curiously.
"I don't blame you. The main reason was because that child Su Junji committed crimes and killed so many innocent people. After hearing his rumors, the Wailing Home felt that there would be retribution for his actions sooner or later. However, this was also the reason why he was too young and arrogant, and did not have sufficient self-awareness. In addition, Eldest Uncle was already very old and no longer wanted to care about many things in the Su Clan, which was why he had caused the few children of the Su Clan to compete and offer up so many benefits to the Su Clan. It's a pity that people's hearts are not strong enough to swallow an elephant. What is their goal? Su Yunning could be considered to be on good terms with Cheng Guan Yue. Even though it was the first time that she had met Cheng Guan Yue, she still felt that she was a very reliable girl.
"Purpose? "Could it be that they …" Cheng Guanyue had a guess, but did not say it directly.
He only asked Su Yunning with his eyes.
"That's right, everyone will be greedy. Not to mention that the Su Clan is like the sun in the sky, and more than half of the imperial court has people planted there." Furthermore, when the late Emperor was still alive, he had already been extremely fearful of them. However, they had no choice but to become more and more important in order to make them become more and more ferocious, and to put no one in their eyes. " When Su Yunning talked about the Su Family, she felt extremely grieved.
She was a girl that the Su Clan had carefully nurtured and grew up for the sake of entering the palace, so that the Su Clan's benefits could be maximized.
At the very least, in order for the Su Clan to nurture her, they had spent a lot of energy, money, and so on. She had no reason not to obtain anything for her own clan.
However, she had plotted too much. She could not help but worry and panic in her heart. She was afraid that the Su Clan would sooner or later be ruined by greed.
"Then the empress dowager, do you mean to say that you don't want the Su Clan to continue developing and stop just like that?" On the other hand, Cheng Guan Yue was very surprised by Su Yunning's idea. She thought that Su Yunning would wholeheartedly protect the Su Family.
Unexpectedly, she was very rational and very open-minded.
However, if the empress dowager really wanted to protect the Su family, she would have long since sent people to lock Cheng Guanyue up in prison.
"Of course I do not wish for the Su Clan to continue developing. I even hope that they will stop their ambitions here, or just stay quiet. Even if the current emperor did not have any mind and the Liao People spied on him, the Wailing Home did not want them to ruin the Great Qing Dynasty, nor the life and blood of the previous emperor. " Su Yunning also wanted to stop her uncle Su Zhuofu.
However, Eldest Brother didn't seem to listen to her opinion and even asked her to mind her own business.
"Then why are you talking so much to me, Empress Dowager?" It wasn't that Cheng Guanyue was playing dumb, it was that she really didn't understand whether the empress dowager was going to protect the Su Clan or not.
"In the future, you can use all kinds of methods to deal with the Su and Gu Clans, but the Wailing Home only has one condition, and that is if the Su Clan falls to that state one day, please leave behind the Su Clan's bloodline so that the Su Clan can continue to exist." The empress dowager was still very merciful. She didn't want to see the Su Clan fall into a situation where no one survived.
"I understand, Majesty. I will remember." Cheng Guan Yue was not like the dead Su Junji, who was even more ruthless than the executioners.
She knew, of course, that one could not blame everyone in her family, from top to bottom, for one person's fault.
At the very least, the child that was born a few months ago was innocent. As for the servants and maids, they were completely unaware of it.
"Then Wailing Home will thank you on behalf of the Su Family's ancestors. I believe they are also not willing to see the Su Family slowly walk the path of decline and ignorance." After Su Yunning told Cheng Guanyue about this matter, he immediately felt a sense of relief in his heart.
It was as if she had cleared out all the accumulated resources in her body, making her feel refreshed.
"Empress Dowager, there's no need to be polite. This is what I should do." Since Cheng Guan Yue agreed to the empress dowager's conditions, she would definitely show mercy and not be too ruthless.
"Good child, Wailing Home is tired. Go down first and let Yanran take you for a good stroll in the imperial garden to relax." With that said, Su Yunning supported her forehead and stood up. She was helped into the palace by her closest big palace maid Wen Yin.
He must be tired.
Cheng Guanyue naturally listened to the empress dowager's words and walked along with the palace maid quietly, until they met Wei Yanran, who had been waiting for her for a while, in the imperial garden.
"Sister-in-Law Xiao Jiu, come here, let's feed the goldfishes together." Wei Yanran waved her hand at Cheng Guan Yue and said.
Hearing this, Cheng Guanyue immediately walked forward, picked up the fish food that the palace maid was holding in her hand, and threw it into the small pond in front of her.
At the exact moment when the fish food fell, those bright colored goldfish all squeezed together to snatch it up.
However, they did not snatch the fish food that Wei Yanran threw at them.