Chapter 247: Family Recognition
Su Rende held onto Zhang Zhaodi’s hand and wouldn’t let go.
The people nearby saw this and quickly withdrew, leaving the space for the two of them.
Zhou Wangshu saw Su Yaoguang peeking through the door crack at the situation inside, so he scooped her up in a princess carry and walked away with her.
“Your parents are like newlyweds after a long separation, and you still want to peep?”
“I think your head is foggy. He’s injured like that, what wedding? What wedding?” Su Yaoguang wrapped her arms around Zhou Wangshu’s neck and patted his chest. “Now that the truth is out, General Su really is my biological father. Doesn’t that mean I have an extra Great General as my biological father?”
“That’s right! So Madam, your status has skyrocketed now. You absolutely must not do anything to abandon your original husband!”
“That depends on your performance.” Su Yaoguang touched his cheek and said.
“Your husband will definitely perform well.” Zhou Wangshu said, turning a corner underfoot and carrying Su Yaoguang toward the bedroom.
Su Yaoguang saw this and stopped his actions: “You’re asking for it. Wait until they’ve finished catching up. They’re definitely going to want to see us. Don’t you have any shame?”
Zhou Wangshu had a face full of regret.
“This is the first time meeting your father-in-law. Don’t you want to leave a good impression with him?”
Zhou Wangshu pecked her lips: “Madam is right. Then your husband will have to endure it.”
After Su Rende recovered memory, when the Zhang sisters learned that the Great General Who Protects the Nation was truly their brother-in-law, both felt like they were dreaming.
“My sister has toiled for so many years, guarded an empty house for so many years, raised Yaoguang all by herself. Others wanted her to remarry, but she never did. Finally, her bitterness has turned to sweetness. Speaking of which, my sister still has good fortune. She actually waited for her brother-in-law.”
“If Eldest Sister had remarried back then, things would probably be a different scene now.” Zhang Pandi said.
“That’s because she hadn’t met a suitable man before. If there had been one, I’d rather she had remarried early than suffered alone all these years. Eldest Sister didn’t remarry, and brother-in-law was lost and then regained. It’s quite a beautiful story.”
Such a big thing happened in the shop today, so the shop is closed, and all the shop assistants can rest and recuperate.
What just happened wasn’t hidden from the shop assistants. When they heard that their shop owner actually had such a prominent husband, it felt even more exciting than the best-selling storybooks on the market.
Su Rende’s injury was not serious. After Jiang Jing bandaged it for him, somehow blood seeped out again afterward.
After Jiang Jing re-bandaged him for him, Zhang Zhaodi introduced to him from the side, saying Jiang Jing was her goddaughter.
Su Rende truly had no airs at all, not the slightest sense of aloofness as a Great General. Whatever Zhang Zhaodi said, he listened seriously.
“Yaoguang is our daughter, right?” Su Rende said. “The first time I saw her, I felt this young lady was pleasing to the eye. Turns out it’s because she’s my blood. Heaven has not treated me poorly, letting me see my wife and daughter, so I’m no longer a lonely old man.”
“Have you met the son-in-law?” Zhang Zhaodi said. “Wangshu is the newly appointed Top Scholar. You know that. He’s the son-in-law who lives with the wife’s family that our Yaoguang bought. The children born later will take your surname, so there’s someone to carry on the line.”
Su Rende stayed to recuperate from his injury.
He sent someone to the Ministry of War to take leave, then settled down peacefully in Peach Blossom Workshop as a patient.
During the meal, everyone up and down in Peach Blossom Workshop ate together. The shop assistants were very curious about Su Rende. Su Rende let them look him over, while he was also sizing up Zhou Wangshu. When he saw Zhou Wangshu always sticking close to Su Yaoguang, he felt a bit jealous inside.
That was his eldest daughter. From birth until now, he’d only seen her a few times, and she wasn’t close to him. She’d married so quickly.
“Why didn’t you recover memory earlier?” Su Rende muttered. “If you’d recovered memory earlier, I definitely wouldn’t have let them hold the wedding banquet so soon.”
“Even without the banquet, they’re a proper husband and wife. They already filed the case at the government office back then.” Zhang Zhaodi picked a piece of meat for Su Rende. “You’d better behave. Don’t make trouble for the son-in-law. That child hasn’t had it easy. He’s done a lot for us over these years.”
Su Rende understood the meaning. Even if he was jealous of the son-in-law, he didn’t dare touch Zhang Zhaodi’s named heart-and-soul treasure.
Anyway, he was the one with the least status in this family. Who made him absent for so many years?
“Madam, my hand hurts a bit. I can’t lift it. Feed me.”
Everyone shivered.
Asking for one’s life!
A fierce man acting coquettish—what kind of scene was that?
While the Su family side was joyful, the Wang family side was also joyful.
Newly selected Third Scholar Xiao Yanci voluntarily became the Wang family’s son-in-law who lives with the wife’s family. Now they’ve invited the official matchmaker, and both sides are discussing the marriage engagement.
Xiao Yanci had no family to rely on, so he decided everything himself, while the Wang family decided the wedding matters.
Xiao Yanci sat in the lower seat, looking at Prime Minister Wang with a cold face, secretly vowing in his heart that one day all that power would be his.
In his previous life, he rejected Prime Minister Wang’s recruitment, rejected the Wang family’s marriage alliance, and to win a reputation for integrity, continued maintaining the marriage engagement with Su Yaoguang. At that time, Jiang Yihuan was his lover and secretly bore him a child.
Now reborn, he took the initiative to seduce Wang Ruyan and got this marriage engagement. Only this time he was just Third Scholar, not the infinitely glorious Top Scholar like in his previous life. Prime Minister Wang wasn’t as attentive to him.
There was another reason: in his previous life, he was personally selected by Prime Minister Wang; this life, he was selected by his daughter. Though similarly selected, in Prime Minister Wang’s eyes it was completely different. After all, what one personally seeks is the best.
“Third Scholar Xiao, do you have any objections?” Prime Minister Wang asked.
Xiao Yanci said: “Everything is up to Lord Prime Minister to decide.”
“Where have you been staying this time?”
“Replying to the Prime Minister, this student will stay at the temple for now.”
“You’re getting married, how can you not have a mansion? There’s a mansion opposite the Great General Who Protects the Nation. It’s not that big, but it’s enough for you young husband and wife to live in. That will be your wedding house then. It just so happens you have time to interact more with the Great General Who Protects the Nation opposite, so you’ll have more opportunities to speak up in the Imperial Court.”
“Thank you for the reminder, Prime Minister. This student will follow the Prime Minister’s instructions completely.”
“In a bit, I’ll have my subordinate take you there. Clean it up during this time. Though it’s our family’s courtyard, no one’s lived there for a long time, so it needs to be tidied up. I hope you’ll personally clean it up. After all, it’s the place you’ll live in the future. You should put your heart into it, right?”
A cold light flashed in Xiao Yanci’s downcast eyes.
Prime Minister Wang was deliberately giving him a show of strength, threatening him: if he wanted something, he had to obey.
“The Prime Minister is right. This student will personally clean it up and plant tea flowers that Ruyan likes.”
“To know Ruyan’s preferences in such a short time, you’ve really put in effort. You’re very smart. I hope your cleverness will be of use.” After Prime Minister Wang finished speaking, he picked up the teacup, signaling for the guest to leave.
