The evil mother-in-law does not whitewash, she only abuses her children

Chapter 760 The traitor

Su Chengmin was the leader of the imperial guard, and Gu Taohua was the common aunt of the crown prince. The news of their engagement spread widely in Shengjing.

The Su family soon found out.

Su Shihang was so furious. He knew that his son did not respect him as a father, but he did not expect that his son was so disrespectful as to arrange a marriage without his father's approval.

Since ancient times, children's marriages have been arranged by their parents and matchmakers, but the rebellious son chose to bypass his father.

Su Chengmin's behavior is extremely treasonous.

"Rebel!"

"Rebel!"

While cursing, Su Shihang smashed the teacup that Lu handed over.

"Master, it's all my fault. If I hadn't angered him by letting Yin'er marry Chengmin, he wouldn't have been so bold as to arrange the marriage without authorization." Mrs. Lu took all the blame on herself. "It doesn't matter if Chengmin hates me, but he shouldn't be angry with you anyway. This will only harm his life."

This is Lu's usual way of showing weakness.

When Mrs. Lu heard that Su Shihang was engaged, she was panicked and very unwilling.

Su Shihang can only be Lu Yiner's.

Mrs. Lu's words reminded Su Shihang that Su Chengmin hated the Su family and would rather bet on his own marriage than follow Su Shihang's arrangements.

The purpose is to stir up conflicts between father and son and make Su Shihang disapprove of this marriage.

Su Shihang had a gloomy face.

When Lu proposed to marry Lu Yin'er to Su Chengmin, he was happy to see it happen and personally asked the emperor to grant the marriage, just to keep his son under control through Lu Yin'er.

When Su Chengmin rejected the marriage proposal, Su Shihang was angry, but he was willing to support Su Chengmin if he really saw a suitable girl. If for no other reason, it was to ease the relationship with his son.

Anyway, even if his son married the daughter of another noble family, she would still be a relative of his Su family, not the Min family.

He never expected that Su Chengmin was engaged to the daughter of Suifeng Township Lord.

Wouldn't it be a slap in his face if a female businessman from the countryside became his daughter-in-law?

Seeing Su Shihang's grim expression, Madam Lu gently persuaded him and then asked in a fake tone, "Master, whose daughter is Chengmin engaged to? Is it the one he mentioned in front of the emperor last time?"

She knew who her fiancée was earlier than Su Shihang.

Lu deliberately pretended not to know in order to provoke Su Shihang to become even more angry.

As Lu expected, Su Shihang's face became even uglier. He pounded the table and said, "Which girl? If you tell anyone, my Su family will lose all face. That girl is the daughter of the Suifeng Township Lord."

Mrs. Lu was shocked and said, "Suifeng Xiangjun? The grandmother of the crown prince? Although this family is related to the crown prince, they are a country family and a merchant after all. Chengmin is the eldest son of our Su family, how can he be engaged to a girl like that? How can he be so foolish? I'm afraid that being engaged to that girl will not help his future at all."

Lu's words touched Su Shihang's heart.

Even an illiterate woman understands this truth, but her son doesn’t understand it?

In order to compete with him, his son even ignored his future.

Su Shihang was almost mad with rage.

Seeing that Su Shihang's anger had been provoked, Mrs. Lu was very happy and continued, "We don't know now whether Chengmin really likes that girl or is forced to get engaged. Master, you are Chengmin's father. There are conflicts between father and son, but there is no overnight hatred. You must ask clearly. It will be too late to interfere after the marriage."

It would be best if Su Shihang went to find Su Chengmin now.

Su Chengmin was questioned by her father when she was in high spirits, so she could only become more rebellious. It would be best for her to have a complete confrontation with Su Shihang. Only in this way would Su Shihang oppose this marriage more fiercely, and she and Lu Yiner would not worry about Su Shihang blaming them for it.

Not only that, after Su Shihang and Su Chengmin broke off their father-son relationship, the entire Su family belonged to her son Su Chengji.

Su Shihang was so angry that he vomited blood. He said, "I heard that he was seriously injured while protecting the crown prince and was saved by the daughter of Suifeng Xiangjun. Who knows if that girl wanted to repay her kindness. If he had stayed in the countryside and kept his identity secret, he could have married that girl. But now he has a bright future. How can that girl be worthy of him? There are so many good girls from the Shengjing family. Why did he choose that country girl? As a man, it's foolish not to put his future first."

"The Gu family has a shallow foundation. They have no one in the officialdom or the court. They have nothing but some money. How can they be worthy of being my Su family's in-laws?"

Lu sneered, this was Su Shihang's own voice.

For the sake of future development, one can abandon his wife who has shared hardships with him.

Lu hid the emotion in her eyes and agreed, "That's the truth."

Su Shihang stood up and planned to go find Su Chengmin to have a good chat.

Man Shengjing's father was the first to do what he did. Every other father would send someone to call his son to his side when he wanted to talk to his son, but he had to go find his son in person even though he had a grandson.

Thinking of this, Su Shihang became even more annoyed. He had to oppose this marriage just because Su Chengmin dared to get married secretly. He would oppose it no matter who the marriage was with.

Mrs. Lu pulled Su Shihang and said with a worried look on her face, "Master, don't be impulsive. He is engaged now, and he can't go back on his word. It will be bad for his reputation."

Su Shihang brushed away Lu's hand and said, "It's a woman's kindness. Not to mention the engagement, even if the marriage is settled, it can be divorced. A man's reputation is gained through achievements. As long as he reaches a high position, who cares about his reputation for abandoning his wife and children?"

After hearing this, Mrs. Lu felt a chill in her heart.

Su Shihang strode out.

He opposed this marriage not only because he considered that the Gu family could not help Su Chengmin's future, but more importantly because of the relationship between the Gu family and the crown prince.

As relatives of the crown prince, the Gu family were the ones on the crown prince's ship.

At the beginning, Su Shihang made a contribution to the prince's defection, and later he boarded Prince Ning's boat.

He was certain that the Crown Prince was merely a test stone for the Emperor to control Prince Ning and the Fifth Prince, and that the throne would sooner or later belong to Prince Ning.

He had originally planned to persuade his son to defect from the Crown Prince's ship to Prince Ning's ship. As the leader of the imperial guard, if he was willing, he could have the merit of following the next emperor to the throne.

Now that Su Chengmin and Gu Taohua are engaged, how can he get off the prince's boat?

Of course, he didn't tell Lu this, because he felt that Lu was just a lady in the inner chamber and she wouldn't understand even if he told her.

Lu Yiner learned about Gu Taohua and Su Chengmin's engagement when she was buying pastries at Taohua Dessert.

Upon hearing the news, Lu Yiner was completely distraught.

Ever since she knew that the person Su Chengmin liked was Gu Taohua, for some reason, she would often go to Taohua Dessert to buy cakes from time to time. Every time she heard the shop assistants talking about the young master Gu Taohua, she would stop and listen.

Her attention to Gu Taohua has surpassed that to Su Chengmin.

According to her original plan, she was going to plot against Su Chengmin at Old Madam Su's birthday party, and she even sacrificed her innocence as a bargaining chip.

But then she got the news that Su Chengmin was engaged. How could she still have the mood to plan?

"Girl, girl, your cake has fallen off."