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Chapter 1697: Chapter 1697: Resolution
Su Wanshan listened to the report from his subordinates without any expression on his face.
Sending them back now isn’t realistic. It would still cause trouble for Su Xing.
Since that’s the case, let them stay here for their whole lives. They are all my children, and what I can give is the same, but it’s impossible to think of using the two older ones.
He didn’t return to his room at night, waiting for the young woman to leave before discussing anything.
After breakfast the next day, "Yuanyuan, do you want to visit the military camp?"
"No, I’m spending today with Su Chen." She didn’t mention Su Shanshan.
"Alright, I’m not going either. Let’s have a father-and-son chat in the study today."
Su Chen was very well-behaved. His father and elder sister had spoken, so he had no objection.
Su Yuanyuan felt like she had lived two lives, she could see people clearly. Chatting with Su Chen, though this younger brother was small, he was well-taught by his father. His tutor was an old scholar; everything was taught with gentlemanly behavior.
It seems that their father is very attentive in the education of this younger brother, ensuring he doesn’t grow to be an ambitious person.
This is definitely the most correct choice. That’s why she quite liked Su Chen.
The little guy has already learned the gentlemanly behavior from his tutor. He’s like a Saint standing at the top of the world, overlooking all beings.
But he has complete trust in his family.
Su Yuanyuan was very satisfied with this tutor.
The mother of the three in the rear courtyard was very anxious. Fang Qiongyu blamed the young woman.
"How could you say such a thing?"
"Weren’t you and my grandmother saying this?"
"We didn’t say it to you, nor did we intend for you to speak directly to her.
Now, what if she’s angry?" Fang Qiongyu never really believed that Su Xing had much ability.
The stories outside were all exaggerated, saying Su Xing was chosen by the Emperor. She always felt it was something the Emperor had planned in advance.
Without that person’s connection, how would the Emperor know who Su Xing is? They say she is just a nominal Empress, yet she truly had the last laugh and could be so free after coming out.
She knew how to please that one. But this fool, how could she directly ask? You could say they’re blood sisters, but after all, there’s the belly in between, and this was their first meeting.
"Mother, what do I do? She said if I want to return to the capital, you’d go back with me."
"Why should I go back with you? Do you have brains? Who would recognize us? Only your father returning would work."
Su Shanshan was frustrated. "Then what do I do? Should I stay here? Didn’t you say the capital is the best place?"
"We did say that, but we didn’t mean for you to say it. Didn’t you notice how cold she is towards us? She detests you, so what do you want further? She already detests you. Even if anything good happens, she won’t think of you."
"Then what?"
"What can be done?" Fang Qiongyu now hopes the General will think for her daughter.
"You really got us into trouble."
Her mother is also scared now; she always said to her granddaughter that she must return to the capital. After all, things are different now, and if relations with the Emperor go well, being sealed as a Princess is possible.
She feared the General might be angry. Thinking Su Chen rarely interacts with them, which the General doesn’t allow. Now with Su Shanshan’s mistake, will the responsibility fall on them?
Life here for a few years is the happiest. What if they are made to return? Hearing her daughter blame her granddaughter, she was even more frightened.
Fang Qiongyu was very anxious inside but still had to arrange lunch.
Their meal invitation was rejected, and the father and sons ate lunch in the front yard.
Su Chen also felt his elder sister’s kindness and affection and became much closer to Su Yuanyuan.
This was what Su Wanshan loved to see. He genuinely hoped the children wouldn’t become estranged due to rights and interests.
During the midday rest, the father and daughter discussed Su Chen, "Let them stay here in the future."
"Father, you’ve decided." Su Wanshan was a rare understanding person.
"I know what to do."
They still had dinner together at night, even though Fang Qiongyu’s mother at the table was improper, Su Yuanyuan didn’t mind.
Su Shanshan was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan by the end of the day. In her father’s presence, she didn’t dare say anything.
That night, when she tried to meet Su Yuanyuan again, she was refused.
After breakfast the next day, Su Yuanyuan left. Su Wanshan looked at his daughter’s disappearing silhouette, feeling reluctant.
But he also knew he couldn’t keep her. Over the past two days, he realized she was incredibly smart. She knew what she was doing.
After she left the city, Su Yuanyuan felt completely relaxed, which was just right.
They had just begun roasting wild chicken at night when Tan Shaoting arrived.
Neither spoke.
The days ahead were spent traveling together. Visiting famous places and local customs, spending a few months somewhere in the winter.
A decade passed this way, where everything was smooth; citizens lived peacefully and economically prosperous, and neighboring countries with military backing were deterred from invasion.
The two traveled across three continents. They got news that Su Xing had already chosen a Crown Prince, and Su Shanshan married one of Su Wanshan’s subordinates.
Su Yuanyuan, now thirty-five, showed the marks of time.
At fifty, Tan Shaoting was the same.
This winter, they settled in a small village.
It’s been twenty years together. The first ten years saw little of each other, while the last ten they were together daily, exchanged little, but became familiar and reliant on each other.
"I don’t want to leave anymore, I’m staying here; you travel alone."
"I’ll stay too."
Su Yuanyuan didn’t say anything more, he could do as he wished.
They stopped concerning themselves with Su Xing or the Su Family, living peacefully here.
They acquired two acres of land, and Tan Shaoting learned farming.
Another decade passed, and at sixty years, Tan Shaoting was healthy; they became tutor and doctor in the village.
Both earned the villagers’ respect. Every day was spent with children, happily.
Living blissfully daily, seventy-year-old Su Yuanyuan found walking difficult; Tan Shaoting was the same.
Though they had no descendants, they hired two servants for care, along with villagers helping them.
Both lay in rocking chairs. "I think I’m ready to go. Next life, let’s not meet anymore."
Tan Shaoting said nothing; he felt he was leaving too. At eighty-five, he could be called Shou Xing.
When two servants came to invite them for a meal, the two elders had passed away.
They had influence in the village. The funeral was grand; a month later, Su Xing, having abdicated, came here too.