Peaceful Farm Life

Chapter 1552: Chapter 1553: Each Lives Well, Not Disturbing One Another

Xiao Changyi immediately replied, ”Yes.”

Upon hearing this, An Yiqing mischievously giggled and said, ”I’ve noticed, no matter what Mother says, Father will always nod and say yes, hahaha...”

”You little clever one!” An Jing laughed and scolded, but her face was full of happiness and sweetness.

Su Yixing and An Yiyun also mischievously laughed, both saying, ”I’ve noticed that too, it’s just like that, hahaha...”

Su Yi Jing didn’t say he noticed it too; instead, a slight smile appeared on his lips.

Although Xiao Changyi remained expressionless, the joyful laughter in the study warmed and comforted his heart.

He disliked scheming and deceit, he disliked the intrigues, he disliked fame and fortune... he only wished for a simple life.

Just as simple as planting cabbages.

If he could, he truly wanted to take his wife and their four children away right now, to lead a secluded life free from worldly concerns.

But now was not the time...

Thinking of what Su Chengyu told him today, Xiao Changyi rarely sighed in his heart.

Su Chengyu was a man of generosity, with the magnanimity and breadth of vision, yet the fact that Gong Juechen’s imperial consort mother had killed his Empress mother left a knot in his heart, making it impossible for him to fully trust Gong Juechen.

Worried that Gong Juechen would be as ruthless as his imperial consort mother.

If Gong Juechen’s imperial consort mother hadn’t killed Su Chengyu’s Empress mother, this time, not to mention conferring the title of general to Ye Zhi, Su Chengyu conferring a princedom to Gong Juechen would have been a certainty. After all, Gong Juechen is his brother.

Between Su Chengyu and Gong Juechen, there would forever be the chasm of ”you are the son of my mother’s murderer,” a chasm that the extremely filial Su Chengyu simply could not overcome.

It should be known that back then, Su Chengyu’s Empress — Empress Liang, was not in good health, and the Imperial Physician had diagnosed that she was not fit to bear children, yet Empress Liang disregarded her own health and insisted on having a child.

This child was Su Chengyu.

When giving birth to Su Chengyu, Empress Liang had a difficult labor, and Su Haoyu insisted on not wanting the child, wanting Empress Liang to live instead.

But Empress Liang insisted on giving up her own life.

Fortunately, in the end, both mother and child were safe.

Once Su Chengyu was born, Empress Liang doted on him immensely, but just as Su Chengyu learned to walk, Empress Liang was poisoned to death by Imperial Noble Concubine Tao and Consort Han.

Although Imperial Noble Concubine Tao and Consort Han had intended to poison Su Chengyu, who was declared Crown Prince from birth, Empress Liang ended up poisoned because she wanted to test the heat of the bird’s nest soup for Su Chengyu and tasted it herself.

And all this, Su Chengyu knew from the mouth of his father, Su Haoyu. Su Chengyu truly knew how much his Empress mother loved him as her son.

Even though his Empress mother died when he was just over a year old, Su Chengyu had always deeply respected and cherished his Empress mother.

Even though Su Chengyu knew well that Gong Juechen was innocent, he just couldn’t get past this hurdle, he couldn’t cross that chasm.

His Empress mother was poisoned to death by Gong Juechen’s imperial consort mother; he really couldn’t act as if this had never happened!

Xiao Changyi could understand Su Chengyu; if he had a mother like Empress Liang, he too would not be able to amiably converse with the son of his mother’s murderer.

And precisely because he understood, Xiao Changyi felt troubled.

He only hoped that his two brothers could each live well, without bothering each other, but now, it seemed a bit impossible...

Involuntarily, Xiao Changyi sighed again in his heart.

No longer thinking about those two troublesome brothers, Xiao Changyi asked his four children to write other characters for him to see.

The four children immediately picked up their pens and began to write.