Chapter 956: Chapter 954: That is Su Hao’s child!

After Lu Ying left, Su Hao finally breathed a sigh of relief. He sat down next to Su Qingzhi, his expression serious, “Grandpa, actually, I want to bring Jinyan back to meet you, because I want to ask you to prepare our wedding as soon as possible. I am still a man under censure. After marrying Jinyan, even if Your Highness calls me back to the camp, I will be able to prepare to set out immediately. Otherwise, Jinyan would be delayed because of me.”

Su Qingzhi agreed deeply, “Indeed, as a man, one must shoulder responsibility and cannot delay a young lady’s prime years. This matter, grandpa will take care of. Tomorrow, let the old man meet this granddaughter-in-law first. After I open the ancestral hall for her to pay respects to the ancestors, and once we’ve invited all the elders of the clan, she will become part of the Su family.”

“Thank you, grandpa!”

Su Hao’s laughter echoed throughout the front hall.

Su Qingzhi stroked his beard and chuckled, “Look at this, the grandson whom I have taught for so many years, always so composed and steady. But when it comes to marriage, he’s as happy as a child!”

Su Hao, still with a smile, remained very happy.

“Grandpa~~~” Su Yingxue sat next to Su Qingzhi with a plop, coquettishly clinging to his arm and casually defending Su Hao, “With brother being such a blockhead, it’s not easy for him to get married. How can he not be happy? What if Sister Jinyan runs away? He would be alone again. Brother is not getting any younger. If we delay further, the children of my second and third brothers will be running around everywhere.”

The mention of children again touched Su Qingzhi’s soft spot. He looked at Su Hao and Su Yingxue, “You two, one is already married, and the other is about to marry. You both need to hurry up for grandpa. I still have such a strong body and want to teach my great-grandchildren, to pass on military tactics and martial arts to them!”

“In that case, I thank grandpa on behalf of the children yet to be born.”

Su Hao lifted his robe and knelt down, very formally.

Su Qingzhi stroked his beard and laughed heartily, his voice like a bell, extremely delighted.

Outside the door, Lu Ying was hiding in the shadows.

Because it was a family reunion of grandfather and grandchildren within the Marquis’s Manor, they had no guard up and couldn’t imagine that someone would be concealing their presence and eavesdropping within the Manor.

Therefore, Lu Ying heard all of their conversation.

Upon returning to her room, she summoned her secret guard Xuan Zhu, “Tonight, you will spread the news that Wu Jinyan is pregnant. Make sure everyone in the court, the military, and the streets and alleys knows about her unwed pregnancy.”

Xuan Zhu nodded, “Understood! But what if Su Hao insists the child is his?”

A cold look flashed in Lu Ying’s eyes, “Even if he is willing to raise a bastard child, Old General Su will not allow the Su family bloodline to be tainted!”

“But the child in Wu Jinyan’s stomach, it actually is Su Hao’s…”

“Shut up!”

Before Xuan Zhu could finish speaking, Lu Ying sharply interrupted her, her expression fierce, “If you had not failed in your task, the man with Wu Jinyan that night wouldn’t have been Su Hao! Su Hao belongs to me! How could Wu Jinyan be a match for him? What can Wu Jinyan contribute to his future achievements and career? Nothing, she is just a lowly businesswoman who can’t even compare to a single hair of mine!”

Lu Ying, born into the General Manor, had deeply ingrained class concepts, with scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants in a clear hierarchy. Wu Jinyan was originally a daughter of a concubine in her family, who not only neglected her family honor but also left the Minister’s Estate to go into business, which, in Lu Ying’s eyes, was self-degradation beyond redemption!

Such a woman, she would never allow to tarnish Su Hao!

Lu Ying, well-versed in military books and calm and calculating, had long anticipated that with Su Yingxue and Su Hao, the siblings, standing together, and with Su Hao accepting the child in Wu Jinyan’s stomach, Su Yingxue would also support her brother. All it would take was telling Su Qingzhi tomorrow about Wu Jinyan’s pregnancy with his grandchild, and Su Qingzhi would surely organize a wedding for them immediately.

But how could she let Wu Jinyan marry Su Hao so easily?