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There were all kinds of delicious food on the long table.

When Su Yunyan, Su Qingyi and the rest saw the food, their eyes lit up, thinking: Looking at the appearance of the dish, the taste should be very good.

"Qingyi, look at that golden cuisine. It must be delicious. Also, look at that charming and beautiful one. She's almost drooling from looking at me." Su Yunyan pulled Su Qingyi and whispered.

"Eat, eat, eat. You only know how to eat." Su Qingyi laughed and patted her head.

"We're all family, no need to hold back. Eat."

Old Madame Su glanced at everyone, and was the first to move the chopsticks, waiting for her to move the chopsticks, then everyone else to move the chopsticks.

Su Yunyan and the others were seated very far away from the Old Madame Su. As long as they kept their voices low, they would not be able to hear them.

"This dish only looks like it's being sold, it doesn't really taste that good." Su Yunyan couldn't wait to pick up the few dishes that were drooling just now into the bowl, but he immediately lost his appetite after tasting them.

This dish does look good, but isn't the taste too ordinary?

Her mouth was full of praise for Shen Zhu. If it was the past, she would definitely have eaten these delicacies in front of her.

"You damn girl, you're getting more and more provocative." Su Qingyi scolded.

"How am I being picky? This taste is already average, it can't even be compared to the dishes that sister-in-law cooks."

Su Yunyan continued to mutter, and secretly pointed to the plate of golden cuisine, his mouth twitching, "If you don't believe me, why don't you try it yourself?"

After Su Qingyi heard this, he really picked up another chopstick. The taste was not bad, and could be compared to the ordinary restaurants' dishes, but it was still far worse compared to Shen Zhu's cooking.

Su Zhizhong and the rest were chatting with Old Madame Su in front. Su Yunyan pulled Su Qingyi and the rest and muttered to himself for a long time.

"Old granny, the palace has sent someone to announce the decree."

Just as they finished their meal, a maidservant hurriedly entered the dining hall.

Old Madame Su looked at Su Zhizhong meaningfully for a moment, then with the support of a servant girl, he stood up and used his walking stick to speak: "Since it's someone from the palace, let's go out and welcome them together."

"Yes, mother."

Coincidentally, everyone had finished their meal, so they let Old Madame Su take the lead and followed the group to the main hall. The eunuch sent by the palace to announce the decree had been waiting for a long time, and when everyone was here, he would begin to read it out loud.

According to the heaven's will, the Emperor's testament said: After investigation, the Public Office Minister Su Zhizhong's case of corruption and bribery was a false accusation, all the criminals have now gone against the law, and are ordering Su Zhizhong to return to his previous position immediately, and have the officials fulfill their duties, and report to the imperial government, and not disappoint my wishes.

The imperial edict was read out by the eunuch with a high-pitched voice.

"Master Su, quickly receive the decree." "In addition, the Emperor left an order for the eldest son of the Master Su, Su Zongwen, to become a martial artist. He is a talented individual, and in three days, he will enter the palace and the Emperor will want to meet this talented young man."

"Thank you for your grace, my Emperor! Long live and long live —"

Su Zhizhong accepted the decree, and brought his entire family to pay their respects.

"Master Su, please wake up." The eunuch smiled brilliantly as he spoke, trying to curry favor with his father. "Master Su is truly blessed, now that both of you sirs have returned to your original positions, your son is truly promising."

"Eunuch is too kind." Su Zhizhong said politely.

"Master Su is too polite." The eunuch spoke, and as if he remembered something, he continued, "Before we left the palace, our family received the orders from Noble Consort, the imperial concubine, to let our family know that the two lords are returning to the capital. A few days ago, the Noble Consort heard from us that the two lords are going back to the capital.

Su Zhizhong, "Thank you, Eunuch."

Old Madame Su's face turned green from anger as he listened to this eunuch deliver the paper. Even if she was the only woman left, she would not be able to say anything.

"No, no, no."

Eunuch shook off the buddhist dust before leaving with his men. "Since the emperor's decree has already been brought, we shall return to the palace to report."

"Take care, Young Master. Xiao Cui, send Young Master off." Old Madame Su gently instructed the servant girl beside him.

Xiao Cui received instructions, and left the yard, giving some money to the people according to the rules before sending them off.

Old Madame Su had been thinking two days ago, that they would never mention about the branch family today, but she never would have thought that something would happen in this empty space.

Thinking about Noble Consort Su, she gritted her teeth in anger. This girl, she had done her best to ruin her life!

"Zhong'er, no matter what, we are still a family. It's a matter of the branch families …" Old Madame Su wanted to use a few casual words to fool them, to stop them from bringing up the matter about the branch family. Unexpectedly, before he could even finish his words, he was interrupted by Su Zhizhong.

"Mother, since Imperial Concubine Noble Consort is the witness that divided the courtyard, then your son naturally has no objections. I presume that mother thinks the same?" Su Zhizhong said in a heavy voice.

"I, I naturally mean the same thing." Old Madame Su was blocked so that he could only continue his conversation. He was extremely furious, but he maintained his composure, "Imperial Concubine Noble Consort is truly considerate."

"In the end, she is the daughter of Su Family, so she must be concerned about her family."

Su Zhizhong pretended not to understand the meaning of the Old Madame Su's words.

The relationship between Old Madame Su and herself had never been good, she had never liked Old Madame Su ever since she was young. This was also a fact that everyone in the Palace knew, and now, the two of them could be considered to be at odds with each other.

If it was in the past, the Old Madame Su would definitely think of a way to help the Queen deal with the Noble Consort Su together. But now that the Su Zhizhong brothers had returned, she was afraid that it would threaten Su Zhiqi's position, so she could no longer care about the Noble Consort Su anymore.

"What Zhong'er said is right. My old body is no longer effective, so I feel tired even standing here. I'll leave the matters in the courtyard to you guys. I'll go back and rest first." Old Madame Su gripped his walking stick tightly and endured the anger in his heart and left.

"Welcome, mother."

Su Zhizhong politely sent her away, but in his heart, he was moved by Noble Consort Su's actions. He knew that Noble Consort Su did this not only for his Su Family, but also for their brothers.

"Big brother and second brother have been here since they were young. I believe no one is more familiar with this place than you two. I still have some official matters to attend to, so I won't be accompanying you two." Seeing that his own mother had lost, Su Zhiqi did not linger, and casually found an excuse to leave together with her.

"Take care, third brother."

After Su Zhizhong sent the two of them away, the entire family heaved a sigh of relief.

The Noble Consort Su had divided the courtyard and left most of the east side of the courtyard to Su Zhizhong. The west side was originally meant to leave it for Su Zhiyan, but unfortunately, Old Madame Su and the rest had made too much of a ruckus, so the west side was left for the third house.

The Old Madame Su lived in a westernmost corner of the Yongan Hall, which was very far away from the main house and the courtyard divided into two rooms. Even though they lived in the same house, the three houses were separated by a great distance.

The eastern side was very big, and there were also many courtyards. The main courtyard was naturally occupied by Su Zhizhong and the Madame Chen, so Su Zhizhong left the 'Cloudburst Pavilion' to Su Yunyan and the other larger courtyard to Su Zongwen and Shen Zhu.

Although the couple's courtyard wasn't as big as the main courtyard, it was still very spacious. The topic of the courtyard was the words' World Peace Garden ', and the meaning behind the name wasn't bad.

"Father, mother, are we all going to live here?"

When Shen Zhu and Su Zongwen brought the few children into the World's Peace Garden, Zi Yi and Jingshu looked around curiously.

Shen Zhu, "Yes, this will be our home from now on. Does Yi'er and Shuer like it?"

"I like it, Mother. This place is so big, even bigger than the two houses we had before."

Jingshu was so excited that he danced for joy. Zi Yi, on the other hand, was much calmer, so he just followed her and ran, while watching over her to prevent her from causing any trouble.