TN | The Malicious Empress

Chapter 17: Who taught you this?

In the study, Su Ming Feng wore a green robe. Other than some weight loss, his spirits was as energetic as usual, where were the traces of a serious illness?

The brocade clad youth who was facing him tighten his brows and ask out loud, "Avoiding a disaster?"

"Exactly." Su Ming Feng look at his good friend and sighed, "Now you see that the situation is getting better and better for the Su family and the Su family was already in an unbroken streak for generations. Thus with regards to the matters on the military horses, there should not be further promotions. But His Majesty did not suppress but instead flatter the Su family."

"You also made a contribution." Kim Taehyung reminded.

"It was because of the meritorious contribution that Father and me had become rather complacent and forgot the danger hidden behind it. The bigger the merit gets, it would become a curse. The things I said, you understood but because Su family was in the situation, one's eyes would be obscured by a single leaf. Now that everything becomes clear at once, one must rein the horse at the edge of the precipice as it is just too dangerous."

"Doing this is also good." Kim Taehyung nodded his head, "But you now need to stay at home for a few years in vain."

"I only want the Su family to be safe and sound." Su Ming Feng said, "Enough talking about me, how about talking about you? Su family and Kim family would enjoy ups and downs together, since the Su family have act in the nick of time, your Kim family..." He did not continue on.

Kim Taehyung's eyebrows rose, "What can he do to me if I do not serve as an official? There is only one Marquis of Lin An in the Kim family, he have to take in account everyone's words."

Kim Taehyung and Su Ming Feng are different. Because of the Su family Su Yu had earlier on gotten his son to serve as an official. But Kim Taehyung did not do so and he only had a leisure post to his name. Many campaigns that he went with Kim Ding was with the name of a family member. Even if the Imperial family wanted to suppress the Kim family, they would not beat down a son that would not take over the family clan.

"You do have deep plans and distant thoughts." Su Ming Feng could not help but laugh.

"I did it not to guard against him." Kim Taehyung lazily said.

He truly did not guard against the Imperial family but just to go against his father.

"However," He frowned and suddenly turned the conversation around, "How did you suddenly figure out this matter. The previous times that I had reminded you, you did not take it to mind."

Su Ming Feng bowed his head in shame, "Emotions ran high and one became complacent, so how would one think that much. This time it was all thanks to my second younger brother."

"Your second younger brother?" Kim Taehyung who was leaning against the chair lazily, sat up straight after listening as a look flash in his eyes, "That glutinous rice dumpling?"

Su Ming Lang was a stupid dumpling was nothing strange, but how was he able to remind the Su family of these matters unless he had taken the wrong medicine?

Su Ming Feng explained the ins and outs of everything before saying, "If it wasn't Second Younger Brother who act without thinking, maybe a it would have led to a disaster?"

"Act without thinking?" Kim Taehyung said softly to himself.

Just at the same time, a tender voice sounded, "Eldest Brother, mother let me bring you some snacks."

Su Ming Lang was carrying a flower shaped pastry as he walked in with his short little legs. He was like a round glutinous ball and his mouth was covered with a lot of crumbs. He apparently had been secretly eating a lot of it on the way over.

These days, because of his inadvertent reminder, the Su family changed their tactics and even Master Su, who was most satisfied with him also for the first time felt that his son would 'be a powerful person', was 'intelligent and nimble' and that 'great intelligence may appear to be stupid'. Su Furen also made a lot of food for him to eat and in just a short few days, Su Ming Lang had grown rounder.

When he saw that Kim Taehyung was still present, he could not help but lower his voice. He did not know why but he was always somewhat afraid of this handsome good friend of his Eldest Brother.

Su Ming Lang place the snacks on the table and turned to run away after he said, "Eldest Brother, I am leaving." He did not think that someone grabbed a hold of his collar.

He turned back and saw that youth clad in brocade garments gently squatted down and pat his head with a pair of vivid and smiling eyes but his eye expression was incomparably cold.

He asked, "Who taught you that sentence?"

Su Ming Lang stared wide eyed.

"Boil the hound once the rabbit is caught." Kim Taehyung smiled extremely evilly.

CHAPTER COMPLETED & EDITED