I, who disguised myself as a woman, turned out to be a queen! ?

Chapter 1303 Still the younger brother who's allergic to him
The scenery is most beautiful when the sun has not yet completely set.

The lingering blush on the horizon is like a beautiful woman accidentally applying a crooked smear of red rouge, something that should be wiped away, yet one cannot bear to do so.

A day is too short; the heavens seem reluctant to exhaust the color of rouge.

The Su family banquet has ended, and it can be said that the entire family was present for the occasion.

We chatted for an entire afternoon.

Both Su Liushi and Su Wenqing were somewhat exhausted.

So the crowd dispersed.

Meanwhile, Su Chang'an strolled around the Su family garden with his younger siblings.

Everyone knew that their eldest sister was also going back to the palace. They were a little reluctant to see her go, but they also looked forward to the next time.

However, everyone looked at Su Zhaoxin with heartache. Even Su Qingning, who always liked to tease Zhaoxin, walked quietly behind him, her eyes fixed on her younger brother's back.

'It doesn't hurt anymore, it's all over.'

The lingering melody echoed in Su Qingning's heart.

Doctors can tell the extent of an injury just by looking at the scars.

After all, Su Qingning had been taken by Doctor Zhang to examine other people's wounds every day in order to identify them.

It was more than just burns; his waist was completely rotten, clearly indicating that he had been hit by a rock.

Su Chang'an looked at the flowerbed in front and asked, "Zhaoxin, we all know the principle of reporting good news and not bad news."

Su Zhaoxin looked at the older sister, pursed his lips, wondering what she wanted to say.

I wasn't really planning to talk about the injury; I'll talk about it later. I'll be staying here for quite a while this time.

The main reason was that Marshal Zhao told him to come back and recuperate, and to go to Dunhuang only after he was fully recovered.

They say there's still a war to fight, this time against the Abbasid Caliphate. In Marshal Zhao's words, "That country always wants to attack our Great Xia whenever it has a spare moment. Let's go ask their king what he thinks."

Su Linhan, holding Su Wan'er's hand, looked at Su Zhaoxin after hearing these words and sighed inwardly.

Su Chang'an smiled and said, "Don't be afraid. What I mean is that everyone understands why you didn't tell about your injury."

Su Zhaoxin said, "Mainly, there's not much to say, sister. Think about it, I'm a soldier, dealing with knives and guns all day long. It's not normal to get a few injuries, is it? And this time, the muskets, cannons, and palm grenades you brought out are really powerful. I've been playing around with them since I was little. Do you think I'm good at aiming? I'm very good with muskets. I'm young, and Marshal Zhao took me with him. Actually, quite a few people have opinions about this, especially those who know that I'm my parents' child. They all say in private that my parents used connections to help me get military merits and pave the way for me. They say I was born well, with a grandfather who is a Grand Tutor, two uncles who are high-ranking officials, wealthy uncles and brothers, and most importantly, a sister who is an empress."

"So when I got my hands on a musket, I was even more motivated to work hard. Asking me to charge in with knives and guns would be no different from suicide. So Marshal Zhao approved my use of muskets and the like. I usually trained with the Black Guard Battalion. Who would have thought that those idiots like Old Wang would get nervous even when throwing a palm grenade?"

Su Chang'an reached out and tidied his younger brother's hair, then asked with a smile, "So you saved them to prove that you're not a coward, and that you don't want to rely on your family?"

Su Zhaoxin shook his head like a rattle drum: "Of course not. Think about it, why would I care about those things? If they were so capable, they could be like me, with you older brothers and sisters, with such good parents and uncles. They couldn't even be born into the right family, yet they envy and are jealous of me and look down on them."

Hearing Su Zhaoxin's words, Su Wan'er sighed. Her brother was simply unbelievable!

Su Liheng and Su Qingning chuckled.

Su Linhan smiled helplessly and looked at her younger brother. Although her brother was a bit of a rascal, he had never really given the family a headache.

The reason is that he doesn't care about these things.

Grandpa once said that if the sky were to fall on the family, everyone would probably be heartbroken, but he figured only Zhaoxin would stand up, start tidying things up, and say, "Let's start over."

Su Zhaoxin looked into Su Chang'an's eyes: "In that situation, I was just thinking about saving people. How could I not save them? So I rushed in, especially since Wang Laowu has two children, Qing'er isn't married yet, and there's Uncle Zhang. He said his son is getting married this August, and he has to attend, otherwise the children won't have any elders at home. It's the same with Brother Chunfu; he finally got engaged. If that palm strike had landed, all four of them might have been gone."

Su Chang'an squatted down and looked into Su Zhaoxin's eyes: "But you have us. You think about them, but if something happens to you, have you thought about what will happen to us?"

Su Zhaoxin lowered his head, but looked up the next moment and grinned, "Sis, I'm back safe and sound! And I was thinking that even if it blew me up, it wouldn't kill me, because when I saw it fall to the ground, I immediately ran over, picked it up, threw it away, and then quickly turned around and lay down!"

As he said this, Su Zhaoxin looked into Su Chang'an's eyes, pursed his lips, and his smile disappeared, as if he had done something wrong. "Sister, it's no use if you want to talk to me. I admit my mistake this time, but I will still save you next time. I'm young and can't kill the enemy, but if my comrades are in trouble, I will definitely step up. But tell me, what if something happens to me? I don't know."

Su Chang'an smiled and said, "I don't mean to blame you, and neither do the elders. I've promised your sister-in-law many times that I wouldn't save people if it was too dangerous, but I still did it. I almost died once before, and your sister Cat saved me. So from my perspective, I can't blame you for anything. However, I once told Wan'er something: a gentleman doesn't save people."

Su Wan'er looked at Su Chang'an and immediately nodded.

Su Chang'an looked at Su Zhaoxin, who looked puzzled, and said, "Actually, you can understand it as 'a wise man does not stand under a wall.' In simpler terms, if what you are doing is dangerous and may even endanger your own life, then you should not go to save people."

Su Zhaoxin was about to speak when he saw Su Chang'an stand up, so he immediately stopped talking and just looked at his older sister.

Su Chang'an continued, "That's the principle, but how we conduct ourselves is up to us. I actually want to tell you that what you did was right. If something happened to you, we would cry and be heartbroken, but the families of those you just saved would also cry and be heartbroken. We are no different from them. You saved them and came back safely, and we are all very proud, but it's normal to feel lingering fear. But one thing at a time. You need to keep this in mind. Have compassion now, and then consider the situation."

Su Zhaoxin lowered his head in shame, but the next moment he looked at Su Chang'an and said, "I thought you were going to scold me."

Su Chang'an said, "I'm so happy that my brother has made such great military achievements at such a young age. I've prepared a knife for you. It's not the best, and it can't compare to the ones used by those generals, but it's enough for you."

Su Zhaoxin was immediately delighted, but then scratched his head sheepishly and said, "It's just that General Zhao said it was wrong to bring me along. The military merits I earned from killing that king and stuff don't count towards my name."

Su Chang'an countered, "Do your comrades know about this?"

Su Zhaoxin nodded: "They all know, they're praising me! Besides, I'm one of the top ten marksmen in the Black Guard Camp."

Su Chang'an then countered, "Do they know that you risked your life to save your comrades?"

Su Zhaoxin nodded again. Su Chang'an continued, "They also think you're a spoiled brat who came here to gain military merit and return to the capital to surrender?"

Su Zhaoxin immediately shook his head: "Those who don't know definitely don't know. All those generals I mentioned before have come to apologize to me and are treating me very well now. The other soldiers all admire me and say that I can become a great general."

Su Chang'an laughed and said, "This is military merit. It is not about those vulgar gold and silver, but about people's hearts. Of course, you were born into a good family, so you have an empress sister. Therefore, the Empress of Great Xia has personally recorded what you did in a book, saying that when you reach a certain age, you will be rewarded for your military merit."

Su Zhaoxin smiled so hard his teeth were showing.

Su Chang'an smiled and ruffled the boy's hair, then asked, "Doesn't it really hurt?"

Su Zhaoxin blinked, glanced back at her other older brothers and sisters, and then looked at Su Chang'an: "It hurts, but it looks better now. However, it's very itchy. My mother has to apply medicine to it every night, and I can't touch it because it hurts so much."

Su Chang'an smiled and then said, "Now that you're back, have fun. There's something important going on in the capital. There's a martial arts competition coming up. Tomorrow, Linhan will introduce you to a grandfather named Lian Xiexie. You can go with him to the Yue Prince's Mansion. It's full of senior martial arts masters there. You can learn some martial arts from them. Besides, you have a good little sister, and all those senior masters are after Wan'er. Also, I heard that Xia Tingyu has a very, very big tiger with her this time. You've always liked these kinds of things, so let's go see it together."

Su Zhaoxin's eyes lit up. After glancing at Su Wan'er, he nodded at Su Chang'an like a chick pecking at rice.

However, the next moment, Su Zhaoxin immediately said, "It feels like the capital has changed. Sister, something strange happened today."

Su Chang'an was both amused and exasperated: "I encountered the same thing, but it's nothing. Now that I'm back, I'll focus on recovering and be fine as I was before."

Su Zhaoxin nodded: "Okay!"

Su Chang'an smiled, then thought for a moment and instructed, "Go to Grandpa's and apologize."

At this point, Su Chang'an hesitated for a moment before saying, "You didn't survive these two crises because you're a member of the Su family. You survived because of your own efforts and by meeting the right people. We all know that. It has nothing to do with the Su family. You're right not to care about those people's gossip."

"Before you left, Grandpa actually received a letter from Zhao Wuxu and the others, wanting to ask you what to do. Grandpa said to do whatever you need to do, and he even came to tell me not to contact the army. He said if something really happened to you, he would go to the Western Regions to bring your body back. The day you said you were going to join the army, the old man had already prepared a coffin. On the battlefield, other families' children can die, and so can the Su family's. But Grandpa is a scholar. He says that Confucius did not speak of strange phenomena, physical prowess, or supernatural beings, but he prays to the gods every day to protect you and your parents."

"Linhan is taking the imperial examination, Qingning is going to see Doctor Zhang for treatment, Liheng is going to Raojiang, Wan'er is traveling the world with Mr. Yuan, and you are joining the army. The old man may not say it, but he cares about everyone. We can't say whether what you did was right or wrong, because you did it. If you think it was right, then your opinion is more authoritative than anyone else's. But you should apologize to Grandpa. I just saw that when he saw your injury, his eyes were wet."

Su Zhaoxin nodded solemnly and then said, "Then we should also apologize to my aunt and uncle."

Su Chang'an laughed and said, "That's your business. How you choose and what you do depends on what you think about this. Anyway, our Zhaoxin has grown up and is no longer the child who would make me allergic at the drop of a hat. So, just do what you think is right. Even if you offend someone, I'm not a good person. Don't forget that you still have the most reliable sister-in-law in the Great Xia Dynasty as your backer."

Su Zhaoxin smiled.

Just suddenly
Su Zhaoxin remembered something and immediately said, "Sister, there's something else!"

Su Chang'an looked at Su Zhaoxin.

Su Zhaoxin immediately said, "You know a senior named Bai Shuiwu, right?"

Su Chang'an said, "We don't really know each other, but I should call him my uncle. He has a deep friendship with my master, Master Luo. He went to the Fire Worship Sect this time to avenge me."

Su Zhaoxin was surprised; he really didn't know about this. Old Man Bai hadn't mentioned it.

But that doesn't matter. He immediately said, "On the way here, Senior Bai praised you so much."

Su Chang'an nodded: "It's right to praise me."

Su Zhaoxin hesitated, looking at his older sister. How should I put it? His older sister was becoming more and more shameless. Shouldn't she have been more modest about this?

Su Wan'er looked at her older sister and said, "That's right, that's right, the older sister deserves to be praised!"
Su Zhaoxin continued, "He begged me to ask you to do something for him. And he did what I asked him to do, so... could you see if you can do it?"

Su Linhan frowned.

However, Su Chang'an asked with a smile, "What did he do for you?"

Su Zhaoxin immediately said, "Give my dad a beating. Look, his eye socket is bruised, isn't it? He got it from a punch."

Not to mention Su Chang'an, Su Linhan and the others all looked at Su Zhaoxin with changed expressions.

Su Wan'er looked at Su Zhaoxin and said, "Brother! That's our father. Even if he's a scoundrel, how could you have someone beat him up?"

Su Zhaoxin looked at Su Wan'er: "My brother was injured and lying in bed. He asked me if it hurt, and I said it didn't. Then he pressed down on me, and it hurt so much. Then he asked me if it hurt. When Mother saw this, she almost chopped him up."

Su Wan'er hesitated, then stopped talking altogether. It seemed her father deserved a beating.

Su Chang'an pursed his lips, immediately realizing that at the dinner table just now, his father had asked his fourth uncle about the injury.

Fourth Auntie said, "I bumped into it myself."

Looking at Su Zhaoxin, Su Chang'an asked, "What does Senior Bai want you to ask me for a favor?"

Su Zhaoxin immediately said, "He wants you to beat up Aunt Yan."

A brief silence fell over the Su siblings.

then
Su Chang'an beckoned to Wan'er: "Wan'er, come here with Linhan. Hey, Zhaoxin, I talked to you for a while, but I'm having an allergic reaction to you again. Go and walk with Qingning and Liheng."

Su Qingning and Su Liheng: "?"

Su Zhaoxin looked at Su Chang'an and asked, "Didn't you just say I wasn't allergic?"

Su Chang'an said, "A new pathogen. You need to go there right away."

(End of this chapter)