What a hot potato!
Staring at the local gifts piled in the corner of the carriage, Sun Shaozong wore a thoroughly gloomy expression.
It was not that he could not understand Xu Furen's concern for the nation and its people.
But the problem was that while Young Ruler, Suspicious Ministers could easily end in disaster, supporting an "A Dou" of a Crown Prince might not turn out any better.
Still, Sun Shaozong could only entertain such thoughts in private. He ultimately did not dare put them out in the open.
"Second Master."
Zhang Cheng had waited outside for quite some time without hearing Sun Shaozong speak, so he could only take the initiative to ask, "Are we returning to the office, or heading straight home?"
Sun Shaozong did not answer immediately. He stared blankly at those gifts for a while longer before ordering, "Home!"
Though he had no choice but to send these gifts to the Crown Prince's Residence, he could decide for himself whether to send them early or late.
He would first give himself some time to sort out the pros and cons this matter brought to the Sun family, figure out how he ought to respond, and then send the gifts over.
Unfortunately, his elder brother was not in the capital, leaving him with no one to discuss it with. Yu Qian could help weigh in on other matters, but when it came to a struggle over the Imperial Lineage, this nephew-in-law of his, who cared for all under heaven, might not necessarily stand with the Sun family.
They traveled the rest of the way in silence.
When they returned to the family residence, several flatbed carts stood near the stables. More than a dozen servants were loudly calling to one another as they unloaded goods.
"What