Chapter 1951: Turned away • Taking stock of the gains
Sure enough, Su Ninglan's next words confirmed her suspicions. "News that Miss Xiao Yi has claimed the Heavenly Prodigy Ranking's Top Rank has already spread like wildfire through the clan. Everyone at Brocade Guard headquarters, from top to bottom, is tremendously excited."
Su Ningxia's face paled slightly.
There was no need to think twice. With Miss Xiao Yi's identity as "Donghuang" confirmed, the Chang'an Duke's Mansion must now be flourishing like oil poured onto a blazing fire, like flowers embroidered upon brocade.
Yet what followed would inevitably be the troubles that came with fame, with undercurrents surging beneath the surface.
As Miss Xiao Yi's follower, and with rumors already circulating that the Su Family would be accepted among the clan's Retainer Families under the future matriarch Xiao Yi, Su Ningxia would naturally rise with the tide.
But that worked both ways. Every gain came with a loss.
At such a sensitive time, there would only be more gossip and scrutinizing eyes, both within the clan and outside it.
The Su Family had to produce tangible achievements and take the firmest possible stance to secure its footing and silence the wagging tongues. Only then could it deserve that "potential" honor and the right to follow her.
Thus, as the Su Family's current de facto leader and strongest fighter, at level 68, Su Henhan had to step forward and set an example!
Volunteering to go to the Transport Team's most dangerous front line was the most direct, most powerful, and most unimpeachable "token of allegiance" and proof of merit!
A jumble of emotions stirred in Su Ningxia's heart. Clutching the letter, she could only hope that Heaven would watch over her third uncle, as it did the good and fortunate.
At lunchtime,