Chapter 061 See Through
As soon as he entered the imperial study, Marquis Rong'an knelt down with an angry look on his face.
"Your Majesty, I have worked diligently all these years and never dared to slack off, but I never thought that I would be insulted like this today!"
Without thinking, Rong An Hou kowtowed to the emperor as soon as he finished speaking, "I am still a marquis appointed by your majesty. I beg your majesty to make a decision for me for the sake of my three generations of loyalty."
emperor:……
If you let me make the decision for you, you have to tell me what happened, right?
The Third Young Lady of the Rong'an Marquisate looked at Rong Que with tears in her eyes, and knelt beside the Rong'an Marquis with red eyes, "Your Majesty is wise. If it weren't for the Crown Princess's request being so rude, your servant and I would never dare to disturb Your Majesty."
As she spoke, the Third Miss of the Rong'an Marquis's Mansion reported everything that had happened outside in a choked and aggrieved tone.
As soon as she finished speaking, before the emperor could get angry, Su Qingqing said, "If it weren't for the Rong'an Marquis's Mansion attacking me, I wouldn't have done this in public."
This statement shocked Rong An Hou and the Third Miss. They both asked in unison, "When have we ever attacked the Majesty?"
Su Qingqing said coldly, "I was attacked by five men in black on my way to Rong'an Marquis's Mansion. Aren't they from your mansion?"
Marquis Rong'an looked shocked and confused.
I haven't heard that you were killed by someone!
It’s not from my house!
Su Qingqing sneered, "My Lord, you want to pretend to be confused, but I'm afraid it won't be that easy."
Su Qingqing clasped her fists towards the emperor and said, "I beg you to make the decision for me."
emperor:……
You all let me make the decision. I originally understood this matter, but now, I seem confused again.
Rong Que frowned and asked Su Qingqing with concern: "Someone tried to assassinate you?"
Su Qingqing pouted in grievance and hummed in a hoarse voice, "Five people."
"But is he injured?"
Su Qingqing shook her head. "Although there were five of us, Jixiang and my driver were both good at martial arts, and I also know a little bit of martial arts, so I was able to capture them all."
When she said the last sentence, Su Qingqing gritted her teeth and looked at Rong'an Marquis, "My Lord, I'm afraid you didn't expect that I could capture someone when you entered the palace!
Do you think that the people you sent out are all assassins, and that they will commit suicide on the spot even if they can't stop me?"
As soon as the word "death warrior" was uttered, Marquis Rong'an's expression changed drastically.
Although all the wealthy families kept assassins, this was strictly prohibited by the court. However, the emperor usually turned a blind eye to it, and everyone tacitly agreed not to mention it.
But this cannot be brought to the table.
Rong Anhou turned pale and said to the emperor tremblingly, "I dare not!"
Su Qingqing sneered, "You don't dare? Since I brought Widow Li to your house, everyone knows about it. Who else would stop me except you?"
Marquis Rong'an was so angry at Su Qingqing's words that he almost rolled his eyes.
Don’t you know who is trying to stop you?
Don’t you know who you have offended recently ?
The blame was put on me without any reason.
Before, he just thought that the Crown Princess was rude and arrogant, okay, now she is rude and mentally ill.
He thought that the Su family had lost a son and a daughter at the hands of the Crown Princess, so how powerful must the Crown Princess be?
Now it seems that he was overthinking it.
Su Xiang and Su Yunyun, they are simply seeking death and are unlucky!
Thinking of this, Rong An Hou was too lazy to talk to Su Qingqing and said directly to the emperor: "Your Majesty, please be clear. I have never sent anyone to kill the Crown Princess. First, I am loyal to the court, so how could I commit such a crime of rebellion? Second, I have no grudges against the Crown Princess.
Even if it’s about Widow Li today…”
Rong An Hou paused for a moment and smiled bitterly, "I'm afraid the Crown Princess has been tricked by someone and is blaming me."
The emperor also heard it.
However, the emperor realized at the same time that Su Qingqing was not really stupid, but was just pretending to be stupid.
Since she wants to pretend, and the emperor is willing to cooperate, it is not a bad thing for the people in the prince's mansion to be able to do something...
The emperor showed an angry look on his face and glared at Su Qingqing unhappily, "Didn't you catch the person? Where is he?"
"In the carriage at the palace gate."
The emperor immediately ordered the chief eunuch to interrogate him.
About a quarter of an hour later, the chief eunuch came back and interrogated not only the five men in black, but also Widow Li.
"Your Majesty, I confessed. Those five people were sent by Madam Zhou from the Su Mansion. Widow Li was bribed by Madam Zhou to intercept the Crown Princess. As for why, Widow Li didn't know. She only said that the person who gave her the money had only one request, which was that the Crown Princess take her to the Zhenguo Mansion to seek justice."
When the chief eunuch said this, Su Qingqing was stunned.
"The Su family? Are they crazy? First their young lady harmed me, then their young master burned me, and now their mistress wants to kill me?"
After saying that, Su Qingqing looked at the emperor, "Why?"
After saying that, he looked at Rong An Hou suspiciously, "It really wasn't you? You didn't collude with her? Could it be that you framed her?"
Marquis Rong’an: Damn it!
emperor:……
You acted really well. If I were not smarter, I would have been fooled by you.
However, Zhou's harm to others was her own spontaneous behavior, and no one designed .
It was she who bribed Widow Li and sent people to assassinate the Crown Princess.
The only thing Su Qingqing did was to cleverly involve Marquis Rong'an.
In this case, the Duke of Zhenguo could not even plead for Zhou from the Su family. After all, there was a group of people outside the palace watching this incident!
If there is no explanation...
Glancing at Su Qingqing, the emperor's face darkened and he slammed the table, "Send Zhou to the Ministry of Justice!"
The eunuch chief received the order and executed it immediately.
Until she came out of the imperial study, Su Qingqing stared at Rong An Hou with distrust, "It's really not you?"
Rong An Hou almost made the Crown Princess cry because of her stupidity. "Your Majesty, it is absolutely true. This minister has nothing to do with me."
What is this!
I was playing chess so well, but suddenly this mess popped up. What does it have to do with me?
Su Qingqing looked at the Third Young Lady of Rong'an Marquis's Mansion again, "It's not you either? You have always been hostile to me."
The third young lady of Rong'an Marquis's Mansion looked at Rong Que with tears in her eyes, "Brother Crown Prince, I didn't."
Rong Que hummed softly, without even looking at her, and just took Su Qingqing's hand, "Are you hurt?"
The Third Miss of Rong'an Marquis's Mansion: ...
Seeing that Rong Que only cared about Su Qingqing, she closed her eyes and made up her mind. She had no idea of fainting in front of her house, so she clenched her fist and fell into Rong Que's arms.
Rong Que dodged and picked up Su Qingqing.
Seeing that his daughter was about to hit her head on the ground, Marquis Rong'an hurriedly pulled her back.
Rong Que nodded to Rong An Hou, "The Crown Princess was frightened today, I will go first."
With no expression on his face, he walked away.
The third young lady of Rong'an Marquis's Mansion was so ashamed and angry that she almost howled.
