Chapter 101 Heartache
What are you looking at me for!
What does it have to do with me!
In order to distance himself from the matter, the second prince immediately said, "Father, this matter must be investigated thoroughly. If the marriage between the Su family and the general of Southern Liang can be accomplished, both countries will be happy. Even if it fails, it will not affect the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. But now it is obvious that someone is using this marriage to make a fuss."
Su Qingqing said sarcastically, "Yes, someone is making a fuss, and some people are saying that I, the Princess of Zhao, am the one causing trouble. Let's investigate it quickly."
Su Qingqing's words sounded like she was protesting for herself, but when the words came out of her mouth and fell into the ears of the Second Prince, it was clear that her words were tying his previous words together with the words of the Third Miss of the Rong'an Marquis's Mansion.
The Second Prince gritted his teeth in anger, but could not vent his anger. He could only say, "I know that the Empress's wife was wronged today. I am also very angry. The troublemaker clearly does not take the royal family seriously and wants to stir up conflicts between Nanliang and us. The Empress's wife should not be fooled by others."
Su Qingqing glanced at him and curled her lips. "Second Prince, what you said is very strange. Isn't it targeting me? Not only do you not take the Crown Prince and Crown Princess of the Great Yan Dynasty seriously, but you also want to destroy the relationship between the Great Yan Dynasty and the Southern Liang Dynasty. Looking at the entire Great Yan Dynasty, there is no one else except me, right?"
The second prince was anxious, "Of course there is more."
"Who?" Su Qingqing followed up.
In order to prove that he was not talking about Su Qingqing, and to distance himself from the matter, the Second Prince barely had time to think, "Those generals of the traitor Su Qingqing."
As soon as the words came out of his mouth, the second prince regretted it. His face turned pale and he looked at the emperor.
Sure enough, the emperor's already ugly face became even gloomier in an instant.
After the Xishan Camp incident, the emperor unexpectedly released several people imprisoned in the prison, and even handed over the military power of the Xishan Camp to Gao Tiankuo, and gave the position of the former prince of the Zhenguo Mansion to Wang Yu.
Now that he suddenly mentioned this, isn't this blaming and complaining about the emperor!
The Second Prince stood there trembling. Su Qingqing said with a long "oh" and looked like she didn't quite understand. "We need to check it out."
Rong Que gave Su Qingqing a thumbs up in his heart.
The technique used in this speech is simply amazing.
Seeing the Second Prince in trouble, the Dali Temple Minister hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, I and the Jingzhao Yin received a summons from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and immediately rushed to the scene.
After questioning on the spot, it was discovered that this incident should have been just a misunderstanding.
Someone also said this in Suihonglou yesterday. I sent people to Suihonglou to confirm it and it is indeed true.
The storyteller in the teahouse bought the book from the storyteller in Suihonglou. The storyteller had to leave Beijing due to family emergency. The storyteller valued the good response of the book in Suihonglou, so he bought it at a high price.
There were other people present when the purchase was made and they can all testify to it.
When we talked about this in Suihonglou yesterday, nothing unexpected happened.
It was just a commotion in the teahouse today. As for the guests that the Su family wanted to arrest, I have checked and found that they are all honest and decent people. The commotion at that time was probably unintentional and they just talked casually. They didn't name anyone.
Later, when I interrogated them, they also said that they were not talking about the Su family or the Second Prince, but a family with the surname Liu in West City.
I have also verified it, and this incident did happen in Liu's family."
Jingzhao Yin hurriedly said, "Indeed, Your Majesty is very insightful, this should really be just a misunderstanding.
The Su family was worried that some rumors would spread because the young lady of the Su family was going to marry the general of the Southern Liang Dynasty. At this time, someone in the teahouse was making a joke, and the Su family was a little too nervous, so they sent people to arrest him. "
Su Qingqing looked at Jingzhao Yin, "Why didn't this misunderstanding happen in the Shattered Red Mansion, but happened in the teahouse? And the steward of the Su family was clearly determined to take the person away today even if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince tried to stop him. Why did he have to take the person away?"
After saying that, Su Qingqing glanced at the third lady of Rong'an Marquis's Mansion.
The third young lady was afraid that she would mention herself, and her heart immediately jumped to her throat.
In the end, Su Qingqing just murmured, "It can't be that the owner of this teahouse is from the Su family, then he can't be afraid of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, or Rong An..."
The Third Miss of Rong'an Marquis's Mansion was frightened by Su Qingqing's gaze. She blurted out without thinking, "That teahouse is the property of the Second Prince."
The second prince:!
Boom, my brain exploded.
After all this talk, this incident happened in Qinghe Teahouse?
grass!
Wouldn't it be even more difficult for him to explain?
Why are the servants of the Su family so arrogant? It is because this teahouse belongs to him and they think they have nothing to fear.
Because he usually doesn't take the prince seriously, does this servant also not take the prince seriously?
As his thoughts turned, the Second Prince was startled, "Father, I don't know anything!"
The emperor squinted his eyes and looked at the second prince, with a sharp look in his eyes.
He knew nothing, but he came when the prince of Nanliang came to the palace to propose marriage. What was he going to say? Was he going to pretend to hope that Mu Ze would marry Su Yunyun, and express his own sacrifice?
It was just that the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess happened to go to that teahouse to drink tea today, and this kind of thing happened, so the Crown Prince couldn't help but intervene.
What if the prince didn’t care?
What if the prince didn’t go?
So did the Su family’s housekeeper arrest the person in public?
In full view of everyone, a steward of the Su family with no power or position arrested someone. When he releases Su Yunyun and arranges her marriage to the general of Southern Liang, how will the people in Kyoto talk about him?
The word "tyrant" must be mentioned.
When the gossip ferments, who will still mention the incident of the Su family's housekeeper arresting people? If the gossip gets out of hand and the imperial envoy advises against it, he may cancel the marriage due to public opinion.
Who will benefit then?
The beneficiary is the second prince!
Everyone knew that he wanted to rescue Su Yunyun.
Now that the marriage is off, can he still lock someone up again?
The emperor felt a sigh of relief. Was he being plotted against by his own second son? For a woman, he was being labeled as a tyrant?
The Second Prince could not bear the Emperor's gaze, his knees weakened and he knelt down, "Father, you are wise, I really don't know anything."
The Ninth Prince of Nanliang could not tell for a moment whether this matter was arranged by the Second Prince or not, but this time they came to the Kingdom of Dayan to rescue Su Yunhe's family from prison.
"Your Majesty, after listening for a while, I also feel that this should be an ordinary misunderstanding. Fortunately, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was there at the time and did not allow the Su family's servant to misbehave. Otherwise, the marriage between the two countries would have been ruined by this cunning servant."
The Ninth Prince glanced at Mu Ze.
Mu Ze was very unhappy but could not show it. He just knelt down and said, "I really love Yunyun. I beg Your Majesty to grant my wish."
After such a commotion, the emperor was furious, but he couldn't show it because of the presence of outsiders.
Waving his hand, the emperor said, "I am tired, let's talk about this later."
Mu Ze wanted to ask again, but the Ninth Prince shook his head slightly.
Seeing that the emperor did not pursue the matter, the third young lady of Rong'an Marquis's Mansion breathed a sigh of relief and came out of the imperial study limply.
After everyone left, the chief eunuch poured the emperor a cup of tea and said, "Your Majesty, calm down."
The emperor slammed the table in anger, "Calm down? Do you believe this is a misunderstanding? Listen to what the Dali Temple Minister and Jingzhao Yin said, they are trying to excuse the Second Brother in their words!
Look at the prince and his wife, they were bullied so badly that only Su Qingqing complained a few words, but the prince didn't even say a word! "
