Chapter 36: Comprehensive Explosion

After seeing Old Master Su briefly exchanging greetings with the outsider outside the door, the female members of the household led him into the house, hurriedly straightened their clothes, and hurried to the main hall to greet him.

Grandmother also came out to greet the guests. In the left room, only Su Shengsheng and Ji Yanli were left.

Li wanted to stay, but seeing that Ji Yanli did not move, she left with everyone else.

The Crown Prince's wife walked into the central hall and took her seat. Her eyes moved towards the young women who followed the crowd out.

Then she turned her head to look at the servant beside her, only to see the servant shaking his head slightly, as if to indicate something.

The Su family women were filled with doubts, but then they heard the Crown Prince's wife ask Old Master Su, "This visit is so sudden, may I ask if I could meet the Sixth Miss of the Su family?"

At this moment, Su Shengsheng, who was comforting Qing Ning and others in the inner room, also vaguely heard the conversation outside, and a hint of doubt flashed in his eyes.

Old Lady Su saw that the Crown Prince's wife behaved properly. Although she was polite to the Su family, she was not overly enthusiastic. Instead, she asked about her granddaughter who was not present, as if she already knew that she was not there.

For a moment, she found it difficult to guess the other party's intentions.

Although Lady Guan Shizi led many servants, she did not show much emotion and ordered Su Nianwei to call Su Shengsheng over.

"Sixth sister, grandmother is calling you to meet the Crown Prince's wife." Su Nianwei stepped lightly into the inner room.

The doubts in Su Shengsheng's mind were answered when she walked out of the inner room and saw the servant beside the woman in the hall.

Ji Yanli followed closely behind and recognized the familiar face of the servant in the hall. He suddenly felt nervous.

Yesterday, Su Shengsheng guessed that the young man was either rich or noble, but she didn't expect that he was from the Duke's Mansion.

He was worried that Fan Wenchang's rude words that day would implicate Su Shengsheng, so he waited quietly on the side.

Seeing that the woman had many servants with her but had no intention of retaliating, Su Shengsheng stepped forward and bowed.

"Su Shengsheng greets the Crown Prince's wife."

The Crown Prince's wife looked at the servant, and the servant nodded in confirmation.

The other female members of the Su family were all confused. They clearly said they were here to visit Old Master Su, so why did they turn around and ask about Su Shengsheng?

Li stood nervously in front of Su Shengsheng and asked, "I wonder what the Crown Prince's wife wants from me, her daughter?"

The Crown Prince's wife looked Su Shengsheng up and down and asked, "Were you the one who made a bet with the Young Master Fan yesterday, saying you could cure my son's illness?"

The atmosphere in the room suddenly became tense, and all the female family members looked at Su Shengsheng in unison. Li also turned back in surprise.

Madam Su stepped forward and said with a smile, "Madam, did you recognize the wrong person? My granddaughter is not a doctor."

The Crown Prince's wife sat upright in her seat, her expression calm. "That's why I asked this question."

Madam Su looked at Su Shengsheng, "Sheng girl, is there any misunderstanding?"

The fourth lady couldn't help but mutter, "Could it be that this girl made a bet and lost the shop?"

When the girls heard this, and saw that Su Shengsheng did not refute, they all looked at her in surprise.

At this time, Ji Yanli couldn't bear to see Su Shengsheng being misunderstood, so he stepped forward to explain.

However, no matter how clearly he explained, the expressions of the women did not improve.

They didn't know that this was the reason why Fan Wenchang didn't go to the mine to torture the Su family.

Old Master Su's face turned pale. He asked, "Sheng girl, with so much going on, why didn't you tell Grandfather?"

Seeing the expressions of the Su family, the Crown Prince's wife asked suspiciously, "Don't you know about this?"

Seeing no one responded, she continued, "Although it was the Sixth Miss who saved my son that day, you shouldn't gamble on this matter!"

Hearing that she intended to hold him accountable, Old Master Su bowed and said, "I am guilty. I beg Madam Crown Prince to forgive my granddaughter's careless words for my sake."

Su Shengsheng's eyes trembled slightly.

My grandfather never bowed to the powerful, but today he humbled himself for her.

She bowed, "If the Crown Prince's wife doubted that I could do it, she wouldn't come here to ask, right?"

The Crown Prince's wife's expression moved slightly.

Because Su Shengsheng's words really hit the nail on the head.

When Fan Wenchang came to her house, she was so angry that she ordered people to beat him out.

The Ningguo Mansion had a single heir for three generations, and the prince died young, leaving only this lineage.

She carefully raised her son, but he still couldn't speak until he was three years old.

The Duke's wife cried all day long, and the Duke later injured his leg on the battlefield and could no longer ride a horse or hold a bow.

People all say that this retribution was caused by the Duke's Mansion killing too many people.

But she didn't believe it. She didn't believe that God would punish a child for his evil deeds.

So she used all the resources of the Duke's Mansion to search for famous doctors, but Jie'er still could not speak.

Seeing that there was no successor to the Duke's Mansion and the title of Marquis was difficult to inherit, everyone bullied them.

In the past, Fan Wenchang only verbally humiliated his master, and the servants did not dare to convey it to him for fear of upsetting him.

Yesterday, Fan Wenchang came to the house himself. When the Crown Prince’s wife learned that they were gambling with their son, she was furious.

She didn't hear a word Fan Wenchang said at that time.

She didn't calm down until she heard from the servants that the other party was the granddaughter of the imperial tutor, and that she was also trying to save someone and was unaware of the identity of the Duke's Mansion.

But for some reason, in the middle of the night she dreamed of her husband, whom she had not dreamed of for many years, looking at her alone.

Ever since I woke up, I've been restless.

After thinking about it, this is the only thing that my husband has been thinking about even when he goes to the battlefield.

She thought of the imperial teacher's unyielding pride, and even if her granddaughter was a girl, she should not be a person who would speak wildly.

After thinking about it, he asked someone to find out more.

Who would have thought that the counterfeit currency case that has been making headlines in the city these days was actually caused by this young woman.

In order to avoid hearsay, she personally wrote a letter to Fang Sishi to inquire about the situation.

But Fang Sishi's words were evasive, making it difficult for her to believe them.

Thinking that King Xuanming never disdained to flatter and would always keep his word, she handed in a visiting card and wanted to pay him a visit.

Unfortunately, King Xuanming had already led his troops to patrol the border.

She then thought about the bookstore where Su Shengsheng had made the bet, and learned that several local students and scholars attended his lectures there, and she became a little hesitant.

But if she gave up just like that, she was worried that her husband's dream last night might be giving her some guidance.

So, she came in person to meet Su Shengsheng.

She saw that Su Shengsheng was neither humble nor arrogant, and the light in her eyes was as clear as the bright moon. The anger that she had been holding back in her heart inexplicably dissipated.

"Even if you can't bear to see your family suffer, you shouldn't make promises you can't keep, let alone joke about them."

Su Shengsheng bowed without moving. "Fan Wenchang provoked me several times that day, but I ignored him. I just couldn't bear to see him get implicated, so I made the bet with him. It wasn't a joke."

The servant has already told this to the Crown Prince's wife.

Seeing that she didn't take the opportunity to get close to him, the coldness in the Crown Prince's wife's words dissipated a little, "You are not a doctor, how can you cure this disease?"

As the two talked, the tense atmosphere gradually dissipated.

The women of the Su family, who had already breathed a sigh of relief, were shocked by Su Shengsheng's next words and gasped in shock.

"Your Excellency is not ill, why does he need a doctor?" Su Shengsheng said in a very calm tone.

The Crown Prince's wife was displeased, her eyes cold and stern. "He's eleven years old and can't speak, and you say he's healthy?"

Although her voice was not loud, her aura was so strong that it made everyone feel startled.

"Even a thousand-mile horse needs a good horse trainer to appreciate it. Without proper guidance, it will be lost in the wilderness. Those who think you are ill are simply living in the eyes of the world."