Chapter 361 Interrogation

The young mistress of the East Palace seemed to have found a leader and followed Jiang Fenghua directly. Jiang Fenghua did not stop them from following, only wanting the storm to pass quickly. She was also extremely anxious, not knowing whether Xie Shang had caught Su Xuan yet.

No one cared about Ye Susu. It would have been better if she had been killed by the rebels. It turned out that her child was not the crown prince's. She was shameless. She always pretended to be more noble than anyone else, as if she were a white lotus flower on Mount Tian, ​​the cleanest and purest. In fact, she was the dirtiest one.

Song Qing, Tang Qianran, and the others were terrified; the more timid ones even started crying, "Was His Highness the Crown Prince really killed by them? Waaah..."

"Su Tingwan and the Su family are rebelling! They murdered His Highness! Waaah..."

"Your Highness, what should we do?!"

Jiang Fenghua couldn't give them a definite answer either.

Before Jiang Fenghua could speak, Zhang Jingjing suddenly said from the crowd, "His Highness the Crown Prince is alright. The person who attacked Su Xuan just now should be His Highness..."

The group looked at Zhang Jingjing, but she looked at Jiang Fenghua and the Emperor and Empress, and suddenly knelt down in front of them. "I am Zhang Jingjing, daughter of Zhang Qian, the prefect of Yuzhou. I request an audience with Your Majesty to petition the Emperor on behalf of the people of Yuzhou."

Jiang Fenghua narrowed her eyes and stared at her, "Does Consort Zhang know what the situation is? There's a rebellion outside, and you want to file a complaint with the Emperor, you..."

Zhang Jingjing kowtowed to Jiang Fenghua, "I'm sorry, Crown Princess. I originally wanted to tell you my purpose for entering the palace a long time ago, but I was afraid. Now I'm afraid that if I don't tell the Emperor about the difficulties in Yuzhou, I will never have the chance again."

Jiang Fenghua's eyes flashed with worry. She glanced at the Emperor, only to see that his gaze was calm and he showed no sign of anger. She tentatively said, "Father..."

"I'm fine, let her speak," the Emperor said in a deep voice.

"Yes." Jiang Fenghua silently stepped aside. She had heard about the events in Yuzhou, but since she was in the inner palace and Xie Shang was busy capturing the Su family, she didn't ask Zhang Jingjing any more questions.

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Here, no one helped Ye Susu, who was slumped on the ground. She was so frightened that she went limp. Her child was lying on the dragon throne, crying almost to the point of silence. She knew that the truth had been exposed and that the emperor and empress knew that the child was Su Xuan's child.

At this moment, Old Madam Su came over with her cane, picked up the child who was crying so hard he was hoarse, and said coldly to Ye Susu, "The child is crying like this, why don't you hold him? He is your child."

"He's Su Xuan's bastard child, why would I hug him?" Ye Susu was filled with hatred.

Old Madam Su struck her with her cane, "Even if it's Xuan'er's child, he's still your child, and you're his mother. There's no woman in the world who doesn't love her own child. Pick up the child, take advantage of the chaos, and run far away."

What she really wanted was to ensure that the Su family had an heir.

Ye Susu had no intention of running away with her child. Now she only wanted to see Xie Shang and explain to him that she had been forced by Su Xuan, that Su Xuan had taken advantage of her, and that she had no choice but to give birth to the child.

Yes, that's the explanation. The Crown Prince will definitely forgive her.

She scooped up the child and ran towards the outside of the hall, but tripped over something and the child fell to the ground.

The ground was littered with corpses. The child seemed to have cried himself out and was no longer willing to cry. She knelt down and touched the child's breath. She could only feel that his breathing was getting weaker and weaker.

She took his pulse again, and it grew weaker and weaker. She screamed in fright, "He's dead! Is the child going to die?"

This wicked son is finally going to die. He is the filth on her body. Because of him, she became unclean. She was clearly a female doctor, praised by the emperor and favored by the crown prince. She had many honors. In the end, she became like this. How could this happen?

Old Madam Su came over with faltering steps, "Don't you know to slow down? You've hurt the child."

Ye Susu smiled at her, "He's dead."

Madam Su didn't believe it and touched the child again, "He's still warm, how could he be dead?"

"His body was already weak, so he was going to die!" Ye Susu didn't care about the child's life or death at all; she didn't like the child to begin with.

When two swords were pressed against their necks, they knew they had nowhere to run.

It was unclear how much time had passed before the palace returned to calm, and the Imperial Guards quickly cleared the battlefield, moving the corpses outside the main hall.

They were just waiting for Gao Hong, the commander of the Imperial Guards, to come and report, "Your Majesty, all the thieves in the palace have been wiped out or captured. Please make your decision."

The Emperor asked in a deep voice, "Where is Old Madam Su?"

“He has already been detained,” Gao Hong said.

At this moment, a soldier arrived and said, "Your Majesty, His Highness the Crown Prince has sent word that all the remaining members of the Su family have been imprisoned. His Highness the Crown Prince is currently leading men in the city to pursue the rebel leader Su Xuan. Please rest assured, Your Majesty, Empress, and Crown Princess."

Hearing this news, everyone was relieved.

The emperor sat back on the dragon throne. Jiang Fenghua and the ladies-in-waiting were about to leave when the emperor suddenly spoke, "Stay here!"

"Cao De, bring a chair for the Crown Princess and have her sit next to me."

Jiang Fenghua was terrified, "Father."

"When I learned that Su Xuan wanted to kill me, it was Feng Hua who stepped forward to stop him. If Su Xuan had killed Feng Hua then and then tried to kill me, we would both be going to see the King of Hell together," the Emperor said.

Jiang Fenghua said gently, "It is Father Emperor's blessing that protects his daughter-in-law."

The emperor smiled and glanced at the trembling officials in the hall. "My dear ministers, you have all been frightened."

The ministers were indeed terrified, but fortunately the Imperial Guards quickly gained the upper hand and annihilated all the treacherous officials. The crowd exclaimed, "Heaven bless our Emperor! Heaven bless the Great Zhou!"

The emperor raised his hand and said to Gao Hong, "Bring Madam Su up here!"

Gao Hongdao asked, "Should we bring Consort Ye along?"

The emperor glanced at Jiang Fenghua, who said in a deep voice, "Bring them along as well!"

"Where is the Ninth Princess?" the Empress asked.

"The Ninth Princess escaped, but she was caught and is now being held with Old Madam Su."

As soon as the group was brought up, Ye Susu suddenly burst into tears, crying uncontrollably, "Your Highness, spare me! Your Majesty, spare me! I'm innocent! I truly didn't know Su Xuan was plotting a rebellion! I was forced into it by him! I swear to God..."

The emperor pinched the bridge of his nose and said coldly, "Was your child also forced to be born by him? Was your attempt to confuse the imperial heir also forced by him? I remember the first time I met you, you were a very knowledgeable female physician. I even thought you had potential in medicine."

Seeing that the Emperor was having another headache, Jiang Fenghua said, "Father, let your daughter-in-law interrogate her!" If she continued to act all aggrieved, the Emperor might think that she had been deceived by Su Xuan.

The Emperor nodded. "Since she is your concubine in the Eastern Palace, let the Crown Princess interrogate her!"