The Imperial Palace.
When Su Renyi got into trouble, Xuanyuan Yu rushed into Huayang Palace.
After hearing about what happened at the West Mountain hunting grounds today, Consort Su was utterly shocked: "Your second uncle couldn't possibly have sent someone to assassinate the Emperor. There must be some mistake here. I want to see the Emperor!"
Consort Su rushed out like a madwoman, but when she reached the gate of Huayang Palace, she was stopped again by the Imperial Guards.
"How dare you! Who dares to stop me!" Consort Su shouted angrily.
Xuanyuan Yu followed, glaring at the Imperial Guards with a stern face: "What are you doing! Are you trying to rebel?"
The Imperial Guards dared not let Consort Su leave, but since Xuan Yuan Yu was a prince, they dared not offend him. They explained, "His Majesty has ordered that Consort Su must be confined to her quarters for a full month. We would never dare to let her leave without permission. We beg Consort Su and His Highness the Third Prince's understanding!"
"What if I insist on leaving Huayang Palace today!" Consort Su didn't listen to their explanations at all; she had had enough of them over the past month.
Even with Consort Su's attitude, the Imperial Guards still refused to back down: "Please, Consort Su, do not make things difficult for your subordinates. We are only acting under orders!"
Consort Su was furious and wanted to say something, but Xuan Yuan Yu stopped her: "Send someone to report to Father Emperor that Consort Su and I request an audience with Father Emperor."
"yes."
As long as they don't trespass outside Huayang Palace, these Imperial Guards are quite easy to talk to.
The Imperial Guards returned shortly after they left to report: "Your Majesty and the Third Prince, His Majesty says that Your Majesty will be released from confinement in three days. If there is anything you need to discuss, Your Majesty can wait until three days later to see His Majesty."
Consort Su frowned. It was extremely urgent. Could she wait until three days later?
Consort Su was eager to say something, but before she could open her mouth, the Imperial Guard said again, "His Majesty also said that if Your Highness leaves Huayang Palace today, then the one-month confinement period will have to start from the beginning!"
“You…” Su Fei’s eyes widened in anger.
The Imperial Guards lowered their heads in fear and said, "These are His Majesty's exact words. We were merely relaying the message. Please, Consort Su, calm your anger!"
Consort Su was furious with them, especially Xuan Yuanpeng, who actually intended to lock her up for a whole month, and even though he knew she was extremely anxious, he still refused to let her leave Huayang Palace.
What does he mean by this? Is he determined to deal with Su Renyi?
Xuanyuan Yu waved to the Imperial Guards, who immediately retreated to the sides.
"We'll talk about it when we get back." Since they couldn't leave, Xuan Yuan Yu pulled Su Fei back to Huayang Palace.
"Damn it!" Upon returning to the main hall, Consort Su was so angry that she smashed all the tea sets on the table to pieces.
After a series of clanging and banging sounds, the once peaceful main hall was now a complete mess.
After Granny Jiang and the palace maids and eunuchs tidied up the room, Xuan Yuan Yu dismissed them.
"Was Su Renyi involved in the assassination attempt on Father Emperor and Xuanyuan Zhan today?"
After Su Fei calmed down a bit, Xuan Yuan Yu finally got down to business.
He knows nothing right now, which only puts them at a disadvantage.
"It can't possibly be related to Su Renyi," Consort Su insisted firmly. "I already instructed him not to touch Su Xuening for the time being..."
"You want to kill Ning'er!" Before Su Fei could finish speaking, Xuan Yuan Yu grasped the key point in her words and interrupted her sharply!
"No, it's Xuanyuan Zhan. We want to kill Xuanyuan Zhan, not Su Xuening."
Consort Su realized she had let something slip and quickly changed her story, but Xuan Yuan Yu didn't believe a word she said. He roared angrily, "Why did you kill Ning'er? You know I love Ning'er, why did you do that to her?"
Su Fei frowned as she looked at the excited Xuan Yuan Yu.
"Why?" Seeing that she didn't speak, Xuan Yuan Yu became even more agitated, shouting and smashing things as he did so.
With a loud "bang!", a jade Buddha shattered at Consort Su's feet, startling her.
"You know perfectly well that I love Ning'er, yet you insist on forcing me to marry Su Feiling!"
"And Father, knowing full well that my heart only belongs to Ning'er, why do you still force me to marry Zhao Zhenzhen and Su Feiling! I don't want to marry either of them!"
Why did you hurt Ning'er? Why?!
With each roar, Xuanyuan Yu smashed something, and the ground that had just been cleaned up was soon a mess again.
Consort Su waited until Xuan Yuan Yu had finished venting before speaking, "I have been thinking of dealing with Su Xue Ning. You know, I gave her the chance to choose you, but she chose Xuan Yuan Zhan and the Bai family! Now that she has married Xuan Yuan Zhan, she is our enemy. Do you understand?"
"I don't understand!" Xuan Yuan Yu roared back without even catching his breath, "I'll take her back one day! You're not allowed to touch her! Nobody is allowed to touch her!!!"
Xuanyuan Yu clenched his fists, stiffened his neck, and roared angrily, his face flushed red, veins bulging from his face to his neck.
Xuan Yuan Yu's agitated and furious state frightened Consort Su quite a bit. Consort Su quickly compromised and coaxed him, "Don't get agitated. I promise you, I won't touch her again."
Su Fei's words of comfort finally calmed Xuan Yuan Yu down a bit.
Consort Su frowned: "Your second uncle and I did indeed consider killing Su Xuening before, but with Xuan Yuanzhan protecting us, we failed. All the assassins we sent were killed, not a single one survived. Yesterday, those assassins were even transported into the palace by Xuan Yuanzhan and sent to the Emperor. I was afraid that things would be exposed, so I told your second uncle not to touch Su Xuening for the time being. He himself was quite frightened, and he would never send assassins again under the circumstances today!"
Su Renyi was even more frightened than her. He was terrified when the bodies of those assassins were sent to the palace yesterday!
Knowing that he had already alerted the Emperor, how could he possibly make a move at the hunting grounds today? Wouldn't that be courting death?
After hearing what Consort Su said, Xuanyuan Yu also felt that something was amiss. Judging from the discussion between his mother and Su Renyi yesterday, Su Renyi shouldn't dare to disobey his mother's wishes, but...
"The assassin leader who was captured alive today insists that Su Renyi gave him a box of gold and ordered him to kill Xuan Yuanzhan's family at the hunting grounds today!"
Upon hearing this, Su Fei immediately sensed something was amiss: "Then that's even more impossible. Our men are all suicide squads; they can't possibly be captured alive. And it's even less likely that any leader could be captured alive!"
Xuan Yuan Yu said solemnly, "I've already investigated. That person is the leader of the Black Serpent Society."
"The Black Serpent Society?" Su Fei frowned suddenly. "That's even more wrong. These aren't our people at all. We have absolutely no connection with the Black Serpent Society!"
Seeing that Consort Su's expression didn't seem to be lying, Xuan Yuan Yu was also puzzled: "But the corpses that were sent to the palace yesterday also had black snake marks on their hands. Those were also assassins from the Black Snake Society!"
"Impossible!" Su Fei retorted instinctively, "Our people are all assassins, they don't have any marks on them, let alone any black snake marks..."
After Su Fei finished speaking, something suddenly flashed through her mind, and she immediately exchanged a glance with Xuan Yuan Yu.
Xuanyuan Yu frowned as if he had just realized something.
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