The one-month period had ended, and Su Fei was released from confinement that very night.
The Imperial Guards who were originally guarding the entrance to Huayang Palace received orders and withdrew.
As soon as Lu Da saw the Imperial Guards leave, he immediately went to report: "Your Majesty, the Imperial Guards have left, and the restrictions on Huayang Palace have been lifted."
After being imprisoned for a month, Consort Su's heart was already burning with anguish. Now that she had finally been released from confinement, Consort Su could not be happy: "Go and summon the Third Prince to me."
"Yes," Lu Da replied, and immediately went to fetch someone.
Soon, Xuanyuan Yu arrived: "Mother, you're out of confinement?"
Given the current special circumstances, Xuanyuan Yu thought that his father would keep his mother imprisoned until the matter of Su Renyi was over before releasing her. Unexpectedly, his father actually only imprisoned his mother for a month before releasing her.
What is Father Emperor really thinking?
Does this mean there's still room for maneuver in Su Renyi's case?
Consort Su asked anxiously, "How is your second uncle's situation?"
She had been confined to Huayang Palace for the past month. Although the people around her could gather some information, Su Renyi was now imprisoned in the Dali Temple's secret dungeon, so she really couldn't find out anything.
Xuanyuan Yu shook his head with a heavy expression: "Father issued an imperial edict forbidding anyone from interfering with the investigation by the Three Judicial Offices, and I am no exception. I have also been to the Dali Temple, but I did not see Su Renyi. I only met the leader of the Black Snake Society's assassins, who insisted that Su Renyi had ordered him to do it!"
"Your second uncle would never send another assassin to kill the Emperor and Xuanyuan Zhan!"
Consort Su remembered the events of the day before the incident very clearly. Xuan Yuanzhan brought the assassin's corpse into the palace, and Su Renyi, terrified, rushed to her to stop the operation, fearing it would alert the Emperor. She agreed, allowing him to temporarily halt his actions. How could he possibly send men to the Western Hills hunting grounds to assassinate the Emperor and that bastard Xuan Yuanzhan, knowing full well that the matter had already alarmed the Emperor? Wasn't that courting death?
Xuanyuan Yu also believed that the assassination attempt at the Xishan hunting grounds was not instigated by Su Renyi, but...
"We have no evidence to prove Su Renyi's innocence; all the evidence points to him!"
Su Fei's expression was solemn as she asked, "What about the bodies of the previous batch of assassins? Have you found anything?"
"We've investigated everything. The bodies found at the hunting grounds belong to the same group of killers, all members of the Black Serpent Society."
He had investigated everything she had confessed to and found nothing suspicious.
"The Black Serpent Society?" Consort Su looked shocked. "So, the previous batch of people sent to the palace by Xuan Yuanzhan weren't our assassins either."
"no!"
Xuanyuan Yu was certain that he had personally seen the black snake tattoos on the backs of the assassins' hands, and Shao Kun had also admitted that they were all assassins from the Black Snake Society, so they shouldn't be his mother's people.
Upon hearing this, Consort Su was instantly furious: "If that's the case, then this assassination attempt has nothing to do with us! Why are they framing your second uncle?"
They had been holding back for a while because they were afraid their assassination attempt on Su Xuening would be exposed. Now that the first batch of assassins weren't even their people, what did they have to be afraid of?
Xuan Yuan Yu was not as self-righteous as Su Fei: "The leader of the Black Snake Society took out Su Ren Yi's jade pendant and recognized Su Ren Yi's voice and figure. He insisted that Su Ren Yi had ordered him to do it."
"Absolutely impossible! Your second uncle wouldn't be so stupid as to knowing that your father is already aware of this matter and still walk right into his trap!" Consort Su simply did not believe that Su Renyi would be so foolish: "That leader of the Black Snake Society must have been bribed by Su Xuening. She wants to kill your second uncle!"
Seeing her smear Su Xuening, Xuan Yuan Yu immediately became displeased: "What does this have to do with Ning'er?"
Consort Su glanced at Xuan Yuan Yu with exasperation: "You still don't understand, do you? Who else in this world hates me and your second uncle so much and wants to kill us, besides Su Xue Ning?"
“She wouldn’t. You are all her closest relatives. Why would she harm you?” Xuan Yuan Yu retorted without even thinking.
Ning'er has always been kind; she wouldn't harm them!
"Closest relatives?" Consort Su scoffed with a laugh, "You're still so naive. We've already sent assassins to kill her, do you think she'll show us any mercy? Don't forget how she schemed against your second uncle's family during the fire at the Yong'an Marquis's residence!"
Su Xuening has never been one to show mercy; she always seeks revenge. Knowing that she and Su Renyi had sent assassins to kill her, would she not react? Su Xuening probably also knows about Mu Junyu's matter. I heard that the maidservant by Su Renyi's side is one of Su Xuening's people.
Su Xuening knew they were harming Mu Junyu like this. If she could remain indifferent, she wouldn't be Su Xuening!
"That was set by my second uncle and his men. They wanted to harm Ning'er and Su Yun'an!" Xuan Yuan Yu glared at Su Fei, somewhat displeased that she had repeatedly slandered Su Xue Ning.
Seeing that he was still protecting Su Xuening, Consort Su was speechless: "The fire at Lingxiao Pavilion was indeed the work of the Zhong family, but Su Xuening burned down Jingxue Pavilion herself in order to scheme against Su Linyuan!"
After the fire at Jingxuexuan, she questioned Su Renyi and found out that the fire was not started by the second branch of the family, so it could only have been started by Su Xuening!
Mentioning Su Linyuan, Xuan Yuan Yu's eyes filled with murderous intent, and he roared furiously, "That's what Su Linyuan, that beast, deserved! Who told him to dare to be so disrespectful to Ning'er!"
The thought that Ning'er had almost been molested by that beast Su Linyuan made him want to kill Su Linyuan.
Of course, that's exactly what he did; Su Linyuan would never survive to be exiled!
Seeing Xuan Yuan Yu's excitement, Su Fei wanted to roll her eyes.
Did he even realize which side he was on?
"If Su Xuening can be so ruthless to herself, she certainly won't be soft on your second uncle. This time, she not only plotted against your second uncle, but she also dragged me and you into it. If anything happens to your second uncle, neither you nor I will be able to escape responsibility!"
The mother and son have long been integrated with Su Renyi's Yong'an Marquis's mansion. If something happens to Su Renyi, they will definitely be implicated!
Xuan Yuan Yu refused to believe that Su Xue Ning had orchestrated these events: "There might be some mistake in the process. I don't think the leader of the Black Serpent Society will listen to Ning'er. After all, this is a crime punishable by the execution of the entire family, or even the extermination of nine generations. Why would he listen to Ning'er to frame Su Ren Yi and drag him down? He himself would surely die anyway. What benefit would that bring him? Besides, he's so afraid of death. I've already investigated. Ning'er, Xuan Yuan Zhan, and everyone in the Holy King's Mansion have no dealings with the Black Serpent Society. The leader of the Black Serpent Society has no relatives and cannot be threatened. I see no possibility that he would ally with anyone!"
He had investigated; he had already sent people to investigate what she said. But the more he investigated, the less he believed that Ning'er was involved in this matter.
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