The courtiers had assumed that Su Xuening was kneeling to plead for Su Huiyan, but they hadn't expected her to say these things.
No one knew what had happened, so they didn't quite understand what Su Xuening meant.
To assassinate General Su?
Wasn't General Su killed in battle? How could he have been murdered?
There's also Madam Su. I heard before that she eloped with some coachman, but later I heard from the Holy Princess that Madam Su disappeared, so she didn't elope at all.
But if Madam Su is the Empress of Western Liang, then her disappearance means she went back to Western Liang, right? Why is she imprisoned again?
Upon hearing Su Xuening's two sentences, Su Huiyan's face turned pale.
She knew this brat wouldn't plead for her; she was determined to kill her!
Xuanyuan Peng didn't understand Su Xuening's meaning either, and frowned as he reminded her, "Your father died on the battlefield in Beirong, sacrificing himself for his country. As for your mother, she went missing before, and I sent people to investigate, but they didn't find anything. Since your mother was the Empress of Xiliang and returned to Xiliang, how could she be imprisoned?"
Su Xuening glanced at Su Huiyan before speaking: "Before my mother returned to Xiliang, she was imprisoned by Su Huiyan. She also spread rumors that my mother had eloped with the coachman. In fact, she imprisoned my mother and tortured her every day in order to force her to hand over the military seal of the Su family army. It was the prince who managed to rescue my mother, and that's how my mother was able to return to Xiliang."
Everyone looked at Su Huiyan in surprise upon hearing this.
It turns out that Madam Su did not disappear at all, but was imprisoned by Consort Su.
At the time, they thought that General Su had died on the battlefield and that the military tally of the Su family army he left behind must be in the hands of Consort Su. However, they did not expect that her military tally of the Su family army was fake, while the real military tally of the Su family army had always been in the hands of Madam Su!
In order to obtain the real military tally of the Su family army, Consort Su even imprisoned Madam Su and tortured her every day.
This Consort Su is incredibly audacious, daring to do these things right under the Emperor's nose.
Moreover, this Lady Su is now the Empress of Western Liang, so she's not afraid that they might just raise an army and wipe her out.
Madam Su's status is special; if this matter is not handled properly, it could ignite a war between the two countries!
Xuanyuan Peng was stunned when he heard this, and immediately looked at Xuanyuan Zhan for confirmation.
Xuanyuan Zhan nodded to him: "Back then, Consort Su imprisoned my mother-in-law in the capital. Later, Ning'er mentioned this to you, and you sent people to investigate thoroughly. Consort Su was worried that the matter would be exposed, so she asked Su Renyi to move my mother-in-law. I sent people to chase after her, but they were too late. In order to avoid being caught by Su Renyi, my mother-in-law jumped off a cliff. When I found her, she was covered in bruises from being abused. If it weren't for Ning'er, her highly skilled physician, my mother-in-law would have been dead long ago."
Upon hearing this, Xuan Yuanpeng was instantly enraged. He glared at Su Huiyan and said furiously, "Su Huiyan, how dare you! Su Renzhong sacrificed his life for the country and was a meritorious official of Eastern Chu. How dare you harm his widow!"
Su Huiyan never imagined that she would have to face these things in her final moments.
Even when she's about to die, her secrets are still being dug up!
Su Xuening also looked at Su Huiyan and sneered, "She not only harmed my mother, but also sent assassins to hunt down my sister and my brother in order to stop my marriage with the prince. If it weren't for the prince protecting us, my sister and I would have been killed by her long ago."
Su Xuening's casual remark was enough to shock the assembled officials.
Unexpectedly, Consort Su had even sent assassins to hunt down the Holy Princess and her brother.
Just because she didn't want the Holy Princess to marry the Holy King, she sent assassins?
But aren't these Princess Consort and her brother Su Consort's own nephew and niece? How could she be so heartless!
Xuanyuan Peng could understand why Consort Su sent assassins to hunt down Su Xuening.
It's likely that she didn't have the real Su family army's military tally herself, and she was afraid that after Su Xuening married Zhan'er, the real Su family army's military tally would fall into Zhan'er's hands. So, she planned ahead and wanted to kill Su Xuening.
The truth is, her fears came true.
Zhan'er married Su Xuening as his concubine, and the military seal of the Su family army eventually fell into Zhan'er's hands.
She was able to enter the palace entirely because of Su Renzhong's military achievements. If he hadn't wanted to win Su Renzhong over, why would he have wanted a country girl like her as his concubine? She showed no gratitude whatsoever, daring to imprison Su Renzhong's wife and even hunt down Su Renzhong's two children.
What's more, Su Xuening and Su Yun'an are her blood relatives, how could she be so ruthless!
"And my father didn't die purely on the battlefield; he was killed by Su Huiyan and Su Renyi working together."
When Su Xuening spoke again, another massive bolt of lightning struck, instantly causing an uproar among the officials.
"Is it true that General Su was killed by Consort Su and Su Renyi?"
"Consort Su has committed enough crimes already, and she was probably already facing the death penalty. If it weren't true, the Holy Princess wouldn't have needed to frame her."
"What the Holy Princess just said was all true, so this matter is probably true too!"
"But why would Consort Su want to harm General Su? Isn't General Su her biggest backer?"
"Yes, if General Su were alive, Consort Su would definitely be the Empress by now. Why would she harm General Su for no reason? Isn't that cutting off her own path to survival? It doesn't make sense!"
Xuanyuan Peng couldn't understand either, and frowned as he looked at Su Huiyan: "Why did you want to harm Su Renzhong? He is your own brother. Without him, how could you have entered the palace as a concubine? You even want to harm him? Are you crazy?"
Xuan Yuanpeng had no doubt about the truthfulness of Su Xuening's words. He believed that at this point, Su Xuening had no need to come out and falsely accuse Su Huiyan.
He just couldn't understand why Su Huiyan would harm Su Renzhong.
Su Huiyan seemed to be thinking about what she had done to Su Renzhong before. Her body stiffened, her face turned pale, and her eyes were filled with complex emotions, including regret, annoyance, and perhaps even self-blame and shame.
Yes, why would she want to harm her older brother?
If his elder brother were still alive, would Xuanyuan Peng dare to treat her like this?
No one in the entire Eastern Chu would dare to provoke her, even if Xuan Yuanpeng doesn't love her, he still has to give his elder brother some face!
Furthermore, Mu Junyu is actually the Empress of Western Liang. If her elder brother were still alive, besides his military prowess, Mu Junyu's status as the Empress of Western Liang would also be her most powerful support.
So what on earth went wrong with her that she wanted to harm her brother?
Su Huiyan refused to speak, but everyone became even more curious about the reason why Su Huiyan plotted to harm General Su.
Su Xuening looked at Su Huiyan with resentment again: "Because my father accidentally learned the true identity of Xuanyuan Yu. My father is an upright man and did not want to see the Emperor being deceived by Su Huiyan, so he wanted to report Su Huiyan. However, he encountered the invasion of the Northern Rong, so my father led the Su family army to the Northern Rong battlefield. In order to prevent my father from reporting her, Su Huiyan conspired with Su Renyi to murder my father on the Northern Rong battlefield!"
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