Su Zhiyao immediately bowed to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, my sister is not feeling well today, so I am asked to go to the palace to report to Your Majesty."
Even with her explanation, the emperor's frown remained unchanged.
He still remembered the trouble this woman had caused in the palace, so he naturally disliked her.
"Yeah?"
Although the emperor was displeased, he did not really blame her. He turned to look at Xiao Duo and said, "Even if Miss Su is sick, Xiao Duo will go to see her for me after leaving the palace. She has made great contributions this time. I wanted to ask her in person what reward she wants."
Su Zhiyao lowered her head, listening to the emperor's words, her heart beating faster and faster!
What reward should she ask the emperor for later?
Xiao Duo said, "Miss Su returned to the capital with me yesterday. I didn't hear her say she was unwell. She got sick when she came to the capital. I should go to the Marquis' Mansion to see her after I leave the palace."
"oh?"
The emperor was such a shrewd man that he naturally heard something unusual from Xiao Duo's words.
His eyes turned cold, and he looked at Su Zhiyao with the majesty of an emperor, "Tell me, how is your sister feeling unwell?"
"My sister..."
Su Zhiyao panicked for a moment, lowered her eyes and said, "Sister caught a cold when she came back, so it's not appropriate for her to meet the emperor, so..."
"Your Majesty, the person I sent to pick up Miss Su has not returned. Instead, the young master of the Su family personally escorted Miss Su II to the palace gate to see me. I am a little worried. Is Miss Su's condition too serious? They have detained my people at their mansion."
Upon hearing this, Su Zhiyao quickly explained, "That's not the case. General Xiao's men are outside the mansion, and they said they won't leave until they see my sister! My brother is afraid of delaying his entry into the palace, so..."
The emperor sneered. He had known the Marquis's style at the banquet. He snorted coldly and walked slowly back to the high seat. "Xu Yuande, pass on my order. Even if Miss Su of the Marquis's Mansion is seriously ill, she must come to the palace to see me today!"
"Bring her into the palace for me. I have an imperial physician in my palace who can treat Miss Su well!"
Eunuch Xu accepted the order, "Yes, I obey your command."
The emperor's eyes were cold, "Tell the people of the Su family that if I don't see Su Jinyue within half an hour, she doesn't have to return home."
"yes!"
thump!
Su Zhiyao's legs went limp and she fell to her knees on the ground.
Her lips trembled, and she looked up to ask Xiao Duo for help, but she saw the man looking at her with a wicked and creepy smile. She trembled all over and fell to the ground, unable to get up.
Eunuch Xu came to the palace gate and saw Su Chengjiang waiting outside.
As soon as Su Chengjiang saw Eunuch Xu, he immediately stepped forward to greet him, "Eunuch, has His Majesty finished meeting Zhiyao so quickly?"
He looked behind Eunuch Xu, but didn't see Su Zhiyao. "Eunuch, where is Zhiyao?"
Eunuch Xu smiled at Su Chengjiang and said, "The Second Miss Su is still in the palace. His Majesty asked me to come out to pick up the First Miss Su."
Su Chengjiang was stunned, then turned to Eunuch Xu and said with a smile: "Eunuch Xu, perhaps Zhiyao didn't explain clearly that Su Jinyue is not feeling well now and cannot enter the palace to see the emperor."
"Your Majesty has ordered that Miss Su must be carried to the palace today, even if we have to carry her."
Eunuch Xu looked at Su Chengjiang with a perfect smile on his face, "I'll have to trouble Master Su to lead the way and invite Miss Su out of the Marquis' Mansion."
"What does your majesty mean?"
Su Chengjiang looked puzzled, then as if he had thought of something, he took out a purse from his arms and handed it to Eunuch Xu, "Eunuch, you see I forgot about this, this is for you."
Eunuch Xu used his whisk to hold the money bag back, preventing Su Chengjiang from bringing it to him. "Master Su, there's no need for this."
"Your Majesty has given your order. If Miss Su is not seen within half an hour, Miss Su will not be able to leave the palace today!"
It was not until he heard Eunuch Xu's words that Su Chengjiang's expression changed completely!
"Eunuch! It was Su Jinyue who was unwell and asked Zhiyao to enter the palace in her place. Why did this matter involve Zhiyao?!"
Eunuch Xu glanced at Su Chengjiang, as if he really felt that the man in front of him was not smart, and reminded him: "Mr. Su, you only have half an hour. Are you sure you want to argue with me here?"
Su Chengjiang finally reacted and immediately got on the carriage and rode towards the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion!
When he arrived at the Marquis' Mansion, Su Chengjiang didn't even care about Song Yan who was still outside the Mansion, and hurriedly ran into the Mansion!
Seeing that his elder brother was not in the front yard, he asked the servant where Su Jingnian was and hurried to his mother's yard!
Su Chengjiang arrived outside Jiang Caiping's yard and saw Su Jingnian drinking tea with his mother. He immediately rushed in, "Brother!"
Seeing that his face looked strange, Su Jingnian immediately stood up and pulled him out, "Mother, let me talk to Cheng Jiang about something."
Jiang Caiping cast a suspicious look at Su Jingnian and the panicked Su Chengjiang. What happened to these two people who were so panicked?
"What are you anxious about?"
Su Jingnian pulled Su Chengjiang out of his mother's yard and frowned, "Where's Zhiyao? Why are you the only one back? Didn't I ask you to wait for Zhiyao to come back together?"
"Brother! Listen to me!" Su Chengjiang told Su Jingnian everything that Eunuch Xu had just said to him. "Brother! What should we do now?"
Su Jingnian's brain worked faster than Su Chengjiang's. He immediately realized that the emperor was angry. Now it was impossible to prevent Su Jinyue from entering the palace!
"This Su Jinyue always causes trouble for me!"
Su Jingnian glanced behind him and said to Su Chengjiang, "Go to Wangyuexuan now and ask the people in her yard to open the locks and windows. Tell her that the carriage is waiting outside to take her to the palace and send her there quickly!"
"I'll go right away!" Su Chengjiang turned around and ran towards Wangyuexuan.
Su Jingnian returned to sit next to Jiang Caiping, "Mother, continue drinking tea."
Jiang Caiping frowned and looked at him, "What happened to your brother? Why are you so flustered?"
"It's just a small matter. Mother doesn't need to worry about it."
Inside the Moon Watching Pavilion.
Su Jinyue was just about to change a medical book to continue reading when there was a noise at the door.
"Ouch! Who locked the young lady's door?"
Lan Shao unlocked the door outside, pushed it open, and saw Su Jinyue sitting at the tea table. She immediately ran in and said, "I was careless. I took them out to buy some things, but someone locked the door."
Su Jinyue looked at the medical book and didn't respond.
Lan Shao smiled and said, "But Miss, don't blame them. They forgot that you came back. You won't blame them for that, will you?"
Su Jinyue said lightly: "It didn't delay my work, why blame me."
Seeing that Su Jinyue didn't lose her temper, Lan Shao became a little bolder, "Miss, someone from outside the palace is here to take you to the palace. Can you change your clothes?"