Chapter 6 Chapter 6 If I had wanted to marry him, I would not have resisted...
Grandfather has a knee injury...
Su Guanzhang was once a military general. Even after serving in the Dali Temple for three years, he never neglected his martial arts training.
Martial artists are often perceptive, able to perceive things that ordinary people cannot. After three years of marriage, Xuan Jinyu would never doubt his words, no matter how fiercely they argued.
Xuan Jinyu almost subconsciously believed his judgment, her eyelashes trembling. When she looked up, she saw Lin Ren looking at Su Guanzhang with disapproval, and she could no longer hold back her tears, which fell in strings.
There was an injury on his knee. Her grandfather was so old that he usually took a sedan chair when doing errands or entering and leaving the palace, so he wouldn't get hurt. Moreover, she had just visited him at the Taifu Mansion the day before yesterday. How could he get injured so soon?
He had just come out of the palace, and combined with the words of the Minister of Justice...
Xuan Jinyu immediately understood how Lin Ren got the knee injury.
"Dog emperor." She couldn't help but curse in a low voice.
The Su family members in the three adjacent cells didn't go out of their way to listen in on the conversation between the Grand Tutor and Xuan Jinyu. They just sat quietly, caring for the children or doing light chores. They didn't try to be quiet, but they didn't make a fuss either.
Although Xuan Jinyu cursed softly and the Su family members nearby did not hear it, it did not mean that others did not hear it.
Reactions from those who heard it were mixed.
Su Guanzhang, who stood quietly beside Xuan Jinyu, remained expressionless. He only glanced at the Minister of Justice, whose face changed drastically at the prison door.
Lin Ren was helpless and had a headache. He scolded his granddaughter, "Girl, are you smart or stupid?"
Don't you even look at where you are now? Not only is it difficult for you to protect yourself, but there's also an Ear-Reporting God watching you from outside! How can you just say such nonsense?
Unable to bear saying anything harsh to his granddaughter, he just looked at Liang Fangfang fiercely.
The Minister of Justice had just cheated someone with the Emperor and was now feeling guilty. When he received the threatening look from Tutor Lin, he spoke hurriedly.
"Don't worry, Master. I didn't hear anything."
He looked at Xuan Jinyu again and said, "Young Madam, please be careful and know what not to say. Otherwise, it will be difficult for me to do my job."
Xuan Jinyu responded with a grim expression.
It wasn't that she didn't understand hierarchy; she was just furious and hadn't realized she was in the death row of the Ministry of Justice. The person standing next to her was too familiar, and the person in front of her was her grandfather who loved her dearly.
She just subconsciously felt that she seemed to be in the Taifu Mansion, or in the Jingzhu Garden of the Su family.
However, after all, she was a girl who was brought up in an unconditional pampering state, so even after being warned, she still couldn't help but get angry.
Dog emperor! Stinky emperor! Tyrant ruler! She cursed him three more times in her heart, and only then did she feel her anger dissipate a little.
"Grandfather, have you applied the medicine?" she asked Lin Ren with concern, and could no longer remember what he had just said about the emperor asking him to convey a message to her.
Forget it, you can’t tell the difference between the important and the trivial, you are still that silly girl.
Lin Ren sighed and replied, "It's fine. The imperial physician has examined me, and Eunuch Wu has also applied medicine for me."
"Grandfather is fine, but you are." Lin Ren's expression became serious. He first looked at his grandson-in-law Su Guanzhang with complicated eyes, and then looked at Xuan Jinyu.
"The Emperor said he only gives you two choices."
Su Guanzhang's eyes became fierce, and his hand hanging by his side moved slightly, but he said nothing, just staring at Xuan Jinyu closely.
Xuan Jinyu was a little surprised. What choice did she have between her and the dog emperor?
Seeing his granddaughter's confused face, Lin Ren felt sad and bitter.
How could his good granddaughter, who was barely twenty years old, have to go through such a thing and see such a dirty human heart?
But he had no choice. Liang Fangfang, the Minister of Justice, who was leaning against the prison door outside, had already coughed several times. If he continued coughing, it would be fine, but he was afraid that it would attract the guards outside.
The more people know about this, the more people will be in danger.
The Su family doesn't count.
Every member of the Su family imprisoned here, even the little kid under three years old, is unlikely to escape.
"The Emperor said you only have two choices." After a long silence, Lin Ren finally spoke, "The first choice is to die with the Su family."
Su Guanzhang's expression remained unchanged, but Xuan Jinyu's heart trembled.
Is he going to die?
Can’t all the Su family members escape?
She looked at her grandfather helplessly, her eyes full of pleading.
After three years of marriage, although she no longer wanted this stinky man, she never thought of wanting him to die.
Lin Ren looked at her soothingly. "Calm down," he said, addressing Xuan Jinyu, but his eyes were fixed on Su Guanzhang. "The second option is to have an abortion and enter the palace as a concubine."
Abortion?!
Enter the palace as a concubine? !
The light and refreshing aura on Su Guanzhang's body disappeared, replaced by a dangerous coldness.
He was clearly guilty of something. Liang Fangfang felt a chill emanating from the young man, rushing towards him and drilling into his heart. Unable to bear the cold, he quickly stood up and took a step back, away from the source of the cold air.
Xuan Jinyu, who was closest to Su Guanzhang, was unaware of this. She was shocked by the second option mentioned by her grandfather.
"Abortion? Entering the palace as a concubine?"
After finally coming back to her senses, Xuan Jinyu couldn't help but ask loudly, "Grandfather, are you sure this is an option?"
Not to mention that she found it difficult to accept entering the palace as a concubine, she couldn't even bear the thought of having an abortion.
She stood up from the stool and without waiting for Lin Ren's confirmation, she turned around and stared at Liang Fangfang.
"The news of my pregnancy was brought into the palace by Lord Minister Liang, right?" she asked in a cold voice, her tone full of doubt and dissatisfaction.
Liang Fangfang was not frightened by such a little girl. She just said calmly, "It is my duty, Madam Xiao Shao.
The implication is that she has no right to accuse.
As a minister of two dynasties, he has a smooth temperament, but he will not be weak when he needs to be tough.
"Master Taifu, it's getting late. Let's finish our business as soon as possible. I will send someone to take you back home." He turned to look at Lin Ren who had already stood up, and his attitude had slightly changed.
Every member of the Su family, even the little baby who looked like he wasn't weaned yet, was staring at him.
What are you looking at?
You are dead.
Only at this time did Liang Fangfang finally realize that she was a "villain".
From the moment His Majesty threw the Su family into his death row in the Ministry of Justice, no, from the moment he was summoned to the palace by His Majesty in the morning, he was destined to fight the Su family to the death.
When he went to the palace to report to the emperor that Xuan Jinyu was pregnant and advised him to have an abortion, it accelerated the breakdown of his relationship with the Su family.
It was only after he had served in the court for more than 30 years that he truly witnessed the cruelty of the officialdom.
You can't avoid it just by being tactful. This was the admonition, or rather, the warning, that His Majesty gave him.
Those in higher positions probably can't stand his ability to please everyone.
But in just a short moment, almost the moment Xuan Jinyu stood up, Liang Fangfang figured it out.
Lin Ren, however, saw things more clearly than him, and did so much earlier than him.
Therefore, in the face of Liang Fangfang's urging, he did not say anything.
There is no right or wrong in official circles, just different positions.
"Jinyu," Lin Ren knew he had to be a villain, a villain who destroyed his granddaughter's pure and beautiful world, so he said, "You have to make a decision now."
Xuan Jinyu had been raised with the protection of both the Xuan and Lin families, ensuring a smooth and comfortable life. The fact that she had willfully disobeyed the imperial order and remained unscathed had only instilled in her audacity.
After she got married, Su Guanzhang, though a bit cold and dull, which annoyed her a bit, was basically obedient to her. The rest of the Su family was also very friendly to her, especially her mother-in-law Xu Yu Niang, who treated her with love and care, like her own daughter.
Backed by the three most powerful families in Dasheng, she grew increasingly arrogant and spoiled, yet no one dared to bully her. The most malicious words she had ever witnessed were a few veiled insults at the banquet today. It didn't matter if they cursed her; she had already cursed back on the spot.
But today, she was first thrown into death row and suffered some hardship; then she was frightened by her grandfather's words about "going to die." Now, she has witnessed the true malice.
She had an abortion and entered the palace as a concubine.
The first word sounded so strange and frightening to her that it made her tremble slightly. But the second word, so simple, made her suffer the greatest insult in her life.
Xuan Jinyu took a step back, subconsciously leaning against Su Guanzhang's warm, familiar chest. She finally felt safe, and the chill seemed to dissipate. "I don't want to enter the palace as a concubine, and I certainly don't want an abortion."
Her response was almost instantaneous.
Lin Ren just smiled, as if not surprised by her choice. He reached out and touched her head, said "OK", and signaled Liang Fangfang to open the chain of the prison door.
Liang Fangfang didn't move, but only said, "Master Taifu, you must give a reason, otherwise it will be difficult for me to explain to His Majesty."
reason?
Was it because she refused to have an abortion, or because she entered the palace as a concubine?
Xuan Jinyu was almost so angry that she laughed. If it were according to her usual temper, she would definitely start cursing, just like she did at the banquet at Wu'an Marquis' Mansion this morning.
She had just suffered misfortune and had just committed the capital crime of cursing the emperor without any regard for hierarchy. She would not make the same mistake again.
She took a deep breath, feeling the steady strength of Su Guanzhang on her waist, and calmed herself down.
"Lord Liang also knows that this is the good news I got three years after getting married. I really can't bear to give it up." She placed her hands on her abdomen in a protective posture.
"As for entering the palace as a concubine," Xuan Jinyu smiled, her eyebrows slightly raised, a provocative attitude, "Tell Your Majesty that if I wanted to marry him, I would not have disobeyed the order back then."
The dog emperor, I still gave him face. She thought bitterly.
Liang Fangfang's expression changed again.
This girl from the Xuan family is really... stupid or reckless?
After hearing her first explanation, he thought the girl had learned her lesson and become a better person. But what did she say next?
What does "If I wanted to marry him, I would not have disobeyed the order back then" mean?
What this means is to tear off the current person's face and then throw it on the ground and step on it a few times.
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